And the Legendary British rock Guitaristjeff Beck has died at the age of 78. And coming up on the bbc news channel. Australia refuse to play cricket in aghanistan in a stand against the treatment of women by the taliban. As they withdraw from marchs one day series. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. If you called an ambulance in england back in october for someone who was having a heart attack or a stroke, the average waiting time was an hour. The latest figures from nhs england showjust how much the situation has worsened since then. If you made the same call last month, the wait was half an hour longer a full 92 minutes on average before an ambulance would get to you. The target is 18 minutes. For weeks, weve been reporting on the unrelenting pressures facing the nhs this winter. Senior doctors have told us the Health Service is operating on a knife edge. Now our Health Editor hugh pym has been allowed into the royal Bolton Hospital, and into a e, which is at the epicen
Being rescued on the front line as fighting rages around them. Calls for Energy Companies to stop making their customers use Prepayment Meters because theyre struggling to pay their bills. Bumper christmas sales for some of britains biggest retailers, despite the cost of living crisis. And tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck, who has died at the age of 78. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel. Great Britains Jack Draper will hope to be the Headline Maker in the first round of the Australian Open on monday. Hes been drawn against the defending champion, rafael nadal. Good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. Theres more evidence of the crisis in the nhs in england. Ambulance response times reached their worst level on record in december. Category 2 emergency calls, which include strokes, took more than an hour and a half on average. The target is 18 minutes. The highest priority calls, with an immediate threat to life, took almost 11 minutes on average. The target i
This report. Distant Artillery Fire the situation in Soledar Depends On who you ask. Its under control as of this morning according to this ukrainian commander. They will never break us, says his injured comrade. We are winning. But if you ask these two, wagner are clearing the city, they say. Russian, yes, but not from the regular army. Theyre from a private Military Group called wagner, a network of mercenaries who do a lot of russias fighting. Its boss, yevgeny prigozhin, has recently recruited convicts from russianjails, and theyve been spearheading the attack on soledar, claiming to now be in full control. We chat to one ukrainian soldier on the front to see if thats the case. Dont believe russian propaganda. Its not true. Bakhmut and soledar have ukrainian control. Kyiv has described the Battle For Soledar and bakhmut as the bloodiest scenario yet. And thats all we can say with real certainty. Small amounts of territory are being fiercely fought over and the human cost is huge. B
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in america where aviation authorities are still trying to find out why a safety messaging system failed, grounding all departing flights for more than an hour early on wednesday. the white house says there is no evidence of a cyber attack at this point. the us transport secretary said the federal aviation administration must find out why backup systems didn t prevent the failure. our north america correspondent gary o donaghue reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7:00am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the us to ground their planes untilfurther notice, causing chaos for early morning travellers. i m a little annoyed. i feel bad for the people who are actually sitting on pl
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. we begin in the united states where the federal aviation authority says that an investigation has shown that the failure of the safety messaging system which led to all departing flights being grounded early on wednesday was caused by a damaged file in a database. a tweet confirmed that there is no evidence of a cyber attack. flights have been getting back to normal. our north america correspondent gary o donoghue reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7:00am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the us to ground their planes until further notice, causing chaos for early morning travellers. i m a little annoyed. a little nervous. we re going on a cruise. we have a cruise to catch at 6pm. i feel bad for the people who are actually sitting on planes right now. i mea