Six millions pounds with planting planned over the next 25 years. The final preparations are made for the Golden Globes the first major ceremony since hollywood was hit by Sexual Harassment scandals. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has defended the governments record on the nhs, saying it was better prepared for a winter crisis than ever before despite the decision to postpone tens of thousands of non urgent operations in england. In an interview with the Bbcs Andrew Marr show, she said she recognised peoples concerns about the Health Service but insisted extra money was being spent. The Prime Minister has also confirmed that she is preparing to reshuffle her cabinet, as our Political Correspondent susanna mendonca reports. It has been a tough year for theresa may. She lost her majority in the election, faced a rebellion from her own backbenchers, had to deal with resignations and even had to sack her second in command, meaning she now needs to have a Cabinet Reshuffle. No prizes for guessing, andrew, obviously damian greens departure before christmas means some changes need to be made. Now in an interview with the bbc, mrs may has made it clear that she wants her premiership to be about more than just brexit. But the new year has already brought in old problems. Theres 73 outstanding ambulances right now. The latest challenge for mrs may, a winter crisis in the nhs from a first hand perspective. The woman filming this waited in an ambulance for hours before her mother, who had suffered a stroke, could be seen by doctors at a hospital in chelmsford. It isjust gobsmacking, gobsmacking and devastating. It feels like a sick feeling, like a sickening feeling that this is how bad it is. The Prime Minister was asked about the case. I recognise that people have concerns if they have experience of that sort. If we look at what is happening across the nhs, we see that actually the nhs is delivering for more people, treating more people and more people are being seen within the four hours every day than has been a few years ago. Labour blames government cuts for the latest crisis and has warned the Prime Minister against promoting Health Secretaryjeremy hunt in the reshuffle this week. She does not have a plan to get those people off the trolleys in corridors, those elderly people this freezing january being treated in ambulances. She has no plan for them. Apparently her only plan is to promote this Health Secretary. They should be demoting him. If she promotes this Health Secretary tomorrow it is a betrayal of those 75,000 people in the back of ambulances. The steep hike in railfares is another issue putting 154,55 5 523551222521 ii 2523 . 22 15 55. 5;. , are kept in touch. Those challenges aside, mrs may is keen to move the conversation onto more positive ideas, like creating a new forest. But by the end of this year she needs a deal on brexit, so it is an issue bound to keep dominating her time. Susana mendonca, bbc news. Susana gave us more detail on the Prime Ministers priorities for the new year, and in particular the strategy for the nhs. She was basically defending the governments record on the nhs. Weve had so much criticism of the government this week because of tens of thousands of operations cancelled of thousands of operations cancelled of course. What she was saying is thatis of course. What she was saying is that is something that was always pa rt that is something that was always part of the plan for how they were going to cope with the winter crisis, which they always have, some kind of problems in terms of the impact on the nhs in the winter, and this was part of the plan for how they were going to cope with it. Its regrettable that people have had their operations postponed but they would have those operations as soon as possible. She was making the point from her point of view is that they have been investing in the nhs. Labours point of view is they havent been investing enough and thats why we are at this point. Jonathan ashworth were saying this was predictable, we always knew there would be pressure on the nhs in the winter and the direction the government has taken it in in terms of postponing those operations has not been the right move. She also confirmed there would be a reshuffle, and that it would be soon. Reshuffle, and that it would be soon. What is the speculation about who might be out and who might be in . We know the reshuffle will start tomorrow, it will be two days as we understand it, the senior posts tomorrow and junior posts on tuesday. The government have not given any information so to speculation but we could seejustine greening move, and people like david davis and Philip Hammond would stay in their positions. But what would be interesting is what happens with jeremy hunt. We heard in my piece labour saying he shouldnt be promoted, that perhaps he could replace damian green who was forced. Who was sacked over various allegations against him, so his position is available potentially. But would she moved jeremy hunt into that position at a time when we have the nhs crisis that the government is trying to deal with . But there are a lot of people within the conservatives who said she needs to nurturing new talent, bring on new mps so we could potentially see new names. One more thing, she also addressed the issue of to by thing, she also addressed the issue of toby young, the journalists whos been put on the board for students. Yes, he has been appointed to this newly created body and faced criticism from student groups who dont think hes the right person, but also since his appointment last week we have heard of tweets that he has posted over the years which have been considered to be misogynistic, some cases homophobic. He says some of