A warning of hidden waiting lists as the bbc discovers delays for thousands of Mental Health patients in england. Anthony joshua tells us that he holds no fear going into his highly anticipated rematch with andy ruinunior. I tell you, i am punching like a horse kicking back right now. My kinetic chain, my rhythm, theres no tension in my body. We say loose and heavy. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iam i am annita mcvey. With just a week to go until the country goes to the polls, the conservatives have outlined what theyll do in their first 100 days in office. Borisjohnson has promised to bring a budget in february as soon as brexit is done, as well as protections for some of the pledges already made in the campaign so far. On the health service, theyve promsied to enshrine in law the extra £39. 9 billion a year they have promised for the nhs in england by 2023. 0n crime, theyve promised a law to end the automatic release of serious violent offenders, like the man responsib
Health charity, mind. Regardless of who the biggest band in the world is, you will have to realise that youre going to be polishing ed sheerans boots. In a world exclusive, Coldplays Chris Martin speaks to the bbc about why hes taking the band off the road to save the planet. And england make a promising start to the first test in new zealand. Theyre 241 4 at close with ben stokes 67 not out. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Lawyers for women who say they were sexually assaulted by the convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, have urged the duke of york to give a sworn legal statement about his links to the american financier. Prince andrew said yesterday he was willing to help investigations into epstein if required. Hes also withdrawing from public duties because of what he called his ill judged association with epstein, who killed himself injail. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. He and Buckingham Palace accepted his position had become unsustainable. I
Welcome to the programme. Authorities in hong kong say flights have now resumed at the airport, after mondays shutdown because of protesters. These are life pictures coming from hong kong airport and it is looking fairly normal although Authorities Say Flight Movement will be affected through tuesday. It comes after another weekend of clashes between police and demonstrators angry about what they believe is chinas erosion of their freedoms. Beijing has raised the stakes, claiming the weeks long unrest has begun to show what it calls the sprouts of terrorism. Jonathan head reports. As the last flights came in, their passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from Young Hong Kongers waving posters, pleading for support. Chant fight for freedom they feared the police were about to storm the airport. Its sudden closure left travellers bewildered and stuck. Catherine morgan and her daughter helena were due to fly back to britain, but their flight was cancelled. We flew in from taipei
World tour have agreed to a shock merger with the saudi backed liv golf. This comes despite the pending litigation between pga and liv. That will now be halted as they move forward as part of the same enterprise. Over the past year liv golf caused huge disruption in the mens game, with top players such as rory mcllroy and tiger woods boldly criticising it. But other players such as Brooks Koepka joined liv golf for large sums with the backing of the Saudi Arabia Public Investment fund. The bbc s golf correspondent iain carter believes it is the big investment being offered that has made this deal possible. Players can get along fine when they are playing for the biggest prizes. Money is the massive driver here, the likes of rory mcilroy and the establishment from the live setup, they used to be west friends. Michael roy was a groomsmen at garcias wedding. They now do not speak. But that sort of thing will be shoved to one side. What we wait to see is what shape mens golf take Going For
And in his First Christmas message as monarch, king charles is to pay tribute to his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth ii. You are watching bbc news. Now on bbc news, the travel show. Hello and welcome to this very special edition of the show, coming to you from the spectacular Valley Of The Kings here in luxor in egypt. If you were watching last week, you would have seen me unearthing the story of how tutankhamen s tomb was discovered here 100 years ago this year. Well, it is such a breathtaking location that we thought we would stick around for a while and bring you this our best bits of 2022. From the baking sun of here in egypt, lets switch to the snow of switzerland where, back in march, carmen got to experience a horse race like no other. Where the jockeys dont need saddles, they use skis. This is st moritz, in the swiss alps. Its the place, so they say, where the concept of the Winter Holiday was born. It also occupies a unique place in sporting history its where the bobsleigh wa