by dangerous delays. crews are enduring long waits outside accident and emergency departments in england, because hospitals are struggling to deal with overcrowded wards. nhs england says it has recruited more staff and increased bed capacity, but acknowledged the system was under "considerable strain." sharon barbour reports. it's been a long night for margaret. there were ambulances backed up outside. two hours in an ambulance. finally able to get off the ambulance and into a&e, margaret then faced a long wait. she told us she's been here for 14 hours. margaret's 73, and has had no sleep. what was it like last night when you came in to a&e? there were ambulances parked out there. there's ambulances parked out there today. there's no beds. you know, and there's people on trolleys in the corridors. waits in a&e here have been as long as 30 hours, with hospital bosses now warning of even worse to come, as they cope with a sharp rise this week and patients arriving. in the foothills of the lake district, cumberland infirmary is the largest accident and emergency hospital in cumbria. but it's not big enough, it's already at capacity. there's no more beds, there's no more room in accident and emergency, with around 50 patients waiting to be seen. health bosses are working around the clock trying to discharge patients. so currently i don't have beds free in the hospital and we do have patients waiting in ed. and that obviously is a concern for us and also for patients. we do have ambulance waits. and so we again, we're doing work in ed to look at how we can maximise the space. it's obviously not a situation that we would want to be in. the pressures here are multiple, no beds and not enough doctors, as the hospital is increasingly reliant on locums. how's it going? it is busy today but the hospital's busy. and all of this is bad news for patients. not only waiting in a&e, but operations are having to be cancelled — 19 in the last week. hello. you're through to carlisle and district icc. but a few miles away, there's a team working on a solution. ok, so they've had a fall. here, they work around the clock, trying to stop patients from going into hospital in the first place, and they try to get them out. so we will go and do everything we can to prevent anybody going to hospital. we refer to the services that are needed, anything we can do to put in place to prevent that admission. across the country, there are fears about how the nhs will cope this winter. we're always worried about patient safety. ambulances reaching patients at home, who have not yet seen a clinician are probably the area of greatest risk. and that's why we're looking at improving handover times, so we can get ambulances back out. with space and hospitals running out already, and doctors about to strike, the nhs forecast is bleak. sharon barbour, bbc news. we will be looking more at this issue later in the programme. we will be talking to sirjulian hartley, who will be giving us comments on what the situation is at the moment, bearing in mind the junior doctor strikes are resuming next week. charlie has the latest on a search by police that is still ongoing. cctv footage showing the last known movements of a missing woman in norwich, has been released by the police. 55—year—old gaynor lord has not been seen since friday. our reporter maria veronese is at the scene for us. good morning to you. just bring us right up to date with the investigation, please. figs right up to date with the investigation, please. as you can see here. — investigation, please. as you can see here, once _ investigation, please. as you can see here, once parked _ investigation, please. as you can see here, once parked behind . investigation, please. as you can| see here, once parked behind me investigation, please. as you can i see here, once parked behind me is still closed off to the public. the search will gain the lord will resume a little later this morning. the police have released an image of gaynor as she left work more than a week ago. she left work more than an hour before her shift was due to end atjealous department store. cctv footage shows her running into london street than part of the city called to mind, in the direction of the cathedral. gaynor appears to be in a hurry as she crosses the road. she is seen walking out of the cathedral grounds, putting her green coat on as she goes. the last sighting of gaynor on cctv was here, about a mile away from the cathedral. i spoke to an eyewitness who told me at about four o'clock she saw someone matching gaynor�*s description in this park, doing what appeared to be a yoga pose on the ground. she said the woman didn't appear to be upset or distressed. at eight o'clock that night, a member of the public found gaynor�*s handbag. police say her mobile phone, glasses, two rings and some clothes have also been discovered in various locations around the park. her coat was found in the weather. specialist dive teams will today use sonar equipment to continue their search of the once and weather. at this stage, the police believe gaynor and to the water and that no further party was involved. —— wensum river. the mother of three's family simply say, we want her home. thank you very much. emergency services say that one person is unaccounted for after a majorfire at an industrial estate in south wales. witnesses reported a loud explosion at the site near pontypridd, where at least one building was destroyed. police say there are no reports of serious injuries. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will continue its war in gaza despite "international pressures." it comes as a senior white house adviser will visit israel today to stress calls for restraint in the war against hamas. our middle east correspondent yolande knelljoins us from jerusalem. this dynamic between washington and israel. tell us more about the latest developments. at israel. tell us more about the latest developments.