2019 was the year a british World Champions. She is going to take the gold medal. Dina has done it. Of world cups. In cricket. Netball. Football. And rugby union. A year when new stars emerged. A dream debut for the 15 year old. When new stars emerged. A dream debut for the 15yearold. And others refused to go away. The top seed triumphs in the longest final in wimbledon history. A year when barriers were knocked down. Who gets cold . He does it again of landmarks we thought wed never say. The first man to run a marathon in under two hours. Of champions no longer waiting stops i am absolutely incredible performance from judd trump to win his first World Championship. Simona halep is the wimbledon champion. And records still just out of wimbledon champion. And records stilljust out of reach. Serena remains on 23 grand slam titles. Year of opportunities on home soil. The cloud lifting these players. And new frontiers. It was a year of redemption. Losers last two times. Winners today. Its
Brexit is the real end of the british empire. Good morning. Its thursday 14th of november. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 2004. Other targets covering cancer and routine hospital treatment are also being missed. Lets take a look at some of those targets and the latest statistics published this morning. The government target is a maximum four hour wait for those in a e. But todays figures show only 83. 6 of patients, thats one in six patients, were treated or assessed in a e within four hours in october. Thats a sharp drop on september and down from 89. 1 in october last year. The number of patients waiting for routine operations in england was 4. 42 million in september the highest ever. The nhs target is to have all patients start routine treatment within 18 weeks. But todays figures show more than 672,000 people were waiting more than 18 weeks the highe
League when he first made his name in the country bulldogs, helping them to the nrl title. A switch of codes followed to rugby union first in france and then canterbury crusaders. His first return to rugby league came with sydney roosters, another nrl title followed and so too did another return to rugby union. It is his performance at International Level that have made him a global sporting icon. Twice a Rugby Union World cup winner with the all blacks, he also played in a Rugby League World cup final. Amidst it all a career as a professional boxer. Now canada seems the next step on his incrediblejourney, only three seasons ago toronto won promotion to the super league and now seem poised to make him one of the highest profile signings rugby league has ever seen. At 3a he may have his best years behind him but for Sonny Bill Williams the incredible journey continues. So what can we expect from Sonny Bill Williams then . Robbie hunter paul played alongside williams at the start of his
Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport withjohn watson, womens golf and the first day of the solheim cup. Yes, europe holed a one point advantage after the opening foursomes, with the fourball is now under way. Thank you very much. And darren has all the Weather Forecast for us this evening. It is looking a pretty picture. Will it deliver . Yes, it is lovely. Lots of sunshine gcioss yes, it is lovely. Lots of sunshine across the uk today and tomorrow. You probably wouldnt want to change that, but in japan, you probably wouldnt want to change that, but injapan, they are trying to change the weather. More on the latest attempt later. Thank you very much. Also coming up. A bumpersummer up. A bumper summer for butterflies. A once in a decade mass emergence of painted ladies saw nearly half a million recorded across the uk. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. Downing street has announced that borisjohnson will go to luxembourg on monday to hold talks with the pr
Warning from the met office for snow across a large swathe of scotland. Could see ten to 15 cm. This band of rain across east anglia, will clear away, but for their snow showers for scotland and into Northern England pushed through quickly on those gusty winds. It will be a cold feeling day for all. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Reports from morocco say a rescue team has finally reached a five year old boy who fell down a well while playing on tuesday. Ministers are strengthening a bill that will force social Media Companies to take down harmful content more quickly. A parent, whose daughter took her own life, wants the heads of these firms to be held to account. As another senior uk conservative mp submits a letter of No Confidence in borisjohnson, Cabinet Ministers insist he still has majority support across the parliamemtary party. Back to morocco and the news but the reuters news agency, which says reports will morocco say a rescue team has finally reached a five year Old