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In the president ial race, despite controversy about employing Family Members. After a record 59 test matches as england captain, Alistair Cook steps down, but says he will carry on as an england player. And a royal salute in Central London, to mark 65 years of the queens reign. Its five oclock. Our main story is that research by bbc news has found that the number of patients on Hospital Wards in england has been at levels considered unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts this winter. The pressure on beds has meant that many patients have been at a higher risk of infection or have experienced delays in treatment. Nhs providers, which represents hospitals, said that what it called the extraordinary pressure on beds was no way to run a safe and Effective Health care system. Similar Bed Occupancy Data is not available for scotland, wales and Northern Ireland this winter. Our Health Correspondent jane dreaper has more details. It has been a very difficult winter at Yeovil Hospital in somerset. Like many other hospitals in england, they have had to battle Behind The Scenes here to find enough free beds in recent weeks. You can get periods where you are managing bed by bed, minute by minute. Teens are having to spend a lot of time running around trying to find a bed for the next patient who needs it and moving patients between wards is not ideal, we do not like doing it unless we have to, but sometimes you have to prioritise clinically who will be in the beds. Ideally, hospitals have patient and ride 85 of their beds so patient and ride 85 of their beds so there is time for cleaning and space for urgent cases. Our analysis of nhs figures showed most hospitals in england were above the recommended rate this winter. Nearly half those trusts had Occupancy Levels a bove half those trusts had Occupancy Levels above 95 , up to date figures we re levels above 95 , up to date figures were not available for the rest of the uk. Most hospitals in europe run at 80 capacity and they cannot understand when we talk to them and say we run ouis at understand when we talk to them and say we run ours at magut 5 , they just think it is a very, very odd way and also to be frank, a slightly dangerous way to run a hospital system. If youre doing that day in, day out. Nhs england said the practice of using beds intensively was likely to continue. Meanwhile, a poll carried out by ipsos mori for the bbc suggests that in england, 5796 the bbc suggests that in england, 57 blame is shortage of staff or lack of funding for current pressures. Lack of funding for current pressures. The government in england says that although the nhs is busier than ever, patients rate their care highly. Hospitals in england will have a legal duty to charge overseas patients upfront for non urgent care if they are not eligible for free treatment. From april this year, so called Health Tourists could be refused operations unless they cover their costs in advance. Emergency care would still be provided immediately and billed later. Our Health Editor hugh pym reports. Hospitals are already supposed to charge those foreign patients who dont qualify for free non urgent care, but a report by the National Audit office found that money raised next year would fall far short of a £500 million target set by the government. Ministers have announced that, from april, nhs trusts in england will have a legal duty to charge upfront for non emergency care, rather than send invoices after the event. Its not clear how this would be enforced. Auk a uk wide poll shows that 74 of respondents support increasing charges for visitors from outside the uk to help fund the nhs. 40 said raising income tax to finance the nhs would be acceptable. 37 said it would be acceptable for uk citizens to pay for some Health Services which are currently free. We can go now to the Queens Medical Centre in nottingham and speak to our correspondent, rob sissons. Over to you, rob. Good evening. This is the Queens Medical Centre, one of the busiest accident and emergency units in the country. Im joined by the chief operating officer, caroline. We were hearing in the report about this renewed emphasis on trying to get money from foreign visitors where they are not entitled to nhs care, getting the money up front if it is not an emergency. How easy will that be . M isa emergency. How easy will that be . M is a real challenge for our hospitals, especially ones near a Large International airports. You have worked in manchester, it is more of an issue there. More so in the major cities, yes. We have to rememberwhen the major cities, yes. We have to remember when people work in the nhs and people come through the doors for emergencies, we want to treat all our patients and it is hard to distin which those patients who are not entitled to nhs care. Backtrack to distinguish. But we have put some processes in place where we can recoup the income afterwards. You have a machine that was at the bedside . We do, but it is also about who is eligible for treatment and who is eligible for treatment and who is eligible for treatment and who is not and we want to take the pressure from our who is not and we want to take the pressure from our front line staff so pressure from our front line staff so they can treat nation to come in through an emergency. What we have also heard today is about these high Bed Occupancy Rates. Here in nottingham, Bed Occupancy Rates through the winter at 95 , when the target is 85, that is not a figure plucked out of thin air, there is evidence behind that is the optimum, why is that so important to try and achieve . We are one of the largest in the departments in the uk and we see lots of patients each day so if a patient comes in it is helpful if you have got a lower Bed Occupancy so you have got a lower Bed Occupancy so you you have got a lower Bed Occupancy so you can you have got a lower Bed Occupancy so you can take that patient immediately to a bed. When you have an Occupancy Rate of 95 , sometimes patients are waiting for beds and what we do on a daily basis is look at the figures, escalate if we need to. So we might open some additional beds to meet the demand