Our main story at five. The Prime Minister has apologised for a decision to postpone some operations in england until next month, saying she knows its difficult, frustrating and disappointing. Her remarks came after further evidence of pressure on the nhs this winter. Bbc analysis has found that one in eight patients taken to hospital by ambulance in england so far this winter has had to wait more than half an hour to be handed over to nhs staff. Figures also show a Record Number of people called the nhs 111 number during the festive period. The Prime Minister today in Frimley Park Hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. The National Health service continues to do a fantasticjob for people. Yes, it has pressures overwinter. Yes, it has particular pressures in the christmas and new year period. The staff are dedicated, weve put extra resources in. Figures from nhs england give us a snapshot into a week of co
Pulled out of the Australian Open because of this long term hip problem. He is contemplating surgery now. What effect could it have on his future career . We will talk to you later. In the weather, darren, its been wet and windy and now its going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to look at the extreme weather we have been seeing in north america in the next hour. Here at home we are going to replace the cloudy wet and windy weather with something much colder as the weekend goes on. More later on. Thank you very much. Also coming up. The real italian job, a multiMillion Pound heist at the doges palace in venice. Thieves made off with several treasures owned by a member of the qatari royal family. Hello, this is afternoon live. I am simon mccoy. No change for five years thats the message to britains farmers many of whom were getting increasingly worried about what brexit will mean for them. The environment secretary michael g
Ballroom dancer. We should also mention shes nearly 100 years old. Reporter how do you keep dancing after having had three hip replacements . This is the cbs weekend news. Subzero wind chills, killed two people, including a firefighter, caught under collapsed debris. Im here since thursday. Reporter at new yorks j. F. K. Airport, weatherdriven delays fueled frustration. Many passengers complained they spent the night in the terminal without flight information or access to their bags. This is the worst ending to the Holiday Season here in new york. Reporter in mount washington, new hampshire, the wind chill was negative 90. The air temp minus 37. Blowing a bubble and watching it freeze, that was pretty cool, too. Despite a minuseight degree whicialg the number on the minds of parading Cleveland Browns fans was zero as they celebrated a socalled perfect winless n. F. L. Season. Officials in boston warned locals that despite appearances, the Charles River isnt safe to walk across. There w
Ballroom dancer. We should also mention shes nearly 100 years old. Reporter how do you keep dancing after having had three hip replacements . This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. There are wind chill advisories and warnings tonight from georgia to maine. The new york city airports today tied and broke singledigit record lows, not factoring in the wind. Chicago tied its record of 12 Straight Days below 20 degrees. Coastal communities like duxbury, massachusetts, flooded in thursdays noreaster, are dealing with dangerous ice. Before the thaw, its going to get a lot worse, with temperatures finally bottoming out sunday morning. Heres brook silvabraga. Think of it as, like, opening your freezer, but that cold taking over your whole house. Reporter the blast of arctic air has taken over whole sections of the country. It felt like we were in the middle of siberia, or something. Reporter in philadelphia, an apartment fire, battled in subzero wind chills, killed tw
Wants her premiership to be about more than just brexit. But the new year has already brought in old problems. 73 outstanding ambulances right how. 73 outstanding ambulances right now. The 73 outstanding ambulances right now. The latest challenge for mrs may, a winter crisis in the nhs from a first hand perspective. The woman filming this weighted in an ambulance for hours before her mother, who had suffered a stroke, could be seen by doctors at a chance that hospital. It is gobsmacking and devastating. It is gobsmacking and devastating. It feels like a sick feeling, like a sickening feeling that this is how bad it is. The Prime Minister was asked about the case. I recognise that people have concerns that they have experience of that sort. If we look at what is happening across the nhs, we see that actually the nhs is delivering for more people, treating more people and people. More people are being seen with the four hours every day than a few years ago. Labour blames government cuts