and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who s died at the age of 78. there s more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england, ambulance response times in december were the worse on record. were the worst on record. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. the highest priority calls with an immediate threat to life took almost 11 minutes on average, the target is seven. and patients are waiting even longer in accident and emergency, 35% waited more than four hours that s another record. our health correspondent jim reed reports. long queues for ambulances, the most 999 calls ever, record waits in a&e, new figures today show in blunt terms the pressure the nhs is under. martin started feeling chest pains in his home in east sussex in november. his family rang three times for an ambulance. we kept thinking, the ambulance will pull up any minute, it is going to ar
and in his first christmas message as monarch, king charles is to pay tribute to his mother, the late queen elizabeth ii. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. hello and welcome to this very special edition of the show, coming to you from the spectacular valley of the kings here in luxor in egypt. if you were watching last week, you would have seen me unearthing the story of how tutankhamen s tomb was discovered here 100 years ago this year. well, it is such a breathtaking location that we thought we would stick around for a while and bring you this our best bits of 2022. from the baking sun of here in egypt, let s switch to the snow of switzerland where, back in march, carmen got to experience a horse race like no other. where the jockeys don t need saddles, they use skis. this is st moritz, in the swiss alps. it s the place, so they say, where the concept of the winter holiday was born. it also occupies a unique place in sporting history it s wher
here s the scene in bethlehem where tens of thousands of visitors are expected to gather for the annual christmas procession. and in his first christmas message as monarch, king charles pays tribute to his mother, the late queen elizabeth ii. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than a million homes and businesses in the united states are without power as an intense winter storm sweeps across the country. temperatures in some areas are predicted to drop to as low as minus 45 celsius. hundreds of thousands of people across the border in canada have also been affected. the rapidly plunging temperatures, heavy snow and fierce winds have complicated the plans of many people travelling home for the christmas holiday. tom brada reports. once in a generation weather at the worst possible time. ice, wind, rain and extreme cold are wreaking havoc in the build up to christmas. trees have been ripped from the ground and power lines have been knocked out across the country. from maine t
king charles is to pay tribute to his mother, the late queen elizabeth ii. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for click. rock version of we wish you a merry christmas plays. well, ho. ho! ..hoand. both: merry clickmas! it s the first one from our new glasgow base, so we are here in the middle of pacific quay in the studio. yoo hoo! good, innit? and we ve got all of the latest tech decks. low carbon log fire. ..cgi baubles. ..and sustainable signage. now, this is our last show of 2022 and i think we can all agree it s been a year, hasn t it? it s been a year. here we go. so he s doing the launch sequence now. ten. nine. seven. six. five, four, three, two, one. launching. whoa! i started it with the maddest idea i ve heard of in ages launching satellites into space by throwing them into orbit. right. eating on camera is always very messy. i had some cocoa free chocolate. but is that still chocolate? really good. mmm, lovely. i beg your pardon? you had help from the like