what to do with myself. and we ll be looking back at the life of the man behind these lyrics. burt bacharach one of pop music s greatest composers has died aged 94. and coming up on the bbc news channel. despite protests from fans there are now revamped plans for a new look european super league with no permanent members and based on sporting performance. good evening. they re digging mass graves in turkey and syria as the death toll climbs rapidly. nearly 20,000 are known to have died in the earthquakes on monday. who knows how many more are still buried under the rubble, but time is running out to save them. the great fear now is for the survivors who are living on the streets with very little food and water in freezing conditions. the un secretary general has promised more help is on its way, but warned that the full extent of the crisis is still unfolding, with people facing nightmares on top of nightmares . we ll hearfrom quentin sommerville in antakya, close to the
much as a last resort. when he was admitted, sean refused to take a covid test. he was uneasy interacting with staff who were wearing full ppe. for infection control reasons, he was confined to a four bedroom corridor away from most other patients. covid restrictions were applied across mental health servicesl in northern ireland. unfortunately for people with a mental illness, i this could add to the distress, - you know, and you have that concern about transmission of covid. at the same time, it was a terrible situation for everybody. but for people with mental illness, we know that i their illnesses got worse. watched by the wards cctv camera, sean spent hours on his own with almost nothing to do. he didn t sleep and refused food. his paranoia led him to believe it could have been tampered with. at some point during the night, a member of the nursing staff took
the latest nhs figures. a&e waiting times also improved. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here. good news, they have fallen quite significantly. they have fallen quite sianificantl . ., , they have fallen quite sianificantl . . , , , significantly. that s right, pretty significant. significantly. that s right, pretty significant, this. in significantly. that s right, pretty significant, this. in december, | significant, this. in december, there was this rise in flu cases adding to the other winter pressures on hospitals. for the category 2 response times in england, which includes heart attacks and strokes, on average, it was taking an hour and a half for ambulances to get patients in december. injanuary, that fell to half an hour, although still above the target of 80 minutes. in a&e, the four hour benchmark to be treated or assessed, in january, benchmark to be treated or assessed, injanuary, just over a quarter had to wait more than four hours, that was down from more than a thi