of the audacity, the accuracy. keep up, he hasjust won. 6 2, simple, staggeringly simple. so far, no opponent can live with luke littler and there is just one match to come. it terrorised the oceans millions of year ago, and now the skull of a giant sea monster, discovered in dorset, has gone on display for the very first time. the two metre long fossil belongs to a pliosaur, one of the most fearsome predators that ever lived. and this computer generated image shows what it would have looked like. the fossil was discovered where else on thejurassic coast in dorset, and has now gone on display nearby for the first time. time for a look at the weather. darren s here. hello, the weather is coming down a bit, the winds have dropped but earlier we had a gust of 81 mph at exeter airport and in the strong winds drove into the south east where we had a gust of 69 at heathrow. it will take a while longerfor heathrow. it will take a while longer for the flood waters to recede, we h
starting tomorrow could affect whether the government s waiting list target is met. we know winter can be a particularly pressured time for the nhs, especially when both flu and covid are on the rise, because demand and staff sickness can spike. and when some staff are also out on strike, making sure emergency care is still available can mean having to cancel other work like routine operations. just one example barking, havering and redbridge trust told newsnight they ve already cancelled around a quarter of their planned operations during the upcoming strike. so what about waiting lists, then? when rishi sunak made his pledge a year ago, there were just over 6 million people waiting for treatment in england, some for more than one condition. the most recent data shows that has since risen to almost six and a half million. but the government also made specific pledges to focus on those who ve been waiting the longest. so let s just take a look at that for a second. lastjanuary, the p
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by early 2025. and let s not forget the police. the chief inspector of constabulary said last year forces were experiencing one of their biggest crises in living memory, with trust severely damaged in recent years. the government says it s delivered more police officers in england and wales than ever before and has invested record funding in policing. these issues at home might end up causing major headaches, if people feel there is little action taken to make the situation better. joining us now, conservative mp and formerjustice secretary sir robert buckland. and with us in the studio, former metropolitan police chief superintendent dal babu. and juliet lyon, visiting professor in the school of law at birkbeck university of london and former director of the prison reform trust.