this is bbc news. the headlines... doctors warn the nhs is facing a year round crisis — with claims the pressures of winter look set to continue over the summer this is a congested system, a result of chronic lack of resources, of doctors, staff, nurses, a lack of beds and social care, and it has now just hit a head. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, will stand down in october after a series of recent controversies the m62 — near bradford — re—opens after a crash which killed two people. a man has been arrested. china hits back at us trade tariffs with new import taxes worth over two billion pounds... us pork, nuts and wine are among the products hit — as beijing responds to president trump's duties on steel and aluminium. and... china's abandoned space lab comes to a fiery end as it falls to earth over the south pacific

and... click investigates facebook‘s data sharing practices and explores who has your personal data. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the nhs in england could see this year's winter pressures extend into the summer, according to a prediction by the british medical association. the doctors‘ union said difficulties normally only experienced during the winter months had been replaced by a year—round problem. the department of health says the nhs has been given an extra 2—point—8 billion pounds, on top of a planned 10—billion pound a year increase by 2020. andy moore reports: hospitals in the uk experienced one

of their most demanding winters ever this year. nhs england said there was a perfect storm of bad weather, fluid emissions, and a spike in norovirus. normally those problems ease as the warmer weather approaches, but the bma says that may not be the case this year. using data from nhs england, the organisation says the worst case scenario could see pressure on health services this summer similar to those experienced in the winter of 2016. even in the best case scenario, 5.89 million people would attend a&e over the summer months. only 89.6% would be seen, admitted or discharged within four hours. the official target is 95%, and that would mean a summer squeeze equivalent to the winter of 2015. the bma said its figures showed that the crisis over the winter months had been replaced by a year—round problem. the department of health said the nhs had been given an extra £2.8

billion, on top of a planned £10 billion a year increase in its budget by 2020. nhs england said the service was experiencing continued pressure after one of the coldest march months in 30 years. a spokesman said the needs of a growing and ageing population showed why a 10—year plan made sense. andy moore, bbc news. earlier i spoke to the chair of the british medical association, who told us how reliable the predictions are we are using nhs england figures, not making them up. whichever way you look at it, the reality is that patients are likely to see pressures in the summer which in the past we

only saw in the winter months, so we are likely to see patients waiting for more than four hours in a&e units, similarto for more than four hours in a&e units, similar to previous winters, to the one just gone, long waiting times on trolleys to be admitted, and pressures, you know, in terms of hospital capacity, and pressures in community services and gp practices. it is likely to be a year—long crisis and it does need to be addressed. is this down to a winter overspill, things that normally would happen in the winter that you simply haven't been able to do? this is showing a gross mismatch between capacity in the nhs and demand, which isn'tjust a winter issue. we spent £10 billion less on our health service compared to other eu averages, so that would translate into having 35,000 fewer hospital beds, 10,000 fewer doctors.

we have fewer social care facilities, we don't have enough gps 01’ facilities, we don't have enough gps or community nurses, so when you add that all up, it's no surprise that what we're witnessing is this congestion and inability to deliver on their health needs of the population. but the department of health, as you know, is saying that the nhs has been given an extra £2.8 billion, on top of a planned £10 billion, on top of a planned £10 billion a year increased by 2020. if that's not the kind of long—term financial that will make a difference? 0h, far from! ijust mention that we are spending £10 billion less than an average eu nation. the boss appointed by the government to run the nhs has demanded an extra £4 billion in order to simply stand still. the sort of figures being presented by government at the moment are just

woefully inadequate, and in fact will simply exacerbate the problem. what we must see is real, tangible resources . what we must see is real, tangible resources. we have heard from the prime minister a commitment to long—term funding for the nhs. we need to translate that into reality and get the realfigures need to translate that into reality and get the real figures that will allow for the real resources the nhs needs in terms of more doctors, nurses, staff, hospital beds and social care facilities, until we have the infrastructure that other nations take the granted. without it we we re nations take the granted. without it we were on cnn to this problem. but like it is notjust a problem of resources , like it is notjust a problem of resources, is it? —— without it we will not see an end to this problem. whichever way you look at it, we cannot get round the fact that we are cannot get round the fact that we a re grossly cannot get round the fact that we are grossly under resourced compared

