Conservation staff and volunteers are battling to save 100 that are still alive, in one of the areas worst Whale Standings in living memory. Good morning, its friday 10th february. Im rachel schofield. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, has conceded the Nhs In England is facing completely unacceptable problems. He said there was no excuse for some of the difficulties highlighted during the bbcs nhs week. A series of reports have revealed Lengthening Waits in a e and patients being left for hours on trolleys. In an exclusive interview with the bbc, mr hunt told our Health Editor hugh pym that the government has a plan, but it will take time to deliver. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said the problems of high Patient Demand were not unique to the nhs, and all leading Health Systems were grappling with the same c
of summer heat is on its way. at the moment across parts of spain and portugal, it will build into southern france over the next few days. temperatures widely above 1a degrees. towards the end of the week, the heat shoots its way northwards. it will be mainly for england and wales, widely high 20s and low 30s as we head towards friday. scotland and northern ireland don t quite get into the heat. here, a bit more cloud, much like we saw in the west of scotland today. rather grey skies, the chance of some rain. it is that cloud and i do mean some of the highest temperatures will be found here. a damn start tomorrow, further south, clearer conditions. in rural parts, it could get down to four five celsius. starting across the north, the rain comes and goes across parts of northern and western scotland throughout the day. northern ireland, southern scotland, the odd passing shower but most of you will stay dry with sunny spells. the southern half of the uk, other than north wales, most wil