Let me bring you some breaking news on the nhs. The average Response Time in february for ambulances in england dealing with the most urgent incidents, defined as calls from people with life threatening illnesses or injuries, was eight minutes and 25 seconds, nhs figures show. This is down very slightly from eight minutes and 26 Seconds Injanuary, but is above the target standard Response Time of seven minutes. Ambulances took an average of 36 minutes and 20 seconds last month to respond to emergency calls such as heart attacks, strokes and sepsis. This is down from a0 minutes and six Seconds Injanuary while the target is 18 minutes. Response times for urgent calls, such as late stages of labour, Non Severe Burns and diabetes, averaged two hours, four minutes and 12 seconds in february, down from two hours, 12 minutes and 48 seconds in january. Back to our top story. The communities secretary, michael gove, has told the bbc why the government is introducing a new definitgion for extrem
as celebrations to mark the coronation of king charles enter their final day, people across the uk are taking part in community events. the big help out is urging people to take on volunteering roles and members of the royal family have been dropping in on some of the projects. charlotte gallagher reports. after the glitz and glamour of the coronation concert, today s celebrations come down to earth. scouts and their volunteer leaders are just some of the thousands of people taking part in the big help out. and a famous face is getting involved too. it makes us all a better person when we get involved. we extend our network and meet new people and develop new friendships. we feel like we are doing something positive. and i love that. members of the royal family are at some of the events, including the prince and princess of wales and their children. they ve been in slough, helping the scouts with a bit of building work, with prince louis keeping up with his older brother, g
of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp. thank of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp. thank you of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp, thank you so of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp, thank you so much - of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp, thank you so much for- of sudan itself. the panel richard | kemp, thank you so much for your insight on bbc news just met colonel richard kemp. we are going to continue the story. so many developments. british diplomats have been evacuated from sudan. more coming up shortly. this is bbc news. so, let s continue their corresponding caroline hawley, who can us more detail and more context. caroline, i would just like to pose and remind viewers if they are just joining us what has taken place. to pause. 0bviously, joining us what has taken place. to pause. obviously, a lot more people will now be thinking if our diplomatic staff detail have been evacuated from a foreign country something has gone very wrong, so let s
into a letter she wrote about racism for the observer newspaper. and back to london. the dutch siffan hassan and the kenyan kelvin kiptum have won the race for female and male categories in the london marathon. hello. i m lukwesa burak. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rival factions of the army enters a second week. the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the united states has carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet, on how other british nationals are supposed to leave. with the latest here s our africa correspondent, andrew harding. in war torn khartoum this morning, dramatic moves to rescue at least some trapped foreigners. overnight, american military helicopters flew into sudan, heading for the capital in the centre of the country. in a short but successful operation, nearly 100 us embassy staff and their families we