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welcome to bbc news. the nhs in england has denied claims from the british red cross that there s a humanitarian crisis in its hospitals. latest figures show a&e departments have had to shut their doors to patients more than 140 times in december, because of a lack of beds. the red cross, which helps patients return home from hospital, is calling for more government money. but nhs england say plans are in place to cope with additional demand and that talk of a humanitarian crisis is overblown. our health correspondent, smitha mundasad, reports. winter pressure on accident and emergency nothing new. but the red cross now says the strain on hospitals in england amounts to a humanitarian crisis. the charity claims social care cuts mean patients are being sent home without the right support so they end up back in a&e. red cross volunteers support nhs staff and say they ve seen patients sent home without clothes. some who don t receive the care they need to get washed. ....
the gunman who killed five people at fort lauderdale airport will be brought tojustice. a 26 year old army veteran has been arrested. at least 43 people have been killed by a lorry bomb in the northern syrian town of azaz. talks between london underground and the tssa union are continuing at the conciliation service acas. the rmt union have left the talks. a 24 hour strike is set to start on sunday evening. now on bbc news, the travel show. cuba is at a turning point. last year saw the end of decades of isolation from the usa, with tourism needing a new spirit of enterprise here. some sanctions have been lifted, like commercial flights from the us. the wheels are in motion, but everyone s wondering exactly where is cuba headed right now? that question is especially poignant after the recent death of fidel castro and election of donald trump to the us presidency. if the thawing of relations does continue, the economy here may benefit, but is this country in danger of los ....
Very much a case of showers back in the forecast, and a bit of a cool breeze to go with it. the breezes coming in from the western direction of the atlantic, bringing in these weather fronts at the moment, this is where there are more showers and outbreaks of rain focus, especially across the north of scotland, where that will place through the day. it is in southern scotland at the moment, heavy burst of rain here, stretching down through northern england, east wales, towards devon and cornwall. wishing south and east through the day. it will hit edgbaston, perhaps bringing delays to the start of the cricket, perhaps some rain in silverstone as well for qualifying later. east anglia and the south east will stay dry today, showers not with you until the evening. and even though you start cloudy and went across some areas of scotland, western england and wales, that will brighten up the sunshine and showers later, a showery day in northern ireland, cloud persisting with the rain across ....