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Campaigning points there is unity. A warning new laws introduced last year to protect tenants in england from so called revenge evictions arent working. Also keeping a cool head. An australian man survives after struggling for hours to keep his nose above water, after his excavator rolled into a waterhole. And could this sound be the origins of the earliest words . Good morning. Its thursday 9th february. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Accident and Emergency Departments in england had their worst waiting time performance in january since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that a record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. The Department Of Health insists the vast majority of patients are treated quickly. Patients are traditionally supposed to be seen and discharged within four hours, with a target of 95 . But the bbc has learnt the provisional figures forjanuary show only 82 were seen within the four hour target the worst performance recorded since it was set in 200a. More than 60,000 people waited between four and 12 hours to be admitted in january. This morning, official figures have been released for decembers performance, which shows 86. 2 of people were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. For months now, accident and Emergency Departments across england have been struggling. Last week, the bbc was given exclusive access to the royal blackburn hospital, where the pressure on a e was plain to see. New data leaked from the nhs suggests its a similar more patience and a shortage of beds mean long waits. Provisional figures appeared to show that last month 82 of patients were treated, admitted, and discharged within four hours the worst performance since the target of 95 was produced in 200a. 780 patients waited for more than 12 hours for a bed after being admitted to hospital by a doctor, known as a trolley wait. Again, the worst figures on record. And more than 60,000 waited more between four and 12 hours, more than any time since 200a. If the figures are correct, it shows the degree of pressure the nhs is under. Despite huge efforts from 1. 4 million staff, the nhs is really struggling to cope with extra demand, record levels of demand. These figures are the worst since the four hour a e target was introduced. Theyjust show how much pressure the service is under. The Nhs In Scotland is coping better, but similar issues affect we seem to have lost that report. With me is dr adrian boyle from the Royal College of emergency medicine. What is your experience of a e at the moment . It is really tough, what im hearing up and down the country is that staff under a huge amount of pressure, trying to do the best care, but the environment they are working in and the flow they are trying to deal with, its just not an acceptable situation. What is the cause of it getting so much worse . We know that winter is always a crunch time, but this seems worse than previous years. This has been steadily building over the last 5 7 yea rs, steadily building over the last 5 7 years, steadily building during that time. It is always particularly acute at this time of year, but its been building for a long time, and the big problem is we dont have enough Hospital Beds and we dont have enough social care beds, so we have enough social care beds, so we have elderly people stuck in hospitalfor a long time have elderly people stuck in hospital for a long time when they could actually be looked after better, more efficiently and more safely in a Residential Care home or nursing home. We are seeing pictures of people waiting and being treated in corridors. It is awful for patients to have to undergo this, and these are largely old, frail people waiting in corridors and outside ambulances to get into our departments, which are simply fall, and that means hospitals are full. If you are being treated and waiting ina if you are being treated and waiting in a corridor, there is a lack of privacy. The dignity is horrendous. What solutions are there . Funding in the Health Service is a perennial topic of political debate, but how do you see that . How do you see the solutions, in terms of money and other solutions . The number one priority has to be to unblock social care, which will create more capacity in hospitals. Hospitals are more expensive than social care, so increasing social care and making sure we can look after old People Better at home will be more cost effective. Better at home will be more costeffective. So in a sense we have focused too much on Hospital Care . We have the least number of Hospital Beds of almost any country in europe. We could use those beds better if we had more social care, but we do need more Hospital Beds. Thank you. The home secretary, amber rudd, has been defending the governments decision not take any more unaccompanied Child Migrants from europe under the so called Dubs Amendment. This was designed by lord dubs, himself a former child refugee, and is aimed at helping some of the estimated 90,000 unaccompanied migrant children. But only 350 children have been able to come to britain. The home secretary was responding to an urgent question in the commons from the shadow home secretary, yvette cooper. The uk has a strong reputation in europe and internationally for looking after the most vulnerable. That will continue. We have a different approach to where those most vulnerable are. We believe that they are in the region. That is why we have made a pledge to accept 3000 children from the region and we are committed to delivering on that. They are the most vulnerable. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster. Lord dubs obviously unhappy about this. A lot of anger in the commons directed at amber rudd, who was insisting that scheme hasnt been closed. It hasnt been technically closed, because it runs until the end of march, but many mps extremely angry that thoughts that we might ta ke angry that thoughts that we might take up to around 3000 children, refugees, now in effect welljust ta ke refugees, now in effect welljust take around 300. Amber rudds reasoning was, she said, Many Local Councils simply didnt have the capacity to take on any more children and she also suggested the french government was unhappy with the scheme going on, and she had concerns it was incentivising children to come to europe to try to get into britain, and thereby was fuelling People Traffickers, and she said the government had never ever given a Firm Commitment to take in a specified number of children. Nevertheless, real anger, i specified number of children. Nevertheless, realanger, ithink, that what was thought to be a much more ambitious scheme now seems to be being Wound Up Afterjust over six months, having taken in around 300 children, and a number of mps expressing real concern about the sort of message this sends out About Britain in the post brexit world, the sort of country we are, how outgoing we are going to be, and the potential damage it might do to britains reputation, never mind the consequences for the children. Diane abbott, the shadow home secretary, asked amber rudd, how do you live with yourself . Yvette cooper, chair of the Home Affairs Select committee, described the decision as shameful. For the moment, thank you very much. The government has told the House Of Lords not to block brexit, after mps overwhelmingly backed the bill to trigger article 50, with a majority of four to one. The brexit secretary, david davis, called on peers to do their patriotic duty and pass the legislation. More than 50 labour mps defied the three line whip imposed by their leaderJeremy Corbyn, and voted against the bill. Heres our Political Correspondent tom bateman. As many of that opinion say aye. The message was clear. Mps gave their overwhelming support for theresa mays plan to get on with brexit talks. The ayes to the right. It is an historic vote today. And it got through with a large majority every turn. It has carried out the will of the british people. That is what parliament has done today. And it has put through a bill which is very simple, just 137 words long, authorising us to do what the people wanted. The Scottish National party fought the bill all the way. They lost, but they sung the european anthem in defiance. The threat of a conservative rebellion fell away, but 52 labour mps, Including Shadow Cabinet member, clive lewis, defied Jeremy Corbyn to vote against the bill. Mr lewis resigned moments before the vote. Lib dems called for a referendum on the exit deal. What you have done is allow a stitch up, the 21st century equivalent of a con job. 80 of people will be dissatisfied with what is imposed upon them. Theresa may left after the vote clearing a first hurdle in parliament. Now the bill goes to the House Of Lords, where it may need yet more opposition. Where it may meet. Even after 52 labour mps rebelled and the shadow business secretary clive lewis resigned Jeremy Corbyn remained defiant about the state of his party this morning. No, its not a disaster. Look, the majority of labour mps voted to trigger article 50. 50 voted against it, mainly on the basis of their strong message from their own constituents. My argument is it was a National Vote, a national referendum, and parliament has to respect that. On all the other votes, there is unity, on all the other Campaigning Points there is unity. Jeremy corbyn, The Labour Leader. A new law which is designed to help protect renters from rogue landlords isnt working, say mps and Housing Lawyers. The law in england changed in 2015 to make revenge evictions illegal. But figures gathered by radio 1 newsbeat through Freedom Of Information requests show that more than half of local councils across england say they havent stopped any. Many private tenants are worried that if they complain too much even about hazards which pose a risk to health they will be evicted, as Dan Whitworth reports. Dam, mould, faulty electrics, Broken Windows and boilers which dont get fixed when its cold. They are all classed as category one hazards, posing a risk to peoples health. They are things that Amjad Choudhury from Leeds City Council is familiar with. What is that . Thats been leaking from outside the guttering. Thats all from a leak from the gutter . Yes, the water is coming through. And this is supposed to be the kitchen . Yes. This is rented as private accommodation . Yes. People paying to rent, making complaint and nothing is happening and they could be faced with eviction. That is why they are not coming forward. That is what happens to helen, who was living with her mum, sister and baby daughter in a rented home with lots of problems, including damp. After months of complaining, they checked the property, they agreed it was damp and needed to be done, so they wrote out to our landlord and instructed at work needed to be done on the property, and within a week of him receiving that, we received a section 21 eviction notice push under our door. Because of what happened to people like helen, new laws introduced in october 2015 to try to stop retaliatory or so called revenge evictions, but we have seen exclusive figures gathered in a Freedom Of Information request from hundreds of councils across england that show more than half havent stopped any at all. More than a quarter dont even record figures. Fewer than one in five have taken any action. We are talking about landlords who are trying to avoid carrying out their responsibilities asa carrying out their responsibilities as a landlord, to keep their properties in a good state of repair and if they are asked to do a repair, the threat of eviction to shut them up. They are the landlords we have to get at. And they will sometimes be the people in the worst conditions. Thats a challenge. The government says that revenge evictions are rare and, because of the new law, its given local councils all the powers they need to stop them. Thankfully, ellen was able to find a new home. My landlord is great. Cant complain. I dont have to contact him unless something pp5 have to contact him unless something pops up. But not everybody is so lucky. The headlines on bbc Newsroom Live. A e waiting times in england hit their worst level since