the nhs is missing key targets as waits for cancer care, a&e and planned operations worsen. bbc research shows that in most hospitals across the uk now the targets aren't being reached at all. it caused me to lose more and more mobility as i went along. and each day, you find that there are less and less things that you can do that you take for granted. it is absolutely true that some people are waiting too long for the treatments and we are working night and day to turn that around. and the bbc has launched an online tracker so you can see how your local hospital is performing. also tonight: stranded at the border for days — the thousands of rohingya muslims fleeing myanmar. the government caves into pressure to make calls free to the controversial universal credit hotline. the fa apologises to two england players after its women's coach made racially discriminatory remarks. and how the hollywood sexual harassment scandal has sparked an online global campaign encouraging other women to speak out.

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: manchester united, chelsea and celtic in champions league this evening, all hoping to build on the impressive performances of english sides last night. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the nhs is missing completely, some of its key targets and performing significantly worse than four years ago. new bbc research looked at targets for cancer care, accident & emergency and planned operations. 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 target 25% of the time, and now it is also zero. wales in 2012—13 didn't hit the target — four years on it's still zero. scotland's health boards previously achieved 42%. now the goals are being met 8% of the time and that's the best in the uk. the bbc has launched an online nhs tracker, which will allow you to see how your local service is performing. here's our health editor hugh pym. a major hospital, busy as always, unlike so many not hitting it a&e target. that is supposed to be 95% of patients dealt with in four hours. here at northwick park in london, they say they are doing everything they possibly can. every number we have coming in is a human being, with relatives. reaching numbers is in no way, to clinicians less important. when the pressure goes up, less important. when the pressure

goes up, we less important. when the pressure goes up, we feel we can't give the best care. but we keep going. it's not simply an a&e problem. patients arrive here consistently throughout the day, but the whole system gets clogged up if elsewhere in the hospital, people who are medically fit cannot leave, so free up beds. hopefully you will be going home today. at northwick park, they work closely with local authorities to assess elderly patients and organise ca re assess elderly patients and organise care away from the hospital, but demand for beds is high and it will get higher when winter sets in. there is a plan for planned operations and many hospitals are struggling with that. in cornwall, lynn had to wait several months for each hip to be replaced. the target is for months. each day there are less and less things to do that you ta ke less and less things to do that you take for granted. you assume you are

able to get into the fridge and then you find you can't reach the shelf on the bottom and then you cannot reach the middle shelf in the fridge. it becomes more and more difficult just to function. fridge. it becomes more and more difficultjust to function. some hospital trusts do better than others, hitting targets like this one, north tees and hartlepool. simple innovations like having a senior nurse deciding which patients need a&e and which can be dealt with elsewhere. we don't want patients sat an a&e if they can be seen more quickly in the urgent care. for those patients who come to the department who have more serious complications, they are in the right place then. one of the trust directors said they talked a lot to other local hospitals, discussing the best ways to cope with the pressures . the best ways to cope with the pressures. a lot of the things we do have been in response to pressure. trying doing something differently to see if it worked. if it has, we carried on, if it hasn't, we tried summing else. the sun, it is a

bright spot, but some have missed targets consistently since 2016.m is true some people are waiting too long for the treatments and we are working night and day to turn that around. but it is also true more people than ever are being treated within the target times. scotland has met its a&e performance standard in some months but has fallen short in other areas. the nhs in every pa rt in other areas. the nhs in every part of the uk is having to cope with the same pressures, rising patient numbers and limited resources to handle that. a senior nhs england official had said today the key targets won't be met unless mori sources are made available in the forthcoming budget. labour said it is with underfunding and the government has failed to acknowledge that. hospitals are trying to get on with the job and are bracing themselves for what could be a very difficult winter. 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 at... a phone helpline for people claiming the new universal credit is to be made free of charge. the service was criticised after callers using the dedicated number were being charged up to 55 pence a minute. mps have been debating whether to put the government's flagship welfare policy on hold amid growing concerns that people are having to wait too long for their money. here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. this is the front line of welfare provision. in newcastle's west end, the foodbank is seeing more people forced here, due to with universal credit. the typical six—week wait for the first benefit payment, creating rent arrears, gas bills and hunger. there's nothing in the cupboard. nothing. you feel

