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this is bbc news. the headlines at 2.00pm: police name the man the man they're looking for in connection with the death of one—year—old boy in north london. the organisation representing nhs trusts in england warns that meeting the standards set by the government over the next year will be mission impossible. trusts are saying they cannot deliver that the accident and emergency and elective surgery targets and hit financial balance, and that is before the year has even started. that is the first time ever that has actually happened. that is the first time ever that has actually happened. the liberal democrat leader, tim farron, accuses theresa may of following aggressive, nationalistic politics like those of donald trump and vladimir putin. musicians around the world pay tribute to rock and roll pioneer chuck berry, who has died aged 90. the rolling stones and bruce
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springsteen are amongst those paying tribute to chuck berry, who died last night at the age of 90. a week after mps give the government to start the brexit negotiations, andrew neil will be looking into what will be next on politics europe. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in the last hour, scotland yard has named the man police are looking for in connection with the death of a one—year—old boy in north london. he's bidhya sagar das, who is 33 years old. the hunt for him follows an incident at this flat in the finsbury park area of the city. the boy and his twin sister were found last night suffering
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serious injuries last night. the girl is in a critical condition in hospital. 0ur correspondent jane—frances kelly, is in finsbury park in north london. what more details are at their? that police are now treating this as a murder investigation. as you have mentioned, in the last hour they have named a suspect they wish to trace. he is bidhya sagar das, 33, and police say he lived at this address, where the incident took place. they say that he was at the address before the injured children we re address before the injured children were fined and left before the emergency services were called. they are asking members of the public if they spot him to urgently contact they spot him to urgently contact the police. there is also a statement being made by the police at 2:30 p.m., in which more information may or may not be
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released. we know from neighbours what happened was that last night they say the mother of the two children, who are believed to be twins, came into the communal area. she was distraught, calling for help. they called the emergency services. the children were ‘ftéfi to services. the children were taken to a hospital in east london. the a haspitafin easttfintifin—th? boy sadly was announced dead little boy sadly was announced dead shortly before one o'clock. the shortly before one o'clock: £2; = girl is still in a critical little girl is still in a critical condition and is receiving we also know that this treatment. we also know that this morning police were doing house—to—house enquiries. - even house—to—house enquiries. they even askedif house—to—house enquiries. they even asked if they could come in and look at people's rooms. they said they looking for a suspect. that is were looking for a suspect. that is all the information we have at the moment. the - will give a moment. the police will give a statement at 2:30pm and we may learn
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more then. the nhs is facing a mission impossible to meet the standards and targets required by the government. that's according to the organisation which represents health trusts in england. for the first time. nhsjlrmliders for the next financial year, beginning in april, is not enough to meet growing patient demand and will make it difficult, if not imyossible. to meet targets; our health editor, hugh pym, reports. it's been a winter of unprecedented strain on the nhs, with hospitals full — or close to it — and patient demand on the increase. the budget earlier this month included new funding for social care and investment in a&e units in england. nhs providers representing hospitals and other trusts said that may ease some of the pressure, but there'll still be a yawning gap in the resources needed just to keep services ticking over. this is the first time in recent nhs history that trusts are saying they cannot deliver the key accident and emergency and elective surgery targets and hit financial balance.