we might explore some of the discharges with out explore some of the discharges with our community partners. Deal you have to have the beds in the right place, dont you . Absolutely. We have to have the beds and i right place to get the best clinical care. If you are elderly and frail, you need to go to a ward which is designed around looking after your care. Not the Surgical Ward. Exactly. When our beds available they are often in a Surgical Ward or another war. Last winter you were running around trying to find free beds, now you have Computer Technology that tells you that the touch of a button for the robins. But we are still getting these pressures. But we are still getting these pressures. People who come to a handy for emergency, lots of frail and elderly people. No that play has falle n and elderly people. No that play has fallen on deaf ears recently. We have to make sure we have the right support and schemes in the community to enable people to be looked after. What were doing here is working with our social Care Partners and gps to prevent people coming into hospital to be cared for or properly in their homes. Also making sure we are efficient internally. We are a large place, there are lots of processes and sometimes we need to do things differently. During her about social care and the need for more integration but also not everything is the fault of social care, sometimes there are delays here but the hospital needs to get to grips with them. And you can see more on the bbcs Nhs Health Check on our website, thats at bbc. Co. Uk health. Bespeak the House Of Commons has intervened in the past few minutes in the plans for the state visit to the uk by President Trump. The speaker. He was speaking on little in the House Of Commons. He told mps that he was strongly opposed to President Trump addressing mps and peers in Westminster Hall during his state visit. This is, of course, an exceptional or that is granted to visiting dignitaries and leaders, and to get the honour of addressing both Houses Of Parliament, mps and peers in Westminster Hall, that is a very special honour indeed and clearly, the speaker is not thinking that this is an honour that should be extended to President Trump, he said there were many president s of state visits that did not include addressing both Houses Of Parliament and he was strongly opposed to President Trump being granted that privilege. I think we can hear what he had to say. I would not wish to issue an invitation to President Trump to speak in the royal gallery. And i conclude by saying to the honourable gentleman this, we value out honourable gentleman this, we value our relationship with the United States. If a state visit takes place, that is way beyond and above the pay grade of the speaker however, as far as this place is concerned, i feel very strongly that out concerned, i feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism, and our support for Equality Before The Law and an independent judiciary, are hugely important considerations in the House Of Commons. Applause how revealing was that image . Lots of applause on the Labour Ventures and i did not see anyone applauding on the government benches. They may have joined in later, who knows . That was the speaker in the house, a few months ago. There has been a debate as well today on the brexit process, but has also been going on, some letters join chris mason. Tell us more. Good evening. It can be a curious place. I was sitting in the press gallery, the Prime Minister had been giving a statement about that summit in malta the other day, that was beginning to wind up, and the chamber was thinning out. There was then a 15 minute discussion about whether the clerks of the house, senior civil serva nts clerks of the house, senior Civil Servants who advise the speaker, should have to wear weeks in the chamber. You might think that things could barely become more procedural oi could barely become more procedural or potentially mundane. Have to wear wigs. Then a Point Of Order from a labourmp wear wigs. Then a Point Of Order from a labour mp and Moments Of Real Drama with the intervention of the speaker, he could not have been more pointed in his views he did not want to see President Trump in this building addressing both Houses Of Parliament. He said he was strongly opposed to the idea, even before President Trumps migrant ban, as the Speaker Discredit and he was even more strongly opposed as a result of that. His reasons were very clear. You could hear that applause, much of it coming from the snp benches, limited amount from labour and as snp benches, limited amount from labourand as faras snp benches, limited amount from labour and as far as i could see, none from the conservative bench. Lets top two alex salmond. Lets talk to. You are wearing a big smile, didnt catch you by surprise . It did, it took the government badge even more surprise but well done to the speaker. I think a lot of folk across the political spectrum have just been waiting for somebody to show a bit of backbone against President Trump, not to be obsequious, not to lay down before him like the Prime Minister has done but actually stand up for real values, and that is what he has done. The only thing i have to say is, four more years for the speaker he is quite within his rights, of course. This, but because of all this loose talk from Downing Street that they tell the palace about the state visit, they were talking about an address within Westminster Hall, but that is within the province of the speaker, he has the keys so he was quite within his rights. He made his declaration and i am right behind him. But should it be within the province of the speaker . There was silence on the conservative benches. Might be some mps who think if we are laying out the red carpet, why not extend an invitation to hear what he has to say here in parliament . No, he is the keeper of the keys at Westminster Hall, you cannot have one without the agreement of the speaker. I think he has actually prevented the embarrassment, you can do the embarrassment, you can do the embarrassment the Prime Minister got herself into with that premature at basement before the new president of the United States. Because