this is bbc news, the headlines at three. the nhs under pressure; nine out of ten hospitals have been dangerously overcrowded this winter. the government steps up efforts to recover money from non—eu patients by asking hospitals in england to charge them up—front. stefano brizzi, a killer who strangled a police office and tried to dissolve his body in acid, has died in prison. president trump steps up his attacks on a judge who overturned his travel ban on seven muslim majority countries. a 19—year—old admits stabbing an american tourist to death and injuring five other people in central london last year. i'm rebecca jones, and in the next hour, we'll have more on alastair cook quitting as england test captain the 32—year—old batsman led his team to two ashes victories during a record 59 matches in charge. the queen makes history today reaching her sapphire jubilee after a record 65 years on the throne. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. the number of patients on hospital wards has been at levels deemed to be unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts in england this winter — that's according to the bbc‘s analysis of nhs figures. the pressure on beds has meant many patients have been at a higher risk of infection and delays in getting treated. up—to—date figures aren't available for the rest of the uk. nhs england says the main problem is finding alternative care for patients who were medically well but frail. our correspondent, jane dreaper, has been to a hospital in somerset to see just how much pressure the nhs is under. it's been a very difficult winter at yeovil hospital in somerset. like many other hospitals

in england, they've had to battle behind the scenes here to find enough free beds in recent weeks. you can get periods, particularly over the winter period, when you are managing bed by bed, minute by minute, and teams are having to spend a lot of time and energy running around finding a bed for the next patient that needs it. and moving patients between wards isn't ideal, we don't like doing it unless we really have to, but sometimes you have to prioritise clinically who needs to be in the right bed. ideally hospitals have patients in around 85% of their beds so there's time for cleaning and space for urgent cases. our analysis of nhs figures showed most hospitals in england were above the recommended rate this winter. nearly half those trusts had occu pa ncy levels a bove 95%. up—to—date figures weren't available for the rest of the uk. most hospitals in europe run at 80% capacity and they cannot understand when we talk to them and say that we run our hospitals at 95% capacity, they just think

it's a very odd way, and also, to be frank, a slightly dangerous way to run a hospital system if you're doing that day in, day out. nhs england said the practice of using beds intensively was likely to continue. meanwhile, a poll carried out by ipsos mori for the bbc suggests in england 57% blame a shortage of staff or lack of funding for the current pressures. the government in england says although the nhs is busier than ever, patients rate their care highly. jane dreaper, bbc news. hospitals in england will have a legal duty to charge overseas patients upfront for non—urgent care if they are not eligible for free treatment. from april this year, so—called health tourists could be refused operations unless they cover their costs in advance. emergency care would still be provided immediately, and billed later. here's our health editor hugh pym. hospitals are already supposed to charge those foreign patients who don't qualify for free

non—urgent care, but a report by the national audit office found that money raised next year would fall far short of a £500 million target set by the government. ministers have announced that, from april, nhs trusts in england will have a legal duty to charge upfront for non—emergency care, rather than send invoices after the event. it's not clear how this would be enforced. a uk—wide poll ofjust over 1,000 adults by ipsos mori for the bbc shows that 74% of respondents support increasing charges for visitors from outside the uk to help fund the nhs. 40% said raising income tax to finance the nhs would be acceptable. 37% said it would be acceptable for uk citizens to pay for some health services which are currently free. hugh pym, bbc news. let's go live to nottingham now to see how health services there are faring. joining me from the queen's medical centre in nottingham is nicky hill,

director of hr for the local nhs trust there. hearing there about staff shortages, how big a problem is that for you in terms of doctors and nurses? it is quite a problem. there's a national shortage of doctors and nurses and we are no different to any other health care trusts. we try and look at the skill mix in departments to make sure that we are using the skills we've got in the right place and train new roles so we have advanced nurse practitioners. we have a pilot sight for the new nurse associate role which we believe will help with our skill mix but it's incredibly challenges. incredibly challenging isa challenges. incredibly challenging is a phrase we hear, also we hear a phrase "on the edge" and "at breaking point". does that chime with your experience of what is going on? so, the staff here work

incredibly hard, we try and support them as much as we can and make sure that all the staff areas are adequately staffed, we make sure we move staff around on every shift to make sure the critical areas are covered and move skills around. we also support staff with health and well—being initiatives to recognise that they are extremely stressed during winter periods. it has been incredibly challenging for them all so we incredibly challenging for them all so we make sure that they're taking their break, that they do get the training they need and also that they are supported with the health and well—being programmes as well. what does that mean on the frontline ifa what does that mean on the frontline if a doctor, nurse working in a&e, how much pressure are they under? do they ever get a chance to have that break? they do, sometimes it's incredibly difficult and they don't necessarily a lwa ys difficult and they don't necessarily always get to take it when they plan to. at the end of the day, the doors don't ever shut in accident and emergency and we've had some

