Newsroom. The number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment has hit a record high of 7. 68 million. Its the highest number since records began in august two thousand and seven. Earlier, the government announced the nhs will receive. £200 million to will receive. £200 million to help the service in the coming winter. Labour says the monies are sticking plaster, but the Prime Minister says the government is trying to improve waiting times. Waiting times. Well winter is always a challenging time for the nhs and this year we started planning for winter earlier than ever before. Today were announcing before. Today were announcing £200 million, which will go to the nhs to help build extra capacity and resilience for this winter season, making sure that patients can care that patients can get the care that they need. Earlier this year, we also announced the long term workforce plan , making sure that workforce plan, making sure that for the first time we train more doctors a
Activity is still on the rise. Law enforcement agencies are having an increasingly difficultjob of tackling new types of Economic Crime. Here in the uk, the latest report by accountants bdo, out today, reveals the total value of reported corporate fraud has risen by a staggering 538 over the last 15 years, to £2. 11 billion. This seems to be part of an international trend. The most recent Economic Crime survey, by accountants pwc, says more than a third of organisations report being victimised by Economic Crime. And cyber crime has gone up the list, jumping to the second most reported Economic Crime among businesses. It ranges from identity theft, payment card theft, through to areas like cryptocurrency manipulation. So what is the cost of this . Hiscox insurance says, in 2016, cyber crime cost the Global Economy over 450 billion, and that over two billion personal records were stolen. With me is david clarke, director of the Fraud Advisory Panel, and former head of the police nationa
Augustine allegedly posting his intentions online after dozens of searches for isis propaganda. At one point even looking up direction to isiscontrolled territory. It was here on this street in key the fbi says Bernard Augustine started searching online for how to join isis. His classmates from Pittman High School in turlock were surprised to hear he was arrested overseas. He is just a quiet guy, smart. I mean, thats all i know about him. Reporter the complaints unsealed today shows augustines expressed desire to join isis in texts and online posts, and he supported their cause. It charges that he searched for jihadist propaganda, showing executions along with the literal search, how to safely join isis. And in february 2016, agents say augustine flew from sfo to tunisia, where he sent family members messages on social media saying not to contact him. But he was ultimately arrested trying to enter an isiscontrolled part of libya. Oh my goodness. Thats scary. Because i lived right in fr
Your generosity after a story you saw only on news 4. And still tracking rain for you. I will show you what to expect tomorrow. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. Good evening. We are following up on what could be a major disruption on metro this weekend. Adam tusz was the first to report about the flthreat of an employee sick out planned for friday, saturday and sunday. Shomari stone has details on what is behind it and how it will impact you if it happens. He joins us now live from outside the Dupont Circle metro station with new reaction from riders tonight. Reporter i talked to riders and many of them tell me that this potential sick out comes at a very bad time. Its not a good thing. Reporter he is concerned about workers threatening a sick out this weekend. People rely on and they need it for work and school even on the weekends and it is a big inconvenience. Reporter sources tell news 4 metro employees have been telling supervisors they will not show up to work friday. Metro management
Partly sunny sky for the rest of the day. Mid 70s where we stan at the airport. We have a haphazard win, light wind but you will not notice it that much. Seventyone in ac. In the lower 60s in the mountains. As day proes fromes we will call it partly sunny and nice and warm for sure, high reaches at least upper 80s. We will do harmless flirtation with extend ago this heat wave for yet another day but i dont think we will get there we will see how we do. Were looking good any war we see on the blue route. Schuylkill, it is sterile i. This is early reiser but overall, that is basically where everything is looking like. But we have an accident here, you guys, pennsauken new jersey involving down traffic signal route 130 southbound before route 38. Two right lanes are still block. That has not yet been cleared and two right lanes still blocked there. Also we have got down wires new castle county, delaware marsh road at philadelphia pike, the intersection is still closed as well. Ill let you