News. Record numbers of patients spent more than for hours in accident and emergency in england in january according to figures given to the bbc. January seems to be the worst performing month in 13 years. The figures also suggest Record Numbers of people waited more than 12 hours for a hospital bed once being seen. The Doctors Union has accused the government of failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation, as we report. Scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strain being felt across the nhs. Here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a e. Some had to sit on the floor. Official figures have confirmed that it was the worst decemberfor waits since modern records began. Today at Hillingdon Hospital in west london, things were a bit calmer, but managers confirm that theyve been stretched to the limits. Its been fairly relentless in terms of november and december through january. Im confident that
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News. Record numbers of patients spent more than for hours in accident and emergency in england in january according to figures given to the bbc. January seems to be the worst performing month in 13 years. The figures also suggest Record Numbers of people waited more than 12 hours for a hospital bed once being seen. The Doctors Union has accused the government of failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation, as we report. Scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strain being felt across the nhs. Here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a e. Some had to sit on the floor. Official figures have confirmed that it was the worst decemberfor waits since modern records began. Today at Hillingdon Hospital in west london, things were a bit calmer, but managers confirm that theyve been stretched to the limits. Its been fairly relentless in terms of november and december through january. Im confident that
was urgently needed. june kelly, bbc news. the king will travel to hamburg today to remember those who perished in the allied bombing of the city in the second world war. king charles and the queen consort will also celebrate the kindertransport, which saved thousands ofjewish children from the nazis. during his speech to the german parliament in berlin yesterday, the king spoke of a special bond between the uk and germany. (end of newsbelt)it s timecheck now the weather with carol. good morning. how are you? good morning. i am very well. this morning, it is a mile start. yesterday, we had the warmest day of this year so far. suffolk reached 17.8 celsius. the weather has
here will never be forgotten. king charles is travelling to hamburg today to remember those killed in the allied bombing of the city in the second world war. the king and the queen consort will also celebrate the kindertransport, which saved thousands ofjewish children from the nazis. during his speech to the german parliament in berlin yesterday the king spoke of a special bond between the uk and germany. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more. the programme for a state visit is always a blend. there are the predictable moments, the signing of innumerable visitors books, for example. note how the king brings his own pen these days. there ll be no more leaky pen moments. there are the serious moments like the king s address, largely in german, to the german federal parliament. von der reaction deutschlands. there were robust remarks condemning russia s invasion of ukraine and a pledge to deepen the friendship between britain and germany.