hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at two. the nhs targets being routinely missed — bbc research highlights a shortage of doctors, nurses, and a lack of money. from when i started practicing emergency medicine we were, on average, seeing 400 a day, we're now going in excess of 500 a day which seems like the norm on a daily basis. no delay — theresa may refuses to bow to pressure to pause universal credit in areas where its already operating. big brexit delay — the eu withdrawal bill may not now be discussed in the commons until after the autumn recess. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — fa bosses face a parliamentary inquiry. yes, simon. good afternoon. potentially an extremely revealing day for the football association. key names will be facing questions in front of a parliamentary enquiry regarding questions of racism and bullying. darren has the weather —

a bit ofa a bit of a dull day for some others but at least it is not windy. that could all change when it comes to the weekend. more details later. also coming up — getting himself into hot water. the mp who admits spending an hour in the bath every morning — so he can clean his body — and clear his mind. hello everyone, this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. the performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk, with targets for cancer, a&e and planned operations being widely missed, that's according to bbc research. nationally england, wales and northern ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months.

0nly scotland has hit one of the targets. the findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker, which will allow you to see how your local service is performing on these three key waiting time targets. being seen within four hours at accident &emergency, cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis, and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in england and scotland. our health correspondent rob sissons reports. round the clock, the nhs is treating more patients. in the cold light of day it is clear the pressure is mounting. the patients here notice it, nottingham is home to one of the uk's busiest accident and emergency departments. i am in agony. and they're just not quick enough. you can see it is under pressure straightaway when i came in. there is not enough volume of people turning over very quickly. in order to alleviate this kind of pressure. dr malik spent seven years on the front line. he says patient demand has gone up and up. certainly from when i started practising emergency medicine, we were on average seeing 400 a day. we are now going in excess

of 500 a day which seems like the norm on a daily basis. so definitely the volume, the intensity, the pressures at front line have definitely increased. now for the targets to be met nationally, the vast majority of patients have to be seen and treated promptly. individual trust performance of course varies when it comes to a&e waits, cancer waits and routine operations. so when we look across the uk, what does the bbc‘s nhs tracker reveal? four years ago the key targets were met across england 86% of the time. this year it is zero. in northern ireland, they were hitting the targets 25% of the time. again, performance has got worse. it is also zero. wales in 2012—13 did not hit the targets and four years on it is the same picture. scotland's health boards previously achieved 42%. now the goals are being met 8% of the time. but that is the best in the uk. i think the challenge for lots of hospitals,

ours included, has been an increase in demand and the population has got older with more health needs. so it gets more difficult every year to achieve some of the targets. then we do a heart scan every three months... cancer services are also under pressure. nikki was a young mum when she had oesophageal cancer. she had timely treatment but is concerned others face delays. every day is a really long day when you're either waiting to see the consultant, waiting for results, waiting for a scan. it is another sleepless night, it is another day of worry. it is that uncertainty. it is the not knowing that is really hard to deal with. although most patients are seen within target times, growing numbers are waiting longer for treatment. ministers across the uk have been quick to point out that most people are still seen in time.

i'm joined by the chief analyst for the king's fund siva anandaciva. we seem to have too many patients, too few doctors and too little money. that's simplistic but it is a combination that is a problem. money. that's simplistic but it is a combination that is a problemm sounds like a simplex donation but it is the toxic cocktail of what is happening. we have a fundamental difference between supply and demand. attendances are going up 2.3% per year and emergency admissions 3% per year which would be fine if we had more staff, resources , be fine if we had more staff, resources, beds to cope with that. but we're not getting the funding for it and it means longer queues and people waiting longerfor care. is it down to somebody getting the cheque—book out? is it down to somebody getting the cheque-book out? more funding would help particularly this winter so you can invest in more services and beds and in the short term, stuff. fundamentally, the issue is the workforce. we don't have the

workforce. we don't have the workforce we need in the right number or care workforce we need in the right number oi’ care out workforce we need in the right number or care out of hospital. we need additionalfunding number or care out of hospital. we need additional funding and reform in how services are delivered. somebody hasn't seen this coming. we knew that the ageing population would cause problems. also with social services. there seems to have been no planning. winter planning started earlier this year than in previous years but it seems to come asa previous years but it seems to come as a surprise every year that demand goes up and we face these pressures. we need to see a longer—term plan for health and social care. we don't have a resilient system at the moment and it's breathtaking the scale of how many as puddles are struggling. it caught you by surprise? —— hospitals. struggling. it caught you by surprise? -- hospitals. we have nora virus, we have winter bugs flying around, in the period before winter, we should be preparing. the number

of hospitals meeting the standard is staggering. were not talking in terms of human beings who are possibly watching right now from hospital saying this is not what i've need, expected, entitled to, it's not holding my recovery. it's a massive problem. the human cost is massive. ira member doing a walk around ina massive. ira member doing a walk around in a a&e department and the doctor told me it was relatively new and was built as c 65,000 people per year and it was now seen 100,000 people. every i walk down the corridor, stuff came out saying they needed a bed. a constant sense of pressure bombing over the time. it's not good for stuff or patients. the solution. i know it is notjust a check. if we are going to have an nhs that starts meeting targets, which are being missed en masse at

the moment, how do you turn it around? the moment, how do you turn it around ? it's the moment, how do you turn it around? it's an endemic problem? it's a good question. the first thing needed is operational excellence. some hospitals are meeting targets, what can we learn from luton and dunstable and those delivering high—quality care. we need to give the resources to health and social care and finally we need the right workforce. if there aren't enough decisions and nurses and allied health professionals, social ca re allied health professionals, social care workers and therapists to deliver, you are not going to get the access that we want. thanks through much for coming to talk to us. to find out how your local hospital service is performing on waiting times for cancer, a&e and planned operations, go to the bbc‘s nhs tracker. bbc.co.uk/nhstracker. don't forget, you can let us know what you think. tweet us using the hashtag afternoon live. all the ways to contact us on screen right now.

the helpline for benefit claimants moving to the new universal credit system is to become a free phone number after numerous complaints. the service was criticised when it emerged some callers using the dedicated number were being charged up to 55 pence per minute. labour and some conservative backbenchers are still calling for more changes to the system. the rollout of the new universal credit payment will be debated in the house of commons this afternoon. vicky young is there for us. it's likely. this is a subject that really gets people very heated. labour have been talking today, including jeremy corbyn, about the hardship that universal credit causes. he says it leads to evictions, people in arrears, mainly because of the weight. before the first payment of benefits, six weeks

for some people. ten weeks for some people before payment. this is an opposition day debate. it means that any opposition day debate. it means that a ny vote opposition day debate. it means that any vote if there is one is not binding. nevertheless, you can see that the government is taking this pretty seriously. they have already announced that the helpline to the department of work and pensions which was costing some people 55p per minute is now going to be free. some concession. this is what a spokesman had to say in the last few minutes. we must address the poverty and discrimination that universal credit is causing, women, disabled people, children, black and ethnic minority patients which will only get worse as it is rolled out. this country is at a crossroads. brexit must not blind the government to other obligations to their citizens.

we must work in the national interest to avert the disaster which is about to unfold if universal credit is rolled out without fixing its failings. i urge mps to vote with their constituents and pause and fixed universal credits. this system is being rolled out pretty slowly starting with pilot areas in the most simple cases. single claimants. it is now being rolled out to everybody. the government insists it is taking time and want to get it right and is not going to stop it at all. the minister has laid out why he says the government is pressing ahead with universal credit. the fundamental purpose of universal credit is to assist people into work. it is through work that people can support themselves, attain greater economic security and progress in life. universal credit

does that by making work pay. we inherited a world, let me finish on the principles then i will take ple nty of the principles then i will take plenty of interventions, we inherited a system that puts barriers in place to people fulfilling their potential. 0n jobseeker's allowance, if you do more than 16 hours of work, you must stop your claim and start another. es age you can be faced with the choice of financial support for work. we know thousands would like to benefit from doing both. once you are in work, you are all too often caught by the hour '5 rules in tax credits. universal credit cuts through this by taking six different benefits and replacing them with a single system where claimants receive tailored support to get them into work, a system where they only have to deal with one organisation, not three, and a system that ensures it always pays to work in progress.

they are not going to pause on that but something is being delayed, brexit and the eu withdrawal bill. this is the bill that transpose is 40 odd years of eu laws and regulations over into uk law so that there is not a gap in the legal system there is not a gap in the legal syste m o nce there is not a gap in the legal system once we leave on march 29th 2019. that bill is pretty contentious, including some conservatives, there have been dozens, hundreds of amendments put down. the government is going through all of those finding out whether they are facing a serious rebellion on their own side. the expectation had been that this bill would come forward pretty much after the conference season, so now. we are hearing that is not going to happen and is much more likely to be in the middle of november. lots of people saying it is a delay. jeremy corbyn‘s spokesman saying it shows

the government is incomplete paralysis. downing street says there is never a date out there. there is no doubt that lots of people felt it could get through some stages before christmas and is now going to be a very long and slow process. more from the key later. thanks very much. average earnings including bonuses increased by 2.2% in the year to august, according to official figures but wages continue to lag behind inflation. it's likely to increase expectations that the bank of england will raise interest rates next month. the office for national statistics also said unemployment fell by 52,000 betweenjune and august to 1.4 million, equalling the lowest level since 1975. more than four million people are in financial difficulty because they can't pay bills or keep up with payments on credit, according to a study of 13,000 people. the financial watchdog, the fca, says millions would be in danger of money worries if their mortgage or rent were to go up. 0ur personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. thank you very much.

how many can cope with rising prices or an interest rate increase on their mortgages that is expected soon? 0r rent going up? everywhere it is a worry. i am on minimum wage and that is what i'm getting. i just would not cope. it means you have less money left over the end of the month. i live with my boyfriend, he's a student, so it is difficult for us. the fca says 4.1 million people are behind on bills or credit and 5 million would struggle with mortgage or rent increases. there are significant numbers of people in the uk who have suffered some form of financial difficulty and in particular we highlight the age group from 25 to 34, where as many as 13% of people have missed bill payments and got themselves into some kind of financial situation. that is people like kelly in scarborough, a single mum aged 32.

she resorted to expensive credit and told us this week how she had to get a debt relief order, a form of bankruptcy. it all whacked up and they give you more credit than you can afford to pay back and i looked online, oh, we're giving you another thousand pounds to spend with us. too many have no financial buffer. 15 million failing to save for a pension. 6.5 million with no savings to speak of, like kelly. at the citizens advice bureau kelly went to they are seeing more people facing a financial squeeze. i think it is rising prices and wage stagnation. two of the big factors for young people in particular. half of the adult population are said by the regulator to be financially vulnerable in some way. that is many millions living on the edge. these are our headlines. the nhs is

routinely missing targets for cancer, waiting times and planned operations. theresa may refuses to pause the universal credit roll out. mps will shortly hear from football association bosses on the investigation into former england women's manager mark sampson. elsewhere, three more british clubs in champions league action this evening. manchester united are in lisbon looking to make it three wins in the competition against benfica. ronnie 0'sullivan has threatened to pull out of the indicia open after being told he can't wear trainers for his injured ankle. —— england open. now the enquiry into how the fa

handled allegations of bullying and ray —— racism against the england women's manager. the situation has been described as a mess. the problem going on for many months now. today senior figures, problem going on for many months now. today seniorfigures, the chairman and chief executive, head of hr and dan ashworth who was in charge at the technical centre of english football all here in westminster to answer questions from mps on the digital culture media and sport select committee. they will be getting underway in about ten minutes. the two issues at stake are enquiries that were conducted into the conduct of mark sampson former england women's manager, whether he said racist remarks to england players, whether he conducted bullying behaviour. two enquiries

cleared him of that but new evidence has come forward that is being assessed by a barrister katherine newton. we are unlikely to get an update on the third investigation today. since these allegations were raised, mark sampson has been sacked due to an entirely separate matter concerning his previous employment in bristol which was behaviour described as not becoming to an fa employee. this is raising serious questions about the reputation of the fa. this is quite a line-up. we will hear from the fa. this is quite a line-up. we will hearfrom one the fa. this is quite a line-up. we will hear from one of the players at the centre of this who has raised these allegations. we will hear from her team—mates and then martin glenn, greg clark, rachel brace, hr director, and dan ashworth, who will

come before mps. the mps will be keen to put them on the spot and establish exactly who knew what and when and why certain decisions were made. i will let you go and we will talk to you later. the head of amazon studios — its film and television business — has resigned after being accused of harassing a producer. roy price had also been facing claims that he did nothing after an actress told him that she'd been sexually assaulted by harvey weinstein. it's the latest twist in the scandal which is engulfing hollywood, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. roy price's position as head of amazon's multi—billion dollar film and tv division made him one of entertainment‘s most powerfulfigures. he has resigned after being accused of repeatedly sexually harassing a tv producer two years ago. it has been reported that british actress anna friel has also alleged he made unwanted advances towards her. and last week hollywood actress

rose mcgowan said she told price that she had been raped by harvey weinstein. and that price ignored her. game of thrones star lena heady is the latest actress to accuse weinstein. she says she was left in tears after he attempted to invite her to his hotel room. a screen writer who worked at one of weinstein's companies for close to a decade has said weinstein's behaviour was well—known. 0n social media scott rosenberg said, let's be perfectly clear about one thing. everybody knew. and do you know how i'm sure this is true? because i was there and i saw you and i talked about it with you. you, the big producers, you, the big directors. you, the big agents. you, the big financers. harvey weinstein unequivocally denies any allegations of nonconsensual sex. the hollywood community is now calling for significant change. i feel empowered that we can

actually do something about this and it feels amazing. legal actions need to be put in place to protect people on film sets. and we just need to make a community of support where people feel like they can go and find support and find help. a social media request from actress alyssa milano to respond, me too, if people have been sexually assaulted or harassed, has led to an outpouring from hundreds of thousands ranging from celebrities to members of the public. the multiple allegations against harvey weinstein are being investigated in america and the uk. a us—backed alliance of syrian fighters says it has taken full control of raqqa, ending three years of rule in the city by so—called islamic state. kurdish and arab fighters have battled for more than four months to retake control of the city, which was seized by is in 2014. 0ur correspondent feras kilani has

gained access to raqqa, and sent this report. this is what is left of the so—called islamic state capital. can we now say that racket is completely free of so—called islamic state? almost 99%. are any areas still under is control? no. the empire, it has taken four months for the fighters to clear the area. the fighting has damaged almost every building in the city. the stadium was the hub of the islamic state intelligence operations here in raqqa. a huge battle was expected to retake it. but when they arrived

it was cleared. islamic state fighters and the families had some safe passage out of the city. the bbc witnessed hundreds of is members here in raqqa under the cover of darkness. these experienced militants survived to fight another day. is may have fled the city but hundreds of explosives littered the streets. the city has been left broken without a population. the militants may have been defeated but the fight against is continues. the northern ireland secretary, james brokenshire, has said the talks to form a new devolved government in the province have reached an impasse.

