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Criticises the head of anti doping for undermining an investigation into anti doping revelations. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres been a steep increase in the number of people arriving at accident and Emergency Departments in england with Mental Health problems. The latest official figures analysed for the bbc show that last year there were over 165,000 Psychiatric Attendances at a e. Thats a rise of 47 per cent over the last four years. That includes a rise of 89 per cent in the number of children and young people under 18 attending a e. Emergency doctors describe the figures as the tip of the iceberg. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent alison holt reports from birmingham. Its another day of unrelenting demand in the Emergency Department of Birminghams Queen Elizabeth hospital. Is there any movement in terms of beds . Patients are lining up on trolleys in the corridor, and The Waiting Room is packed. Next customer, counter one, please. Shes taken an overdose of some prescribed medication. The psychiatric team, based in the department, is dealing with a number of people whove tried to take their own lives. She had a follow on plan, shed taken an overdose the last time. Among them, a woman in her early 20s. Doctors have dealt with the physical affects of the overdose, but the root cause is her history of Mental Health problems. Whats happened then . Whats brought you to a e today . I took an overdose, i went up to the train track. She is one of a rapidly increasing number of patients arriving at a es like this with psychiatric difficulties, many are young. The voices are getting more intense, wanting to harm myself. Its not attempts, its actually trying to do it. Im notjust doing it as a cry for help. Is this the worst that youve ever felt . Ive never been this bad before, im scared. In a busy a e, even finding a room for this conversation was a struggle, now this isnt the right place for her, but she needs to be monitored. She actually has suicidal intent. You know, if we were to discharge herfrom here, shed would likely go out there and try and do something even riskier. Was there any particular trigger why you took the tablets . At this hospital, they see more than 100 people a week facing a psychiatric crisis and the Mental Health trust has set up a quiet unit nearby to assess people away from the pressure. Its staff then search for the psychiatric beds or Community Support needed. 0k, we need to admit this lady. Im trying to act upon this as a matter of urgency for this lad because he doesnt sound well at all. Nobody in a Mental Health crisis should be in accident emergency unless theyve got a physical health need. 0ur a e, what i see, are very, very busy, overstimulated places and somebody with a Mental Health issue, its just not conducive at all to them, to being in that environment. Thats why in birmingham theyve set up this Street Triage Team to intervene before people reach the Emergency Department. The patient here is Hearing Voices stating going to kill someone. With a police officer, paramedic and psychiatric nurse on board, they respond to 999 calls where there are Mental Health concerns. Already this evening the man theyre visiting has called for an ambulance several times. His physical health is checked, they listen to and assess him. Are you telling me that there was these negative voices in your head at the moment . I think like theres someone controlling me. Its kind of like, im some kind of machine. After half an hour its agreed, rather than going to a e, hell keep a Community Appointment in the morning. Has it helped having the visit . I think the first step is me asking for help as well as being assured that i will get the help. Over the last four, five weeks hes been going to a e quite a lot. I think hes had six admissions through a e. So weve come out tonight to try and prevent that cycle. Night and day the Street Triage Team is in demand, but here they believe its making a difference in getting people the right help. We managed to reduce the numbers of attendance to the a e, but what you get, you get high quality. You get Mental Health, Police Forces and paramedics working in collaboration together to look after one single patient. For many, a e will remain the first place they turn to, the challenge is to help people who are vulnerable before they reach a crisis. Why are so many people with Mental Health issues turning up at accident and emergency . It is complex, there is increased awareness, people are more willing to talk about Mental Health, but campaigners say if people are reaching a crisis and feel the only place they can go is accident and emergency then that is accident and emergency then that is a sign that the Community Services are not working well enough because they are not picking people up before they get that crisis. Emergency doctors believe the figures are an underestimate, if someone comes in figures are an underestimate, if someone comes in having self harmed, that will go in a different column in the statistics. The Gold Standard is to prevent people needing to go to accident and emergency in the first place. The Department Of Health has said the Prime Minister has made it clear that they are committed to improving Mental Health services in the nhs and across the community. Thank you very much. Today, there was more evidence of the pressure on A E Departments with leaked documents, seen by the bbc, showing that Tens Of Thousands of patients in england were left waiting on trolleys in the first week of the new year. Nearly 500 of them waited over 12 hours, thats three times as many as for the whole of last january. Our health editor, hugh pym has the story. This was life at one hospital on the front line today, even more hectic than usual, with an astonishing 20 more patients than last year. We are urging people to stay away if the problem is not urgent and seek care elsewhere. The Beginning Ofjanuary is always a busy time, much busier than this time last year. I think we will make it through the winter but it is going to be really hard for us. It is going to be really hard for us. Since christmas the nhs has been