Of todays figures on the election and talking to a Senior Consultant in emergency medicine. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Several people are injured after a shooting at a high school in california, near Los Angeles Police say a suspect is still at large. A man who crushed a toddler to death with a car seat is jailed for seven and a half years. Victims of the floods across england brace themselves for more rain, with more than 90 flood warnings in place. And devastating floods in venice the Italian Government is set to declares a state of emergency there. Its five oclock our top story accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began, in 200a. One senior doctor has warned Emergency Care is imploding. The governments target is for 95 of a e patients to be treated or assessed within a maximum of four hours. But todays figures show that was only achieved with 83. 6 of patients. They also show a raft of other targets are bei
Reduction. 100 flood warnings in place across england tonight as the met office warns that up to five more centimetres of rain could fall. Articial speech ever since i got this voice it was amazing. And the little boy whos been given a new voice thanks to advances in technology. And coming up on sportsday late in the hour on bbc news. England prepare for their ioooth game, the match at wembley against montenegro scould also see them qualify for the euros. Against montenegro should also see them qualify for the euros. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One in six patients waited longer than the four hour target in october and the target for starting Cancer Treatment was missed for the 46th month in a row. The total number of people waiting for routine operations is now nearly 4. 5 million. The labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described the figures as disgrace
You just dont go there. Ben stokes speaking to dan walker there. Time for a look at the weather. Heres helen willetts. Some of us woke up to snowfall and some of it is still there but mostly now over the hills but the rain is coming down thick and fast. In amongst all that rain and snow, weve got some beautiful sunshine. This was edinburgh earlier. Visible on the satellite picture here but this swathe of cloud unfortunately brings rain to those areas already severely flooded and theres more to come. There are met Office Yellow warnings for rain in this part of the world and there are numerous flood warnings still. In fact, the numbers are now rising across the midlands, particularly warwickshire and oxfordshire to the could be some nasty conditions if you are travelling. The river levels are rising quickly and flowing fast. For the next few hours you can see that rain with as across the midlands, very little letup towards the southwest and northeast, pivoting further north westwards as
Also on the programme. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says trumps actions amount to bribery, escalating the stakes in the impeachment battle. Politics can be a ruff job. Luckily for staffers on capitol hill yesterday, some Furry Friends were on hand to help. Hello and welcome im Christian Fraser in london and Michelle Fleury is in new york. Health care is a major talking point in any election. And especially so here in the uk. The nhs is our most cherished institution. Funded by public money, free at the point of use but today it is a service under enormous pressure. New figures out today will make grim reading for government. In october one in six patients in england waited longer than the four hour target. In england waited longer nearly 4. 5 million are waiting for a routine operation. In the uk healthcare is a devolved issue scotland, wales and Northern Ireland are also missing their targets. All the parties are proposing in this campaign to increase the nhs budget. Were joined now by
Last post plays when you go home, say, for your tomorrow we gave our today. Nimrod plays the familiar sound of nimrod at the National Memorial arboretum and around the country, two minutes silence was observed at 11 oclock to mark Armistice Day. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, to remember the deaths of fallen servicemen and women in the two world wars and in conflicts since. The duke of kent is attending that service at the National Memorial arboretum in staffordshire. The silence is marked every year to mark the day in 1918 when the fighting in world war i was stopped. The allies and germany signing an armistice in and germany signing an armistice in a Railway Carriage in france at 5am on the 11th of november 1918. Six hours later, at 11 oclock, the conflict ceased. The first armistice silence was observed in 1919 and has continued every year since then. Nimrod plays youre watching bbc newsroom live and these are the main stories this morning. The country has just fal