he said if there was no further progress, the government in westminster would have to set a budget by the end of october. northern ireland has been without a first and deputy first minister since january, and a functioning executive since march. finally, 110 years ago amyjohnson was born. her birthday means that she has become one of only four super centenarians in the uk and it means she has been sent another card from the queen. 110? thank you, god. now, you must sing happy birthday to

me. exactly! will all now, you must sing happy birthday to me. exactly! willallsing now, you must sing happy birthday to me. exactly! will all sing it. # happy birthday dear amy, happy birthday to you! she's heard that a few times in her life. now, a tweet from the weather centre. this is the scene in scotland. what's happened in the first few moments, the first floating wind farm has started generating electricity. five giant turbines tethered to the sea bed about 25 miles from peterhead in aberdeenshire. calm seas there to allow it to do so. it means they can go into deeper waters to have these wind farms. a spectacular picture coming from bbc weather who will be joining as very shortly in the form of darren burnett. don't forget, you

can tell is what you think about what's going on. tweaked to others using the hashtag and all these ways to co nta ct using the hashtag and all these ways to contact us. —— tweaked to us. darren is here. magically, look at that. i'm guessing at where you are looking at were 0phelia is now. 0phelia has long gone. that area of cloud with a ring around it. it's not as strong now. it's gone into the baltic states and is barely recognisable. if we move the map, trouble is viewing across the other side of the atlantic. this cloud here looks quite lumpy. a bit of tropical air in there. for the rain on there. watch how the jet stream picks up that area of rain and moves it

across the atlantic. look at the dip in thejet across the atlantic. look at the dip in the jet stream. see that and you have to start to worry because it tends to develop the area of cloud and rain into something like this. a deep area of low pressure which looks quite nasty. that spinning our way of the atlantic to bring a dose of wet and windy weather for the weekend. it's not a hurricane. four. it's an autumn storm. the western southern england will see the worst of the wins and we are all going to get some rain and showers just in time for the weekend. fabulous. also means that we are going to get the rain that is desperately needed for portugal and spain. we've had some rain already for the wildfires in

spain and portugal and i will look at that later. some parts of the uk have not had much rain this month but northern ireland has and there may well be flooding there. good news and bad news, as opposed. we shall be talking about that later on. darren, thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live. the latest headlines. hospitals across the uk are missing key targets in cancer care, accident and emergency. and on waiting lists. well, let's get our latest sports bulletin. we've been talking about the fa but there is a lot of other stuff going on. mark sampson will

give evidence to the inquiry. he denice wrongdoing, was cleared of discrimination. a potentially huge significant day. these are the live pictures coming into us from the inquiry, just there you can see the england forward sat there about to give evidence to damien collins and his colleagues. hopefully fa will also be revealing re—opened investigation outcomes into those claims. china's president xijinping has signalled that china plans to play

a bigger role in world affairs. mr xi told the communist pa rty‘s five yearly congress that china faced profound global changes and that beijing aims to become a great political and military power by mid—century. he also vowed to continue a zero tolerance approach to party corruption. john sudworth is in beijing. the rain wasn't the greatest of omens. the communist party is meant to be able to control the weather. but inside, nothing could be allowed to dampen the mood. in a speech tinged with nationalism xi jinping struck an optimistic tone and insisted that only the communist party could fulfil china's rightful destiny. translation: let's strive hard to build a wealthy society and achieve the victory of chinese socialism, realise the chinese dream of the great rejuvenation and fulfil people's expectations for a better life. while state media carries

wall—to—wall coverage of the congress, the rest of china largely carries on as normal. i have no problem with a rising powerful china, this man tells me. but he adds, i hope one day we too can have democracy. for many the event is an inconvenience. for days now beijing has been in security overdrive with surveillance stepped up and neighbourhood patrols sent out in force. there was once a hope that mr xi would be a political reformer. instead he has spent his first term in office clamping down on dissent and purging his rivals. so the world's biggest authoritarian state is confirming its leader in office for another five years. but for china watchers the interest is not in the system of course, but the man. seen by many to be accruing more power to himself than any leader since chairman mao. at three and a half hours, this was a humdinger of a speech. even mr xi's predecessor hu jintao, touching his watch, appears to signal it could have been,

well, a tad shorter. despite the length, though, you don't have to look hard for the main message. the world's second—largest economy will remain firmly under the command of a one—party state. and if anyone had any lingering doubts, mr xi has surely now swept them away. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. and finally 110 years ago — edward the seventh was on the throne. a man died in care, he was severely

autistic. the european commission has expressed its horror at the killing of a maltese journalist in a car bombing and called for those responsible to be brought tojustice. daphne caruana galizia was described as a thorn in the side of the establishment and the criminal underworld. she'd highlighted alleged corruption by senior politicians, including malta's prime minister who denies any wrongdoing. andrew plant reports. we have been watching this morning as 20 or so specialist scene of crime officers have been poring over the hillside over there wearing specialist forensic suits. they are working both in the fields and on the road which daphne caruana galizia

was driving down when her car exploded. she had just left home when the car bomb detonated inside the vehicle. her body was thrown out of the vehicle and the car ended up in one of the fields over there. this is a very, very important scene of crime. this is where one of malta's most well—known investigative journalists was killed on monday afternoon. daphne caruana galizia was a thorn in the side for many people in the maltese political establishment. she criticised the prime minister, the prime minister's wife. the attorney general. she criticised the police. her concern was that politics in malta was becoming corrupted by money from overseas, by the arrival of the online gambling industry. by organised crime. and she wrote about it. and of course the great worry is that somebody that she was investigating decided that she had to be killed, that her investigations

had to come to an end. and her family and friends are concerned that the people who are investigating her death are the very police that she criticised, overseen by the very same politicians that she criticised. so this has become a very delicate investigation on a mediterranean island which is in a deep state of shock. the fa's most senior executives are appearing before a parliamentary inquiry to explain how they handled allegations of racism and bullying against the former england women's head coach mark sampson. let's listen in. the fa have apologised to her after saying she was subjected to discriminatory remarks. it's a life lesson. lianne sanderson here today has been a very good friend of mine fora today has been a very good friend of mine for a long time and a team—mate and she's been through difficult

situations as well. so i cannot say that i've been completely isolated. i've had some amazing friends and people have that supported me. my media person as well, a strong friend. so yes, it's been difficult but i've been supported in some areas. this whole process has been a multi—staged process, starting with the evidence you gave to the fa's cultural view and then moving on to whereuponen complaints that you submitted to dan ashworth and the football association and we'll hear from dan and rachel later in the session today. there was then a moment where they decided to bring in external counsel to look at the investigation, to look at the allegations that you brought. you decided nolet to take part in that investigation — did the fa give you any advice about whether you should or was that your own personal

decision not to take part in the initial investigation? no. i didn't receive any advice as to whether i should participate in the investigation from the fa. but i was advised by the qc leading my case that he didn't feel that it was wise for me to be part of that investigation at the time. he, as a leading expert in discrimination law, felt that in any event, the report would not be taken that seriously in a court of law, in an employment tribunal, which at that point i was preparing to go to. further more, from my point of view, just from a human perspective, by that time, another investigation had been launched by the football association, anti—integrity unit into an off the field discussion i had with an agency. i felt it was

not a coincidence, it was an attempt to retaliate as to why i brought the claims and! to retaliate as to why i brought the claims and i was advised that even ifi claims and i was advised that even if i were to appeal that investigation, it would be an fa process and i would lost a lot of trust and confidence at that point because the first internal investigation had been conducted. so ididn't investigation had been conducted. so i didn't have confidence in being pa rt i didn't have confidence in being part of something that the fa had instricted. so i chose not to be a pa rt instricted. so i chose not to be a part of that investigation. why did you believe that the process itself, the initial investigation results, that they wouldn't carry much weight in the employment tribunal? because from my understanding, it wouldn't have been tested before a high court judge or before witnesses undeper cross—examination. so the legal possess , cross—examination. so the legal possess, in any event, would not have been sort of what will have happened in court. he has more expertise in that. that was sort of the nutshell of what the advice was

to me. but again, i didn't feel co mforta ble a nyway necessarily to me. but again, i didn't feel comfortable anyway necessarily being pa rt comfortable anyway necessarily being part of another fa investigation. i felt at that point it had already had a lot of flaws in it. the allegations of racism and bullying within the england camp brought by a very senior international, most people would think are incredibly insidious, but the question we get is that the fa's arrangements were a very ad hoc process, a very ad hoc internal review process which catherine has been critical of, bringing an outside barrister into a process , bringing an outside barrister into a process, and it really gave the impression that there was no proper established procedure for dealing with serious issues to be brought to the attention by the fa. that's the case. i can't tell you what the procedure is at the football association, i couldn't tell you what the previous procedure was or the current procedure. i felt that i

could go to dan ashworth even before the cultural review. i put it in my statement that i spoke to dan as hworth statement that i spoke to dan ashworth personally very briefly and said, dan, i'm struggling, you know, i would like to have a meeting with you about the way mark sampson's managing me in the team. that meeting never materialised but that was the extent of my, if you like, grievance procedure, going to dan as hworth grievance procedure, going to dan ashworth who i felt was the line managerfor ashworth who i felt was the line manager for dan. i ashworth who i felt was the line managerfor dan. i asked ashworth who i felt was the line manager for dan. i asked for ashworth who i felt was the line managerfor dan. i asked for him to be in the room at the time in america win the issue of my 100 caps was in issue. he wasn't in the room and subsequent to that, obviously the culturalry view gave me an opportunity to speak on the issues i've spoken on. had i not been asked to be part of that review i don't know what i would have don. it's very difficult for players who're there fundamentally to play for their country and perform to raise issues that they shouldn't really be

raising. there is no structure, no para meters raising. there is no structure, no parameters and, as perhaps that suggests, why it seems, as you said, very ad hoc because there is no process , very ad hoc because there is no process, there is no this is what happens consistently in terms of grievances being brought. that is very much how it felt. even after the cultural review, i felt i was ignored by dan ashworth, he ignored my e—mailand it ignored by dan ashworth, he ignored my e—mail and it didn't seem like a coherent process. i know this is something you've spoken about before, but for the been fit of the case, it's important we ask you this — it's in regard to the concern that drew spencer discussed with you around the comments that were made around the comments that were made around catherine ashton. you decided that you would not take part in the initial investigation. the fa suggested that drew spence didn't wa nt to suggested that drew spence didn't want to be involved and on that

basis they instructed catherine and others not to approach drew spence not to discuss the issues. i want you to explain from your perspective whether you believe that to be true and what you felt was the potential status of drew spence, whether she would have been available? i think it's an attempt for the fa to blame me for their short comings in their investigation, what i feel isa in their investigation, what i feel is a basic shortcoming actually to interview somebody who is the alleged victim of a racist statement. in terms of drew spence's participation, when i wrote the cultural report, it was a confidential report to dan ashworth. at that time it wasn't in my mind to present evidence about racist comments, it wasn't in my mind to present evidence that was going to

go to court. the reason i put drew spence's comment in the report was because i felt it was on video, so everything i put in the report i felt, can i sort of prove this, is it something objectively i can say there's evidence for. i think i made it very clear who drew spence was, short of saying the name, and actually, i was trying to suggest who it was so the fa could take the decision to speak to her. when we had the meeting, the first might with dan ashworth and rachel brace, myself and the pfa were not prescriptive as to how that investigation should be conducted, it's an fa investigation. i said, you know, it's up to you, it's not up you know, it's up to you, it's not up to me to tell you who the interview and who not to interview, it's up to the fa to ask drew whether she wants to be part of this investigation but i categorically did not say that drew spence refused to be interviewed in any of the

investigations. i would go further to say, let's even say i had suggested that drew did not be interviewed, is it not prudent to pick up the phone and call drew and say, actually, eni's said you don't wa nt to say, actually, eni's said you don't want to be spoken to, can i confirm that. that's what i would have done. iam nota that. that's what i would have done. i am not a top barrister, but that's quite basic for a nonlegal person. that could have happened in the first internal investigation and certainly in catherine newton's investigation. but i understand that catherine newton has to act on instructions and, i believe that she would have been instructed that drew spence does not want to be interviewed but that was not the case. thank you. that's very clear. i want to ask as well, you were asked by the fa to put your concerns in writing, which you did in an e—mail you said to dan ashworth and then the subsequent letter sent to

then the subsequent letter sent to the pfa and to the fa as well, setting out further concerns. before catherine newton was brought in to investigate, did the fa ever give you a line by line response to each of the allegations you brought to their attention? no, and we asked for one repeatedly as to why the certain things i'd exampled in my culture report had happened. it was only until catherine newton wrote her report and actual think summary of the report, i only saw 15 pages of the report, i only saw 15 pages of what i now understand is a 65—page report which in itself shows a lack of transparency. it was only until then that i saw an itemised response to each of my allegations. when they talk about the internal review, the internal process before katherine newton was brought in, in that internal process they failed to give you a response, a specific response? yes. to the allegations that you brought? they failed to give mea that you brought? they failed to give me a response and they also