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that's before the year has even started. that's the first time ever that's actually happened. i think it's a very worrying sign. the warning comes after the health secretaryjeremy hunt said hospitals in england should get back to the target of seeing or assessing 95% of patients in a&e within four hours. it's not going to be overnight, but it is essential. i am expecting the nhs to return to that target during the course of the next calendar year. but nhs providers say it's unprecedented to warn, even before the financial year begins, that, on current planned budgets, the a&e standard and others can't be met. the organisation says there will be big increases in the number of patients in england who lose out because key targets are missed, with 1.8 million waiting more than four hours in a&e and 100,000 waiting more than 18 weeks for routine surgery. that the nhs has a strong plan
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to improve performance and that staff were working hard to treat thousands more people each year within the a&e target. hugh pym, bbc news. the liberal democrat leader, tim farron, has attacked the prime minister for following "aggressive, nationalistic" politics like those of donald trump and vladimir putin. speaking to delegates at his party's spring conference, he said the lib dems are now the party of "real opposition" the trade, the shrink the state extremists, the anti—immigrant, and international aid sell it, it is there party night
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and it is hard to be sure to raise a is there a leader or their captain. applause. it is not only the centre and the applause. it is she >nly the centre and the applause. it is she ignored centre and the applause. it is she ignored in ntre and the applause. it is she ignored in that and the applause. it is she ignored in that speech, less she ignored in that speech, she even hung out to dry her own backers in british business. theresa may is treating british businesses the way fl has treating british businesses the way z" has treated treating british businesses the way § has treated the working labour has treated the working classes for decades. taking them for granted because she thinks they have nowhere else to go. theresa may has put at risk the very people who have bankrolled her party to success for yea rs, bankrolled her party to success for years, and she didn't have to. she could have got to keep as in the could have gotta keep asinthe ., ff 7 w. market could have gotta keea asiathe ., ff 7 w. market if she wanted to, she single market if she wanted to, she has chosen not to. she is pulling aside before the negotiations have even begun and because of bad choice she is to blame for everyjob that is lost, every shopper closes, every
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company that downsizes, every factory relocated overseas. there was nothing inevitable about leaving the single market. that is her choice. the blame for that damage lies at her door. applause. ifi if i was a business person who had given money to today's conservative et i would demand my money back. if; iiesuse- we re if; iiesuse- were sold a free market, you were sold a free market, internationalist, pro—business party. what you've got is protectionism, nationalism, economic vandalism. applause. nicola sturgeon has said it would be unreasonable for theresa may to put off holding a second referendum on scottish independence until much later than 2019. it comes as the scottish conservatives say such a vote people in scotland.
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the first minister of scotland was asked on itv‘s peston on sunday programme if she would be prepared to wait until 2021 for a second referendum. i do not think that is reasonable. two years have elapsed, divergences opening up between the rules of the single market, and then it gets much more difficult for scotland to seek a course. but if she is talking about the spring of 2019, later than perhaps i was suggesting, we could have some room for discussion around that. the rules on mps taking second jobs are to be discussed by a government watchdog on ethical standards later this week. it comes as the former chancellor george osborne accepted a job as editor of the evening standard whilst still remaining an mp. the conservatives leader in scotland, ruth davidson, defended george osborne's
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appointment when she appeared on the andrew marr programme earlier today. he's a better man than me because i spent ten years a journalist and i've now spent six years as a politician, and i'm not sure i could combine them both. because, you know, iwork a pretty busy week as it is, and this week in particular, so i'm not sure you could do both at the same time, if i'm honest. victims of sexual assault and rape will no longer have to go through the ordeal of giving evidence in court under changes being brought forward by the justice secretary, liz truss. from september, the cross—examination of alleged victims will be pre—recorded and played to the jury. it follows a trial involving child victims who said the system made them feel less pressured and better able to recall events. the rac is warning most drivers buying new cars will face increased road tax from next month. among the worst hit will be those purchasing greener more
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environmentally friendly hybrid vehicles, some of which will attract road tax, or vehicle excise duty as it's formally known, car drivers were encouraged to go green by the former chancellor gordon brown in the early 2000s. he wanted us to drive cars with low carbon emissions in return for paying less road tax, and in some cases nothing. but from next month that's about to change with road tax — or vehicle excise duty — increasing for new, greener cars. most cars bought from april 1st will pay an initial charge depending on their emissions and then £140 after that every year. it means hybrid cars, which pay no tax upto now, will have to pay £130 in road tax, and cars costing £40,000 or more will face an additional premium, but luckily new duties will have no effect on cars already on uk roads. already we are hearing that dealerships have been very,