- israel. tell us more about the latest developments. at the moment there is a very _ latest developments. at the moment there is a very defiant _ latest developments. at the moment there is a very defiant response - there is a very defiant response from the us, from the israelis when it comes to the pressure they are under internationally, in particular from their close ally, the us. the criticism is really about the way in which the war has been conducted. president biden saying that because of israel's indiscriminate bombing of israel's indiscriminate bombing of gaza, that is why it is losing some global support. at the un general assembly this week, we had overwhelming support for a humanitarian ceasefire in the gaza strip. we have had israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu coming out and talking to soldiers in gaza over the radio. he said we are going to the end until victory, nothing less than that. also israeli foreign minister eddie: saying the war in gaza would continue with or without international support. the health minister in gaza is saying, in the latest israeli air strikes overnight, at least 19 people have been killed. the white house national security adviserjake sullivan is coming here against that kind of background, really. he has said he will be pushing for israel to be more targeted, more precise with its strikes against hamas in the gaza strip. also he will be talking, i am told, about a timetable to end the war. for the moment, thank _ timetable to end the war. for the moment, thank you _ timetable to end the war. for the moment, thank you very - timetable to end the war. for the moment, thank you very much. l republicans have used their narrow majority in the us house of representatives to push through a vote in favour of an impeachment inquiry into president biden. they accuse him of bribery and corruption, although no evidence has yet been revealed. mr biden said that rather than focusing on vital issues facing americans, the republicans had chosen to attack him with lies. european union leaders are meeting today for the final summit of the year, where they'll be discussing further aid for ukraine. hungary's prime minister, viktor orban, has been threatening to block funds and delay formal talks about ukraine joining the bloc. it comes after ukrainian president zelensky failed to secure a £48 million aid package from the us earlier this week. the russian president, vladimir putin, will hold his first major news conference this morning since the invasion of ukraine. the event will be carried live on all main russian television channels and western journalists will be in the audience at the kremlin. from moscow, here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. traditionally, in russia, there are two major events in the tv calendar here. there is the vladimir putin phone—in and there is the putin end—of—year press conference. last year, the kremlin cancelled both, following the full—scale russian invasion of ukraine. this year, they are combining the two shows in what we expect to be one marathon event — broadcast live on all the main tv channels in russia, when vladimir putin will be taking questions both from the russian public, members of the russian public, and from journalists — journalists from western countries, countries that russia officially labelled unfriendly to russia will also be present in the hall. we don't know whether we'll be given a question or not, but the fact that this event is going ahead, i think suggests it reflects a confidence on the part of vladimir putin nearly two years into this war. russia sees that the ukrainian counteroffensive hasn't been nearly as successful as kyiv had hoped. it's watching very closely what is happening away from the battlefield in europe and in america. russia can sense a degree of ukraine fatigue in the west. it sees the problems that president zelensky has been having in securing an additional aid package from the united states, and that is fuelling, i think, president putin's confidence. the decades—long decline in the number of people smoking in england has stalled since the pandemic. research by university college london found that in early 2020, those in older age groups were giving up the habit, but this was offset by the number of younger people aged between 18 and 2a, who were taking up smoking. the food standards agency is backing calls for restaurants to be compelled to display allergy information on their menus. the family of 0wen carey, who died in 2017 from an allergic reaction while eating out, have been spearheading the campaign. a nurse, who was found guilty of ill—treating patients by drugging them to "keep them quiet and compliant," will be sentenced at preston crown court today. 54—year—old catherine hudson gave unprescribed sedatives to two patients at blackpool victoria hospital between february 2017 and november 2018. 0ur reporter fiona trott has more. the nurse who showed no compassion. instead, catherine hudson showed contempt. at her trial, the court heard she drugged her elderly stroke patients because she wanted an easy shift. she used sedatives, like this one, zopiclone, which police found at her home. the sleeping pill can be fatal to seriously ill patients. aileen scott was one of the women she drugged. the pensioner was paralysed and relied on hudson for care and support. aileen�*s son was in court throughout the trial. yesterday, he spoke directly to hudson and said... whatsapp messages reveal more about what was going on at the unit. hudson said... julie whitfield also has suspicions about the way staff behaved. her partner, david, was treated at the same unit. ijust felt like i was walking on eggshells, speaking with some of the staff. her police complaint did not form part of this case. you sort of asked questions. you felt you were a nuisance. i'd ask how david was doing and the staff would maybe pull a face if he'd been particularly troublesome during the night. what's been striking about this case is that it was a student nurse, who plucked up the courage to report what was going on. she told the court that hudson suggested giving zopiclone to a restless patient, and when the student nurse pointed out it hadn't been prescribed, hudson turned round and said, "well, that patient has a do not resuscitate order. and so if they died, there wouldn't be an autopsy." she said she then saw hudson take some tablets from her pocket and put them in the pill pot beside the patient�*s bed. "i was really shocked," she said, "and i knew it wasn't right." the blackpool teaching hospitals nhs trust has apologised and said it had made significant improvements in staffing, managing medicine and creating a more respectful culture. another one of its workers, charlotte willmott, was found guilty of conspiring with and encouraging hudson. both are due to be sentenced later today. fiona trott, bbc news, preston. the final six episodes of the crown have been released today. the second part of season 6 follows prince harry and prince william as they grow up, and includes the moment when william watches the future princess of wales walk in a fashion show at the university of st andrews. