And we pay tribute to the journalist who first reported the outbreak of the second world war, who has died at the age of 105. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news weve had the first of the league cup semifinals, with wayne rooney given the chance to break the Manchester United all time scoring record. Good evening. There has been a significant increase in the number of people with Mental Health problems asking to be seen at accident and Emergency Departments in england. Figures from nhs digital, analysed for the bbc, show that in the year 2015 16, there were over 165,000 Psychiatric Attendances at a e departments, a rise of 47 over the past four years. And it includes a rise of 89 in the number of children and young people attending a e. Doctors say the reality is even worse than the figures suggest. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent alison holt has the story, and 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 who have 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, she 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 and emergency unless theyve got a physical health need. 0ur a es, 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 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. Im a nurse, my names lisa. 0k, and were the triage team. 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 first place they turn to. The challenge is to help people who are vulnerable before they reach a crisis. Alison holt is here. When we look at the range of reasons for these figures, what would you direct us to . It is a complicated picture, but better recording and an increased awareness of Mental Health issues generally is part of the picture. It does not explain the significant increase. Campaigners say, if people are turning to a e when they are in crisis, or sometimes they are directed there by professionals, then that is a sign, they say, that services in the community are just not keeping up with demand, or they are not the right services to keep up with the ca re right services to keep up with the care which prevents them from reaching that crisis point. Also, doctors say these statistics underestimate the problem because they only show people who are recorded by staff as having psychiatric reasons for being there as the main reason. So, for instance, somebody turned up having self harmed, although there would be Mental Health issues involved, it would go in a different statistics and it would be recorded in another way. Tonight, the Department Of Health has said that the Prime Minister has made it very clear that they are committed to improving Mental Health care across the board, both in the nhs and in the community, for people who need it. Another set of official nhs figures seen by the bbc show that so far this year, Tens Of Thousands of patients in england have waited hours on trolleys before being admitted to hospital. This winter is proving one of the busiest on record for accident and Emergency Departments. But the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has insisted that most of englands hospitals are coping well. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has more details. A 92 year old patient at one hospital a e unit today. Been lying here so long, itjust hurts. An ageing population, one factor behind Rising Patient demand. Here its even more hectic than usual with an astonishing 20 more patients than this time last year. Theyre urging people to stay away and seek care elsewhere if their Health Problem isnt urgent. The beginning of january is always a busy time, and its 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. Since christmas, the nhs has been under immense pressure with some of the busiest ever days in hospitals. Now, the bbc has obtained internal nhs figures revealing the scale of the pressure and problems in england last week, including numbers of patients lying on trolleys for hours at a time because beds werent available. The figures cover the seven day period ending yesterday morning and come from 131 Hospital Trusts in england. They show that a85 people waited longer than 12 hours on trolleys over that week, whereas only 158 patients faced those long waits in the whole of january last year. Last week, only one Hospital Trust hit the target of assessing 95 of a e patients within four hours. And more than half of trusts failed to see even 80 . The health secretary, jeremy hunt, hinted yesterday the four hour target might be changed to cover urgent cases only. Are you going to explain to the public what your intention is . Earlier, mr hunt said some a es had very Serious Problems but, according to service leaders, most had coped better than last year. There were warnings, though, from one expert that there were no easy solutions. Over the last 30 years weve reduced the number of beds to about half and weve increased the number of admissions to about double and so its a sort of reaching a crisis situation, i would say. The trolley wait data in scotland, wales and Northern Ireland are not directly comparable to england. An nhs source said the figures obtained by the bbc didnt cover all hospitals, but there was unprecedented patient demand. Pressure on social Care Services and a shortage of Mental Health crisis care are among factors stretching a e services harder than ever before. Jeremy corbyn has been accused by some of his own mps of creating confusion after declaring that labour was not wedded to Freedom Of Movement for eu citizens and then adding that he wasnt ruling it out, either. The Labour Leader insisted that labour did understand voters concerns about immigration. Earlier, mr corbyn had prompted further criticism from his own side when he suggested that Capping Earnings would be a way to tackle inequality. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, has more details. A welcome for him on the platform, but will you welcome what was billed as his vision for britain after brexit . Whether you voted to leave or remain, everybody voted for a better future. 