Hello. Hello, laura. And hello, henry. Hi, henry. Hi. So last night, i was at my friend toms birthday party, and hes a very good amateur poet, and he did a lovely poem saying thank you to everyone whod come to the party. Happy birthday, tom. But hes also a big newscast fan and an even biggerfan of sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Even happier birthday. So i thought, why not combine all those things together and do a poem about this weeks sunday with Laura Kuenssberg . Oh, my god. Here we go. Are you ready . Eat your heart out front row. White howards Double Barrelled Chef on sunday with laura kay. Politicians exaggerations going to get slayed. But first, this breaking news, a picture of recovering kate. But with all the twitter gossip, did it come too late . Rachel reeves bets all on economic growth. Vicky atkins asked why nhs productivity sloweth, but waits this weekend episode has no pad, fear not newscasters you can always call up add. I think thats extremely good, tom. And we all say
By A Prematurely Celebrating Captain ben stokes. After the rain delay the wickets began to tumble and the match swayed back to england Jonny Bairstow with a brilliant catch to dismiss. Theyre chasing an unlikely 384 for victory. They resumed on 135 without loss and lost three wickets in the first hour of the morning session chris woakes taking two of them. But rain has once again disrupted things play has been stopped with australia on 238 3 needing 146 more runs to win. Elsewhere the hundred kicks off tomorrow, and leg spinner Rashid Khan Has announced he has pulled out of playing in the tournament due to injury. The Afghanistan Captain was due to play in trent rockets first three games before leaving for international duty. The number one ranked t20 bowler in the world will be replaced by Pakistans Imad Wasim before new zealands ish sodhi comes in as announced last week. That matches live bbc two. Again you would expect a lens would comfortably and they have started well. 22 14. Engl
And the Legendary British rock Guitaristjeff Beck has died at the age of 78. And coming up on the bbc news channel. Australia refuse to play cricket in aghanistan in a stand against the treatment of women by the taliban. As they withdraw from marchs one day series. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. If you called an ambulance in england back in october for someone who was having a heart attack or a stroke, the average waiting time was an hour. The latest figures from nhs england showjust how much the situation has worsened since then. If you made the same call last month, the wait was half an hour longer a full 92 minutes on average before an ambulance would get to you. The target is 18 minutes. For weeks, weve been reporting on the unrelenting pressures facing the nhs this winter. Senior doctors have told us the Health Service is operating on a knife edge. Now our Health Editor hugh pym has been allowed into the royal Bolton Hospital, and into a e, which is at the epicen
Investigation is launched. Iran releases an alleged confession of spying by a British Iranian man whos facing the Death Sentence he says the confession was forced. The social media personality andrew tate investigated in relation to organised crime, we investigate his popularity with young people. And the Brit Award Nominations are out with a notable absence of women in the category of artist of the year. And stay with us here on Bbc News Channel for continuing coverage in analysis with our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. Good evening. Ambulance response times in england and waits in accident and Emergency Departments have reached the highest levels on record. The latest figures have exposed the Alarming State of Emergency Care in the National Health service. For some emergencies, including suspected strokes and heart attacks, the average wait was over 90 minutes. The target is 18 minutes. More than a third of patients waited more than four hours to be assessed a
cameras the way they re talking about digital cameras! at least they ll get old one day, i suppose. it ll happen to all of us? i m afraid that s all we ve got time for. full length version of the programme can be found on iplayer. thanks for watching. we ll see you soon. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up, the bbc gets it from both sides as it reports on the third anniversary of the uk leaving the european union. and an expert review says bbc news needs to brush up its coverage of economics. i ll be talking to the author of a new report. a lot of numbers have been thrown around this week, including a welter of economic statistics, which is a subject we ll come back to later. this week also saw the 100th day of rishi sunak s premiership on thursday. and the day before that, it was the third anniversary of the uk leaving the eu. love it or loathe it, brexit is three years old. it s still in its infancy, but the economy does appear to have taken a hi