plan of action with international ambitions. but what it speaks to is something much more personalfor each of us. that is the impulse to ca re each of us. that is the impulse to care for and nurture our own surroundings. to protect what is vulnerable and precious. to safeguard and improve on our inheritance to pass on something of significance to those who come after us. significance to those who come after us. it what is roger scrutton has described as the gold awards which serious environmentalism and serious conservatism point — namely home, the place we are and share and defines us, that we hold in trust and that we don't want to spoil. 0ur goal is a healthy and beautiful natural environment, which we can all enjoy and which we can be proud to pass on to the next generation and this plan is how we will achieve it. thank you. applause. now, i will take a number of questions from the media. i saw laura's hand go up immediately. thank you prime minister, happy new year. this plan was promise in the 2015, we read today it was designed at the start to be boring and on plastics you are talking about ideas that will take place over 25 years with no legal guarantees, if action speaks louder than word, do you believe this problem is acute and urgent as you're suggesting and the a&e figures out today are the worst they have been, health bosses and some in your party are saying the health service can't go on like this, are they wrong? this is an inspiring plan, it is a long—term plan about the next 25 years, but its a plan which speaks to everybody who has an interest in our environment, everybody who wants tone sure that future —— to ensure that future generations can enjoy a beautiful place in which to live. that is what this plan is about. you say what about the here and now? i have given you examples in the speech we have legislated on microbeads, that is coming into action. that is an important step we have taken. butjust look at action. that is an important step we have taken. but just look at what's happened since 2015 on plastic bags, nine billion fewer plastic bags being used as a result of that simple measure to introduce the 5p charge. i think we can go further. what this plan does is it sets out actions that will be taken here and now and also sets a trajectory for the future. but it is about inspiring a new generation and ensuring there is a better future and a better environment for that new generation. 0n the nhs, as we know, every year in winter nhs comes under additional pressure. and it has, we have seen the extra pressures that the nhs has come under this year. one of the issues which determines the extent of the pressure is flu and we have seen in recent days an increase in the number of people presenting at a&e from flu and the nhs has launched a national flu campaign and from flu and the nhs has launched a nationalflu campaign and i would encourage people to act on the advice that the nhs is giving and encourage nhs staff who haven't had the flu vaccine to have that vaccine. we have put more funding into the nhs for these winter pressures and we are putting more funding into the nhs over all, but in terms of these winter pressures that we see the nhs under, there have been a number of measures that have been a number of measures that have helped, for the first time urgent gp appointments being available throughout the christmas period. that was a decision taken to improve the service for people, but also to ensure that the nhs had that better capacity to deal with these winter pressures. faisal? why does the bulk of the immediate changes in this plan refer to changes to consumer behaviour, rather than compelling changes for producers and manufacturers and on the issue of brexit, the mayor of london has issued an impact study saying there will be a 3% hit on gdp. do you agree with that. why haven't you produced your own impact assessments. can i also congratulate sky you have been running campaigns on plastic use and your working environments, you have banned single use plastic from your working environment, so well done to sky for that. but this is about everybody playing their part. in the environment. it is not about any one group of people or one type of organisation, it is about everybody doing something. individuals can recycle more. supermarkets i referred to in the plan as well. but one of the other things we want to do as one of the other things we want to doasi one of the other things we want to do as i have said part of our industrial strategy is about technological change, one other thing we want to do is see us using research and development funding to see businesses developing, looking at plastics and new plastics and new products that can be used in the future. so that we see manufacturers, we see businesses playing their part as well and of course government plays its part. we have talked about regulation and legislation, so it is all of us, everybody, has a role to play in ensuring we are improving our environment for the next generation. 0n the brexit issue, i understand i haven't seen the details of the mayor of london's report, but i understand he has published figures relating to various scenarios, i think the figure you refer to was his no deal scenario, we are working for the best dealfor his no deal scenario, we are working for the best deal for the his no deal scenario, we are working for the best dealfor the british people for brexit. you will have seen people for brexit. you will have seen from the fact that we achieved that sufficient progress decision in december that by working, co—operatively by sitting and negotiating and being clear about what we want to achieve, we can achieve arrangements with the eu and i'm confident that we which be able to achieve a good deal, that we're clear that is what we're working for. do i see jason? clear that is what we're working for. do i see jason? reporter: prime minister, you mentioned the daily mail's campaign on this, the i wonder if you could say what impact you think that has had on shaping public debate and public policy. loft loft. laughter. i will work public debate and public policy. loft loft. laughter. iwill work up my stand up the routine. and whether you and philip plan to make changes to your own lifestyle on this and finally, drifting off topic, what do you make of the house of lords voting to muzzle the press. on the first point you made, yes i did obviously congratulate the daily mail, i think the daily mail has done a good job in alerting the publish to this issue. i think the blue planet serry has led teem to understand the impact of plastics. the daily mail has shown this is an important issue that they should ta ke important issue that they should take account of. today you were showing people the uses of plastics that couldn't be recycled and what people might do to change their behaviour. you asked about what i and philip are doing, we try to recycle as much as possible, i was discussing with officials about what plastics the can be recycled. we will be making sure we are recycling as much as possible. i'm proud we have put a barn owl box, bird boxes and bat box up in our garden and so we are trying to do our bit there as well. and as you know, we love walking in the countryside, although you might not want me to suggest to the journalists that i'm about to go walking in wales. i'm not — don't worry! 0n the issue of house of lords vote, i think the impact of this vote would undermine high quality journalism and a this vote would undermine high qualityjournalism and a free press. it would have a negative impact on local newspapers, which are an important underpinning of our democracy and i believe in a free press, democracy and i believe in a free press , we democracy and i believe in a free press, we want to have a free press thatis press, we want to have a free press that is able to hold politicians and others to account and we will be looking to overturn this vote in the house of commons. is ben here? from the times. it must be the last question. reporter: could i ask what you think about the idea of plastic bottle deposits, i know you have a consultation on that, do you have a view on that? and also it has been suggested that this is a relatively re ce nt suggested that this is a relatively recent conversion for you to the green cause, and it is more to do with increasing popularity than something genuine. maybe you could clarify that. i have talked about the things i do in my own life to contribute to the environment and this is an issue that i had looked at before p, i have been shadow environment secretary as well. it is not new to me. on the issue of bottle deposits, the point is what we are looking at is what is the best way, is it encouraging people to recycle or through use through that deposit. we want to look at the evidence of what works. i'm old enough to remember when corona bottles, you took it back. that was glass, not plastic. but you were, you took it back and you got your i think it was 6 pence at the time, that shows how old you like me who are nodding are. this is not the first time a scheme has been used. but i think the important question is, let's look at the evidence and see what is going to have the greatest impact. thank you. applause. so the prime minister saying that conservatism and conservation are natural allies there in her speech at the london wetla nds there in her speech at the london wetlands centre. invokes images of co nsta ble wetlands centre. invokes images of constable and wordsworth. and let's go to norman smith who has been listening to the prime minister at the wet lands centre in london. she may well have invoked these images ofa may well have invoked these images of a pastoral england, without laws to pack up the idea, what can she deliver on this? at the moment these are proposals, not even a green pape ora are proposals, not even a green pape or a white paper. it is the idea stage. traichl theresa may is trying to sketch out a long—term ambition of where she wants britain to go and she wants britain to be a global leader and suggested after brexit we would have higher stand arounds ards in terms of environmental protection and there would be a new body to enforce standard. she spoke of her own green habits, how she has a bat box and a barn owl box. but we are a bit thin on details. we know she wa nts bit thin on details. we know she wants supermarkets to do more when it comes to cutting down on plastic packaging and talked of measures from producers all the way through to consumers to reduce the amount of plastic produced and the amount consumed, which she said could fill 1,000 royal albert halls each year. what details do we have? we know they want to extend the 5p charge for plastic bags to all shops. she talked of encouraging supermarkets to have plastic—free aisles and you would have to buy bananas by hand. she talked of more money to look at plastic innovation and mooted the idea of taxes to bear down on consumers buying too much plastic. here is her vision. clean and plentiful water and a greener country. these are valuable in themselves, but together they add up to something profound. a better world for each of us to live in and a better future for the next generation. we have worked with the devolved administrations as we have developed the plan and we want to work with them in the years ahead. this is a plan for the long—term. as our environment changes, our plan will be updated, to ensure we are continuing to deliver on our commitment to deliver healthy, natural environment. the other big story, the biggest story arguably of the day, after that very stark warning from nhs providers about the pressures the nhs is under, theresa may repeating the line in that question and answer session that the government is putting more money, but nhs providers saying it is not enough. how much pressure is this government under over this?m enough. how much pressure is this government under over this? it is mounting