targets were introduced 13 years ago. The government has rejected criticism after it ends a scheme to bring unaccompanied Child Migrants into the uk, saying it is detrimental to the uk, saying it is detrimental to the childrens welfare. Jeremy corbyn is expected to reshuffle labours Shadow Cabinet after insisting that a string of resignations over brexit were not a disaster. In sport, england make two changes for their six nations game against wales at Harlequins Flanker Jack Clifford will make his second start, replacing tom wood, while jack nowell comes in on the wing. Britain is hoping to become one of the top five world skiing and snowboarding nations by 2030. With a here to go until the Winter Olympics, uk sport is aiming for a record medal haul of at least five. After a series of injuries and a 15 month absence from golf, tiger woods says he will never feel great again. He had to pull out of the Dubai Desert Classic earlier this month because of back spasms. More on both later. Some Breaking News on the story about the abandoning By Surrey Cou Nty about the abandoning by Surrey County council of their referendum on Funding Social Care. This was raised in the House Of Commons yesterday by The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn. He said he had seen texts from the leader of surrey 70 peshmerga Surrey County council suggesting he would kill off what was potentially an embarrassing Referendum On Social Care in surrey, after an offerfrom Referendum On Social Care in surrey, after an offer from ministers, Referendum On Social Care in surrey, after an offerfrom ministers, and unspecified financial offer, perhaps. We have got a government response, an official one from the Communities And Local Government secretary, sajid javid, in a written ministerial statement. Its quite long, but the key lines, i think, are that, while the final settlement has yet to be approved, the government is not proposing extra funding to Surrey County council Thatis Funding to Surrey County council that is not otherwise provided or offered to other councils generally. There is no, quote, Memorandum Of Understanding between the government and Surrey County council. So that isa and Surrey County council. So that is a flat denial, really, there is any kind of financial sweetener that was an offer to Surrey County council to abandon that potentially embarrassing referendum on Funding Social Care in surrey. More on that as it comes in. Four members of a Child Sex Grooming Gang from rochdale face immigration deportation to pakistan afterjudges rejected their appeals against a move to strip them of british citizenship. Judith mauritz has been following the story. Shes in sa lfo rd. Following the story. Shes in salford. Tell us more. You will remember the trial in 2012. It had so much Media Coverage, in the judgment handed down today, its described as a case of some notoriety arising out of certain highly publicised prosecutions. Its the case of the gang of men from rochdale, nine of them in total, who we re rochdale, nine of them in total, who were convicted of a range of child Sexual Offences against young Teenage Girls in the rochdale area, and that happened in Takeaway Restau ra nts, and that happened in Takeaway Restaurants, two and that happened in Takeaway Restau ra nts, two ta keaways, and that happened in Takeaway Restaurants, two takeaways, in the hayward area of rochdale and also in the premises of taxi companies. Of that gang, four of the men were to be deported. The home office, making arrangements to have them deported, because they were all british nationals with british citizenship but they were of pakistani origin, but they were of pakistani origin, but they were of pakistani origin, but the men contested that decision to re m ove but the men contested that decision to remove them from the uk. This has been grinding through the courts for some time. In fact, there have been to appeals. The men lost their appeal against the decision first time around. It then went to an upper tribunal to have their case heard again. This morning they have lost that second appeal. So they face deportation to pakistan, although in the judgment this morning, at the end of it, it does say that the men have the right to apply for permission to appeal again to the court of appeal, so it isnt clear whether deportation would start straightaway or whether there would be a delay whilst those Legal Options may be explored. But the point is that the British Government wa nts point is that the British Government wants these men to go to pakistan, wa nts to wants these men to go to pakistan, wants to deport them, and the men have been going through the courts to try and fight back, and the decision this morning from immigrationjudges at decision this morning from Immigration Judges at an upper level tribunal was that their case should be toned down and they should be removed from the country. Thank you, judith. The mother of an 11 year old Transgender Girl who was shot with an Air Gun Claims her school has not done enough to stop the bullying. She said five months of bullying has had a terrible effect on her daughter. Greater Manchester Police confirmed its investigating the shooting. The school said it took the attack very seriously and had expelled the pupil concerned. Mps will debate the way the Football Association is run today. The culture, media and Sport Committee has tabled a motion of No Confidence in the fas ability to reform itself. Mps want greater representation forfans, and more diversity in top positions at the fa. The us senate has voted in favour of one of president trumps most controversial cabinet nominees, known to be a hard line on immigration is. Jeff sessions will be the next Attorney General and he will lead the Justice Department as he defends the president s travel ban. He is the moment the vote was confirmed. The ayes 52, the noes are a7. The ayes 52, the noes are 47. Im sorry. And one senator responded, president , the nomination is confirmed. The former acting us Attorney General, Stuart Gerson, said mr sessions is a responsible senator would enforce laws faithfully, adding that he expected mr sessions to agree on many things with president trump. I dont think the Attorney General has to please congress but sessions served in congress for a long time and he had a good reputation. All of these hearings are very unfortunate, because we are so divided, that the merits of what is being considered get but by and the parties are at each others throats. So that this nomination, there was only one democrat mention of West Virginia that a Primark Biologist at Liverpool John moores says that each individual case squeak is unite. We are trying to dive back into the past to figure out the earliest source of human speech revolution, and we have always focused on vowels, and with this research we show that in consonants there is a lot of information, so now we think that the earliest words might have been a of consonants and vowels, not adding complexity but repeating the same information twice so that a listener would have a higher chance of getting the message. An australian man has survived after spending hours struggling to keep his nose above water after his excavator rolled into a dam. Daniel miller had been riding the machine at his farm north of sydney when the edge of the dam gave way and he was pinned down. He said he adopted a y93 pinned down. He said he adopted a yoga pose and he spent the whole time thinking about his wife and two young children. I went through a very almost robotic state of counting to 60. Dont think about six hours, think about 60 seconds. Move my arms, readjust, count to 60 again. Thats 60 seconds. Move my arms, readjust, and just wait, try and be calm and logical, like watching cricket at home, climbing up a piece of grass for two hours. There was nothing i could do. Lets see what the weather is doing. We have got a heatwave over some parts of australia, summertime of course. Haemorrhages in the mid 40 s. At home, a winter chill on the way. Temperatures in the mid 40s. Stubbornly cold, High Pressure across scandinavia stopping the mild Aircoming Infrom across scandinavia stopping the mild air coming in from the atlantic. Easterly winds, this is where the air is coming from. Maximum temperature in warsaw today will be minus five. It will not be that cold here, but it will be pretty cold in the winter. We are blowing in a lot of cloud, and some more wintry showers. Sunshine much more limited to weston and sheltered parts of the uk. In the far south west, although there are one or two showers at the moment. Western wales could see some sunshine as well. More showers in the south east. With a strong easterly winds, showers blowing inland. Rain and sleet along the coast. More cloud than yesterday and a stronger wind for Northern Ireland. It feels cold. Becoming confined to the north west, without spilling in elsewhere. That cloud will continue to feed in overnight with a dusting of snow in eastern parts. Winter we showers coming all the way down across Southern England as well, though perhaps mainly rain in the far south east. A cold night, temperatures close to freezing, so there will be some icy patches. Things dont will much at all tomorrow. We have got a stronger wind adding to the chill, blowing in the cloud across many parts. Some sunshine possible in the west, mainly in north west scotland, but the few more wintry showers. As you can see, over the hills, staying stubbornly below freezing. On saturday, wind starts to strengthen with more wet weather coming in off the north sea. Some wintry showers, initially falling snow, then turning to rain and sleet. Some sunshine perhaps for scotland and Northern Ireland, less of that probably on sunday. Although temperatures are a bit higher on sunday, there will still be a few showers, and the wind will be really strong, so still feeling cold. Feeding in cold air from the east over the next few days, but signs of some change. Early next week, the direction changes to more of a southerly. The temperature starts to lift slowly, but the next few days, prepared for the cold. Youre watching bbc news. The headlines at 11 30am A E Waiting Times in england hit their worst levels since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Figures leaked to the bbc suggest record numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed, once seen in a e. The government rejects criticism after it ends a scheme to bring unaccompanied Child Migrants into the uk, saying that it is detrimental to the childrens welfare. Labour says the government is failing in its obligations to child refugees. They are heading back to calais and dunkirk, back to the mud, danger and into the arms of People Traffickers, People Smugglers and back into the modern slavery that this parliament and this government have pledged to end. The resignation of shadow business secretary clive lewis to vote against the brexit bill was not a disaster, Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has said. Mr lewis quit last night, saying he could not support triggering article 50 getting talks with the eu under way. On the votes there is unity, on all the other Campaigning Points, there is unity. A new law designed to help protect people renting homes from rogue landlords isnt working. Mps and Housing Lawyers say many private tenants are worried that if they complain too much, they will be evicted. And now the latest from the bbc Sports Centre with hugh. And in sport, england make two changes for their six nations game against wales. Harlequins Jack Clifford will make just his second start, replacing tom wood, whilst jack nowell also comes in forjonny may on the wing. Wales announce their team this afternoon. Britain is aiming to become one of the worlds top five skiing and snowboarding nations by 2030. In exactly a years time, the Winter Olympics start in pyeongchang, south korea, and the Team Gb Chef De Mission says Great Britain can achieve its best ever games. The Current Record medal haul is four in 1924 and at the last event in sochi, achieved in partjennyjones bronze in the slopestyle, and she thinks the team can go at least one better. I think it is achievable from the free styling and snowboarding side of