and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who s died at the age of 78. there s more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england, ambulance response times in december were the worse on record. were the worst on record. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. the highest priority calls with an immediate threat to life took almost 11 minutes on average, the target is seven. and patients are waiting even longer in accident and emergency, 35% waited more than four hours that s another record. our health correspondent jim reed reports. long queues for ambulances, the most 999 calls ever, record waits in a&e, new figures today show in blunt terms the pressure the nhs is under. martin started feeling chest pains in his home in east sussex in november. his family rang three times for an ambulance. we kept thinking, the ambulance will pull up any minute, it is going to ar
edmonds good opportunity to make a comeback. in the women s draw a tricky one for harriet dart, play much better looking run up against a german player and that ankle looks very much recovered now. i was watching her practice in the shadow of the mcg cricket ground a bit earlier and it looks like she is returning to the sort of intensity of practice you need just four days before the start of a grand slam. russell reporting there. russell fuller reporting. manchester united have agreed a deal to sign dutch striker vout veghorst on loan for the rest of the season. the 30 year old burnley forward scored two late goals for the netherlands in their world cup quarterfinal with argentina last month. he spent the first half of the season on loan to besiktas, and scored eight goals in 16 games for the turkish club. australia have withdrawn from their men s one day series against afghanistan because of the taliban s restrictions on women and girls. australia were set to play a three match s