incredibly high attendance numbers over winter which has meant staff clearly, their main aim is to care for patients safely, so they will tend to try to organise themselves. they know when the quieter periods in the day are so they'll plan their brea ks in the day are so they'll plan their breaks for then. there'll be times when they are stretched for breaks but we tell staff it's important to refresh themselves because otherwise they won't give the best care to patients. with so much pressure on beds, you have this red and green day system don't you? we do. that is starting to make a difference so i think what it's helping is making sure that the patients who need care ona sure that the patients who need care on a particular day are getting the ca re on a particular day are getting the care and the tests that they need because the one thing we try and do is to try to make sure people are in hospitalfor is to try to make sure people are in hospital for as is to try to make sure people are in hospitalfor as short a is to try to make sure people are in hospital for as short a time as possible. sometimes there are delays caused by tests not being done in a timely way and the red and green days has meant that we can easily

highlight the patients that need attention on a particular day, whether it's a test or a scan or whether it's a test or a scan or whether we need to chase up a care package for them so that they can leave the hospital because, at the end of the day, we want all patients to go home as quickly as possible. nicky hill, thank you so much. you can see more on the bbc‘s nhs health check on our website. bbc.co.uk/health. stefano brizzi, who was jailed for the murder of 59—year—old police officer gordon semple in london, has died in prison, the ministry ofjustice has said. the prison service says an investigation will take place. a little earlier i spoke with the bbc‘s kathryn stanczyszyn who talked me through the background of the case. stefa no stefano brizzi met 59—year—old mr

semple on the dating app, a gay dating app. he murdered him, dismembered his body and put it in a bath of acid. the judge said there we re bath of acid. the judge said there were some terrible features. in fa ct, were some terrible features. in fact, the prosecution experts revealed that actually, brizzi had tried to cook some of the body and cannibalise it as well, terrible details from that case, and brizzi was jailed on 12th december for life with a was jailed on 12th december for life witha minimum was jailed on 12th december for life with a minimum term of 2a years. so what do we know has happened today? 0nly basic details. he was a few months into his prison term at belmarsh high security prison. news reports say he took his own life and, ina reports say he took his own life and, in a statement, the ministry of justice said simply hmp belmarsh prison‘s stefano brizzi died in custody in 5th february. as with all cases, there'll be an independent investigation by the prisons and

probations ombudsman. in the battle of trump versus the courts — the courts are winning — so far — and the president's doing nothing to hide his frustration. he's stepped up his attacks on the judge who set aside his travel ban on seven predominantly muslim nations. the justice department has until this evening to submit its challenge to the decision. 0ur correspondent daniel boettcher reports. america brought together by sport and patriotism — the super bowl watched by well over 100 million people on television. but outside the stadium, the country's divisions and tensions were all too apparent. more protests against president trump, and in particular his travel restrictions. un—american, say his opponents, and unconstitutional. elsewhere, his supporters made their voices heard. they believe it is the constitution that gives the president

the authority to order these restrictions. donald trump was at his florida retreat to watch the super bowl, and despite the legal challenges of the past few days he defended his order as being effective. i think it was very smooth, we had 109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travellers and all we did was vet those people very, very carefully. it's more than a week since he signed his executive order. the administration argues the president can decide who can enter or stay in the us, but last friday a federal court overturned the ban after it was challenged by two states. the following day the president made his first attempt to get the ban restored, arguing his presidential authority was being undermined. yesterday that appeal was rejected, now both sides have until later today to file full submissions. until the case is decided, the restrictions, which include a travel ban on seven predominantly muslim nations, is on hold. but on twitter donald trump has continued his onslaught against thejudge, orso—called

judge, as the president characterised him, who suspended his ban. "just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril," he wrote. "if something happens, blame him and court system. people pouring in, bad." minnesota and washington state, which are challenging the ban, say there will be chaos if it's restored. that will be part of their submission for the latest stage of the legal process. daniel boettcher, bbc news. three labour peers have been awe warded £54,000. they sued jane collins for slander and libel for comments made during a speech at the party conference in 2014. the court was told that the remarks made by mrs collins following following the publication of a report into child exploitation in her town caused extreme distress. a teenager has pleaded guilty