he is a crucial ally know he is in a position where nobody will venture to Westminster Hall because it has been put up the agenda. Probably not even all the toys would have turned up even all the toys would have turned up and it would be a massive embarrassment. The speaker has averted that by his determination, he is well within his rights and i am right behind him. Thank you, alex salmond, former First Minister of scotland. Jubilant and surprised at that intervention from the speaker. I think it caught all of us by surprise. There were not many of us left on the Press Benches we got the news in the gym had finished but it turned out not to be the case. The news in the gym had finished but it turned out not to be the caselj was going to talk to you about the brexit business. Just briefly, would you sum up what was happening . M essence, we got from the Prime Minister about an hour and 20 minutes of scrutiny about her visit to malta, at the tail end of last week. What her discussions boiled down to, she talked about some pressing concerns for the eu run the Migration Crisis but she returned again and again to this central Discussion Point which will feature again with the amendments to the brexit bill abbott in tempting to get a reciprocal arrangement that eu nationals living here in the uk alongside british People Living elsewhere in the eu, she has said she is keen for that to be secured quickly, but that the eu have said it could not happen until the formal process of our divorce, the trigger of article 50 had happened in the next couple of months. So that was the essence of her argument and the focus of a good deal of scrutiny from backbench mps in the coming hours in the gym. Im sure we will have more reaction to what the speaker said, but thank you for now. In the chamber. This is Bbc News At Five the headlines buck mac the speaker of the House Of Commons has been applauded in the Chamberfor Commons has been applauded in the chamber for saying he was strongly opposed to President Trump addressing mps and peers in west mr hall during his state visit later this year. The nhs under pressure nine out of ten hospitals in england have been dangerously overcrowded this winter. The Prime Minister has insisted that britain wants to remain a good friend and ally to the eu long after brexit. And in sport an incredibly hard decision, but the correct decision, the words of alastair cook, who has quit as englands test captain after a record 59 matches in charge. He won the ashes twice in his five years in the job, but had been considering his future during the recent tour of india. The former south Africa Rugby Union captain Joost Van Der Westhuizen has died at the age of a5. He was capped 89 times for the springboks and helped them win the world cup in 1995, but had suffered with Motor Neurone Disease for a number of years. And Canadas Denis Shapovalov is fined £5,500 for accidentally hitting the umpire in the face with a ball during yesterdays forfeited davis cup tie against great britain. I will be back with more on those stories just after half past. More on that research by bbc news finding the number of patients on Hospital Wards in england has been at levels considered unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts this winter. Joining me now from westminster is Health Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, norman lamb. A couple of things, the overcrowding issue that from the pressure and then more people are calling Health Tourism will stop the nine out of ten trusts reporting great pressure, does this surprise you . Not at all, it has been going on for a long time. They set a figure of 85 for the recommended Occupancy Rate, so there is a little slack in the system, so you can lose ensure that someone who needs an operation can get a bed and so on. Hospitals across the country are to meet operating at way above 85 , close in many cases to 100 . That leads blu ntly to many cases to 100 . That leads bluntly to failures of care to too many people having operations cancelled, and it also ends up with the most ridiculous waste of resources , the most ridiculous waste of resources, you have whole Theatre Teams stood down because they can do an operation because someone has not got a bed to go into. Of course, we then have vast numbers of particularly elderly people, particularly elderly people, particularly with dementia, stuck in hospitalfar particularly with dementia, stuck in hospital far longer particularly with dementia, stuck in hospitalfar longer than particularly with dementia, stuck in hospital far longer than they should be there for and that is notjust a waste of resources, which it is, it is also really bad care, because they become more dependent on the longer they are in hospital. The whole system is horribly dysfunctional, and bluntly, we cannot carry on like this. In the past we have talked about Pressure Points in certain parts of england, and people have tried to make the case that other parts of the country are under less pressure. When we are talking about nine out of ten nhs trust reporting this, that different is no longer viable, surely . It is not. There are of course variations in the effectiveness with which hospitals use their resources, but pretty much every hospital in the country now is under impossible pressure. You have ambulances routinely stacked up outside hospitals. I was just looking at the performance in my area for getting patients to hospital who have suffered a stroke. If you get there within an hour, you have a good chance of achieving a full recovery. The vast majority are not getting there within an hour. This means permanent disability or death. This is what is happening routinely across our country. The point i make is, we are the fifth or sixth largest economy in the world. Surely, we ought to be capable of doing better. What does that mean, in budgetary times, in terms of resources . In budgetary times, in terms of resources . All the experts seem to agree that the gap is about 80 billion by 20 20. The government says it has come up with 10 billion although there is dispute about that. But it is clear that it is not enough money, but is why i put together a Cross Party Group of