things and we are getting Great Results in this scheme. With the freestyle snowboarding there are two three athletes getting Podium Results over this winter, which has been awesome and looking at skiing you have got james wood who has just won the by games. So, yeah, i really think it is achievable. Great britains fed cup team have won their second tie in two days. They beat latvia after winning both singles rubbers Heather Watson beat Diana Marcinkevic 6 3, 6 0 while Johanna Konta also won in straight sets againstjelena ostapenko. Yesterday they whitewashed portugal in new captain anne keothavongs first match in charge. Tiger woods has admitted he will never feel great again. He returned to golf after more than a year out in december following a second major Back Operation but had to pull out of the Dubai Desert Classic earlier this month because of spasms. There have been plenty of times when i thought i would never play the game again at the elite level. Youve got to get in the gym and you have got to hit balls, you have got to refine your game and not make dumb mistakes out on the course and after that you have to play a lot, andi after that you have to play a lot, and i couldnt play. Playing once every three or thats all from the tea m every three or thats all from the team here for now. Goodbye. Weeks, youre not going to cut it. Now it was a match with 18 changes overall, once again leading to the question about whether its time to scrap fa cup replays . Derby manager Steve Mcclaren seems to think so. He made eight of the 18 in their defeat to leicester in the fourth round. So neither Team Appeared to fancy the extra game. But it still turned out to be an entertaining one. Andy king put leicester ahead before abdoul camaras deflected free kick forced extra time. Leicester restored their lead through substitute Wilfred Ndidi his first goal for the club, and demarai grays superb solo goal secured their place in the fifth round. Leicester now play millwall away. Tonight was about the squad, fringe players and injured players coming back and getting a game, and just giving them minutes towards the end of the season. And it will be important for us, we will need everybody. We missed our opportunity in the first game. We didnt want the replay, but it was a great game with fantastic support from our fans andi with fantastic support from our fans and i could not fault the players. And some news just in to us. The chairman of British Cycling, bob howden, has stepped down. He was first appointed to the British Cycling board as a Non Executive Director in march 2015. British cycling is currently bracing itself for a major independent report following an investigation into whether there was a culture of bullying at its world Class Performance programme. Former businessman Jonathan Browning has been elected as his replacement. Thats all sport for now. This week the bbc is looking at the state of Health Services across the uk. We have seen some dramatic reports from accident Emergency Departments illustrating the scale of the challenge facing our hospitals and doctors. What are the causes of the current strain on the system . Our Health Correspondent Smitha Mundasad has been studying the numbers behind some of the problems. In the last week we have been getting under the skin of the nhs and some hospitals have told us they are facing extreme pressure. You can see here, people backing up into corridors. So whats causing the problems . Is it all down to spending . Well, as you can see here the nhs is actually getting more money than it ever has before. Last year it got £140 billion thats ten times more than 60 years ago. But thats not the whole picture. Since 2010 in england though funds have been going up, theyve generally increased at a slower rate than in the past. And in recent times both scotland and wales have faced funding freezes. It is not all down to money. Some say the nhs has become a victim of its own success. People are living much longer now, and thats expected to keep rising. Older people tend to have more complex and Costly Health Problems like dementia and diabetes things that require long term care. Look at this it costs about six times more to treat the average 85 year old than it does a 30 year old. New treatments and advances are being created constantly but they dont come cheap. Thats just a taste of the problems. But what can be done to sort these out . Lets look at some of the possible solutions. How about more cash from the public purse . The uk spends a lower proportion of its gdp on health than many other eu countries. So could more money from taxes help . A poll for the bbc suggested 40 of people would back a slight rise in income tax and 53 would support National Insurance going up. But most said they were against charging up front or things like Health Insurance schemes. So do we need to shake up the system . Successive governments have tried to move more care into the community but District Nursing numbers are going down in england and its not always easy to get gp appointments. But perhaps the Biggest Issue is social care. With an increasing older population lots more people need care at home or in care homes, but thats not happening, in england at least. Over the past four years, the number of older people getting financial help for social care has fallen by a quarter. Large numbers face going without care or having to pay for it themselves. And some end up back in hospital. Officials are putting more money into joining up health and social care. But many experts say all this is not enough to turn the tide. Some people argue the only way to fix the problems is to start from scratch. To tearup to tear up the whole system. But tearing up the nhs and starting again would be a huge endeavour one few people seem to want to take on. In Northern Ireland, an increasing number of people are turning up at a e with mental Health Problems. Now a new scheme is attempting to tackle the issue. Known as Rapid Access Interface discharge or raid it brings Mental Health specialists into the medical team so that Vulnerable People are identified and offered rapid treatment. Our Northern Ireland Health Correspondent Marie Louise Connolly reports. Have you had mental Health Problems in the past . No. So this is a very new thing for you . Tucked away from the busy emergency department, a member of the Mental Health team talks to an extremely vulnerable patient. He was found in a distressed state by the police. Been feeling down. How long have you been feeling that you would do yourself some harm . This scheme, called raid, specifically targets patients showing signs of depression, anxiety, or if they have attempted suicide. It has proved successful. A Consultant Psychiatrist is part of the 24 hour emergency team. We need to have parity between physical and Mental Health, because peoplesMental Health needs, quite often are overlooked whenever they come to a physical health setting, like an acute hospital. So if you have depression and your depression hasnt been picked up, but the Nursing Staff on the acute wards are picking that up, the raid team can come and see you, start you on treatment, liaise with your gp, and that then set you on a journey to recovery. In 2016, more than 6,000 people turned up at Emergency Departments across Northern Ireland as a result of alcohol, drugs or perhaps by cutting themselves. The majority of those people were young, aged between 16 24. According to clinicians here, the beauty of this scheme is that they are preventing a large number of those Men And Women from slipping through the net. Thank you for coming down to see alan today. The doctors are still continuing to look after him. And it is all about teamwork involving doctors, nurses and even social workers. That means the right care package is in place, both in hospital and after discharge. Praise from this woman whose elderly mother had been admitted with delayed onset delirium. She was seen quite quickly, diagnosed quite quickly, and it was within hospital, with the different teams in order to get her a very quick package of care, and she was able to return home the next day. An Ageing Population is having an impact on Northern Irelands Health Service. With budgets tight, prevention is proving to be cost effective. Early diagnosis and treatment means a shorter stay for the patient, less bed days for the hospital and a better outcome, ultimately, for everyone. This model of care has required Additional Resources but, according to both staff and patients, it is working, and that is good news for the Health Service. The home secretary amber rudd has been defending the government decision not to take any more Child Migrants from europe under the so called Dubs Amendment. Norman smith is at westminster with more on this. Lots of anger in the chamber today over that decision by the government to close at the end of march this scheme to accept refugee children under the so called Dubs Amendment. Joining is yvette cooper. The government s argument is that local councils are struggling to provide sufficient places. Lots of councils have come forward and many more are keen to do so if they have enough support and the time to do so. Enough support and the time to do so. This scheme has only been running six months. It has been doing running some great work, with some great cases, one girl who is in school who had been trafficked, abused and raped and had awful experiences along the way, and now britain is helping her. So this is working. That is what makes it so shocking that the government has just suddenly decided to close it down. The other argument from the home secretary is that the french authorities were unhappy and also, amber rudd was concerned that by continuing with the scheme it risked incentivising People Traffickers to bring children to europe. Actually, the opposite is happening. If there is not a legal system to support vulnerable child refugees then they end up in the arms of People Traffickers because they think they have no alternative. You end up playing into the hands of the smuggling and trafficking gangs and prostitution networks. That is when children end up in modern slavery, if you dont have alternative support. Im worried there was a stand off going on between britain and france. In the autumn they were working well together to support children and get them out of calais, to close down the camp. Instead we are seeing this stand off going on, and actually, more child refugees are ending up back in cali and in dunkirk. That is what we have to stop. Is it a done deal, the scheme simply closes at the end of march, orare simply closes at the end of march, or are there any other avenues to ensure that it stays open . We will keep challenging this because the Dubs Amendment was passed through parliament as legislation. I dont think the government is responding to the spirit of that amendment and that consensus that had been built About Britain doing its bit as it had done with lord dubs himself many years ago with the mcvitie. There is a scheme that is helping the children whose families idea when we should be looking after them. We had closed that down as well which means that you have got even greater problems than with just the Dubs Amendment. Amber rudd was angry at what she called the high moral tone taken by critics such as yourself. Isnt it the case that, actually, the uk has done a lot in terms of the uk has done a lot in terms of the amount of money we provide to the amount of money we provide to the region, taking in 20,000 people by the end of 2020. We will have taken in 900 children and actually, we have done an awful lot. We have praised the government for the things they have done, including not only the investment in Refugee Camps across the region but also doing a lot with france to clear the camps in calais in the autumn. That is why it is so disappointing that they have stopped programmes that were working, transforming childrens lives and saving childrens lives and giving them a future again. Why stop that when it was working . That is what is so hard to understand now. Yvette cooper, thank you very much. There is going to be a legal challenge to the decision. One of the Refugee Charities has a judicial review being held on