At their fastest rate for nearly 20 years, with steaming Services Accounting for more than half of consumption. Its 5 oclock, good afternoon, our top story is that the Health Secretaryjeremy hunt has apologised to patients, after the postponement of tens of thousands of operations in england, until next month. Theresa may acknowledged the move is frustrating, but said the nhs is better prepared this winter,than in previous yea rs. However senior doctors say seasonal pressures have escalated rapidly over the festive period. Our Health Correspondent Catherine Burns has more. Anna is waiting for an operation thats going to change her life. Her facial nerve was removed when she had cancer seven years ago. Shes due to have an appointment to plan facial reconstruction surgery next week, but is expecting it to be cancelled. I was hoping that i would have the surgery maybe at the end of january, beginning of february, but i have a feeling it will be knocked back to april or may. Shes due to ha
You look perfect tonight. Sales have grown at their fastest rate for nearly 20 years, with streaming Services Accounting for more than half of consumption. And the bionic hand with a sense of touch we have an exclusive report on the woman whos been testing it out for scientists in the real world. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Donald trump has launched a stinging attack on one of his former closest advisors steve bannon after he was quoted in a new book criticising a meeting between mr trumps son and a group of russians. Steve bannon is said to have described a meeting between the president s son, donjunior, and a russian lawyer during the 2016 president ial Election Campaign as treasonous and unpatriotic. Following the allegations the president said, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost hisjob, he lost his mind. Mr bannons claims come in a new book on trumps presidency by journalist Michael Wolff. Well, a little earlier, a
Medias emotional demands as they move from primary to secondary school, englands childrens commissioner says. The leader of the council in windsor calls for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the Royal Wedding in may. And Britains Andy Murray pulls out of the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. He hasnt played a competitive match since wimbledon. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Lawyers for President Trump have threatened legal action against his former chief strategist. They have threatened mr bannon with legal action for speaking to a book donald trump. Mr bannon was quoted as described donald junior as truce nous for meeting russians during the campaign, mrtrump meeting russians during the campaign, mr trump responded accusing his former strategist of losing his mind after he lost his job at the white house. They were once as thick as thieves. Steve bannon helped to shape the America First campaign that electe
Plan of action with international ambitions. But what it speaks to is something much more personalfor each of us. That is the impulse to ca re each of us. That is the impulse to care for and nurture our own surroundings. To protect what is vulnerable and precious. To safeguard and improve on our inheritance to pass on something of significance to those who come after us. Significance to those who come after us. It what is Roger Scrutton has described as the gold awards which serious environmentalism and serious conservatism point namely home, the place we are and share and defines us, that we hold in trust and that we dont want to spoil. 0ur goal is a healthy and beautiful natural environment, which we can all enjoy and which we can be proud to pass on to the next generation and this plan is how we will achieve it. Thank you. Applause. Now, i will take a number of questions from the media. I saw lauras hand go up immediately. Thank you Prime Minister, happy new year. This plan was prom
From cardiff, were caught when rocks tumbled down the face of el capitan. New evidence is unveiled which suggests the drawing on the right could be a sketch for da vincis famous enigmatic masterpiece. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has given another strong hint that Interest Rates will rise this autumn for the first time in a decade. The base rate was cut to the Current Record low of a quarter of i after the eu referendum. The bank has since been under mounting pressure to raise rates to help curb inflation. Mr carney told the bbc that they are likely to rise in the relatively near term. Our correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. It looks like the cost of money, the Interest Rate on the cash we borrow, is about to go up, because this man, the canadian mark carney who runs the bank of england, has wasted no opportunity to ram home, like he did again this moring, that the banks base Interest Rate is on the rise. What we have said