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a stark message to smokers, you are a drain on the nhs and you are bad for britain. 0r a drain on the nhs and you are bad for britain. or is it none of our business? or is it everyone s business? or is it everyone s business? personalfreedom, personal business? personal freedom, personal pleasure, business? personalfreedom, personal pleasure, responsibility, consideration for others, what do you think? is it a moral duty to quit smoking? get in touch. phone lines will light up as it were. here is the news from bethan holmes. thanks, nicky. nhs england is expected to announce significant changes to cancer waiting time targets which have been routinely missed in recent years. it s thought nine performance standards will be reduced to three. labour has accused the government of moving the goalposts after repeated failures. the health secretary steve barclay has denied that claim. the government is considering putting messages inside cigarette packets to encourage smokers t ....
in the species. let s start with some breaking news this hour. a russian military transport plane has crashed in belgorod region this of southern russia, close to the border with ukraine. russian news agencies are quoting the russian defence ministry as saying that on board were 65 ukrainian prisoners of war on their way to a prisoner exchange. the russian military said six crew members and three others accompanying the group were also on board. bbc verified has verified this video showing the moment of the crash. the defence industry says it does not have clear information on what happened and is clarifying the circumstances of the crash. live now to the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg in moscow. there has been a claim and counterclaim in the last hour. what do you do? do you do? there is a lot we don t know et do you do? there is a lot we don t know yet about do you do? there is a lot we don t know yet about this do you do? there is a lot we don t know yet ab ....
he hopes playing at craven cottage can make all the difference. him to make this difficult for liverpool at a big impact. the last two games we played there. and they pushed forward. and you can listen to that game at craven cottage on bbc radio 5 live and bbc sounds from 8pm tonight. or follow it on the bbc sport website. the efl have confirmed that two legged ties will remain in the efl cup semi finals, but that they are open to changing the format if a deal can be struck with the premier league. you can read more about that on the bbc sport website. chelsea will get to the women s champions league quarter finals if they beat real madrid tonight at stamford bridge. the spanish club can t qualify themselves, but they won their only point of the group stages controversially in the first game against chelsea, when a late winner was ruled out incorrectly for emma hayes side. necrotizing and just as they go in this game with the pressure to win. has been more dangerou ....
the moment, i cannot say a lot about the ukrainian reaction and the response to what happened. so for the ukrainian defence ministry has not confirmed that this military aircraft could have been downed by the ukrainian forces suit no confirmation from their side. ukrainians say this has asked for comments from the general staff, the defence ministry. the general staff replied that for now, they don t have enough information and they still have to try to find out what happened there. of course, the prisoners of war and the issue of swaps is one of the most sensitive and difficult things and issues of ukraine now. thousands of ukrainian military are still in the russian community and there was an expectation that new groups of prisoners could have happened but again, military intelligence that is in charge of these swaps of prisoners of war said that for now, they are not ready to provide any official statement or confirmation or denial whether any prisoners were schedule ....
good afternoon. royal mail could be allowed to reduce letter deliveries to five or even just three days a week. these are amongst the options being considered by the communications watchdog, ofcom. it says a universal postal service risks becoming unsustainable following a large fall in the numbers of letters we send. the prime minister has said that he s opposed to any cuts in key services provided by the royal mail. here s our business correspondent, theo leggett. it has been the same for generations. every day from monday to saturday postal workers have been out and about delivering letters. it is a service royal mail is still obliged to offer by law, but it is struggling to maintain it. and that leaves people like peter from ormskirk feeling frustrated. years a . o ormskirk feeling frustrated. years a . 0 cu ormskirk feeling frustrated. years ago you would ormskirk feeling frustrated. years ago you would know ormskirk feeling frustrated. years ago you would know ....