Minds, thats for sure. Yes, ive headed a lot of footballs as well, so there is a worry. But i feel fine, my brother feels fine and we are ploughing an awful lot of money into it and hopefully, we can come up with some solutions. Throughout february, bbc sport is celebrating the achievements of lgbt athletes and the impact they have made beyond the realms of sport as part of lgbt history month. Jason collins made basketball history eight years ago, when he came out as the first openly gay player in the nba. Precedent barack precedent ba rack obama precedent barack obama said to me my actions will have a positive impact on someone that i might not ever meet in my lifetime president. And i dont, that is really cool. I never really thought about that. And i thought. I didnt want to be the first. This is something that i have guarded since i was 13, 1a years old. I constantly had to wear a mask. Thinking, ok, i cant say this because i dont want someone to pick up on the fact that i am gay.
And coming up on bbc news. Bayern munich s latest bid for harry kane is enough to get a yes from spurs but will they get the same answer from the england captain himself . Hello. The nhs achieved an unwelcome milestone today that nobody wanted. The number of people waiting to start routine Hospital Treatment in england is at a record high nearly 7. 5 Million People. The figures are from the end ofjune, and mean 1 in 7 of the population is waiting for hospital care. Nhs providers, which represents Health Trusts in england, says the numbers arent surprising, given the diffculties the nhs has been facing. This includes backlogs made worse by the pandemic, and strikes by health care workers. Yet rishi sunak has made cutting nhs Waiting Lists one of his key priorities this year. The government today says there are positive signs in the figures, including a drop in those waiting for more than 18 months, and improved Ambulance Response times. To dig into the figures and look at when they migh
we begin with more on twitter and the latest security concerns. as you ve been hearing, the company s former head of security alleges the social media giant has hidden negligent security practices, misled federal regulators about its safety, and failed to properly estimate the number of bots on its platform. twitter has denied the allegations saying they contain many inaccuracies and inconsistencies, but the revelations could have huge consequences for twitter, including possible fines and the potential unravelling of elon musk s bid to buy the company. joseph menn, from the washington post, was one of the reporters who broke the story. he explained what motivated peiter zatco to file this whistleblower complaint. peiter zatco is an unusual person, one of the most famous actors in america and has pioneered and co ordinated disclosure where security researchers find flaws in programmes and work with the vendors to establish fixes for the problems before going public. he led cy
A surge in the cost of fuel pushed up us Consumer Prices by 0. 6 , but if you strip out the volatile cost of food and fuel, the underlying rate was half that, coming in at 0. 3 . It could give Americas Central Bank some breathing room, encouraging the Federal Reserve to keep Interest Rates on hold next wednesday. Lets speak live to our north America Business correspondent, erin delmore. What do these figures tell us about the state of the us economy . Weill. The state of the us economy . Well, we are seeing the state of the us economy . Well, we are seeing the the state of the us economy . Well, we are seeing the second the state of the us economy . Vii we are seeing the second straight monthly rise in the Consumer Price index here, and that matters because the fed is meeting next week. This is in fact the last day dump they are going to get before they get together and everybody is holding their breath to see whether the fed will continue its campaign of Interest Rate rises or whether
Said the waiting list was growing long before the strikes and the main problem was under investment. another four day strike in england begins tomorrow. given that, where do we go from here, is itjust up and up and up with these waiting lists? it certainly looks this way. these figures were thejune and we saw the impact of thejunior figures were thejune and we saw the impact of the junior doctors strike there. we had a consultant strike last month injuly. this month, we have thejunior doctors last month injuly. this month, we have the junior doctors again walking out from tomorrow in england and later in the month. all of that it seems will feed through to the figures, that is the way health chiefs see it and they are getting extremely worried about that possibility. that of course leads into the question of rishi sunak pars s target of reducing the overall waiting list from next spring. 0ne overall waiting list from next spring. one thing a the nuffield trust today said that is looki