Im a refugee, i came to england at the age of six. He campaigned for more to be brought to the uk. Today he reacts to a government decision to stop receiving children under the scheme he championed, calling it shameful. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11am this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today accident and Emergency Departments in england had their worst waiting time performance last month since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. The Department Of Health insists the vast majority of patients are treated quickly. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. For months now, accident and Emergency Departments across england have been struggling. Last week, the bbc was gi
A decision on the future of arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wont be made until the end of the season, the bbc understands. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trumps most senior diplomat, the Secretary Of State, Rex Tillerson, is making his debut on the International Stage. Hes attending a meeting of Foreign Ministers from the 620 countries in germany. He will have talks with the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, among others. State Department Officials say mr tillerson wants to listen, and to offer reassurances about president trumps approach to international affairs. David willis reports. Americas Secretary Of State has a lot on his plate. Rex tillersons top priority will be reassuring nervous allies that the government he is part of is not in fact descending into chaos. Given the evidence that exists to the contrary, however, it might prove a difficult message to sell. Not yet four weeks into his term in office, mr trump has had his travel ban blocked, his National S
lewis, an nhs life saver, in uniform, but not in work. nhs managers say. the impact of today s ambulance strike in england and wales could be worse . than the last one. the winter pressure grows more and more and more, and now, to be sat there holding for hours and hours and hours, that s just something that i ve not seen before in my career. how does it leave you feeling about the job? it s upsetting. as i said, the upset is that when you re hearing that radio go off, that, you know, they ve got nothing to send. he d be excited abouti using his skills, and. work pressure follows him home. it s not like it used to be. he sjust not usingl his skills any more. do you see that stress? yes, definitely. do i come home with stress? yes! if i didn t think it was right, i wouldn t do it, but i can t see any other option we ve been left with now, and we are literally fighting for the nhs. it s quite nice to hear the public are behind us.
than the last one. the winter pressure grows more, and more, and more, and now, to be sat there holding for hours and hours and hours, that s just something that i ve not seen before in my career. how does it leave you feeling about the job? it s upsetting. as i said, the upset is that when you re hearing that radio go off, that, you know, they ve got nothing to send. he d be excited abouti using his skills, and. work pressure follows him home. it s not how it used to be. he sjust not using his skills any more. do you see that stress? yes, definitely. do i come home stressed? yes! if i didn t think it was right, i wouldn t do it, but i can t see any other option we ve been left with now, and we are literally fighting for the nhs. horns honk. it s quite nice to hear the public are behind us. some people say you re putting lives at risk today because of this action.
across the uk, as doctors, nurses on the health service try to navigate their way through another tough winter. our health reporter jim reed is with me now. i wonder how much surprise for them people you talk to about these figures, but stillalarming people you talk to about these figures, but still alarming to hear about this? about this? what i wanted to talk about this? what i wanted to talk about here about this? what i wanted to talk about here is about this? what i wanted to talk about here is how about this? what i wanted to talk about here is how some - about this? what i wanted to talk about here is how some people i about this? what i wanted to talk- about here is how some people think we get these headlines every year, there is winter pressure on the nhs every year, which inevitably there is. at this time it does seem much more intense. this graph put together from more intense. this graph put togetherfrom our more intense. this graph put together from our data journal