western areas through the day. on sunday looking bright but showery. bye bye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. 200 armed forces personnel are being sent to london hospitals to help with covid related staff shortages. the australian government deny claims they re holding tennis star novak djokovic captive after he failed to meet vaccine entry requirements. they say he can leave whenever he wants. mr djokovic is not being held captive in australia. he is free to leave at any time that he chooses to do so, and border force will actually facilitate that. labour says the prime minister still has serious questions to answer over the refurbishment of his downing street flat. the president of kazakhstan addresses the nation after days of unrest saying protesters who don t give themselves up will be destroyed and thanks the russian president for sending troops. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s austin halewood. england are trying to salvage a
and thanks the russian president for sending troops. england battle back on the third day of the fourth ashes test as jonny bairstow hits a century. hello and welcome to bbc news. 200 members of the armed forces are being drafted in to help hospitals in london struggling to deal with covid related staff shortages. the royal college of nursing said the government could no longer deny there was a staffing crisis in the nhs. pressure on london hospitals has increased over the past month, with 4,000 patients currently in hospital with covid compared with 1,100 in december. meanwhile, outside of london, hospitalisations have also been ticking upwards with almost 18,000 patients currently in hospital with covid. as of thursday afternoon, 17 hospital trusts in england were experiencing critical incidents concerned they might not be able to provide core priority services, such as emergency care. it means they can get extra help and draft staff in from other duties. health secreta
Western areas through the day. on sunday looking bright but showery. bye bye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. 200 armed forces personnel are being sent to london hospitals to help with covid related staff shortages. the australian government deny claims they re holding tennis star novak djokovic captive after he failed to meet vaccine entry requirements. they say he can leave whenever he wants. mr djokovic is not being held captive in australia. he is free to leave at any time that he chooses to do so, and border force will actually facilitate that. labour says the prime minister still has serious questions to answer over the refurbishment of his downing street flat. the president of kazakhstan addresses the nation after days of unrest saying protesters who don t give themselves up will be destroyed and thanks the russian president
This is bbc news with the latest headlines. 200 armed forces personnel are being sent to london hospitals to help with covid related staff shortages. the australian government deny claims they re holding tennis star novak djokovic captive, after he failed to meet vaccine entry requirements they say he can leave whenever he wants. mr djokovic is not being held captive in australia, he is free to leave at any time that he chooses to do so and border force will actually facilitate that. labour says the prime minister still has serious questions to answer over the refurbishment of his downing street flat. the president of kazakhstan adresses the nation after days of unrest saying protesters who don t give themselves up will be destroyed
By omicron in the nhs. apparently, a total of 40,000 nhs staff at hospital trusts in england were absent for covid reasons on january the 2nd. that s up 59% on the previous week, so nearly 60% increase. it s more than three times the numberfrom increase. it s more than three times the number from the start of january. those are the latest figures from nhs england. a 60% increase in the number of staff absences because of covid reasons in hospitals in england. the headlines on bbc news. 200 military personnel are being sent to london hospitals to help with covid related staff shortages. the australian government rejects claims that tennis star novak djokovic is being held captive, after he failed to meet vaccine entry requirements labour says the prime minister still has serious questions to answer over the refurbishment of his downing street flat.