we re very give me a response and they also were very keen to say there was no wrongdoing without looking at the video evidence which dan ashworth said in the meeting you should have probably looked at that. they hadn't spoken to lianne sanderson at that point even though i was very clear that she'd also had issues in that team, she's not been picked since that issue. lianne will collaborate that. they were dismissive straightaway in that so we didn't get to the issue of itemised issues because they'd already dismissed the entire complaint. ifi can because they'd already dismissed the entire complaint. if i can ask you before bringing in other colleagues, you referred to greg clark's response to the letter, he was copied into an e—mail that was sent to the fa and he was saying, what has this got to do with me. i think

many of us think that was an extraordinary statement to make in the seriousness of these issues. personally, what was your reaction when you first saw that response? personally, what was your reaction when you first saw that response ?|j was when you first saw that response?” was astonished. because by the time in november 2016 when the full only plaint was isn't to greg clark and martin glenn and dan ash worth and rachel brace, i actually felt that at the time, sending it to the fa chairman would lead to a better process because it is the fa chairman. if he looks at this, this is probably going to improve because it's serious — i thought. actually, it's serious — i thought. actually, it was the opposite, i actually felt, if this is the fa chairman dismissing disrespectfully the serious complaint, then there's nowhere to go. at that point i think a decision was made that while the only option really my last resort is

going to be an employment tribunal. i remember distinctly feeling that way, the pfa were astonished to the point where they didn't even respond andi point where they didn't even respond and i think i said in my statement, you know, there's a huge question around a male player with 102 caps, wayne rooney, you know, these top players who've got over 100 caps for their country, if they were to send a complaint like that, you know, itemised, written by a leading qc, would he respond like that? you know, this for me is a separate issue, you know — are the issues of female players in this country, whether you play for the league or whether you play for the league or whether you play with an england shirt, are they taken seriously enough at all levels of the football association. e—i would suggest that e—mail says that they are not. association. e—i would suggest that e-mail says that they are not. just to be clear, you are saying that as a consequence of receiving that response, that was within you

decided that actually, there was no point pursuing internal protests with the fa that you wanted to go to an employment tribunal because you'd had no faith in that processes? correct. it sort of made my mind up from there, yes. thank you. jo stevens ? thank you. i was going to ask whether you thought the fa would have treated a male player in the same way and obviously you have dealt with that already. so can i ask you about the negotiations that you had through the pfa with the fa for your commercial settlement of your complaint? have you been paid by the fa? no. and what is outstanding and why is it outstanding? first of all, the settle m e nt outstanding? first of all, the settlement agreement was agreed in two trans.s. 0ne settlement agreement was agreed in two trans.s. one of the reasons why i can't... two trans.s. one of the reasons why ican't... i

two trans.s. one of the reasons why i can't... i wanted to be paid after the european championships but i wasn't intending to say anything at the european championships because i had focussed on the doing a good job and moving on from the issue. the fa have claimed that i was... studio: we are going to pull away from that. the fa formally apologise to her as they look into the handling of the former coach. she says equal opportunities and diverse training should be put in place as soon as possible. we'll keep an eye on that and return to our correspondent. we are going to return to the universal credit now. we are going to discuss the

universal credit now. andy burnham joins us. i guess that is something you welcome? i've been doing work tackling rough sleeping in greater manchester. all organisations i've spoken to who're working on homelessness, councils, the nhs, private sector, public sector organisations and charities, probably the same. it would make our problem with rough sleeping dramatically worse and could perhaps double it. i've got to respond to that and get that voice heard in this debate today. it's why i've written to all the greater manchester mps ahead of the debate. theresa may saying there is no question of putting it on hold or pausing while they reconsider. i mean, which aspect of it is the biggest problem for you? the biggest

single problem is the delay people experience before receiving money. so people can wait for as long as six weeks, some longer than that. what that does is, it plunges people into a spiral of debt. they are then ina into a spiral of debt. they are then in a position where they can't get out of debt. in pilot schemes in manchester we have seen large numbers of people who've applied for universal credit end up in rent arrears, some in debt, some being evicted. that is the core problem that the government needs to show how it will fix. the government says if you apply for money, they can give you an advance, you pay it back later but it should mean you avoid the very situation you have just described? i honestly don't think they're living in the real world. i've been with a young person today made homeless as a result of the universal credit. you know, the pledges they make in parliament at

prime minister's question time do not match up with the reality that people of greater manchester are living with. they are left for weeks on end without any money. what we are saying is, surely pause it until we understand the problems, rather than rushing into it and putting even more people on to our streets and forting them to sleep rough in our doorways — dr forcing them. we have had pilot schemes in wigan and 0ldham where large numbers of people ended up in rent arrears as a result of universal credit. now, what's the point in having pilots if you are just going to ignore all of that evidence? they really must look at that evidence, pause it and commit to fixing these problems. we are talking about people, many of whom are at the lowest point of their lives. what does it do to them if they lose this sort of support for one reason or another? you are absolutely right. these are often people who've been through some real traumatic change in their life, be

it redundancy or bereavement or something like that, and they are struggling to begin with before they even apply, but then making them wait all of that time, their problems just compound one on top of another. they lose hope and plunge into a downward spiral and they often acquire debts in that period that they can't then repay with the benefit money when it comes through. that's why it increases significantly the risk of more rough sleeping and homelessness in greater manchester. i've personally given a commitment that i'll work to tackle that but i can't do it if the government ploughs on raredless, makes these changes and puts even more people on our streets. for everybody we are trying to get off the streets, the government are putting two more more on and that can't be right. i can't stand here silently as they do that. my understanding is that it's mostly single claimants they are dealing with, we haven't even tackled the issue of family claimants and groups? that's absolutely right. i don't think there is the basis to

move forward here. every organisation i speak to who's working with families in crisis, with children in care, they all say exactly the same thing, it's dangerous to proceed without fixing these problems, without completely cutting that delay that people experience before receiving their money. what they say is, it's just as sure as night follows day more people will be huddled in the doorways of greater manchester. as i say, i'm not going to stay quiet and allow the government to let that happen. andy burnham, thank you very much. time for a look at the weather, here's chris fawkes. outbreaks of rain and drizzle. most having a grey, dull afternoon. we have soon some sunshine in northern ireland and northern england. that will be fading over the next few hours and it will feel chilly as well. temperatures around 13 in the

uk. it's going to work its way northwards into northern england, eventually into scotland where things turn wetter in the night. we are things turn wetter in the night. we a re left things turn wetter in the night. we are left with a lot of low cloud, mist and fog, particularly over the hills by the end of the night. quite a mild night, temperatures 11 or 12, more rain lurking there out towards the west. that's this weather system here. that will bring heavier rain into the west. still got this annoying weather front on the scene through the day across more central and eastern parts moving away from scotla nd and eastern parts moving away from scotland so you can see here a spell of rain through the day. that could bea of rain through the day. that could be a little heavier as it works north. a bit of sunshine perhaps poking through either side but then a wetter windier weather arriving in the south—west into west wales and it will be a wet day for northern ireland. there could be some local flooding here. a disappointing wet end to the day across many western areas. the winds picking up in the south—west too. blowing their way across southern parts of england overnight. the big one is still to

come. we'll get back to that in a moment. this is friday's picture, starting off a bit dull and damp. we'll have stronger winds blowing through southern england and the english channel. things calm down throughout the day and skies may brighten. the other side of the atlantic, there is this area of cloud that we need to focus on. it's not a hurricane or a storm, but it's an area of rain. if you put thejet strea m area of rain. if you put thejet stream on top of that, you can see how that picks up. it's guided across the atlantic and this dip in the jet stream means that that area of rain is going to develop into a deep area of low pressure. not a hurricane, not a tropical storm, more typical deep autumn low that's swinging our way for the start of the weekend. the winds pick up across west wales, southern england and through the english channel. there may be some coastal flooding and some rain around as well.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 3pm: the nhs targets being routinely missed. bbc research highlights a shortage of doctors, nurses, and a lack of money. from when i started practising emergency medicine, we were seeing 400 a day, we are going in excess of 500 a day which seems like the norm ona 500 a day which seems like the norm on a daily basis. mps are taking evidence in the investigation into former england women's manager mark sampson as the fa apologises to two players. no delay — theresa may refuses to bow to pressure to pause universal credit in areas where it's already operating. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. good afternoon. well, we will have more on that fa, speaking to the parliamentary inquiry for you as you say the fa apologised to two of its senior players. eniola aluko is giving evidence. she told them that she was astonished the fa chairman greg clark dismissed her claims.

hugh, thank you. darren has the weather. storm 0phelia has gone. there is trouble brewing. there could be another storm. another deep area of low pressure that will arrive in time for the weekend. i will have more details later on. thanks, darren. also coming up, getting himself into hot water. the mp who admits spending an hour in the bath every morning so he can clean his body and clear his mind! hello everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. the performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk, with targets for cancer, a&e and planned operations being widely missed — that's according to bbc research. nationally england, wales and northern ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. 0nly scotland has hit one of the targets. the findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker,

which will allow you to see how your local service is performing on these three key waiting time targets. being seen within four hours at accident and emergency, cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in england and scotland. our health correspondent, rob sissons, reports. round the clock, the nhs is treating more patients. in the cold light of day it is clear the pressure is mounting. the patients here notice it. nottingham is home to one of the uk's busiest accident and emergency departments. i'm in agony and they're just not quick enough. you can see it is under pressure straightaway when i came in. there's not enough volume of people turning over very quickly. in order to alleviate this kind of pressure. dr malik spent seven years on the front—line and

says patient demand has gone up and up. certainly from when i started practising emergency medicine, we were on average seeing 400 a day. we are now going in excess of 500 a day which seems like the norm on a daily basis. so definitely the volume, the intensity, the pressures at front—line have definitely increased. now for the targets to be met nationally, the vast majority of patients have to be seen and treated promptly. individual trust performance, of course varies when it comes to a&e waits, cancer waits and routine operations. so when we look across the uk, what does the bbc‘s nhs tracker reveal? four years ago the key targets were met across england 86% of the time. this year it's zero. in northern ireland, they were hitting the targets 25% of the time. again, performance has got worse. it is also zero. wales in 2012—2013 didn't hit the targets and four years on it is the same picture. scotland's health boards previously achieved 42%.

now the goals are being met 8% of the time. but that is the best in the uk. i think the challenge for lots of hospitals, ours included, has been an increase in demand and the population has got older with more health needs. so it gets more difficult every year to achieve some of the targets. then we do a heart scan every three months... cancer services are also under pressure. nikki was a young mum when she had oesophageal cancer. she had timely treatment, but is concerned others face delays. every day is a really long day when you're either waiting to see the consultant, waiting for results, waiting for a scan. it's another sleepless night. it'is another day of worry. it's another day of worry. it is that uncertainty. it is the not knowing that is really hard to deal with. although most patients are seen within target times, growing numbers are waiting longer for treatment. joining me now from our westminster studio is the shadow health ministerjonathan ashworth. talking to the king's fund and they

said they were surprised at the scale of demand on the nhs. isn't that at the heart of this problem? well, these are staggering figures from the bbc and i congratulate them for releasing this research. i think what is at the heart of the problem, if i'm frank, is the tory under funding of the national health service. the nhs is going through the biggest financialjohn reid's in its history. it isn't getting the resources it needs. the government have failed on the planning for staffing in the nhs. so yes, demand, need is increasing, but the government should have planned for that, but instead they have buried their heads in the sand and are refusing to the give the nhs a sustainable package for the long—term. that's the heart of the problem. what, money? well, it is money. it's money and it's workforce. so if you're going to put a flat line in the nhs funding at the same time cut billions from the social care

budgets which means many vulnerable and elderly people are trapped in hospitals, especially at winter time and of course, winter is coming and on top of that, cut nurse training places, get rid of the nurse training bursary, pick fights with junior doctors, we don't have enough staff working in our nhs and of course, brexit will exacerbate the staffing problems in the nhs. so i'm afraid what the figures reveal is an nhs being push to the brink, but the reasons for it are because of the decision made by the government. but it's down to successive governments over the years, isn't it, to have planned for this increased demand ? it, to have planned for this increased demand? it's no surprise that the population is getting older. that the demands on the service and on social care are bigger than people had predicted? which is why we were saying it was wrong to cut £5 billion from the social care budgets that happened over the last seven years. we told the government that this would lead to huge pressures on the wider nhs.

