in november, she was told she could go home with care paid for by the nhs. yet another five months on, she is still stuck in hospital. how difficult has this been for you, charlotte? it s so wrong that we are in the situation, you know, four, five month extra in hospital that i don t need that actually increases my risk of infections and other illnesses as well. there has been a lot of tears, a lot of hard decisions. i don t think, unless you were here, you could really imagine life in a hospitalfor nine months. charlotte s case here in leeds is very complex and not representative of everyone who needs care, it does though illustrate a wider problem. this past winter, a record one and seven hospital beds across england has been taken up by someone well enough to go home. the government has said it is making another £1.6 billion available to speed up hospital discharge in england. often the hold up is because the right care in the home just isn t available. mum, i don t know
it s been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands ofjews gathered atjerusalem s western wall for passover prayers. not far away, hundreds ofjewish worshippers walked close to the al aqsa mosque. and in a settlement in the west bank, the funeral took place for two british israeli sisters shot dead on friday. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, the wailing of rina s teenage school friends filled the prayer hall. theirfather, a rabbi, bent low over their bodies. the pain on his face hidden for a moment, in a last embrace with his daughters. today, the jewish today, thejewish people have proven that we are one. we are united. this simple, quiet family is devastated. the whole country hurts. maia was 20 years old when she died, rina was 15. their mother, still unconscious in hospital, doesn t even know yet they are dead. they were travelling from their west bank settlement to the sea of ga
welcome, i m tonya beckett. it has been a day of worship, and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands ofjews gathered atjerusalem s western wall for passover prayers. not far away, hundreds ofjewish worshippers walked close to the al aqsa mosque. and in a settlement in the west bank, the funeral took place for two british israeli sisters, shot dead on friday. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, the wailing of rina s teenage school friends filled the prayer hall. theirfather, a rabbi, bent low over their bodies. the pain on his face hidden for a moment, in a last embrace with his daughters. today, thejewish people have proven that we are one. we are united. this simple, quiet family is devastated. the whole country hurts. maia was 20 years old when she died, rina was 15. their mother, still unconscious in hospital, doesn t even know yet they are dead. they were travelling from their west bank settlement to
official figures show that the uk economy returned to growth injanuary. and will it be michelle s moment? we talk to the malaysian star hoping to win big at the oscars. hello and welcome to bbc news. police in the german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident and several others were injured. the attack happened inside a meeting hall forjehovah s witnesses where an event had apparently been underway. it s believed the attacker was among the dead. tim allman has more details. a quiet street in hamburg, at around nine o clock in the evening local time. in the distance, a figure appears to have climbed up the outside of a building and is peering inside. then, after a short pause, he raises what appears to be a handgun and opens fire. not long after, armed officers arrive and are storming the building. slowly, carefully, they make their way upstairs, no idea if the gunman is waiting for them. this is kingdom hall, a place of worship for local je
that s all coming up here on impact. the president of ukraine, volodomyr zelensky, is making a surprise visit to britain for only his second trip abroad since the russian invasion of his country almost a year ago. he is addressing the houses of parliament. let s take a look. cheering and applause mr president, welcome. not many people stood here today in this significant setting will realise that our friendship began on the 8th of october 2020, when you wear the first ever head of state that i met as speaker. we hit it off immediately with much laughter over an english afternoon tea and, of course, chorley cakes. we forged an instant bond, despite wearing masks and being socially distance at the opposite ends of a large table. because we were working out how to deal with covid. little did we know the relationship would grow in such turbulent times. on the 24th of february 2022, the second invasion of ukraine began. 0n the 8th of march 2022, there was another first for us both