The world cup from 32 to 48 teams. And the bafta nominations are out with the jazz musical la la land leading the way. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that theres been a significant increase in the number of people with Mental Health problems asking to be seen at accident and Emergency Departments in englands hospitals. Figures from nhs digital, and analysed for the bbc, show that, in the year 2015 16, there were over 165,000 Psychiatric Attendances at A E Departments a rise of 47 over the past four years. Doctors describe the figures as the tip of the iceberg as not all Mental Health cases are evident in the figures. 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holt, has the story and reports from birmingham. Its another day of unrelenting demand in the Emergency Department of Birminghams Queen Elizabeth hospital. Patients are lining up on trolleys in the corridor and The Waiting Room is packed. The Psychiatric Team based in the department is dealing with a number of people who have tried
Criticises the head of anti doping for undermining an investigation into anti doping revelations. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres been a steep increase in the number of people arriving at accident and Emergency Departments in england with Mental Health problems. The latest official figures analysed for the bbc show that last year there were over 165,000 Psychiatric Attendances at a e. Thats a rise of 47 per cent over the last four years. That includes a rise of 89 per cent in the number of children and young people under 18 attending a e. Emergency doctors describe the figures as the tip of the iceberg. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent alison holt reports from birmingham. Its another day of unrelenting demand in the Emergency Department of Birminghams Queen Elizabeth hospital. Is there any movement in terms of beds . Patients are lining up on trolleys in the corridor, and The Waiting Room is packed. Next customer, counter one, please. Shes taken an overdose of s
Brailsford insists theres been no wrong doing, but admits the current process is uncomfortable. Restoring his teams reputation could be another uphill struggle. Andy swiss, bbc news, majorca. The International Cycling union has given paralympic athletes seven weeks to prepare for their World Championships in los angeles. The march date was only confirmed today. For it to be such last minute, its literally seven weeks, i mean for athletes preparing . Thats not really time to do it. Organisations and teams to sort out logistics, visas, transport, hotels, flights, you name it, itsjust a bit crazy. I dont know whether theres a motive for it but it seems a bit strange that its so late in the day. After almost 150 years of horse racing, kempton park is set to be closed to make way for around 3,000 new homes, helping raise £100 million towards a £500 million ten Year Investment programme. Should the proposal go ahead, in 2021 at the earliest, the King George Vi chase would move to sandown a
Worries are stopping them doing theirjob properly because of sleepless nights and days off sick. And its notjust affecting those on lower incomes. In sport, its one step closer to a cup final for manchester united. They beat hull city 2 0 in the first leg of the League Cup Semi final. And this is the incredible trick shot which has caused a sensation on social media. Its two minutes long and you really dont want to miss it. And carol has the weather. We are starting off with a very windy day. Windy for all day for most of us. Storms locally and severe gales for some. Sunshine further south but tomorrow, parts of the south will also have sleet and snow. Good morning. First, our main story. Barack obama has delivered his Farewell Address as us president , telling the American People he believes the country is in a better, stronger place than when he was first elected eight years ago. In an emotional speech in chicago, he thanked his wife michelle as well as his family and staff and said
And that family is driving back to kentucky. Relatives meeting them here this morning. The aziz family, theyre about to board a flight headed back to detroit where theyll drive home to flint, michigan. Those boys say they plan to sign up and plan to become a naturalized United States citizen in due course. Live at dulles airport, peggy fox, wusa9. The legal fight over president trumps travel ban is focused on an Appellate Court in San Francisco. Attorney generals from 15 states have filed briefs in support of lawsuits 97 American Companies are challenging the ban saying bad for business. Visa holders from seven majority muslim countries are allowed to enter the u. S. Today is the deadline for the Justice Department to file its response to the lawsuits. Were hearing from some people who wonder just how a judge can overturn well article 3 of the constitution addresses that issue. Federal courts have the power to interpret the constitution and they can declare an executive order illegal o