And hip problems force andy murray to pull out of the Australian Open. Hes not played a competitive match since wimbledon last year. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. All the action from Tonights Premier League as spurs battle to remain within touching distance of the top four. What a shot good evening. Theresa may has apologised for the postponement of thousands of operations because of winter pressures. Speaking on a visit to a hospital in surrey, the Prime Minister said she acknowledged the difficulty and frustration for patients. And new figures compiled by the bbc show that, for the last six weeks of 2017, more than 75,000 patients were left in ambulances for half an hour or more. Thats one in every eight patients enduring a delay. And last week was the busiest for the nhs iii helpline since it began. It received more than 480,000 calls. Heres our Health Editor, hugh pym. We are in a queue with lots of other people who are clearly very sick. Everybodys waiting to get in. A p