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thousands of people are protesting for the third night across romania against a government decree that would see dozens of officials, charged with corruption, released from prison. more than 200,000 people have been out on the streets, the biggest protests since the fall of communism in 1989. this report from the bbc‘s greg dawson. this latest protest may have lacked the teargas and the trouble of the night before, but it didn t lack the numbers. in freezing temperatures about 80,000 gathered outside the parliament in bucharest. for a third night, chanting thieves . and once again this protest fanned out across romania, with more than 200,000 believed to have taken part in 20 towns and cities. people from different backgrounds and generations accusing the government of turning a blind eye to corruption. translation: i came to express my dissatisfaction with the laws which they have passed like thieves. a decision has been made, contrary to people s will. that decisio ....
welcome to bbc news. the number of patients on hospital wards has been at levels deemed to be unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts in england this winter that s according to the bbc‘s analysis of nhs figures. the pressure on beds has meant many patients have been at a higher risk of infection and delays in getting treated. up to date figures aren t available for the rest of the uk. nhs england says the main problem is finding alternative care for patients who were medically well but frail. our correspondent, jane dreaper, has been to a hospital in somerset to see just how much pressure the nhs is under. it s been a very difficult winter at yeovil hospital in somerset. like many other hospitals in england, they ve had to battle behind the scenes here to find enough free beds in recent weeks. you can get periods, particularly over the winter period, when you are managing bed by bed, minute by minute, and teams are having to spend a lot of time and energy running aroun ....
muslim countries is essential, but it s still suspended by the courts. alastair cook resigns as england test captain after four years in charge and two ashes victories. and, final preparations for the biggest ever exhibition of works by david hockney. i m not saying i m that good, but i m not that terrible either. and in sportsday on bbc news, director of cricket andrew strauss says alastair cook stepped down as england captain because he was drained and lacked the energy and drive to continue. good evening. we start tonight with new evidence of the immense pressure on parts of the nhs in england, with patient numbers considered unsafe in the majority of hospital trusts this winter. over the past week bbc news has been given exclusive access to the royal blackburn hospital. its accident and emergency department receives more ambulances than any other in the north west of england. in the first of two extended reports our special correspondent ed thomas has been speaking ....
on a liberal campus. we find out what that s like. hello and welcome to 100 days. i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser s in london. britain is about to take another decisive step towards brexit. yes, in the next hour, mps will be voting on a bill that will give the prime minister the power to trigger article 50 the formal notice to quit the european union. this is the scene in the lower house of commons at the moment. i think the pm will be pretty pleased with the way it has gone. theresa may has seen off a rebellion from her own mps, who were threatening to support an opposition amendment. so, when it comes to the final vote this evening, the vote to send it on its way to the lords, we expect the bill to go through largely unchanged. i have been speaking to the conservative member of parliament anna soubry, who campaigned for the uk to remain in the eu. 48% of people in the uk voted to remain and so did a large number of mps and people watching, particularly ....
in syria s third city of homs, killing dozens of people. some reports put the number of dead at more than a0. also coming up: the national trust receives an unexpected gift. the island that inspired its creation. grasmere island in cumbria has been held in private hands for 124 years but has 110w private hands for 124 years but has now been gifted to the organisation ina now been gifted to the organisation in a will. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. good afternoon. the former labour foreign secretary david miliband says the party is the furthest it s been from power in 50 years. he was responding to labour s by election defeat in copeland in cumbria where the conservatives overturned a majority of more than two thousand to oust labour from a seat it had held for 80 years. jeremy corbyn has said he won t step down as leader. here s our political correspondent, matt cole. if these scenes in store, where labour held the seat, had been repeated there would be few ....