to just are grossly under resourced compared tojust an are grossly under resourced compared to just an average nation in are grossly under resourced compared tojust an average nation in europe thatis tojust an average nation in europe that is able to provide the sort of service we would want to. you know, france and germany are spending about £20 billion extra each year on the nhs compared to the uk, so that will translate into the problems we have. isaiah said, we are tens of thousands of doctors and hospital beds short, —— as i said. we need money, but i think we are already stretching money the best we can. we need to get the infrastructure right and have the staff and facilities to look after our patients. the director of public prosecutions for england and wales, alison saunders, has defended her time as the head of the crown prosecution service, after it was announced she would stand down in october at the end of her five year contract. her tenure has been marked by a series of controversies, most recently the collapse of a number of high profile rape cases due to prosecution failures to disclose evidence to the defence. she told today that criticism of the cps was "insulting"

to her 6000 staff: 0ur legal affairs correspondent clive coleman is here. a little bit more about her, fussell, and how expected this move was. she was the first dpp to be promoted from within the crown prosecution service. traditionally, the dpp has been an illustrious qc promoted from the bar. alison saundersjoined the promoted from the bar. alison saunders joined the crown prosecution service in 1986 at its inception. she had notable successes while state prosecutor, responsible for the prosecution of two of the killers of stephen lawrence when she was a prosecutor. you are right to say, however, that when she became dpp in 2013, since that time there have been a number of controversies. we will talk about disclosure issues

ina we will talk about disclosure issues in a moment, that one of the key ones was the way in which she handled the case of the late labour peer lord jana. there were allegations of historical sexual abuse made against him. she reviewed the evidence in that case and found that evidentially the test was passed and there was sufficient evidence to prosecute. he had pretty severe dementia at the time and she decided it was not in the public interest for him to face any proceedings. now, she was the first dpp to be reviewed under something called the victim right to review. a victim can apply to have a prosecutor's decision reviewed, which was a big deal because this was the dpp. she was reviewed and her decision was overturned by an independent qc. what then happened was that a judge effectively assessed lord janner as being unfit to plead but did suggest a trial of

the facts, not a full trial but a specific type of trial to establish fa cts , specific type of trial to establish facts, and that wouldn't normally have been used in that type of case, but that was what was going to happen. lord janner died and so he did not face that trial of the fa cts . did not face that trial of the facts. this morning on the today programme, lord janner‘s son, also a qc, gave his assessment of the handling of that episode. she has been an appalling dpp. the cps under her has fallen into disrepute, as the latest scandals over disclosure have established. she should have stood down after the fiasco concerning my late father, lord janner. she is responsible for failing to consider the exculpatory evidence. within the legal profession, and i am a criminal qc,

she is regarded as someone who simply wasn't up to the job. stinging criticism from daniel janner. alison saunders responded to that on the today programme. incredibly inaccurate and it shows a lack of knowledge of the work that goes on in the cpp cos i have 6000 staff who worked really hard every day. our performance across the last five years has been as good as, if not improving despite the cuts that we have ta ken not improving despite the cuts that we have taken over that period. and we have taken over that period. and we have taken over that period. and we have prosecutors up and down the country who come to work every day, who make really important decisions about people's lives. they do it professionally and well, and i think it is usually insulting to them to dam the service in that way. what other aspects of her service in time enough is? she received stinging, stinging press criticism for the way in which she handled the prosecution

