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campaigning points there is unity. a warning new laws introduced last year to protect tenants in england from so called revenge evictions aren t working. also keeping a cool head. an australian man survives after struggling for hours to keep his nose above water, after his excavator rolled into a waterhole. and could this sound be the origins of the earliest words? good morning. it s thursday 9th february. welcome to bbc newsroom live. accident and emergency departments in england had their worst waiting time performance in january since targets were introduced 13 years ago. provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that a 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. patients are traditionally supposed to be seen and discharged within four hours, with a target of 95%. but the bbc has learnt the provisional figures forjanuary show only ....
temperatures around freezing, there s an ice worry on untreated roads and pavements come the morning rush on friday. friday, spot the difference really. it s the west the best for sunshine, easter gain rather grey with some showers and it s cold enough for them to fall as sleet or snow. potentially at lower levels as the day goes on. we are importing cold air all the time, just 2 4dc. i can t offer anything higher than that, unfortunately, for the foreseeable future. we keep the easterly winds through tomorrow night and saturday. a slight difference tomorrow night. the weather system might push something more organised in the way of sleet and snow further west. don t be surprised to see a light covering of snow on saturday morning. if you are heading westwards, it should be dry for the match in cardiff and it will be cold, especially because of the strengthening easterly wind. that will been with us particularly for england and wales on saturday. scotla nd england and w ....
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. record numbers of patients spent more than four hours in accident and emergency units in england in december and the bbc has seen leaked data that suggests january was even worse. the figures show record numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed, after they had been seen in a&e. the government insists the vast majority of patients were seen and treated quickly. the prime minister theresa may has been speaking about the nhs this afternoon. she said record numbers of admissions had put pressure on the health service. i recognise that it is under pressure. that s why we will be putting the £10 billion extra into the national health service. but if you look at what s been happening in a and e, in decemberwe you look at what s been happening in a and e, in december we had a record number of the busiest day in accident and emergency that took place, that has taken place in the national health service. we are no ....
ina chair. it is absolutely full, and nowhere to examine patients. which is not the hospital s fault, it does its absolute best. mayhem in there. sorry, do you mind if i take this call? hi, colin. two orthopaedic patients, a chap in a chair. i had to wait, and wait and wait. oh, well. looks like a movie now. you are not allergic to any medicine? it is almost the end of the day. my department ticked along quite nicely. i don t think it is sustainable to continue this amount of pressure. i am off training. i m at an athletic club, before going home and seeing to the rest of the family. and then back to do it all again. back to do it all again tomorrow. there have been many calls this week for the government to match the funding in some other european countries. our reporter has been to germany where spending on health is the highest in europe, to look at the highest in europe, to look at the strengths and weaknesses of the system there. doctors on the walk round, they nev ....
which donald trump hasjumped on. the poll of more than 2,000 registered voters found 55% support the ban, 38% oppose it. the state of montana is home to one of the biggest anti immigration movements in america. that s despite the fact the state has resettled less than 20 refugee families since the mid 1990s. the bbc‘s aleem maqbool went to find out why. i believe that what we ve seen with our president is a phenomenal performance so far. this is a man who couldn t be happier. he voted for donald trump. he is heavily involved in local politics, and he s a preacher. his christian compassion, though, does not extend to those he feels are threat to his way of life. there you go, kids. that ll keep you warm. if they come among us and then try to enact something, say, sharia law. who is trying to do that? if groups of radical islamic people begin to show up who will eventually attempt to harm our women, those militant people need to understand that the women of montana are ....