And andy murray heads home after pulling out of the Australian Open with an ongoing hip injury. And coming up in the sport on bbc news england let slip their advantage over australia in the final ashes test, as they lose late wickets in sydney. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A Record Number of people called the nhs 111 number during the festive period, according to figures published this morning. There were nearly half a million calls to the advice line in the last week of december in england. There was also a sharp increase in the number of ambulances being held outside hospitals. Heres our health correspondent, Catherine Burns the Prime Minister today in Frimley Park Hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. The National Health service continues to do a fantasticjob for people. Yes, it has pressures overwinter. Yes, it has particular pressures in the christmas and new year period. The st
As they move from primary to secondary school, englands childrens commissioner says. The leader of the council in windsor calls for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the Royal Wedding in may. And Britains Andy Murray withdraws from the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. He hasnt played a competitive match since wimbledon. Donald trumps lawyers have threatened his former chief of staff steve bannon with legal action for speaking about his time on the Election Campaign to the author of an explosive new book about the president. The book by the journalist Michael Wolff makes many bold claims including that donald trump was unprepared for the job and his wife melania cried when he won the race to the white house. Mr bannon was quoted as describing the president s son donald junior as treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting russians during the campaign. Mr trump hit back, accusing his former strategist of losing his mind,
Our main story at five. The Prime Minister has apologised for a decision to postpone some operations in england until next month, saying she knows its difficult, frustrating and disappointing. Her remarks came after further evidence of pressure on the nhs this winter. Bbc analysis has found that one in eight patients taken to hospital by ambulance in england so far this winter has had to wait more than half an hour to be handed over to nhs staff. Figures also show a Record Number of people called the nhs 111 number during the festive period. The Prime Minister today in Frimley Park Hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. The National Health service continues to do a fantasticjob for people. Yes, it has pressures overwinter. Yes, it has particular pressures in the christmas and new year period. The staff are dedicated, weve put extra resources in. Figures from nhs england give us a snapshot into a week of co
Pulled out of the Australian Open because of this long term hip problem. He is contemplating surgery now. What effect could it have on his future career . We will talk to you later. In the weather, darren, its been wet and windy and now its going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to look at the extreme weather we have been seeing in north america in the next hour. Here at home we are going to replace the cloudy wet and windy weather with something much colder as the weekend goes on. More later on. Thank you very much. Also coming up. The real italian job, a multiMillion Pound heist at the doges palace in venice. Thieves made off with several treasures owned by a member of the qatari royal family. Hello, this is afternoon live. I am simon mccoy. No change for five years thats the message to britains farmers many of whom were getting increasingly worried about what brexit will mean for them. The environment secretary michael g