And coming up in the sport on bbc news fighting for their futures. Five sports begin their appeals against the withdrawal of funding by uk sport. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The number of patients on Hospital Wards has been at levels deemed to be unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts in england this winter, thats according to the bbcs analysis of nhs figures. The pressure on beds has meant many patients have been at a higher risk of infection and delays in getting treated. Up to date figures arent available for the rest of the uk. Nhs england says the main problem is finding Alternative Care for patients who were medically well but frail. Our Correspondentjohn Maguire has been to a hospital in somerset to see just how much pressure the nhs is under. Ask staff here how the winter is going, and they use words such as busy, challenging, demanding. Drjohn tipping shows me how they track exactly whats happening here in the emergency department. It allows us to see what
Im a refugee, i came to england at the age of six. He campaigned for more to be brought to the uk. Today he reacts to a government decision to stop receiving children under the scheme he championed, calling it shameful. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11am this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today accident and Emergency Departments in england had their worst waiting time performance last month since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. The Department Of Health insists the vast majority of patients are treated quickly. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. For months now, accident and Emergency Departments across england have been struggling. Last week, the bbc was gi
an urgent phone call with the french president emmanuel macron. downing street said the two men agreed to step up joint efforts to prevent the crossings. any decisions made? evening. and to stop the gangs putting people s lives at risk. but people the bbc spoke to at this calais migrant camp last night said they would keep trying to reach the uk. uday said he attempted to cross earlier this week but gave up because the waves were too high. we need to create safe and legal routes for people to get here, through planned resettlement programmes and family reunion. and we also need to have a safe and fair asylum system here so that people, when they ve made theirjourneys, can claim asylum and be fairly assessed. in calais last night, people demanding refugees be better treated held a vigil for those who died. after a year of record numbers crossing the channel, people on all sides of the argument have warned this was
the uk. this one, we know, made it across the channel, but it s a treacherous journey, across one of the world s busiest shipping lanes. this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the channel in this way. and it also shows how vital it is that we now step up our efforts to break the business model of the gangsters who are sending people to sea in this way. last night, the government s cobra emergency committee met, and the prime minister held an urgent phone call with the french president emmanuel macron. downing street said the two men agreed to step up joint efforts to prevent the crossings. any decisions made? evening. and to stop the gangs putting people s lives at risk. but people the bbc spoke to at this calais migrant camp last night said they would keep trying