Named in the side. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Record numbers of patients waited for more than four hours in accident and Emergency Departments in england in december thats according to officialfigures. Only 86 met the nhs target of being seen in four hours or less. And figures leaked to the bbc suggest it was even worse in january, just 82 , the worst performing month for a e departments in the past 13 years. The bma says the Prime Minister can no longer bury her head in the sand about the increasing pressure on the nhs. The government says the vast majority of patients are seen and treated quickly. This report from our Health Editor hugh pym. Scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strains being felt right across the nhs. Here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a e. Some had to sit on the floor. The latest official figures confirmed it was the worst for waits since modern records began. Today at Hillingdon Hospital in west london, things were a bit calmer, but managers confirm that they have been stretched to the limit. Its been fairly relentless in terms of early december throuthanuary. Im confident that the safety of our patients is being maintained at a high quality, but its really not a great Patient Experience for many of our patients using our services and that is what the staff tell me as well. In december in england, 6. 2 of patients were treated or assessed in a e within 2a hours, the lowest since records began in 200a. That was below scotland, where 92. 6 of patients were dealt with within that time. In wales, the figure was 81 and the percentage in Northern Ireland wasjust under 70 , all below the 95 benchmark. In england, the number of patients stuck on trolleys or chairs for more than four hours before a bed could be found was nearly 61,800, up 47 over the year. It has been a steep climb this year but the thing that has changed the most has been not the 2 or 3 increase in demand but it is the 40 increase in delays moving patients, helping them to get back to their homes and back into the community. Many hospitals like this one are running at 95 capacity. That means they are nearly full, so with more Emergency Cases coming in, and difficulties discharging some patients back into the community, some of those needing surgery are having to wait longer. Even Cancer Patients like martin are affected by delays. Until this year, that has been very rare as hospitals prioritise Cancer Treatment even during the busiest weeks of winter. His operation was cancelled minutes before it was due to take place. He has now had the surgery and he says it was a distressing experience. Very anxious to go through all that again, because i dont wish it on anyone. Its a horrible feeling. Your mind is going overtime, it really is. Itsjust very draining. Decembers a e Performance Figures in england were poor but nhs documents leaked to the bbc suggest they were even worse injanuary. Its clear that hospital staff are working at full stretch. Winter is far from over and the intense pressure seems unlikely to ease in a hurry. Lets talk to our Health CorrespondentDominic Hughes outside rochdale infirmary. Weve been running stories all week about the strain on the nhs and the difficulties for patients and staff, is there any light at the end of the tunnel, any sign things will improve . Thats right. At the rochdale infirmary they have set up an urgent ca re Centre Infirmary they have set up an Urgent Care Centre to offer the people of rochdale an alternative to going to a e, 24 rochdale an alternative to going to a e, 2a hours a day, seven days a week. The work they do in the community is to avoid unnecessary admissions. But that is far from true across the country. We have been hearing, as we head towards summer been hearing, as we head towards summerand been hearing, as we head towards summer and spring, been hearing, as we head towards summerand spring, are been hearing, as we head towards summer and spring, are we likely to see any relief in the pressures on a e, not if last summer is anything to go by. Those pressures seem to be existing i2 to go by. Those pressures seem to be existing 12 months a year across the health and social care system. We have had a growing number of calls from the Doctors Union and the royal colleges of medicine, from the local government association, for extra funds to try and address the Growing Difficulties that are being experienced across the health and ca re experienced across the health and care sector. But there is little Sign Ministers in england, at least, are being swayed by those Growing Difficulties. Back to you. Dominic, thank you. An independent report has concluded unsafe construction at schools in edinburgh was the fault of the council and the building contractor. It says it was just luck that no one was killed when a wall at one Primary School collapsed just over a year ago. It was one of 17 schools which were then closed after safety concerns and over 8000 pupils were affected. Stephen godden reports. Spread across an entire city, 17 schools closed for months, because the buildings werent safe. It began last january with a storm. Nine tonnes of masonry blown to the ground at 0xgangs primary, a question of timing and luck that no one was killed. I eat breakfast. The bad memory is fading for the mackle family, but theyre still wary. Its a lot quieter in the playground than it used to be. You have faith that people