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Welcome to bbc news. Theres been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs as its emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. That means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled and doctors were called in from leave. Four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm as hospitals and accident and Emergency Departments struggled to cope. Nhs england says six of the trusts overall issued the highes...

Welcome to bbc news. Theres been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs as its emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. That means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled and doctors were called in from leave. Four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm as hospitals and accident and Emergency Departments struggled to cope. Nhs england says six of the trusts overall issued the highes...

Welcome to bbc news. Theres been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs as its emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. That means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled and doctors were called in from leave. Four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm as hospitals and accident and Emergency Departments struggled to cope. Nhs england says six of the trusts overall issued the highes...

Welcome to bbc news. Theres been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs as its emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. That means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled and doctors were called in from leave. Four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm as hospitals and accident and Emergency Departments struggled to cope. Nhs england says six of the trusts overall issued the highes...

Welcome to bbc news. Theres been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs as its emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. That means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled and doctors were called in from leave. Four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm as hospitals and accident and Emergency Departments struggled to cope. Nhs england says six of the trusts overall issued the highes...

Also today, the President Elect has sent out another barrage of Early Morning tweets, accusing his opponents of making up allegations over his ties to russia. Hes promised a report into hacking within 90 days, as our North America correspondent nick bryant reports. There are storylines that could easily come from a cold war spy thriller, and plot twists involving Sex Allegations and potential russian blackmail that even the tv series House Of Cards might baulk at. But this is reality, not a show...

Welcome to bbc news. Theres been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs as its emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. That means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled and doctors were called in from leave. Four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm as hospitals and accident and Emergency Departments struggled to cope. Nhs england says six of the trusts overall issued the highes...

Claimed dozens of lives across Central Europe and the balkans. Ivan miskovic has told bbc news that many have refused shelters, fearing deportations. 15,000 people are living in tents as far south as greece, including the islands of lesbos and samos. Aid agencies warn they are at risk of freezing to death. Its in the balkans, though, where the situation is far more urgent. Well have that interview with a serbian official in a moment, but first, heres simon jones. The cold snap is tightening its ...

Coming up in sport on bbc news, andy murray gets a winning start in the Australian Open and was made to work, but is through to the second round. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Just days before taking over the white house, President Elect donald trump has promised a quick trade deal with britain. The former Cabinet Minister and brexit campaigner, michael gove, who interviewed mr trump for the times newspaper, said the President Elect was enthusiastic about britain leaving the...

Britons on a beach in tunisia in 2015 hears that the shooting could have been stopped sooner. And a young woman abducted as a baby 18 years ago has now been reunited with both her biological parents. Its five oclock. Our main story is the political crisis in Northern Ireland, where the Power Sharing Executive has collapsed following sinn feins refusal today to nominate a new Deputy First Minister to replace Martin Mcguinness. The First Minister and dup leader, Arlene Foster, has accused sinn fei...