to frontline politics and will run as a candidate in the general election for the reform uk party, which he will now also lead. he s to contest the seat of clacton in essex, his eighth attempt to become an mp, having previously said he wouldn t run in this election. but he s changed his mind because he said he didn t want to let millions of people down. he also predicted that labour would win the election, and that as a member of parliament, he could provide more of an opposition to sir keir starmer than the conservatives, whom he claims are incapable. lucy manning has all the details. mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t - mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t we? | find out in the moment, won t we? why have you changed your mind? who says why have you changed your mind? who says i why have you ch
we ask if disillusioned mps should stick or quit. more data from the nhs shows four out of 10 hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. we ll hear from some of those on the frontline this week. one of the things that worried me was it was taking up to two hours to arrive at the hospital to hand over their patients from the ambulance to the a&e floor. well, i see we re trying a new experiment this morning. i hope it doesn t prove to be a disturbing influence. the president and the press it used to sound so different. how will we know what to believe in a new era of presidential tweets and accusations of fake news? good evening. it was not meant as an act of insurgency, tristram hunt warned today, explaining his resignation as a labour mp shouldn t be interpreted as a desire to rock the boat. but whether or not it was intended, the boat today, was definitely rocked. the mp for stoke central stepped down to become head of the v&a museum an at
welcome to bbc news. president trump has begun his term in office by immediately starting to dismantle the flagship health policy of his predecessor, known as obamaca re. in his inauguration speech mr trump promised to preside over the transfer of power from washington back to the people, and said that in every act and every decision he would ensure that the interests of americans were put ahead of all others. president trump has already taken his first steps in changing policies, signing an executive order which targets obamacare, much of which he says he wishes to abolish. the revamped white house website is also now highlighting mr trump s new six issue agenda. energy, foreign policy, jobs and growth, military, law enforcement and trade deals. some observers point out that it makes no mention of civil rights, healthca re or climate change. the new president s cabinet is beginning to take shape retired generaljames mattis has been sworn in as defence secretary. and joh
donald j trump and the first lady of the united states. he beamed as he arrived at galas across washington, clasping the hand of his wife and first lady. inaugural balls are part of the choreography of this historic day. and mr trump invited supporters from across the country. well, we did it. cheering we began this journey, and they said we we and me we didn t have a chance, but we knew we were going to win. and we won. # i did it my way.# as he shuffled around the floor, word spread that he had already made his first executive move. this is an executive order minimising the economic burden of the patient protection and affordable care act. an action that will help repeal obamaca re, his predecessor s signature health care law. across the country, gatherings of a more hostile nature sprung up from coast to coast. in washington, over 200 people were arrested after a handful of small anti trump rallies turned violent. in chicago, hundreds peacefully voiced their concerns a
on the shores of new zealand. coming up in sport we are live here in cardiff at the principality stadium to preview all of this weekend s 6 nations fixtures including wales against england. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says it s completely unacceptable that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. figures show that waiting times in casualty units are worse than at any time in the last decade. and the number of operations cancelled at the last minute hit a fifteen hear high last year. mr hunt insists he does have an improvement plan though didn t reveal it and he admits it will take time. he was talking to our health editor hugh pym. the worst monthly a&e figures in more than a decade. they have corridor nurses as well. times are very desperate. images like this across bbc news. no one would want it for members of their own family. it has been a difficult few days for the health secretary and he ha