Of cancer is being urgently advised to contact a doctor. The official advice follows a significant fall in urgent referrals in recent weeks. Special surgical hubs are now being set up in 21 areas of england to carry out urgent cancer operations, as our Health Correspondent lauren moss reports. This operation is one of thousands being performed at new cancer hubs across the country. For patients like rod pletheroe, who has cancer of the jaw, it means urgent surgery can take place in a hospital thats free of coronavirus. I took that chance straightaway, because its a covid free area. Cancer isnt a disease that waits for you, its progressive. Rods being cared for at Queen Victoria hospital in west sussex, one of 19 regional centres in england. How are you this morning . Im fine, thank you. To keep it clear of covid, consultations are done via video call. Patients are prioritised, they isolate for a week, our patients need to have that assurance. If theyre coming in to have surgery with us
Now on bbc news, deforestation has skyrocketed in colombia since the peace deal of 2016. Our world joins a team of scientists from the royal botanic gardens, kew on a mission in virgin tropical rainforest. They hope to discover and save rare plant species before they are destroyed this fallen giant will make the loggers 300. These valleys are populated by miners and loggers. And vanish forever. In the town of 0tanche, members of the community have been invited to a workshop in the forests of colombia, nature is under attack. Since the civil war ended in 2016, organised by the authorities. Deforestation has skyrocketed. Im Frank Gardner and i am heading into what remains of the virgin tropical rainforest. I traded in my wheelchair for a packhorse and am tested to my limits. I dont think i can do this. I think this is too dangerous. I am joining a crack team of scientists from the royal botanic gardens, kew. They are on a mission to discover and save unique plant species before they vani
Scotlands first minister nicola sunny spells. In any sunshine, it will feel quite sturgeon has insisted that a programme to test care workers warm and pretty humid for coronavirus is accelerating. But some thundery downpours so far, just over a third im back on the horse on another are likely, all driven have been tested by an area of low pressure. Field trip with the botanists. You can see this swirl of cloud thats despite a promise on the satellite picture. This time, on more even ground. 0ur area of low pressure has been spinning around across the bay of biscay. Its been throwing lumps of cloud and rain in our last month that all care home staff would get a weekly test. Oh, my god. Direction, a process which continues its like. On through saturday. Our scotland editor this is incredible. We can follow the different the fact that there is such lumps of wet weather. Sarah smith reports. A good turnout here, this area of rain moving better than expected, across northeast england throug
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