Logan paul after he posted a controversial video. I believe oprah wakes up in the morning and both personally and professionally wonders what she can patients are dying in hospital corridors in accident and Emergency Departments in england and wales because safety has been compromised by intolerable conditions. Thats the blunt warning made in a letter to theresa may, signed by 68 senior doctors who run a e departments. Today, theres fresh evidence of the pressure those units are under. Over 300,000 patients waited longer than they should in december. 85 of patients were seen in four hours well below the 95 target the figure equals the previous low recorded last january. Crisis that we have had the letter from the a e consultants sets out the impact of the pressure and their own experiences. Over 120 patients a day managed in corridors, some dying prematurely. An average of 10 12 hours from decision to admit a patient until they are transferred to a bed, and patients sleeping in clinics
Welcome to bbc news. Dozens of senior doctors who run accident and Emergency Departments in england and wales have written a stark letter to the Prime Minister warning that patients are dying prematurely in hospital corridors and conditions are at times intolerable. They say thousands of patients are left in the back of ambulances waiting to get into a e. And very high rates of flu recently mean that some hospitals are running out of beds. Today theres fresh evidence of the pressure a e units are under. More than 300,000 patients waited longer than they should in december. Staff managed to see 85 of patients within four hours thats well below the 95 target and some of the worst figures since records began. This report from our Health Editor hugh pym. A long wait in an overcrowded a e unit, thats what 87 year old yvonne had to endure. It was ten hours before she saw a doctor, and hours more before she was admitted to a ward. Her daughter, esther, used herscarf to secure her in a wheelch
Days later driving this luxurious bentley. This sports promoter declared himself bankrupt owing ten million. We found him and his wife still driving a line of luxury cars and living it up in perthshire. And this banned company director, once one of the biggest donors to the conservative party, and a £41 million bankrupt. Here he is running multi Million Pound housing developments. Tonight on panorama, we expose the millionaire bankrupts playing the system. When a business goes bankrupt, its usually a shattering experience. This was once a thriving Family Business in staffordshire employing more than a0 people. A printing company, the modern digital age has now forced its closure. Every asset the chairs, the filing cabinets, even the ink, will now be auctioned off so that creditors can be paid. Its a painful process for the former owner and his business partner. We walked out of there and locked the door for what for me was going to be the final time. And i gave her a hug and she sobbe
Is through to the second round of the australian open, with a straight sets win over american Madison Brengle. Coming up in the sport on bbc news, Roger Federer reaches round two in melbourne but isnt expecting another fairy tale year after two grand slams aged 35 in 2017. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A growing number of businesses are saying they are facing big losses and have already had to lay off staff because of the collapse of carillion. Firms working on private sector deals for the construction giant have been told theyll receive only two days of government support. One Industry Group estimates that up to 30,000 firms are owed money by carillion. The government has ordered a fast track investigation into the companys directors. Our correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. This is the sort of work, painting offices in newly built flats that the carillion collapses putting in question. A london decorating company which had 30 people turn up for a job to find sud
Becomes, in the next few hours. Showers easing, some coming in and the wind becoming lighter and many areas seeing the afternoon sunshine. Despite that, with the wind, it still feels cold. This is the calm before the storm, i am afraid. A deep area of low pressure across the British Isles later this evening and overnight. Bringing widespread gales. But also perhaps more concerning greek, further snow. Rain, sleet and snow for Northern Ireland into the small hours and a focus for southern scotland and Northern England once again. The met office had issued an amber warning for the weather. Perhaps the worst of it is a way for the morning rush hour. This is six a m. , before many get up and about, still very difficult weather across the north east. Blizzard conditions potentially and drifting snow. Further south, a windy start and a fine start across the south east and east anglia. The south west of east anglia. The southfwestof east anglia. The southfwastof strong east anglia. The southf