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and it is a very, very serious situation so we look forward, as i just said, to receiving them in court. a firm of london plumbers loses legal battle over whether to give freelance plumbers the same rights as full time staff. and england prepare to take on wales this weekend. and coming up in the sport, the russian athlete stripped of her gold medal and banned for doping. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says it s completely unacceptable that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. figures show that waiting times in casualty units are worse than at any time in the last decade. mr hunt says he does have an improvement plan, but admits it will take time, and says there s no silver bullet. our health editor hugh pym reports. nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance ina&e the worst waiting time performance in a & e units since records began more than a decade ago. jerem ....
the ministry of defence says the may the navy does has some submarines which are operationally capable. a self employed plumber wins his battle for basic workers‘ rights at the court of appeal. the ruling could affect thousands of others. a firm of london plumbers loses legal battle over whether to give and, first it was beyonce and jay z, now the clooneys celebrate as well, as george and amal announce they ll be having twins. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the health secretaryjeremy hunt says it s completely unacceptable that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. figures show that waiting times in casualty units are worse than at any time in the last decade. mr hunt says he does have an improvement plan, but admits it will take time, and says there s no silver bullet. our health editor hugh pym reports. it began more than a decade ago. jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of staff, but said tha ....
overnight will be higher than the daytime average for this time of year. they will get higher still tomorrow. they are tempered somewhat by these gusty winds. trans pennine route, across the east of the grampians, you will get buffeted during the rush hour. chilly air following to the north, but further south, we could have 15 or 16 celsius tomorrow. we will start to see something potentially more stormy in the middle part of the week. more on that later. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: thousands of prison officers in london and the south east of england are to get an instant pay increase of between £3000 and £5000. ministers said they wanted to attract the best talent after concerns the prison service was understaffed. iraqi forces say they ve taken several villages to the south of mosul, hours after launching a major offensive to retake the western half of the city from islamic state militants. save the children warn there s around 350,000 children trapped i ....
strange explorations of time, we ve been exploring all. things and this week is no exception. directed by gareth edwards, the visual genius behind monsters and godzilla, rogue one has earned over $1 billion at the worldwide box office and has, unsurprisingly, been nominated for an oscar in visual effects. edwards worked with the team at industrial lights and magic to recreate that galaxy far, far away and, as we found out when we visited their london office, they provided some very cool kit to help facilitate his unique directing style. so he s a very hands on filmmaker. he likes to walk around his sets and physically pick up the camera himself and walk around and find interesting angles that might not have occurred to him when he was planning out so we used a real time virtual reality system, and therefore he can show us rather than explain to us. and this is it? this is it. this is what we call our vcam renderer. can ijust point out, it s an ipad with a vive controlle ....
lives in service of all who took pa rt lives in service of all who took part in the operations in iraq and afghanistan. and the queen unveils a memorial dedicated to those who served in conflicts in iraq, afghanistan, and in the gulf war. and the queen unveils a memorial dedicated to those who served and coming up in the sport on bbc news. england and scotland name their teams for saturday s calcutta cup match in the six nations, with billy vunipola on the bench for eddiejone‘s side at twickenham. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the chancellor philip hammond has defended his plan to raise national insurance contributions for the self employed, saying the government faces new challenges. mr hammond is facing criticism of the budget announcement for apparently going against a 2015 manifesto pledge on tax rises. the change, due to come in next year, will mean 1.6 million self employed people paying on average £240 more every year. labour has accused ....