Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The Labour Party Conference begins today in brighton, where Jeremy Corbyn is facing renewed calls to commit labour to keeping the uk in the Single Market and Customs Union after brexit. Yesterday the labour leader told delegates theyre in a moment of great change and must prepare to form a government. Our political correspondent, iain watson, has more. What a difference a year makes. At the last labour conference, Jeremy Corbyn had just seen off a bitter leadership challenge. Now hes getting rather used to the sounds of adulation. At a preconference rally, he said he can change the party and the country. To bring about the social justice we the country. To bring about the socialjustice we want, to bring about the society we want, to bring about the society we want, to bring about the society we want, to bring about the unity we want and together, together, together, we can and will do it. Thank you very much despite this show of unity, the mayor of
A gearbox change, Sebastian Vettel moves up to start alongside hamilton but with half a second between them, the german will need every trick to catch the briton. Back home, it is the biggest night in the rugby League Calendar as leeds take on castleford in the Super League Grand final at old trafford. Leeds have been in the final ten times and have won ten of those but this is all news from for castleford but they do have manners still luke gale in their season manners still luke gale in their season and they enjoyed a fantastic season. Season and they enjoyed a fantastic season. People have been questioning whether we have the wherewithal to be tough in a game of this magnitude. We need to prove people wrong and show we have the mettle to bea wrong and show we have the mettle to be a team who will be around for a fair while. I know from our coaches point of view where we have been and how far away we have been from this place. If you had a tape measure for the distance, at times we h
Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning what do you want from a Trump Presidency . He says he will make America Great again. He dominates oui America Great again. He dominates our programme today. Do get in touch. Use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Hes just hours away from the worlds most powerfuljob. This afternoon, at 5pm uk time, donald trump will be sworn in as 45th President of the United States. Last night, in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial, the Billionaire Businessman, who Beat The Odds to win novembers election, told the crowd that he will unify the country and give a voice to people who have been forgotten. Our washington Correspondent Laura Bicker has more. Marching band plays. This is a musical Warmup Act For One of the greatest political shows on earth. And centre stage for this welcome concert is its star. This is a first lo
Campaigning points there is unity. A warning new laws introduced last year to protect tenants in england from so called revenge evictions arent working. Also keeping a cool head. An australian man survives after struggling for hours to keep his nose above water, after his excavator rolled into a waterhole. And could this sound be the origins of the earliest words . Good morning. Its thursday 9th february. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Accident and Emergency Departments in england had their worst waiting time performance in january since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that a record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. The Department Of Health insists the vast majority of patients are treated quickly. Patients are traditionally supposed to be seen and discharged within four hours, with a target of 95 . But the bbc has learnt the provisional figures forjanuary show only 82 were seen within
Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that Record Numbers of patients spent more than four hours in accident and emergency units in england in january, according to figures leaked to the bbc. During a difficult winter for the nhs, january seems to be the worst performing month in the past 13 years. The figures also suggest Record Numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed, once theyd been seen in a e. The bma said the Prime Minister could no longer bury her head in the sand over increasing pressure in the nhs. And it accused the government of failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. For months now, accident and Emergency Departments across england have been struggling. Last week, the bbc was given exclusive access to the royal blackburn hospital, where the pressure on a e was plain to see. We need beds and staff. Its just like banging your head you need a bed. Definitely. Its distressing. Its really distressing