much reaction thus far in the united states but of course we will bring that as and when we get it. let s pause for a moment and get a check on the sport. after 2a seasons and six super bowl titles, bill belichick is leaving the new england patriots. it ends an era of historic success at the nfl franchise, with its owner calling belichick the best coach of all time. despite his achievements in new england, the patriots lost 13 of their 17 regular season games in 2023, finishing bottom of their division and handing belichick his worst ever win?loss record for a season. all nine super bowl appearances came alongside tom brady, but once the quarterback left, the patriots only reached the playoffs one more time. belichick is 71, but he s only 1a wins behind the legendary dawn shula wins behind the legendary don shula in all time nfl victories and is likely to continue his career elsewhere. after a series of discussions with meet robert and i have agreed i have agreed mutually to
departments, and to make inroads into the backlog of care that built up into the backlog of care that built up and was building up before covid and built up a lot more during covid. that balancing act, meeting demand and making inroads into the backlog, is a tough thing to do it the best of times, it is impossible to do when you are losing around half your medical staff. so there is no question that the targets we have set for ourselves, the aims we have got to reduce those waiting lists are going to be dented by this and thatis are going to be dented by this and that is a real pity. because we had been making progress, we had got to the stage at the end of march where we massively reduced almost to zero the number of people waiting more than 18 months for example for a procedure. so it is kind of heartbreaking if you have been a leader in the health service, anyone in the health service, and you have got those waiting this down, you have got, achieve the balancing act and lo
Are into the last four of the Champions League. Lucy bronze scores to book citys place in the semi finals after a 2 0 Aggregate Win over danish side Fortuna Hjorring. After the most challenging Railway Repair ever, today the Settle Carlisle train line reopens to customers. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Grey skies and rain might greet the day for many of you but things will brighten up quite nicely i have details coming up and a full weekend broadcast. Good morning. First, our main story. Patients will have to wait longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements, as a trade off so improvements can be made in other areas, like a e. Thats according to the head of nhs england, simon stevens, who is today setting out a new strategy for the next two years. Alexandra mackenzie has more. How have you been feeling . Not too bad, thank you. Iris ram is 96 and is recovering from a recent illness. Youre doing really well. Her gp called a local nhs Service Based in nottin