of journalists, who were in which she handled the prosecution ofjournalists, who were prosecuted arising out of the phone hacking scandal, prosecuted for making payments to public officials from lea ked payments to public officials from leaked information. the press didn't like that at all. but it was seen as a not particularly glorious episode as far as the cpp were concerned. 30- as far as the cpp were concerned. 30— odd journalists were prosecuted but not one was successfully convicted in a way that stirred. equally, the whole thing was scaled down and nine cases were withdrawn, so she faced real criticism on that. perhaps the most telling of all is the most recent controversy, concerning the slew of recent rape cases which have collapsed because of disclosure failures by the police and the cpp in high—profile rape cases. disclosure is a critical

feature of our legal system. it means that the defendant is entitled to receive from the prosecution any evidence gathered, so you can see how important are building block thatis how important are building block that is in a fair trial system. we have seen a number of high—profile rape cases that have collapsed. there has been a big people trafficking case that has collapsed, and that has led to an urgent review of old dogma all rape and serious sexual assault cases. there are widespread criticism is that this is systemic. there was a report by her majesty is inspectorate of co nsta bula ry last majesty is inspectorate of constabulary last year which indicated this was a real problem. of the cases they look that they described as wholly inadequate in terms of disclosure. alison saunders can be seen as the head of the cps the gatekeeper really of disclosure. she said this morning that there we re she said this morning that there were brought systemic problems. many

people would perhaps say, as the gatekeeper of the disclosure system, seeing what was reported injuly of last year, she should have got a grip and things shouldn't have come to this pass and we shouldn't have had these trials which collapsed, and the system should be in a much healthier way than it is. clive, thank you very much. two men have been killed after a car was driven on the wrong side of the m62 near bradford in the early hours of this morning. police say the car was travelling on the westbound carriageway when it hit another vehicle. the men in that vehicle, aged 34 and 37, were killed shortly after 2.30 this morning. a 22—year—old man has been arrested. 0ur correspondent 0livia richwald is near the m62 for us. give us more information about what happened here. well, it was about to 30 am today when police received a call saying there was a vehicle travelling the wrong way down the

m62 motorway. this is a very busy motorway connecting west yorkshire with manchester. traffic was perhaps less tha n with manchester. traffic was perhaps less than right now at that time, but police received that call at around 2:30pm. minutes later, the ambulance service receive a call saying to make vehicles had been in a collision, so police and paramedics attended the scene and found that two people had been killed, a 34—year—old and a 37—year—old man in a white skoda car. the 22—year—old man that was travelling the wrong way down the motorway was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and for failing a roadside breathalyser test. olivia, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: the nhs in england is likely to face a "year—round crisis" , as this winter's pressures extend into the summer — that's the warning from some doctors. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, will stand down in october after a series of recent

controversies two men have died in a crash on the m62 near bradford, after a car was driven on the wrong side of the road. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. we. with the cricket, as england need to take all ten new zealand wickets on the final day of the second test if they are to avoid a series defeat. they begin the fourth day ina series defeat. they begin the fourth day in a strong position. download mallan and joe root scored 50 as england build a healthy lead. root missed out on 100 again when he was dismissed by david wagoner, and he declared and set new zealand a daunting 382 to win, and that looks unlikely, but after james daunting 382 to win, and that looks unlikely, but afterjames vince drop tom latham, they got the close

without losing their wicket, finishing on 42 that loss. in golf, ian poulter admitted to packing his bags to go home on friday but i bet he's glad he stuck around because victory the houston open guaranteed him a place at the masters. the other below par first round and did not think he would make the weekend. that putt on the last forced a play—off which he then won to earn his first stroke play victory in the united states and a place at augusta. the wind just doesn't mean —— the wind does not meanjust getting doesn't mean —— the wind does not mean just getting to augusta. there are bigger things on the horizon. it has been a long road in the last couple of years with injury, questioning whether i have a pga tour card or not. and not finishing off in the past. so to get my first stroke play victory is a big one. to get the exemption is a big one and move up in the world ranking points isa

