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year. gavin grey on at 1am. now on bbc news, witness. tanya beckett introduces us to five extraordinary moments in history. hallo, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. iam here hallo, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. i am here at the british library in london for the last time this year to bring if i wa nt last time this year to bring if i want our favourite stories from 2016. we will meet a former member of chairman mao s intimates red guards, a woman astronaut who trained with the challenger space or crude an art restorer who brought a leonardo da vinci masterpiece back to life. but first, witness has travelled to the bamyan valley in afghanistan. for over 1,000 years to huge statues of border towered over the valley at in 2001 they were destroyed by the taliban. mr hussein was one of the local people forced to lay dynamite around the statues. this year is the 50th anniversary of the start of the cultural revolution in china. at the forefro ....
welcome to bbc news. the nhs in england has denied claims from the british red cross that there s a ‘humanitarian crisis‘ in its hospitals. latest figures show a&e departments have had to shut their doors to patients more than 140 times in december, because of a lack of beds. the red cross which helps patients return home from hospital is calling for more government money. but nhs england say plans are in place to cope with additional demand and that talk of a humanitarian crisis is overblown. our health correspondent smitha mundasad reports. winter pressure on accident and emergency nothing new. but the red cross says the strain on hospitals in england amounts to a humanitarian crisis. the charity claims social care cuts mean patients are being sent home without the right support so they end up back in a&e. red cross volunteers support nhs staff and say they ve seen patients sent home without clothes. some, who don t receive the care they need to get washed, ev ....
the landmark in united s 4 0 victory over reading in the third round of the fa cup. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the nhs in england has denied claims from the british red cross that there s a ‘humanitarian crisis‘ in its hospitals. latest figures show a&e departments have had to shut their doors to patients more than 140 times in december because of a lack of beds. the red cross, which helps patients return home from hospital, is calling for more government money. but nhs england say plans are in place to cope with additional demand, and that talk of a humanitarian crisis is overblown. our health correspondent smitha mundasad reports. winter pressure on accident and emergency, nothing new. but the red cross now says the strain on hospitals in england amounts to a humanitarian crisis. the charity claims social care cuts mean patients are being sent home without the right support so they end up back in a&e. red cross volunteers support nhs staff and say the ....
the £14 billion problem on the nation s roads. calls on the government to increase fuel duty by 2p a litre to pay for repairs to potholes. wayne rooney equals sir bobby charlton as manchester united s biggest ever goal scorer, reaching the landmark with their 4 0 victory over reading. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the nhs in england has rejected claims that there s a humanitarian crisis in its hospitals. the comments from the british red cross come as figures show a&e departments have had to shut their doors to patients more than 140 times in december because of a lack of beds. this afternoon the labour leader jeremy corbyn called upon the government to take urgent action, but nhs england says plans are in place to cope and that talk of any humanitarian crisis is overblown. there are flashing images in smitha mundasad s report. winter pressures in accident and emergency some patients waiting a long time to be seen, beds closed because of the winter vomiting ....
of today s sport in half an hour. potholes on the roads calls for the government to increase fuel duty to pay for £14 billion of repairs. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the nhs in england has rejected claims that there s a ‘humanitarian crisis‘ in its hospitals. the comments from the british red cross come as figures show a&e departments have had to shut their doors to patients more than 140 times in december, because of a lack of beds. this afternoon, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, called upon the government to take urgent action, but nhs england says plans are in place to cope, and that talk of any humanitarian crisis is overblown. there are flashing images in smitha mundasad s report. winter pressures on accident and emergency some patients waiting a long time to be seen, beds closed because of the winter vomiting bug. this picture isn t new. but the british red cross says the strain on hospitals in england is so great it amounts to a humanitarian ....