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very busy in the build—up to this change. people are trying to get in there before they will be hit by the extra cost, but what we are expecting anecdotally afterwards is for there to be a lull, particularly hitting hybrid vehicle sales because one of the incentives for buying them will have been taken away. the government says the new vehicle excise duty will be fair to motorists, good for the environment, and improve air quality by encouraging the take—up of cleaner vehicles. on its battery it doesn't emit any noxious gases at all, but if you buy this vehicle from april you will be paying £440 per year more than if you bought it today. some people believe that will dis— incentivise people from buying green cars. joe lynam, bbc news. tributes have been paid to the rock and roll singer and guitarist chuck berry, who's died at the age of 90. the musician passed away yesterday
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at his home in missouri. h is— hits incluflefloll five r beethave pr! and johnny b goode, and he's credited with influencing artists from the beatles to the rolling stones. chuck berry received many accolades during his life. he was one of the first people to be inducted in to the rock in to the rock'n'roll hall of fame. he was also honoured with a polar music prize in 2014. tl”; 25255222 2 ,:i,; asses—2. essa: £5. 5.4.5.4 . on my colleague maxine mawhinney spoke to its chairman, alfons karabuda, from stockholm. what is common now was unthinkable
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then. he was such a big blue to so many. what about his influence on the electric guitar? he made something else out of the electric! it became something that guitar. it became something that could lead the way, it became so low, the main act also in music. that was a great change. of course, this is why so many guitarists see himlthe this is why so many guitarists see him . the great idol. to give him him as the great idol. to give him the polar music prize in 2014. what was the decision to do that, what was the decision to do that, what was the decision to do that, what was the criteria? we could have in the prize for so many reasons, but we lacked upon the prize for so many reasons, but we % upon his the prize for so many reasons, but we looked upon his extreme talent as
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a songwriter, and the songs have a life of the room. you can see the beatles have made their versions out of this, the electric light 0rchestra jump—started their career qrchestra jumpfstarted their career e roll qrchestre jumprstarted their career e roll over beethoven, and even with roll over beethoven, and even some examples of others actually copying or stealing his music. tie f§§3ie§f95§§5 eire: —— , police are seeking a 33—year—old man in connection with the death of one—year—old boy in north london. to meet government performance targets over the next year. the liberal democrat leader, tim farron, attacks theresa may and compares her politics to vladimir putin and donald trump's. high—performance rocket engine. the country's state news agency said
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leader kim jong—un declared the test "a new birth" for the north's rocket industry and that the engine would help north korea achieve world—class satellite launch capability. the announcement came as the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, was meeting with his chinese counterpart. mr tillerson told china's president, xijinping, that president trump looks forward to enhancing understanding between china and the us, as our china editor, carrie gracie, reports. an upbeat meeting between the chinese president and america's top diplomat, to steady anxieties about where us—china relations are headed. but even as these actors smile for the cameras, they were upstaged by another. north korea announced the successful for long—range missiles. it's already warned that its nuclear missiles will soon be able to reach us soil. mr tillerson asked china to do more to persuade its ally to give up its arsenal. 0nly hours before he arrived, his boss had tweeted a complaint
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that north korea behaved "badly", "playing" the us for years, with china doing little to help. but in beijing, mr tillerson was diplomatic. we share a common view and a sense that tensions on the peninsula are quite high, right now. and that things have reached a rather dangerous level. and we've committed ourselves to prevent any type of conflict from breaking out. but the us secretary of state is not the only one sending a message in north—east asia. with today's rocket news, kimjong—un is sending his own message, one of defiance, notjust to the the united states, but also to north korea's frustrated ally, china. carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing. flights to and from 0rly airport in paris have resumed after a man was shot dead by security forces after trying to seize a soldier's gun.
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he was ready to die for allah and had tried to take the soldier's weapon before he was shot. french prosecutors say he had been radicalised while in prison for drugs offences six years ago. germany's social democratic party is meeting to elect martin schulz, the former president of the european parliament, as its leader. since january, when he was named its candidate for german chancellor, the party has caught up in opinion polls with chancellor angela merkel‘s party. bbc radio 5live investigates has discovered there have been 37 deaths in england since 2010 linked to products for conditions like eczema and psoriasis. if people use the creams regularly but do not often change clothes or bedding, paraffin residue can soak into the fabric, making it flammable.
