Criticises the head of anti doping for undermining an investigation into anti doping revelations. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres been a steep increase in the number of people arriving at accident and Emergency Departments in england with Mental Health problems. The latest official figures analysed for the bbc show that last year there were over 165,000 Psychiatric Attendances at a e. Thats a rise of 47 per cent over the last four years. That includes a rise of 89 per cent in the number of children and young people under 18 attending a e. Emergency doctors describe the figures as the tip of the iceberg. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent alison holt reports from birmingham. Its another day of unrelenting demand in the Emergency Department of Birminghams Queen Elizabeth hospital. Is there any movement in terms of beds . Patients are lining up on trolleys in the corridor, and The Waiting Room is packed. Next customer, counter one, please. Shes taken an overdose of s
Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am here in london and 7pm in chicago, where barack obama is about to deliver the final big speech of his presidency. Its expected to be a parting plea to americans not to lose faith in their future, no matter what they think about their next president. Its also his last chance to try to define his legacy. The president landed in chicago a little earlier, a Fitting Bookend to what began eight years ago, in the city where the nations first black president claimed his victory. This is the scene live, as the stage has been set. Hundreds of people making their way to the Convention Centre in chicago and all eyes will be on barack obama, in around 50 minutes time from now to see him deliver his final farewell address. Our correspondent Laura Trevelyan is in chicago. We saw many people are saying in but now it is pretty quiet, they are all inside . Mostly. There are still some lawyer people doing it. A firefighter here in chicago is with me. This is a big
Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am here in london and 7pm in chicago, where barack obama is about to deliver the final big speech of his presidency. Its expected to be a parting plea to americans not to lose faith in their future, no matter what they think about their next president. Its also his last chance to try to define his legacy. The president landed in chicago a little earlier, a Fitting Bookend to what began eight years ago, in the city where the nations first black president claimed his victory. This is the scene live, as the stage has been set. Hundreds of people making their way to the Convention Centre in chicago and all eyes will be on barack obama, in around 50 minutes time from now to see him deliver his final farewell address. Our correspondent Laura Trevelyan is in chicago. We saw many people are saying in but now it is pretty quiet, they are all inside . Mostly. There are still some lawyer people doing it. A firefighter here in chicago is with me. This is a big
PETER HITCHENS: There is a simple solution to the BBC s demand for another increase in its licence fee. If it won t even try to be impartial - freeze the fee which will then quickly dwindle thanks to inflation .