After its leader says america is in range of a strike. A man dubbed a hero at the Manchester Arena attack now admits stealing from two of its victims. The bionic hand with a sense of touch we have an exclusive report on the woman whos been testing it out for scientists in the real world. Proud parents the uks first polar bear cub for 25 years is born at the highland wildlife park, though its not yet been seen. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we look ahead to tonights london derby. Arsene wengers arsenal host rivals chelsea in the fight for Champions League football. Good evening. The Health Secretaryjeremy hunt has apologised to patients after hospitals were told to delay tens of thousands of non urgent operations and out patinet appointments in england this month so the Health Service can cope with the winter pressures. The Prime Minister acknowledged the decision was disappointing and frustrating for all those affected but she insisted that the nhs was better prepared for thi
Im in love with your body. And why 2017 was a great year for the uk music industry, and one particular british artist had a lot to do with it. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, an eventful london derby between arsenal and chelsea at the emirates. Find out if Jack Wilsheres goal was enough to get arsenal the points. Good evening. The health secretary, jeremy hunt, has apologised to patients after hospitals in england were told to delay tens of thousands of non urgent operations and appointments. The Health Service is struggling to cope with mounting winter pressures. The bbc understands at least one in ten hospital trusts have been put on the highest level of alert in the last 2a hours, meaning they are unable to deliver comprehensive care. The Royal College of emergency medicine says Patient Safety is undoubtedly being compromised. Labour claims the nhs is in crisis. Our health editor, hugh pym, has the latest. Theres been extreme stress at some hospitals. Around 20 in england ha
You look perfect tonight. Sales have grown at their fastest rate for nearly 20 years, with streaming Services Accounting for more than half of consumption. And the bionic hand with a sense of touch we have an exclusive report on the woman whos been testing it out for scientists in the real world. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Donald trump has launched a stinging attack on one of his former closest advisors steve bannon after he was quoted in a new book criticising a meeting between mr trumps son and a group of russians. Steve bannon is said to have described a meeting between the president s son, donjunior, and a russian lawyer during the 2016 president ial Election Campaign as treasonous and unpatriotic. Following the allegations the president said, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost hisjob, he lost his mind. Mr bannons claims come in a new book on trumps presidency by journalist Michael Wolff. Well, a little earlier, a
The health secretary. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Following his tweet about north korea, President Trump has gone on the offensive again tonight, this time to launch a lengthy attack on his former chief strategist steve bannon. What provoked it were reports that bannon had described a meeting between the president s son and a russian lawyer during the president ial Election Campaign as treasonous and unpatriotic. Its understood the comments will be published in a book next week. The president has hit back with a statement tonight. Claiming steve bannon had nothing to do with helping win the presidency, mr trump says when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. Our north america editor, jon sopel, is at the white house. I thought it would take quite something to eclipse Donald Trumps tweet about kim jong un, it now seems that the president and Stephen Bannon were engaged in a battle for who has got the biggest boston and the most powerful one. Let me read you
Sir Terence Conran, the british designer who revolutionised retail and decor, has died aged 88. Coming up at 5. 30 global questions. A month after lebanons catastrophic explosion in the port of beirut, what next for the countrys crisis hit economy and political system 7 a leading scientist has warned that the uk is on the edge of losing control of coronavirus as infections rise. Professor sir mark walport, a member of the governments sage advisory committee, said people needed to limit their socialising, to ensure children can remain at school and students at university. It comes as the latest Government Data shows the uk recorded 3,497 new confirmed cases of covid 19. This report from our Health Correspondent, lauren moss. Its the final weekend before new restrictions are introduced across the uk. From monday, the rule of six will limit the number of people that we can socialise with. Yesterday, there were 3500 new confirmed covid cases, and scientists have warned the rate of infectio