we had so manyjunior doctors go off because they were turning positive and hospital waiting lists are now at record levels. i am worried, i m worried now because, you know, if if it er, breaks i mean it s a day out with er, jesus two years into the pandemic for the nhs the fight goes on. the nhs vs covid: the fight goes on university hospital coventry?| ve been filming here since before christmas? it s one of the midlands largest hospitals hello, good morning, everyone. this is the accident and emergency department. erm, very challenging position this morning, er, longest waiting patient. waiting 114 hours. they re a covid i9 contact so they need a side room. the hospital s started to get omicron cases, though it hasn t really hit coventry yet. but staff here are already trying to work out how to tackle the shortage of beds. anything else needing to escalate? there s four beds, three side rooms and no obs beds, making it really challenging. 0k. thank you. we ve got one me
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that s it. [ applause ] 2-2. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and forth between white baselines in all-white country clubs. but a new young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced, and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially in an african american context. there does still persist in the world myths about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletics. some people think we are all brawn and no brains. and i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketb
interest rates have been held at 5.25% for the seventh time in a row by the bank of england, despite the rate of inflation hitting the bank s target level of 2% for the time in three years. of 2% for the first time in three years. economists have predicted that interest rates, which are currently at a 16 year high, won t be cut until august. with more, here s our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. ok, so it s four bedrooms. first time buyerjames has his eye on his dream home in coventry. but getting the keys to the door has been more challenging than expected as higher mortgage rates have made the first rung of the housing ladder harder to grasp. we definitely had to make some cutbacks as a couple and look at our financial plan to see if we could afford the mortgage. with the rates being high, we ve had to save for effectively another year to come into line with that. it s also understanding, yeah, the term of the mortgage, you know, from looking at it, it s now