friday. So there could yet be a legal obstacle to the government plans to close this scheme by the end of march. We will watch that one, thank you very much, norman smith, ourassistant Political Editor. This morning romanias Constitutional Court starts to consider whether the governments decree last week to soften Anti Corruption laws was lawful. Although the decree itself was withdrawn following huge protests, they Want Parliament to enact similar measures. Protesters say the true aim is to protect corrupt officials. Some 5,000 demonstrators braved a snowstorm in the capital, bucharest, to keep up the pressure on the government to step down. Our correspondent nick thorpe is in the capital bucharest. It is looking very chilly. This row over corruption just rumbles on and on. It does, indeed, and as you can see in the pictures from last night, astonishingly cold, 3 but it felt like 10 with a strong wind blowing in the square in front of the government building, so large numbers for the condition is still turning out. The activists spent the Afternoon Clearing the square with shovels in order to create space for people to gather in the evening. There have been the smaller pro government demonstrations, protesting against the president Of The Republic who has very much taken the republic who has very much taken the side of the protesters. All eyes are on the Constitutional Court and on the government reaction to what the Constitutional Court does. The crisis, as it were, continues in romania. The protesters plan more big demonstrations against the government over the weekend. They wa nt government over the weekend. They want this government to fall, now. The government is trying to limit the damage and trying to survive this wave of protest and to stay in office. In a moment a summary of the Business News this hour but first, the headlines on bbc Newsroom Live A E Waiting Times in england hit their worst levels since targets were introduced 13 years ago. The government has rejected criticism after it ends a scheme to bring unaccompanied Child Migrants into the uk, saying that it is detrimental to the childrens welfare. Jeremy corbyn is expected to reshuffle of labours Shadow Cabinet, after insisting that a string of resignations over brexit were not a disaster. And now the Business News. Im ben bland. Fewer homes were repossessed last year than in any year since 1982 but lenders are warning that Mortgage Rates will not always be so favourable. A total of 7,700 uk homes were repossessed last year compared with 10,200 in 2015, figures from the Council Of Mortgage Lenders show. Travel Group Thomas Cook is adopting a cautious outlook on the rest of the year. The company is struggling with a changing market. Weak sterling means Holiday Prices will be up as much as 9 this summer. And nissan has reported a 3. 5 increase in profit, with sales rising in all major markets. The japanese car maker recorded profits of 1. 2 billion in the three months to december. The number of homes being repossessed fell to the lowest levels since 1982 last year, figures from banks and Building Societies show. Some 7,700 repossessions took place in 2016, down nearly 25 on the 10,200 cases seen in 2015, the Council Of Mortgage Lenders said. The annual total was the lowest seen since 6,900 repossessions were recorded in 1982. Repossessions have been generally declining since reaching a recent peak of 48,900 cases in 2009. Ultra low Mortgage Rates have been keeping borrowers Mortgage Payments relatively affordable. Joining me now is kate faulkner, independent property consultant. This is all very encouraging. These ultralow Interest Rates have been with us for some time and we have all got very comfortable with them. Presumably rates will have to rise and presumably, then, so will the of repossessions. That is quite possible. These figures are fantastic. Weve been talking about a government white paper on the broken Housing Market. Much of the Housing Market is working well. 11 million mortgages out there. Only 10,000 repossessions happening now. That is still uncomfortable if youre one of those people. But it is good news. That is because of the low Mortgage Rates. Also because over 30 of people own their homes out right now which is a statistic which is rarely used. Since the credit crunch, people are looking at property differently and they are looking to pay off mortgages as much as possible whereas previous generations were looking to trade up to as high a price as property as they could. We are having quite a change in attitude now. Also, with the new mortgage market, we have better affordability rules, so people are buying into property is now based on rates being a lot higher than they are currently. So i dont expect repossessions to go up anything like that the levels that we have seen in the past. Even then, the 49,000 that we saw at the height of the credit crunch, actually there had been 90,001 year back in the 19905. Had been 90,001 year back in the 1990s. We are learning and a good job is being done. Another story around today is that the Royal Institute of chartered surveyors is warning that Rental Prices could rise faster than house prices over the next five years simply because of the lack of supply. What is to be done about it . Well, unfortunately, we just done about it . Well, unfortunately, wejust dont seem done about it . Well, unfortunately, we just dont seem to have cracked explaining to the government what is wrong with the private rented sector and how to fix it. They have launched a vicious attack financially on the Business Models of landlords and indeed, recently, on letting agents, who are not to blame for the crisis in the rental sector that exists. Most of that crisis is at the end of the market well by 20 years ago there was a decision made not to invest in social homes, they wanted to put more people on benefits into the private rented sector. Successive governments have refused to regulate that sector, and now they are kind of hitting out at the buy to let model, which has housed a lot of people incredibly well. U nfortu nately, people incredibly well. Unfortunately, you cant, which is what they are doing, introduced vast amounts of rules and regulations and then not apply enforcement. We will have to leave it there. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Heres a look at some other stories were following today. Supermarket chain waitrose has said it proposes to close up to six stores, with 498 potentialjob losses. The retailer has also said that it will open eight new shops this year, creating 600 new jobs. Food Ingredients Company tate lyle says it has been encouraged by its performance in the Fourth Quarter and says its full year profits will be modestly ahead of expectations, when adjusted for currency fluctuations. Democrats have condemned president Donald Trumps tweet attacking a Clothing Retailer after it dropped a fashion line owned by his daughter. Earlier this month nordstrom became the fifth retailer to drop the ivanka trump clothing line, citing lack of sales. Mr trump tweeted that ivanka has been treated so unfairly by the firm. Its share price has since risen. And shares in a little known us start up have almost doubled in value, seemingly because traders thought they were buying into the firm behind snapchat. Snap said last week it planned to raise 3 billion in a stock market listing, though no date was set. The investors were buying stocks in a different company, snap interactive, which runs a dating app that has helped hundreds of people around the world make romantic connections. A quick look at the markets. Those figures show you what the thomas cook shares are doing. Down significantly after that update from them. That is all the Business News for the moment. Back to you, ben. The headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. In a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. First we leave you with darren bett for a look at the weather. Good morning. We might see some changes in the weather next week but until then it is just getting colder and colder. High pressure blocking things off, sitting over scandinavia, drawing in cold air, stopping these Weather Fronts coming in from the atlantic. We are getting an easterly wind that will strengthen, drawing in air where it is particularly cold right now. That is particularly cold right now. That is coming over the north sea and it probably feels pretty cold out there in sunderland with the wind off the sea. A bit of sunshine in more sheltered western areas. We are losing some of that in cumbria as a cloud comes over the pennines. For many parts of the country it is going to stay grey and cloudy and for all of us, it will be cloudy and there could be some wintry showers, too. Some sunshine for devon and cornwall and Western Fringes of wales. The rest of england and wales looking quite cloudy. Some showers in the extreme south east of england. A few flakes of snow in london, and some flakes of snow further north. No big amounts at all. More cloud across Northern Ireland, stronger winds and feeling cold. The best of the sunshine in scotla nd cold. The best of the sunshine in scotland in the north west, the cloud elsewhere bringing with it some snow over the hills. We could see some dusting is of snow almost anywhere down the eastern side of the uk where we will see most of the showers. Some breaks in the cloud in the west. Where we have the brakes on the cloud, it will be cold overnight and there could be some icy patches around as well. That easterly wind will continue to pick up, making it feel raw as we head into tomorrow. Rain or sleet along the coast, snow inland, limited sunshine, the best in north west scotland. Temperatures but rising much during the day. It will stay around freezing all day. Much much better on saturday. Strong winds making it feel particularly cold in england and wales. Some wintry showers are blowing inland. A frosty start in scotland and Northern Ireland and you should see some sunshine. Losing some of that on sunday. The wind will be very strong on sunday making it feel colder than those temperatures would suggest. Goodbye. This is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. A e waiting times in england hit their worst levels since targets were introduced 13 years ago. The government rejects criticism after it ends a scheme to bring unaccompanied Child Migrants into the uk, saying that it is detrimental to the childrens welfare. They are heading back to calais, back to dunkirk, back to the danger, back to dunkirk, back to the danger, back into the arms of the People Traffickers and smugglers. Jeremy corbyn remains defiant despite a rebellion in his front bench over the brexit vote. Changes to the top team are expected later. Am not standing down. I am carrying i am not standing down. I am carrying on, and we as a Party Campaigning on the nhs social care and housing. A warning new laws introduced last year to protect tenants in england from so called revenge evictions arent working. Also keeping a cool head. An australian man survives after struggling for hours to keep his nose above water, after his excavator rolled into a waterhole. Think about 60 seconds, move my arms, readjust, count to 60 again, another 60 seconds. And could this sound be the origins of the earliest words . Good afternoon. Its thursday 9th february. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Accident and Emergency Departments in england had their worst waiting time performance in january since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that a record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. The Department Of Health insists the vast majority of patients are treated quickly. Patients are traditionally supposed to be seen and discharged within four hours, with a target of 95 . But the bbc has learnt the provisional figures forjanuary show only 82 were seen within the four hour target the worst performance recorded since it was set in 2004. More than 60,000 people waited between four and 12 hours to be admitted in january. This morning, official figures have been released for decembers performance, which shows 86. 