0n the biggest question how many eu citizens can keep coming to britain to move freely, what was his verdict . Were not wedded to Free Movement of the eu as a point of principle, but i dont want to be misinterpreted, nor do we rule it out. Well demand that these negotiations give us the power to intervene decisively, to prevent workers from here or abroad being used and 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 at work that allow Foreign Workers to be exploited. Does that mean that you would like to see more or fewer people from other parts of the European Union coming to the uk . It probably means there would be fewer, but i think we should also recognise that there is a massive contribution made to our health service, education and Manufacturing Industry by people from all over europe. You say the word probably be fewer people coming here, by how many . What kind of reduction . I cant put a figure on it because we havent yet seen the work that has to be done. Isnt this a question of principle, though, really . About the kind of levels that youre happy with . The principle has to be that employers should not be allowed to tear up existing arrangements in the Construction Industry or other industries. Weve asked you previously whether or not you think the levels are too high and you said that you dont think the levels are too high have you changed your mind . No. My mind is quite clear that we need to end the exploitation thats going on. We need to maintain a Market Access within europe and we need to ensure there are good relations between all communities. But do you or do you not want to end the wide principle of Freedom Of Movement . I want us to have Market Access in europe. I want us to have trade with europe and lets. And that means continuing with Freedom Of Movement . Erm, lets see what comes out of these negotiations. Mr corbyn was in peterborough, a town whose face has been changed by immigration. The kind of place where labour mps worry their leaders approach does them no favours. Immigration has been good for peterborough, but the amount of immigration has not been good for peterborough. A lot of foreigners are quite nice, but the island cant cope with them, the system cant cope. I find labour quite confusing. I dont really understand what their issues are. But mr corbyn hopes he might have more appeal on how we earn our pounds and pence, far from party policy yet, but Income Limits could be on the way. I think you have to look at each company and say well, is it really right that the Chief Executive should earn 100 or more times than those who are actually doing the work that are keeping that Company Going . Either you do a cap or you look at the levels of disparity within organisations. After being expected to change direction today, in the end, The Labour Leader more or less stayed on the spot. You turned around twice there for his supporters, its sticking to principles that makes him their hero. For many of his mps, its stubbornness that means the party could be doomed to fail. Police in york have named a seven Year Old Girl who died, after being found seriously injured in a field yesterday afternoon. Katie rough died in hospital. A teenage girl is being questioned about her death. 0ur Correspondent Danny Savage reports from york. This is seven year old katie rough, found with fatal injuries in a Playing Field in york late yesterday afternoon. Her grandparents describe her as their darling princess. Friends came to leave flowers close to where she was discovered today. She was a very close friend to my daughter and a truly unique, beautiful, little girl. I respect their family, beautiful family. People living in this small cul de sac tried to help katies mother, who arrived just after the little girl was found. A woman ran up the street it was obviously the mother of the daughter she was shouting, help, call for an ambulance. So i put my shoes on and went to go up the alleyway. When i got half way up and i could see a body lying in the field, but the police were already there attending. Seven year old katie died a short time later in hospital. Tonight, police say a 15 Year Old Girl, arrested in connection with what happened here, is still in custody. Theyre appealing for anyone who saw katie rough with an older girl, around here yesterday afternoon, to contact them. Danny savage, bbc news, york. In the past half hour, a jury in charleston, south carolina, has condemned a man to death for the racist killing of nine black men and woman in a Church Shooting injune 2015. Dylan roof a White Supremacist had told a Sentencing Hearing that he felt he had to carry out the killings. Thejury had an option to sentence roof to life imprisonment, but instead chose the death penalty. The Democratic Unionist leader, arlene foster, has said Northern Ireland is undoubtedly heading for a period of direct rule from westminster. The Power Sharing Government is in crisis following the resignation of sinn feins Martin Mcguiness as deputy first minister. The main cause of the dispute is the mishandling of an Energy Scheme which could cost the Taxpayer Hundreds of millions of pounds. 0ur correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports from belfast. 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 now former 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 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. Hundreds of thousands of commuters in the south of england have struggled to get to and from work today because of the latest strike by Southern Rail staff. The dispute, which has been going on for nearly 10 months, is about Staffing Duties on trains. The unions say theyre trying to protect the safety of passengers and crew. 0ur transport correspondent, richard westcott, reports from east croydon. 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. In just a few hours time, president 0bama will deliver his Farewell Speech in chicago the city where he claimed victory in the president ial election eight years ago. But as his second term, as the 44th president of the United States comes to a close, how will he be remembered . In his second report, looking back at mr 0bamas time in office, our north america editor, jon sopel, looks at the International Issues which have defined the 0bama presidency. There was always something upside down about barack 0bama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize before hed really done anything as president. When he came to office, one of the greatest strategic threats was iran, a Resurgent Power in the region, but more important than that was securing a Multi National deal to curb tehrans nuclear ambitions. An agreement struck, despite fierce opposition from israels Prime Minister. When Benjamin Netanyahu came to address the congress, nearly two years ago, there was fury in the white house. They were angry that an invitation had been extended by Republican Leaders and accepted without the president knowing. But very soon someone much more to the israeli Prime Ministers liking will