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by dangerous delays. crews are enduring long waits outside accident and emergency departments in england, because hospitals are struggling to deal with overcrowded wards. nhs england says it has recruited more staff and increased bed capacity, but acknowledged the system was under considerable strain. sharon barbour reports. it s been a long night for margaret. there were ambulances backed up outside. two hours in an ambulance. finally able to get off the ambulance and into a&e, margaret then faced a long wait. she told us she s been here for 14 hours. margaret s 73, and has had no sleep. what was it like last night when you came in to a&e? there were ambulances parked out there. there s ambulances parked out there today. there s no beds. you know, and there s people on trolleys in the corridors. waits in a&e here have been as long as 30 hours, with hospital bosses now warning of even worse to come, as they cope with a sharp rise this week and patients arriving. in th ....
to bring figures down to the tens of thousands . labour targets child ren‘s health, saying it ll ban alljunk food tv ads, before the 9pm watershed. a 2 year old girl is seriously ill in hospital, a 2 year old girl is seriously ill in hospital, after being mauled by dogs thatjumped into a garden in liverpool. facebook launches a national campaign with ten tips to spot fake news, helping users decide what s true and what s not. good evening from paris, where the president elect emmanuel macron has been celebrating his decisive victory over marine le pen in yesterday s election and he s already started work on forming his government ahead of his formal inauguration on sunday. he s already been congratulated by many world leaders, including the british prime minister theresa may. mr macron won with 66.1% of the vote, with marine le pen of the front national taking 33.9%. the turnout was 7a%, the lowest in nearly 50 years, and around 11.5 million people abstained. the t ....
plans for a second scottish referendum on independence have been put on ice. first minister nicola sturgeon has categorically not dropped the idea of another vote, but said today that no legislation will be brought forward until autumn next year at the earliest. given the pace at which these things proceed, that means no vote would happen until 2020 and by then it would likely be delayed until after the next scottish elections in 2021. the reset amounts to a setback for the ambitions of the snp, but it s arguably also a retreat for the forces of change and disruption that have been dominating politics for so long. it was scotland that led the world into a new era of voter restlessness. a nationalist surge that saw snp majority rule in scotland and which paved the way for that independence referendum. scotland has voted no in this referendum on independence. it was a defeat for independence but it came closer than anyone anticipated when it all started. something had sti ....
theirfinal twenty20 match in bangalore isjust getting underway. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. donald trump has made one of the most significant decisions of his presidency nominating a conservative judge to fill a vacancy on the us supreme court. the nomination of neil gorsuch a 49 year old federal appeals judge restores the court s conservative balance but will have far reaching consequences for america s most contested social issues from abortion and gender to gun control. his nomination will have to be confirmed by the senate, where democrats have threatened to block any candidate seen as too conservative. our correspondent richard lister reports. a prime time announcement on one of the biggest decisions of his presidency, dom will trump‘s pick for the supreme court will influence american lives long after he leaves the white house. donald trump s pic. today i am keeping a promise to the american people, by nominating judge neil gorsuch. ....
where mps are debating for a second day, a bill which would allow the prime minister to formally start the process of leaving the eu. the government is expected to win a vote on the legislation when it is held tonight at 7pm, despite opposition from some labour rebels plus the liberal democrats and the snp. we have been hearing more impassioned debates this afternoon as we did yesterday. let s hear a segment of it from the former chancellor, george osborne. truth is that while britain is seeking the maximum possible access to the single market for goods and for services, and while we hope that the fact that we have a trade deficit and a very important financial centre will count in our favour, the government has chosen andi favour, the government has chosen and i respect this decision, not to make the economy the priority in this negotiation. they have prioritised immigration control and that was a clear message from the referendum campaign and they ve also prioritised ....