2 of people were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. For months now, accident and Emergency Departments across england have been struggling. Last week, the bbc was given exclusive access to the royal blackburn hospital, where the pressure on a e was plain to see. More patients and a shortage of beds mean long waits. New data leaked from the nhs suggests its a similar picture across england. Provisional figures appeared to show that last month 82 of patients were treated, admitted, and discharged within four hours the worst performance since the target of 95 was produced in 2004. 780 patients waited for more than 12 hours for a bed after being admitted to hospital by a doctor, known as a trolley wait. Again, the worst figures on record. And more than 60,000 waited more between four and 12 hours, more than any time since 2004. If the figures are correct, it shows the degree of pressure the nhs is under. Despite huge efforts from 1. 4 million staff, the nhs is really struggling to cope with extra demand, record levels of demand. These figures are the worst since the four hour a e target was introduced. Theyjust show how much pressure the service is under. The Nhs In Scotland is coping better, but similar issues affect wales and Northern Ireland, symptoms of the pressures building across health and social care. Nhs sources acknowledge the system is facing unprecedented demand. And these latest figures suggest there is little sign of respite. Dominic hughes, bbc news. With me is professorjohn appleby, chief economist at the nuffield trust. Thank you for being here. What do you think these figures show us . |j think they confirm a trend we have been seeing for 18 months, nearly two years, and the background really is the money, i have to say. This is the sixth year for the nhs of very tightfunding, the sixth year for the nhs of very tight funding, hardly keeping up with Population Change for the it did really well in the first three orfour did really well in the first three or four years, extra did really well in the first three orfour years, extra productivity, lots more work and so on, but i think things are starting to get worse. It is clear on the a e figures that you have seen today for december, and have somejanuary figures as well, it falls into line with a very disappointing trend of poorer performance. Talking about the money, is it possible to quantify the funding gap you would think is responsible for these figures . Since 2010, the nhs has had about a 1 rise above inflation, so Purring Price rises and so on. Over the long run, is used to 4 each year. Cover ring price rises. One or two years of that lower funding, and we are now in the sixth year and its looking forward, if thats the right word, to another four years of that. And its been very tough. One thing about the a e figures id point out is that it isntjust a few hospitals. It is almost across the board. It is literallyjust a handful of trusts meeting that target. The other thing to say about the a e figures is it is sort of symptomatic about what else is going on in the system, so the trolley waits, people Waiting Overfour hours. They are in a e, they need to be in hospital but they cant get into hospital because is no bed, so things back up. Its a sort of symptom of what is going on in the rest of the hospital. We have heard people say it isntjust about the money. Sometimes its about the wrong people going to a e when they dont necessarily need to. Possibly. There have been studies suggesting up there have been studies suggesting up to 20 of people who are in a e perhaps could have gone elsewhere. The trouble with these studies is it is after the event so, if you have got a stomach ache and you are very worried, it could be indigestion, it could be more serious. There will a lwa ys could be more serious. There will always be a proportion of people who shouldnt be there, in a sense. I dont think thats the real issue. The figures are too big for that. The figures are too big for that. The other thing people will say is, when you talk about a funding gap, the Health Service is a bottomless pit. You got an Ageing Population. However much money you pump into it, it will never be enough. Well, possibly, but at the moment we are spending less of our National Wealth each year than we have been in the past, so the cake is growing in terms of National Wealth, but we or the government is deciding to devote less of that to health care. How does that compare to other nations in terms of a proportion of National Wealth that they spend on the Health Service . We are about average compared to the old eu 15 countries. But we are still below france, germany, sweden and so on. In the end, this is a political choice. It is all about our choice, whether we ta ke is all about our choice, whether we take the pain of these sort of performance figures we have been seeing, or we take the pain of perhaps increasing taxes to put more money into the nhs. Thank you for coming in. Tomorrow, we will be answering your questions and listening to your suggestions on how the nhs can tackle that looming financial shortfall and deal with the challenges that ageing parts of the population and sometimes are obese parts of the population are bringing bear on it. We will be getting experts to answer your questions. Please get in touch. You can do that by text, e mail, contact us on twitter using this hashtag. The home secretary, amber rudd, has been defending the governments decision not take any more unaccompanied Child Migrants from europe under the so called Dubs Amendment. This was designed by lord dubs, himself a former child refugee, campaigners had wanted 3000 children brought in but now there will only be 350. This has been raised on the floor of the house this morning, norman. Lot of anger because it is an emotive subject and many mps are concerned about the impact on those children who will not be able to come to britain, and some concerns expressed about the sort of image it sent out About Britain, particularly ina sent out About Britain, particularly in a post brexit world. Amber rudd, the home secretary, saying that local authorities simply dont have the spaces. The french authorities are not very keen on the scheme. She also raised concerns about whether the scheme was ice was incentivising People Traffickers. But there was real anger. Listen to the labour chair of the Home Affairs Select committee. They are heading back to calais and dunkirk, back to the mod and danger and into the arms of the People Traffickers and smugglers. The exploitation, the abuse, the Prostitution Rings and back into the modern slavery that this government has pledged to end. Amber rudd urged the critics to think again about adopting what she called a high moral tone, but i suspect she didnt do herself any favours by insisting that the scheme hasnt closed but it is closing, which i think many people will view asa which i think many people will view as a rather semantic point. Anyway, amber rudd insistent that we will be taking in another 350 children before the scheme finally closes at the end of march. The uk has a strong reputation in europe and internationally for looking after the most vulnerable. That will continue. We have a different approach to where those most vulnerable are. We believe that they are in the region. That is why we have made a pledge to accept 3000 children from the region and we are committed to delivering on that. They are the most vulnerable. The man who actually got the scheme set up, lord dubs, was himself a child refugee, he fled the nazis under the king does scheme. As you might expect, he has been very critical and he has been speaking in the House Of Lords this morning. If the government says there is a specified number of children, after the total is reached, the scheme has been closed. It wasnt long ago that irememberthe prime been closed. It wasnt long ago that i rememberthe Prime Minister, when she was home secretary, told me that the government was prepared to acce pt the government was prepared to accept the amendment. It was on the same day that the then Immigration Minister said to me that the government would accept the letter and the spirit of that amendment. I believe, in arbitrarily closing down the scheme without any good reason, the scheme without any good reason, the government is in breach of its own commitments. Im joined by the conservative mp tanya mattias. How concerned are you about this decision . Im very concerned, as was everybody in the chamber today. I dont understand why there is this idea of it closing. It is premature and the government is still doing a very good refugee overall programme, so i dont understand why cut this. good refugee overall programme, so i dont understand why cut this. Is it quite simply money, local authorities are stretched, we have had the stories about social care and they simply do not have the spare and they simply do not have the Spa Re Resources for and they simply do not have the spare resources for refugee children . That didnt come out in the and that doesnt fit the idea that we are going to have 20,000 Syrian Refugees by the end of this parliament, and the thousands of children that are coming over, so the Money Argument doesnt seem to fit for why children coming in through the Dubs Amendment would stop. What about the suggestion that the french authorities were unhappy about the scheme, in part because it was potentially incentivising People Traffickers to try and get children into europe . Again, that wasnt the reason given, and what we want is a good overall refugee programme, and i know the home office had been out in france coordinating, so if everything is in place as it should be, that shouldnt be an obstacle. Given those reservations and what we heard in the commons, is it a done deal or do you think there is any scope unpick this decision or to bring about a government we think . Listening carefully to what the home secretary said, there seems a way of this staying open, because she did say that, if local authorities wish to be proactive in requesting more children, that that would be considered. Sol children, that that would be considered. So i do see a way for Community Groups, most mps have constituents and Community Groups that are encouraging and welcoming refugees, and i think, working with councils, there is a way of keeping this open for longer. Surely that would be very messy, if individual local authorities had to come of their own initiative, instigate taking children refugees, rather than having a formal government scheme. Its not so much instigating indicating to the home office that there is capacity that is why i asked for bringing back a minister for refugees, notjust asked for bringing back a minister for refugees, not just Syrian Refugees. With all the children coming over here, some on one year, to your got to be over a very long period. Do you think the government has given the scheme long enough to bedin . Has given the scheme long enough to bed in . Its only been up and running for six months. That is a comparatively short amount of time. I dont think so, yes. We heard from a Labour Member who warned about the sort of image this send out About Britain. We know we are about to enter a post brexit era. How significant a fact or is that . Am on record, following the United States president s comments, as saying that britain should be taking the lead, and actually, calling it the Dubs Amendment is important. Lord dubs does represent our legacy, and we are leaders in the refugee world. I think we can still be leaders. So this is a setback. What about your constituents . Are they supportive of the scheme, or do they take it as another example of the pressure of migration on local services and communities . I have refugees welcome in richmond, a Nonprofit Community group, who have engaged with all kinds other groups and churches, so that communities are welcoming, and again that fits our history. We have always welcomed refugees. So many people can trace refugee history in their families, people can trace refugee history in theirfamilies, and we people can trace refugee history in their families, and we should be proud of it. Thank you for your time. Then, ithink proud of it. Thank you for your time. Then, i think much may turn on whether there is a judicial review granted to the