embarrassed. just for a bit of brea kfast, embarrassed. just for a bit of breakfast, i keep having to go to cash converters and selling stuff. they know me quite well in there. every week we have got something to sell. cds, dvds. as sean and margaret struggle on, the minister pushing through universal credit acknowledged the benefit was creating some hard cases. david refused to cause the roll—up, but he did make one concession. calls to the universal credit helpline, which can cost up to 55p a minute will be made free. given the recent attention and concerned this could place a burden on claimants, i have decided this will change to a freephone number over the next month. the change was welcomed, but

a parliamentary debate latest significant concerns about universal credit were obvious. birkenhead foodbank, after talking to other foodbank, after talking to other food banks, who have experienced the roll—out, believe they will need 15 tonnes more food this christmas. the fundamental problem of a minimum six—week wait and that means there are constituents who are living on the edge and we are talking about real people and their lives here. the edge and we are talking about real people and their lives herem lowe stoft, real people and their lives herem lowestoft, significa nt real people and their lives herem lowestoft, significant problems have been encountered with vulnerable people being placed in difficult situations and at times, the system has struggled to cope. taking a breakfrom has struggled to cope. taking a break from the debate, the secretary of state told me the reform was working, despite the problems. the analysis we have done suggested by the time this was rolled out across the time this was rolled out across the country, there were 250,000 more people in work, taking their pay home every month, more than would have been the case with out it. it isa have been the case with out it. it is a big and important prize to

find. with the roll-out of universal credit due to cover the run—up to christmas, some food banks are asking for tonnes of extra donations to cope with the expected demand. for ministers however, the reform is needed now so they are planning to plough on. more than four million people are in financial difficulty because they can't pay their bills according to the financial regulator. the fca has done a study into people's finances which suggests that millions more would face debt problems if their mortgages or rents were to go up even byjust £50 a month. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed is here, further evidence of people who are just managing to keep their heads above water. it absolutely is. i was quite astonished when i saw this survey. 13,000 people talking about the financial stress they feel themselves to be under. 0ver financial stress they feel themselves to be under. over 4 million people have failed depay an important bill or their credit card over the last six months. 0ver important bill or their credit card over the last six months. over 5 million people would struggle with this increase of £50 a month. it

shows you how small the margin of error in four people. there was better news, employment is still strong but the major problem for britain is our incomes are remaining low. well below the rate of inflation at 3%. today, earnings we re inflation at 3%. today, earnings were shown to have fallen again. next month the bank of england is looking at increasing interest rates. if they agree to do that it is good for savers but it will increase the pressure on people with loa ns increase the pressure on people with loans and mortgages. but real incomes squeeze will continue. the football association has apologised to england players eniola aluko and drew spence, after new evidence showed former england women's coach mark sampson made remarks which were "discriminatory on the grounds of race". sampson was sacked last month and today the fa admitted comments he'd made to the players were unacceptable. our sports editor dan roan reports. having had her grievances of

bullying and harassment dismissed by two enquiries, eniola aluko arrived today to receive an apology she wasn't expecting. the governing body admitting the striker had been subject to racially discriminatory remarks by the former england manager, mark sampson. my overwhelming emotions is relief because it has been a long process getting to this point. i say in my statement i was the architect or engineer of the circumstances, i have been put in this situation. i was always honest and truthful about those comments and about other comments i have raised. and about the culture of the team and mark sampson. i feel vindicated. the culture of the team and mark sampson. i feelvindicated. sampson was sacked last month for inappropriate behaviour while in a previous coaching job. based on new evidence, the same barrister who had

previously rejected alu ko's complaints, accepted the manager twice made discriminatory, ill judged attempts at humour. she did notjudge judged attempts at humour. she did not judge sampson to judged attempts at humour. she did notjudge sampson to be a racist and stood by her original conclusions. the fa agreed to pay aluko and £80,000 settlement. the fa agreed to pay aluko and £80,000 settlementlj the fa agreed to pay aluko and £80,000 settlement. i had one meeting with martin glenn and he suggested that if i wrote a statement, a favourable statement saying the fa were not institutionally racist they would think about releasing the money. i felt that was bordering on blackmail. with the fa bosses are asked to explain themselves, martin glenn denied any blackmail attempt and defended the organisation. the fa has taken this seriously. i regret the two comments, the inappropriate banter had been made. it is not right for an fa employee.

