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their respects to the late pope benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. the coffin of football legend pele has arrived at the stadium of his former club, santos, for a public wake. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. we begin in the uk, senior doctors are warning that some hospital accident and emergency departments are in a "complete state of crisis" because of the extreme pressures facing the national health service this winter. the royal college of emergency medicine says it's impossible to provide the best standard of care —...

legend pele has arrived at the stadium of his former club, santos, for a public wake. hello and welcome. in the uk, senior doctors are warning that some hospital accident and emergency departments are in a "complete state of crisis" because of the extreme pressures facing the national health service this winter. the royal college of emergency medicine says it's impossible to provide the best standard of care — and there's "no doubt" patients are being harmed. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. we are used to seeing pictures like this every winter now. patients waitin...

People are dying in the uk every week. nhs england says it doesn't recognise those figures and that there are different reasons why the number of people dying could be higher than usual. but it is undeniable that the nhs is under extreme pressure. 18% more people have turned up to a&e departments in england in the last six weeks compared to the same time last year. 9,500 people are in hospital with covid, that's more than doubled recently. add onto that almost 4,000 with flu, aother sharp increase, and it means that 13% of hospital beds are being used for covid and flu patients. and all this c...