home secretarys decision because, if that happens, the whole government approach would get snarled up in the law courts, which means that trying to close the scheme could be severely delayed. Thank you, norman. The headlines on bbc Newsroom Live A E Waiting Times in england hit their worst levels since targets were introduced 13 years ago. The government has rejected criticism after it ends a scheme to bring unaccompanied Child Migrants into the uk, saying that it is detrimental to the childrens welfare. Jeremy corbyn is expected to reshuffle of labours Shadow Cabinet, after insisting that a string of resignations over brexit were not a disaster. Now the sport. Good afternoon. England have made two changes to their six nations game against wales. It is in cardiff on saturday. Harlequins flankerJack Clifford will make his second start, replacing tom wood, who drops to the bench. Clifford will be part of an inexperienced back row, with a total of 20 caps to its name. Jack nowell comes in on the wing forjonny may. Wales will announce their team this afternoon. The german and British Cycling chairman of British Cycling chairman of British Cycling cowden has stepped. He was first appointed in march 2015. British cycling is bracing itself foran British Cycling is bracing itself for an independent report after an investigation into whether there was a culture of bullying at its world Class A Culture Of Bullying at its world Class Performance programme. Jonathan bramley has been elected as howdens replacement. Great britains fed cup team have won their second tie, beating latvia. Heather watson won her match 6 3, 60. Heather watson won her match 6 3, 6 0. Johanna konta also won in straight sets. Yesterday, Britain Whitewashed portugal. They are trying to do the same today. It is on serve in the second. Tiger woods has admitted he will never feel great again. Tiger woods has admitted he will neverfeel great again. He returned to golf after more than a year out in december, after a second major Back Operation, but he had to pull out of the Dubai Desert Classic earlier this month because of spasms. As long as i can function at a good enough level, im fine with that. There have been plenty of times when i thought i would never play the game again at the elite level. You put in the legwork, youve got to hit the gym, youve got to hit balls, youve got to refine your game and not make dumb mistakes, and to do that youve got to play a lot, and i couldnt play. Playing once every three or four weeks isnt going to cut it. Britain is aiming to become one of the worlds top five skiing and snowboarding nations by 2030 will stop Ina Snowboarding nations by 2030 will stop in a year, the Winter Olympics start in south korea and Great Britain believes it can achieve its best ever games. There were four medals in 1924 and the last event in sochl medals in 1924 and the last event in sochi. That was in part achieved by jennyjoness bronze in the slopes slalom. She thinks the team can go better. I think it is achievable, especially from the freestyle and sunny in scope or side of things and also a day bride is getting Great Results. With freestyle snowboarding, there are Great Results there are two or three athletes getting Podium Results this winter, which has been awesome. With skiing, you have gotjames winter, which has been awesome. With skiing, you have got james woods, weve got podiums in december, so i really think it is achievable. One of those four medals in 2014, the gold, came from the skeleton, and that was lizzie arnold, who joins us from her Training Centre in bath. So they reckon there are some good chances to get on the podium in south korea, bearing in mind that you may be one of them. Are you confident that is true . |j you may be one of them. Are you confident that is true . I think team gb can do better than we did in sochl gb can do better than we did in sochi. There are some added events, so new athletes are coming into the team. Skeleton and bobsleigh specifically, we are stronger than ever. We have had more funding from uk sport than ever before, so its Getting Better and better. With one year to Getting Better and better. With one yearto go, Getting Better and better. With one year to go, its getting quite exciting. Every Session Counts at this point, trying to make Everything Counts so we can get as many medals as possible. |j Everything Counts so we can get as many medals as possible. I know that the story goes particularly of Olympic Teams and team mates that they tend to inspire each other into doing very well, so how are your preparations . I know you have the World Championships coming up next week. We have got the World Championships in germany and a strong team of six athletes taking part. Its a point where we want to get some good results. But we are motivated by loads of other winter sports, athletes. Lots of people have been getting medals, woods is doing really well, you watch them, they watch you, and we are hoping to bring back more medals. As ever, we would love to see those pictures repeated a few picking up a gold medal. Best of luck. Thats lizzie arnold, the olympic champion. Thats all the spot. I will have more for you in the next hour. Five pupils have been taken to hospital after a Bus Carrying Schoolchildren crashed down an embankment in cumbernauld, north lanarkshire. It ended up on its side ina ditch. Lanarkshire. It ended up on its side in a ditch. Two children have been taken to hospital but no serious injuries have been reported. A new law which is designed to help protect renters from rogue landlords isnt working, say mps and Housing Lawyers. The law in england changed in 2015 to make revenge evictions illegal. But figures gathered by radio 1 newsbeat through Freedom Of Information requests show that more than half of local councils across england say they havent stopped any. Many private tenants are worried that if they complain too much even about hazards which pose a risk to health they will be evicted, as Dan Whitworth reports. Damp, mould, faulty electrics, Broken Windows and boilers which dont get fixed when its cold. They are all classed as category one hazards, posing a risk to peoples health. They are things that Amjit Choudhury from Leeds City Council is familiar with. What is that . Thats been leaking from outside the guttering. Thats all from a leak from the gutter . Yes, the water is coming through. And this is supposed to be the kitchen . Yes. This is rented as private accommodation . Yes. People paying to rent, making complaints and nothing is happening and they could be faced with eviction. That is why they are not coming forward. That is what happened to helen, who was living with her mum, sister and baby daughter in a rented home with lots of problems, including damp. After months of complaining, they checked the property, they agreed it was damp and needed to be done, so they wrote out to our landlord and instructed that work needed to be done on the property, and within a week of him receiving that, we received a section 21 eviction notice pushed under our door. Because of what happened to people like helen, a new law was introduced in october 2015 to try to stop retaliatory or so called revenge evictions, but we have seen exclusive figures gathered in a Freedom Of Information request from hundreds of councils across england that show more than half havent stopped any at all. More than a quarter dont even record figures. Fewer than one in five have taken any action. We are talking about landlords who are trying to avoid carrying out their responsibilities as a landlord, to keep their properties in a good state of repair and if they are asked to do a repair, they threaten eviction to shut them up. They are the landlords we have to get at. And they will sometimes be the people in the worst conditions. Thats a challenge. The government says that revenge evictions are rare and, because of the new law, its given local councils all the powers they need to stop them. Thankfully, helen was able to find a new home. My landlord is great. Cant complain. I dont have to contact him unless something pops up. But not everybody is so lucky. The government has told the House Of Lords not to block brexit, after mps overwhelmingly backed the bill to trigger article 50. The brexit secretary, david davis, called on peers to do their patriotic duty and pass the legislation. Even after 52 labour mps rebelled and the shadow business secretary clive lewis resigned, Jeremy Corbyn was still defiant about the state of his party this morning. Its not a disaster. The majority of labour mps voted to trigger article 50. 50 odd voted against it, mainly on the basis of the strong message from their own constituents. My argument is that it was a National Vote and referendum and parliament has to respect that. On all the other votes, there is unity. On all the other Campaigning Points, there is unity. Jeremy corbyn, defiant in that tv interview this morning, also saying that rumours about him possibly standing down at some stage we re possibly standing down at some stage were fa ke possibly standing down at some stage were fake news. Its norman smith. Well, all the action on the brexit front now moves to the House Of Lords, will begin their debate on the brexit bill a week on monday. A lot of focus overnight on this threat by a well placed government source saying that, if the House Of Lords sought in any way to frustrate the risks it built, they would fuel calls for the abolition. They would fuel calls for the abolition of only four this morning a government source to say that they respect. I am joined government source to say that they respect. Iam joined by government source to say that they respect. I am joined by The Labour Leader in the lords, angela smith. What do you make of this threat . Leader in the lords, angela smith. What do you make of this threat7m would be laughable if it wasnt intended to be threatening, but i think that is appalling, but we have been assured by Downing Street and the leader in the lords that that isnt the case. Weve always been clear from the Labourlist Group in the House Of Lords that we are not going to block but what we are not going to block but what we are not going to block but what we are not going to do is to be intimidated and looking at it in the normal way as we do with any other bill. Doesnt that open up the possibility that you could smile mrs mays timetable of getting this type triggered by the end of march . I dont think so, but this is the government that spent three months and hundreds of thousands of pounds delaying it in the courts, arguing that parliament should have a say, i think its the courts, arguing that parliament should have a say, i think its five days to the commons and five days to the House Of Lords. Thats a bit rich. But i dont think it will put we will start to debate it on the 20th of march. I think we can do it in time. I dont see a problem with the timescale. But they will be very serious and ha rd nosed the timescale. But they will be very serious and hard nosed debates. The timescale. But they will be very serious and hardnosed debates. Why should appears to be to amend the bill, given in the commons there we re bill, given in the commons there were no amendments and mrs may enjoyed a thumping great majority . The commons has already spoken. Majority of 40 or 50 isnt really a thumping great majority. All that the lords can do is to have a look at issues and say to the commons, will you look at this issue again. That is perfectly reasonable. Quite often, we say to the government, and we look at this again, as the government comes back and says, yes, youre right, and it the changes sometimes, we vote and say, can the commons take a look again. Me way well do that. It is built into the timetable. I think there are issues that are of concern. It didnt accept amendments in the House Of Commons but it did accept changes. I think wed like to firm up some of those changes and id prefer to see them on the face of the bill. What sort of changes do you think might be possible . I was surprised that the government wasnt prepared to come back to parliament every two months and report. I think Something Like quarterly is entirely reasonable. I think that vote before the