and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who s died at the age of 78. there s more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england, ambulance response times in december were the worse on record. were the worst on record. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. the highest priority calls with an immediate threat to life took almost 11 minutes on average, the target is seven. and patients are waiting even longer in accident and emergency, 35% waited more than four hours that s another record. our health correspondent jim reed reports. long queues for ambulances, the most 999 calls ever, record waits in a&e, new figures today show in blunt terms the pressure the nhs is under. martin started feeling chest pains in his home in east sussex in november. his family rang three times for an ambulance. we kept thinking, the ambulance will pull up any minute, it is going to ar
hello. thanks forjoining us on this packed sporting sunday. here s what we ve got for you on sportsday this evening. yes, he cam norrie reaches a grand slam quarterfinal for the first time but there s wimbledon woe for watson. a scary start to the british grand prix ends with a first time winner. details of a dramatic race to come. morejonny bairstow heroics at edgbaston, but india remain in control of the final test. hello there. it s been one of those sporting sundays where you don t quite know what to watch. so much sport going. but we ve got you covered for the next 13 minutes or so. we ll start at wimbledon where for the first time we had play scheduled on a sunday. and for cameron norrie this was no day to rest as he reached the last eight of a grand slam for the first time. chethan pathak s at the all england club us and chetan norrie showed no signs of nerves out on court one. no. there were a few moments of tightness, times, but he is so good, isn t he, just
the conservative mp chris pincher, who is under investigation for allegedly groping two men, says he s seeking professional medical support and hopes to return to his duties as an mp as soon as possible. hundreds of people have gathered in east london at a vigil dedicated to zara aleena, who was killed as she walked home from a night out. two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. more than a million people have gathered on the streets of london for pride, as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m chethan partak live at the all england club. coming up on the programmer on a stunning day at the all england club, iga swiatek, the world number one and top seed, gives us the upset of the championship so far, knocked out by the world number 37. it s not a super saturday for the brits as a wild
A meeting of this kind. Also this hour, an emotional tribute from the father of the youngest manchester terror attack victim. Saffie roussos was one of 22 People Killed in the attack at the Ariana Grande concert. Today would have been her ninth birthday. She was so soft and gentle On The Inside Butjust so strong in what she wanted, and she wanted to be famous, she wanted to be on stage, she wanted to be Ariana Grande, the way she is now, that was saffies dream. A survey by bbc 5 live indicates more than a third of premier League Football fans regularly watch games online via unofficial streams. Good morning, its tuesday the 4th july. Welcome to Newsroom Live. North korea says it has successfully launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The range seems to have been much greater than in previous tests. If the claim is true, the missile could potentially have the range to reach parts of the United States. State media said the Landmark Test was overseen by the north Korean Leader ki