week, could more hosepipe bans be brought in across parts of the uk? and it s the final day of the commonwealth games in birmingham where scotland have just won a gold in the diving. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. england s lauren smith and marcus smith have to settle for silver in their badminton final, on the last day of the commonwealth games. good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one. bbc research has found that only one in ten nhs dentists in the uk are taking on new adult patients. the most extensive survey in years has revealed that some areas are dental deserts . out of nearly 6,900 nhs dental practices contacted, 90% said they were no longer accepting any new adult patients. only a quarter of those dental practices said they operated a waiting list to become an nhs patient and for most of those, the wait was at least a year or more. and in 12% of local authority areas in the uk, we couldn t find a single practice that would accept a child.
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