European Parliament vote is absolutely right and will focus the mind of government to engage parliament throughout. The other issueis parliament throughout. The other issue is the situation of eu nationals in the uk and our citizens in the eu. There are strong feelings back and we would like to see the government look at that again. Thank you for your time. Its going to be a fascinating two weeks in the upper house of government, really trying to crank up the pressure, not least because of the self imposed deadline, that they want this Done And Dusted by the end of march. A real time constraint to get this through the House Of Lords as quickly as possible. Lets look ahead to the weather over the next two three days. Here is helen willetts. It is spot the difference with the weather today. Predominantly cloudy, but we have found some sunshine here and there. It isa found some sunshine here and there. It is a cold and cloudy afternoon in sunderland as it is across much of the east of the uk. Some sunshine in cumbria but the cloud is making its way across the cumbrian fells. A few showers around cornwall at the moment, more cloud for Northern Ireland, and the continuation of the feed of wintry showers into Northern Areas and overnight, across central and eastern parts of england. There could be the odd, Light Dusting of snow with the showers and temperatures falling to freezing it will be a touch i see tomorrow morning. Those wintry showers getting a little bit further west tomorrow. The wind is strengthening. The best of the sunshine will be in north west scotland. It will be quite chilly even with the sunshine in the west. Only around four or five celsius. And colder this weekend. Goodbye. This is bbc Newsroom Live. The headlines A E Waiting Times in england hit their worst levels since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Figures leaked to the bbc suggest record numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed once seen in a e. The government rejects criticism, as it ends a scheme to bring unaccompanied Child Migrants into the uk. Labour says the government is failing in its obligations to child refugees. They are heading back to calais and dunkirk, back to the mud, danger and into the arms of People Traffickers, People Smugglers. Jeremy corbyn remains defiant, despite a rebellion in his front bench over the brexit vote. Changes to the top team are expected later today. He says that the resignation of shadow business secretary clive lewis is not a disaster. Lam not i am not standing down i am carrying on as leader of the Party Campaigning on the national Health Service, social care and on housing. A new law designed to help protect people who rent homes from rogue landlords isnt working. Mps and Housing Lawyers say many private tenants are worried that if they complain too much, theyll be evicted. Across the bbc this week weve been looking at the pressures the nhs is under. Many Health Organisations have been looking at options to reduce pressure on services through preventative measures. One in five elderly people have suffered a fall considered as series. Bracknell council in Berkshire Isjust One considered as series. Bracknell council in berkshire is just one of many that is looking at measures of helping people keep fit. Our correspondence is at a Leisure Centre in bracknell. Can you tell is more . Thank you very much. As you can see, this is the free for life class which is in full swing. It aims at assessing and educating people and preventing falls, which area people and preventing falls, which are a messy business, one in five people over 65 will have a fall at some point, and a quarter of those could be serious and need hospital treatment. Im trying to find the people that were going to talk to. This is marie and david. Youve had a fall, havent you . Yes, i had been in hospital and i tripped up. And i fell flat on my face. And they had to get the ambulance. After a row while i was able to go home in a taxi. And david, this class has done wonders for you. Youve had falls as well. What does the glass give you . It gives you new strength and balance and stretches your muscles and helps you to walk and feel much better in yourself. And there is a social aspect as well. Yes, you get to meet people and interact. Social aspect as well. Yes, you get to meet people and interactfi social aspect as well. Yes, you get to meet people and interact. It is very good. What about you, marie . What is this exercise we have taken you away from . This is for balance which is good for me because my balances and very good. I have arthritis in my spine, so it helps my back. And it keeps me flexible. We will let you get on with your exercise. The thing about falls, it doesnt just affect health, exercise. The thing about falls, it doesntjust affect health, it affects independence. We can talk to dale burch, a councillorfrom Bracknell Forest council. This is a scheme that you have champion. The council is one of the first in the country to do this sort of thing. We are, and we are some of the leaders in prevention. The objective of what were trying to do is keep people out of hospital, keep people happy, keep people engaged in their own home and community for longer and if we can stop them falling, that achieves it, if we can stop them smoking it achieves that, help them control their diet, it helps that. The whole objective is to keep people happy in the community for longer and away from Health Services. You have a big hospital in reading, the royal berkshire. Services. You have a big hospital in reading, the Royal Berkshirem this working . The information and facts that they are getting back from people is that this is working. The number of people admitted to places for falls in this area has reduced. We will let you get back to doing your exercises as well. Falls cost the nhs up to £2 billion a year to treat the most serious injuries, so this is certainly a class that is about prevention, rather than cure. Back to the studio. Tomorrow we will be listening to your suggestions on how the nhs can tackle its financial shortfall and deal with the challenges that it is facing of an ageing, sometimes obese population, all those changes, well be getting experts to answer your questions and respond to any suggestions you might have. Here is how to get in touch. Four members of a Child Sex Grooming Gang from rochdale are facing deportation to pakistan after Immigration Judges rejected their appeals against a move to strip them of their british citizenship. Our north of england correspondent Judith Moritiz has been following this story, shes in our salford newsroom. Can you tell us more . You will remember the case. It was described in the ruling today as a case which received a lot of Media Coverage because it was so notorious. And the crimes which were, the men convicted of these crimes were described today in court as repulsive, shocking and brutal. It was a case in 2012 in which a group of men from rochdale were convicted of a range of sexual crimes against young Teenage Girls. They plied them with drink and drugs and then passed them around for sex. There were nine men and totaljailed in connection with that. Four of them, it was proposed by the British Government, should have their citizenship removed. They are all of pakistani origin although they had british citizenship by naturalisation. The home office wa nted naturalisation. The home office wanted to strip them of that. It has taken some time to go through the courts, because the men appealed against that move. They have appealed twice. Today, the second appeal, the results of that, the court has decided that the men has lost, the court has ruled in favour of the home office that the men should be stripped of their citizenship. Whether that relates to immediate deportation is another question because they have the right to appeal against this loss of citizenship and then the Deportation Process which could follow on, which will take some time. It is not a question of being put on a plane tomorrow, but it shows that these men could face deportation and that they have lost in two separate courts, their appeals. Mps will debate the way the fa is run today. The culture, media and sport s committee has tabled a motion of No Confidence in the ability of the fa to reform itself. Mps Want A Greater Representation for fans, and more diversity in top positions at the fa. The mother of another near old Transgender Girl who was shot with an airgun is claiming that not enough was done to stop the bullying. She said that five months of bullying had a terrible effect on her daughter. Greater Manchester Police have confirmed that they are investigating the shooting. The school has said it takes this act very seriously and they have expeued very seriously and they have expelled the pupils concerned. The us senate has voted in favour of one of president trumps most controversial cabinet nominees. Known to be a hardliner on immigration, Jeff Sessions will be the next Attorney General, and will lead theJustice Department as it defends the president s travel ban. Heres the moment the vote was confirmed. The ayes 52, the nays 47. Murmuring im and one senator responded, present, the nomination is confirmed. Applause former acting us Attorney General Stuart Gerson said mr sessions is a responsible senator who would enforce laws faithfully. He added that he expected mr sessions to agree on 1. Things with president trump. I dont think the Attorney General has to please congress, but sessions served in congress for a long time and he had a good reputation. All of these hearings are very unfortunate, because we are so divided, that the merits of what is being considered gets put by and the parties are at each others throats. So that this nomination, there was only one democrat mansion of West Virginia that voted for sessions, but others will get along with him fine and the wound will heal. Many liberal democrats will be dissatisfied on many occasions with and would like the performance an Attorney General to be different to sessions, but i think there will be a responsible, albeit conservative view in enforcing the law. Some pictures now from Downing Street. The italian Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni is meeting with theresa may. Talks are expected to focus on brexit. The Prime Ministerfresh the Prime Minister fresh from that victory in the House Of Commons where mps overwhelmingly backed the legislation to formally empower her to begin the brexit process. She wa nts to begin the brexit process. She wants article 50 triggered by the end of march. And no doubt she will be discussing the forthcoming negotiations with the italian Prime Minister there in Downing Street. We will bring you more on that when we get the results of that meeting. Active United States now. The new director of the cia mike pompeo will arrive in turkey today for his first foreign trip since taking office. The civil war in neighbouring syria will be the main Talking Point when mr pompeo meets Government Officials in ankara. Our turkey correspondent mark lowen is in istanbul and says the government there is relishing the fact that the new cia head has decided to chose turkey as his first overseas country to visit. They were rather miffed in ankara that president erdogan was down the list of World Leaders for donald trump the call than they would have liked. So the fact that mike pompeo has come here is a sign of the importance of turkey in resolving the syria conflict. That will be top of the agenda. They will be discussing turkeys objections to the Kurdish Militia in syria being pa rt the Kurdish Militia in syria being part of the fight against so called Islamic State because turkey sees the Kurdish Militia as an extension of its own Kurdish Militant Group in turkey, the pkk, which it classifies asa turkey, the pkk, which it classifies as a terrorist group. They will discuss the safe zones that waldrom seems to have supported in recent daysin seems to have supported in recent days in syria and for turkey, this government will be pushing mike pompeo on the turkish official accused of orchestrating a failed coup detat in turkey last year, although he denies involvement. This morning romanias Constitutional Court