mps. The gap is about 30 billion. I am pleased that the banister has sanctioned the start of a dialogue, we will no meet with a Health Adviser in number ten downing st, we will do it on a cross party basis, but i think this is interesting, there is now quite a significant number of senior mps from the conservatives, from labour and the lib dems who have all Come Together Now to say, we must initiate a cross party now to say, we must initiate a cross Party Process to have a national conversation, and to confront some of these tough choices we have to make about how we ensure that we get enough resources into our health care system. What would you do in terms of Saving Resources or contributing to that 30 billion if you are dealing with Health Tourism . What if you are dealing with Health Tourism . What is if you are dealing with Health Tourism . What is your assessment of the extent of that problem . Well, i think it is overblown in terms of the extent to which it can help to resolve the overall scale of the problem facing the nhs. It is an issue in its own right and it is right that people who are not entitled to free care under the nhs pay for it. So are not opposed invincibles to what they are doing. What i am concerned about is ensuring that vulnerable groups, particularly with the homeless, who just do not have the documentation necessary , just do not have the documentation necessary, do not lose out. And i think it is really important that there is a clear principle that if there is a clear principle that if there is a clear principle that if there is any doubt, then treat rather than neglect someone. So it is right to do it, but this will not solve the overwhelming scale of the problem that the nhs and indeed the Ca Re System Problem that the nhs and indeed the care system are facing. Norman lamb, thank you very much. President trump has intensified his attacks on the judge who set aside his travel ban on seven mainly muslim nations. The Justice Department has until this evening to submit its challenge to the decision. Our correspondent Daniel Boettcher reports. Once so proudly we held. America brought together by sport and patriotism elsewhere, his supporters made their voices heard. They believe it is the constitution that gives the president the authority to order these restrictions. Donald trump was at his florida retreat to watch the super bowl, and despite the legal challenges of the past few days he defended his order as being effective. I think it was very smooth, he had 109 people out of Hundreds Of Thousands of travellers and all we did was vet those people very, very carefully. Its more than a week since he signed his executive order. The administration argues the president can decide who can enter or stay in the us, but Last Friday A Federal Court overturned the ban after it was challenged by two states. The following day the president made his first attempt to get the ban restored, arguing his president ial authority was being undermined. Yesterday that appeal was rejected, now both sides have until later today to file full submissions. Until the case is decided, the restrictions, which include a travel ban on seven predominantly muslim nations, is on hold. But on twitter, donald trump has continued his onslaught against thejudge, or so called judge, as the president characterised him, who suspended his ban. Minnesota and Washington State, which are challenging the ban, say there will be chaos if its restored. That will be part of their submission for the latest stage of the legal process. Daniel boettcher, bbc news. Our correspondent kim ghattas is in washington. The legal process, what are the expectations were later . It started this morning with lawyers from Washington State and minnesota making the argument that the travel ban is unconstitutional, that restoring it would unleash chaos. Lawyers at the Justice Department, the administration in essence, that will likely argue that the president is the ultimate decider on National Security issues and that is an issue of National Security who can come into the country or not. The court will then decide who is right, who they think has the right argument, but whatever they decide, whether they decide to keep the injunction, so not restore the travel ban, or whether they side with the administration and restore the travel ban, The Other Side will likely decide to take this to the supreme court. Ijust want likely decide to take this to the supreme court. I just want to likely decide to take this to the supreme court. Ijust want to change tack for a second, if i may, because you have given us a clear picture of the legal process. Given it has just happen here, the speaker of the House Of Commons has been pretty outspoken in declaring his opposition to the president being given the honour of addressing both Houses Of Parliament in Westminster Hall, can i ask generally, is that likely to have any humpbacked, not just in the white house but in terms of wider Public Opinion in america . Have any impact. Of wider Public Opinion in america . Have any impact. Ithink of wider Public Opinion in america . Have any impact. I think many people will see this as, um, a slap in the face for those who do support donald trump, they will potentially say, we do not see why he should go is bigger anyway. It will be seen as an embarrassment by some, potentially even donald trump. A lot of foreign leaders have already commented, some discreetly is and some not so much, about how mr trump is not so used to the diplomatic way of dealing with foreign leaders, not so used to diplomatic subtleties and niceties. We had a very testy relationship or conversation, rather, with the australian Prime Minister. There is no reaction yet on the white house about this specific, but i suspect that people who support donald trump will see it very differently than those who oppose him. Democrats will probably say this shows you that we elected the wrong man, and good on the uk for saying that he should not come and speak in the House Of Commons. Those who support donald trump will probably say this shows you that we we re probably say this shows you that we were right, we elected the right man, we will show the rest of the world