creek ranch in new mexico when the shootings and deaths depicted on the 19th century western they were filming became all too real. police said that alec baldwin, the star and co producer of the movie rust, discharged a prop gun carrying blanks. halyna hutchins was airlifted to hospital, but she died from her injuries. directorjoel souza was also seriously hurt. in a statement, alec baldwin said. the incident has rocked hollywood, with many of those in the film industry now mourning one of their rising stars and infuriated this could happen on set. and it comes just days after a nationwide strike was averted after a tentative deal
there was sustained pressure across its three university hospitals and that is not showing any signs of easing. the hospitals they are talking about are hairmyers, monklands, and also wishaw. the health board described the situation as relentless. they said it was due to bed shortages but also a shortage of staff. they said there was a lot of staff sickness, staff who are stressed and also a lot of self isolation because of the covid pandemic. the health board said their priority is the safety of their patients and also staff so they are working through options to try and increase the number of staff and also to increase the flow of patients through the hospital. the military has already been providing some help. that is medical help and also with drivers as well.
buckingham palace insists that, like any citizen, the queen is entitled to privacy of medical issues. the palace will therefore say nothing about the nature of the investigations ordered by her doctors. i think this is a matter of concern rather than alarm. had this been a procedure or an operation, then they would have put out a medical bulletin, but this trip to hospital is sort of somewhere in between, so i think the initial intention of being just to do this covertly, but it came out in the open, and now we all know about it. less than 24 hours before the queen s hospital visit, she was hosting a reception for global business leaders at windsor castle. she appeared to be relaxed and on good form, but the inescapable reality is her age she s 95. the queen s advisors
this report from our royal correspondent sarah campbell. it was the day after hosting this reception at windsor castle that buckingham palace announced that on medical advice the queen wouldn t be travelling to northern ireland on wednesday afternoon. she d been advised to rest for the next few days but was in good spirits. it s now emerged that later that day, the queen was driven to king edward vii hospital in central london to undertake what have been termed preliminary investigations. no details have been released as to what exactly the tests were for. what has been made known is this was not covid related. the queen has undertaken a very busy schedule recently. she attended a service at westminster abbey a week last tuesday and was seen using a walking stick for the first time at a public event. two days later, she was in cardiff for the opening of the welsh parliament. in between times, she was carrying out duties at windsor castle,
not related to coronavirus. here s our royal correspondent, sarah campbell. it was the day after hosting this reception at windsor castle that buckingham palace announced that on medical advice the queen wouldn t be travelling to northern ireland on wednesday afternoon. she d been advised to rest for the next few days but was in good spirits. it s now emerged that later that day, the queen was driven to king edward vii hospital in central london to undertake what have been termed preliminary investigations. no details have been released as to what exactly the tests were for. what has been made known is this was not covid related. the queen has undertaken a very busy schedule recently. she attended a service at westminster abbey a week last tuesday and was seen using a walking stick for the first time at a public event. two days later, she was in cardiff for the opening of the welsh parliament.