Sweet news for the music industry, the number of streams, downloads and sales in the uk last year rose at its fastest rate for nearly 20 years. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, reports in spain suggest barcelona will bid imminently for philippe coutinho. Liverpool turned down three offers for their brazilian forward in the summer, although as yet they havent had any new bids. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Health Secretaryjeremy hunt has apologised to patients affected by a decision to postpone tens of thousands of operations in england until next month. Theresa may acknowledged the decision is frustrating for people, but said the nhs is better prepared this year than ever before. But senior doctors say pressure has escalated rapidly over the festive period. Our Health Correspondent Catherine Burns has the details. Anna is waiting for an operation thatis anna is waiting for an operation that is going to change her life. Herfacial nerve was that is going t
South, ten or 11 degrees to end the day. Going through the night the showers in the north west begin to fade away. Looking down to the south west, low pressure bringing in some wet and weather and some gales on coast. A pretty unsettled start the day. A different story again further north, cold and frosty with some possible icy stretches on the roads. But for much of england and wales are roads. But for much of england and wales a re pretty roads. But for much of england and wales are pretty dismal Early Morning rush hour with some quite persistent rain. It stays quite persistent rain. It stays quite persistent across north wales and through northern england. Then heading over into the isle of man and northern ireland, some sleet or wet snow possible across the higher ground. A cold and frosty start across the far north east. An improving picture to england and wales with some sunny spells. The weather front grinds to a halt but again some wet snow to the higher ground. It is going to
Tweet about the size of his nuclear button. And joining me laterfor a look at tomorrows front pages will be the columnist, Susie Boniface and the political commentator, alex deane. Welcome to sportsday. Coming up tonight, we are at the emirates stadium ahead of a battle for the top four in the premier league at arsenal take on chelsea. West brom say their midfielderJake Livermore confronted a west ham fan because the supporter abused him about the death of his infant son in 2014. A little bit of history new zealands colin munro scores 104 to become the first batsman to make three centuries in t20 internationals as the black caps beat the west indies. I will have the build up to the fifth test in sydney. Can england finally get an ashes win . We start at the emirates where arsenal host chelsea. A win for the champions would see them go back to 2nd in the table. They face a side though whove won 13 of their last 15 league games at home. Before we go to our football correspondentjohn murr
At their fastest rate for nearly 20 years, with steaming Services Accounting for more than half of consumption. Its 5 oclock, good afternoon, our top story is that the Health Secretaryjeremy hunt has apologised to patients, after the postponement of tens of thousands of operations in england, until next month. Theresa may acknowledged the move is frustrating, but said the nhs is better prepared this winter,than in previous yea rs. However senior doctors say seasonal pressures have escalated rapidly over the festive period. Our Health Correspondent Catherine Burns has more. Anna is waiting for an operation thats going to change her life. Her facial nerve was removed when she had cancer seven years ago. Shes due to have an appointment to plan facial reconstruction surgery next week, but is expecting it to be cancelled. I was hoping that i would have the surgery maybe at the end of january, beginning of february, but i have a feeling it will be knocked back to april or may. Shes due to ha