that has been taken out of context. The Prime Minister was asked about that by andrew marks and sergei wasnt aware of that at the time and it is not something she pleased about but essentially now he is in public office, if those kinds of comments were to come up again that would affect his appointment. But it seems for now shes with him. Chic is but it seems for now shes with him. Chic is sticking with him. More than 30 people are missing after an Oil Tanker Caught fire after colliding with a cargo ship off the east coast of china. The tanker was sailing from iran to south korea with more than 1 Million Tonnes of crude oil on board. The accident happened 160 miles from shanghai when the iranian tanker collided with a cargo ship. The 21 chinese crew on the ship have been rescued. Joining us now from our southampton newsroom is dr simon boxall, an oceanographer from the university of southampton. What is the potential Environmental Impact ofan what is the potential Environmental Impact of an accident like this . What is the potential Environmental Impact of an accident like this7m was carrying 136,000 tonnes of oil, it could be in the top ten oil spills ever so it has huge potential for environmental damage. 0n the positive side, if there is one, the winds at the moment are keeping the oil off the coast. If the winds continue this way, the oil will continue this way, the oil will continue to disperse in the open ocean. Although it is still quite shallow, about 56 metres. Time will tell. The big problem is it will be difficult to stop the oil is going to the ocean. There is a huge explosion risks at the moment. To the ocean. There is a huge explosion risks at the momentm to the ocean. There is a huge explosion risks at the moment. Is it oil that is the main risk in terms of pollution . There is also the atmospheric impact. This ship has huge plumes of black smoke going the atmosphere, again thats being taken off shore. It is causing a big impact, but the impact isnt likely to hit the coastline and it isnt likely to habitation but it is still having an effect on the ocean. We dont know any details about how this happened but many people will be surprised to hear that on the open seas a collision like this can occur. Can you give any indication of how frequent such collisions are . They do occur. There was a similar occasion a couple of years ago with another iranian tanker which didnt end up with a loss of life or spill but it shouldnt happen. With modern day technology, these are not small ships so theres no excuse for these collisions to occur. We dont know what happened in this case or who was at fault, time will tell and there will be an inquiry on this. But the immediate priority is the missing crewmen. The second priority is the impact of the oil going to the ocean. It will disperse eventually but it needs to be monitored and watched carefully over the next few days. Is this the sort of incident that will eventually require some sort of clean up operation or is it more as you say that the oil will be left to disperse . It is likely the oil will be left to disperse in the open ocean. It will break down, it is ironically and natural product so the ocean is full of microbes that will eat the oil and over time they will eat the oil and over time they will disperse. So whilst it is not threatening the coastline, letting nature do itsjob is probably the best approach but it needs to be monitored to make sure it doesnt end up on one of the coastlines, either the mainland off shanghai or to the east. We will have to leave it there. Thanks indeed for your time. Some of the uks biggest retailers including b q, wickes, morrisons and the co op have agreed to stop selling acids and corrosive substances to under 18s. The aim is to reduce the number of acid attacks, until the government is able to pass legislation banning the sales. Our Home Affairs CorrespondentDominic Casciani has more. The human cost of an acid attack. Wheres it hurting, mate, your eyes . Police officers pour water over the victim, jabed hussain, lastjuly. Thieves wanted the london delivery drivers moped. His helmet saved him from serious injury. Police recorded more than 500 attacks involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the year to last april. 0fficials think the true figure could be twice as high. Ministers have launched an acid action plan to cut attacks. Today the first part of that plan, a voluntary ban by diy chains including b q on selling harmful chemicals to under 18s. Waitrose and the co op are also involved, agreeing to challenge underage customers, just like they would if they were buying alcohol. Acid attacks are the most horrific crimes, and what we want to do is make sure that we restrict access, support victims, police these attacks really effectively. It isnt just major retailers who are signing up to secure their shelves. The association representing hardware shops is urging them to play their part too. This one in london says the move is long overdue. Definitely a good idea. Weve always checked id for acid. Same thing as if you go to a supermarket and you go to buy alcohol, you are asked for id. It should be the same thing here. But the voluntary scheme wouldnt have stopped this man, arthur collins, jailed for 20 years for this appalling nightclub attack. Watch the cctv. You can see the 25 year old throwing acid on his victims. Ministers are however proposing a new crime of carrying acid without good reason saying the harmful substance, just like knives, shouldnt be in public. Dominic casciani, bbc news. German chancellor Angela Merkel says shes optimistic shell be able to form a new Coalition Government but admits there is still a lot of work ahead. Shes entering a new round of talks in a