but i think the spirit, to which we approach the whole concern was good. some mps were not impressed. approach the whole concern was good. some mps were not impressedlj approach the whole concern was good. some mps were not impressed. i have never heard such shambolic evidence of the governors of an institution asi of the governors of an institution as i have heard today. there were systemic failures which have contributed to this mess. i am not here to tell you this is the fa's finest hour. if the fa cup by humiliating apology to aluko will put them on the front foot. they we re put them on the front foot. they were mistaken by some devastated testimony. this has become a scandal that has threatened to engulf the entire fa and put some of the most powerful figures entire fa and put some of the most powerfulfigures in the entire fa and put some of the most powerful figures in the game under serious pressure. i think the fa must consider that whereas in the past, some of the crisis have revolved around a failing england tea m revolved around a failing england team of the sacking of a professional manager, this was about their commitment is safeguarding to whistle—blowing and once again,

their fitness to govern. it is unlikely this saga will end after this hearing. the time is 6:15pm. our top story this evening: the nhs is missing key targets as waits for cancer care, a&e and planned operations worsen. and still to come, 110. i thank you god. it'll mean another card from the queen as amyjohnson celebrates her 110th birthday. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: former formula one world champion jenson button says the unpredicatble but brilliant lewis hamilton can break michael schumacher‘s championship record. it's already the world's fastest growing humanitarian crisis, and this evening thousands of rohingya refugees are spending a fourth night stranded close to the bangladesh border, in conditions described by aid agencies as ‘dire'. hundreds of thousands have left their homes

in the rakhine state in myanmar, after an offensive from the burmese army, who say rohingya militants had attacked police checkpoints. more than 582,000 rohingya muslims have now fled across the border into bangladesh. these pictures show some of the nearly 15,000 refugees stranded there for the last three days, prevented from moving further into bangladesh and with limited food and water. clive myrie has been to see conditions there, he's now in cox's bazar, a few miles away on the bangaldesh—myanmar border. fiona, we have spent several days here now, crisscrossing the coast, trying to get a sense of the scale of the humanitarian crisis affecting the range are muslims. frankly, affecting this country, bangladesh, as well. it is a poor country struggling to cope with the recent influx of refugees from across the

border. i can tell you that there are many more over in myanmar hoping to get here. in the distance in myanmar, where rohingya villages have burned in recent weeks, and the people have been driven out, there's another fire. it's ethnic cleansing, says the un. and the purged are fleeing for their lives into neighbouring bangladesh. translation: in my village, many were killed. but my son had just been born. so we have only now been able to escape. as we drew closer to the border, nothing had prepared us for the full extent of the day's exodus. almost as far as the eye could see, left and right, a tide of humanity. between 10,000 and 15,000 people had crossed the border in one night. young and old, hungry, exhausted, traumatised.

and for the weak, it's a painful journey into exile with the searing heat stinging the skin infection of this child beneath an unrelenting sun. as you can see, they're carrying with them whatever they could salvage from their villages and homes, that they say they were burnt out by the myanmar military. look at that little baby there in a basket. and there's another one here on the other side. so many young children we're seeing here today, this has to be one of the biggest single day influxes of refugees from across the borderjust over there in the whole of this crisis. this day—old baby has no name. in the frenzy to cross the border his mother went into labour,