it's why under the last labour government we increased the investment going into the national health service, bund the present government, the spending into the nhs has flat lined and more and more information bosses, hospital managers, are saying that this can't continue. but if that's true, sorry to interrupt, if that's true, how come some hospitals are managing to meet targets? because you will a lwa ys meet targets? because you will always get some hospitals meeting targets, but then you have got other hospitals missing targets. remember some of our hospitals are in deficit, sometimes £1 million. so what we are saying is with winter coming, with the chancellor being able to do a budget this autumn, we're saying, come forward with a package for nhs funding. we cannot continue with a funding settlement where head for head spending could be falling in the nhs. we are saying to the government, listen, let's not have a winter like we had last

winter in the nhs, use the budget to bring forward spending extra emergency spending our our national health service to help it get through this winter. how much? we said £500 million. other hospital leaders suggested their figures, but i would want £500 million to help the nhs get through this winter, but the nhs get through this winter, but the government have got to do something. we are calling on the chancellor to do something in the budget in november. if you are a patient at the moment sitting in a corridor waiting to see, to get some sort of treatment, you see people running around and you see people working incredibly hard, doctors and nurses, but you see there aren't enough beds and there is too much pressure on the system. there isn't a magic bullet. a cheque isn't going to sort that out in the immediate future? we need a long-term plan for the nhs. we have some of the lowest numbers of beds per 100 of the

population because we have seen cuts. there will be more beds cut in local areas. i don't think that's the right decision given that we have got an ageing population in some parts of the country. you are right, of course, it's difficult to change things overnight, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't start. and the government should make a start in this budget by bringing forward a funding package for the nhs, but dealing with the staffing issues, we need to recruit more doctors and nurses and need to deal with how brexit will affect the nhs. we would say to the nhs that all those hundreds of thousand eu workers who work in our nhs can stay working in the nhs and our nhs can continue to recruit post brexit, but the government haven't given any certainty on that and another issue which is happening out in the community health services is the increasing destabilisation and fragmentation because more and more services are being privatised. we would say bring that to an end as

well. jonathan ashworth, thank you. you can let us know what you think. tweet us using the hashtag afternoon live. all the ways to contact us on screen right now. the helpline for benefit claimants is to become a free phone number. some callers were being charged up to 55 pence a minute. labour is calling for more changes to the system. calling for more changes to the syste m. m ps calling for more changes to the system. mps are debating the issue at the moment. that's the scene live in the house of commons. well, a few meters away from that, our chief political correspondent, vicki young is inside the houses of parliament. an attempt by labour to pause the whole universal credit introduction. that got short shrift? the government say they have no intention of doing that. there have

been pilot areas. they say they are listening and learning and making changes as they go along in order to improve the system. there is already a pause of a month injanuary which was previously announced. again, to have a look and assess what happened so far, but as for a further break in universal credit roll out, it doesn't seem that will happen. the government did bring in that concession of making those phone calls to the dwp, making those free. that was a relatively easy move for the government, i guess, but on the broader principle, we heard from the secretary of state in the last hour orso, making secretary of state in the last hour or so, making the case for why he thinks the simplification of a number of benefits into one payment is the right way to go. the fundamental purpose of universal credit is to assist people into work. it is through work that people

can support themselves and obtain greater economic security and progress in life and universal credit does that by making work pay. into we inherited, let me fin ib on the principles, we inherited a welfare system that puts in place barriers to people fulfilling their potential. for those on job—seeker's allowa nce, potential. for those on job—seeker's allowance, if you do more than 16 hours of work, you must go through the disruption of stopping your benefit claim only to start another. for many on esa, they can be faced with a choice between financial support or work. whilst we know many thousands would like to and would benefit from doing both. and once you are in work, you are all too often caught by the hours rules in tax credits. universal credit cuts through this by taking six different benefits and replacing them with a single system, a system where claimants receive tailored support to get them into work, a system

where claimants only have to deal with one organisation, not three and a system that ensures it always pays to work and always pays to progress. let's put those points to david gauke's opposite number. i'm joined by debbie abrahams. are you opposed to universal credit in principle? no, never have been and i'm not now. so, the principle is about simplifying, making sure that work pays and support those and unfortunately there are a number of design issues which have been there from the onset. on top of that, you remember, that in the 2015 summer budget, what were called the work allowa nces budget, what were called the work allowances were cut, the £12 billion cut which means as the institute for fiscal studies says, work does not p5y~ fiscal studies says, work does not pay. it's lost. the government is disingenuous saying it does pay. so it isn't making work pay. i have

said and i'm more than happy to work with them to fix the issues. but it needs to be recognised that what they are. so you're claiming that it leads the welfare system, not being properly funded, that's what you are opposed to rather than even the roll out it's sieve? no, as! opposed to rather than even the roll out it's sieve? no, as i said, there are structural issues with it and pa rt of are structural issues with it and part of the structural issue is around the delay in payment. there is the week—long assessment phase and the four months arrears payment and the four months arrears payment and then there is a verification process. that means people can be waiting over six weeks. 20% of people are waiting more than six weeks. another one in ten will be waiting more than ten weeks. so that's a significant amount and what we are seeing that's a significant amount and what we are seeing across that's a significant amount and what we are seeing across the country where it is rolled out is the issues around debt, rent arrears and ultimately evictions. i had a nurse,

a single mum who transferred from tax credits on to universal credit and hadt tax credits on to universal credit and had t six—week wait and she has been served an eviction notice. some in the conservative party expressed concerns, but it doesn't seem as if you're talking them with you. we had a tweet today from jonny mercer, he says there is no way he would vote with you on this because your policies, labour policies encouraged welfare dependency over work o work. we support the principles of universal credit. what would you do now? we have asked first of all that, it is great that the free phone has been made available and we have to make sure it has competent call handlers that are able to provide advice people looking for information on their claim. we should look at alternative payment

arrangements so should look at alternative payment arrangements so making sure that the one week wait which is a policy decision, we scrap that. if people need fortnightly, they are paid fortnightly and we reflect that the syste m fortnightly and we reflect that the system as well and again, as an option if they want the housing element paid to the landlord that should happen as well. i will work with them, not just should happen as well. i will work with them, notjust on should happen as well. i will work with them, not just on that, but the more substantial issues around the caps to ork allowance. the ifs said make work pay. it is an opposition day debate which means it is a subject chosen by labour. any vote is not binning, but if the past is anything to go by, the government may well not take part in it at all. vicky, thank you very much indeed. the football association has

apologised. the inquiry found that sampson told eniola aluko be careful that her relatives didn't bring ebola. eniola aluko she said felt vindicated by the investigation. ebola. eniola aluko she said felt vindicated by the investigationm has been a long process getting to this point. i am not the architect or engineer of any of these circumstances. i have been put in this situation. but i was always honest and truthful about the comments and about other comments that i've raised. and about the culture of the team under mark sampson. and so, ifeel vindicated in that honesty and that truth and i'm a human being, ifeel relieved because it's suggests that it was kind of all worth it to go through that trouble to now sort of have

that trouble to now sort of have that vindicated. you have had support from some of your team— mates you have had support from some of your team—mates and the pfa, has this at times felt like a lonely process where you have had to yourself challenge the football association on what has been a lengthy process when you tried to get these issues properly examined? yes, it has at times felt, i have certainly felt isolated in terms of the process. i think i didn't want it to be as adversarial has it has become in terms of the football association, versus eniola aluko. i said in my statement that i have had a very good relationship with the football association up until two yea rs football association up until two years ago. so that disappoints me. that has felt very isolating because the fa are a huge institution. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the nhs is routinely missing

targets. mps have been taking evidence in the investigation into form earning women's manager, mark sampson as the fa apologises to two players. theresa may refuses to bow to pressure to pause uniform credit in areas it is already operating. in a moment, a special report from raqqa which has been liberated from islamic state. three more british clu bs a re islamic state. three more british clubs are in champions league action. manchester united are in lisbon and play benfica. heather watson made it two wins from two at the luxembourg 0pen. she is into the quarterfinals. and the five time world snooker champion, ronnie 0'sullivan threatened to pull out of the english 0pen after being told he can't wear trainers for his injured ankle. i will have more on those stories after 3.30pm. average earnings including

bonuses increased by 2.2% in the year to august, according to official figures but wages continue to lag behind inflation. it's likely to increase expectations that the bank of england will raise interest rates next month. the office for national statistics also said unemployment fell by 52,000 betweenjune and august, to 1.4 million equalling the lowest level since 1975. more than four million people are in financial difficulty because they can't pay bills or keep up with payments on credit, according to a study of 13,000 people. the financial watchdog, the fca, says millions would be in danger of money worries if their mortgage or rent were to go up. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. thank you very much. how many can cope with rising prices or an interest rate increase on their mortgages that is expected soon? 0r rent going up? everywhere it's a worry. i'm on minimum wage and that is what i'm getting. i just would not cope.

it means you have less money left over the end of the month. so i live with my boyfriend, he's a student, so it is difficult for us. the fca says 4.1 million people are behind on bills or credit and 5 million would struggle with mortgage or rent increases. there are significant numbers of people in the uk who have suffered some form of financial difficulty and in particular, we highlight the age group from 25 to 34, where as many as 13% of people have missed bill payments and got themselves into some kind of financial situation. that is people like kelly in scarborough, a single mum aged 32. she resorted to expensive credit and who told us this week how she had to get a debt relief order, a form of bankruptcy. itjust all racked up and they give you more credit than you can afford to pay back and i looked online, oh, we're giving you another

£1,000 to spend with us. too many have no financial buffer. 15 million failing to save for a pension, 6.5 million with no savings to speak of, like kelly. at the citizens advice bureau kelly went to, they are seeing more people facing a financial squeeze. well, i think it's rising prices and wage stagnation. two of the big factors for young people in particular. half of the adult population are said by the regulator to be financially vulnerable in some way. that is many millions living on the edge. the northern ireland secretary, james brokenshire, says the prospects of a deal to restore power—sharing at stormont don't look positive. he said if there was no further progress, the government in westminster would have to set a budget by the end of october. northern ireland has been without a first and deputy first minister since january, and a functioning executive since march. during a conference yesterday

in westminster, a conservative mp revealed he spends up to an hour in the bath every morning "to relax and compose my thoughts for the day ahead". the conservative mp, tim loughton, who is co—chair of the all—party group on mindfulness, a form of meditation, follows in the footsteps of sir winston churchill, who was also fond of a long soak in the tub. tim loughton joins me now from westminster. are you regretting? the headlines have become all about my bathing habits where this was a really very important and fascinating conference yesterday where we had 20 mps from 15 different countries, came to london to promote mindfulness as one solution for the epidemic of mental illness that we have in the western world at the moment and these are serious issues and we had the godfather of mindfulness from the states co m e godfather of mindfulness from the states come over and gave a fascinating presentation and said

that mindfulness is something anybody can do any time and anywhere. i gave a vote of thanks at the wind of his session and said i do my mindfulness in my bath in the morning. and all of a sudden, it is headline, mp takes bath! you have raised a serious issue and i want to come back to that. it's #6am and you get into your bath and nice hot water, you're feeling nice and relaxed. and then do you progress? we have got a few sound effects to get you in the mood about how you feel... make sure you turn the taps off and don't flood the bbc studio! idoa lot of off and don't flood the bbc studio! i do a lot of work in my bath. this morning i was reading various papers for meetings i have got today. i start my working day at six o'clockment i verve ten minutes or 15 minutes to just switch off. so there is no mobiles and not even bbc

radio going on, and you forget about all the strains of stresses and what's coming up tomorrow, you are reflecting, destressing for the present and thinking about the environment around you, that's what mindfulness is about and it works for me. it works for a lot of people and the evidence shows that it is working for a lot of people and you can do it, take ten minutes out from your lunch break at work and do on the bus or do it in the armchair at home. it is something that anybody can do and it helps your mental good health and that's got to be good for a highly stressed society where everybody is living at 100mph. isn't there a huge difference between a little bit of time and a whole hour in the bath. what about your hot water bills for a start?” in the bath. what about your hot water bills for a start? i use less water bills for a start? i use less water in my bath than the rest of my family do in their power showers which with all the electricity and water that go with that. i don't spend the whole hour doing

mindfulness, i do a lot of work in the bath. i try not to get my meeting notes soggy. so, that's, you know, each to his or her own. but it's just a good time to reflect. i do it who are accidentally and other people do it vertically and i feel it sets me up for the day in what is a pretty frenetic crazy life that mps have. lots of people have high stressed jobsment i'm in the office before 8am and i'm usually in the office, i shall be in the office until 11pm tonight and without that little oasis of calm at the start of the day it would be even more stressful. some people are pointing out lovely to have that sort of time to have an oasis of calm, they barely have five minutes a day on their own, they have got busy lives. you have got a family, which you are ignoring for an hour! fantastic. to have a little, my bathroom is sacred, my kids are away at university, but it was always my little oasis of calm

and they don't go battering on the daorks they have their own shower. i do it before 6am before anyone was up. i choose to get up and do my work from 6am and i'm in the office before 8am and i feel i am more focussed and productive. there is a really serious point, we have an increase of anti depressant prescriptions of 500% and depression costs us £9 billion and mindfulness is one possible solution to making people less stressed, more focussed and cutting down on mental illness which is doing so much damage. companies are bringing it in for their employees and it is lead to go reduction in absent and sickness and kids in our schools are doing mindfulness classes, they are more focussed and getting better results. it is being used in prisons to control behaviour and used in the national health service as an alternative to some drugs. you are advocating there should be lots of

baths in the house of commons!” advocating there should be lots of baths in the house of commons! i am not saying everybody should do it in the bath. i'm probably unusual. we are taking that as red. -- read. i do it in the bath. 0ther are taking that as red. -- read. i do it in the bath. other people can do it in the bath. other people can do it in the bath. other people can do it on the bus or wherever. that's the great thing about mindfulness, anyone can do it, any time and any place. it has great applications and that's why so many mps around the world have been looking into it. at westminster, 170 mps and members of the lords have been on mindfulness courses. you are lying in the bath and you are all mindfulnessed out. you have got your papers, how many times have they ended up in the water? not often. i don't fall asleep that often. i was reading a good paper this morning about abolishing the licence fee for the bbc and! abolishing the licence fee for the bbc and i made sure that kept very dry. so i will put that on facebook! that was a really below the belt...

anyway, tim loughton, thank you for spending time to talk about your bath habits! after that nice warm bath, something guaranteed to make your blood boil, because it is about being caught in a trafficjam! traffic analysts inrix have found that drivers faced 1.35m traffic jams in the past year which is almost 3,700 per day. the m5 in somerset saw the longest disruption and biggest tailbacks while three of the top five were on the m6. this is a tweet that someone sent in and it is notjust anyone who sent it, but let me show you, that's the tweet. "traffic jams are it, but let me show you, that's the tweet. "trafficjams are not only

proof the success of the car, but can be artfully, geometically beautiful." that turns out to be a member of the brussels parliament who has tweeted that. the deputy mayor of brussels who is an author and an engineer. if you agree with that, do let us know and tweet us your response. lots of ways of getting in touch with us on afternoon live. there they are. tweet us and use the hashtag afternoon live and text us as well and we will put those on the air later on. now, let's catch up with the weather and it's darren. us catch up with the weather now with darren bett. ? temperatures will be a chilly 12 or 13. the rain turns heavier this

evening and works northwards. another area of rain coming in from the south too tonight. a lot of low cloud so misty weather with hill fog around. heavier rain coming in quickly into northern ireland. that will move into the south—west later on and into the south—west later on and into west wales. ahead of that, whilst there may be a little sunshine, we still have rain pushing northwards across the midlands, central and southern england, up into northern england with some improvement in the weather in scotland. wet and windy conditions sweep east overnight and things graj lully easing off today. there may be a glimpse of sunshine —— gradually easing off today. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. bbc research finds that hospitals across the uk are missing key targets — especially in cancer care, accident and emergency, and routine operations the prime minister stands firm in the face of pressure to pause the controversial universal credit.