move up in the world ranking points is a big one. the bbc golf correspondent who just touched down in georgia ahead of the masters told me this is one of the biggest wins of his career. he genuinely wanted to get to augusta because he feels his game is in such good shape that actually if he gets there, he could really content. i think what we're seeing in the build—up to this masters, with tiger woods returning to full fitness, phil mickelson winning, rory mcilroy winning, now this victory for ian poulter, a coming together of some remarkable golfing plotlines that, frankly, t up golfing plotlines that, frankly, t up what should be a vintage running of the masters. i can't wait for thursday. an extra day is needed to decide the winner of the first women's major of the season. the leaders could not be separated before darkness fell in california. they will start at the par four

tenths at 4pm today, with the tournament to be decided by a play—off for the second year in a row. 0ne row. one of the competing nations at the commonwealth games has been called to an official meeting following the discovery of syringes at the gold coast athletes‘ village. the breach was confirmed following investigations at the weekend. from the gold coast, our correspondent has more. there are reports coming, particularly from indian media, that some of that country‘s athletes are involved. 0ne team official is quoted as saying that some of the athletes managed to pick it up at the village and handed it in, suggesting they were innocent, and there are many more nations represented in the games village. we know that tests are being carried out to see if the syringes contained any banned substances. there is a no needles policy in the commonwealth games. 0nly athletes with an existing medical problem are allowed to bring them with them for medical treatment, and even that has to be

registered and tightly controlled. the concern is that these may have been used for performance enhancing drugs. and that is a scandal these games doesn‘t want just two days before the opening ceremony. panel doyle says it will be one of the highlights of her career to be the flag bearer when she steps out into the stadium on wednesday. she was chosen by her fellow scottish team—mates. ronnie 0‘sullivan is bidding in beijing for a record sixth ranking eventin beijing for a record sixth ranking event in the china open. victory would see him surpass stephen hendry and mark selby, although he has not won the tournament since 2000. there is more than the record to play for, with a top prize of £225,000. that is all the support from now. more in

the next hour, julian. syrian rebel fighters and their families are evacuating eastern ghouta, according to syrian tv. (00v) the evacuees are being bussed from the town of douma — the last rebel held stronghold in the enclave outside damascus. the evacuation follows a deal struck between rebels, civic leaders and the russian government. many residents of eastern ghouta have lived under siege forfive years. china has imposed more than two billion pounds worth of new import taxes on a series of us goods in response to president trump‘s decision to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminium. beijing claimed the move was necessary to "safeguard" its interests. there are concerns that such actions could spark a global trade war. chris buckler reports from washington. china was one of the country‘s foremost in president trump‘s mind when last month he detailed steep new tariffs on imported steel and aluminium.

the american steel aluminium industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign practices. it is really an assault on our country. is the workers who poured their souls into building this great nation were betrayed. but that betrayal is now over. retaliation from beijing was inevitable and effective immediately there will be a 25% charge on pork exported from the us into china as well as new taxes for fruit, nuts, wine and a range of other products. the american authorities have already announced plans for further targeted tariffs for tens of billions of dollars of chinese imports. they say that is in response to unfair trading practices in china which affect us companies. but it raises the possibility of yet more action being taken in what has become a tit—for—tat trade battle. kim jong—un has made a rare public appearance

at a performance by south korean pop stars in pyeongyang. the north korean leader clapped along, then met the performers back stage. it‘s the first time foreign music stars have performed in the country in more than a decade. it comes ahead of a meeting between the leaders of the two koreas later this month. an increasing number of teachers are having to provide basics such as food and clothing to support struggling families. the government says it‘s taking measures to support disadvantaged children after a new survey found many teachers were concerned by the impact of increasing child poverty levels on education. marc ashdown reports. "heartbreaking." that‘s how some teachers have