now his parents must find him food as well as a name. "i begged god to save us," her husband mohammed tells me, "we hadn't eaten food two days and she went into labour." "i don't know what will happen to my baby now." since august, well over 500,000 rohingya refugees have crossed into bangladesh. experienced humanitarian workers say they've seen nothing like it. i've seen a lot of these crises around the world, and i really wasn't quite prepared for the degree of suffering, and despair. and yet, these people are very resilient, they have not lost hope. they still think that they can make a life again in their home country, and it simply doubles our resolve to go back and find more resources for them until we can bring them home. for the bangladeshis, the mass influx of so many refugees is difficult to control. after a delay, these rohingya muslims should begin moving to an established refugee camp in the coming days. the border remains open, but for those still wanting to escape myanmar, the fear is

that soon the gates could shut. tens of thousands are already massing on the frontier, ready to make their dash for survival. now, make no mistake, this isn't a crisis that developed out of thin air, the enmity between buddhists and muslims in myanmar stretches back many, many years. in the last few months, it has taken on and developed a terrifying intensity. 0verall so far this year, they reckon, the authorities reckon that some 800,000 people have crossed from myanmar into bangladesh, and many believe, by the end of the year, that figure could reach 1 million. fiona, back to you. clive, on the border, thank you. the government has rejected a call for an inquiry and a ban on surgical mesh implants across the uk. that's despite thousands of women

being left in excruciating pain and life changing side effects as a result of the implants. that's according to campaigners. they are used to treat incontinence and prolapse after childbirth. in scotland, their use has already been suspended. tulip mazumdar reports. sling the mesh! after years of campaigning, women from all over the country are having their day in parliament. they're demanding a public enquiry into the use of the vaginal mesh implants. cath sampson had an implant a couple of years ago which she says turned herfrom a keen swimmer and boxer to barely being able to walk. the pain is like a cheese wire grating pain in your groin, in your pelvis. for me it felt like someone had punched down the back of my legs. it felt like my feet were not quite connected to my body. it felt like i had been slashed with a knife. this is the type of plastic mesh that has been used in more than 130,000 women.

it's inserted into the pelvis and acts as a sling to support organs including the vagina, bowel and bladder. the official complication rate is between 1% and 3%. but a recent study suggests it's actually closer to 10%. my constituent told me of her experience of the failed procedure... today in parliament, mp after mp stood up and recounted devastating stories from women in their constituencies. campaigns like this are happening all across the country. in scotland, health authorities suspended the use of mesh during a review. in northern ireland meanwhile, clinicians are conducting their own audit across all health authorities. and in wales, a working group is being set up to examine this issue. hundreds of women have started taking legal action against the manufacturers of these devices. companies in the us have already paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation. here, one of the manufacturers johnson &johnson said

they emphasised with those who have had complications but said that pelvic mesh has helped improve the quality of life for millions of women with serious debilitating conditions. i understand that there'll be some women for whom mesh may be the answer. but we need to choose those women extremely carefully and make them fully aware of all the pros and cons. and then offer it after we have offered other therapies. the campaigners didn't get the public enquiry they were calling for today but the government says it will publish new guidelines advising doctors on the use of vaginal mesh before the end of the year. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. the northern ireland secretary has set a new deadline for a powesharing deal by the end of this month. devolution at stormont has been suspended since january after a breakdown in relations between sinn fein and the dup. theresa may will meet the former us president bill clinton tomorrow to discuss the crisis. that is following on from his talks with political leaders in belfast today. the sex abuse scandal in hollywood

has sparked a global online campaign attracting millions of women to share their stories of being sexually harrassed. #metoo is trending on every part of the internet and was set—up in the wake of the allegations of sexual abuse and rape against women by the movie producer harvey weinstein, claims he denies. as more people come forward to say they were abused by weinstein, the #metoo hashtag has been used 1.3 million times on twitter alone since sunday night. 0ur reporter adina campbell has speaking to a group of young women in hastings about their experiences. #metoo on facebook, on instagram, on twitter, a global social media campaign, a place online where millions of women are sharing their stories, their voices, their drawings, to say they've been sexually assaulted or harassed by a man at some point in their lives. emily, nikita and sabina live in bexhill in east sussex. they're all in their 20s, and have had plenty of unwanted attention. because we're so used to it,