starts to consider whether the governments decree last week to soften Anti Corruption laws was lawful. Although the decree itself was withdrawn following huge protests, the governing Social Democrats Want Parliament to enact similar measures. Our correspondent nick thorpe is in the capital bucharest. This row over corruption just rumbles on and on. You can see in the pictures from last night, astonishingly cold, 3 but it felt like 10 with a strong wind blowing in the square in front of the government building, so large numbers for the conditions still turning out. The activists spent the Afternoon Clearing the square with shovels in order to create space for people to gather in the evening. There have been the smaller pro government demonstrations, protesting against the president Of The Republic who has very much taken the side of the protesters. All eyes are on the Constitutional Court and on the government reaction to what the Constitutional Court does. The crisis, as it were, continues in romania. The protesters plan more big demonstrations against the government over the weekend. They want this government to fall, now. The government is trying to limit the damage and trying to survive this wave of protest and to stay in office. The headlines on bbc Newsroom Live A E Waiting Times in england hit their worst levels since targets were introduced 13 years ago. The government has rejected criticism after it ends a scheme to bring unaccompanied Child Migrants into the uk, saying that it is detrimental to the childrens welfare. Jeremy corbyn is expected to reshuffle labours Shadow Cabinet, after insisting that a string of resignations over brexit were not a disaster. Across the bbc this week weve been looking at the pressures the nhs is under. Weve met rural gps working long hours, seen how cuts are affecting Mental Health provision, and investigated alternative ways to fund the service. Today for our nhs health check, we follow A Day In The Life of kathryn carruthers, a matron at a busy Emergency Care unit in north london. It is chock a block. All those patients you can see are waiting, and there is probably more patients, more patients here, and more patients all down the corridor here. Everybody is trying, but sometimes trying isnt enough, and you feel that everything is gridlocked, and that can be very frustrating. My name is kathryn carruthers. Im the matron for ambulatory Emergency Care here at Northwick Park hospital. Were part of the emergency division. We try to see patients that need urgent care, and get treatment without the requirement for admission. A e have already rung this morning to see if we can take some patients who have been down there for quite some time. Were at 100 . Staffing is a huge challenge. We dont always have the number of staff that we would like. Ok, so well go to ed. It is busy. Lots of staff, and patients on trolleys, and relatives, who look fed up. They have been waiting, you can tell. Good morning. Im kathy, im the matron. I know you have been here for a very long time. For me, currently, this is probably the worst i have seen the nhs. When it is completely relentless, i think you do drain staff. Got a real problem, actually. There is a woman who has just moved, and she has a bowel obstruction, and she has been sitting here all night in a chair. It is absolutely full, and nowhere to examine patients. Which is not the hospitals fault, it does its absolute best. Mayhem in there. Sorry, do you mind if i take this call . Hi, colin. Two orthopaedic patients, a chap in a chair. I had to wait, and wait and wait. Oh, well. Looks like a movie now. It is almost the end of the day. My department ticked along quite nicely. I dont think it is sustainable to continue this amount of pressure. I am off training. Im at an athletic club, before going home and seeing to the rest of the family. And then back to do it all again. Back to do it all again tomorrow. In Northern Ireland, an increasing number of people are turning up at a e with mental Health Problems. Now a new scheme is attempting to tackle the issue. Known as Rapid Access Interface discharge or raid it brings Mental Health specialists into the medical team so that Vulnerable People are identified and offered rapid treatment. Our Northern Ireland Health Correspondent Marie Louise Connolly reports. Have you had mental Health Problems in the past . No. So this is a very new thing for you . Tucked away from the busy emergency department, a member of the Mental Health team talks to an extremely vulnerable patient. He was found in a distressed state by the police. Been feeling down. How long have you been feeling that you would do yourself some harm . This scheme, called raid, specifically targets patients showing signs of depression, anxiety, or if they have attempted suicide. It has proved successful. A Consultant Psychiatrist is part of the 24 hour emergency team. We need to have parity between physical and Mental Health, because peoples Mental Health needs, quite often are overlooked whenever they come to a physical health setting, like an acute hospital. So if you have depression and your depression hasnt been picked up, but the Nursing Staff on the acute wards are picking that up, the raid team can come and see you, start you on treatment, liaise with your gp, and that then set you on a journey to recovery. In 2015, more than 6,000 people turned up at Emergency Departments across Northern Ireland as a result of alcohol, drugs or perhaps by cutting themselves. The majority of those people were young, aged between 16 24. According to clinicians here, the beauty of this scheme is that they are preventing a large number of those Men And Women from slipping through the net. Thank you for coming down to see alan today. The doctors are still continuing to look after him. And it is all about teamwork involving doctors, nurses and even social workers. That means the right care package is in place, both in hospital and after discharge. Praise from this woman whose elderly mother had been admitted with delayed onset delirium. She was seen quite quickly, diagnosed very quickly, and it was within hospital, with the different teams in order to get her a very quick package of care, and she was able to return home the next day. An Ageing Population is having an impact on Northern Irelands Health Service. With budgets tight, prevention is proving to be cost effective. Early diagnosis and treatment means a shorter stay for the patient, less bed days for the hospital and a better outcome, ultimately, for everyone. This model of care has required Additional Resources but, according to both staff and patients, it is working, and that is good news for the Health Service. List just take you listjust take you back list just take you back to listjust take you back to romania. We were showing you pictures of the latest demonstrations on corruption. There had been a decree, the criminalising some corruption offences that had been introduced by the government. That sparked huge protests. Then it was rescinded because of those protests. We are hearing now that the Justice Minister has resigned from the government, so the romanianJustice Minister has resigned, in the wake of that confrontation, really, between the government and protesters over the decriminalisation of some corruption offences. Scientists studying the cause of one of our closest ape relatives say they may have revealed the origin of the earliest words ever spoken. Researchers from durham and liverpooljohn ever spoken. Researchers from durham and Liverpool John moores ever spoken. Researchers from durham and liverpooljohn Moores University spent years eavesdropping on orangutans and analyse more than 5000 of their kis squeaks, as they are known, and a sound Something Like this. Kiss squeaks. Those are the kiss squeaks. Im joined by kiss squeaks. Those are the kiss squeaks. Imjoined bya primatologist at liverpooljohn Moores University. He says each kiss squeaks is unique. We have tried in the past to figure out the earliest source of human speech evolution and we have always focused on a vowel like sounds, and this Research Shows that in consequence there is lots of information. So the earliest words might have been a combination of co nso na nts might have been a combination of consonants and vowels, actually repeating the same information twice, so that a listener would understand. An australian man has survived hours struggling to keep his nose above water after his excavator rolled into a damn. Daniel miller had been on the machine north of syd ney miller had been on the machine north of sydney when the edge of the dam gave way and he was pinned down. He says he adopted a yoga pose and spent the time thinking about his wife and two young children. Spent the time thinking about his wife and two young childrenlj spent the time thinking about his wife and two young children. I went through a very almost robotic state of just counting through a very almost robotic state ofjust counting to 60. I told myself, dont think about six hours, think about 60 seconds. Move my arms, readjust, count to 60. Move my arms, readjust, count to 60. Move my arms, readjust. And just wait and try to be calm and logical. I was therefore two hours. I was stuck. In a moment the news at one but first the weather with helen willetts. Good afternoon. It is spot the difference in the weather today. Across the east you have rain but in the west, sunshine. Yesterday temperatures were around 10 celsius and today around five celsius. It is called in sunderland and in many other eastern parts of scotland, england and wales. More cloud for Northern Ireland today and it is a lot colder. We have some showers pestering the cornish coast, but it is more likely we will see shelves across east anglia and the south east. Like showers with drizzle and sleep. It is more likely that the wintry showers will be further north, at lower levels in the north but especially on the hills. As time wears on, we have got that cold air with us and it will start to pile up over the hills. The next few days look similar, cloudy, feeling cold because the wind strengthens, especially across england and wales. That brisk wind will bring no shamus into east anglia, the south east and the northern half of the country as well. It is another cold nights like last night. The potentialfor some showers coming into the south west, as well. That leaves the risk of some ice wherever we see those showers and snow lying, we could have a cold night on the cards. Another cold day tomorrow. We start off on another cold day tomorrow. We start offona another cold day tomorrow. We start off on a frosty note. Basically, it isa off on a frosty note. Basically, it is a day of lots of cloud across central and eastern areas with the best of the sunshine up in the north west of scotland. It will be bitterly cold with temperatures down into low figures, below freezing to start the day and only five cells is at best. Saturday and sunday, we have that keen wind starting to strengthen. We could see more snow pushing further west on saturday. Continuing with that cloudy theme on sunday, mostly of rain and sleet at lower levels. Marginally less cold, but in that wind in the south, it will still feel cold. That cold air stays with us for the next few days, not getting warm until later in the weekend when it is marginally less cold, but still feeling better, in the wind. Feeling bitter. Record numbers of patients spent more than four hours waiting in a e units in england in december. And figures leaked to the bbc suggest januarys figures could be even worse. Which would make it the worst performing month for 13 years. Well ask our Health Editor what the figures mean for patients. Also this lunchtime. Anger at the governments decision to close a scheme which allows unaccompanied child refugees into the uk. Refugees. Dont block brexit the warning to the House Of Lords after the governments bill gets strong backing in the commons. It may be grim but dont complain. The new law which critics say doesnt protect tenants from rogue landlords. The australian man who survived spending hours struggling to keep his nose above water after his excavator rolled into a waterhole. 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