to frontline politics and will run as a candidate in the general election for the reform uk party, which he will now also lead. he s to contest the seat of clacton in essex, his eighth attempt to become an mp, having previously said he wouldn t run in this election. but he s changed his mind because he said he didn t want to let millions of people down. he also predicted that labour would win the election, and that as a member of parliament, he could provide more of an opposition to sir keir starmer than the conservatives, whom he claims are incapable. lucy manning has all the details. mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t - mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t we? | find out in the moment, won t we? why have you changed your mind? who says why have you changed your mind? who says i why have you ch
We ask if disillusioned mps should stick or quit. More data from the nhs shows four out of 10 hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. Well hear from some of those on the frontline this week. One of the things that worried me was it was taking up to two hours to arrive at the hospital to hand over their patients from the ambulance to the a e floor. Well, i see were trying a new experiment this morning. I hope it doesnt prove to be a disturbing influence. The president and the press it used to sound so different. How will we know what to believe in a new era of president ial tweets and accusations of fake news . Good evening. It was not meant as an act of insurgency, Tristram Hunt warned today, explaining his resignation as a labour mp shouldnt be interpreted as a desire to rock the boat. But whether or not it was intended, the boat today, was definitely rocked. The mp for Stoke Central stepped down to become head of the v a museum an attractive proposa
On the shores of new zealand. Coming up in sport we are live here in cardiff at the Principality Stadium to preview all of this weekends 6 nations fixtures including wales against england. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, says its completely unacceptable that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a e. Figures show that Waiting Times in Casualty Units are worse than at any time in the last decade. And the number of operations cancelled at the last minute hit a fifteen hear high last year. Mr hunt insists he does have an Improvement Plan though didnt reveal it and he admits it will take time. He was talking to our Health Editor hugh pym. The worst monthly a e figures in more than a decade. They have corridor nurses as well. Times are very desperate. Images like this across bbc news. No one would want it for members of their own family. It has been a difficult few days for the Health Secretary and he has now come out and
People would vote for it. They have lost the common touch. And this. President obama said america would accept 1200 refugees. No, prepare to go to war. Is satire now the effective opposition to President Trump . Well ask erstwhile american ruby wax. Hello. Have the baby boomers robbed the millennials of their future . Probably not, but research out this morning did suggest something extraordinary is happening in terms of intergenerational incomes. The Resolution Foundation says that typical Pensioner Incomes after Housing Costs are now higher than those of people of working age. I cant overstate how unusual that is in the old days we tended to think the aged were poor. But a lot has happened in the last few decades. For one, the old have carried on working. A fifth of pensioner households have a wage earner in them. And of course they are enjoying the fruits of the heyday of the old final Salary Pension Schemes add the way the Housing Market has worked in their favour. And politicians
Of the city for the first time, to face strong resistance from so called Islamic State. And on newsnight, theresa may an unelected leader with a major constitutional negotiation to deliver, and a small majority in house, wins the day and sails forth. In the light of labours meltdown in copeland, is the party lead byJeremy Corbyn far from an effective opposition . Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may has said winning the copeland by election was an astounding victory for the conservatives. Its the first time a party in government has taken a seat in a by election for 35 years. Labour had held copeland since 1935, but the conservatives overturned a labour majority of more than 2,500. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn described the defeat as Very Disappointing but he said he wouldnt be standing down. In a second by election in stoke on trent central, labour did see off a challenge from the ukip leader paul nuttall, but with a reduced majority. Our deputy political editor, john p