who are Building Public buildings are doing it to an acceptable standard. It does make you question, i guess. You know, when im asked the question, is this building safe. Explaining why thousands of pupils were disrupted for months has been the job of an independent enquiry. Its conclusions, safety failings werent the result of how the buildings were financed, but instead, poor quality construction. Crucial materials were poorly fitted or missing, and the problems were much wider than one rogue bricklayer. It was also a failure of inspection and oversight. When this school was being built, one of the architects raised concerns with the contractor about the way the walls were being put together. He told the enquiry those concerns were ignored, and they were powerless to do anything about it. The fact that there were different contractors, different subcontractors, and the same faults turned up in the schools and in other schools in scotland, where we found five walls collapse in the last four years. It says that this is something which isnt just here in edinburgh, or in schools. Inspections of all types of Public Building are underway in scotlands capital. The question posed, should others be doing the same . Steven godden, bbc news, edinburgh. The government has insisted its not abandoning vulnerable refugees, despite a decision to wind up a scheme allowing unaccompanied minors into the uk. 350 young people, mostly from syria, have been offered sanctuary in the uk under the project. The Home Secretary amber rudd said the programme risked encouraging People Traffickers, and that it would be closed next month. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent daniel sandford. Stranded at a hospital in athens, this man is an afghan refugee, i7 yea rs this man is an afghan refugee, i7 years old. Without any other family, he wants to come to britain and was being helped by the charity, safe passage. But now the government says the charity will only take 150 more. It is really hard for me to achieve my aims, to achieve my goals. Because here, there isnt a Perfect School or Perfect College for the refugees. 200 boys and girls were brought to england. It was the transport of the 1930s but saved thousands of jewish transport of the 1930s but Saved Thousands Ofjewish children from the nazis, that inspired the government to take in more of the days child refugees from europe. |j ama days child refugees from europe. |j am a refugee and i came to england at the age of six. Among those saved in the 30s was lord dubs, who pushed to get the law amended. Today he told me the government had broken its promises. When something calls for humanitarian action, and when, asi for humanitarian action, and when, as i believe, the majority of people support the humanitarian action, the government have behaved shamefully by saying we dont want any more. It is disappointing and i dont think they should have done it. Those who wa nt to they should have done it. Those who want to help more child refugees, including the archbishop of canterbury, said the government was going back on commitments it made last year. But ministers say, theres no point in inviting thousands of children here, if the local councils, who will have to look after them, cannot cope. These are children who need looking after over a period. When we access them, it is notjob done, it is making sure we work with local authorities, that we have the right safeguarding in place and that is why we engage with the local authorities. But the Home Secretary was warned that if the refugee children are not helped now, they will try to make their own way to britain. They are heading back to calais, back to dunkirk, back to calais, back to dunkirk, back to calais, back to dunkirk, back to the danger and in the arms of the People Traffickers and the smugglers, the exploitation, abuse and prostitution rings and back into the modern slavery that this parliament and this government has pledged to end. There are tens of thousands of refugee children in limbo in europe, but the government prefers its other schemes for settling vulnerable refugees from the camps nearest to syria. Four men convicted of sexually abusing young teenage girls in rochdale are facing deportation to pakistan. The men, who were part of a Child Grooming Ring in the town, were found guilty in 2012. An Immigration Tribunal upheld the governments decision to strip them of their british citizenship. But the four men can still appeal against the decision. Private tenants in england are being unfairly evicted from their homes and now some leading mps are also claiming a new law to protect them isnt working. The law was introduced to stop so called Revenge Evictions, people being thrown out because theyd complained about problems with their properties. In response to a Freedom Of Information Request to hundreds of councils in england 55 said they had stopped no such evictions. 26 recorded no figures on the problem. 