how tough america actually is. 0k, world how tough america actually is. Ok, thank you for now. The latest in washington. The queen has become the first british monarch to reign for 65 years. The Prime Minister paid tribute to her saying she was truly an inspiration to all of us. Nicholas witchell reports. Gunfire in green park by Buckingham Palace, A Iii Gun Salute fired by the kings troop royal horse artillery, to mark accession day the day the queen came to the throne. Its now 65 years since that moment. So to mark this sapphirejubilee, Buckingham Palace has reissued this photograph of the queen wearing a Sapphire Necklace and earrings given to her by her father in 1947. For the queen herself, though she has been seen several times in public since that heavy cold kept her out of sight over christmas, today is always a day for quiet contemplation, remembering herfather. Shes at her Sandringham Estate in norfolk. It was here that george vi died quietly in his sleep on 6th february 1952. News of his death was given to a stunned nation by the bbc. This is london. The queen was in kenya at the time. She returned immediately to london to begin a reign thats now the longest in history. Its a role to which she remains fully committed to. The queen will be back here at Buckingham Palace within a matter of days, for another year, which, despite the fact that she will be 91 in a little more than two months time, shows very little evidence of any significant slowing down. Cheering the younger members of the family, principally kate, william and harry, are now deploying their energy is very much more fully in support of the queen. But britains Head Of State still has a busy programme of her own. Among the many engagements in prospect for her this year, there is one significant and very personal anniversary to look forward to. In november, she and the duke of edinburgh will reach the 70th Anniversary of their wedding in 1947. And Something Else to anticipate, the prospect of that state visit by president donaldj trump. How will be queen handle that . Well, just like the other 109 state visits she is hosted during a record breaking rain that began 65 years ago today. The time is 5 30pm, in a moment, the headlines and we will talk more about the french president ial elections because Francois Fillon has in effect relaunched his Campaign Today after some controversy. We will also look at the statement by the speaker of the House Of Commons today, his outspoken remarks about President Trumps forthcoming state visit. All of that to come after the weather with tomasz schafernaker. We have wind and rain and there is snow on the way across the hills and the pennines into scotland so not a pretty picture out there at all. This is the nasty Weather Fronts splashing its way across the uk. We have had gales well in excess of 70 miles an hour. In the south, that weather will steadily go downhill so eventually in eastern and south eastern areas, the rain will get you. Across scotland, they will have had some snow but Western Areas will improve so by tuesday morning, some sunshine on tuesday actually across Western Areas not looking too bad. Perhaps shum showers around in wales and the south west but eastern areas still being hugged by the damp weather. From wednesday onwards, it will get cold. This is bbc news at 5pm. The headlines the speaker Of The Commons has been applauded in the chamber for saying he was strongly opposed to President Trump addressing mps and peers in Westminster Hall during his state visit. Data obtained by the bbc shows the number of patients on wards has been at unsafe levels at nine out of ten trusts this winter. The Prime Minister insists that britain wants to remain a good friend and ally to the eu long after brexit. And a royal salute in Central London to mark 65 years of the queens reign. Now time for the sport with hugh woozencroft. Alistair cook has stepped down as englands test captain having led his country, a record 59 times. He won two ashes series during his five years as skipper, but had been considering his future in the role during englands recent tour defeat to india. He said it was an incredibly hard decision, but the correct decision, at the right time. Heres the reaction of another, former england skipper. My conversation with him injanuary, it became clear that he felt a huge amount of energy and drive and determination was needed to take the England Test Team forward over the next 12 months or so heading to the ashes and deep down he was getting drained by the, i suppose, the Relentlessness Of Being england captain. The world of rugby is paying tribute to the former south africa scrum half Joost Van Der Westhuizen, who has died at the age of a5, after a long running battle with Motor Neurone Disease. President jacob zuma said the country had lost a legend. He was a member of the Famous Springbok Side that won the world cup in 1995. People look at him as a hero and an inspiration, the great captain and scrum half. The man who stopped south africa from winning the 1995 world cup. The man who won 89 caps for his country and the man who fought Motor Neurone Disease. He gave so much inspiration to others. The rugby world, the Sporting World is reeling from the loss of a man who gave so much on two different fronts. Canadas Dennis Shapovalov has been fined over £5,500 for hitting the umpire in the face with a ball, during yesterdays forfeited davis cup match against great britain. Shapovalov unintentionally hit the umpire arnaud gabas in the left eye causing him to need medical attention but no damage to the cornea or retina was found. Shapovolov said in a statement i feel incredibly ashamed and embarrassed. No further punishment is expected. Five sports today begin their appeals against a decision to axe all their elite level funding. Badminton and Wheelchair Rugby are among the sports challenging uk sports decision to cut funds for the tokyo 2020 games. Uk sport has this pool of Lottery Money and it is divided up into the different sport but unfortunately in our case, it doesnt go in your past performances. So rio gets swept under the carpet so even though we did make the targets and exceed them with chris and marcus fantastic bronze