mps might not get to debate the eu withdrawal bill on british laws after brexit for another three weeks. unemployment falls to a 1970s low but the squeeze on wages is getting tighter. now the sport with hugh and a huge night for british clubs? yes, actually things going pretty well for the premier league teams at least who're in the competition this year. there's been a bit of a lull in recent times, but currently, all five teams from the premier league in the champions league top of their groups and last night liverpool i guess took the headlines, 7—0 win away at the slovenian champions maabor. another slice of history there, five—time winners of the european cup liverpool, so good news

for their managerjurgen klopp. not such good news forjose mourinho. he's not happy with some of the coverage he's getting, yet again? he likes to go head—to—head with journalists. his side with one of three more british clubs in action tonight up against lisbon, the title holders benfica. mourinho was forced to clarify some comments that he made earlier in the week in which he claimed he wouldn't end his career at old trafford. week in which he claimed he wouldn't end his career at old traffordm in this moment i want to finish my career in two, three, four or five years, i would say yes, my ambition would be to end my career at manchester united. i think i'm going to be here 15 years minimum. here in foot ball to be here 15 years minimum. here in football in the job. i think it's impossible to stay 17 years in the same club, i think it's an impossible mission. chelsea will take on roma at

sta mford chelsea will take on roma at stamford bridge. they know a win would send them five points clear at the top of group c. we know very well italian football and every team is well organised. we must pay attention because roma is a great team. they've a really good coach. they are working very well for the present and for the future. bayern munich await the scottish champions celtic. the two sides are tied on points in second place in group b but the celtic boss isn't underestimating the size of the tasks. we respect that we are playing against some fantastic players, and in this competition, no matter how your league form is, this isa matter how your league form is, this is a competition where you want to do well. i think we'll be highly motivated. 0ur opponent also want to press the game and show the qualities. for us, reneed to be

resilient. britain's heather watson's made it two wins from two at the luxembourg 0pen. she's into the quarter—finals after beating her opponent in straight sets. the former world champion jenson button says lewis hamilton is capable of breaking michael schumacher‘s record of seven formula 0ne world titles. button was previously team—mates with hamilton at mclaren and describes him in his autobiography as an unpredictable but brilliant driver. hamilton currently leads the hundredship by 59 points. i think he'll clinch it over the next couple of races. four world championships, that's just crazy, you know, that's more than ayrton senna, that's alain prost

level, three off michael schumacher. if he stays in the sport, there's a chance he could beat michael schumacher‘s record. chance he could beat michael schumacher's record. there's been a maximum 147 break at the english 0pen. when bo, the defending champion, did it against,ford in his second round match in barnsley. if no—one equals that this when, it could be worth £42,000 to him. lovely moment that. that's all the sport. john will be back in the next hour. the jury in the trial of an army sergeant accused of tampering with his wife's parachute in an attempt to kill her. has been shown demonstration videos of how the sabotage might have been carried out. victoria cilliers fell four thousand feet when she made a jump over wiltshire, two years ago. emile cilliers denies the charges. duncan kennedy is at winchester crown court. simon, just a background to this.

this allegedly goes back to april 2015 when victoria cilliers made her jump 2015 when victoria cilliers made her jump over the airbase that you were referring to. she jumped jump over the airbase that you were referring to. shejumped 4,000 jump over the airbase that you were referring to. she jumped 4,000 feet but neither her main or reserve shoot opened fully so she fell that full distance and landed in a ploughed field. she suffered multiple injuries. it's the prosecution's case in this trial that it was her husband who sabotaged her parachute, botha main chute and her reserve chute. two charges mr cilliers denies, but it's the prosecution case that that's what he did in order to get his hands on some life insurance money that was in his and her‘s name and also that he was trying to set up life with another woman that he'd met on tinder. that was the prosecution case today and both charges emile cilliers denies. how long is the trial expected to last? it's going to be going on for

another two to three weeks. what's happened today is, at the request of thejury, who went happened today is, at the request of the jury, who went to see the base last week, they asked the judge could they see an attempted sabotage ina could they see an attempted sabotage in a toilet cubicle which is where the prosecution allege that mr cilliers carried out the sabotage of his wife's parachute. at the left the camera shows outside the toilet cubicle and on the right we are looking down on the man who carried out the demonstration for the court to see if there was space inside the toilet cubicle for a sabotage to ta ke toilet cubicle for a sabotage to take place. the man we are looking at isa take place. the man we are looking at is a man called mark, the chief instructor and he was asked by the court to see whether this was possible. he actually took in two parachutes, very similar to the ones used by victoria cilliers on the day of her accident. what he does in the videos is firstly pull out the main chute and cross over the strings and then repacks that. he then goes to

then repacks that. he then goes to the reserve chute, also in the same pack, pulls out a bit of that and removes pack, pulls out a bit of that and re m oves two pack, pulls out a bit of that and removes two things called slinks, nylon circular hoops thatjoin the main harness to the canopy. he puts that in, minus the slinks and packs it it all away for demonstration. he did the demonstration videos in around about five minutes, which is what the prosecution say mr cilliers would have needed to tamper with the real parachute back in 2015. the man in the video told the court that this parachute was then presented to a plane, checked by somebody before getting on that plane, the person doing the checking wouldn't realise that parachute had been tampered with twice, the main chute and the reserve chute. it's the prosecution's case that mr cilliers had the time, opportunity and motive and occasion in this toilet to

tamper with his wife's chute before she took off on that flight in april 2015. mr cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder and one of wrecklily endangering life. thank you very much. china's president xijinping has signalled that china plans to play a bigger role in world affairs. mr xi told the communist pa rty‘s five yearly congress that china faced profound global changes and that beijing aims to become a great political and military power by mid—century. he also vowed to continue a zero tolerance approach to party corruption. john sudworth is in beijing. the rain wasn't the greatest of omens. the communist party is meant to be able to control the weather. but inside, nothing could be allowed to dampen the mood. in a speech tinged with nationalism xi jinping struck an optimistic tone and insisted that only the communist party could fulfil

china's rightful destiny. translation: let's strive hard to build a wealthy society and achieve the victory of chinese socialism, realise the chinese dream of the great rejuvenation and fulfil people's expectations for a better life. while state media carries wall—to—wall coverage of the congress, the rest of china largely carries on as normal. i have no problem with a rising powerful china, this man tells me. but he adds, i hope one day we too can have democracy. for many the event is an inconvenience. for days now beijing has been in security overdrive with surveillance stepped up and neighbourhood patrols sent out in force.

there was once a hope that mr xi would be a political reformer. instead he has spent his first term in office clamping down on dissent and purging his rivals. so the world's biggest authoritarian state is confirming its leader in office for another five years. but for china watchers the interest is not in the system of course, but the man. seen by many to be accruing more power to himself than any leader since chairman mao. at three and a half hours, this was a humdinger of a speech. even mr xi's predecessor hu jintao, touching his watch, appears to signal it could have been, well, a tad shorter. despite the length, though, you don't have to look hard for the main message. the world's second—largest economy will remain firmly under the command of a one—party state. and if anyone had any lingering

doubts, mr xi has surely now swept them away. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. ministers have rejected calls fora ban and public inquiry into the use of surgical mesh implants. campaigners say the implants, which are used to treat organ prolapse and incontinence, have left many people in chronic pain. 0ur health correspondent tulip mazumdar has been following the debate at westminster. the debate has just finished on this very controversial issue. around a hundred women have come here today, campaigners have come here today, to hear what mps had to say and crucially what the government had to respond to their concerns. i'm joined by a couple of campaigners here, stephanie and peter. stephanie, tell us about your situation because you are still suffering at the moment?” situation because you are still suffering at the moment? i had a mesh implant in june. suffering at the moment? i had a

mesh implant injune. actually unknown. i went in to have a full hysterectomy and an hour before i was told they were going to change the procedure, so i actually knew nothing about it. what impact has it had? on my life, i can't work, i can't do absolutely anything as a normal person. in pain constantly all the time. no sleeping. and it's just devastated everything. it's impacted both of you? it really has. imean, yes, impacted both of you? it really has. i mean, yes, it's like having a cheese grater inserted into your vagina and both sides of it affects both people so we have been together 40 years and we've not been intimate since the operation and that's not going to happen until we can get it removed. a labour mp who has been helping lead this campaign, what has come out of this debate? importantly

we got the government to say they are going to bring forward the guidelines about what are the risks. there are thousands of women like stephanie around the world, the labour government in waiting have said we understand this is a massive issue, that there needs to be a proper public inquiry to look at what's gone wrong here and we need to suspend use of mesh until we know really what the risks are associated with it. 0wen smith stephanie and peter williams, thank you very much. around 100,000 women have had this procedure over the last ten years or so, the nhs and the medicines regulator say most women who have this have a positive experience, it helps with the issues they have with pro lapse and incontinence but there isa pro lapse and incontinence but there is a significant minority, according to campaigners here that have problems, and it's that they say that needs to be addressed now. egon is here — in a moment he will be telling us what's hot

and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the nhs is routinely missing targets for cancer, a&e and planned operations, bbc research finds mps are taking evidence in the investigation into former england women's manager mark sampson — as the fa apologises to two players. theresa may refuses to bow to pressure to pause universal credit in areas where its already operating. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the number of people without work as fallen to 1.4 million — that's the lowest level for more than forty years. but growth in wages is pretty weak. it's just over two per cent. we'll have more on this in a moment. the mining firm, rio tinto, and two of its former executives have been charged with fraud in the united states. authorities accuse them of inflating the value of assets in mozambique. the company denies the charges. a committee of mps says online market places like amazon and ebay are profiting from sellers who dodge vat. the committee also accuses tax authorities of being "too cautious"

about pursuing fraudsters. good news on joblessness. we have seen 52,000 people getting jobs in the last few months, leaving the rate of unemployment lower, the best rate in fact for 42 years. a lot of the growth in employment is coming from women, so we are seeing women swelling the numbers of the workforce but we have got to consider the fact that we are on the verge of a decision by the bank of england on whether or not to raise interest rates. 0ne england on whether or not to raise interest rates. one of the factors they'll be looking at is the health of the employment market. this employment market does look pretty healthy. but disappointing news on wages. yes, inflation is going up 3%, wages

though they're only going up at %, so you can see this is really feeding into a problem for household budgets. it's thought that the reason wages really aren't rising that much is because the sort of jobs that are being created are low—skilled and temporary. yale selfin, from kpmg told me earlier why unemployment is so low. essentially, we have an economy that is still growing quite significantly and businesses require more workers and businesses require more workers and therefore we have a healthy demand for labour and a narrowing pool of workers in the uk that are available. shell are making a significant push on electric vehicles. yes, who would have thought. they

are introducing three fast—charging points at places in the south—east of england and in the midlands. they plan to expand it to ten across the country by the end of the year. now, one of the issues they're facing is that, if they are going to grow demand for electric vehicles, they are going to have to make it easier to really charge those cars. jane lindsay—green, future fuels manager, shell uk. it's a surprise isn't it, an oil company getting into electric vehicles? customers' needs are changing and drivers are making different choices about getting around. we want to make sure that we can offer all of our customers whatever vehicle they drive, we want

to make sure that we can offer them options on how to continue their journeys. so for us #20ed it's a very exciting day as we launching recharge, our first ever branded rapid electric vehicle charger on our forecourts —— today it's a very exciting today. there are 26 million vehicles in the uk and only about 100,000 are electric, so where's the demand? well, if you look at how many electric vehicles were available ethen three or four years ago, there was only about 3—4,000 and there are over 100,000 available now, so the market is growing really quickly. we want to make sure we respond to customers as they make different choices about how they get around. for us, entering the electric vehicle charging market todayis electric vehicle charging market today is a very significant step. you are planning to roll this out in

other parts of the world, aren't you? yes, there are plans to roll this out in the netherlands and recently we have announced charge points will be introduced in the philippines from 2018. thank you very much. and the markets? yes. why is it charging ahead, the ftse, given that eve ryo ne charging ahead, the ftse, given that everyone is so doom and gloom about what is going on? not sure doom is the word but gloomy maybe. what we see with the ftse is that most of the companies trading on the ftse make profits overseas and the global outlook, according to most commentators, looks healthy. that is why we are seeing the ftse go up. brent crude, as we have been talking about this week, is being buoyed up

by the fact that there are tensions the in the middle east which have produced fears there could be disruption to supplies. rio tinto is in trouble, we know. that is why we are seeing the share price under pressure there. reckit are reorganising their business and also they have lowered their sales forecast so not great news for them, i'm afraid. egon, thank you very much. president trump has denied making insensitive remarks to the widow of a us soldier killed by islamist militants in niger earlier this month. the allegations came from democrat congresswoman, frederica wilson, who was with the widow when she received a telephone call from the president. here is a little of what she said. david was a young man who gave easy life to our country. he's a hero. i

was in the car when president trump called. he said to the wife, well, i guess he knew what he was getting into. how insensitive can you be? donald trump hit back at the claims on twitter. he said "democrat congresswoman totally fabricated what i said to the wife of a soldier who died in action. (and | (and i have proof) sad! george saunders has won the man booker prize with his book which is about abraham booker prize with his book which is about abra ham lincoln's booker prize with his book which is about abraham lincoln's grief about the death of his son in 1862. the winner of the 2017 man booker prize forfiction is... lincoln in the

bardot, george saunders. as debut novels go, this can't be bad. up until now, george saunders had only written short stories. his first full length novel winning one of the biggest prizes in literature, a tale set in the past but the author believes still rich with meaning for the present. as you might have noticed, we live in a strange time. i've noticed it. so the question at the heart of the matter is pretty simple — do we respond to fear with exclusion and negative projection and violence? 0r, negative projection and violence? or, do we take that great leap of faith and do our best to respond. lincoln in the bardo tells the story of the american president's grief at the death of his young son. set on a night, it explores mortality, grief and the possibilities of life. everyone knows and loves lincoln, so

