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7,500 going into social care. we ll be looking at the severe strain on the nhs and at whether the government s plan is enough to tackle the problem. also on the programme. four in five trains are cancelled at the start of days of industrial action by rail workers due to last until saturday. questions about how mi5 dealt with the case of a 15 year old girl groomed for extremism she later took her own life. in brazil, thousands of people line the streets to say farewell to the football legend pele who will be buried in a private ceremony later. and the walrus who s wandered from north yorkshire to northumberland attracting huge crowds on the way. on bbc london and coming up on the bbc news channel. arsenal host newcastle united tonight with the chance to go 10 points clear at the top of the premier league. good evening. downing street says it s providing the nhs with the funding it needs, despite what it calls the unprecedented challenge facing the health ....
to pay their respects to football legend pele, who died last week. archie. touch. and why a shortage of volunteer puppy trainers means visually impaired people are having to wait longer to get a guide dog. downing street has admitted that the nhs is facing an unprecedented challenge but insists the government is doing everything possible to ease pressure. senior doctors have spoken of the unsustainable pressure facing the nhs with some accident and emergency units described as being in a complete state of crisis . labour has criticised the government s management of the health service, while the liberal democrats have called for parliament to be recalled early. here s our health correspondent katharine da costa. november alpha 332 receiving. this isn t the first winter crisis that the nhs faces, but clinicians across the uk warn it could be one of the worst. staff shortages, a lack of beds and not enough social care provision are part of the problem. we need to find so ....
the south east on saturday, expect widespread showers and thunderstorms by sunday so lots of different weather over the next few days. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight with kirsty wark which is just getting under way on bbc two. now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight. more than 5,000 dead and many more missing as whole neighbourhoods in the city of derna are swept into the sea. what chance has libya got when the country is in chaos and there is no disaster plan? libya was in no state to cope with such a catastrophic event, but do we bear some responsibility? we ll be hearing from the executive director of international rescue committee uk and a former british ambassador to libya. also tonight. over the past 18 months, newsnight s nhs investigations unit has uncovered myriad problems in nhs england. if i watched this in a tv drama, i wouldn t believe it c ....
also this hour, we will be looking at the bafta in the next hour, we ll talk to a bafta nominee hollywood musical la la land leads the way with 11 nods. a host of british film talent is in the running for an award. also this hour. getting bigger. the world cup will expand to 48 teams in less than decade as 16 more nations are allowed in. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has told the bbc that he does not believe that immigration in the uk is too high. in a major speech this afternoon he is expected to suggest that labour is no longer wedded to the principle of freedom of movement. but when asked this morning if he had changed his mind about the numbers coming to the uk he said, ‘no‘. mr corbyn also addressed the issue of pay, saying he wanted to put a cap on the maximum amount that people can earn in the uk to create a more equal society. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. he has criticised the prime minister for not having a plan for brexit. butjere ....
fans pay tribute to the former england and watford manager, graham taylor, who died on thursday. we ll have the details in sportsday at 5:30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is warning gps they could face funding cuts, if they don t keep surgeries open for longer to meet demand from patients. the government says many people are going to hard pressed accident and emergency departments because they can t get gp appointments. doctors‘ leaders accuse the government of failing to address an nhs funding crisis. our political correspondent tom barton reports. waiting time targets missed. hospitals declaring major alerts. the news from the nhs last week wasn t good. now there s a suggestion from number ten that part of the cause is that family doctors just aren t open for long enough. a downing street spokesman said, it is increasingly clear that and so ministers are proposing withholding extra funding from gps who can t show they re offering app ....