pressure. i have to say i was surprised by mrs may's response to the question about the nhs, she knew that was coming. and she repeat what had she said at prime minister's questions yesterday — that there is more resources, more doctors were open over the christmas period. and she suggested that the problems on the nhs this winter were down to more people getting flu and she said that the nhs was now rolling out a... it is a national flu vaccine programme. i thought she might have a more full response, because the nature of the charges now coming from the nhs providers seem so now coming from the nhs providers seem so striking, suggesting that the nhs is short of 10 to 15,000 beds, that it needs more staff, it needs more money and it needs it now. and that if not, the nhs is not going to be able to meet the existing standards of care and patient safety. i thought given the sort of nature of the accusations, and also on the very day we have got those more dire figures over a&e, that mrs may may have wanted to say more about the nhs than repeating what she said in pmqs yesterday. thank you. let's stay with the nhs and our health correspondent is with me. let's start by talking about the statistics, the numbers providing the context for the statements we have seen from nhs providers and others. take us through what the latest figures are. norman mentioned the shortage of 10 to 15,000 beds. we have figures from nhs england that tell us how much pressure hospitals in england were under last week. at one stage, just 3% of hospitals had the safe level of beds that they need to provide the care. so hospitals are supposed to have no more than 85% bed occupancy. so when new patients come n they can get help. on thursday last week, out of 137 trusts in england, just four we re 137 trusts in england, just four were below that safe level. and there were other weekly figures look at a&e last week. sorry last month, december was the worst month since records started in 2004 for a&e waiting times. if you're thinking, the target is 95% of people should be seen within four hours. in reality last week that was more like 85%, so that means 300,000 people we re 85%, so that means 300,000 people were kept waiting longer. and we are seeing that, a letter has been sent to theresa may from 68 senior a&e doctors, what have they written. to give you that, this is refly half of the major a&e centre, we feel compelled to speak out for our colleagues, they say the current level of safety compromise is at times intolerable. theresa may has made a lot of the plans done and said this winter has been better planned, but nay say our experience is these plans have failed to deliver anywhere near what was needed. thank you. we can go to our westminster studio and joining me is the deputy chief executive of nhs providers and which has issued think warning today to the government and perhaps the starkest warning you haveissued perhaps the starkest warning you have issued so far. we know that jeremy hunt has already admitted that the nhs will need significantly more funding over the next ten years to do itsjob properly. do you think that possibly this letter can make the difference? you have been pressing for a while i now? yes we have been press fogwhile. what we need to recognise is winter pressures a re need to recognise is winter pressures are a symptom of a fragile nhs. not the cause. we need to make sure we nhs. not the cause. we need to make sure we don't repeat what's happened this winter and make sure we invest in an nhs that runs the whole year around. soi in an nhs that runs the whole year around. so i think there is a bigger prize here than simply solving winter pressures which are acute. you talked about the figures, but we have seen the highest ever level of emergency admissions this december. so the demand is rising through the roof. what we have got to do is work out how we put enough investment in the nhs over the long—term so that we can really safeguard its future. and you're talking about £20 billion more than the government has slated by 2023. how do you think that is going to happen? we have heard from one conservative mp proposing a separate stand alone funding basis, where we convert national insurance into a national health insurance going into a separate fund that can't be tapped anything for anything else. would that work?|j think anything else. would that work?” think the thing we have got to do is work out what we want to invest in to the health service. that is the job for government to do. it needs to decide how much it wants to invest and then we need to look at how we do that. i think it is fundamental that we have the commitment to that additional investment we have got funding shortage that lead to work fall shortages and we want to deliver the ha rd shortages and we want to deliver the hard won gains in performance that we have made over the last 15 years in the constitutional standards that actually ensure high quality care and safety on the front line. what we don't want to do is see that diminish. that needs additional investment. if we don't get, we won't see the standards met. it is quite a stark choice now for the government and i think it needs to make that commitment and make the commitment quickly. we need to see by the budget in november this year we need to see a plan in place that will set out how it does that. the pressure you're putting on, you're saying never mind november, your talking about six to eight weeks for the government to come up with a process , the government to come up with a process, a timeline for houp how it is going to address this, do you think they will respond to that? we hope so, because we need that reassurance across hope so, because we need that reassurance across the hope so, because we need that reassurance across the nhs that proper plans are in place to sort out the situation that we are in, what we don't want to see is a situation where notjust, we are not just talking about acute hospitals, but mental health and community services. every one is now doing the best they can to support the nhs there i the winter, but we have got year around pressures in mental health. we have talk about those. we have year round pressures in community services. if we can help those services then what we do is reduce the demand on other more acute services like a&e in the winter when it is needed. a quick response, i don't know if you heard theresa may's speech and the question and answers, she was asked about the nhs and said we are putting in more money over all, something she has said many times, are you disappointed with that response? what we have got to do is, we have got money coming in, but we have to recognise that demand is higher, more people are using the nhs and we don't have the staff to manage that. there may be more money, but we are not seeing the actual resources in place to tackle the problems. thank you. if you want to find out more about how your nhs trust is performing you can use the bbc‘s nhs tracker. two teenager boys have been arrested investigating the murder of a shop worker in london. the two boys are being questioned on suspicion of violent disorder. another boy of 16 has been remanded in custody, charged with murder. tom, what more can you tell us. well on saturday, three teenage boys it is alleged went to the news agents where vijay patel was working in mill hill in london. the police say that three teenage boys went into the shop, they tried to buy a number of items including cigarette papers, in the uk law it is illegal for under—18s to buy cigarette papers. the owner challenged the three boys. the police say that when they were refused the sale of rizla, they became aggressive and threatened ed to ed to vandalise the shop. then mr patel went out after them and it alleged one of boys punch mrd patel. he fell to to ground and hit his head and suffered severe damage to his head and damage to his brain and he died in hospital in paddington on monday afternoon. thank you for that update. let's move on now to the prime minister's plans, or return to the prime minister's plan to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by 2042 and get reaction from the coleader of the green party. he joins me from westminster. you have just had an opportunity to fix your microphone. in the nick of time! are you pleased that the prime minister has made this speech, setting out on the face of it ambitious ideas?” was looking forward to this speech and it is an anticlimax. 151 pages of vagaries. nothing new in there. and not tackling the climate crisis we face. we no that we're going to miss the fourth and fifth carbon target to keep our carbon emissions down and we're going to miss those and you know nothing in what is a very long—term plan, 25 years, action is going to be slow on plastics. that is the small bit. we know the 5p plastic bag is the result of an eu directive. it is beyond to see much hope in there. that doesn't have the twagt weight of the law, will you pressure the government to back the idea with legal sanctions if supermarkets and others don't abide by them? even the stuff in there, it isn't, it hasn't got teeth. we can't hold the government to account. there is no proposals for primary legislation. we need a new environment act. she tried to claim credit to clean air and water and that is down to eu regulations and a lot of campaigning by environmental campaigners and of course there is no concrete assurances course there is no concrete assurances that we can keep that stuff. she said on plastics, does that filter through to the public and geta that filter through to the public and get a conversation going and perhaps increase public pressure for change on this. i know you would wa nt change on this. i know you would want the government to do more from what you're saying, but do you think it gets a conversation going that its setting things in the right direction of travel? ? theresa may ta ed of leadership, but she is following. campaigners have been pushing the government for years and the government is bowing to public pressure. the idea the government is leading on this is nonsense. it is bringing up the rear and not doing enough or quickly enough or with any teeth. thank you. the youtuber logan paul who showed a video showing an apparent suicide victim has had his work banned by youtube. who is logan paul. he posts videos of himself and he has 15 million subscribers. that is huge financially for him. it is his whole life. what did he do. what is this video that has led to the sanctions? so at the end of last month he posted a video of him walking through a forest at the base of mount fuji on a trip with his friends. they featured the body of what appeared to be the dead body of somebody that had taken their own life. this forest is known for people going there to take their own lives. he kept it in his video and posted it. it got more than 6 million views and he was criticise bed ed. he took it down and issued apologies. he said he is taking time away from youtube the collect himself. youtube said they're cutting business ties from him and he won't be featured on the google preferred programme that. that means they have lowered his advertising profile. so will youtube sanction some profile. so will youtube sanction some people or is it the result of public pressure that forced them to do that is the question in contention quite a lot. youtube would say it is up quite a lot. youtube would say it is up to the community to police what they do and do not accept. they say he has broken community rules. but they are getting criticised heavily as they are getting criticised heavily as well. this video was posted on 3lst as well. this video was posted on 31st december and they did not make any statement until 9th of january and only last night the issued a statement saying they would cut business ties. they have not taken down his channel and he still can make money through advertising. thank you. for some of us, it was a rather foggy start to the day. for many western parts, some sunshine is coming through. you can see the sun trying to burn through the misty nets in herefordshire. bristol could be some fog patches lingering into the afternoon. some good spells of sunshine for many. in eastern england, rather cloudy with some spots of drizzle down towards the south—east. where the fog lingers, temperatures might only be two or three degrees. this evening, fog will reform. there could be some tricky conditions first thing around the west midlands, possibly north—west england and the south—west. friday, a largely dry day with some sunshine. top temperatures, about 6—9d. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: now, hospital bosses say services are at breaking point and that the government must spend more. the prime minister launches a new 25—year plan to improve the natural environment, with a pledge to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste in the uk by 2042. its schools are simples. clean air, clea n its schools are simples. clean air, clean and plentiful water, plants and animals which are thriving and a cleaner greener country for us all. two men are still on the run. two men are still on the run after armed robbers seize millions worth of merchandise from a jewellery shop at the famous ritz hotel in paris. a woman has appeared in court charged with murder after police found a body buried in a garden in greater manchester. in a moment, we'll be talking to greenpeace about government plans and whether go far enough. now the sport. kyle edmund and johanna konta face tough opening tests in the australian open. kyle edmund, the only british man in the draw following murray's withdrawal, faces 11th seed kevin anderson. british number one konta will face the american madison brengle, a player she has a poor record against. she has won only one out of their four matches. she is 83 places below johanna konta. given the way she finished last season, losing five matches in a row, she will relish the opportunity in a venue where she has a good record. she could play the current number one in the quarterfinals, but that is a conversation for the other day. heather watson was starting against the world number 50 from kazakhstan, a player ranked slightly higher than her. in terms of the men's draw, cal edmondson is the only british representative after andy murray pulled out through injury, what a tough draw he has got? yes. it will be just kyle edmund. tough draw he has got? yes. it will bejust kyle edmund. it is tough draw he has got? yes. it will be just kyle edmund. it is tough against kevin anderson. be played at roland garros on the third round last year. roland garros on the third round last yea r. kyle roland garros on the third round last year. kyle edmund had the advantage, he led before ultimately losing in five sets. he can beat anderson in the opening round, if he plays well and assuming his ankle skierfrom last week plays well and assuming his ankle skier from last week in plays well and assuming his ankle skierfrom last week in brisbane is not that big a problem. you would find himself in a reasonably favourable section of the draw after that. a much needed victory recorded. the hosts were restricted to 258-9. recorded. the hosts were restricted to 258—9. eoin morgan hit an unbeaten 81 to lead his side to victory. james vince and mark stoneman have kept their places in england's test squad for the tour of new zealand, despite struggling with the bat in the 4—0 ashes defeat. there is a first test call—up for 24—year—old lancashire batsman liam livingstone, while bowler mark wood is also in the 16—man squad. iama bit i am a bit surprised, to be honest. with tom curran and jake warren being part of the ashes squad, i was quite surprised to get the call. but it was nice to be back involved. i have been wanting to get back in. hopefully i have a point to prove andi hopefully i have a point to prove and i can do well. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more now on our top story — the nhs has failed to meet any of the standards laid down in its own constitution, according to nhs providers, the body which represents front—line health trusts in england. figures show that waiting times in a&e during december in england were the worst since targets were introduced in 2004, with more than 300,000 patients waiting longer than four hours. joining me is the royal college of nursing's director of nursing, policy and practice — donna kinnair. formerly of clinical director in accident and emergency. you know what it is like on the front line. what stories have you been hearing about the pressures on staff and patients in the last few weeks? we know bed occupancy rate is at 95% at the moment. that is the official figures. but there will be times when it is well over 100%. the recommended rate is 85%. they cannot deliver care in our bed situation. we are seeing patients getting here in corridors. medical staff and nursing staff are having to grow to ambulances to administer care. what our staff saying about working under those conditions and the pressure it puts them under? let's not forget the pressure is there already. we have a shortage of nurses across the country. you can imagine the impact of not having enough nurses anyway, as of not having enough nurses anyway, as well as the increase in patients attending a&e, means that staff are working harder than ever. you can working harder than ever. you can work consistently ha rd working harder than ever. you can work consistently hard for days and weeks, but at some point our staff will reach breaking point.“ weeks, but at some point our staff will reach breaking point. if there is not more money, do you think the targets a re is not more money, do you think the targets are going to have to be abolished or change because as long as abolished or change because as long as you have those targets then there isa as you have those targets then there is a tremendous pressure to meet them? it's time for an honest conversation with people in this country about what it is we want from the nhs. we simply cannot have everything every are not prepared to put the funding and resources in it requires. so it's pointless having targets and failing them, they has to mean something. i think before we say remove them or not, we have to have an honest conversation with the public about what we are prepared to pay for. do you think it would be helpful to remove them? pay for. do you think it would be helpfulto remove them? it pay for. do you think it would be helpful to remove them? it makes no difference because we are not meeting them anyway. we can put them at 100%, but we are not able to meet them because we do not have the resources , we them because we do not have the resources, we have not had the planning. we don't have the infrastructure. a&e target is just one of the symptoms. we know we have norovirus close 1000 beds. it is just one of the symptoms in a whole range of things that are putting pressure on the nhs. but also pressure on the nhs. but also pressure on the nhs. but also pressure on staff. briefly, in terms of efficiencies and management of staff, has that been stretched to its absolute limit? is there any more room for efficiency in the system as far as you're concerned? it is interesting. you can have efficiency when you don't have the right number of staff to deliver a service, so i think efficiencies have been pushed to their limits because we've seen a have been pushed to their limits because we've seen a number of cuts in the nhs. most importantly, what we are talking about is people's lights and care that people require. even to do that, you have to have enough people on the ground to administer treatment of care. thank you. a woman has appeared in court charged with murder after police found a body buried in a garden in greater manchester. 63—year—old barbara coombes is also charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body and with fraud. human remains, believed to be those of her father kenneth coombes, were found in the garden of her house in stockport on tuesday. we can talk to our correspondent outside the magistrates' court in manchester. this was a very short hearing. around three minutes. it was the first hearing in this process. barbara coombes was in the dock in the magistrates' court in front of a districtjudge purely for the charges to be read out. she only spoke to confirm her personal details, her name and age, as well as details, her name and age, as well as date of birth and address. and to confirm she was who she said she was. they read out the charges and the case has been pushed on to manchester crown court and she will appear there tomorrow morning at 9:30am. she faces charges which include murder. she is accused of killing a man back in 2006. the wording of this charge is curious. and preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body. so that is the second charge. she also is accused with two charges which include fraud and the accusation is that she pretended to be a carer of the man who she had killed, in order to claim money as a carer. now it's understood that the man she is accused of killing is herfather, kenneth combs. you will remember that human remains were discovered ata that human remains were discovered at a house in stockport in a suburb. the accusation is that barbara coombes murdered her father and buried him in the garden of that property. earlier this week, we heard from greater manchester police who told as a woman had walked into a police station and told officers she had killed a man some years ago and had buried him in the garden. these are the beginnings of legal proceedings. neighbours around the area have been asked whether they remember kenneth combs, who was in his late 805 in 2005. greater manchester police are still conducting their investigation. the road was cordoned off yesterday. a postmortem examination on the remains which were found is yet to be made public. that should give more information about where, when and how he died. thank you. elena polisano is greenpeace uk's oceans campaigner — and joins me now. thank you for coming along. the prime minister referenced the blue planet series which has done so much to raise awareness of plastic in our ocea ns to raise awareness of plastic in our oceans and the damage it is doing to that environment and the creatures that environment and the creatures that live in it. what did you make of her speech today? did it live up to its vaunted promise?” of her speech today? did it live up to its vaunted promise? i don't think so. i think it is policy is not promises we need. i don't think it is urgent or decisive enough or detailed enough. 0ur oceans bear the brunt of our plastic habits. we are looking for policies that with the tackle the producers and manufacturers of plastic. was architect of this culture of throwaway plastic that we have. we need to really take responsibility for the amount of waste they produce. we can't see any further delays on tried and tested proven policies like deposit and return scheme on plastic bottles. is there any evidence that if the government talks about something like this but doesn't back it up with laws that actually change still happens? 