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Recruit another 20,000 new Health Workers in england. Jeremy hunt said it is time to end what he called an historic imbalance between mental and physical health services. The Royal College of nursing has questioned if there is enough time to train so many staff. As a teenager, hope had a serious eating disorder. She thought shed got through it after treatment but, last year, a Family Bereavement triggered a relapse. She was offered therapy, but was told there would be a 12 week wait news she sai...

Good morning. Car hire customers are being driven mad by problems with Vehicle Damage and excess insurance. Complaints are on the rise. I will be taking a look at why. In sport it is as easy one, two, three for englands cricketers. Moeen ali takes a hat trick to win the third test against south africa at the oval. England now lead the series 2 1 going into the final test in manchester. And carol has popped outside to bring us the weather. Good morning from the roof of Broadcasting House in londo...

Trade, britains only surviving cloth hall opens after a multi Million Pound renovation. Good morning. Its tuesday 1st august. Im julian worricker. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. British gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. Its owner centrica says Electricity Prices will increase by 12. 5 from 15th september. 3. 1 million customers will be affected. But the companys gas prices will be held at their current level. The average annual dual fu...

And the new man at vogue, Edward Enninful takes over at the premierfashion magazine. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Five. British gas has defended its decision to raise Electricity Prices by 12. 5 for more than Three Million customers next month. Centrica, which owns british gas, said it was facing increased costs from government policies, such as installing smart meters, and for transmission and distribution. It said that as a result, its selling electricity at a loss. But the gove...

We have a special investigation. It has been for months been since those Business Rate changes affected millions of companies. Didcot has seen some of the biggest rises. In sport, as usain bolt get set to race for the final time, a time 0lympic race for the final time, a time Olympic Champion has told us the sport will die if athletes keep doping. And plans to rip up speed bumps in a an effort to tackle speed bumps. For many of us its a dry and bright start, with a couple of showers. But we have...

How to vacation like vladimir. Welljoin russias action man president as he goes on his summer holidays. And jay has the weather. Quite a fresh start was quite a lot of bright weather and south and eastern areas hold on to the sunshine but more Northern Areas will see rain. The man said to be the worlds greatest ever sprinter, usain bolt, has failed to win his last individual 100 metre race at the World Athletics Championships in london. Bolt is retiring, after a career which saw him win 11 world...

How to vacation like vladimir. Welljoin russias action man president as he goes on his summer holidays. And jay has the weather. Quite a fresh start was quite a lot of bright weather and south and eastern areas hold on to the sunshine but more Northern Areas will see rain. The man said to be the worlds greatest ever sprinter, usain bolt, has failed to win his last individual 100 metre race at the World Athletics Championships in london. Bolt is retiring, after a career which saw him win 11 world...

How to vacation like vladimir. Welljoin russias action man president as he goes on his summer holidays. And jay has the weather. Quite a fresh start was quite a lot of bright weather and south and eastern areas hold on to the sunshine but more Northern Areas will see rain. The man said to be the worlds greatest ever sprinter, usain bolt, has failed to win his last individual 100 metre race at the World Athletics Championships in london. Bolt is retiring, after a career which saw him win 11 world...

Doctors say a british woman who was shot while on holiday to brazil is lucky to be alive. Eloise dixon is reported to have been attacked when her family drove into a slum area. Good morning. Tesco has announced its scrapping 5p Carrier Bags altogether in favour of the more expensive bags for life. Ill be asking if other retailers will do the same. Also this morning, the challenge of finding the right pair of shoes for the children. Well be getting the latest advice on a problem troubling many pa...

From our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. I am glad you could join us. Newsday. I am glad you could join us. It is in singapore, 7am in washington and 7 30am in pyongyang. The State Media Is Reporting north korea is developing a plan to launch four missiles at the us island of guam. This comes after the us Defence Secretary issued a warning to north korea than he should stop any actions that would lead to the end of his regime and the destruction of his peopl...