Let me bring you some breaking news on the nhs. The average Response Time in february for ambulances in england dealing with the most urgent incidents, defined as calls from people with life threatening illnesses or injuries, was eight minutes and 25 seconds, nhs figures show. This is down very slightly from eight minutes and 26 Seconds Injanuary, but is above the target standard Response Time of seven minutes. Ambulances took an average of 36 minutes and 20 seconds last month to respond to emergency calls such as heart attacks, strokes and sepsis. This is down from a0 minutes and six Seconds Injanuary while the target is 18 minutes. Response times for urgent calls, such as late stages of labour, Non Severe Burns and diabetes, averaged two hours, four minutes and 12 seconds in february, down from two hours, 12 minutes and 48 seconds in january. Back to our top story. The communities secretary, michael gove, has told the bbc why the government is introducing a new definitgion for extrem
Authorities say they expect the death toll to rise significantly. Wildfires are still burning and firefighters are working to bring them under control. These pictures are from the Us National Guard which is providing assistance. Hawaiians are donating supplies to be sent to the worst affected areas. But locals on the island of maui say much more help is needed. Hawaiis governor gave this update. It is a harrowing sight in maui. When those providers, the police in this division, do come across scenes in houses or businesses, its very difficult for them because they know ultimately theyll be sharing with our people that there have been more fatalities. I do expect the numbers to rise. Our North America correspondent sophie long, whos on maui, has been hearing from some of the bereaved and survivors who have lost everything. She sent this report. The fire left more than a city devastated, and charred black buildings behind. Existential questions hover above the emptiness. How can you rebu
To move very quickly. Dan roan, bbc news, sydney. This programme continues on bbc one. After a trial lasting 10 months, a jury decided nurse lucy letby deliberately injected seven babies with air, force fed others milk and poisoned some with insulin. Her victims included twins and two boys in a set of identical triplets, who she murdered within 2a hours of each other. Consultants who told Hospital Managers they had concerns about letby were forced to apologise to herfor raising suspicions. Well ask why bosses at the countess of Chester Hospital, where she worked, failed to investigate the deaths for so long. There is only one Serial Killer of babies. The Executive Team were not the people who were responsible for the deaths of those babies, but they had some opportunities to get to the bottom of what was happening. And why does a Health Professional trained to save lives become a Serial Killer . The person who kills within a Healthcare Setting has already developed the desire to kill,
Have let families know that in 28 days, or perhaps sooner, they will decide on whether to progress to a retrial to look at some of the cases where the jury were not able to decide upon. I think we will have to wait for that. 0bviously, decide upon. I think we will have to wait for that. Obviously, we have touched upon the fact that there is now a wider review into lucy letby s footprint, during her whole time working at Liverpool Womens and potentially early at the Countess Of Chester, so we are not clear at the moment as to where the next stage of the investigation might lead to. Dan, thank you, dan 0donoghue, who has been following this trial through out. We are bringing you all of the reaction here on bbc news. A statement hasjust been of the reaction here on bbc news. A statement has just been released by the health and social care secretary on the announcement of an inquiry, an independent inquiry that the government has said will take place, focusing on lucy letby s conduct and o
Conclusion. She will be sentenced here on monday at Manchester Crown court. She is now the most prolific killer of children in modern times. Shejudith morris sent this report. She thought shed get away with it, but this was the moment the game was up. Lucy, is it . Do you mind if i step in for a few seconds . Yes. Behind the door of this ordinary suburban house, britains most prolific baby killer was arrested three years after her murder spree began. Just sit there for me, lucy. Ive just had knee surgery. She worked here, on the Neonatal Unit at the countess of Chester Hospital. Her role, to care for the most vulnerable infants, but that couldnt have been further from her mind. The crying, ive never heard anything like it since. It was screaming. It was screaming, and i was like, what is the matter with them . Legally, we cant identify the families in this case, but their stories are distressing. These are the parents of twin boys born prematurely in 2015. Their mum was taking milk to