that was part of the reason why i waited. it makes you cringe a bit to think about somebody that large. he received a cheque for £50,000. all this for a book the judges discribed as utterly original and deeply moving. the world's first floating windfarm has started transmitting power to scotland. the windfarm has been officially opened by nicola sturgeon who said the project which will generate enough power for 20,000 homes was testament to scotland's international reputation for renewable energy. let's have a look at the weather now. here is darren bett. we have seen a now. here is darren bett. we have seen a lot of cloud around today. we have seen outbreaks of rain and drizzle. most of us having a dull and grey afternoon. we have seen some sunshine across northern ireland and northern england, but

that will be fading over the next few hours and it will feel hilly as well. temperatures about 13 in the uk this afternoon. there's a bit of rain and drizzle around still. it will be working its way northwards into northern england and scotland —— feeling chilly. we are left with a lot of low cloud, mist and fog, particularly over the hills by the end of the night. quite a mild night. we have still got this annoying weather front on the scene tomorrow across central and eastern parts. you can see a spell of rain through the day. that could be heavy as it works northwards. a gift of sunshine poking through either side. then a wetter windier weather arrives. it will be a wet day for northern ireland. may well be some local flooding here. a northern ireland. may well be some localflooding here. a bit of a disappointing wet end to the day

across many western areas. the winds pick up in the south—west too, blowing their way across southern parts. the big one the still to come. we'll get back to that in a moment. this is friday's picture, starting off dull and damp. stronger winds blowing through southern england and the english channel. things calm down through the day. skies brighten up a touch. let's go all the way to the side of the atla ntic all the way to the side of the atlantic and it's this area of cloud we need to focus on here. it's got a bit of tropical warmth. it's an area of rain but if you put the jet strea m of rain but if you put the jet stream on top of that, you can see how it picks up, guides it across the atlantic and this dip in the jet strea m the atlantic and this dip in the jet stream means that that area of rain will develop into a deep area of low pressure. not a hurricane, not a tropical storm, more typical deep autumn low swings our way for the start of the weekend. the winds picking up in west wales, southern england, through the english channel, 50—60mph gusts, high tides

in the south—west and maybe some coastal flooding and some rain around as well. glush hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 4pm: the nhs targets being routinely missed. bbc research highlights a shortage of doctors, nurses, and a lack of money. from when i started practising emergency medicine we were on average seeing 400 a day, we are going in excess of 500 a day which seems like the norm on a daily basis. an apology from the fa. mps are taking evidence in the investigation into former england women's manager mark sampson as the fa apologises to two players. no delay — theresa may refuses to bow to pressure to pause universal credit in areas where its already operating. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. it is another big night ahead in the champions league. manchester united, chelsea and celtic all in action hoping for similar success enjoyed by the british clubs who played last night. thanks and darren has all the weather. 0n

on monday we had the red sun. today we have had a weather watcher picture sent in like. i will explain what causes this in the studio. thanks, darren. getting himself into hot water. the mp who admits spending an hour in the bath every morning so he can clea n the bath every morning so he can clean his body and clear his mind! hello everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. the performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk, with targets for cancer, a&e and planned operations being widely missed, according to bbc research. nationally, england, wales and northern ireland have not hit any of their three key targets for 18 months. 0nly scotland has managed to hit one target. being seen within four hours

at accident and emergency. cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis. and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in england and scotland. our health correspondent rob sissons reports. round the clock, the nhs is treating more patients. in the cold light of day, it's clear the pressure is mounting. the patients here notice it. nottingham is home to one of the uk's busiest accident and emergency departments. i'm in agony and they're just not quick enough. you can see it is under pressure straightaway when i came in. there's not enough volume of people turning over very quickly. in order to alleviate this kind of pressure. dr malik spent seven years on the front—line and says patient demand has gone up and up. certainly from when i started practising emergency medicine, we were on average seeing 400 a day. we are now going in excess of 500 a day which seems like the norm on a daily basis. so definitely the volume, the intensity, the pressures

at front—line have definitely increased. now for the targets to be met nationally, the vast majority of patients have to be seen and treated promptly. individual trust performance, of course varies when it comes to a&e waits, cancer waits and routine operations. so, when we look across the uk, what does the bbc‘s nhs tracker reveal? four years ago the key targets were met across england 86% of the time. this year it's zero. in northern ireland, they were hitting the targets 25% of the time. again, performance has got worse. it is also zero. wales in 2012—2013 didn't hit the targets and four years on it's the same picture. scotland's health boards previously achieved 42%. now the goals are being met 8% of the time, but that is the best in the uk. i think the challenge for lots of hospitals, ours included, has been an increase in demand and the population has got older with more health needs.

so it gets more difficult every year to achieve some of the targets. then we do a heart scan every three months... cancer services are also under pressure. nikki was a young mum when she had oesophageal cancer. she had timely treatment, but is concerned others face delays. every day is a really long day when you're either waiting to see the consultant, waiting for results, waiting for a scan. it's another sleepless night. it's another day of worry. it's that uncertainty. it's the not knowing that is really hard to deal with. although most patients are seen within target times, growing numbers are waiting longer for treatment. the department of health says more than 60% of hospitals in england are rated good or outstanding. ministers across the uk have been

point out to people are being seen on time. we have got a problem between supply and demand. if you lookjust demand and demand. if you lookjust demand and you look atjust a&e services, attendances at a&e are going up 2.3% attendances at a&e are going up 2.3% a year. emergency admissions to hospital, 3% a yearment and that would be fine if we had more staff, re resou rce would be fine if we had more staff, reresource and fwods cope with that, but we don't. we're not getting the funding for it and that crunch means longer queues and people waiting longer queues and people waiting longerfor longer queues and people waiting longer for care. is it down to someone longer for care. is it down to someone getting a chequebook out? more funding would help, particularly for this winter because then you can invest in more services and beds and short—term staff, but fundamentally you're right the issue is the workforce and we don't have the workforce we need in the right number or care out of hospital. so we need additional funding, number or care out of hospital. so we need additionalfunding, but reform in how services are delivered. sun of someone somewhere hasn't seen this coming. we knew the population was aunlging and it was

going to cause problems and also with social services as well and there seems to have been no planning on that basis? well, this year, winter planning started earlier than in previous years, but it does seem to come as a surprise every year that demand goes up and we're going to face these pressures. what we need is this longer term plan for health and social care because it is clear we don't have a resilient system. that caught you by surprise, did it? this is the level of performance you normally see in winter when you have gotf lurks, and norovirus, this is the period before winter when the nhs should be preparing and be more resilient, the fa ct preparing and be more resilient, the fact that you can count on perhaps two hands the numbers of hospitals meeting the a&e standard is staggering. breaking news from the metropolitan police who say that detectives investigating the murder of someone

in parsons green have charged a teenager with murder and possession ofa teenager with murder and possession of a pointed or bladed article. this follows an investigation by the homicide and major crime command, this happened on monday, following reports of three males being stabbed in an area surrounding the parsons green tube station. the remaining injured males 16 and 18 were taken by ambulance to a hospital. the 16—year—old was discharged from hospital and been charged. the 18—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of affray, but he remains in hospital. his injuries are described as serious, but not life threatening. this happened after detectives believe the deceased confronted a drug dealer and another male who was with him. so that's the latest, a teenager has

been charged with murder outside paris parsons green tube station. we are going to go to the parliamentary committee meeting. martin glenn, the chief executive of the football association, is giving evidence. let'sjoin that the football association, is giving evidence. let's join that now. the football association, is giving evidence. let'sjoin that now.” believe, we believe that we have handled this with decency, and openness. we've had, we've taken the concerns raised by eniola aluko seriousy and when that didn't give satisfaction, we went on independent barrister and opened the doors and asked her to conclude what she thought and then asked her again when there was some clearly pieces of evidence that hadn't been uncovered to go and do those. i think that shows that the fa has taken it very seriously. i regret the two comments, the inappropriate

ba nter the two comments, the inappropriate banter have been made. it's not right for an fa employee, but i do think the spirit with which we have approached the whole concerns have been good. you set out the process. i'm sure there will be lots of questions about the process from members of the committee. you said in your written statement to the committee that was published today that you stand by the process and do not accept the criticisms that have been made. is that still your position now? it is. we've got head of hr rachel and dan from the technical department to answer the detailed questions. it isn't to say there isn't anything to learn, which isaid in there isn't anything to learn, which i said in my opening remarks, but i do believe that the substance of the issues that were raised were honestly and dill gently dealt with. catherine newton was critical of the process, wasn't she? i will let rachel answer the detail. but if you read catherine newton's report, it isa read catherine newton's report, it is a holistic view about, and we did ask her in, about the approach

that's been taken. i think she felted that most of the concerns that were raised there wasn't evidence to substantiate them and the one point she made was possibility or a conflict of interest on one aspect between dan as hworth interest on one aspect between dan ashworth and i would like to ask rachel to add comments to that. we will come on to other members of the panel, but i think, you know, i think you've spoken about this and you're the one that wrote to the committee about the process. catherine newton was clear in her statement, as far as she is concerned there is no grievance for players in that this position and that's what eniola aluko said. when someone that's what eniola aluko said. when someone who is co leading an internal review is supplying evidence to that review as well. that's a very poor example of due process and that's why i asked you again whether you feel it is not just lessons to be learnt, but an

apology should be given for the process which was not fit for purpose. one of the reasons we asked an independent barrister in was to give us the benefit of a fresh pair of eyes on the process and i think that was right. we took the concerns and the complaints seriously. we followed them in a way that was typical of most organisations and an irn ternl review process and when that was felt to still have an u na nswered that was felt to still have an unanswered questions in the eyes of the complainant, we then went further. i think that's good going. this was an initial internal process whereas eniola told the committee, she was asked to write down specific complaints, grievances that she asked the fa to look into and she never received from the fa a line by line response from the fa.” never received from the fa a line by line response from the fa. i would like rachel to respond. line response from the fa. i would like rachelto respond. you can

admit that? she was asked to set out in writing her specific allegations and she never got a response line by line to the allegations. she got a general response, but she never had a specific line by line response to the allegations that she was told to write down, did she? eniola had a fulsome response in terms of response. . . fulsome response in terms of response... that's the question i asked. she was asked to write down her grievances to give them to the fa and she never received from the fa and she never received from the faa fa and she never received from the fa a response to each of the grievances that she raised. did she? she didn't, did she? in the form address, yes, but! she didn't, did she? in the form address, yes, but i think in the spirit of what was asked for, she was fully engaged in the process. she clearly doesn't agree with that. many people say process, if you ask someone many people say process, if you ask someone who write down what their complaints is and to give them and you don't respond back to the

complaints, a lot of people would say that's not a good process. we didn't ask eniola to do that. when i picked this up, there had been a small e—mail correspondence between herand dan about small e—mail correspondence between her and dan about the issue and they agreed they would meet to speak about it. on one of those e—mails chains eniola attached her letter which had all the allegations listed out. that was something that she decided to do. we did not ask her to do that. we didn't ask her to do it ina certain do that. we didn't ask her to do it in a certain way. rachel, the brief given to catherine newton was on the submission that eniola gave. it responds, it sets out each of the allegation as written by eniola aluko allegation as written by eniola alu ko and allegation as written by eniola aluko and seeks to respond to them. i want to talk about the terms of reference that were established for that initial inquiry, for catherine newton's inquiry. you had

previously, obviously, a number of allegations and i'd like to focus on one or two of them in particularment one or two of them in particularment one of them is the allegation that repeats that drew spence had made and it has been fully investigated about the comments that were made by mark sampson in the mid—field unit team meeting in during the china cup. now, again in terms of process, would you regard it as a fair process that neither you or dan ashworth had viewed the video of that meeting that was referred to before coming to a conclusion that you didn't believe there was a case to be answered? we admitted we had a second meeting with the pfa and eniola and we said in the room that we hadn't watched the video and we admitted that was an oversight. we hadn't formed any written conclusions. i was asked by the pfa to put my conclusions in writing and isaid no, to put my conclusions in writing and i said no, i don't think that's the right thing to do. in any grievance process you understand that any

meeting you go into, new evidence can come out of that meeting and therefore i reserve the right to have that meeting, to listen to what was said and then it was a matter after that to put my written conclusions together with dan obviously. sure. but from eniola aluko's point of view, that's a fundamental piece of evidence. the contents of the video did not resolve the matter one way or the other, but you didn't know that, and neither did other, but you didn't know that, and neitherdid dan other, but you didn't know that, and neither did dan ashworth, you felt comfortable to have a view on a piece of evidence. we didn't give a view on that piece of evidence. we said it was an oversight. we didn't try and give a view on it. what someone try and give a view on it. what someone else might have done is thinking ok, we have got an allegation that's been made. we know that drew spence made the allegation. it was never a secret and catherine newton identifies drew spence in the video. what another

investigation might do, you might say look at the video evidence and there were other people in the room, do they remember the allegation, those comments having been made? you didn't speak to any of those players or people? there is a couple of points that are quite important about that allegation. one of the points i think that's important to make is that in murn's allegation and the barrister picks this up in her final report is that it's very clear she believes that this matter has been, or the clear she believes that this matter has been, orthe matter clear she believes that this matter has been, or the matter has been said during the meeting. it's very clear to say during the meeting. we watched the video tape a number of times as did the barrister. nothing u ntowa rd times as did the barrister. nothing untoward is said in that meeting. we were, when we had the conversation with eniola and the pfa the first meeting we had, the issue of confidentiality came up quickly in that meeting. eniola was concerned that meeting. eniola was concerned that this matter was kept private. she talked about the fact that a couple of journalist had

she talked about the fact that a couple ofjournalist had been con tagging herand couple ofjournalist had been con tagging her and she didn't want the matter to get out into the media. she wanted us to respect that. one of the issues that was brought up was about the drew spence, drew's name wasn't mentioned, but what we we re name wasn't mentioned, but what we were told was that she didn't want drew brought into this. she was a young player and she wanted to protect the privacy of young players. we respected those wishes. and i felt that given that this comment was said to have been made during the meeting, we later find out that the comment wasn't made during the meeting, it was actually made ina during the meeting, it was actually made in a sort of pre—meeting if you like. so we could only follow the evidence as we saw it. we didn't then speak to a cast of other players because that was clearly going to open up the debate in the squad which we didn't feel was respectful to eniola's wishes. squad which we didn't feel was respectfulto eniola's wishes. many people would expect there, is a proper process. you're investigating a serious allegation that's been made. absolutely. at that point you