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the medicines regulator has updated its guidance and says all creams containing paraffin should carry a warning. carol hoe's husband, philip, died after accidentally setting himself on fire at doncaster royal infirmary in 2006. philip had caught fire. he'd sneaked off onto a landing, for a sneaky cigarette. a gust of wind must have caught the lighter and it set fire to him. at that time, he was in a&e with all the doctors round him. they took me in to see him. very quick look. 90% burns. there was nothing they could do. they was just going to turn off everything and just let him go. but dermatologist professorjohn hawk said that products containing
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paraffin are safe and essential to those who suffer from dry skin conditions. people should not even considered stopping using them, and that is not only products, but virtually every moisturiser available in the shops commercially. this problem is one commercially. this groblem—is one = has come up as a sort of an that has come up as a sort of an aside. it was warned against in about 2007, but it hasn't really proven to be any at about 2007, but it hasn't really proven to be any - at all. i proven to be any problem at all. i would just indicate first that these products are not flammable, you cannot like your skin because you've got paraffin on it, you cannot like the products themselves because they are not flammable, sufficiently to are not flammabte flufficiengtog the only way you can have any lig ht. theronly'wayyou' can have rang at all is if you do have
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trouble at all is if you do have clothing or bedding which you impregnate just to not changing them over several days and then if you'd like yourself, which is not a very wise thing to do, or like the bedding accidentally, it does assist only that these clothes and bedding will burn. it assists it assists it only. you can find out more about this story by listening to 5live investigates, which you can find on bbc iplayer. more than 200 metropolitan police officers have taken part in an exercise involving a simulated terrorist attack on the river thames in london. half a dozen people playing "terrorists" hijacked a pleasure craft heading towards the city of london, taking dozens of people hostage in what is the met‘s first big training operation on water. the met says the exercise is not in response to any specific threat to the river or the capital. the climax of this was
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played out in front of us probably about an hour ago just played out in front of us probably about an hour agojust in played out in front of us probably about an hour ago just in front of the 02 about an hour ago just in front of the o2 arena just over my shoulder. the scenario involves a pleasure craft being hijacked out towards kent i have a dozen volunteers from the police posing as terrorists. they were armed. they took dozens of people hostage on board this white boat with red lettering. then, what swung into action was the police's and we saw armed officers responds and we saw armed officers in black robes, those inflatable —— inflata ble in black robes, those inflatable —— inflatable vessels, drawn alongside boat, opening fire and the boat, opening fire and neutralising the threat. in other words, shooting the supposedly terrorists. you could hear if = terrorists. you could hear the officers shouting . people on board officers shouting to people on board the vessel. they got on board themselves, made sure the boat was
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clear of other terrorists, and they began talking to some of the hostages on board. it was a pretty dramatic scene. the police are stressing that this is not in response to any specific threat to the river thames. earlier, response to any specific threat to the riverthames. earlier, i response to any specific threat to the river thames. earlier, ispoke to the senior officer in charge of things and he explained why they wa nted things and he explained why they wanted to carry out this particular operation today and this is what he had to say. firearm officers across london are always - and london are always training and preparing these tragedies, god forbid they take place. today, we are trying to make sure we can with work our are trying to make sure we can with work - our partners, are trying to make sure we can with work. our partners, the rnli and work with our partners, the rnli and the port of london authority to major that we have the same kind of response on land that we have on the river. it is an opportunity to practice that. hopefully practice that and hopefully demonstrates our competence if, god fez—lei! demonstrates our competence if, god c this demonstrates our competence if, god “g; this happens. demonstrates our competence if, god fgj'gg‘ this happens. you are trying forbid, this happens. you are trying to test the whole capability, the whole response in london. firearms office rs whole response in london. firearms officers are an important, the whole response in london. firearms officers i threat mportant, the whole response in london. firearms officers i threat in )ortant, the whole response in london. firearms officers i threat in confronting what
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ultimate threat in confronting what was going to be with deadly force. that will start with a phone calls to wear testing everything from the first notification to the police. notjust first notification to the police. not just involving first notification to the police. notjust involving the police but other partners around the port of london and other blue light emergency services because ultimately it will be together that ultimately it vjif:lh%:togéth§fzti3&t-l we can keep london safe and prevent this kind of attack. i think the police wanted to - the cameras police wanted to allow the cameras to film what was going on today for two reasons. first ball, to show that they are prepared for an attack. no specific intelligence about an attack to london or any other city or town in the uk, but there was a {12 at other city or town in the uk, but there was a g at the = other city or town in the uk, but there was a g at the tail= other city or town in the uk, but there was a g at the tail end there was a report at the tail end last week that the event about security on the river thames as something that could be improved, so i think that please wanted to show us i think that please wanted to show us they do have a response in place. second,it us they do have a response in place. second, it is a reminder to solve the threat second, it is a reminder to solve the - threat level in the uk the terror threat level in the uk has been at the last 2.5 years as severe, so an has been at the last 2.5 years as severe, so an attack is highly likely. what happened yesterday at
