As they move from primary to secondary school, englands childrens commissioner says. The leader of the council in windsor calls for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the Royal Wedding in may. And Britains Andy Murray withdraws from the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. He hasnt played a competitive match since wimbledon. Donald trumps lawyers have threatened his former chief of staff steve bannon with legal action for speaking about his time on the Election Campaign to the author of an explosive new book about the president. The book by the journalist Michael Wolff makes many bold claims including that donald trump was unprepared for the job and his wife melania cried when he won the race to the white house. Mr bannon was quoted as describing the president s son donald junior as treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting russians during the campaign. Mr trump hit back, accusing his former strategist of losing his mind,
Our main story at five. The Prime Minister has apologised for a decision to postpone some operations in england until next month, saying she knows its difficult, frustrating and disappointing. Her remarks came after further evidence of pressure on the nhs this winter. Bbc analysis has found that one in eight patients taken to hospital by ambulance in england so far this winter has had to wait more than half an hour to be handed over to nhs staff. Figures also show a Record Number of people called the nhs 111 number during the festive period. The Prime Minister today in Frimley Park Hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. The National Health service continues to do a fantasticjob for people. Yes, it has pressures overwinter. Yes, it has particular pressures in the christmas and new year period. The staff are dedicated, weve put extra resources in. Figures from nhs england give us a snapshot into a week of co
The Australian Open, as he continues to struggle with a long term hip problem. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres even more evidence today of the mounting pressure on the nhs in england this winter. New figures compiled by the bbc show that for the last six weeks of 2017, more than 75,000 patients were left in ambulances for 30 minutes or more. Thats one in every eight patients enduring a delay. And last week was the busiest ever for the nhs iii helpline. It received more than 480,000 calls. Today, theresa may apologised for the thousands of operations that have already been cancelled. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports on the nhs winter crisis. Erm, but were in a queue with lots of other people, who are clearly very sick. Everybodys waiting to get in. A patients eye view of the stress across the nhs. A queue of ambulances waiting to hand over patients at a hospital. There were eeeele en the fleer ; most of them were elderly. There was an elderly lady that i reme
Virginia. The tide vote that came down to a lottery. Finally, we have a result. Get in touch with us using the hashtag, beyond1000ays. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. We are just four days into the new year and there is already full drama in the white house. Donald trumps lawyers are furiously trying to stop the publication of a tell all book which disparages the president. In a dramatic statement, mr trump has dumped his former ally steve bannon for his quotes in the book. Fire and fury, is byjournalist Michael Wolff and there are questions about his sourcing. But the image of a chaotic administration, where even the cabinet members dont think the president is up to the job, corroborates a lot of other reporting, which is why this book has triggered big loud alarm bells in the white house. Heres our north america editorjon sopel. Hell hath no fury like a bannon scorned, it it would seem. Steve bannon, who was described as the brains behind
Caused travel chaos and is being blamed for up to 17 deaths. And well be finding out why irn bru fans are stockpiling the soft drink ahead of a planned recipe change. Good evening. Theres even more evidence today of the mounting pressure on the nhs in england this winter. New figures compiled by the bbc show that for the last six weeks of 2017 more than 75,000 patients were left in ambulances for 30 minutes or more. Thats one in every eight patients enduring a delay. And last week was the busiest ever for the nhs111 helpline it received more than 480,000 calls. Today theresa may apologised for the thousands of operations that have already been cancelled. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports. But were in a queue with lots of other people who are clearly very sick. Everybodys waiting to get in. A patients eye view of the stress across the nhs. A queue of ambulances waiting to hand over patients at a hospital. Leah was stuck for more than an hour in the ambulance with her mother, who was