Medias emotional demands as they move from primary to secondary school, englands childrens commissioner says. The leader of the council in windsor calls for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the Royal Wedding in may. And Britains Andy Murray pulls out of the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. He hasnt played a competitive match since wimbledon. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Lawyers for President Trump have threatened legal action against his former chief strategist. They have threatened mr bannon with legal action for speaking to a book donald trump. Mr bannon was quoted as described donald junior as truce nous for meeting russians during the campaign, mrtrump meeting russians during the campaign, mr trump responded accusing his former strategist of losing his mind after he lost his job at the white house. They were once as thick as thieves. Steve bannon helped to shape the America First campaign that elected donald trump. In the white house, he was a key player. He had the ear of the president. But his job as chief strategist was short lived. He promised to be the president s wingman outside but this book reveals a different story. The most damaging claim is that steve bannon viewed a meeting between donald trumer and a group of russians during the campaign and considered it treasonous. Also a meeting between Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner. The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a Foreign Government inside trump tower in the Conference Room on the 25th floor with no lawyers, bannon is quoted as saying. He adds that after the meeting they should have called the fbi immediately. The president has hit back in a scathing statement. White House Press SecretarySarah Sanders has condemned the contents of the book as completely untrue. I think it is a ridiculous accusation and i am sure we have addressed many times here before. If that is in reference to comments made by mr bannon i would refer you back to once he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce, collusion with russia about this president a total farce, so collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce, so i think i would look back at that, if anybody has been inconsistent it has been him, certainly hasnt been the president of this administration. The book also says the steve bannon believes the russians were taken after the meeting to meet donald trump. The president has always denied that happened. With the Ongoing Investigation into possible russian collusion in the president ial election, this explosive row between donald trump and his once trusted ally has left washington stunned. Peter bowes, bbc news. There are more revelations in the book. Wolff describes the amazement and dismay in the trump camp at his november 2016 election win. He says a befuddled trump morphing into a disbelieving trump and then into a horrified trump. Suddenly, donald trump became a man who believed that he deserved to be president. Michael wolff also claims that trump did not enjoy his own inauguration. He was angry that a level stars had snubbed the event. Visibly fighting with his wife, who seemed on the verge of tears. The first ladys office rejects this claim, saying that mrs trump supported her husbands bid for president and was happy when he won. The book also purports to lift the lid on ivanka trumps secret president ial ambitions. Saying that jared and ivanka decided to accept roles in the west wing over the advice of almost everyone they knew and that if sometime in the future the opportunity arose, she ivanka would be the one to run for president. Meanwhile another claim in the book that tony blair warned Donald Trumps aides uk intelligence may have spied on him, and that blair was angling for a post election middle east adviser role is categorically absurd according to the former Prime Minister. Hes been speaking to the bbc. This story, as we pointed out, is a complete fabrication, literally from beginning to end. I have never had such conversation in the white house, outside of the white house with Jared Kushner or anybody else. Have you metJared Kushner . Of course ive met him. We discussed the middle east peace process, and by the way, that part of the story is also untrue, i wasnt angling for a job. You dont want a job . No, i did the quartet role. I am still very active on the middle east peace process, but i have no desire for an official position. I never soght one, i was never offered one, dont want one. The story, it is a sort of reflection to me on the crazy state of modern politics. Here is a story that is literally an invention and is now half way round the world, with conspiracy theories attached to it. Anyway, there you go, that is modern politics. The latest figures showing how hospitals in england are coping with the demands of winter will be published this morning. There was a sharp increase in ambulances being delayed outside a e. The data covers the last week of december in which over 480,000 people called nhs iii. Of december in which over 480,000 people called nhs 111. That is a 21 rise on the previous week. As a result at least 20 hospital trusts have been forced to declare major incidents this week. Let us talk to our Health Correspondent this gives the detail to show why thatis this gives the detail to show why that is the case. It is only starting to give partial picture but it is helps to piece together why we have seen so it is helps to piece together why we have seen so many it is helps to piece together why we have seen so many hospitals declare major incidents and why nhs england we re major incidents and why nhs england were forced to cancel tens of thousands of non urgent operations until the end of the month. Nhs iii tends to be bizier during the festive period. It received a Record