the nhs is neverfar from the top of voters lists, so it s never far from politicians lips. we spoke to the health secretary. and now, jonathan ashworth is here. one thing that is writing in the last seven days, your colleague west reading at helfer labour was talking about patient choice and the conservatives were talking about patient choice at health, for labour. i patient choice at health, for labour. , ., , ., , labour. i wish the conservatives were picking labour. i wish the conservatives were picking up labour. i wish the conservatives were picking up the labour. i wish the conservatives were picking up the plans- labour. i wish the conservatives were picking up the plans that i labour. i wish the conservatives i were picking up the plans that keir starmer and wes streeting have out late because one of the big issues in the nhs, one of the reasons why we have 7 million people on a waiting list, many people waiting more than a year for treatment, and now 2.5 million p
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hello there. it s been a mild wet and windy start to the year. a powerful area of low pressure pushing is strong to gale force winds in and some rain, and then the next area of low pressure rushes in to replace it. all the time keeping the most mild atlantic flow, but as they clear away at times some colder air, neverfaraway clear away at times some colder air, neverfar away from clear away at times some colder air, never far away from the north of the uk. but for the majority, the theme this week is further outbreaks of wet and windy weather, notjust is further outbreaks of wet and windy weather, not just this weekend but next week as well. the weekend, some of the wettest weather in the west, but we will all see some rain. 40 but we will all see some rain. a0 millimetres. by the end of next week, we could all have 100 millimetres in the west, but in all parts you can see its looking unsettled and wet. for the weekend, it remains mild for most, with lust we
spivey, level on points heading into the final race. but with the trophy go to the uk or the us? in the very early stages, that seemed a straightforward question. georgia taylor brown gaining a 22 second lead after the first of three swims. but it was never going to be that easy. taylor spivey raced back into touch and back into contention. it was a battle that had onlyjust begun. back came taylor brown going into the water in round two with an eight second lead, it was gone by the time they came out. from there, the time they came out. from there, the pair would stick together, toing and froing, but never far apart. the pair would stick together, toing and froing, but neverfar apart. and so, afterfive and froing, but neverfar apart. and so, after five cities and froing, but neverfar apart. and so, afterfive cities in and froing, but neverfar apart. and so, after five cities in five races, it came down to a final run. where taylor brown showed her class, pulling a weight not only from
sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s marc. good evening. we start with cricket, where england have given themselves the sniff of a chance of victory in the second test thanks to some late new zealand wickets on the fourth day at trent bridge. joe root had earlier hit 176 as england, like the tourists, made over 500 in theirfirst innings as the contest stretches tantalisingly into the fifth day. patrick gearey rounds up the action for us. joe root runs, words that are neverfar away from each other at the moment, especially on this flat pitch. unbelievable! where everything you touch, flies. if you can hit them there, you can hit them anywhere. easy to be careless. root out, out of nowhere. he scored 176. that only made him want more. with him went england s momentum.