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