also this hour, how climate change is transforming the british garden. they will be looking at new techniques because of rising temperatures. and looking for love online one rhino‘s search for a partner on the dating app tinder. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour party has switched its election campaigning to the nhs today pledging to give a bigger pay rise to nhs staff in england if it wins the general election. labour says it would scrap tuition fees and restore bursaries for student nurses and midwives which are due to end in august. the party says it would end the current 1% cap on wage increases, in part because nhs staff had been undervalued, overworked and underpaid by the government. labour says. and it says its policies would be paid for by reversing corporation tax cuts. the party says a labour government would also introduce tougher rules to ensure that staffing levels in hospitals are safe. the shadow health secretary, jon ashworth, sai
named in the side. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. record numbers of patients waited for more than four hours in accident and emergency departments in england in december that s according to officialfigures. only 86% met the nhs target of being seen in four hours or less. and figures leaked to the bbc suggest it was even worse in january, just 82%, the worst performing month for a&e departments in the past 13 years. the bma says the prime minister can no longer bury her head in the sand about the increasing pressure on the nhs. the government says the vast majority of patients are seen and treated quickly. this report from our health editor hugh pym. scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strains being felt right across the nhs. here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a&e. some had to sit on the floor. the latest official figures confirmed it was the worst for waits s
welcome to bbc news. record numbers of patients waited for more than four hours in accident and emergency departments in england in december that s according to officialfigures. only 86% met the nhs target of being seen in four hours or less. and figures leaked to the bbc suggest it was even worse injanuary just 82% the worst performing month for a&e departments in the past 13 years. the bma says the prime minister can no longer bury her head in the sand about the increasing pressure on the nhs. the government says the vast majority of patients are seen and treated quickly. this report from our health editor hugh pym. scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strain being felt right across the nhs. here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a&e. some had to sit on the floor. the latest official figures have confirmed it was the worst for waits since modern records began. today at hillin
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 armed.
Of all take defence very seriously so first of all we take defence very seriously so first of all we would maintain the nuclear delerrehl of all we would maintain the nuclear deterrent we have, an absolute priority deterrent we have, an absolute priority for deterrent we have, an absolute priority for us is reversing the cuts priority for us is reversing the cuts to priority for us is reversing the cuts to our priority for us is reversing the cuts to our troops of 10,000, which has happened under the conservatives stop we has happened under the conservatives stop we would increase spending on defence. stop we would increase spending on defence, year on year, in the next parliament, defence, year on year, in the next parliament, with the ambition of reaching parliament, with the ambition of reaching 2.5% by the end of the next parliament reaching 2.5% by the end of the next parliament. having decent homes for our veterans and for our armed forces our veterans and f