in the presidential race, despite controversy about employing family members. after a record 59 test matches as england captain, alistair cook steps down, but says he will carry on as an england player. and a royal salute in central london, to mark 65 years of the queen s reign. it s five o clock. our main story is that research by bbc news has found that the number of patients on hospital wards in england has been at levels considered unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts this winter. the pressure on beds has meant that many patients have been at a higher risk of infection or have experienced delays in treatment. nhs providers, which represents hospitals, said that what it called the extraordinary pressure on beds was no way to run a safe and effective health care system . similar bed occupancy data is not available for scotland, wales and northern ireland this winter. our health correspondent jane dreaper has more details. it has been a very difficult winter at yeovil hos
diesel car had its day? latest figures show we are turning away from them. alastair cook resigned as england captain after a record 59 matches in charge. in the sport on bbc news. director of cricket, andrew strauss, says alastair cook has stepped down as england captain because they lacked the energy and drive to continue. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. tonight we bring you a special report that highlights the unprecedented pressures facing nurses and doctors in the nhs. over the past week bbc news has been given exclusive access to the royal blackburn hospital which was once in special measures but is now rated good. its a&e department receives more ambulances than any other in the north west of england. in the first of two reports, our special correspondent ed thomas has been speaking to staff and the patients they treat. there are distressing images in what comes next. inside the royal blackburn hospital. the bbc was given unrestricted access to witnes
did you see the part of the fox news interview with donald trump? that were released in the last 2a hours. one in particular has generated a lot of comments. shooting is a killer. a lot of killers get a lot of killers, you think our country is so innocent? putin is a killer. i don t know any government leaders who are killers. look at what we have done as well. we made a lot of mistakes, i was against the war in iraq from the beginning. a lot of mistakes. but a lot of people were killed, there are a lot of kellett killers around, believe me. calling vladimir putin a killer was unlikely to go down well in the kremlin. it s spokesperson said we consider such words from the fox tv company to be unacceptable and insulting, and honestly speaking, we would prefer to get an apology from such a respected tv company. no sign of that apology. for more on this, i spoke with olga ivshina from bbc russian. it is interesting that the spokesman for putin declined to comment. he said
muslim countries is essential, but it s still suspended by the courts. alastair cook resigns as england test captain after four years in charge and two ashes victories. and, final preparations for the biggest ever exhibition of works by david hockney. i m not saying i m that good, but i m not that terrible either. and in sportsday on bbc news, director of cricket andrew strauss says alastair cook stepped down as england captain because he was drained and lacked the energy and drive to continue. good evening. we start tonight with new evidence of the immense pressure on parts of the nhs in england, with patient numbers considered unsafe in the majority of hospital trusts this winter. over the past week bbc news has been given exclusive access to the royal blackburn hospital. its accident and emergency department receives more ambulances than any other in the north west of england. in the first of two extended reports our special correspondent ed thomas has been speaking to sta
populism. the ultimate showdown. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, has expressed his strong opposition to any plans for president trump to address both houses of parliament when he makes his state visit to the uk later this year. mr bercow said his opposition had hardened following mr trump s decision to impose a travel ban on seven mainly muslim countries. our chief political correspondent vicki young reports. it s an honour that s been bestowed on popes and presidents, a speech to both houses of parliament in the splendour of westminster hall was part of the itinerary for these dignitaries when they visited britain. but the same invite may not be coming president trump s way. in an astonishing intervention, the commons speaker said recent decisions by the president had made him uneasy about issuing an invitation. i feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism and our support for equality before the law