described child poverty and how it‘s affecting their ability to learn. this snapshot survey of 900 heads, teachers, and support staff in england, wales, and northern ireland, found 87% think poverty is having a significant impact on learning. 60% believe the situation has worsened since 2015. in their responses, teachers talk of children coming to class with pale faces, dirty clothes, and worn—out shoes. a growing number of schools say they‘re now setting up clothes banks and food banks to support struggling parents. heads say it‘s having a wider effect on school budgets, with teachers having to intervene to make sure children are getting the basics. one of the problems that we have now is the capacity of other agencies to support us as they used to is not there. we‘re becoming social workers. not "becoming," we are social workers. members of staff are becoming social workers. putting their hand in their own pocket to support children with christmas presents, with food, with uniforms, and that, in 2018, should not be happening. the department for education says it is continuing to support the most the country‘s most disadvantaged children through free school meals, pupil premiums, and a new £26 million fund to launch of improve 1700 breakfast clubs. marc ashdown, bbc news. an abandoned chinese

space laboratory — which has been in orbit around the earth since 2011 — has broken up on re—entry over the south pacific ocean. tiangong—1 was being used to train astronauts, but it stopped functioning in 2016, meaning technicians on the ground weren‘t able to manage its controlled descent to earth lebo diseko has more. heavenly palace blasting off. china‘s first space station was supposed to be a launch pad for bigger and better projects. but since then the eight tonne spacecraft around the size of a school bus has stopped working and come crashing down to earth. there was much speculation over where it might fall with estimates including south america, africa, the middle east, central asia to name just a few. in the end, the south pacific is where it came down, most of it is said to have burned up on re—entry with any debris falling into the vast waters below. all this is a far cry

from the space station‘s glory years when two different crews of astronauts visited. china says it‘s dealt with the situation according to international conventions but it all seems pretty embarrassing for the country‘s space programme. "i" if you haven‘t dared look outside now, here is the weather forecast. some people are seeing rain, some seeing snow. this was the scene in north yorkshire are short time ago, aims mix of rain and sleet. this system is bumping into some cold air. northern areas will see snow, but in the south, milder air, so just rain we are seeing. a number of

warnings are in place, with more snow to come this afternoon as it continues to push north. the rain further south will push its way north, leaving bright and sunny spells and a few thundery showers. we need to keep an eye on the snow, particularly for the hills of northern ireland and for much of northern england as well, pushing northern england as well, pushing north into southern and central parts of scotland. we could easily see 5—15 centimetres on the hills and accumulations to lower levels. travelling conditions will be tricky for the rest of the day. a fine line between the milder and colder air, so in southern parts of northern england, the snow should start to turn to rain, but a cool day here, 4-6dc the turn to rain, but a cool day here, 4—6dc the high, compared to 10—14 further south. further showers will rattle their way across overnight

and the snow will push to the north, becoming confined over much of scotland, where temperatures will fall to 1—2dc. scotland, where temperatures will fall to 1-2dc. 8-10dc scotland, where temperatures will fall to 1—2dc. 8—10dc further south. this battle will continue tomorrow between the cold air in scotland and something milderfurther between the cold air in scotland and something milder further south. between the cold air in scotland and something milderfurther south. it will be trying to nudge north through the day but it will still be cold in scotland, so through the morning, easing off as the day goes on. further south, a day of sunshine and showers, apart from northern ireland, where there there will be persistent rain. 15 celsius will be the top temperature in the south, but 4-6dc the top temperature in the south, but 4—6dc across much of scotland. 0n but 4—6dc across much of scotland. on wednesday, this low pressure will continue to churn up further showers, at times merging to give longer spells of rain. sunshine and showers midweek, still breezy, on the cold side in scotland, where we could see snow, particularly across iran, but some could see snow, particularly across i ran, but some beefy showers around on wednesday, so nowhere will be reliably dry. by the end of the

week, some of us could have temperatures in the high teens. goodbye. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. there is a new warning from health staff that the nhs in england is likely to face a "year—round crisis" as this winter‘s pressures extend into the summer. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, is to stand down in october. she has called any criticism to the crown prosecution service an "insult" to its staff. the m62 near bradford reopens after two men are killed when a car was driven on the wrong side of the road. one man has been arrested. china responds to president trump‘s import taxes on steel and aluminium by placing new tariffs on more