we don't think twice about it sometimes. we just kind of walk away... "it's men being men again." we don't really think, "0h, actually, that's harassment." i think the worst thing i probably had was walking home from hastings one night, i had a guy try to grab me. nothing happened, obviously. i wouldn't talk about it if it had. but i had some guy try to grab me, and ijust, basically, shoved him away. i've had customers at work, i've been picking up a crate of vodka, it was actually, from my delivery, and i had a customer come by and just grab my bum. do you think most women have the confidence to at least challenge or speak up if something like that's happening? they should feel like they can come forward, and tell someone about something they've experienced, whether it's something from being whistled at on the street to someone touching them really inappropriately. do you feel that some menjust don't realise, they‘ re completely unaware of how their behaviour is affecting women day to day?

yeah. definitely. i think it's just the way they've been brought up. it's that typical, like, lads get together, alpha male, kind of, they're showing off to each other and they get a bit carried away. i've had people say that they've deserved it because they were dressed inappropriate. dressed inappropriate, or walking home late at night, so it's their fault for being out that late. it should matter, you should be able to walk unwinnable you want to. we're all talking about it, and we've been talking about it for the last couple of weeks, but will we see an actual change? it might actually improve, because more of these kids are going to go online, they're going to see that, actually, this isn't acceptable, it isn't deemed 0k. and then, hopefully, as they grow older, that instead of acting ladish with their friends, and thinking it's banter, they'll say, "well, no. sorry, mate. you can't talk to her like that. that's not ok." adina campbell, bbc news. and finally, many, many decades before the advent of the internet and social media, amyjohnson was born.

today, she is celebrating her 110th birthday in cumbria with her daughter doreen who is 87. amy moved to the uk from jamaica in the 1960s. she's added another birthday card from the queen to her collection, though she did need a gentle reminder of her age earlier today. 110. yes. oh, thank you, god. # happy birthday, dear, amy # happy birthday to you. # laughter just to cheer you up, she is 110 and thrilled about it! time for a look at the weather. not much to celebrate here, it is calm, but the wind will pick up and there is more rain around, too. more

rain today, the worst in the south east of england, into east anglia. that has moved away and things have improved, but damp and dreary with light wind. more mist, fog and low cloud. turning wetter in scotland later on in the night. whilst it was chilly today, temperatures would fall much tonight because of the cloud around. quickly, we will see more rain coming into northern ireland, a wet day here, there could be flooding with how it has been lately. more rain developing in southern england, moving to the midlands and the north. you may get a glimpse of sunshine, but we go downhill in the far south—west. it turns wet and increasingly windy, a sign of things to come. we have a weather system on the scene. this area of low pressure doesn't look too nasty. recent gales through the rishton or overnight. the big one is waiting in the wings. this will arrive in time for the weekend. 0n

friday, some improving stories, overnight rain tending to peter outcome the sky brightening, the wind easing away from the far south—west, because we start to cad area of low pressure arrive in, strengthening winds for saturday. west wales and southern england could get 70 mph at most. some big waves and high tide in the south—west. rain were dry and bright through eastern parts of england. this is no hurricane, it is an autumn storm, normal for this time of the year. it may bring damaging gales, and showers and longer spells of rain. that's all from the bbc news at six. so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we now, we join the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. bbc research finds that hospitals across the uk are missing key targets — especially in cancer care, accident and emergency, and routine operations. the government announces

it's scrapping charges for its universal credit helpline — after it emerged claimants were being charged up to 55 pence a minute for the service. labour wants the rollout of the system to be put on hold — because of ongoing problems. the football association has apologised to two female england players who were found to have been discriminated against by coach mark sampson. and there is growing concern over the condition of rohingya refugees — as more than half a million flee their homes in the rakhine state in myanmar. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. in ‘beyond 100 days' at seven o'clock — a former us defense secretary gives his assessment on the future of raqqa after liberation from islamic state. with a growing number of people experiencing financial difficulty in the uk, i'll talk to a money expert

about the common problems people face and how you can conquer debt. that's at 8.30pm.