Conservation staff and volunteers are battling to save 100 that are still alive, in one of the areas worst Whale Standings in living memory. Good morning, its friday 10th february. Im rachel schofield. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, has conceded the Nhs In England is facing completely unacceptable problems. He said there was no excuse for some of the difficulties highlighted during the bbcs nhs week. A series of reports have revealed Lengthening Waits in a e and patients being left for hours on trolleys. In an exclusive interview with the bbc, mr hunt told our Health Editor hugh pym that the government has a plan, but it will take time to deliver. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said the problems of high Patient Demand were not unique to the nhs, and all leading Health Systems were grappling with the same c
Of sunshine there have been, and more. Someone has been taking all these measurements here every day for over 200 years. Its my responsibility now, im the one doing it now, i have been doing it for 18 years. These are just as accurate as digital thermometers and there is no significant difference in them, really. So the old way is as good as the new way, really, you know. An automatic Weather Station will provide more data, more often, and ensure the record goes on if someone cant be found to follow in shanes footsteps. And what a record it is. With those first readings still stored at the observatory. Well, youve got some history there, havent you, michael . I certainly have, yes. These are the first readings of weather here at armagh observatory. This is the first sheet of measurements, it goes back, lets see, 27th Of December 179a. And its very simple measurements, just three things. Its the inside temperature, the outside temperature, and the barometer. This is the start of measure
By introducing some selection based on the results of a test. The move comes as ministers seek to lift the ban on new Grammar Schools. 0ur education editor, Bra Nwen Jeffreys reports from the unions annual conference in cardiff. Grammar schools have a long history. In altrincham, 100 years of tradition. Then, almost 20 years ago, new Grammar Schools were banned. Now, some comprehensives Offera Grammarstream for many, a way of stretching the brightest. But could this also be used to get around the law . So today, a warning of legal action. They fear ministers could encourage more of this. The schools where wed have an issue around this is a school thats advertising a grammar stream, that is putting children through tests for it, and where we get the sense from documents and other things that children stay in that stream, that its actually a selective system that is being introduced. Thats what we would want to challenge. Is this essentially a Shot Across The Bow of the government, to sa
Of everton footballer ross barkley to that of a gorilla. The mayor of liverpool has called for the newspaper to sack mr mckenzie for making what he called racial slurs. From goodison park, Frankie Mccamley reports. The footballer in the centre of it all, everton midfielder ross barkley, whose grandfather was nigerian, compared here to a gorilla. And the man who wrote it, kelvin mackenzie, now suspended. He also claims the only other people in liverpool earning as much money were drug dealers. Ive reported it to Merseyside Police and theyre investigating the complaint. I have also written to the press complaints commission. The comments, i believe, were overtly racist. The club reacted quickly, banning the sun, stating the newspaper has to know any attack on this city is not acceptable. It follows a long running hatred towards the newspaper who blamed fans for the Hillsborough Disaster that left 96 dead. With applause at todays match to mark the 28th anniversary. The suns Publisher News
Then not need to be a formalised process of stopping it . Yes, and i think this is where we need to have more training for gps and medical professionals, people who are interacting with the older drivers who can see somebody has a problem. There mechanisms at the moment it you can phone dvla and tell them about somebody who has a problem on the road and dvla can take their licence away until theyve had a medical but that is a Fairly Extreme measure. We would like to see that the more formalised way to talk it is about having this discussion. This petition is useful and stimulating that discussion but compulsion, not at the moment but i think a lot more information, advice and access to voluntary assessment will help older people to make a really good, informed decision on the right time to give up. Thank you. Steel cloud around for most of us. A Strea K Of Steel Cloud around for most of us. A streak of cloud across the Heart Of England and wales. Further north, another front coming in