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Today's event is one of a series marking the milestone. 1,500 health workersjoined royalty and politicians for the ceremony, which included readings from the prime minister, rishi sunak, and the labour leader, sir keir starmer. but the occasion has prompted questions about its ability to survive in its current form into the future. three leading think tanks say the nhs won't reach its centenary unless there is significant investment. those are some of the challenges and questions. let's get some analysis from bbc verify�*s head of statistics, robert cuffe, who's in the newsroom. you can see ...

Robert cuffe is with me. as the covid inquiry gets under way, the bbc has gathered the best available figures to compare three years of death for any reason during the pandemic. they tell an up and down story for the uk. a terrible first year amid two huge waves, with death rates up by about 15% from the what we saw during the five years before. and then vast improvements during the second year's world—leading vaccine roll—out when we actually saw death rates fall below historical averages. but the last year didn't look so good. like some other countries, death rates drifted back up and nh...

Asylum claim to be processed. it has been rising sharply and now it has reached a level of nearly 175,000 people waiting for their claim to be processed, to be accepted or rejected, and about 120,000 of those have been waiting for more than six months. this rise is very steep over the last few years and it is may be starting to ease off, they are may be making some headway, but it is not clear whether that is because of the increase in staff numbers, which has nearly doubled, or whether it is changing how they process so not chasing so hard after someone who is not contactable. it is not clear...

The numbers down. in a moment — we'll get more from our political correspondent — jonathan blake — but first let's speak to our head of data — robert cuffe. and robert is in the newsroom. the main number is 600,000 people coming through and the main reasons why we are seeing such a large number is people coming to the uk from outside the eu, migration within the eu is actually not that substantial, and i can show you that now. the green line is the number of people adding to the uk population from outside the eu and that is accounting for more than 600,000, more than the total net migr...

Researchers have found that plant —based foods are good for at the health of the heart. they found vegetarian and vegan diets cut high levels of cholesterol that can eventually cause heart attacks or strokes. experts said meat and dairy had their own health benefits, and not all meat free diets were actually healthy. you are alive with bbc news. —— you are live with bbc news. next tonight we're going to look at migration because figures in the uk show net migration hit a record high in 2022. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the num...