medal, that means nothing. You have to put your case about predicting what you will get at tokyo 2020. Better news for netball today though, theyve been given nearly £17 million of Sport England funding. Netball isnt an olympic sport, but it does feature in the commonwealth games. Rugby union, table tennis, tennis and athletics also benefit from extra cash. Thats all sport for now. In france, the centre right politician Francois Fillon says he will continue with his campaign for the presidency and hes defended his past conduct in a scandal involving payments to his wife for work which she apparently did not do. At a News Conference in paris mr fillon apologised to the voters for what he said was an error ofjudgement regarding the employment of his family, though he said his wife had genuinely worked for 15 years as a parliamentary assistant. And he announced the relaunch of his campaign. Lets take a look at the candidates for this unpredictable race starting with monsieur fillon, the centre right candidate. Hes a social conservative, traditional on issues like abortion, and he wants closer relations with russia. But those claims about alleged mis payments have threatened to derail his campaign leaving the race wide open. His socialist rival, benoit hamon is known as the french Bernie Sanders on account of his left wing views. Among his key policies a basic state income paid to every french adult. He wants to make it harder for businesses to fire staff too. Ahead in recent polls is Marine Le Pen the leader of the far right front national. Shes the daughter of the former Leaderjean Marie Le Pen and has tried to soften the partys image. She says she wants to bring back the french franc, place more controls on immigration and wants a brexit style referendum on eu membership. And the wild card emmanuel macron. Hes the founder of the en marche party, meaning on the move, which styles itself as more centrist than the socialists. He was an Economy Minister under the current deeply unpopular socialist president , francois hollande. No such poor polling for him though. The embattled republican candidate Francois Fillon has been holding a News Conference in the past couple of hours. Translation being courageous in politics means admitting your mistakes. Using your Family Members as parliamentary assistants is a perfectly Legal Practice but what was acceptable in the past is no longer acceptable. By working with my wife and children, i was mindful of this relationship of trust but today, it causes mistrust and that was a mistake. I regret it profoundly and i apologise to the french people. Lets speak to jacques myard, an mp from Francois Fillons republicains party. He joins us from just outside paris. Thank you forjoining us. What did you make of the statement and will it convince french voters . First of all, it was time to react. And to launch his campaign. I think that reactions are pretty good, not marvellous good but better than. You could have thought before. I think there is no alternative, he says he regrets what happened and as he said, it was legal, but of course people dont understand it any more. Now we go to the merits of this president ial election, that means the campaign for france and the french. I think this is the best way to react. As i say very often, the only battle you lose, dont engage in it. I believe there is a necessity to go ahead and of course, it would have been impossible to have a new candidate because it is not in two months that you will make a new candidate. It is an interesting point because some people are saying, you could have looked elsewhere and you do have seniorfigures in the republican party. People that could fit this bill. You dont think this is realistic . Being realistic is being beaten at the second round of the primaries election. You see also all, iam not primaries election. You see also all, i am not to say the age is a major issue in this campaign, but i think it will be very difficult to rise again, so i do believe this is the best way to keep our candidate and go ahead and to denounce what has been this kind of game, through even the justice, has been this kind of game, through even thejustice, because i has been this kind of game, through even the justice, because i am very astonished to know that for instance, a newspaper like le monde has been printing what has been said to thejudge which has been printing what has been said to the judge which is incredible. You could see that within minutes of the initial records, has been published by the press and that is very, very risky and also a genuine scandal as well because everything that you said to the judge, lets say two days afterwards, you have that in the press and i think the judicial system has a genuine disease. These things will distract from the campaign. He has relaunched his Campaign Today. How confident really are you this evening that this mr fillon can make it . How confident are you with all these issues still out there that he can make it . Elections, you go in the street and you meet people and then you express yourself. This campaign should not be made byjournalists. And this is why i am confident. I even can tell you, i think the french are fed up by this kind of attacks against fillon. It has been said it was a political assassination, political murder to fillon. So be careful, when it is too much, things can reverse and i think that will do. Lets return now to the words of Thejohn Bercow speaker of the House Of Commons whos said in the last hour he doesnt want President Trump to address parliament. John bercow told mps that opposition to racism and sexism were hugely important considerations in the House Of Commons. I would not wish to issue an invitation to President Trump to speak in the royal gallery. And i conclude by saying to the honourable gentleman, this, we value our relationship with United States, if a state visit takes place, that is way beyond and above the pay grade of the speaker. However, as far as this place is concerned, ifeel very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism and our support for Equality Before The Law and an independent judiciary are for Equality Before The Law and an independentjudiciary are