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also ahead: an american army veteran has been arrested after five people were shot dead at fort lauderdale airport in florida. donald trump promises to look at ways of combating future cyber attacks on us elections, after a briefing from intelligence chiefs. a bump in the road councils predict a huge rise in the repair bill for potholes in england and wales. we will meet the schoolboy putting his new running blade into action, as children in england are given sporting prosthetics for the first time on the nhs. in sport, it is a stroll for city in the fa cup, as manchester city put five past west ham united to go through to the fourth round. and helen has the weather. good morning. it is grey and murky out there, with some fog around, especially over the hills. but in contrast to yesterday, nowhere near as cold. i will have all the details for the weekend in around 15 minutes. join me if you can. good morning. first, our main story: the british red cross is warning of ....
hello, this is breakfast, with rachel burden and jon kay. the british red cross warns of a humanitarian crisis in nhs hospitals in england. the charity says the government needs to provide more money to ease the strain. it s after dozens of a&e departments were forced to divert ambulances to other hospitals. good morning, it s saturday 7th january. also ahead, an american army veteran has been arrested after five people were shot dead at fort lauderdale airport in florida. donald trump promises to look at ways of combating cyber attacks on us elections after a briefing from intelligence chiefs. a bump in the road councils predict a huge rise in the repair bill for potholes in england and wales. in sport, it s a stroll for city in the fa cup as manchester city put five past west ham united to go through to the fourth round. and in the next hour, we ll meet the schoolboy putting his new blade into action as children in england are given sporting prosthetics for the firs ....
some who don t receive the care they need to get washed, even some who ve fallen and not been found for days. a&e staff recognise the problems too. i think the pressures on the nhs, and especially in emergency care, are particularly intense at the moment. but what is more concerning is the number of patients who have been managed within four hours, and then the delays to admission into the hospital bed base, which unfortunately are very, very significant, and our staff are working under some pretty intolerable conditions at times trying to manage. and sometimes they just can t manage. figures from nhs england show that overflowing a&e departments had to close their doors to new patients more than 140 times over the last month. compare that with the same month in 2015 it s up more than 60%. the suspicion is that it s a combination of the cuts that we ve seen in social care, in community services run by the nhs, and very heavy pressure in general practice. so is the str ....
in nhs hospitals in england and is demanding the government allocates more money to improve social care. dozens of a&e departments were forced to divert ambulances to other hospitals last week. the royal college of emergency medicine says the system is on its knees, but the department of health says it s investing more money to improve services. dan johnson reports. winter pressure on accident and emergency nothing new, but the red cross now says the strain on hospitals in england amounts to a humanitarian crisis. the charity claims social care cuts mean patients are sent home without the right support, so then they end up back in a&e. red cross volunteers support nhs staff and say they ve seen patients sent home without clothes, some who don t receive the care they need to get washed, even some who ve fallen and not been found for days. a&e staff recognise the problems too. i think the pressures on the nhs, and especially in emergency care, are particularly intense a ....
recent decades has encouraged bad actors around the world to break their word. we cannot afford to ignore violations of international accords as we have done with iran. we cannot continue to accept empty promises like the ones china has made to pressure north korea to reform only to shy away from enforcement. looking the other way, when trust is broken, only encourages more bad behaviour. and it must end. we cannot be accountable if we are not truthful and honest in our dealings. as you are aware, my long standing involvement with the boy scouts of america, one of our bedrock ideals is honestly and indeed the phrase, on my honour begins the boy scout oath and it must underline our foreign policy. we need to be honest about radical islam. it is with good reason that our fellow citizens have concerns about a radical islam. radical islam poses a grave risk to the stability of nations and the well being of their citizens. powerful digital media platforms now allow isis, a ....