under immense pressure with some of the busiest ever days in hospitals. The red cross said there was a humanitarian crisis but this was denied by the government. The bbc has obtained internal figures revealing the scale of the pressure. A number of patients relying on trolleys for hours at a time because beds were not available. The figures come from 131 Hospital Trusts in england, they sure there were a45 patients england, they sure there were 445 patients waiting more than 12 hours on trolleys in that week. That co m pa res on trolleys in that week. That compares with 158 for the whole of january last year. One hospital missed the target of treating or assessing 95 of patients within four hours. For 80 just the outcome was below that. Jeremy hunt hinted yesterday before our target might be changed to cover urgent cases only. Earlier he said some accident and emergency units had Serious Problems but had coped better than last year but had coped better than last year but there were experts that there we re but there were experts that there were no but there were experts that there were no warnings from expert but there were no easy solutions. We reduce the number of bed by half and we increase the number of admissions to double. It is about reaching a crisis situation. The data in scotland, Northern Ireland and wales are not directly compatible and the data did not cover all hospitals but it acknowledged there was unprecedented demand. The labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has been under pressure to spell out exactly what labours position is on the Free Movement of people from the rest of the eu to britain one of the key issues in the brexit vote. Ina in a speech he was expected to say they could ditch support for Freedom Of Movement and a low eu citizens to move to the uk but later said he would not rule it out and said he did not think immigration was too high. Heres our political editor. Will you welcome what was billed as his position on brexit . Everybody voted for a better future. 0n the biggest question, what was his verdict . I dont want to be misinterpreted, nor will we rule it out. We will demand that they give us out. We will demand that they give us the power to intervene decisively and prevent workers from here or abroad being used are exploited to undermine pay and conditions at work. The original version of his speech had suggested Freedom Of Movement might be ditched but instead he wants to tighten up rules that allowed Foreign Workers to be exploited. Does that mean you want to see more or fewer people . M probably means there will be fewer but i think we should also recognise there is a massive contribution made to health service, education, Manufacturing Industry by people from all over europe. You say there will probably be fewer people coming here, by how many . I cannot put a figure on it because weve not seen the work that has been done. Figure on it because weve not seen the work that has been donem figure on it because weve not seen the work that has been done. Is it a question of principle . Employers should not be allowed to tear up existing arrangements in the Construction Industry or industries. Weve asked you whether you think the levels are too high. Have you changed your mind . Ive not. My mind is clear that we need to end the exploitation. We need to maintain Market Access within europe and ensure there are good relations between communities. Do you want to. I between communities. Do you want to. Iwant us between communities. Do you want to. I want us to have Market Access and trade with europe. That means continuing Freedom Of Movement. Lets see what comes out of the negotiation. Mr corbyn was in peterborough, tone that has been changed by immigration. They worry that the approach does them no favours. The amount of immigration has not been good for peterborough. A lot of foreigners are quite nice but the system cannot cope. A lot of foreigners are quite nice but the system Cannot Copelj a lot of foreigners are quite nice but the system cannot cope. I find labour are confusing and i dont understand what the issues are. Jeremy corbyn hopes he might have more appeal than pounds and pence. Income limits could be on the way. |j think you need to look at each company and think, is it right that the Chief Executive earns 100 times those that are doing the work that keeps the company going. After being expected to change direction, in the end he more or less stayed on the spot. It is sticking to principles that makes him the hero for his supporters but for his mps it is a stubbornness that means they could be doomed to fail. A 15 Year Old Girl has been arrested after the death of a seven Year Old Girl in york. She was found in the woodthorpe area of the city with serious injuries and later died in hospital. The teenager remains in custody and is being questioned by officers. Danny savage is in york. In the last few minutes theyve named the girl as katie ruff. What happened here sounds horrendous. Her mum and dad were here and they realised the enormity of the situation and how gravely their little girl was injured. This is katie ruff. She was found with fatal injuries. Her grandparents described her as the darling princess. Friends left flowers close to where she was discovered. She was very close friend to my daughter. She was a beautiful little girl. Beautiful family. People living in this cul de sac tries to help her mother, who arrived just after she was found. A woman ran up the street, she was shouting, help, help, call foran she was shouting, help, help, call for an ambulance. I got halfway up andi for an ambulance. I got halfway up and i could see a body lying in the field but the police were already there. Sevenyearold katie died a short time after in hospital. A 15 Year Old Girl has been arrested and is being questioned. About half and is being questioned. About half a mile away, police have also been ata a mile away, police have also been at a Semidetached House as part of the enquiry. Our top story this evening theres been a steep increase in the number of people arriving at a e in england with Mental Health issues. Still to come. Claire hollingworth, who was first to report on the start of