0r doesn't back it up with laws that actually change still happens? or do you think laws or what are needed to actually get action on this to deliver change? we are now an unsustainable situation at the moment. plastic production is forecast to double in the next 20 yea rs. forecast to double in the next 20 years. that's before the deadline for this plan. so what we need to see is government move for this plan. so what we need to see is government move now for this plan. so what we need to see is government move now to for this plan. so what we need to see is government move now to prove to young voters that it is courting, that its actions will back up their words. there is real momentum behind the sort of policy of deposit and return schemes. it is about to happen in scotland. it is proven around the world. in the uk, we know that 16 million plastic bottles per day are not being recycled, so government intervention is crucial. the government is being accused of cynically trying to tap into the and interest in the environment without backing it up. are you a cynical as that, or do you think the government might be persuaded to get tougher on this? take deposit and return schemes, retailers are supporting them. the co—op and tesco, for example. what is missing is also real action to ensure we are banning this throwaway plastic. that means no longer using an indestructible material for things we only use for a moment and that end up in our oceans. a moment and that end up in our oceans. that comes back to producers and manufacturers of plastic being forced to look at different materials and dramatically change the way we think about plastic. lots of work for greenpeace to do. thank you very much. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live: 68 top accident and emergency doctors write to the prime minister saying winter planning in the nhs is not up to standard and risks patient safety. theresa may pledges to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste by 204. all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. green groups say the plans need legal guarantees. robbers armed with axes make off with millions of pounds ofjewellery from the ritz hotel in paris. in the business news... it's super thursday for the uk's retailers, with a number of big hitters announcing their christmas results. announcing their christmas results. tesco, waitrose and john lewis all announce a jump in sales. however, there was less festive joy for marks & spencer and house of fraser, with both retailers disappointing the markets. in a minute i'll be going through the numbers. the latest house prices for the uk are out, and they will be a surprise for some according to halifax, the east midlands and wales are seeing prices rise faster than anywhere else in the country. but in london the news is not so positive, with prices growing at their slowest pace in six years. and according to a new report out today from the higher education policy institute, international students are worth £20 billion to the uk economy. the analysis says on top of tuition fees, their spending has become a majorfactor in supporting local economies. london alone gains £4.6 billion — with sheffield the biggest beneficiary in proportion to its economy. christmas results have been pouring in today. and they're a bit of a mixed bag. marks & spencer has reported a fall in sales, tesco has reported solid growth, and john lewis has warned of a tough 2018, with the weaker pound likely to effect future profits. to affect future profits. let's get more on this with maureen hinton, group research director, globaldata retail. let's first they speak about tesco. there are reporting a rise in sales but the share price has fallen. i is that? it will be challenging in future. seals are being driven by food inflation across all sectors. marks & spencer, food is very disappointing and these results. normally a bright spot for marks & spencer, offsetting slower clothes sales. not this time around. very disappointing for them because that has been the backbone of its business over the last few years. i think it is because it is up against a more challenging market with supermarkets investing in premium products. morrisons has done very well with its premium range, as have the discount supermarkets. it is not attracting the footfall to its stores, so it is very disappointing for m stores, so it is very disappointing form and s stores, so it is very disappointing for m and s not to have done well at christmas. we hear online sales are crucial. so the results from house of fraser are really disappointing. 0nline sales are down by more than 7%. it seems to be a real disaster with new platform launched in april. negative sales in its first half and it hasn't seemed to improve very much now. the business is not really attracting the customers to it. it really is bad to have per online sales when most people are saying thatis sales when most people are saying that is strong growth. looking they say that revenue doubled over the christmas period. it is focused on the younger end of the market. they do of their social life online. it is very important to be online and that particular area of the market. that is where you see stronger growth in the market, the youth sector. china's economic growth probably accelerated to 6.9% in 2017 — premier li keqiang has told a regional summit in cambodia. that would be an improvement on the 6.7% seen in 2016 — which was the weakest in 26 years. mr li said china has done well because it refrained from flooding the economy with stimulus while pushing ahead with reforms india's market regulator has banned price waterhouse from auditing listed firms in the country for two years. the ban follows an investigation into a nine—year—old case of accounting fraud that involved the it firm satyam. the auditing giant has said it is confident it will win a delay to the ban before it comes to effect. the value of bitcoin has fallen more than 10% on the bitstamp exchange after south korea's justice minister said the country is preparing a bill to ban trading in cryptocurrencies. bitcoin sank as low as $13,120, it weakest as $13,120, its weakest since the beginning ofjanuary. australia's version of the crunchie bar, violet crumble, has been sold by swiss giant nestle to australian—owned firm robern menz for an undisclosed sum. and if you're wondering, it's the violet crumble that's the older sweet — it was first produced in 1913, which the british favourite dates back to 1929. the sale not only brings the confectionery back under australian ownership, but also returns it to south australia, where it was produced by manufacturer rowntree hoadley until the mid 19805. let's have a quick look at the markets. that's all the business news. three people have been detained in paris. a large police response outside the paris ritz hotel. after a gang armed with axes carried out a violent raid. it isn'tjust the christmas lights that sparkled here. there are jewels on display to match the wealth of the guests of one of the wealth of the guests of one of the world's most exclusive hotel is. the robbers arrived on scooters at around 6pm in the evening, smashing windows on the ground floor of the hotel. it estimated the two jewels worth £3.5 million. police officers interrupted the raid and arrested three of the five men. paris has seen three of the five men. paris has seen this before. in october 2016, us reality tv star kim kardashian had a gun put your head as i gang stole £9 million worth of her jewellery. 0nly stole £9 million worth of her jewellery. only one piece was ever seen jewellery. only one piece was ever seen again. it's not clear how much was recovered from this latest raid. police are still searching for two of the men involved. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first we leave you with for a look at the weather. you may have noticed it was quite misty and marty this morning. patches of fog which were quite thick in places. it is still quite cloudy at the moment across many eastern and southern areas. this is the scene at the moment in felixstowe. further north and west, there are breaks in the cloud and some sunshine coming through. in the highlands, good spells of sunshine. look at that cracking photograph of the snowcapped mountains in the scottish highlands. for the rest of this afternoon, we will continue with sunny spells in northern and western areas. still some fog patches which could linger on. going into the evening, this is at 5pm, still some clear spells down towards the south west of england. but coming into the west midlands and east wales, here we will see fog preforming as we go through the evening and into tonight. clearer skies for western wales. for scotland, clearer skies in the evening. temperature is just scotland, clearer skies in the evening. temperature isjust falling below freezing. sam hill fog around north—eastern areas. still patchy drizzle around parts of lincolnshire, into words east anglia and hill fog, as i mentioned. still some fog to come. it won't be as widespread or dense as last night. in the south—west, you might have to be aware first thing tomorrow morning of patches of fog which could cause travel problems. through the day on friday, the fog will generally left into low cloud. there will be some brighter spells breaking through from time to time. maximum temperature is getting up to about 9 degrees. fairly similar to today. if any fog lingers on, it will feel colder than that. going into the weekend, we have this weather from moving in into the weekend, we have this weatherfrom moving in from into the weekend, we have this weather from moving in from the west. a fairly bleak weather front. as it pushes end, it will bring some outbreaks of rain, but that when will just ease outbreaks of rain, but that when willjust ease off as we go through the weekend. 0n the hall, for saturday and sunday, mostly drive. some outbreaks of rain at times. it will be quite breezy as well. for the next week, there are hints it will turn colder again. you can find the long wait forecast on the website. goodbye. —— long—range forecast. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 12: nhs winter plans are failing and patient safety is at risk — a warning from health bosses, as a&e waiting times reach their worst since records began 13 years ago. we have put more funding into the nhs for these winter pressures, we are putting more into the nhs over all. theresa may pledges to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042 — green groups say the plans don't stack up. an armed heist at the ritz hotel in paris — millions of pounds of jewellery are stolen. a woman appears in court charged with murder after a body — believed to be that of her father's — is found buried in a garden. also this hour: youtube ends business dealings with one of its most lucrative stars. it follows logan paul posting footage showing the body of a man who had apparently killed himself.” have made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgment have made a severe and continuous lapse in myjudgment and i don't expect to be forgiven. i'm simply here to apologise. could be sensitive. and 0 brother where art thou — prince william lets slip he hasn't been asked yet to be prince harry's best man. good afternoon. new figures from nhs england show that accident and emergency waiting times, in december, were the worst for thirteen years. just 85% of patients were seen in four hours — well below the 95% target — equating to over 300,000 patients waiting longer than they should. earlier, hospital chiefs urged the government to increase funding. figures from nhs england also showed: only 3% of hospital trusts in england had enough beds. the target for maximum bed occupancy rate for a&e but only 4 out of 137 hospital trusts in england were successfully below that target. ministers said the nhs had top priority in the last budget. earlier hospital chiefs wrote no the prime minister. but ministers said the nhs has top priority in the last budget and mrs may said part of increase in a&e patient numbers was due to a rise in those suffering from flu. every year in winter nhs comes under additional pressure and we have seen the extra pressures that the nhs has come under this year. one of the issues which determines the extent of that pressure is flu and we have seen in recent days an increase in the number of people presenting at a&e from flu and the nhs has launched a national flu campaign and from flu and the nhs has launched a nationalflu campaign and i would encourage people to act on the advice that the nhs is giving and encourage nhs staff who haven't had the flu vaccine to have that vaccine. we have put more funding into the nhs for these winter precious and we are putting more funding into the nhs over all. but in terms of these winter pressures, that we see the nhs under, there have been a number of measures that we have taken. such as urgent gp appointments being available throughout the christmas period. that was to ensure that the nhs has that better capacity to deal with the winter pressures. earlier, our correspondent catherine burns said part of the problem for a&e departments is increased bed occupancy. we have got stat statistics that tell us how much pressure hospitals we re tell us how much pressure hospitals were under last week. just 3% had the safe level of beds they needed. 