hugely important considerations in the House Of Commons. Cheering the scenes in the House Of Commons just a short while ago. Lets go straight to the central lobby and talk to the leader of the Liberal Democrats tim farron. A remarkably outspoken intervention by the speaker, was he right . It was outspoken and irregular and he was right. Iam outspoken and irregular and he was right. I am absolutely certain he would never have made the contribution he made today if it wasnt for the Prime Minister making this rash and somewhat desperate invitation to the president just a week or so ago to come over for a state visit. I think the speaker felt the need to put a counterbalance onto that. I do not believe it is wrong for our Prime Minister to meet with the president of the United States, neither do i think it is wrong the president comes over to the united kingdom. It is incredibly important we have strong relationships with as many people as possible, especially with our close and long standing ally the United States of america. But to offer him the red carpet treatment which a state visit would have been would be to be seen to endorse the appalling actions he has been responsible for recently, particularly endorsing torture, sexist actions and comments and of course most recently the muslim entry ban. Lots of people watching will think, what is the difference between inviting President Trump to Westminster Hall or to speak to people in the royal gallery, the other forum people in the royal gallery, the otherforum for people in the royal gallery, the other forum for visitors to come and speak, including lots of promise. Prominent leaders in the past, are these things more than ceremonial procedures . They are. As people with even worse human rights records than donald trump have been avoided to this place in the past and people i am sure will point out inconsistencies. But this is about reacting appropriately at the appropriate time. The Prime Minister has put this country in a week and position, probably out of self inflicted desperation because of the hard brexit choice she has made, that she is now desperate for a quick deal with United States, irrespective of whether it is in our interest to do a quick deal. That means she has rolled out the red carpet to donald trump and the speaker felt to put the balance in play, to say he will not be welcome to have the red carpet rolled out fame here in this place. Im certainly would not have done this have the Prime Minister not make that desperate offer the state visit the other week. The speaker is meant to be strictly impartial and not getting drawn into matters which are potentially Party Political in nature. He is entitled to make a response to a member. Mr bergo, whatever one thinks about him, has a lwa ys whatever one thinks about him, has always had a very strong position when it comes to matters of equality and human rights and the values this place as a hoarder of those values. Most of us share these values i think in this country. I dont think he would have dreamt of making the comments he had if it wasnt for the Prime Minister putting all of us in a difficult position by making this rash offer of a state visit. Theresa may is perhaps the one you should point the figure finger at. Lets return now to the governments plans to impose a legal duty on hospitals in england to charge overseas patients upfront if they are not eligible for free non urgent care on the nhs. Emergency treatment will continue to be provided immediately and invoiced later. With me is dr Meirion Thomas former lead surgeon at the Royal Marsden hospital in london who raised concerns about Health Tourism when he worked for the nhs. I think it is two years since he sat there and we discussed this. You had written an article which proved to be controversial because some people felt although you had expressed your view clearly, that you had overblown the problem. What is your perspective today . the problem. What is your perspective today . I dont think i did overblown the problem, the problem is very real. Your own bbc Research Today shows that Bed Occupancy was that a dangerous high last winter. Norman lamb a moment ago saying surgical teams are being set down at the last minute. We know Waiting Lists are going through the roof and yet, this morning, jeremy hunt announces he is perfectly willing Forforeign Hunt announces he is perfectly willing for foreign people to be coming to the nhs and to be treated in the nhs providing a pay. That to me isa in the nhs providing a pay. That to me is a massive paradox. The problem in the nhs is capacity. There is not enough capacity in the nhs. We do not have space to invite more people in. When we talk about billing people, how practical is that . That is the whole point. The billing is done by people called overseas visitors officers. There was a man ona visitors officers. There was a man on a programme called hospital called terry and he was Walking Around with a credit card bill. I happened on terry works in three hospitals, charing cross, hammersmith and agree whatever it is called hospital. How can one man police those three hospitals . There are probably a thousand patients coming in, new patients, every few days. How can one man keep a possible i that is whyjeremy hunts plan to charge upfront is not going to work. He hasnt got the manpower, expertise to do that. Now he has placed a legal duty, there are questions around. A doctor said the legal duty has been since 1982 but not properly enforced are now this has been placed and underlined, surely that will lead to more power . It will do but people need a lot of training. They have do understand the nhs rules, it is notjust bringing into someone do an ordinary job, it is complex and it put out many months to train people up. Plus you will need a few people for every hospital in the country. How is he going to achieve it . Your perspective on this will be interesting, one of your Health Colleague said to me today, there is an issue but actually it is a much smaller part of a much bigger problem, the bigger problem being resourcing. Health tourism, this person was saying, is a feature in places and may be it was more of an issue at the Royal Marsden