and, we look at a treasure trove of freddie mercury s personal items collected over 30 years before they go under the hammer. and coming up on bbc news. manchester city and arsenal go head to head at the etihad, with city looking to turn the tide in the title race with a win over the league leaders. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the first plane carrying british nationals fleeing sudan is due to land at stansted airport in about an hour. the evacuees were initially taken to larnaca in cyprus, before boarding a charter flight to the uk. more flights are expected throughout the day, to move hundreds of uk citizens out of the country during a 72 hour ceasefire, which has come after more than a week of fighting. british passport holders have been asked to make their own way to an airbase on the outskirts of the sudanese capital khartoum. so far, three british planes have flown from there to larnaca. another potential escape route is by sea, from port sudan, bu
dangerous situation in sudan. it is deeply sad. we are seeing great human suffering. the temporary ceasefire is due to end tomorrow. more than 20,000 new police recruits in england and wales the government says it has fulfilled its election pledge labour says they re just playing catch up. we entrust our ancestral home to you. battling it out for the future of gaming surprise as microsoft s 55 billion pound bid to buy the company behind world of warcraft and call of duty is suddenly blocked. and the king and queen consort set foot on liverpool s eurovision stage as it s revealed for the first time. 0n bbc london, countdown to the coronation. with just ten days to go, will the celebrations bring a good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the first plane bringing british nationals back from sudan has landed in the uk with around 100 people on board. they began their long journey from an airbase about 20 miles outside the sudanese capital khartoum but they had
also tonight: a promise to appoint 20,000 extra police in england and wales has been delivered, say ministers while labour says it s simply making up for the job cuts of the past. two former senior managers at the private health care firm the priory group, say they had concerns about the safety of patients and staff. and manchester city welcomed arsenal this evening for a top of the table clash in the premier league. and coming up on bbc news. luca brecel shocks ronnie o sullivan winning 7 frames in a row to reach the semi finals of the world snooker championships in sheffield. good evening. the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of sudan has made progress today. the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. two flights landed at stansted airport in essex today. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence that s erupted between two military factions. a ceasefire declared
To private investors. if you re struggling - with your mental health. the priory group gets hundreds of millions of pounds a year from the nhs and local council to provide care for adults and children. there s a huge demand for its services. a recent report by the cqc into the group found staff were very proud to work there and noted a positive change in culture since the sell off. but it also said there was extremely high staff turnover , which in some services was having an impact on the quality and safety of ca re . the priory group wouldn t give us an interview or statement, but their lawyers told us it:
Office wanted savings to be made. they always used to say, you know, we need to shave headcount and increase productivity. and the main priority from the central priory, for senior management, was to keep your beds that are occupied as high as you possibly could. and the impact? both managers told us they felt pressured to admit patients the wards couldn t cope with and that, they believed, wasn t safe. it was just get the bed filled and that was that, whether they were suitable or not. harriet was a healthcare assistant at another priory hospital. we were constantly having patients that just weren t suitable. so a lot of the time we would have patients come in that should have been in a psychiatric intensive care unit, and we would be kind of pressured into accepting the admission. why were you pressured into it? to get the bed filled. the priory group wouldn t give us an interview or statement, but their lawyers told us it safely