times are ahead. we could see patients having to wait longer for admission to a bed. and we will see the hospital becoming more crowded as those admissions go up with patients, notjust with covid, but also with flu and other respiratory infections. the ambulance service has now called on the army for help, but few expect an instant cure for the nhs s ails. hywel griffith, bbc news. letters shown to the grenfell inquiry show successive governments were warned by london fire brigade about the potential fire risk of cladding panels up to eight years before the fire, which claimed 72 lives. the brigade made its first warning after its initial investigation into a fire in southwark in 2009, when six people died. the government s chief fire safety advisor, sir ken knight, replied that there was insufficient evidence then to warrant the warning the brigade wanted.
like winter has already hit, and warn even tougher times are ahead. we could see patients having to wait longer for admission to a bed. and we will see the hospital becoming more crowded as those admissions go up with patients, notjust with covid, but also with flu and other respiratory infections. the ambulance service has now called on the army for help, but few expect an instant cure for the nhs s ails. hywel griffith, bbc news. the high court has dismissed a challenge to the law that allows foetuses with down s syndrome to be aborted up to the point of birth. heidi crowter brought the case against the government with two other parties injuly, saying the legislation did not respect her life. her legal team had argued the rules were unlawfully discriminatory. detectives are investigating whether primary school teacher sabina nessa was killed by a stranger
within wales who have been waiting for such a long time, but this is an unprecedented time, and of course we do hope that people will bear with us. the pressure is coming from every angle. more elderly patients who have become more frail during lockdown, but also younger people, whose mental health has suffered and find a&e the only place to turn. doctors on the front line here say it feels like winter has already hit, and warn even tougher times are ahead. we could see patients having to wait longer for admission to a bed. and we will see the hospital becoming more crowded as those admissions go up with patients, notjust with covid, but also with flu and other respiratory infections. the ambulance service has now called on the army for help, but few expect an instant cure for the nhs s ails. hywel griffith, bbc news.