Civilian was killed. As the nhs braces itself for the new year period its often its busiest time a pioneering scheme in wales is aiming to take the pressure off hospitals and doctors surgeries. Five members of the Welsh Ambulance service have graduated to become the uks first prescribing paramedics and the team can be deployed across the nhs. Our Health Editor hugh pym has been on the road with some of them. It enhances the role greatly and it makes our role a lot more flexible. Patients dont always phone 999 because they think they have a life threatening emergency. So we probably see on average 19 or 20 patients a day and deal with them and the gp will have time for those more complex patients. We can speak to them and say rather than put them in the back of the ambulance and take them, how about we get one of our cars to attend . Mike is one of a new breed of prescribing paramedics, one of the first five. Theirjob, where possible, is to keep people out of hospital. Here, hes called
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Grease star Olivia Newton john is made a dame in the new year honours list shes one of 1100 people recognised for their work. A woman whose husband and 2 children drowned on Christmas Eve, in a Swimming Pool, at a resort in spain, says all 3 could swim. She blames a fault with the pool. Concerns for australias wildlife as an extreme heatwave hits the country putting increasing pressure on authorities battling the bushfires. Now on bbc news, Megan Rapinoe was one of the stand out stars of the United States world cup Winning Campaign in 2019. Shes also been an outspoken voice on equal pay, lgbt rights and politics. In this special bbc interview, she talks tojo currie about the issues facing the women s game on and off the pitch, and her role in that stunning world cup win. It is our responsibility to make this world a better place. This team does an incredible job of taking that on our shoulders, understanding the position that we have on the platfo
Now on bbc news, Megan Rapinoe was one of the stand out stars of the United States world cup Winning Campaign in 2019. Shes also been an outspoken voice on equal pay, lgbt rights and politics. In this special bbc interview she talks tojo currie about the issues facing the womens game on and off the pitch, and her role in that stunning world cup win. It is our responsibility to make this world a better place. This team does an incredible job of taking that on our shoulders, understanding the position that we have on the platform that we have. The usa have won the womens world cup for the time. They secured back to back titles after overpowering the netherlands. The usa have been champions in every sense with Megan Rapinoe winning the golden boot and the golden ball award for the tournaments best player. If we really want to have meaningful change, what i think is most inspiring would be if everybody other than Raheem Sterling and if they were as outraged as racism as they were. It is a
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with victoria fritz and Nina Warhurst. Our headlines today. Calls for an independent inquiry after a new years honours data leak the addresses of celebrities, politicians and Police Officers appeared online. Five people have been stabbed after a man forced his way into the home of a rabbi in new york. A quarter of a Million People sign a peition calling for sydneys new years eve fireworks to be cancelled and the money spent on fighting bushfires. Andy murray is out of next months Australian Open. He says hes gutted after failing to recover from a pelvic injury. And another manager sacked west ham have dismissed Manuel Pellegrini, just hours after losing to leicester city. Good morning, its been an exceptionally mild night across the uk particularfor exceptionally mild night across the uk particular for scotland where temperatures have been in the mid teens, tucked under a big old bank blanket of cloud. Will we see more . Im reasonably hopeful that it
Big ben bongs. Are you nervous in the run up to midnight . I think theres always got to be a bit of nerves because it shows, one, that you care, and also, that its obviously a really, really big moment. Cheering. The new speaker of the house of commons, lindsay hoyle, has said he wont stand in the way if mps vote for big ben to also be struck on january the 31st, the day the uks set to leave the eu. During a tumultuous time in british politics, hidden from view, this four year refurbishment has continued. All of the stone that we put onto the tower is hard carved, which is a phenomenal thing to say, brilliant, and it may take them between three and four weeks to produce a carving such as this crown that you can see along here. So, a real labour of love. So, this is the eastern clock face, high up the elizabeth tower, and the most striking thing is the colours. Its not the black paint were familiar with, but gold and blue. So, we found that as we scratched back through the layers, we we