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one of those paris airports, we saw that the threat to western cities and towns remain something that people need to be vigilant about. virtual reality technology is being trialled to help football club doctors detect concussion within seconds. along with clinical assessments, the 0culus rift device could help treatment and prevent them from returning to play. the bbc in the west midlands has had exclusive access to the trial and showed it to a premier league club for the first time. laura may mcmullan has the details. both appear certainly in dawson's is to be like cold. injuries are part and parcel of the game and so is heading the ball. high many times that i had the ball? hundreds of thousands, must be. there are also fears about clashes to the head, but
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with new technology help? concussion isa with new technology help? concussion is a transient disruption of brain function as at the rector in direct result of a blow to the head. andy result of a blow to the head ' ' ' a former stoke city williamson, a former stoke city defender, suffered a blow to the of his head two years ago and side of his head two years ago and it ended his career. on monday morning after the game i thought they would be finding crack on and play another seven years, but u nfortu nately, play another seven years, but unfortunately, i have been all the round the world and seen the best specialist and no stone unturned. u nfortu nately, specialist and no stone unturned. unfortunately, they all come to the same conclusion. it is just too dangerous for him to carry on playing. i has been travelling to playing. he has been travelling to america for treatment, where he has seen new america for treatment, where he has seen new technology being used pitch side. this virtual reality devices called an oculus rift and somethingj ‘is called an ocdlds rift and somethingj ‘ is currently being trialled similar is currently being trialled at some college soccer games in america with a neurosurgeon pitch side and along with clinical
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assessment, it can help to detect concussion within seconds. doctor michael gray has been trialling the device at the university of birmingham and he has brought it along to show the medical team at west bromwich albion. have a look at the whiteboard that is up here and i will write some instructions, 0k? green. green. read. that is good. for somebody who is healthy that is one of the biggest effect i have seen. one of the biggest effect i have seen. really. - club doctor seen. really. the club doctor is not concussed but i concussed player would be more off—balance in comparison to their baseline test. you will have players that say no, i am finally want to go on. you do this test one like it, i think those questions go away. do you think this could have a place in football?|j think could have a place in football?” think we are looking for functional think we are looking for functiona‘g= that allow us to make a quick tasks that allow us to make a quick decision and technology as that
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could potentially be very could'gote ntiallyvbe'very'helgful; '. our virtual reality balance with our virtual reality balance test we are having the brain do one thing then we challenge by tilting the room. it is only by doing this that we can see subtle changes that might not show up in the extended neurocognitive tests. for current players and youngsters just few hundred pounds on new technology could help to prevent brain injuries in the future. time now fori look. the time now fori look l the weather. thank you. it has been a windy morning, it is going to be very windy to the afternoon for england and wales, gusts of 50 miles an hour a nd wales,4gusts offillmilemehooc- in wales and into the midlands, with outbreaks of rain developing this outbreaks of raiddevelopingthis and overnight in southern evening and overnight in southern areas. across northern ireland and west of scotland, gail is developing with the rash of showers, increasingly wintry over the high ground. mild across the south.
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monday is looking pretty messy. very windy with gales in northern scotla nd windy with gales in northern scotland and fig showers on the scotland and wintry showers on the hills. this weather front here in england and wales will bring a cloudy, or and england and wales will bring a cloudy, or- and wet day for cloudy, or soggy and wet day for england in the. it will become more confined to central and eastern areas. but behind that skies will be brighter, 52‘; areas. but behind that skies will be brighten? there! areas. but behind that skies will be brighten? there will be a brighter, but there will be a scattering of showers. still mild in the south—east. come tuesday, that mild air is pretty much i gone and mild air is pretty much all gone and it will be cold on tuesday and wednesday with a scattering of showers, these eventually even down to lower levels in the north and west. that's your latest weather. hello. this is bbc news with me, ben brown. the headlines at 2.30pm. police have named a 33—year—old man in connection to the death of a one—year—old boy. in a north london flat.
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set by the government. both sides continue to disagree over funding. liberal democrat leader tim farron has accused the prime minister of following "aggressive, nationalistic" politics like those of donald trump and vladimir putin. he said that theresa may had become a part of "new world order". tributes have been paid to the rock and roll legend chuck berry who has died at the age of 90. the american singer and guitarist enjoyed a successful seven decade career which produced classic hits including roll over beethoven and johnny b goode. now on bbc news it's time for politics europe with andrew neil.

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