Increased use of private providers . Is it the thin end of the wedge as far as you see it, the start of the Slippery Slope towards full privatisation that some people really worry about . Let us know. There is the phone number, nhs weights, that is what we are doing. Is private cure . Lets get the news headlines. The worlds oceans have had their hottest ever recorded temperature as they soak up warmth from climate change. Scientists say the average Surface Temperature reached 20. 96 celsius this week, surpassing the previous high set in 2016. The government are set out plans to expand the use of the private sector to tackle the nhs backlog in england. 30 new Community Diagnostic Centres are being set up, eight of which will be run privately. The sector already carries out hundreds of thousands of treatments for the Health Service each year, but it says it has the capacity to do around 30 more. Five people who were arrested after an anti fossil fuels protest at the home of the Prime Min
It has just been downgraded to a category three storm, but its still capable of wind speeds approaching 200 kph. The storm has killed three people over the weekend. These are live pictures from florida, where the streets are deserted, as you can see. Officials are warning that the Emergency Services simply cannot help anybody who are still out in that storm. More than 2 million homes and businesses are now without power. The greatest danger is likely to come from storm surges. Pushing water inland. Much of the financial district of miami is now under water. At least two construction cranes have come crashing down on buildings. Curfews will now go into force in tampa and St Petersburg in the next couple of hours. Only hours before it finally hit florida keys, Hurricane Irma became more powerful. That rate here is the road in front of our house. This surge, iam road in front of our house. This surge, i am going to go with seven feet. Bryan cooper will is one of those who defied the order
Hello and welcome to bbc news for President Trumps Reelection Campaign is expected to receive a major boost within the next couple of hours, with the confirmation of his latest Supreme Court nominee, amy Coney Barrett. So, lets just take you to the scene live from the Centre Forward democrats have been trying to delay the vote making speech distressed the vote making speech distressed the debate to its maximum limit. But the debate to its maximum limit. But the Republican Chamber has all but certain to confirm judge barrett to the lifetime position. That would result in a 6 3 conservative majority on the 9 member court to its ideological balance to potentially decades to come. Lebo diseko is on capitol hill for us. Where are we with this . As you said the senators are at the moment on the senators are at the moment on the floor of the house, they are making speeches and we are expecting in the next half hour or so they will take that vote and probably ta ke will take that vote and prob
This is bbc news. The headlines at 5 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. This is main suspect a junior army officer, who killed his Commanding Officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. He is still at large. Five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. Six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 56 network. Why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat . I dont know of anything else in the world that would do that. The met Office Issues Severe Weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. Both desperate for a win england are taking on scotland
in the six nations. Reports from thailand say an armed soldier has killed 20 people, northeast of the capital bangkok. More than a dozen othe
This is bbc news. Im shaun ley. The headlines at six 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in northeast thailand. This is main suspect a junior army officer, who killed his Commanding Officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. He is still at large. Five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. Six senior conservative mps write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 56 network. Why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat . I dont know of anyone else in the world that would do that. 0fficials working on borisjohnsons pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 Police Officers say that theyll actually need to take on more than 50,000 as many are set to leave the met Office Issues Severe Weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. Adam hastings