For breaching betting rules. He must also pay £20,000 in costs. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Hospitals in england could carry out 280,000 extra non urgent operations every year, by making better use of operating theatres. The analysis comes from a Health Service watchdog, nhs improvement. Its conclusions are due out later this week but have been seen by the bbc. They suggest that an average of two hours a day are lost in operating theatres because of late starts and other delays. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym has this report. Patients waiting months for planned surgery may be surprised to hear the nhs could be doing a lot more operations. Thats the view of a health regulator, who says time is wasted and more patients could be fitted in. The analysis seen by the bbc suggests hospitals could be more efficient. Nhs improvement looked at non urgent surgery at 100 trusts in england last year. It said 1. 61; million operations were carried out, but an extra 280,000 more c
The European Council president donald tusk has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together, or, as he put it, face defeat. Brexit, he said is the eus toughest stress test, and the eu must not be divided at any costs. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. 0ur europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. With just a year until a brexit deal has to be done, the eu side is deeply uncertain about how this process will end, with an organised deal or a chaotic split. Huge challenges ahead, said donald tusk. Ahead of us is still the toughest stress test. If we fail it, the negotiations will end in our defeat. Donald tusk is no fan of brexit. He even hopes it may not happen. But he says success or failure in the talks depends on how the uk handles them. It is in fact up to london how this will end, with a good deal, no deal or no brexit. Last weeks summit in brussels br
Snooker championship 2015 to today being banned for six months for betting breaches. It is estimated he spent £35,000 in the past seven yea rs spent £35,000 in the past seven years betting on matches. More on that later. And the weather with chris. Cloudy and mild here, but i will be casting my mind to the alps with the Early Arrival of winter. More from me in the next half hour. Also coming up, a string and a prayer the moment 2115 people simultaneously bungee jumped off a 30 foot high bridge in brazil. Well tell you why. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. The European Council president , donald tusk, has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together or face defeat. Brexit, he said, was the eus toughest stress test, and it must not be divided at any costs. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london, and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. 0ur europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas repo