didn't seek to speak to the other players and eniola says her view was that not that she was saying you can't speak to drew spence and it was open to the fa to speak to drew. that's not drew's understanding. i we nt that's not drew's understanding. i went to a meeting at chelsea foot ball clu b went to a meeting at chelsea football club with our legal director and drew attended the meeting with her legal representative. one of the first things that i was keen to understand in that meet to go make sure i hadn't misunderstood things was whether she happened to be involved in this and what her wishes were. she confirmed at the time that she did not want to be involved in this investigation. she had only spoken up investigation. she had only spoken up because she had been identified in the media. she also confirmed that by the very fact that we hadn't contacted her, she believed that her wishes had been complied with and that's what she told me. so it was a matter of, not talking to the other

players in the room. it is easy to identify from the video who the other players are and even if you haven't seen who the players, you can look at the mid—field squad and known who could have been heart to that conversation. it sounds as almost a matter of policy that you weren't going to talk to the players about the allegations made? one of the things that's really important in any grievance procedure is that you carry it out in your understanding ina you carry it out in your understanding in a way that's respectful of the victim's wishes. these were serious allegations and it was my understanding from the first meeting we had that this matter was sensitive and that it needed to be kept tight. it needed to be contained. so although i agree with eniola said, which is, there was never expressly you cannot speak toa certain was never expressly you cannot speak to a certain person. it was very clear understanding on all of our parts that this needed to be sort of done with privacy as much as it could be and eniola gave the names of two witnesses... studio: we will keep an eye on the

continuing talks at the parliamentary committee and if any more develops we will take you back there. but you're watching afternoon live. the helpline for benefit claimants moving to the new universal credit system is to become a free phone number after numerous complaints. the helpline for benefit claimants moving to the new universal credit the service was criticised when it emerged some callers using the dedicated number were being charged up to 55 pence per minute. but labour, and some conservative backbenchers, are calling for the full rollout of the system itself to be paused. we can speak to our chief political correspondent vicki young who is at the houses of parliament for us. the government's line is they are doing this gradually. it has taken yea rs doing this gradually. it has taken years from the original conception of this idea of rolling in a number of this idea of rolling in a number of benefits into one single payment. the idea is to make work pay. to make sure you are always better off if you work, but will have been problems. it has been going very slowly. there has been pilot schemes. they started with the

easiest cases, single claimants and they are moving on to more dom public sectors cases, but there have been a number of issues and with the further roll out coming up before christmas, there are many mps who fear that it's going to leave a lot of people in hardship particularly because of the delay in the first payment once you are moved on to the new system. it is six weeks, some are saying it needs to be less. there are some, a small number of people bhor waiting more than ten weeks to get their payment and this is causing people who are on low incomes a lot of difficulty. today though in the house of commons, the secretary of state defended the plan, labour though still pushing for that delay. we must all work together in the national interests to avert the disaster if universal credit is rolled out without fixing its failings. i urge all mp5 to vote with their conscience, stand with us, stand with your constituents, and pause and fix universal credit. the fundamental purpose

of universal credit is to assist people into work. it is through work that people can support themselves and obtain greater economic security and progress in life and universal credit does that by making work pay. the conservatives contrast that with the previous system. they say that labour's welfare system meant people we re labour's welfare system meant people were kept in a workless household and had no chance of progressing and trying to improve their incomes by getting a job. but there are some strong feelings in the house about this. some conservatives think that changes need to be made although they are not calling so much for a pause, they just want to they are not calling so much for a pause, theyjust want to make sure that certain things like direct payments to landlords, they think that would help as well as, of course, trying to reduce the time with people are without any money whatsoever. this is a taste of mps had to say. if his intention is not to cause hardship and distress then

why will he not get rid of the six—week wait automatically? many people don't know to go to their mps to seek solutions. get rid of it. it isa to seek solutions. get rid of it. it is a loan. it has to be paid back over six months and many people aren't eligible. the way he is designing this is making people fall into hardship. it is an integral pa rt of into hardship. it is an integral part of this design. change it. and let me be clear, what we don't want to see is universal credit scrapped. we want it fixed and improved. those improvements that were suggested yesterday were cutting the automatic minimum wait from at least six weeks toa minimum wait from at least six weeks to a goorn teed four weeks and also making payments in a fortnightly basis rather than monthly basis and doing more on advanced payments to make them part of the award and not recoupable as a loan. those would be very welcome steps. none of those changes would break the bank. very welcome steps. none of those changes would break the bankfi

very welcome steps. none of those changes would break the bank. it has the capability to dramatically change lives for the better. it is something i think my party should be proud of. i therefore, would not tonight support this motion because it is clearly in its determination to stop the roll out, to damage universal credit for short—term, political reasons. we should resist that temptation on this side of the house. 4296 in rent arrears due to universal credit had gone into debt after making their claim. due to long waiting time, many have had no notice to quit homes and been evicted from their family homes. government needs to stopment open your eyes and ears, don't punish the poor and disabled. be fair. the debt for work and pensions have built in a so—called firewall to the roll out of this system which means that come january, they will stop for a month,

have a look and the minister claims look, learn and try and change things. that won't be enough for labour and some of the opposition parties. the question is whether it will satisfy some conservative rebels. now, we don't though yet whether there will be a vote at 7pm, labour will try to push for one and on previous days like this, it is called a so—called opposition day which means the subject has been chosen by labour. the conservative government have not really taken part, government have not really taken pa rt, partly, of government have not really taken part, partly, of course, because they don't have the numbers. we will see what happens at 7pm. p we will wait. thank you very much. more than four million people are in financial difficulty because they can't pay bills or keep up with payments on credit, according to a study of 13,000 people. the financial watchdog, the fca, says millions would be in danger of money worries if their mortgage or rent were to go up. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. thank you very much. how many can cope with rising prices or an interest rate increase on their mortgages that is expected soon? 0r rent going up?

everywhere it's a worry. i'm on minimum wage and that is what i'm getting. it would be worse. so ijust would not cope. it means you have less money left over the end of the month. i live with my boyfriend, he's a student, so it is difficult for us, being a student. the financial watchdog the fca says 4.1 million people are behind on bills or credit and 5 million would struggle with mortgage or rent increases of less than £50 a month. there are significant numbers of people in the uk who have suffered some form of financial difficulty and in particular we highlight the age group from 25 to 34, where as many as 13% of people have missed bill payments and got themselves into some kind of financial situation. that is people like kelly in scarborough, a single mum, aged 32. she resorted to expensive credit and told us this week how she had to get a debt relief order, a form of bankruptcy. itjust all racked up and they give you more credit than you can afford

to pay back and i every time i looked online to check it, oh, we're given you another £1,000 to spend with us. too many have no financial buffer. 15 million failing to save for a pension, 6.5 million with no savings to speak of, like kelly. at the citizens advice bureau kelly went to, they are seeing more people facing a financial squeeze. well, i think it's rising prices and wage stagnation. two of the big factors for young people in particular. half of the adult population are said by the regulator to be financially vulnerable in some way. that is many millions living on the edge. it's time for the weather. he has been going through his photo album by the look of it!

this is a halo around the sun. how is it formed? it is a refraction of light through light chrissals. the cloud is cirrus type cloud. the right r light is went twice and it is 22 degrees from normal. so this is 22 degrees from normal. so this isa22 is 22 degrees from normal. so this is a 22 degree halo. what else in the album? this is a different sort of cloud. it makes it look like the sky is very big. it is a mixture of flat layer cloud and heaped cloud. so you get the differences there. this is a weather watcher puck ture. sometimes our weather watchers send us pictures not just sometimes our weather watchers send us pictures notjust of the clouds, but pictures of cows. seen this one before? it's nice. it's like looking ina mirrorfor before? it's nice. it's like looking in a mirrorfor me! before? it's nice. it's like looking

in a mirror for me! this cloud is producing rain. this is a better picture. it is difficult for weather watchers to take pictures of rain. you can see the water on the ground and the lights coming in on the headlights as well and it was a damp scene headlights as well and it was a damp scene there in hertfordshire. ok and what lies ahead ? scene there in hertfordshire. ok and what lies ahead? probably more rain and low cloud around as well. so, we head into this evening, we're going to find some rain moving northwards across the uk and that rain could be heavier for across the uk and that rain could be heavierfor a while. it across the uk and that rain could be heavier for a while. it will be pushing its way into scotland later on. we will be left with a lot of low cloud tonight. some mist, fog, particularly over the hills. quite a mild night. temperatures about ten or 11 celsius. but even as we head into tomorrow, we have got two weather systems on the scene. this will be the big one arriving in the south—west. this one here, still contains as we have seen overnight, some pulses of ran and we will get one area of rain developing in central and southern england. either side of that, maybe a little

bit of sunshine. very quickly turns wet in northern ireland after all the recent rain here, there maybe some flooding and we will see rain coming in later to the south—west and wales and here the winds really starting to pick up. the winds will push wet and windy weather across the whole of the country overnight and it is an improving day on friday. it may well become drier and brighter. however, waiting in the wings and not very difficult to miss, this big area of low pressure. this will be an autumn storm that's heading our way this will be an autumn storm that's heading ourway in this will be an autumn storm that's heading our way in time for the weekend. so it is a deepening area of low pressure that's coming towards the uk and it means we will get wind and rain. the windiest weather probably arriving in the south—westerly winds across wales, 50mph, 60mph gusts. some big waves and high tide likely in the south—west. there maybe some coastal over topping. you can see the rain, it will push its way eastwards overnight and even during the second

half of the weekend, it is windy. the winds turning more of a north—westerly. so temperatures will ta ke north—westerly. so temperatures will take a drop. it is not a hurricane. it has not got any part of a hurricane in it, it's a typical storm. however, there maybe some disruptive winds and all of us will see rain or showers. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. bbc research finds that hospitals across the uk are missing key targets — especially in cancer care, accident and emergency, and routine operations. the prime minister says she won't bow to pressure to pause the controversial

universal credit rollout. mps might not get to debate the eu withdrawal bill on british laws after brexit for another three weeks. unemployment falls to a 1970's low but the squeeze on wages is getting tighter. sport now and here isjohn watson. a big night of football ahead. another big night of champions league action. chelsea, manchester united and celtic all in action hoping to follow what was an impressive performance last night from the english sides. jose mourinho doesn't stay quiet for long, does he? no, he loves a bit of jousting with the media, it's fair to say. ahead of his side's match with benfica in lisbon tonight, he's been forced to play down rumours linking him with a move to psg after comments he made on sunday. he said there was something magical about

there was something magical about the project in paris at the moment and the success psg have been enjoying. he said he wouldn't finish his cert at old trafford. if at this moment i want to finish my career in two, three four or five years, i would say yes, my ambition would be to end my career at manchester united. i think i'm going to be here 15 years minimum. here in football in the job. and 15 years minimum. here in football in thejob. and i 15 years minimum. here in football in the job. and i think it's impossible to stay 17 years in the same job and impossible to stay 17 years in the samejob and club, impossible to stay 17 years in the same job and club, it's an impossible mission. the premier league champions chelsea ta ke the premier league champions chelsea take on roma at stamford bridge tonight knowing a win could move them five points clear at the top of group c. we know very well italian football and every team is well organised. we must pay lots of attention because roma is a big team. they've a really good coach.

they are working very well for the present and for the future. celtic ta ke present and for the future. celtic take on bayern munich, pictured here in training ahead of the game, the two sides tied on points. the german champions were beaten 3—0 by psg last time out. brendan rodgers isn't underestimating the hajj his side faces despite that big loss for munich. we respect that we are playing against some fantastic players. then this competition, no matter how your league form is, this is a competition where you want to do well. i think they'll be highly motivated, they'll really want to press the game and show their qualities. for us, we need to be resilient. britain's johanna konta has split with her coach having teamed up together ahead of the 2017 season. their partnership took her to wimbledon. since then she's only

won two matches, losing her last five. britain's heather watson's made it two out of two wins at the luxembourg 0pen two out of two wins at the luxembourg open and is through to the quarter—finals. it's a really good win for conwatson. she won the 0pener 6—4 after getting the crucial break in the ninth game and completing victory. the former world champion jenson button says completing victory. the former world championjenson button says that lewis hamilton is capable of breaking michael schumacher's record of seven formula one world titles. but tonne of course previously team—mates with hamilton during their time at mclaren. he describes him as an unprintable but brilliant driver. hamilton leads the championship by 59 points at the

moment —— unpredictable.” championship by 59 points at the moment -- unpredictable. ithink he'll clinch it. four world championships. that's just crazy. that's more than ayrton senna, that's alain prost level, three off michael schumacher. if he stays in the sport, there's a chance he could beat schumacher's record. we have witnessed a 147 break in snooker. how about this. wen bo, the defending champion produced this against tom ford in barnsley. if nobody equals that this week, it could be worth £42,000 to him. not sure how that works out at time spent at the table but not bad going. that is all the sport. more in the next hour. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk.

