hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says it s completely unacceptable that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. in an exclusive bbc interview, he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique to the nhs in england. our health editor hugh pym has more. nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a&e units since records began more than a decade ago. jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of high patient demand were not unique to the nhs and all leading health systems were grappling with the same challenge. he said there was no silver bullet. i think it s wrong to suggest to people that these profound cha
conservation staff and volunteers are battling to save 100 that are still alive, in one of the area s worst whale standings in living memory. good morning, it s friday 10th february. i m rachel schofield. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has conceded the nhs in england is facing completely unacceptable problems. he said there was no excuse for some of the difficulties highlighted during the bbc‘s nhs week. a series of reports have revealed lengthening waits in a&e and patients being left for hours on trolleys. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, mr hunt told our health editor hugh pym that the government has a plan, but it will take time to deliver. nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a&e units since records began more than a decade ago. jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said the problems of high patient demand were not unique to the nhs, and all leading health systems were grapp
laboratory during a search. in the next hour: the legal victory for the self employed plumber which could affect thousands of workers. a firm of london plumbers loses its legal battle over whether to give freelance workers the same employment rights as full time staff. and, first it was beyonce and jay z, now the clooneys celebrate as well, as george and amal announce they re expecting twins. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the health secretaryjeremy hunt says it s completely unacceptable that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. figures show that waiting times in casualty units are worse than at any time in the last decade. mr hunt says he does have an improvement plan, but admits it will take time, and says there s no silver bullet. our health editor hugh pym reports. nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance since records began more than a decade ago. jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said tha
on the shores of new zealand. coming up in sport we are live here in cardiff at the principality stadium to preview all of this weekend s 6 nations fixtures including wales against england. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says it s completely unacceptable that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. figures show that waiting times in casualty units are worse than at any time in the last decade. and the number of operations cancelled at the last minute hit a fifteen hear high last year. mr hunt insists he does have an improvement plan though didn t reveal it and he admits it will take time. he was talking to our health editor hugh pym. the worst monthly a&e figures in more than a decade. they have corridor nurses as well. times are very desperate. images like this across bbc news. no one would want it for members of their own family. it has been a difficult few days for the health secretary and he ha
one of the largest mass strandings ever seen in the country. and a couple of new additions for the one of the world s most famous couples, after its announced that the clooneys are expecting twins. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a £34 million government investigation into allegations of abuse by iraq war veterans is to be shut down. it follows a report by mps which called the work of the iraq historic allegations team an unmitigated failure. thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. around 90% of misconduct cases involving british troops who served in afghanistan are also being dropped. caroline hawley has more. it is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq and the legacy of the war is still causing controversy. in the aftermath of the occupation thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. and a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. the human rights lawyer phil shiner brought most