Brexit is the real end of the british empire. Good morning. Its thursday 14th of november. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 2004. Other targets covering cancer and routine hospital treatment are also being missed. Lets take a look at some of those targets and the latest statistics published this morning. The government target is a maximum four hour wait for those in a e. But todays figures show only 83. 6 of patients, thats one in six patients, were treated or assessed in a e within four hours in october. Thats a sharp drop on september and down from 89. 1 in october last year. The number of patients waiting for routine operations in england was 4. 42 million in september the highest ever. The nhs target is to have all patients start routine treatment within 18 weeks. But todays figures show more than 672,000 people were waiting more than 18 weeks the highe
Never been done home and away, back to back. I am looking forward to the challenge and obviously you learn things from doing it the first time. It is nice to have the opportunity to go and do it again. So matthew delighted to be taking up the role and she will be doing it with a tried and tested formula. She will bring back her vice captains from 2019, catherine emery, Suzanne Pedersen and laura davies. Although Suzanne Pedersen ended up playing at that event. So plenty of opportunity to bring on 2021. Matteo berrettini has become the first italian to win a match at the season ending atp finals. Hed already been knocked out of the tournament, but put that disappointment behind him to beat Dominic Thiem in straight sets at the 02 arena in london. Thiem is already in the semi finals. Theres a big match this evening, in the same group as berrettini and Thiem Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer play for a place in the semi finals. The pair havent met since djokovic won wimbledons longest sing
You just dont go there. Ben stokes speaking to dan walker there. Time for a look at the weather. Heres helen willetts. Some of us woke up to snowfall and some of it is still there but mostly now over the hills but the rain is coming down thick and fast. In amongst all that rain and snow, weve got some beautiful sunshine. This was edinburgh earlier. Visible on the satellite picture here but this swathe of cloud unfortunately brings rain to those areas already severely flooded and theres more to come. There are met Office Yellow warnings for rain in this part of the world and there are numerous flood warnings still. In fact, the numbers are now rising across the midlands, particularly warwickshire and oxfordshire to the could be some nasty conditions if you are travelling. The river levels are rising quickly and flowing fast. For the next few hours you can see that rain with as across the midlands, very little letup towards the southwest and northeast, pivoting further north westwards as
As shes seen embracing the man who stands accused of her murder. A Police Officer has been charged with the murder of retired footballer Dalian Atkinson who died after being tasered. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. Good afternoon simon. The former england captain, Dylan Hartley has announced his retirement from professional rugby. Northampton saints where hes played at for m years say the hooker had been unable to recoverfrom a knee injury. And you have the weather at your fingertips. Persistent rain across england with the risk of flooding. We were also the casting our eyes towards india we have a couple of cyclones to look at. Also coming up would you pay £5 99 a month to be able to binge on british classic Television Series . The Election Campaign has turned attention onto the economy with both labour and the conservatives setting our their spending priorities. And they re planning a big spending spree. With the shadow chancellor, John Mcdonnell, setting out plans to bor
No one knows what really happened, because many demonstrations are taking place simultaneously. Now, most of them are pacific, so theres no problem. But you that our classico is something more than a football game. It is something more political. El clasico. And precisely on 26 october, there will bea precisely on 26 october, there will be a big demonstration in barcelona, rejecting the decisions of the spanishjustice. So rejecting the decisions of the spanish justice. So it rejecting the decisions of the spanishjustice. So it is a hard point, and i think la liga makes the point, and i think la liga makes the point in at least asking. Because i think that, for example, yesterday with so many riots in the centre of barcelona, and the demonstration on the attorney sixth will be one of the attorney sixth will be one of the biggest on the 26th will be one of the biggest in catalonia, so it is not easy. I think changing the location of the game, of course, many questions will be asked, and