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more than 4.5 million people were waiting to begin hospital treatment in england at the end january, that's the highest number since records began in 2007. the royal college of surgeons has called the situation to turn things around. here's our health editor, hugh pym. hospital wards devoted to covid. the surge in numbers over the last two months led to widespread cancellations of less urgent types of care, and there's still a backlog from last year's first covid peak. today's figures highlight again the scale of the problem. charmaine has severe arthritis, and last year was hoping t...

the nhs test and trace system, which is likely to cost the taxpayer £37 billion failed to prevent lockdowns and there is no evidence that cut the number of coronavirus infections. those other findings in the house of commons�* public accounts committee, publishing a highly critical report of the scheme. it said the cost was staggering and the taxpayers were being treated like a cash machine. hugh pym reports. a testing site, today, now part of everyday life, but it has cost a lot of money to get where we are and a highly critical report by mps has fuelled a new debate on what test...

much further than the paris accord, to limit global warming. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, a look back at some of our favourite european adventures. we test drive the continent's fastest and highest ride. watch some masterpiece maintenance in the netherlands. it looks incredible. yeah. 0h, here we go again. and travel back in time — over 2000 years — as wejoin the crew of a replica galley in greece. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you from a very chilly st pancras station. now, normally, this place would be bustling with people going back and forth...

Resistance. in 1631, a group of rebel slaves won the right to live as free people in their own region. it was a small, but significant victory, given it would take another two centuries before slavery ended in mexico. [ speaking non-english ] >> wow. [ speaking non-english ]

>> it's impossible to overstate the impact of african culture on this region. but even at the peak of the slave trade, there was resistance. in 1631, a group of rebel slaves won the right to live as free people in their own region. it was a small, but significant victory, given it would take another two centuries before slavery ended in mexico. [ speaking non-english ] wow. yuca frita.