world war ii, dies at the age of 105. Coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes, on bbc news. Kempton park racecourse, home of the King George Vi chase, is set to be closed to make way for 3,000 new homes. The jockey club says its for the long term its for the Long Term Benefit of racing. The world cup is getting bigger. The governing body of world football, fifa, has approved plans to expand the tournament from 32 to 48 countries by 2026. The new format will feature 16 groups of three teams, with the top two of each group going through to the knock out stages. Therell now be a total of 80 matches, but the winners will still only play seven games to lift the trophy. The move is projected to generate £800 million in additional revenue for fifa through broadcasting, commercial and match day income. Critics have called it a money grab and a power grab. From zurich, our sports news correspondent, richard conway, has been talking to fifas new boss, gianni infantino. Fifa has finally cleared a path to a world cup of a8 fifa has finally cleared a path to a world cup of 48 teams from 2026, 16 more countries willjoin footballs flagship tournament. Speaking to me today, the world gov earning bodys president insisted, in the face of much criticism, its time for the sport to look beyond its traditional borders. Football has become a truly global game because many more countries, many more teams, will have the chance to qualify, so they will invest in developing football. They will invest in developing Elite Football as well as grass roots football. They will invest in their technical developments and this will make sure that the quality raises. The growth of the world cup will bring in revenue. Fifa stand to make £500 million profit in 2026 according tos it own research. Was elected on a pledge to deliver a bigger competition insist it is not about cash and politics. Its not at all money and power grab, its the opposite. Its a football decision. So the way we presented it was 0k we so the way we presented it was 0k we present four for mats, every one of the four for mats has advantages in erms it of the financial situation which means we are ina financial situation which means we are in a comfortable situation to be able to take a decision simply based on the sporting merit. For mats. Asia and africa stand to benefit the most when the extra 16 places are divided up. There will be more slots too for european nations. The scottish fa welcomed todays decision, believing it will give them and others a better chance of qualifying. After a number of years, when fifa was a by word for corruption, its new leadership is determined to assert itself. Gianni infantinos task is now to convince his critics a reformed world cup is a force for good. Richard conway, bbc news zurich. Arlene foster, Northern Irelands former first minister, says Northern Ireland is undoubtedly heading for a period of direct rule from westminster. Under the rules of the Power Sharing Government, she was forced to step down as the first minister yesterday after her partner in government, sinn feins martin mcguinness, resigned his post as the deputy first minister. The Problems Stem from a bitter row about a mismanaged energy scheme. Nicholas witchell reports. The speaker the Secretary Of State for Northern Ireland. It all has echoes of unhappier times. In the house of commons, a british minister was making an emergency statement. Right honourable and honourable members should be in no doubt, the situation we face in Northern Ireland today is grave and the government treats it with the utmost seriousness. The situation to which he was referring was the collapse of the Power Sharing Government at stormont. A decade of broad consensus between republicans and unionists have broken down. 0n the surface, its about a green energy scheme, the cost of which was found to have been exorbitant. The scheme was originally overseen by the Democratic Unionist leader and the out going first minister, arlene foster. The major Sticking Point between us over this last few weeks has been the fact that sinn fein would not agree to the establishment of an inquiry until i stepped aside as first minister. For me, i felt to have done so would have led to the conclusion that i was guilty of something improper, which is not the case. Across in west belfast the leader of sinn fein, gerry adams, was issuing two warnings a return to direct rule from london would not be acceptable and neither would a return to the same Power Sharing Arrangements with the Democratic Unionists after an election. If the dup think that theyre going to waltz out of government or are have an election and then waltz back into government on the same terms as caused the collapse, then theyll have to make their mind up. The politics of Northern Ireland can seem pretty impenetrable from outside, but heres the Essential Point it took years to put together a successful Power Sharing Government here. That government oversaw peace and stability. That government has collapsed. There is a vacuum. There is uncertainty about how to put it all back together. Nicholas witchell, bbc news, belfast. There was more Travel Misery for Hundreds Of Thousands of southern rail passengers today, as the networks drivers started a 48 hour strike. Its just the latest industrial action in a row between the unions and the company over plans for driver only operated trains. As our transport correspondent, richard westcott, reports, it could spread to other train companies. Paralysed by a strike again. More than 2,200 Southern Services werent running today. Platform 2 for the delayed 0747 thameslink service. Their passengers were forced to find other routes in. The whole situation seems like a complete joke. Id like to know that when i get on the train, that im going to end up at my destination at a certain time. Well, this is the queue just to get into east croydon station, all of these people are trying to get to london, its about 8. 