0nly i9 had taken any action. Radio 1s newsbeat reporter Dan Whitworth has more details. Damp, mould, faulty electrics and broken windows and boilers that dont get fixed when its cold. They are classed as category one hazards, in other words, they are so bad, they pose a risk to health. They are things that Leeds City CouncilHousing Inspectors that are all too familiar with. This is private rented accommodation . People paying to rents, making complaints and nothing happening and they could be under Revenge Eviction is . That is why they are not coming forward to make a complaint. He is talking about people like 27 year old lives. Lights not working . The whole wall is full of damp. This whole area is damp. It is the whole wall. When i came here, i didnt want to move in, because i saw the state of the front door. I dont want to keep on complaining, because he might say to me, out you go. What are you worried about . Being on the street. You are worried about being on the street . Yes, i have been on the streets and it is not nice. I am going to start crying. Sorry. He is horrible. Sorry. Its all right. So that is obviously why you dont want to complain too much, because that is the only option to you . Government figures suggest around i million private rented properties in england, dont meet its own decent homes standard. This is the kitchen. What is that . Mps who help hold the government to account, same Rogue Landlords are avoiding their responsibilities. Is this law working . Clearly not. I cannot believe there are that number of authorities where no one has been the subject to a Revenge Eviction. The government says Revenge Evictions are red, and thanks to its new law, councils have all the powers they need to stop them. It is 18 15. Our top story this evening Record Numbers of patients waited more than four hours in a e in england in december and january. Coming up, i am alive at Fa Headquarters at wembley as more pressure is applied to the National Sports governing body, a year to a yearto go a year to go until the Winter 0lympics starts in north korea, we bore me the stars that hope to make ita bore me the stars that hope to make it a best ever winter games for team gb. More now on the pressures on the nhs, and the possible Long Term Solutions to its seemingly intractable problems. There have been many calls this week for the government to give it more money and match the funding in some other european countries. Branwenjeffreys has been to germany where spending on health is the highest in europe, to look at the strengths and weaknesses of the system there. Doctors on the walk round, they never worry about a lack of beds. Germany has almost three times as many as the uk. One day after the operation, ican walk. For george, that means almost no waiting. Hesjust had a hip replacement. In england, patients wait several months. For george, its been just a few weeks since the decision was made. The doctor said to me, i have to decide when i want to take the operation. Normally, it takes three or four weeks to get a date for an operation. All of this paid for by Health Insurance, 14 of georges salary, split between him and his employer. Germanys Health System is convenient but expensive. And that worries doctors, so in order to save money in the long term, they are putting more effort now and more time with patients into convincing them to stay healthy. Its a lot of time to convince him, to try another way, but it would be better to lose ten kilograms of weight to solve the problem with his diabetes and hypothalamus instead of taking pills. You have the time now under this system . Yeah. Doctors here in the black forest have been given a financial incentive to make patients healthier overall byjoining up care. Many parts of the nhs are trying to do the same. Here, there are cheaper gym sessions, cooking lessons, a music group, its subsidised by Health Insurance and its saving money. As a result, theyre spending 6 less on looking after patients. So i asked the Health Manager running it all, why isnt the rest of germany worried about cost . Yeah, the economy runs so well in germany, so the social Health Institutions and Insurance Firms have no problems. But Everybody Knows its just a question of time. It may result in five years, or it may result in 8 10 years, but it will get into a big crisis. The Rolling Countryside of thuringia, hundreds of miles north east of the black forest, villages where there are more old faces than young. There is more money in the german system, but that doesnt mean there arent problems. Here in what they call germanys green heart, they have a terrible shortage of gps, and its because of that that theyre finally to begin to really change the way they work. Many doctors still work alone in germany, but here, Old Fashioned ways are changing. Doctors simply cant meet all the needs of their ageing patients. We dont have relatives, and the doctors have to make home visits, and there is often not enough time in the do that. Thats why we were able a few years ago to make home visits. A visit from the nurse keeps these older patients well. Germanys population is one of the fastest ageing in the world. They have the money now to make the changes needed in the future. Branwen jeffreys, bbc news, thuringia. Theres more pressure on the Football Association tonight this time from mps. Theyve passed a motion of no confidence in its leadership and have called on parliament to step in and reform the organisation. Our Sports Editor dan roan is at wembley for us. Now weve had this vote at westminster, what happens now . Todays debate may have been attended by fewer mps than are needed for a full scale match, but it represents a ramping up of pressure on the National Sports governing body. It comes after years of frustration from the critics for what is a slow pace of process, when it comes to governance reforms, many are upset by the lack of diversity and independence. They a