Number of calls and the ambulances that have been delayed outside a e, this happens when there isnt the a e staff to hand over their patients and there was nearly 17,000 delays of over half an hour, that is over a 40 rise on the week before. That figure alone, if i can interrupt you, that gives you a sense, an image, a clear mental image of the ambulances waiting outside a e, and you can imagine how busyit outside a e, and you can imagine how busy it must be inside for them to have to wait outside. Absolutely. What we dont know and what we wont get until next week how long the delays have been in a e. But it does suggest that there was a lot of overcrowding, there was not enough staff to see patients and hospitals we re staff to see patients and hospitals were under incredible pressure. We dont know why the pressure has mounted so quickly. The festive period and it started the new year, it is always baize busy because of during the festive period Community Services are closed you tend to get a surge but there has been suggestion there has been respiratory ill and and flu. We wont get the latest flu figured until this afternoon, that will give us more until this afternoon, that will give us more information about what is happening in the Health Service. So a very apparently sudden build up of pressure and you know the Prime Minister is saying that the Health Service is better prepared than ever before. The Health Secretaryjeremy hunt is apologising for the cancellation, there seems to be a different message there . There is. The government ahead of winter, ahead of christmas said the nhs was better prepared than ever, and they have been trying to provide a co ordinated response by cancelling operations but there is concern within the nhs aboutjust how long this pressure is going to last. Previous winters we have had a really busy two or three weeks but if it lasts any longer than that, it will put the Health Service under incredible pressure and cause serious problems. 0k, thank you for talking taking us through the latest figure, let us head to westminster and we are joined by john ashworth, the Shadow Health secretary. Thank you forjoining us. So, a bit of detail, a few statistics to flesh out what we know isa statistics to flesh out what we know is a picture of the nhs under pressure what is your response to those statistics that we have been talking about . These figures are appalling, they are dismal. 17,000 people trapped in ambulances beyond 30 minute, waiting to get into a hospital, just imagine, if that was one of your elderly relatives, waiting to get into the hospital, trapped in an ambulance. 17,000. These are the new figures out in the last few minute, it is shameful it is no good, government ministers offering listless apology, we want them to get a grip of this situation. And the crisis we are seeing in the nhs today, is because we have got eight years of underfunding, cuts to Community Health provision and social care provision, cut back by billions, so that lots of elderly and Vulnerable People dont get the support in the community they need. For theresa may to say it is the best prepared it has been, it is laughable. The situation is, the situation is problematic in wales of course, also, which is run, the nhs is run by labour, so the situation is problematic there too, so what do you think the solution is, is it purely about putting more money in, we know there are issues with under recruitment in some area, nurses for example. It is also, is it about sheer demand from patients . We have been warning the government for months about this winter and they dismissed warnings, in september we we re dismissed warnings, in september we were saying inject an mergely 500 million into the nhs for this winter, but it is about funding, thatis winter, but it is about funding, that is one of the fundamental issue, we have had eight years of underfunding and cuts to Community Health provision, we have seen capacity cut back, we have lost 14,000 beds over the last seven year, we have seen 14,000 beds over the last seven year, we have seen walk in centres close, but also, as you say it is about staffing, we are short of 40,000 nurses in the nhs. In the last year we have seen gp numbers go down by 1,000, but, last year we have seen gp numbers go down by1,000, but, this last year we have seen gp numbers go down by 1,000, but, this is a huge issue, right across the nhs, all year round, it is worse injanuary, but it is a crisis all year round, do you i know last year, in, 560,000 people waited beyond four hours on a trolley in a hospital. That is theresa mays nhs for you. . You said ina theresa mays nhs for you. . You said in a radio interview this morning possibly more mourne is going in, if more money is going in in cash term, where does the answer lie, what would labour do . It is the biggest financial squeeze in its history, Simon Stephens the head of the nhs said the nhs needed an extra four billion in 2018. The government havent provided that. They provided less tha n havent provided that. They provided less than half of that, increase for 2018. We would, we would implement a £6 billion increase for the nhs, if we we re £6 billion increase for the nhs, if we were in government now, and we would begin to deal with the staffing problems giving the staff a fair prize, bringing back the bursary. How would you pay for that . We were clear in the general election, be would pay for it through taxation, this government has cut billions in Corporation Tax and we are saying that the top 5 , the welliest in society should be asked to pay extra in tax so we can provide the best quality of care for the nhs. It is unable that 17,000 people have been waiting beyond four hours in an ambulance, that in the last week, that is in the last week, thatis last week, that is in the last week, that is going on