3%? the safe level of beds they needed. 396? hospitals are supposed to have no more than 85% bed occupancy, so patients can get help. on thursday last week out of 137 trusts in england just four were below that safe level. there were weekly figures for a&es last week. sorry last month. december was the worst month since records started in 2004 for a&e waiting target times. if you think you're supposed to be seen, the target is 95% should be seen within four hours, last week it was more like 85%, last month sorry. within four hours, last week it was more like 8596, last month sorry. to add to the pressure from health care providers, we are seeing that the, a letter has been sent to theresa may from 68 senior a&e doctors, what have they said? yes, to give you, these are half of the a&e centres have joined these are half of the a&e centres havejoined this. these are half of the a&e centres have joined this. they say we feel compelled to speak in support of our ha rd compelled to speak in support of our hard working colleagues, some bits that stand out, they say the current level of safety compromise is at times intolerable and theresa may's made a lot about the plans that have been done, saying this winter has been better planned, but they say, our experience at the front line is these plans have failed to deliver anywhere near what was needed. joining me from our leicester newsroom is the shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth. good afternoon to you. your reaction broadly to the figures? well these figures are appalling. we are in a serious winter crisis, a winter crisis that was both predictable and preventible. the truth is we are in the eighth year of severe underfunding and we have lost at least 14,000 of nhs beds. we have not got enough doctors. we have seen district nursing cuts, we have seen the number of gps reduce bed athousand in the last year. —— redupesed by a thousand in the year. to say it is all about flu is dishonest spin. it flu season certainly and we hope that flu doesn't become a crisis, but at the moment it is a flu season, which is entirely predicted, what is causing problems on the front line in hospitals and over crowded hospitals todayis hospitals and over crowded hospitals today is the lack of funding and the cuts to community health provision and the cults to social care. all of which are because of decisions made by this conservative government. the health secretary has admitted it will take more funding for the nhs over the next ten years to deliver effectively the services that it is supposed to provide. 0ne conservative mp said earlier today, his idea, on how to properly fund the health service is we convert national insurance into a national health insurance into a separate national health fund and funds the nhs properly and the money can't be spent on anything else. is that something, is that an idea you might support? well let me just say in the last manifesto in the general election, the labour party proposed an extra £45 billion for health and social care. that is a substantial extra investment across the parliament. it was the previous government with gordon brown who increased national insurance and allocated it to the nhs. that is why we had the best waiting times on record and we didn't have winter crisis. this tax is the something which has merit. it is worth considering and worth discussing, because what is clear, we can't continue with the years and years of cuts and underfunding and the privatisation of community health services that we have got at the moment. it is pushing the nhs to the brink. the fact that we have got people waiting hours on trolleys, people waiting hours on trolleys, people having their cancer operations cancelled, i'm talking to you from leicester, a gentleman here had his bladder operation cancelled twice. 0ne trust was considering delaying chemotherapy starts. we can't carry on. we want dignity and humanity in the health service and not cuts that are going on.” humanity in the health service and not cuts that are going on. i think the last time i spoke to you, you did say, you did spell that out that labour would ask people to pay more tax to improve health care and increase funding, do you think that the conservatives, some parts of conservative party, are starting to come around to that idea and do you accept that a government, whether it is labour, conservative or whoever, simply can't find the money that is needed from other pots, that that money has to come from extra taxation? a government, being government is about choices. a labour government could would choose to put the money into the nhs and make different decisions about tax. i have no confidence that this conservative government will take the radical decisions to put the nhs ona the radical decisions to put the nhs on a long—term footing. it is the 70th anniversary of the nhs and for 62 years of his life it has had a 4% increase in funding each year. in the last eight years it has 1% and jeremy hunt can say we need a ten year plan, well, i'm afraid theresa may and philip hammond show no interest in giving the nhs the funding it needs. if we want to increase capacity and reduce the bed cuts, we need a labour government. we do need more talking shops or does the government need to get on and do this? we need action. we don't need talking shops. we need action, the last labour government put the money into the nhs. the labour government 70 years created the nhs. the next labour government will save our nhs. thank you very much. and of you want to find out more about how your nhs trust is performing, you can use the bbc‘s by visiting the nhs tracker on the bbc news website the nhs tracker on the bbc news website. the prime minister has set out plans to tackle plastic pollution, by wiping out all avoidable waste by 2042. the proposals include asking every supermarket to have an aisle of goods with no plastic wrappings, as well as extending the five pence charge for carrier bags to all retailers in england. but environmentalists say theresa may's plans are worthless, unless they're written into law. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith has been listening to the prime minister — let's cross to him at the wetland centre in west london. so that accusation being directed to the prime minister, that without any legal backing, these ideas are pretty worthless. she has been accused of being cynical, going after young voters with this. was she able to address any of those accusations in the question and answ session? theresa may did cite exa m ples of session? theresa may did cite examples of where the government was taking action, such as the 5p charge on plastic bags. but she was trying to sketch out a long—term vision of where she wants this country to sketch out a long—term vision of where she wants this count ry to go and she wants britain to be a global leader in tackling plastic pollution and said after brexit we would have higher standards of environmental protection and mooted the idea of a new body to enforce the standards. she was critical of supermarkets and saying they need to do more and the idea of plastic free aisles. she also left open the option of additional taxes and charges for using waste. and suggested there would be more money for research into innovation in plastics and alternatives to plastics. so we got alternatives to plastics. so we got a sense alternatives to plastics. so we got a sense of her green credentials and talked of how she and her husband increased their recycling and they have a bat box and an owl box in their garden. it was mainly ideas rather than specific details. listen to what she said. its goals are simple—cleanerairand a to what she said. its goals are simple—cleaner air and a greener country. these are valuable in themselves, but together they add up to something profound. a better world for each of us to live in and a better future for the next generation. we have worked with the devolved administrations as we have developed this plan and we want to work with them on these issues in the years ahead. this is a plan for the years ahead. this is a plan for the long—term. as our environment changes, our plan will be updated, to ensure we are continuing to deliver on our commitment to deliver healthy natural environment. mrs may went out of her way to praise david attenborough's series and some newspapers which have supported cracking down on waste. interesting in the sense that previously many of those newspapers had been among the most critical of possible green taxes and renewed funds for renewable energy and wind mills. the mood i think has changed and those in government sense the mood has changed, added to which michael gove sips since he has become environment secretary has renewed energy into the argument and that perhaps has led to today's decision by mrs may to make a speech on the environment. thank you. joining me now is chris noice the head of communications with the association of convenience stores. thank you for coming in. of course now, convenience stores like larger supermarkets, will be charging 5 pence for a plastic bag, which you we re pence for a plastic bag, which you were telling me a lot of smaller retailers have been too. yes. in wales and in scotland, where we have had this legislation for a few year, all retailers are charging for bags and in england we have done some work with our members about 40% already issue a voluntary scheme. but now that that is being extended is will force the remaining 60% to adopt this. are most keen? yes. more research from our members said the majority are in favour of this. what it does is promotes consistency between all retailers and consistency for customers, you know it is the best place to bring your own bag. some haven't done it until it is compulsory, that suggests for some people they need that extra nudge to change habits? this is part of the debate we have been having about behavioural change, everyone has their part to play. the fact that thousands of smaller stores are taking place, shows we are on the way to changing this behaviour and a universal charge will, as you say, be that extra push that everyone needs. within the association, are you looking at other ways in which the stores can become more environmentally friendly and promote practices that help the environment? the nature of the convenience sector promotes less waste, because people are not necessarily doing their weekly shops, they're getting food as they need it. our sector promotes less waste. but locally there are things people can do, one retailer stopped selling plastic bags and only sells bag for life. and people organise litter picks and getting involved locally to see what is best in the community. what about the idea that theresa may talked of supermarkets having a plastic free aisle, is that something smaller retailer would look at? we welcome the debate about how everyone can ta ke the debate about how everyone can take responsibility. action is the thing. is it something you think people might act on within your association? it is something we will have to see the detail. as you get to smaller stores, the idea of plastic free aisles is more difficult. but it is part of the wider debate and as we see by our support of carrier bag charge, that is something we are in favour of being part of. thank you. