caused travel chaos and is being blamed for up to 17 deaths. and we ll be finding out why irn bru fans are stockpiling the soft drink ahead of a planned recipe change. good evening. there s even more evidence today of the mounting pressure on the nhs in england this winter. new figures compiled by the bbc show that for the last six weeks of 2017 more than 75,000 patients were left in ambulances for 30 minutes or more. that s one in every eight patients enduring a delay. and last week was the busiest ever for the nhs111 helpline it received more than 480,000 calls. today theresa may apologised for the thousands of operations that have already been cancelled. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports. but we re in a queue with lots of other people who are clearly very sick. everybody‘s waiting to get in. a patient‘s eye view of the stress across the nhs. a queue of ambulances waiting to hand over patients at a hospital. leah was stuck for more than an hour in the ambulance wit
that i should be. the full exclusive report in around 15 minutes time. if you ve been fitted with an essure device really keen to hear your experiences this morning. hello, welcome to the programme, we re live until 11.00. throughout the morning we ll keep you up today with all the breaking news and developing stories and as always really keen to hear from you. a little later we ll meet to an eight year old girl injured up in the manchester arena bombings who s been reunited with the police officer who rescued her and drove her to hospital. lily harrison and pc cath daley willjoin us in the studio before 10.00. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. the united nations security council is to hold an emergency meeting this afternoon, after north korea fired a missile over northern japan. the missile flew over hokkaido island
results could be catastrophic. three weeks after this programme revealed that some women are having to under go hysterectomies that some women are having to under go hysterectom ies to that some women are having to under go hysterectomies to remove a sterilisation device. the manufacturer has withdrawn it from sale across the eu. women told us they had been left in excruciating pain. it felt like i was being stabbed over and over and there was a hot burning pain that never ended. manufacturer is saying this morning that the decision is entirely commercial and not linked to safety. we ll have all the details. 0ur our top story today. a devastating earthquake has hit mexico. it has killed nearly 250 people. it was a magnitude 7.1 quake and hit at around lunch time and mexican officials say 248 people are confirmed dead. about half of those are in mexico city. at least 26 children are thought to have died in just one school that collapsed and another 30 pupils are missing. the e
moment and businesses will be keenly watching to see what the chancellor has to say today. a damning review into three medical treatments for women in england says that many lives have been ruined because safety concerns weren t listened to, and often dismissed as women s problems. the return of test cricket. no crowds, but no excuses from captain ben stokes who calls england s match with west indies today a massive occasion. and i ve been chatting tojimmy anderson about returning to the game for the first time this summer, and how they re honouring nhs workers. good morning. today we ve got a north south split with the weather. north is looking at by spells, sunshine and showers, in the south, and wet. i will have all the details at 6:27am. it s wednesday, 8thjuly. our top story: the chancellor is set to announce a £2 billion fund to create more jobs for young people, as part of plans to boost the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. rishi sunak is also exp
you get into some kind of work? do let me know victoria@bbc.co.uk or email victoria@bbc.co.uk. angry crowds in serbia storm the parliament building in protest at the re introduction of lockdown measures. millions in melbourne are ordered back into lockdown for six weeks. and jimmy anderson talks about cricket returning for the first time this summer and how they re honouring nhs and care staff. good morning. many lives have been ruined because health officials did not listen to the concerns of women just one of the findings of a scathing review which has spoken to more than 700 patients over two years. the investigation, headed by baronessjulia cumberlege, focused on pelvic mesh, the hormone pregnancy test primodos and an anti epilepsy drug called sodium valproate. victims have told us over years of the chronic and debilitating pain mesh has caused them while the medicines seriously harmed their unborn babies. the scale of the mesh scandal first came to light on the victo