45am, commuter time. Thats the start of the queue there. It snakes around a lot, then actually goes down the side of the station, probably about 100 meters or so, down that way. For nearly a year, theyve been rowing about changes to the role of the onboard guard. Southern wants drivers to take over closing the train doors. The unions say that threatens safety and jobs. Southern says no ones losing their post and the safety regulator is happy with the changes. Theres no sign of a breakthrough. This is the body shops new £1 million lab in croydon. They moved hundreds of staff here last year because of the great train service, but southerns drivers arent working overtime at the moment, causing delays and cancellations every single day. Its having a devastating effect on the body shops staff. Theyre missing childrens birthdays, they cant arrange meetings, theyre having arguments at home. Theyre feeling stressed, tired and irritable and theres a number of people saying every day, from about 4. 00pm, theyre sitting getting more and more stressed about whether theyre going to get home, at all, or on time for the commitment theyve got that night. Back on board, several commuters said this. I mean the government need to do something about it. You know, its ridiculous. So the bbc put the question to the minister. Reporter what are you, as transport secretary, doing about it though . Dont you have a duty to step in on behalf. The governments engaged day in and day out in trying to find a way to get this issued resolved, and well carry on doing that. In merseyside, unions are fighting similar plans to bring in driver only operated trains. Its southern today, but this issue threatens to spread across britain. Richard westcott, bbc news, croydon. It was the scoop of the century, the news of the Nazi Invasion Of Poland that triggered world war ii. Today, Clare Hollingworth, the british War Correspondent who broke the story, died. She was 105. As a rookie reporter in poland, shed spotted German Forces gathering on the border in 1939. James robbins looks back at her extraordinary life and career. N ews news reel this is a National Programme from london. Germany has invaded poland and has bombed many towns. But three days earlier, Clare Hollingworths Greatest Scoop had already appeared in the daily telegraph. Alone, inside germany, shed seen the nazis massing for invasion. Aged 27 and a journalist for less than a week, a woman in a mans world had beaten the lot of them. 1939, i went out to poland to become number two to Hugh Carleton greene of bbc fame, and i got to warsaw and he said, one of us has got to go to the frontier. And i was on the german polish frontier when the german hordes, tanks, moved in. And Clare Hollingworths scoops kept coming. In 1963, she uncovered kim philbys escape to russia as an m16 traitor. For weeks, the guardian refused to publish, fearing a libel action. But above all, she was a War Correspondent, across the middle east and notably in vietnam, revealing secret talks between hanoi and washington. Im really passionately interested in war and if one is passionately interested in war, one cant help like being in it. Happy birthday, dear clare. Last year in hong kong, fellowjournalists celebrated clares 105th birthday as even more extraordinary stories emerged of her role before world war ii, helping refugees escape the nazis. In danger herself so many times, Clare Hollingworth was witness the great events across more than a century. Clare hollingworth who has died at the age of 105. Time for a look at the weather. Heres jay wynne. It is getting lively over the next few days. We have a weak Weather Front moving southwards and eastwards. Weak in terms of rainfall. As it moves through, a strong and cold wind coming from a long way north and west. Rain initially in scotland and Northern Ireland. Head south across england and wales it will become light and patchy. The winds will pick up to gale force and behind it a lot of showers, turning wintry over the Higher Ground in scotland. A chilly night, major towns and cities in single figures and cold in the wind. The wind will be a key feature of things tomorrow. There could be Travel Disruption to the northern half of the uk with winds at 60mph 70mph. Maybe more. A Ross Cross Wind for the Central Lowlands of Scotla Nd Cross Wind for the Central Lowlands of scotland and quite a few showers. Showers and windy in Northern Ireland and Northern England, too. The strongest winds over and to the east of the pennines. Further south a blustery start to the day, not much in the way of rainfall. In the western side of wales there will be a few showers early on. Its windy the further west you go. Gusts of wind 45mph through the morning. It will be windy to all parts through the day. The showers will be in Northern Ireland, Northern England and in scotland the snow showers will come down the mountains as we get on into the afternoon and evening. It will be cold across the board, seven to eight in the south, three or so in glasgow. Factor in the wind and it will be colder than that. Snow showers continue across scotland. Northern ireland will see some into the early hours of thursday. Some of it will get down to low levels. It will be cold, A Touch Of Frost and icy patches Northern England up to scotland and Northern Ireland, too. Thursday, cold and windy day, snow showers around. Further south, wetter weather for wales and england. Around. Further south, Wetter Weatherfor wales and england. We could see snow as well. Thank you very much. Thats all from the bbc news at six, so its goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. Jeremy corbyn has told supporters he wasnt wedded to the idea of keeping Freedom Of Movement for eu citizens during brexit negotiations, but also said he wouldnt rule out keeping it. Police in york have named the child who died yesterday as seven year old katie brough. Documents leaked to the bbc show a 47 per cent rise in Psychiatric Attendances at A E Departments in nhs england over the past four years. The leaked figures also reveal thousands of patients had to wait on trolleys at accident and emergency before getting a bed. In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. Its Groundhog Day for thousands of commuters and travellers, with more misery due to strikes by Southern Railway staff well be live at one of the stations badly affected. Before leaving the white house in 10 days, president 0bama is due to make