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: nhs winter plans are failing a warning from nhs bosses. theresa may pledges to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. green groups say the plans don't stack up. two men still on the run after an armed heist at the ritz hotel in paris. millions of pounds of jewellery are stolen. now the sport. the draw for the australian open which starts next week has been made in the last hour. british number one johanna konta, who reached the semi—finals of the tournament two years ago, will play the american madison brengle in the opening round. brengle is ranked number 92 in the world, but has won three of their four previous meetings against the world number nine. british number two heather watson will face kazakhstan's yulia putintseva. elsewhere world number one simona halep faces australian destanee aiava wimbledon champion garbine muguruza plays france's jessika ponchet. 2008 champion maria sharapova will play german world number 46 tatjana maria. sharapova is ranked 47th and unseeded afterfailing a doping test at the 2016 australian open. venus williams will meet former top—10 player belinda bencic. in the men's draw kyle edmund is the only british representative following andy murray's pulling out as he's recovering from hip surgery. he's been handed a tough opening match though in melbourne. he'll have to get past 11th seed and us open finalist kevin anderson. other highlights in the men's draw include top seed rafael nadal up against dominican world number 81 victor estrella borgos. swiss five—time champion roger federer will open his title defence against slovenia's former british player aljaz bedene. six—time champion novak djokovic will open against american donald young and tomas berdych will face australian wild card entry alex de minaur. england's one day side have beaten an australia 11 side by five wickets in the warm up match in sydney. just four days after confirmation of a 4—0 test defeat, the tourists switched formats and recorded a much—needed five—wicket victory against opponents featuring just one full international in matt renshaw. having restricted the hosts to 258 for nine captain eoin morgan hit an unbeaten 81 to lead his side to victory. james vince and mark stoneman have kept their places in england's test squad for the tour of new zealand, despite struggling with the bat in the 4—0 ashes defeat. there is a first test call—up for 24—year—old lancashire batsman liam livingstone, while bowler mark wood is also in the 16—man squad. a bit surprised, i'm pleased to be back in. i think that with obviously tom and jake being part of ashes squad, and i felt tom and jake being part of ashes squad, and ifelt they tom and jake being part of ashes squad, and i felt they did well, tom and jake being part of ashes squad, and ifelt they did well, i was surprised to get the call. but it is nice to be back involved and it is nice to be back involved and it is nice to be back involved and it is something that i have wanted to get back in and hopefully i have got a point to prove and can i do well. that series starts on sunday. that's all the sport for now. let's return now to those new figures from nhs england, which show that accident and emergency waiting times, in december, were the worst for 13 years. just 85% of patients were seen in four hours — well below the 95% target — equating to over 300,000 patients waiting longer than they should. with me now is nigel edwards, the chief executive of the nuffield trust. which discusses health policy. you have said today that the time for discussing and diagnosing the problem is over and we know what the problems are, very well, don't we? yes, we do. as you say, they have been building up now for some years. what we have been seeing happening is the number of beds has been falling, but the number of patients has been growing and the ant the ability of the nhs to discharge people to community centre has been falling. and we are short for right sort of doctors and nurses. so if we know what needs to be done, where is the action going to come from? mainly one would look to government in this case and theresa may speaking today about the environment, but she was asked about the nhs, said, and i haven't got the exact quote, but she has said it before that the nhs has been given more money in this current budget, but it is not enough is it, according to lots of people are saying that, lots of organisation? yes, i think there is almost com plete yes, i think there is almost complete agreement that money is an issue. what has been happening in the last seven or eight years, the amount going into the nhs has been going up, she is right, but not going up, she is right, but not going up, she is right, but not going up at at the rate that costs have been going up or the care for patients. we have started ageing as a population, but there is a lot more care that can now be provided as people survive heart attacks and cancer, its no notjust that people are older, but never multiple conditions. if we turned on the tap for money, we have undertrained the right amount of doctors and nurses and money would not solve the problem, unless we think about how we use the staff and get more people into this skilled labour force.“ more money isn't forthcoming quickly, will we see the targets removed, do they become pointless? well, we have seen similar problems in wales, where there have been some adjustments of the targets. the targets ha d adjustments of the targets. the targets had their use. they do indicate to people how we are doing. but it is becoming clear that we are not meeting them. they put a lot of pressure on staff? there is a danger this four hour target has distorted decision—making in other parts of nhs. planned surgery for hip replacements and other quite major things that are about reducing patient suffering and pain and getting people back to work, that is important, just because something is an emergency doesn't mean it is more important that something is planned, the tail has been perhaps been wagging the dog and other priorities are getting neglecting. theresa may said flu is a factor, is she is right or is that failing to admit the scale of the issues. the problems are more fundamental. flu isa problems are more fundamental. flu is a bit worse than last year. the problems are more until and there is at lot of good analysis to help her a nswer at lot of good analysis to help her answer that question. thank you very much. the prime minister's spokesman said the uk will not hold a second brexit referendum. nigel farage said he close to supporting a second vote to stop the whingeing of people who supported remain. a paramedic who was one of the first at the scene of the grenfell tower disaster has avoided a driving ban after being caught speeding at 116mph. david hickling was caught while off duty on the a55 near caerwys in flintshire in july. he admitted breaking the 70mph speed limit, but said a driving ban would cost him hisjob. the incident occurred three weeks after the grenfell fire and a psychotherapist‘s report showed that hickling was under exceptional stress. flintshire magistrates have given him a fine and six points on his driving licence. police in paris are hunting two armed robbers who stole jewellery worth millions of pounds from the city's ritz hotel. armed with small axes, thieves smashed windows to gain access to display cases, before snatching the jewels from the ground floor of the hotel. three people were arrested while trying to flee the scene. 0ur paris correspondent, hugh schofield, has been to the hotel this morning. so this is the famous ritz hotel of paris. ernest hemingway, coco chanel, princess diana — a stopping place for the world's ultra rich and famous for the glam crowd. ironically enough, right next to the ministry ofjustice. i've just been inside the hotel and there is no evidence at all that anything happened, but last night something very dramatic did happen. a gang of five men came here, in masks. three of them came into the hotel through the back entrance, on the other side of the building, and using axes they smashed open some of the display cases containing jewels and watches, that are put up there to advertise their wares by some of the jewellers in the neighbourhood. three men made their getaway, but at that point the police had intervened. the men tried to pass the booty to their accomplices on the street, and they managed to get some of it out, and the two on the street got away. the three who were inside were overpowered and our now in custody. and a lot of the jewels and watches have been recovered, because they were scattered on the ground. what is important to know is that this happened here, in the place vendome, which is the centre of the jewellery business in paris. you can see the names on the various shops here. what's happened is that in the last few years there has been a spate of these ultraviolet smash and grab daring raids by robbers, and that has meant that there is now permanent police presence here. you can't see them, but there is a permanent police patrol here. they were the ones who intervened very quickly yesterday at the ritz hotel, and they are the ones who almost foiled this attack. it is almost half past 12. time to look at the weather. there is not much sparkle in this forecast. just a bit of sunshine, but a lot of grey weather. stay with us, because it does get colder next week. you have got some snow here in highland, this isa got some snow here in highland, this is a sparkling picture. if you live in the east, it is still grey. that grey weather will persist. even a few spots of rain and some fog in northern ireland, east anglia and the east midlands that will not clear. it will thicken up tonight. there are warnings for fog. it could be freezing fog. these are the towns and cities. in the countryside it will be colder. 0n and cities. in the countryside it will be colder. on friday, another gloomy day, with mist and fog. 0nce it does lift, we still have cloud. some sunshine around and the fog should lift in northern ireland. that is because we have the breeze strengthening ahead of this weather front that is coming in at the weekend. not warm but it is january and it does get colder next week. just a reminder about that fog. this is bbc newsroom live — our latest headlines: accident and emergency waiting times, in december were the worst for 13 years. senior nhs doctors write to the prime minister warning care is being compromised and claiming some patients are dying prematurely. the prime minister launches a new 25—year plan to improve the natural environment, with a pledge to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste in the uk by 2042. the goals are simple. clean air, clean and plentiful water, plants and animals which are thriving, and a cleaner, greener country for us all. two men are still on the run after armed robbers seize millions of euros' worth of merchandise from a jewellery shop at the famous ritz hotel in paris. a woman has appeared in court charged with murder after police found a body buried in a garden in greater manchester. and severing business ties, youtube ta ke and severing business ties, youtube take action over the controversial vlogger who posted a video showing an apparent suicide victim's body in japan. scotla nd scotland are considering the ban of cotton buds. 0ur correspondent lorna reports from scotland. this would be a ban backed with legal sanctions? they are putting out a public consultation but, yes, they have this proposal to introduce legislation to ban the sale and manufacture of plastic stemmed cotton buds. the reason? it is believed it is a big polluter of our marine environment. many of us will remember that very sobering image of that sea horse in the waters off indonesia clutching that plastic stemmed cotton