to killing an american tourist and injuring 5 other people during a random knife attack in london last summer. 19—year—old zakuriha bulhan denied murder but admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility. 0ur correspondent catriona renton has the latest. the 19—year—old had been charged with the murder and attempted murder. he admitted wounding five with intent. the crown explained they were accepting the lesser pleas as expert medical evidence showed bulhan had been suffering an acute episode of mental illness, paranoid zits freen ya at the time and was psychotic and appeared to be hallucinating. the court had been hearing more about what happened on

that evening on 3rd august in russell square. it had been busy, people were out spending the night out in central london. a man with a large kitchen knife was seen moving eratically and veered across the square. without any warning or provocation, he stabbed six people in relatively quick succession. he said nothing. he tried to run away before police got him down with a taser stun gun. while on the ground, a police officer claims to have heard him mutter "allah". 100 metres away, a woman lay dying. the court heard statements today from the woman's daughter and husband. he described her death as an unspeakable tragedy. he said at the time, the motive was unclear, the police didn't know they flooded the square, not knowing if this was a terror threat or a random lethal attack which it quickly eemergencied that it was. it was triggered by

mental illness. this is a two—day hearing that is ongoing at the moment and it's taking place in court 8 moment and it's taking place in court8 in moment and it's taking place in court 8 in the old bailey after which mr bulhan will be sentenced. the headlines: the nhs under pressure. nine out of ten hospitals in england have been dangerously overcrowded this winter. stefano brizzi, a killer who strangled a police officer and tried to dissolve his body in acid has died in prison. president trump steps up his attacks ona president trump steps up his attacks on a judge who overturned his travel ban on seven muslim majority countries. in sport, alastair cook quits as england test captain after a record 59 matches in charge. he w011 a record 59 matches in charge. he won the ashes twice in his five—year speu won the ashes twice in his five—year spell but had been considering his future during a recent tour of india which england lost 4—0. and the former springboks player has died

aged 45. badminton is one of five sports appealing its loss of funding to uk sport today. it had over £5 million pulled despite exceeding the medal target at the rio games. more at half past. i want to take you to france. francois fillon is tackling allegations of improper payments made to family members, in particular his wife penelope and he's said his wife's salary was entirely justified in he's said his wife's salary was entirelyjustified in the last few moments. this press conference is what one of his aides is saying is a fightback. he's been overshadowed by claims. he always denied his wife and children were paid for non—existent parliamentary work. some suggest he should duck out of

the race but he has no intention of doing so. he said his wife's job was vital for doing so. he said his wife's job was vitalfor his doing so. he said his wife's job was vital for his role as an elected official and, during this news conference, he's also said "everything said about me is legal and tra nsparent". we'll keep an eye on that news conference. basically what we have said is that he's not stepping down. mps will have the chance to amend the government's legislation on brexit when it returns to the commons for three more days of debate later this afternoon. the prime minister will be giving a statement at 3. 30. expect to hear about donald trump, nato and the european union. that will then set the ground work i think for what is going to be an evening of debate and

votes in the house of commons. as you mentioned, this is now what is known as the committee stage of this bill, the bill to empower the government, to trigger article 50. what essentially is going to happen over the next few days is that mps will have the chance to put forward and hope they can get selected their amendments to this legislation. what we'll have tonight, i suspect, among a raft of proposed amendments to be discussed. 0ne a raft of proposed amendments to be discussed. one by the labour mp harriet harman calling on the government to guarantee the rights of eu citizens living in the uk, that of course has been a bone of contention throughout the brexit process with many mps, including conservative mps, saying that they wa nt conservative mps, saying that they want those rights guaranteed before the negotiations begin. the government's been very clear it doesn't want to do that because it feels it would give away a negotiating hand to other ei countries. then in the wider sense of what will be discussed, a lot of

this tonight will be about giving parliament the role to scrutinise the negotiations, to scrutinise the whole process of brexit. what some conservative mps, potential rebels, are beginning to rally around, is some sympathy for a labour amendment which says that the government should give parliament the opportunity to say what the role and relationship should be with the european union if there is no deal. this has become something which some conservative mps like anna soubry and others have said that they want from this. now, would they rebel and walk into the voting lobbies with labourmps, snps and walk into the voting lobbies with labour mps, snps and liberal democrat mps? that remains to be seen. democrat mps? that remains to be seen. but the possibility, the threat they might, is something that i think they would want to use as leverage over theresa may and hope they can get some guarantee over that issue.

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