And we are losing the nhs, and i think that this winter s pressures are going to be the thing that topples the nhs over. david grossman, bbc news. and you can see more on that story at 10.30pm, on newsnight, on bbc 2. the government has scrapped a flagship piece of legislation, designed to raise standards of education in england. the schools bill included plans for a register of children who are missing lessons, and for all schools to become part of multi academy trusts. our education correspondent hazel shearing has more. the schools bill has faced a lot of hurdles since it was first introduced. we had the schools white paper, a policy document outlining the government s vision back in march. over the some of the schools legislation, the schools bill, which is legislation to implement some of that vision,
The ambulance to come. the target for the average response time on such a serious life or death call is seven minutes. it was horrendous. it s every parent s worst nightmare. mercifully, darren s daughter survived, but sadly, many do not. data obtained by newsnight through a freedom of information request paints a worrying picture. in the whole of 2020, west midlands ambulance service had just one patient who was dead by the time the ambulance turned up following a delay. so far this year, up until september, the total is 37. and that is with three months data still to come. as we ve heard repeatedly, one of the big problems is ambulances being stuck outside hospitals, unable to hand over patients. over a single day, newsnight journalists monitored ambulances at five hospitals covered by west midlands ambulance service to see just how bad the problem is right now. on the day we recorded data,
South and west. cooler, ten to 12 celsius. tomorrow evening and night, really concerned about another a0 millimetres of rain in some southern areas across england and wales. by the time we get to thursday, that is moving north across northern england, north wales, scotland, possibly northern ireland. again, still those winds up to severe gale force for parts of shetland. temperatures fairly irrelevant on wednesday given all of that range. it might be that we finally clear that a low pressure out the way by the end of friday but we do have more waiting in the background for the weekend. thanks, helen. and that s bbc news at ten on the 15th of november. there s more analysis on the situation in ukraine and poland on newsnight with kirsty wark which is just getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc 1 as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight.
In london and in the caribbean nothing to do with florida, which is kind of the core of this case, and i think that s what s going to get argued about tomorrow. also, on top of that, the duke s lawyers are bringing all sorts of motions tomorrow in new york to have it thrown out. they re saying for technical reasons she can t bring that case since actually doesn t live in the us any more and they re saying effectively the whole thing will be stopped now but she is again saying whatever this document says, we are happy for it to be unsealed because we say it is not actually stopping our case against the prince. prince andrew has consistently denied knowing virginia giuffre. here he is speaking to emily maitliss on newsnight in 2019. i have no recollection of ever meeting this lady. none whatsoever. you don t remember meeting her? no. she says she met you in 2001, she dined with you, she danced with you, you bought her drinks, you were in tramp nightclub in london and she went on to hav
Information to prepare their case. after that, september is the earliest that the trial could begin. we ve been hearing a lot about that discovery phase. here s adam klasfield, the managing editor of the law and crime network based in new york, with more on that. discovering is the fact process. the famous interview on newsnight, prince andrew made the assertion that he did not sweat. that he was medically incapable of sweating at the time. miss giuffre s counsel has specifically asked for evidence of that claim. this is the time period, the discovery phase, when the parties get to see covenants testing the other party s assertions. that might be through documentary evidence or depositions, but that s what this phase is all about.