bid to end months of political stalemate. No new government has been formed since the election in september. Damien mcguinness reports from berlin. A key moment for the leader of europes most powerful country. These talks could be Angela Merkels last chance to form a stable government, otherwise germany might face the uncertainty of fresh elections. But mrs merkel is optimistic that a deal can be reached. Translation i think we can succeed. We intend to work very swiftly and intensively, always keeping in mind what the people of germany expect from their politicians to solve their problems and create the conditions so that people can really get involved in our country. Im entering these talks optimistically, though its clear to me that we have a lot of work to do in the coming days. But we are willing to take on this work to get a good result. In november, talks with the greens and liberals unexpectedly collapsed, leaving mrs merkels centre right bloc no option but to try and form a government with the centre left social democrats. But left wing voters are not keen. They feel badly burned by the last four years of Angela Merkels junior four years as Angela Merkels Junior Coalition partners and Party Members say the social democrats have lost their left wing identity. So the partys leader, martin schulz, has to somehow reach a compromise with the conservatives, while at the same time convincing grass roots supporters that he is sticking to the partys core values. Translation whatever the new German Government might look like, however it might be structured, it is certainly my hope that its challenge will be finding new policies for the new time we are living in. We can all agree on that. In this spirit, we will be conducting negotiations here constructively and with an open mind. As social democrats, we are happy to be able to host the cdu and csu here today, but one thing is clear for the social Democratic Party we wont be drawing any red lines, but we want to push through as much red politics as possible in germany. This is the longest period of Coalition Building germany has ever known. Its not a crisis, the economy is strong and germanys caretaker government can keep things ticking over in the short term, but no long term decisions can be made, whether about the future of germany or over europe. So pressure is growing on Angela Merkel to form a government. If talks succeed, a new administration could be in place by easter. If they fail, mrs merkel would be weakened and voters may be asked to go back to the polls. Police in sweden say a 60 year old man has died in an explosion outside an underground station in stockholm. The incident happened at the varby gard metro station. A woman nearby was also hurt. According to a police spokesman, an object exploded after it was picked up. The incident is not believed to be terrorism related. President macron of france has led tributes to the 16 people who were killed in islamist attacks in paris three years ago. Commemorations began at the offices in paris of the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, to remember the 12 people, including several cartoonists who died when two gunmen burst in to an editorial meeting. The president also visited the plaque honouring a policeman who was shot dead outside the Charlie Hebdo building. He then laid a wreath at a jewish supermarket wherefore where four people were killed and another attack. The headlines on bbc news theresa may defends the governments record on the nhs, insisting it is properly funded for coping with the winter pressures. The Prime Minister will carry out a Cabinet Reshuffle tomorrow there are reports that several ministers could either lose theirjobs or be moved. 32 people are missing after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the east china sea. The missing sailors, mostly iranians, are all from the tanker. The 21 crew of the freighter have all been rescued. Plans to create a new northern forest stretching across rural areas from liverpool to hull have been announced by the government. The Woodland Trust is running the project, which will cost £500 million over 25 years, most of which will need to be raised by the charity itself. The government is providing £5. 7 million to cover a belt spanning manchester, leeds and bradford. 0ur correspondent Roger Harrabin has more. The bare hills of the north. One of the most denuded parts of a country that itself has less woodland than almost anywhere in europe. The land stripped over centuries fortimberand farming, scarred by industry, overgrazed by sheep farming. At smithils near manchester, things will be different. Planting has begun for what will be known as the northern forest. We think the northern forest will be a pathfinder for extending forest and woodland right across country. We think trees and woods can add value in many different landscapes. We just want to do it here first and do it big. It isnt really a forest. The project will create new woods near towns, and plant River Valleys liable to flooding. But money is tight, and many of these hills will look just as bleak in 25 years. Whats more, the Woodland Trust expects some of their cash to come from environmental funds linked to the hs2 rail line. That infuriates environmentalists. The supreme irony is that the government is giving with one hand and taking with the other, and im referring to the route of h52 north of birmingham, to manchester, threatening ancient woodlands. Why cant the government give with both hands and stop threatening ancient forests . Here is what some ambitious planting can do. This is the National Forest in the midlands. Begun in the 1990s, now delighting local people. Acorns grow. You heard from paul de zylva from environmental Ca