be occupying the white house and the question the world is asking will the Iran Nuclear Deal survive the change of power . For over a year, weve been told that no deal is better than a bad deal. Well, this is a bad deal. Its a very bad deal. His relationship with netanyahu was one of the lows, culminating in the us refusing to veto a Un Resolution critical of israels policy of settlement building. The chemistry with the russian leader, vladimir putin, was no better crimea, Cyber Espionage and syria left them barely speaking. The pledge at the start of his presidency was all about disengaging from costly conflicts and bringing the troops back home. In 2011, president 0bama achieved something the Bush Administration did not, the successful tracking down and raid to kill public enemy number one. The United States has conducted an operation that killed 0sama bin laden, the leader of alqaeda. The raid and promise of the arab spring would soon be replaced by a middle east in flames and the rise of so called islamic state, the fight against which remains unfinished business. Arguably, the low point for president 0bama in The Middle East has been syria which has been a humanitarian catastrophe sparking the worst Refugee Crisis since world war ii and the president s failure to act against president assad, despite much huffing and puffing, has come back to to haunt him. A red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilised. That would change my calculous. But nothing happened, no action. I think it was a mistake not to enforce the red line. When the United States says, very clearly ,that there will be costs and consequences for a certain action, i think its important to follow up on that action. But i also wouldnt confuse that, enforcing the chemical weapons red line, with the notion that there was some interventionist fix to the syria problem. Barack 0bamas policy towards syria is very much like the countrys embassy here in washington dc, an empty shell, newspapers piling up on the doorstep, the windows barred. In the talks to bring peace to the country, america isnt at the table. Barack 0bama has flipped flopped over whether to take military action, too slow to react to the dangers of so called islamic state. Its been a period in which american influence has waned and russian has increased. From one empty embassy to another that has had new life breathed into it. This is the Cuban Embassy in north west washington. For over 50 years it had lain derelict, a last legacy, if you like, of the cold war. In the warmth of a caribbean island, barack 0bama consigned the last piece of icy cold war legacy to history. Cuba had brought the world to the edge of nuclear war, now diplomatic relations are restored, an extraordinary transformation. He leaves office largely admired and popular around the world, not least for his role in the Global Climate change deal. Hed tried to carve out a Foreign Policy that he saw as right for the times, but as the Commander In Chief was given the traditional send off, in his own way was he as destructive to us power and influence as his predecessor, george w bush, and what would the Nobel Committee make of him eight years on . Jon sopel, bbc news, washington. Just to let you know. There will be live coverage of barack 0bamas Farewell Speech from chicago at 2. 00am on the bbc news channel. Sir david clementi, a former Deputy Governor of the bank of england, is to be the next chairman of the bbc. The appointment of sir david was announced after it was approved by the Prime Ministers office. He faces the task of leading a new board to oversee how the bbc is run while the media watchdog, 0fcom, takes over the regulation of the bbcs content. Footballs world governing body, fifa, has approved plans to expand the world cup from 32 to 48 teams. The new format will be introduced from 2026. The bulk of the additional slots are likely to go to african and asian countries. Our sports news correspondent, richard conway, has been talking to fifas new boss, gianni infantino. 16 more countries have the chance to get their hands on the world cup. Speaking to me today, The World Governing Bodies president insisted in the face of much criticism its time for the sport to look beyond its traditional borders. Football has now 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. The growth of the world cup will bring enormous extra revenue, fifa stand to make an additional £500 million in profit in 2026, according to its own research. But the man elected as fifa president , partly on a pledge to deliver a bigger competition, insists its not about cash or politics. Well, its not at all a money and power grab, its actually the opposite, its a football decision. So the way we presented it was 0k we presented four formats, every one of the four formats has advantages, in terms of the financial situation, which means we are in a comfortable situation to be able to take a decision simply based on the sporting merit. Asia, where interest in football is booming, 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 can be a force for good. Richard conway, bbc news, zurich. The former war correspondent, Clare Hollingworth, who reported the outbreak of the second world war, has died at the age of 105. She was the first journalist to report on the build up of german troops on the Polish Border in 1939, and she went on to witness some of the most significant events of the 20th century. Our World Affairs editor, john simpson, knew Clare Hollingworth and hes been looking back at her life and achievements. Archive this is a National Programme from london. Germany has invaded poland and has bombed many towns. It was Clare Hollingworths first story. Three days earlier, shed spotted the build up of german armour ready for the invasion. I rode along a valley and there was tarpaulin up to prevent you looking down into the valley. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the tarp away from the moorings. I looked down into the valley and there were scores, if not hundreds, of tanks lined up. That set the pattern for her long career, scoop after scoop. It was clare who broke the news of kim philbys defection to russia, though her newspaper, the guardian, fearing a libel suit, wouldnt use it at first. In vietnam, she was a fearless war correspondent. Im really passionately interested in war. If one is passionately interested in war, one cant help like being in it. Despite her bad eye sight and slight build, she was remarkably tough
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