we've been talking about the performance of hospitals slumping across the uk. the findings from the bbc online nhs tracker shows that two nhs trusts in kent have missed the three key targets over the last twelve months. rob smith from bbc south east today is here and will tell us more in a minute. and i'm alsojoined by geraldine peers from bbc south today in oxford, who has news about a story of a royal visit in the city today to open a new student centre. to rob in tunbridge wells first — a worrying set of results for two of your region's hospitals? yes, it's easy to look at the tracker, put in the postcode and it brings up the statistics. it turns out that east kent nhs trust which is one of the biggest nhs trusts in the country is second from bottom in

the country is second from bottom in the whole country for seeing people within target time for a&e. it's supposed to be 95% of people who go into a&e are seen within four hours. they're only reaching 70.5%. in fa ct, they're only reaching 70.5%. in fact, i'm told that's also including people going to minor injuries units. if you strip those out, the figure is closer to 60%:. so they have some real issues there with what is going on with a&e in east kent. 0ne what is going on with a&e in east kent. one other major streams that we are looking at here is cancer treatment times. you are supposed to be seen or start your treatment rather within 62 days of your gp recommending that treatment. the target is for 85% of people. in maidstone and tunbridge wells trust, they're actually going at around 76% at the moment. 0n a&e terms they're doing all right, seeing more than 90% of people within four hours. when it comes to the cancer treatment ex—76% getting soon within

the time they should be. in terms of context it's complicated. 0ur correspondent is out at the moment speaking to clinicians, managers and people using the services to gain all of that colour, if you like, which is going to be in the programme that we'll see during the course of the night. 0ne programme that we'll see during the course of the night. one thing he said before he left is, what we have really got to pay attention to is the fact that these figures that we are looking at now are before we get properly into winter. 0ver winter time obviously if you get an outbreak of norovirus or flu and real pressures coming into the hospitals, what is going to happen then. i know that our chief executives are really seriously worried about what is actually going to be going on over the next two or three months. the work of the rnli at east sussex is the focus of a bbc documentary tonight isn't it? yes. it's on bbc two tonight called saving lives at sea and the pictures are fantastic. they have been going out with the

rnli from newhaven and other lifeboats around the country as well. tonight it's the newhaven crew that get to go centre stage. they saw a huge cliff form, we have the seven saw a huge cliff form, we have the seven sisters and the whitecliffsofdover along the south coast here along the channel coast. because they are chalk cliffs, they are inherently unstable and that means that on a regular basis, enormous chunks of the cliff fall off injune time which is the programme that's actually featured tonight. there was some 50,000 tonnes of cliff fell off all many one go. that's constant warnings from the authorities down here. last timei from the authorities down here. last time i was on the news hour, we chatted about, this a poor lady from south korea fell off a cliff whilst trying to take a selfie. there is unrestricted access to the top of the cliffs along the south downs which makes them very dangerous. spectacular and beautiful but very dangerous. the rnli go along and

rescue people. we have the channel ports at newhaven as well. there is new business they get involved with there. the rnli is entirely volu nta ry there. the rnli is entirely voluntary so all the guys there, there are two or three in paid positions but most have normal day timejobs which they positions but most have normal day time jobs which they drop at a moment's notice when the shout goes out for help. geraldine, the nhs tracker makes difficult reading for some in your region too? it does. this is the tracker that you can log on to, put in your postcode and see how your trust is performing. accident emergency, cancer ca re performing. accident emergency, cancer care and planned operations and a&e, those are the areas which it tracks. we onlyjust met the cancer ca re it tracks. we onlyjust met the cancer care target by % and failed to meet the others. the a&e target has been missed for two years. too

many operations being cancelled. it's among the worst performing in the country, in the bottom 25 out of 136. the trust hasn't responded so far. 0ur region covers buckinghamshire, the trust there performed well with a cancer target but failed the other two. the cancer target is about having 85% of cancer patients seen within 62 days. the trust exceeded that. tonight we'll look at what can be done to improve the situation in 0xfordshire. the patients group healthwatch says things won't get better until more staff are recruited, they say the cou nty's staff are recruited, they say the county's hospitals are struggling with a chronic shortage of staff and until that's sorted out, the targets are unachievable. on another note, a royal visit for oxford? yes. i know you love a royal story! the duchess of cornwall's been in oxford on official duty at the university couege official duty at the university college where her son studied. the dumps was opening a lecture theatre and performance studio at worcester

couege and performance studio at worcester college which cost £12 million. camilla's son was there. if you are wondering why they stumped up £12 million, it's because he went there in the 70s, obviously the college is grateful. there was entertainment laid on and a bit of shakespeare, not sure if bottom made an appearance. we got the word bottom in there! thumbs up for that. thank you very much. thank you both very much. if you would like to catch up with any of those stories, just go to the iplayer. the helpline for benefit claimants

moving to the new universal credit system is to become a free phone number after numerous complaints. the service was criticised when it emerged some callers using the dedicated number were being charged up to 55 pence per minute. vicki young has been watching the universal credit debate. it's brought a lot of attention. many issues being talked about about universal credit and how it's being rolled out and some of the problems. i'm joined by a rolled out and some of the problems. i'mjoined bya member of rolled out and some of the problems. i'm joined by a member of the democratic unionist party. you know a lot about this because of what has been going on in northern ireland. tell me about what your issues are? we are surprised at the degree of controversy that this has generated today. the labour party has said on a numberof today. the labour party has said on a number of occasions that they agree in principle. before i left the chamber, they said they agree with its in principle. the liberal

democrats helped and reduced it. there is this huge controversy around it. if you agree in principle, some things people are now saying are problems are necessarily part of the scheme. in northern ireland, when we were discussing, i was in the executive at the time, we recognised that some problems arose, with rent arrears, if you pay rent to the recipients, rather than the landlords. we have... when it rolls out in northern ireland, it will be with those slight changes then? northern ireland, it will be with those slight changes themm northern ireland, it will be with those slight changes then? it will. in fact, many of the changes are changes which the labour party and the scottish nationals have been asking for today, that there be direct payments of rent to landlords. that seems sensible because rent isn't part of your disposable income anyway. you have to pay it. it's going to the

landlord anyway. secondly, when it came to the frequency of payments, we recognise people on low incomes, many on weekly payments, when they we re many on weekly payments, when they were in work, that four weeks was far too long to wait, so payments would be made on a two weekly basis. any indication the government are willing to move on the payments or the roll—out itself? willing to move on the payments or the roll-out itself? so far they haven't indicated that. today duncan smith talked about if people get into arrears after two months they could go on to direct payments for the landlords. why wait for two months? you are going to do that, do it from the start. i think there'll be some pressure on the government for frequency of payments. what we are intending to do is, we are intending to abstain on the vote tonight, keep on pushing the government for some changes. we have seen one government for some changes. we have seen one of the changes today on telephone calls and the cost. we have seen the minister say he's not going to rush the roll out on this. it was mentioned in the debate

today. we have also seen the concessions we have made on advance payments to recipients. all those things are what we have talked about so far. the best way is, rather than involve ourselves in what is the squabbles to try to make a hit on a government headline policy, rather than involve in that kind of game, we are saying we want to work constructively with the government to try to get changes which effect people's lives. thank you very much. there may or may not be a vote later this evening, we'll have to wait and see. in the business news. first a look at the headlines. the nhs is routinely missing targets for cancer, a&e and planned operations, bbc research finds. mps are taking evidence in the investigation into former england women's manager mark sampson as the fa apologises to two players

theresa may refuses to bow to pressure to pause universal credit in areas where its already operating. the number of people without work has fallen to 1.4 million, that's the lowest level for more than 40 years. but growth in wages is pretty weak. it's just over 2%. we'll have more on this in a moment. the mining firm, rio tinto, and two of its former executives have been charged with fraud in the united states. authorities accuse them of inflating the value of assets in mozambique. the company denies the charges. a committee of mps says online market places like amazon and ebay are profiting from sellers who dodge vat. the committee also accuses tax authorities of being "too cautious" about pursuing fraudsters. so good news on unemployment? what's

happened is it's come down to a 42—year low, so 52,000 people have found jobs over the course of the past few months which means that 1.4 million people now are withoutjobs. now, what we found is that a lot of the people who are coming into the labour market are women, so they are really helping stabilise the employment picture. as we discussed yesterday, inflation is going up at around 3%, wages only rising at %, so that is going to be like the wind chill factor that is really going to affect household incomes. the worry is that the jobs that we are creating just aren't higher wage jobs, it'sjobs in the casual sector. that is why we are seeing

this suppression of wages. mouhammed choukeir, chief investment officer, kleinwort hambros. hejoins us now. let us he joins us now. let us start with the picture of employment. with a healthy jobs the picture of employment. with a healthyjobs market, are we likely to see a rise in interest rates before the end of the year do you think? yes. the big concern for the bank of england has been inflation. inflation, as we saw yesterday, rose at 3%. wage inflation is actually behind the cpi or the main inflation figure. to put it into context, in eight out of the the last ten years, wage inflation has been behind products and goods inflation. this isa products and goods inflation. this is a major challenge for policy—makers. it's not as clear cut as focussing on the main inflation number, they need to focus on the wage inflation number as well. we

are seeing oil prices firm up again. what is behind that? the oil price has more than doubled in the last two years. it's in the mid 50 dollar marks. two major drivers for that — the first is the cut in production from the major oil producers, namely saudi arabia, russia. the second ca ta lyst saudi arabia, russia. the second catalyst which has developed is economic growth. we have seen the recovery in the developed markets and in the emerging markets to actually support a rise in demand which is supported the oil price to go higher. also we can't get away from this story, the boss of am zune studios, app amazon's tv arm, is stepping down amid stories of sexual assault —— amazon. this is permeating throughout the industry. will we see a change of culture? you hit the nail on the head in terms of culture. amazon has had an

astronomical growth. it's up 1300%, that's been because of its aggressive strategy. it's a large employer, 350,000 people. so culture is key and clearly the question investors will be asking, is this just a bad apple in the apple cart or is ita just a bad apple in the apple cart or is it a wider issue in terms of culture at amazon, that remains to be seen. thank you very much. let's have a look at the markets. continued growth on the ftse, it's really about the fact that a lot of the companies... the pound is so low. it makes it easier to sell stuff overseas. brent crude is being supported by a couple of factors, economic growth and also problems with the disrupted suppliers because

of geopolitical tensions. rio tinto under pressure because of that problem in the us. problem is a gentle way of putting it, they are ina lot gentle way of putting it, they are in a lot of trouble? yes. they say they are going to fight the charges but they have already faced a fine in the uk. reckit, the household goods company, they are under pressure because they have seen their sales really flatline. thank you very much. president trump has denied making insensitive remarks to the widow of a us soldier killed by islamist militants in niger earlier this month. the allegations came from democrat congresswoman, frederica wilson, who was with the widow when she received a telephone call from the president. here is a little of what she said. he was a young man who gave his life four our country. he was a hero. i was in the car when president trump called. he never said the word hero.

he said to the wife, well i guess he knew what he was getting into. how insensitive can you be? donald trump hit back at the claims on twitter. he said "democrat congresswoman totally fabricated what i said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and i have proof) sad!" the american writer, george saunders, has won the man booker prize with his first novel lincoln in the bardo. the book is about abraham lincoln's grief, following the death of his 11—year—old son in 1862. tim allman reports. the winner for the 2017 man booker prize for fiction is... lincoln in the bardo, george saunders. as debut novels go, this can't be bad. george saunders had only written short stories before. his first full—length novel winning one of the biggest prizes in literature.

a tale set in the past but the author believes still rich in meaning for the present. as you might have noticed we live in a strange time, i've noticed it, so the question at the heart of the matter i think is pretty simple. do we respond to fear with exclusion and negative projection and violence? or do we take that ancient great leap of faith and do our best to respond with love? lincoln in the bardo tells the story of the american president's grief following the death of his young son. set on a single night but with hundreds of narrative voices, it explores themes of mortality, grief and the possibilities of life. everyone knows lincoln, everybody loves lincoln, so that was part of the reason i waited because it makes you cringe a little bit to take on somebody that large. as well as the prize, george saunders receives a cheque for £50,000. all this for a book the judges described as utterly

original and deeply moving. tim allman, bbc news. the world's first floating wind farm has started delivering electricity to the scottish grid. five giant turbines have been tethered to the seabed about 15 miles from peterhead in aberdeenshire. the wind farm has been officially opened by nicola sturgeon, the first minister said the project, which will generate enough power for about 20—thousand homes, was testament to scotland's "international reputation" for renewable energy. that is it from the bbc news team this afternoon, here is alike at the weather. it's calm out today but we have seen a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain too, a lot having a grey, dull afternoon. we have seen some sunshine across northern ireland and northern england, but that will fade over the next few hours and it will

feel chilly with temperatures around 13 typically in the uk this afternoon. there's a bit of rain and drizzle around still. it will be working its way north into northern england, eventually into scotland where things turn wetter in the night. we are things turn wetter in the night. we a re left things turn wetter in the night. we are left with a lot of low cloud, mist and fog, particularly over the hills i think by the end of the night. quite a mild night, temperatures 11 or 12, some more rain lurking there out towards the west. that is this weather system and it will bring rain through western areas throughout the dayment this annoying weather front annoying throughout the day. you can see the speu throughout the day. you can see the spell of rain, that could be heavier. sunshine perhaps poking through either side. a wetter windier weather arrives in the south—west into west wales and it's going to be a wet day for northern ireland. local flooding here. going to be a wet day for northern ireland. localflooding here. a bit ofa ireland. localflooding here. a bit of a disappointing wet end to the day in the west. the winds picking up in the south—west too.

the big one is still to come and we'll get back to that in a moment. this is friday and it starts off dull and damp. we'll have stronger winds blowing through southern england, through the english channel, things slowly calm down, the rain tends to peter out and skies may brighten up a touch. the other side of the atlantic, this cloud has some tropical warmth, it's not a hurricane or a tropical storm but an area of rain. put the jet strea m but an area of rain. put the jet stream on top of that and it's guided across the atlantic. this dip in thejet guided across the atlantic. this dip in the jet stream means that area of rain will develop into a deep area of low pressure. not a hurricane, not a tropical storm, it's more typical deep autumn low that is swinging our way for the start of the weekend. the winds really picking up in west wales, southern england, through the english channel. there'll be some rain around as well

as coastal flooding. today at five. no more charges to call the universal credit helpline — after strong criticism from mps and campaigners. but labour wants the implementation of universal credit across the uk to be put on hold because of ongoing problems. the fundamental problems of universal credit remain. the six week waiting time, rising indebtedness, rent arrears and evictions. will the prime minister now pause universal credit. pausing universal credit will not help those people who will be helped by going to universal credit, getting into the workplace and bringing home more pay for their families. we'll have more reaction as mps continue their debate