bud, but it is an issue closer to home as well. in the waters around scotland about 900 million litres of treated waste water are released into the clyde and other rivers and other areas every single day. it is heavily treated but the message that water passes through is just not quite right to catch the plastic cotton buds that, for whatever reason, some people continue to flush down the loo. environmental campaigners estimate about half the litter the pick—up on our beaches is actually plastic stemmed cotton buds, so the scottish government says they want to stop this practice. it is largely symbolic. a lot of large supermarkets and manufacturers have already stopped stocking on making plastic stemmed cotton buds, but some are still coming into the country and the scottish government wa nted country and the scottish government wanted to stop. ok, thank you for bringing us up—to—date with that, lorna gordon. let's get more on the prime minister's proposals. joining me now from westminster is the environment minister, therese coffey. just hearing about the scottish government proposals to ban cotton buds and theresa may is talking about a blueprint for the next 25 yea rs, about a blueprint for the next 25 years, but it could be more than that, couldn't it is these ideas are also backed up in law? we are setting out a comprehensive vision to achieve the objectives set out by the prime minister. we already have a number of different strategies, regulations and legislation in place. where we need to legislate in the future we can do that. for example we have banned micro beads in certain kinds of cosmetic products and we are looking forward to the scottish government fulfilling their pledge to do the same as well, but nevertheless it is about improving asi nevertheless it is about improving as i say our air, the quality of habitats, about other things like creating half 1 million habitats, about other things like creating half! million hectares of habitat, the size of northumberland, and that is important to make sure nature flourishes in the future. and this is the whole point, preserving and creating an environment which will be better that we can hand onto the next generation. groups like greenpeace say they are deeply disappointed with this speech. they say it could have been so much more, they say is missing out on some real opportunities here to improve the environment. what do you say to them in response? i actually think we have an effective plan. there are a number of strategies already in place and more we will be pulling together in order to deliver that vision. it is a long—term plan. we need to work domestically, but also one of the key elements is about working internationally, and we need to continue not only with things like our blue belt and marine protected areas, but also around our overseas territories, and continuing to work with other nations on things like tackling plastic in our oceans. but what will happen in the shorter term? you but what will happen in the shorter term ? you see but what will happen in the shorter term? you see it as a long—term plan, but in many respects some environmental issues, we can't afford to take 25 years to sort them out. it is a long-term plan in that regard but we are taking action straightaway. the example the prime minister used very evidently was about putting a charge on plastic bags, and extending that now to all retailers. we will lead by example in central government are getting head of single use plastic and we need research and innovation to make sure we can fulfil that pledge, so things we take for granted everyday in how plastic is used, we can look for alternatives and working with industry is key to that. how hard is downing street going to push industry. how hard is it going to push the supermarkets, the retailers etc, to actually make this vision set out by theresa may a reality, without the need to legislate? we have good relationships with the supermarkets and with industry. we need to regulate, we will. we have done, and that is something this will continue to do. but quite often working with the industry can actually achieve quicker results, so things like plastic cotton buds, well i welcome the initiative of the scottish government in achieving that, actually the majority of those have disappeared from our supermarket shelves, and that is also why we are looking at a call for evidence, attacks or charges on single use plastics, it is by we are looking at the evidence around the deposit return scheme, and we are waiting for the recommendations from an expert group on that, and we will continue in other aspects of nature to be working with our partners, the northern forest, will work with community forests and woodlands trust, so this is about action today as well as taking action on issues that will take something fix.“ there was an area where you thought you needed to introduce a legal framework, what would it be? one of the things we have made clear is in leaving the european union we want our regulations, we inherit all we have today, but we want to make sure we have better regulation, often tougher regulation, as we see improving qualities and things like water, but also pollutants in our air, reducing those, on a further trajectory, and we will be called something again on environmental principles on which the whole government will operate —— we will be consulting again on environmental printable is, as well as the environmental body holding the government to account fulfilling this 25 year plan. in terms of development of housing and infrastructure, there are things we re infrastructure, there are things were again the principal of net environmental gain, that is what the prime minister also said today, so a lot is about practical action and where we want regulation and where we need it, we will certainly press on with it. ok, therese coffey, environment minister, thank you very much. two teenage boys have been arrested by officers investigating the murder of a shop worker in north london at the weekend. vijay patel was attacked during an argument in the store in mill hill and died in hospital. the two boys, aged 15 and 16, are being questioned on suspicion of violent disorder. another boy of 16 has been remanded in custody charged with murder. 0ur correspondent tom burridge has more details on this story. well, i think it's worth just reminding people what happened on saturday night, annita. so three teenage boys, it's alleged, went to the newsagents where vijay patel was working. alongside the owner of the shop, in mill hill, a fairly affluent part of north london, just before midnight. the police say three teenage boys went into the shop, they tried to buy a number of items including rizla, which is a make of cigarette paper, and in the uk under law it is illegal for underratings to buy cigarette papers, so the owner of the shop, working alongside mr patel challenge the three boys, it is alleged. police say when the boys were refused the sale of rizla they became aggressive and threatened to vandalise the shop. they went outside, it's alleged, and then mr patel, the worker at the store, went outside after them. it is then alleged that one of the three teenage boys then punched mr patel. he fell to the ground and hit his head on the floor and basically suffered severe damage to his head and damage to his brain, ultimately, and bleeding on the brain. he died tragically in hospital in paddington on monday afternoon. he died tragically in hospital in paddington on monday afternoon. tom burridge reporting. a woman has appeared in court charged with murder after police 63—year—old barbara coombes is also charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body and with fraud. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz is following the case at the magistrates court in manchester. this was a very short hearing timed at around three minutes, the first hearing in this process. barbara coombes was in the magistrates' court in front of a districtjudge, purely for the charges to be read out. she only spoke to confirm your personal details, her name, age, her date of birth and address and so on, and to confirm that she was who she said she was. they read out the charges to her, and the whole case was then passed on to manchester crown court and she will appear again there tomorrow morning at half past nine. as you say, she faces charges which include murder. she is accused of killing a man more than ten yea rs accused of killing a man more than ten years ago, back in 2006. and also, the wording of this charge is curious. it is "preventing the lawful and decent burial" of body, so lawful and decent burial" of body, so that is the second charge. she is also accused with two charges which include fraud, and accusation is that she pretended to be a carer of the man who she had killed in order to claim money as a carer. it is understood that the man who she is accused of killing is herfather, kenneth coombes, and you will remember perhaps from my report yesterday that human remains were discovered at a house in stockport, in the reddit suburb of stockport, and accusation is that barbara coombes murdered, or it is understood that she murdered, her father and buried him understood that she murdered, her fatherand buried him in understood that she murdered, her father and buried him in the garden of that property. earlier this week we heard from greater manchester police who told us a woman had walked into a police station and told officers she had killed a man some years ago and had buried him in the garden. these are the very beginnings of legal proceedings, so it is difficult to go into a huge amount of detail, but i can tell you that neighbours are in the area have been asked whether they remember kenneth coombes, who was in his late 805 in 2005, and greater manchester police are still conducting the investigation. that road was cordoned off yesterday and a postmortem examination on the human remains which were found is yet to be made public, and that should give more information about where, when and how he died. judith moritz reporting. some of britain's's biggest retailers have announced their festive figures. jon lewis saw like—for—like sales rabbi 3% in december. all three major retailers, john lewis, has gone marks & spencer, alluded to tough trading conditions. kate hardcastlejoins us to discuss. why did the ones who did 0k get along all right, and why did those who saw losses make those losses, because one of the big factors that has been blamed for losses over christmas is black friday, isn't it? it is, and we have now changed this golden quarter of retail having its best opportunity into a period where it is renowned for discounting and the consumers are far more savvy and used to buying across different channels and are looking for a bargain at all times. i think what is true, though, we can't just look at the internet and see that online shopping has changed retail forever, it and see that online shopping has changed retailforever, it is and see that online shopping has changed retail forever, it is all about this kid and that is why brands are struggling, because of that was the case we would not have brands like john lewis that was the case we would not have brands likejohn lewis who have been so brands likejohn lewis who have been so successful across all the different platforms. we are seeing a fast—moving retail place and lots of retail are struggling to keep up the pace, and their turnaround plans particularly in the case of marks & spencer '5 which have been in place for years, are simply not working. traditionally food has been quite strong for marks & spencer is, but its losses in food as well. how worrying is that for the company?” think they have to accept times are changing. any retailer who tries to maintaina changing. any retailer who tries to maintain a market share of golden days perhaps is not going to happen. they understand and should understand the