The Royal College of surgeons warns that the number of patients waiting more than six months for routine operations and treatment in england has nearly tripled in four years. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Crown Prosecution Service have announced that Craig Mackinlay, who is running for south thanet in the election for the conservatives, has been charged over his alleged overspending in the 2015 general Election Campaign. Mr mackinlay defeated the then ukip leader, nigel farage, in the ballot. Daniel sandford is with me now. First ball, talk us through what he has been charged with. It all goes back to the Titanic Battle In the 2015 General Election between nigel farage and a Conservative Party. He was trying to get a seat in parliament for the first time. The Conservative Party were trying to keep them out. Craig mackinlay was the candidate for the conservatives who managed to win that in south thanet. As all candidates have to do, he then filed his Election Expenses
She took a risk and just seven weeks ago, it seemed almost certain to pay off. But how different it all looks today . She has lost 12 seats and with it her parliamentary majority. Nick watt spent the day in westminster examining the shape of theresa mays new government and asking can she govern . For now, theresa may continues as her majesty was the 13th Prime Minister, but she stumbled back into Downing Street after running close second by a man who for three decades has been dismissed by all parties as a marginal figure. This government will guide the country through crucial brexit talks. M was almost as if nothing has changed as theresa may pledged to lead another government. Ministers told newsnight that her failure to acknowledge in her statement that she had squandered a tory majority was a major mistake. Within a few hours there was a new hint of contrition. Im sorry for all those candidates and ha rd working contrition. Im sorry for all those candidates and hard working Party W
Wont be allowed to shape government policy. Labour urges the Prime Minister to make way for it to form a government. Some mps whod opposed Jeremy Corbyns leadership have urged colleagues to get behind him. Im reeta chakrabati. The other Headlines Police reveal the London Bridge terror attackers tried to hire a 7. 5 ton lorry, but their credit cards were declined. Petrol bombs and blow torches were found in the van they did use. Police say they had pink ceramic knives tied to their wrists. A Rescue Operation is underway in the mid atlantic involving the queen mary 2 cruise ship after the crew of a transatlantic yacht got into difficulty. And harry kane will be the new england captain as they take on scotland in the World Cup Qualifier at hampden park. Good afternoon from westminster. Theresa mays top two Downing Street aides have resigned in the wake of thursdays conservative election failure to get a Working Majority in the house of commons. Their departure comes after the bbc understa
To drop an investigation into links between his Election Campaign team and russia. Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week, preparing for the worst in vr. A bunch of new apples. And the bouncy, strokey, stretchy, bendy, slimy world of Soft Robotics. It is hard to believe that the world is safer than it used to be. It is, but the nature of the Terror Attacks in the west in the last few years the increasing use of vehicles, knives and guns to carry out prolonged attacks, have forced the authorities to think differently about how to deal with a terrorist incident. And of course, theyre not confined to the west. In some parts of the world, these atrocities are more common and often have more casualties. Its difficult to predict when and where a Terrorist Attack will occur. But while the authorities cant predict, they can prepare for the worst. This is a large scale counterterrorism training exercise. It was a combined effort, including londons metropolitan police, fire and ambulance
Wont be allowed to shape government policy. Labour urges the Prime Minister to make way for it to form a government. Some mps whod opposed Jeremy Corbyns leadership have urged colleagues to get behind him. Im reeta chakrabati. The other Headlines Police reveal the London Bridge terror attackers tried to hire a 7. 5 ton lorry, but their credit cards were declined. Petrol bombs and blow torches were found in the van they did use. Police say they had pink ceramic knives tied to their wrists. A Rescue Operation is underway in the mid atlantic involving the queen mary 2 cruise ship after the crew of a transatlantic yacht got into difficulty. And harry kane will be the new england captain as they take on scotland in the World Cup Qualifier at hampden park. Good afternoon from westminster. Theresa mays top two Downing Street aides have resigned in the wake of thursdays conservative election failure to get a Working Majority in the house of commons. Their departure comes after the bbc understa