Author, George Saunders, whos won the man booker prize for his novel lincoln in the bardo. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 18th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk with targets for cancer, a e, and planned operations now being widely missed, according to bbc research. Nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. Only scotland has hit one of the targets. The findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker project, which allows people to see how their local service is performing on three key waiting time targets being seen within four hours in a e, cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis, and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in england and scotland. The target wait time is different in wales and Northern Ireland. To tell us more, were joined from nottingham by our Health Correspondent in the east midlands, rob
The Football Association has apologised to two female england players who were found to have been discriminated against by coach mark sampson. Im a human being, ifeel relieved it suggests that it was all worth it to go through the trouble to now have that vindicated. As concerns grow for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Refugees who have fled violence in myanmar well have the latest from neighbouring bangladesh. And well be talking to the cia official who interrogated the former iraqi leader Saddam Hussein after his capture in 2003. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that ministers have been forced to abandon charges for calling a helpline about the new universal Credit System after strong criticism from campaigners and mp5. The calls, often made by people in financial difficulty and facing long waits for the new benefit payment, currently cost up to 55 pence a minute. The announcement was made ahead of a commons debate about the implementation of universal credit, which labour says shou
And coming up on sportsday on bbc news manchester united, chelsea and celtic in Champions League this evening, all hoping to build on the impressive performances of english sides last night. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The nhs is missing completely, some of its key targets and performing significantly worse than four years ago. New bbc research looked at targets for cancer care, accident emergency and planned operations. Four years ago the key targets were met across england 86 of the time. This year its zero. In Northern Ireland they were hitting the target 25 of the time, and now it is also zero. Wales in 2012 13 didnt hit the target four years on its still zero. Scotlands Health Boards previously achieved 42 . Now the goals are being met 8 of the time and thats the best in the uk. The bbc has launched an online nhs tracker, which will allow you to see how your local service is performing. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym. A major hospital, busy as always, unlike
A bit ofa a bit of a dull day for some others but at least it is not windy. That could all change when it comes to the weekend. More details later. Also coming up getting himself into hot water. The mp who admits spending an hour in the bath every morning so he can clean his body and clear his mind. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. The performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk, with targets for cancer, a e and planned operations being widely missed, thats according to bbc research. Nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. 0nly scotland has hit one of the targets. The findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker, which will allow you to see how your local service is performing on these three key waiting time targets. Being seen within four hours at accident emergency, cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis, and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in
And concerns grow for some of the Rohingya Refugees who have fled violence in myanmar. Thousands are spending a fourth night stranded close to the Bangladesh Border in conditions described by aid agencies as dire. How the hollywood Sexual Harassment scandal has sparked an Online Global Campaign encouraging other women to speak out. And born in 1907, we hearfrom the cumbrian woman who has just turned 110. It is 110. Well, thank you god good evening and welcome to bbc news. Mps have tonight supported a labour call for a pause in the roll out of the new combine benefit universal credit, by 299 votes to zero. It is a symbolic victory for labour. Conservative mps abstained and the vote is not binding, but following the god Commons Speakerjohn Bercow said it was time for the government to respond to the expressed views of the house. A phone helpline for people claiming the new universal credit is to be made free of charge. The service was criticised after callers using the dedicated number w