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to the bbc news at one. nearly half of hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of this year. nhs figures released this morning reveal that 66 of the 152 hospital trusts raised the alarm, as large numbers of patients experienced trolley waits and delays in a&e. eight of the trusts declaring a major alert reported the highest level of alarm, meaning patient safety was at risk. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. another busy day for the health service, where the pressure of winter is unrelenting. earlier this week, leicester royal infirmary was one of more than 60 hospitals in england to declare a major alert as the strain on services grew. the latest data from nhs england exposes how the health service is struggling to cope. one in five patients admitted as an emergency last week experienced a delay of at least four hours for a bed. nearly one in four patients waited over four hours to be seen in a&e. in some place it s reached nearly h ....
severe flood warnings are in place along much of england s east coast, with thousands of homes at risk, as snow and strong winds continue to hit much of the uk. the risk of high tides has led the environment agency to issue severe flood warnings meaning danger to life. this is the environment agency map and as you can see, there are dozens of locations along the east coast at risk. evacuations are under way injaywick in essex, and here in great yarmouth. 17 severe flood warnings across england and wales and 18 flood warnings 86 flood warnings where immediate action is required. there are also 56 alerts where flooding as possible and individuals should be prepared for rising water levels. my colleague ben brown is in great yarmouth. jane, good afternoon. it is filthy weather here. very windy, very rainy as well. 5000 homes in great yarmouth are being evacuated as we speak. troops and police going around those homes trying to get people to leave their homes because ....
bbc news from great yarmouth. one of the areas on the east coast of england where there are fears of extensive flooding because of a coastal surge expected later on this evening. here in great yarmouth at 9:15pm it will be high tide and that is when the environment agency are warning people that coastal waters may come over seed defences and flood homes. that is why you can see behind me people are getting sand bags prepared. this is a council run facility where they are providing the bags and the sand. people are being told bring your own spades, fill up your own sandbags and take them to your homes to protect your homes. some 5000 homes in this area are being evacuated. also 2500 in essex, in jay wynne copying evacuated. across england and wales there are 17 flood warnings 2500 homes injay there are 17 flood warnings 2500 homes in jay wynne there are 17 flood warnings 2500 homes injay wynne are being evacuated. danny savage is in skegness. along the east coas ....
good evening, it s 5pm, the main stories. severe flood warnings are in place along much of england s east coast, with thousands of homes at risk, as snow and strong winds continue to hit the uk. the risk of high tides and storm surges has led to the warnings which mean there is a danger to life. this is the environment agency map and as you can see, there are dozens of locations at risk. down the east coast and down towards the south east. evacuations are under way injaywick in essex, and great yarmouth in norfolk. in total there are 17 severe flood warnings in place across england and wales. there are also 90 warnings where flooding is expected and immediate action is required. and 64 alerts where flooding is possible and individuals should be prepared for rising water levels. ben brown is in great yarmouth. people here in great yarmouth busy as you can see behind me, collecting sandbags. the sand and bags provided by the council. people have to come here with spades ....
is to create fairer trade deals for the us, and support strong borders everywhere. the us president elect has been giving details of his foreign policy goals in an interview with british and german newspapers the times and bild. the president elect also raised the possibility of a deal with russia. he said he would reverse sanctions in return for moscow substantially reducing its arsenal of nuclear weapons. he reiterated his campaign message that he wanted to get the us a fairer deal within the nato alliance. he described it as an obsolete organisation, and argued that many of the countries the us had signed up to protect did not pay theirfair share. and he had these comments on one of his most controversial policies, free trade, and how america is losing out to china. the problem is, the united states is always taken advantage of. yes. we have hundreds of billions of dollars of trade deficits with china. we have $805 billion in trade deficits, with the world. you almos ....