competition has heated up so much and that has been borne out of discounters coming into the grocery market like all and liddell, changing the fortune and six of the big supermarket —— like aldi and lidl. they are offering better quality and prices, so that will eat away at the bigger brands. it is challenging times for consumers it is challenging times for consumers right now they're trying to get the best value for their families. one more question on plastics. do you think the big retailers, businesses, will play ball with the prime minister's ideas without being legally forced to do so? the plastic bag policy, we have had an 85% reduction, it is a very good thing to do. the customers have no mood at all for greenwashing. you can't say you're doing it and not commit, they want clear action, so i think supermarkets under the retailers should listen to what consumers retailers should listen to what consumers want and take baby steps towards achieving it. kate hardcastle, thank you very much. more now on the nhs. 68 heads of a&e depts to the prime minister about the state of the nhs. all the doctors stress they are talking not as representatives of their trusts, but as doctors. one of them is dr miriam harris — who works at the london north west hospitals nhs trust. thank you forjoining us, doctor harris. what has moved over the last few weeks to write and be part of those who have written and signed this letter? tell us your experience. this is stuff that has not happened over the last few weeks. this has been progressive change and deterioration certainly over the last year in particular, with increased numbers of very sick patients coming through the department with lack of capacity and flow, through lots of different emergency departments across the country. when the department is full, the flow is decreased, we cannot get to our patients so quickly, and the longer the patients stay within the department the thicker they may become and we know it increases their length of stay. —— the more sick they may become. 0ur frustrations are this was predictable and did not require last—minute winter funding. it needed a proper investment in services across the board including social care, to improve the flow throughout not just the social care, to improve the flow throughout notjust the ed, but the whole hospital. have you seen patients suffer because of all of this? it depends how you define suffer. i would say on a daily basis seen suffer. i would say on a daily basis seen patients stranded on beds and trolleys in corridors waiting, you know, they have probably even been assessed but there is no bed to off—load them into, so, yes, on a daily basis i would consider that to bea daily basis i would consider that to be a degree of suffering. i would say there has not been increased clinical error and we provide safety, but it is not always good ca re safety, but it is not always good care because we are not able to meet the dignity requirements for patients. for someone on the front line what do you see is the fundamental things that need to be done to change this? the fundamentals, i know there is a great golfer increased investment in the nhs and i think that is part of it, but i think it is also —— a great col for increased investment. but i think it will never be fully funded because there's so much movement in medicine, we can do more for more people. i think as a society we need to think carefully about how we extend patient‘s lives and keep people alive when they are very very old and frail and stuck in bed. i think we also need to look at other services that can provide urgent care, and even education within schools to start teaching people how to care for themselves at home. what is your message to theresa may today? please please can we sit down and all have a proper conversation and stop putting sticky plasters on little problems to keep them away for a few month at a time, and invest properly where the money is needed for something that is sustainable into the future. ok, doctor miriam harris, thank you for talking to us today. the youtuber logan paul, who controversially posted a video showing the body of an apparent suicide victim in japan, has had his channels downgraded by youtube. 0ur reporter chi chi izundu explained the popularity of logan paul on the video sharing site. he has about 15 million subscribers which is quite huge financially for him. it is basically his whole life. and what did he do? what is this controversial video that has led to the sanctions? at end of last month he posted a video, as he said in your introduction, of him walking through a forest at the base of mount fuji while he was a trip with some of his friends. they featured the body of what appeared to be the dead body of someone who had taken their own life. this forest is well—known for people going there to ta ke well—known for people going there to take their own lives. he kept it in his video and posted it. it got more than 6 million viewers. he was heavily criticised by the youtube community, by mental health charities and groups. he then took it down and issued a number of apologies and says he is taking time away from youtube in order to collect himself. youtube last night said they are cutting business ties from him. they say he will no longer be featured on the google preferred programme, which effectively means they have lowered his advertising profile. is this a sign that youtube is going to sanction people who it doesn't think have behaved appropriately, or is itjust the result of public pressure and pressure from others that has forced youtube to take this decision? that isa youtube to take this decision? that is a question in contention quite a lot because youtube would argue they arejust lot because youtube would argue they are just the platform, lot because youtube would argue they arejust the platform, not lot because youtube would argue they are just the platform, not the police, and it is up to the community, if you like, to police what they do and do not accept. they say that he broke their community rules, hence why they have done what they have done. but they are getting criticised heavily as well. this video was posted on the 31st of december and they did not make any statement until the 9th of january, and it was only last night that they issued a statement basically saying what they were going to do to him, which is to cut business ties. they have not taken down his channel. he still can make money from advertising. chi chi izundu, thank you. you have just advertising. chi chi izundu, thank you. you havejust been hearing about the 68 senior a&e doctors who have written to theresa may seeing nhs winter planning has not been adequate and safety is at risk. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has given his response in the last few minutes. let's hear what he had to say. i think they need whatever they demand, now, immediately, to get through this particular crisis. and they need to get it straightaway. the prime minister said on december 20 that she was satisfied that all the necessary preparations were made to deal with the winter crisis. three weeks later we have had three weeks of crises, and the money has to go on now. but it should have gone an earlier. even if the chancellor announced billions today, you can't spend it all by tomorrow. people are waiting in the a&e. that was the labour leader was one into that letter from a&e doctors. a charity is pairing people with learning difficulties, who feel daunted witht prospect of going to gigs, with adult volunteers who will take them. becky trigwell and bel chenciner have become good friends after being paired together by gig buddies, which is based in brighton: i volunteered for about a year and we have been dead bodies for about a year. —— we have been gig buddies for about a year now. gig buddies becky and belle. the former motorhead guitarist "fast" eddie clarke has died aged 67. the news was revealed on the band's facebook page , a statement said they were devastated but that he had passed away peacefully. clarke was considered one of the "classic" members of motorhead, along with frontman lemmy and drummer phil taylor, both of whom died in 2015. prince harry hasn't asked his brother to be his best man, the duke of cambridge revealed last night. william was discussing harry's upcoming wedding to meghan markle, at a charity event. the former footballer, rio ferdinand, asked about the date clash with the fa cup final; the prince joked that he was still working on a solution. there is a small wedding that will happen this year, and of course your brother, we are very happy for him... i brother, we are very happy for him... lam brother, we are very happy for him... i am still working it out, yes. i will see what i can do. i think, you know, having that, and it is accurate talking about the best man. that relationship that you have... he hasn't asked me yet. yet, the crucial word. in a moment the news that one, but first here's a look at the weather forecast with helen. good afternoon. another fairly quiet weather day in the uk but not without its problems. the fog quite stubborn in some areas, not all, and we have had some lovely sunny pictures sent in by weather watchers. this was in devon where we still have a very weak front. leaden skies in scarborough along with much of eastern england. fog forming overnight and we have remnants of the sunshine further west. but of course as the sun goes down that fog will thicken up again. similar areas at risk of mist and fog tonight. with our weakening weather from further east there will be some holes and we could even see some low levels here so clearly there are some warning total ready for that. temperatures will fall close to freezing, so just like this temperatures will fall close to freezing, sojust like this morning there could be a little freezing fog around. the difference as we go to friday is that we store to pick breeze for northern ireland, so initially there will be fog around the morning, but it should lift fairly readily through the rather weak front across eastern areas keeping it grace over one reason or another it could be quite miserable for many of us but a little drizzle with this system in the east and this is the big change towards the west. starts off quite wet as the rain arrives through the night but it will tend to fizzle out but it means milder weather for many of us is not as much fog on saturday morning, but still a lot of code and still quite great for many of us but with some rain, albeit rather like, as it gets into the western fringes of england wales and scotla nd fringes of england wales and scotland is that start to dry up. temperatures. recover much. still sitting under a lot of cloud, almost swamped by the next system. doesn't reach eastern areas but still a lot of cloud around. it is behind the system the big change comes about, sevens and eights relatively mild, and next week and for much colder weather, potentially wet and windy. patients are dying in hospital corridors — the stark warning from a&e doctors to the prime minister. almost 70 heads of department in england and wales have written to theresa may saying conditions are at times intolerable despite the best efforts of staff. i think i was trolley number 12 and two more people came in after me. then they said they can't take any more trolleys so the ambulance was having to wait outside. also this lunchtime: eliminate all avoidable plastic waste within 25 years says says the prime minister, as she announces a new government drive on the environment. a woman has appeared in court charged with murder, after police found a body buried in a garden in greater manchester. searching for survivors — 17 people are still missing after the mudslides and flash floods in southern california that left 17 dead. and how former england captain rio ferdinand put prince william on the spot over harry's wedding.

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