Raids across london to rescue women thought to have been trafficked from romania. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. Its a big night for england. The match against montenegro at wembley this evening will be their 1,000th international fixture. Theres no Raheem Sterling, remember, but can they qualify without him . Thanks, connie, and nick miller has the weather. More rain falling where it is just not needed. How much and for how long . Plus going in search of snow. I have also found some in africa. Thanks, nick. Also coming up as we get the first glimpse of this years John Lewis Christmas tv ad, well look at what the others are like and ask whether the millions of pounds spent on on them is money well spent. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One senior doctor has warned Emergency Care is imploding. The governments target is for 95 of a e patients to be treat
Of todays figures on the election and talking to a Senior Consultant in emergency medicine. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Several people are injured after a shooting at a high school in california, near Los Angeles Police say a suspect is still at large. A man who crushed a toddler to death with a car seat is jailed for seven and a half years. Victims of the floods across england brace themselves for more rain, with more than 90 flood warnings in place. And devastating floods in venice the Italian Government is set to declares a state of emergency there. Its five oclock our top story accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began, in 200a. One senior doctor has warned Emergency Care is imploding. The governments target is for 95 of a e patients to be treated or assessed within a maximum of four hours. But todays figures show that was only achieved with 83. 6 of patients. They also show a raft of other targets are bei
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme ajob for life could soon be a thing of the past. New Research Shows the average millennial spends less than 4 years with an employer, by the time they reach 3a may have had 6 jobs. What is your experience . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Lets focus on the huge shift that has taken place in hong kong. Pro democracy parties have achieved an overwhelming landslide victory in local elections winning nearly 90 of seats. It comes after months of protests across the city and is a massive set back for hong kong chief executive carrie lam, who has said she will respect the results. Lets go live tojonathan head in hong kong. Tell us more about today and a huge turnout in terms of people voting. It isa turnout in terms of people voting. It is a stunning result, of course for the opposition pan Democratic Alliance who had to bring together very dispara
An audacious attempt to steal two rembrandt paintings from a south london gallery believed to be worth more more than £100 million a stop in its tracks. And coming up is ita bird . Is it a plane . British inventor, richard browning, breaks his own record for fastest flight in a jet suit. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One in six patients waited longer than the four hour target in october and the target for starting Cancer Treatment was missed for the 46th month in a row. The total number of people waiting for routine operations is now nearly 11. 5 million. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn described the figures as disgraceful, and blamed the problems on a lack of staff and funding. But the Prime Minister said they were a result of the huge demand, being placed on the National Health service. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym. That was when i thought, right, 0k, s
Who forced the early initiative. The pair couldnt be separated for over an hour of playing time, though, but it was thiem who eventually took the opening set in a tie break. Atjust 21, tsitsipas is widely regarded as a future world number one and he has showed why at the start of the second. Two early breaks and the fans could sense a decider. He wrapped up the set and it was game on in london. Who would hold their nerve now . Tsitsipas, who is making his debut in this tournament, then he carried on the momentum to break early in the third. Thiem has won five titles this year and he showed he was up for the fight by breaking back to level the match once again. That didnt deter tsitsipas, though, as he made sure this titanic tussle would be settled by a tie break. Roared on by a raucous crowd at the 02 arena, the world number six showed his prowess by taking command early in the breaker. He held his nerve to seal the match and his first atp finals title and the celebrations could begin.