in our nest today, we have to get a grip of the situation. I have been told in various interviews there may be you know, more money going in, on paper, but if demand is going up, that money has to be spread round a greater number of people, that is where part of the problem lies, so, does the whole funding model for the nhs need to be reexamined . does the whole funding model for the nhs need to be reexamined . I think a universal public provided nhs paid for by general taxation is the fa i rest, for by general taxation is the fairest, and the most efficient way of providing health care in this country. We have to will the means to put the money in, when even though it may be rising in cash terms when you adjust that for the ageing population is going down on a head for head basis s that is according to the ifs who are respected on these issues i think we have to agree as a society to put the money in, i think which can do it, if we ask big corporation, and the very wealthiest in society to pay a bit extra tax. . Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Tech firms are working to fix bugs that could allow hackers to steal personal data from computer systems. Google researchers said there were serious security flaws in chips made by intel, amd and arm, affecting devices which use them. The industry has been aware of the problem for months and hoped to solve it before details were made public. Earlier i spoke to our Technology Correspondent rory cellanjones and askedif correspondent rory cellanjones and asked if there was evidence that data had been stolen already. The uk National CyberSecurity Centre has put out a statement saying it is aware of these flaws in these chips which power millions of devices around the world, but so far, there is no evidence that they have been used by hackers to get access to the data. This is a serious design flaw because it potentially allows programmes are hackers to get into the very heart of a computer, where information is kept which is not usually available to any other part of the computer. That information could include passwords and other sensitive information. Or any of these companies saying anything by way of explanation about how this floor happened . Way of explanation about how this floor happened . This is interesting about how this emerged. Yesterday, we thought it was just a problem that intel. A security news site found evidence of this. Then it became aware that when google put out a security blog that it affected a whole range of companies. What has been happening is in the background they have known about this floor for a while and they have been working feverishly to close the door. You do not say the door is open, come on in. You try to fix it and the rush is on now to get the security patches available. That is why the industry said they hope to sort it out before it is made public before the hackers say lets have a go at getting some data. Some security researchers say this will swiftly be added to the toolkit of all hackers. They will be trying the door. It is supposed to be difficult to use but it is such a widespread problem. So mini chips affected, so many devices, that i think it has caused a degree of concern across the industry. And also the cure for it could slow down computer operations. We know the industry has been aware of the problem for months and has been trying to fix it, so who knows how long it will take . They do think they are confident that they are close to fixes and some updates have been issued and more will be coming. The advice is to look out for the updates and take them as quickly as you can. The headlines on bbc news anger in the white house Donald Trumps lawyers threaten legal action against his former chief of staff, steve bannon, over explosive claims in a new book on the president. Record numbers of people called the nhs111 helpline during the festive period and there was an increase in ambulances being delayed outside a e. The environment secretary, michael gove, has set out how the regulations governing food and farming will change after brexit. Insubordinate on andy murray pulls out of the first grand slam of the season, the Australian Open, as he continues to struggle with a hip problem. Injury worries forjoanna konta as well. She retires from her quarterfinal match at the brisbane international. And late wickets gave australia the advantage on the opening day of the fifth and final ashes test in sydney. I will be back with more on those stories in about ten minutes. The environment secretary has set out his plans for what he calls a green brexit. Michael gove said the government will mirror eu subsidies to british farmers worth three billion pounds a year until 2024. The payments will then be replaced by a system to encourage environmental improvements, such as rewards for opening up the countryside to the public, providing new habitats for wildlife and increasing biodiversity. 0f of course brexit will mean change, but critically, what it means most of all is how we can check change and how we can meet the challenges ahead. We do not need to follow the path dictated by the Common Agricultural policy. We can have our own National Food agricultural policy. We can have our own nationalfood policy, our own agricultural policy, our own environment policies, our own economic policies, shaped by our common interests. Tony blair has stepped up his criticism of labours approach to brexit, accusing the party of timidity. The former Prime Minister said labour should stop backing the uks withdrawal from the eu, and instead support a second referendum. Our Political Correspondent chris mason is in westminster. This is not the first time that tony blair has been suggesting this. Just give us more detail about what he has been saying this time around . First michael gove and then tony blair this mornin