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and the legendary british rock guitaristjeff beck has died at the age of 78. and coming up on the bbc news channel. australia refuse to play cricket in aghanistan in a stand against the treatment of women by the taliban.. as they withdraw from march s one day series. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. if you called an ambulance in england back in october for someone who was having a heart attack or a stroke, the average waiting time was an hour. the latest figures from nhs england showjust how much the situation has worsened since then. if you made the same call last month, the wait was half an hour longer a full 92 minutes on average before an ambulance would get to you. the target is 18 minutes. for weeks, we ve been reporting on the unrelenting pressures facing the nhs this winter. senior doctors have told us the health service is operating on a knife edge. now our health editor hugh pym has been allowed into the royal bolton hospital, and into a&e, w ....
asi as i said earlier this week people know i take classified documents seriously. russians fighting in ukraine claimed they have found the body of one of two british aid workers who ve been reported missing. bumper christmas sales for some of britain s biggest retailers despite the cost of living crisis. and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who died at the age of 78. there s more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england: ambulance response times in december were the worse on record. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. (ani the highest priority calls with an immediate threat to life took almost 11 minutes on average; the target is seven. and patients are waiting even longer in accident and emergency 35 % waited more than four hours that s another record. our health correspondent jim reed reports. long queues for ambulances, the most 999 cal ....
At six, the nhs in crisis ambulance response times and a&e waits in england in december are the worst on record. ambulances took on average an hour and a half to reach emergency calls for heart attacks and strokes. the target is 18 minutes. and this is why. tonight, we have a special report from inside the royal bolton hospital, which is swamped with patients in need of emergency care. the last six, 12 months have been more challenging than i ve ever known in the time i ve worked here. also on the programme. how schools are trying combat the misogyny promoted by the social media influencer andrew tate. a bumper christmas for some of britain s biggest retailers, despite the cost of living crisis. ....