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. carol is there for us ready and waiting. carol is there for us ready and waitinu. ,., ., carol is there for us ready and waitinu. _, ., ., , carol is there for us ready and waitinu. ,., ., ., , ., waiting. good morning. this morning, it is uuite a waiting. good morning. this morning, it is quite a cloudy _ waiting. good morning. this morning, it is quite a cloudy start _ waiting. good morning. this morning, it is quite a cloudy start to _ waiting. good morning. this morning, it is quite a cloudy start to the - it is quite a cloudy start to the day, especially across england and wales with patchy light rain and drizzle. that will clear south eastwards during the day. the best of the sunshine coming in across scotland and northern ireland and later into western areas as these two weather fronts continue to sink. we will lose the cloud across england and wales. showers coming in on the brisk wind in the north and west of scotland. in between a lot of dry conditions with some sunny spells developing. temperature wise today, out towards the west, we are looking at nine, ten, 11 and 12. the east a little bit fresher, seven to 9 degrees. this evening and overnight eventually we see the back edge of the weather front moving away. still a few showers in the north and west. windy. under clear skies we will see mist and fog patches forming further south. it will be a cold night, particularly in the south—east and the north of england where we could see a touch of frost. tomorrow, high pressure still dominating the weather in the south. we have this weather front coming in across the far north—west. that looks like it will bring in some thicker cloud. later on we will see rain coming in. a lot of dry weather tomorrow, a fair bit of sunshine as well. the mist and fog should left. the wind changes more to a south—westerly. this is what we can expect, 11, 12 in the west and eight to ten in the east.— can expect, 11, 12 in the west and eight to ten in the east. thank you very much- — we will see you later. let's have a look at today's papers. and the guardian leads with the cop28 climate deal, which has been agreed in dubai. the paper calls it a "landmark" moment but notes it does not include an explicit commitment to phase out fossil fuels. "justice for my james" — that's the mirror's headline on what it says is an exclusive interview with the mother ofjames bulger, who was murdered in 1993. the paper says that denise fergus is "elated" thatjon venables must remain behind bars after his parole bid failed. the times carries a warning from the national crime agency, under the headline that "facebook is now a danger to children." the paper reports that meta, facebook�*s parent company, decided "to introduce encrypted messaging," which has "raised concerns about safety." meta said that encryption kept people safe from hackers, fraudsters and other criminals. and one of the most read stories on the bbc news website this morning tells how the world's biggest iceberg has been found to have an estimated mass of almost one trillion tonnes. we've followed emma webb's story here on breakfast, and if you were watching yesterday you'll know that she set off on the final stage of her 158—mile trek, while pulling a life—sized horse. emma wanted to remember her 16—year—old daughter brodie, who took her own life and to raise awareness of suicide prevention in young people. emma has completed the challenge and our reporter fiona lamdin can tell us more. the walk has ended up in a rather special place, hasn't it? i am the walk has ended up in a rather special place, hasn't it?— special place, hasn't it? i am in the warm _ special place, hasn't it? i am in the warm up — special place, hasn't it? i am in the warm up arena _ special place, hasn't it? i am in the warm up arena of— special place, hasn't it? i am in the warm up arena of the - special place, hasn't it? i am in. the warm up arena of the london international horse show. later today, hundreds of courses will be warming up in here. at the moment it is a resin horse, miles. he is having a bit of a rest after his two and a half weekjourney to london. a poignant and special place for emma to finish thejourney poignant and special place for emma to finish the journey here because this was brodie's favourite place to go at christmas, in fact her favourite place throughout the whole year. we have been looking at that journey. ready to go in three, two, one. let's go. day 15 — it's the final leg of emma webb's journey. feel quite good. ifeel like i could carry on walking — a bit like forrest gump and just keep going with him. so, yeah. we first met emma and her 35kg resin horse, miles, as we set them off from wales in november. she had 158 miles in front of her — every step in memory of her daughter, brodie, who took her life, aged just 16. you feel like you're not a mum any more, that you've just got all this love inside you and it's stuck with nowhere to go because you've lost your everything. along the way, raising awareness of suicide prevention, relying on the kindness of strangers on the toughest of days. and a surprise visit from prince william, who helped pull miles through slough. laughter. i've seen you, miles. you're getting more attention than me right now, aren't you? i don't like it. for this final stretch, real horses flanked the resin one. we're now on 0xford street. i know. just describe what it's like bringing miles to oxford street under the christmas lights. so surreal. we've just walked past selfridges. and, yeah, i really didn't think that when i was back in the planning stages that it was really going to happen. hiya. so lovely to meet you. where have you come from? i've come all the way from penzance... i've not walked a step on my own during this journey, so i've got to say thank you to them. renata has been by emma's side. her 18—year—old daughter, emily, took her life seven months ago. i mean, how does it help? when this happened, people, friends, family, they wouldn't know to tell us — how to talk to us. they would say, "i don't know. i can only imagine how you feel." and they were right. we know how hard grief hits you, you know? - brodie was emma's only daughter, you know. - but emma's lifted herself back up, and she's pulling this— horse in memory of brodie| because she believes other families do not have to go through this grief. - and, after 158 miles, there was quite some welcome, as emma and miles crossed the finishing line. i've actually done it, and ijust can't believe i'm here. amazing. what would she say? she'd say, "mum, you're bonkers, but i'm proud of you." i'm