where you used to work. But resource in the services is a much bigger issue, what do you think of that . Absolutely right. Why cant we go around the periphery of the nhs . Maybe getting £1 million here and there and gradually collect it altogether. I understand social care is the biggest problem and capacity also but surely we can do smaller things around the edges to make things around the edges to make things around the edges to make things a bit better. For viewers to understand, when you talk about Health Tourism, what are the areas of care, where are you seeing people abusing the system . Of care, where are you seeing people abusing the system . Maternity tourism has been highlighted, a major problem. Last year, St Georges Park will identified hospital identified 85 patients delivered babies that were not entitled to nhs care. There was a programme on this week, an U Nfortu Nate Programme on this week, an unfortunate lady, not blaming her in any way, a nigerian lady that was brought she had quads and she was in they were in cots at St Mary S Hospitalfor a total of in they were in cots at St Mary S Hospital for a total of five months. Three babies in forfive months. Three babies in forfive months in a ten bed it copped unit. How many babies were turned away from a unit because there was no space for them because of the capacity issue . Do you sense things will change in the next year given the pressure reported . |j will change in the next year given the pressure reported . I really hope so but the proper answer is for visitors coming into the country, everybody should come in with health insurance, travel insurance, as happens in the cennin zone. You have to produce 330,000 euros worth of cover. We have to introduce it here. The works of David Hockney one of the most influential british artists of the Twentieth Century are returning to tate britain for an exhibition covering six decades of his life. Our correspondent David Sillito reports. Its a vibrant world of colour. Sun soa ked californian pools, through to grey yorkshire skies. Those glasses, the mop of blonde hair. David hockney is instantly recognisable. A brightly coloured star of british art for more than 50 yea rs. And this is his life in paint. Its certainly comprehensive. One of the first things that strikes you is just how big the exhibition is. The exhibition goes right back to 1960. Thats the famous Splash Painting over there. There is pop art. Mr and mrs clark and percy. A room of drawings and then more paintings. And another. The East Yorkshire landscapes. The video art of East Yorkshire. There it is, 13 rooms, 200 works of art. 57 years. Its a life spent looking, thinking, puzzling about that most basic artistic problem, how to capture what we see. It seems strange in an era of, well, conceptual art, that the one artist everyone knows is a proper painter, a draughtsman, everything you think of as an artist. Is he a bit Old Fashioned . I think, in a way, hes always been a bit Old Fashioned, and thats been his radicalism. He has made in recent years landscapes, nothing more traditional than landscapes. But you see him do it with an ipad or massive Video Installations with the same creativity and imagination he puts into his paintings. He is deliberately Old Fashioned, and that is why he is so different. From yorkshire to california, from pop art to landscape. A 57 year journey of thinking about what we are seeing. George will be here in a few minutes with all the latest on the days events, including the outspoken intervention by the speaker Of The Commons. We will catch up with the weather. The weather maps look awful, rating gales, north west of the uk, heavy rain and further south, the weather isnt quite as bad but still pretty soggy. Some snow across the pennines and grampians this evening and overnight. Really nasty weather from crossing the uk this evening. Lets look at the north, this is the snow across the grampians, Southern Uplands into the pennines. 50, 60 miles an hour gusts of wind. They are starting to ease across Northern Islands are the worst transferring further towards the east. You can see that long arm of rain stretching all the way down to france. It will be moving eastwards during the course tonight and this side of the Weather Front clears up a bit. Some ice around across scotland tonight. Temperatures first thing around three or 4 degrees in most towns and cities. In the south west, around a rush hour, most of us, across the south west of wales, the weather is looking drivers think, some sunshine around as well. A little misty and cloudy in the midlands and still raining across norfolk and suffolk. Just about into lincolnshire. Through the north west and north east, partly cloudy skies and bits of pieces of Rain In Western Scotla nd of Pieces Of Rain In Western Scotland so basically a bit of everything first thing in the morning. The weather will stay pretty cloudy and damp, if not wet across eastern areas. That Weather Front basically has stalled. The winds coming in from the east and the west and it stops, the brakes are wrong and it doesnt move anywhere. That is where it will fizzle away over the next few days. Tuesday, some showers in the south west, wales and the south west of england could also get some thunder. That Weather Front, whatever is left over, hugging eastern areas. The basic message is, from wednesday onwards, that easterly and cold wind will start to wane so the temperatures will take a tumble. Turning colder through the week until we get at least a little bit of snow so hats and gloves at the ready. Tonight at six. The nhs under pressure as never before we have a special report. On the front line The Inside Story of an a e department. More patients than ever before coming through the door. Theres people lined up in corridors on beds, people all stood up in here, not enough seats to sit down, absolutely appalling. Even the paramedics are forced to queue. And patients are treated in corridors. The problem is we are taking too many risks now sending Home Patients we shouldnt be sending dont know where to put them. Nine out of ten hospitals have been overcrowded this winter. Also tonight Inaudible John Burqa says he doesnt want the american