this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. 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, lack of chronic lack of resources, lack of doctors, of nhs staff, nurses, a lack of beds, of social care, and it's now just, you lack of beds, of social care, and it's nowjust, you know, 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. west bromwich albion manager alan pardew has left the club after eight successive league defeats.

and the finland experiment where 2,000 unemployed people are paid a basic income. that's in ‘money for nothing' in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon 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 the doctors union said difficulties normally only experienced during the winter months had been replaced by a year—round problem.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 has this report 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 the bma said its figures showed that the crisis over the winter months had been replaced by a year—round problem.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. chaand nagpaul is the chair of the british medical association, he told me how reliable the predictions are. first of all, we are using figures from nhs england themselves, so we're not making up these figures, and in fact, we're not making up these figures, and infact, we we're not making up these figures, and in fact, we have looked at the best and worst case scenarios, and whichever way you look at it, the

reality is that patients are likely to see pressures in the summer which in the past and we only saw in the winter months, so we're likely to see patients waiting 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 pressures in community services and gp practices. this is likely to bea and gp practices. this is likely to be a year—long crisis and we do need it to be addressed. is this down to a winter overspill, things that normally would have happened in the winter that you simply have not 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 the health needs the population. 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 at the end of her contract in october. her tenure has been marked by a series of controversies , including the collapse of a number of high profile rape cases due to evidence disclosure failures. earlier our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman told us more. 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 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 in a moment, that one of the key ones was the way in which she handled the case of the late labour peer lord jannner. 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 0c. 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 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 . 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 danieljanner. 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. i have 6000 staff who worked really hard every day. 0ur performance across the last five years has been as good as, if not improving despite the cuts that 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 hugely insulting to them to damn 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 ofjournalists, who were prosecuted arising out of the phone hacking scandal, prosecuted for making 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—odd journalists were prosecuted but not one was successfully convicted in a way that stood.

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 ourfair trial system. it means that the defendant is entitled to receive from the prosecution any evidence gathered, so you can see how important a 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 constabulary last year which indicated this was a real problem. of the cases they look that they described as wholly inadequate 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 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. 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 3a and 37, were killed shortly after 2.30 this morning. a 22—year—old man has been arrested. 0ur correspondent 0livia richwald gave this update earlier. well, it was about 2.30 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 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. china has imposed three—billion dollars 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. 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. gabriel wildau is the shanghai bureau chief for the financial times. how do you assess what the chinese have an ounce? it looks like a

measured response. we have seen about 128 products in total, mostly food products, but the overall total, the total value of these products, is only about $3 billion, calibrated to match the size of steel and aluminium exports from china to the us, which the trump administration sanctioned with new ta riffs administration sanctioned with new tariffs several weeks ago. what we have seen is china trying to take the moral high road on the global stage so that they can prevent us allies in europe and japan from joining the fight against china. there are be more coming from washington, by the sounds of it. exactly right. it is important to note that the tariffs we saw from china today are a response to the first round of tariffs, the so—called section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium imported from

china, ostensibly taken on national security grounds. but we have already seen since then and other round of tariffs from the white house, the so—called section 301 tariffs, around intellectual property, restricting us imports of technology products from china, so we have yet to see the chinese response to that second round of us tariffs. you're right: the tit—for—tat is expected, and it is 60 billion dollars‘ worth of tariffs, so we can expect a second doit mash —— a similar level of ta riffs doit mash —— a similar level of tariffs in the second run. there is a kernel of truth to the point that president trump made on twitter, though he was recalled for that remark. the kernel of truth is that because china runs such a large debt that it -- because china runs such a large debt

that it —— deficit —— excuse me, because the us runs a deficit with china, the trade war adds to chinese gross domestic product is, where it is detracting from the us gdp. because the us is already in a weak position, they have less to you though it might lose. the measures that the white house has taken so faron that the white house has taken so far on the smartest way to wage a trade battle. there are more intelligent ways to try to close the global trade deficit. in that sense, even though the us... it is not clear that the us knows how to press those advantages that they have to win the war. it seems to be heading in one direction at the moment. how might it be reversed? well, i think a lot of analysts see the first couple of rounds of tariffs from the

white house as a negotiating tactic. trump, of course, touts himself as a master negotiator. i think he wants to strike fear into his chinese cou nterpa rts to strike fear into his chinese counterparts and bring them to the table perhaps to trade some concessions on trade on the us site for additional help with north korea on the chinese side. perhaps he is willing to offer some support for the chinese position on taiwan‘s in exchange for trade concessions from china. i think everything is on the table, and even the tariffs announced so far won‘t in themselves have a major economic impact. what we have seen from markets is concern about what might be coming down the line. i don‘t think either side wa nts a line. i don‘t think either side wants a trade war. i think the goal is to strike a negotiating posture. thank you very much, gabriel. the headlines on bbc news: the nhs in england is likely to face

a "year—round crisis" —— 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 m—sixty—two near bradford, here‘s holly hamilton. west bromwich albion have confirmed that manager alan pardew has led by mutual consent following a run of eight successive league defeats, leaving west brom seven points adrift at the bottom of the table. simon stone has more. he has only beenin simon stone has more. he has only been in thejob simon stone has more. he has only been in the job four months, but

there is a feeling this wasn‘t really a surprise. not at all. he has only been in the job four months and has only won one premier league game, an awfultime and has only won one premier league game, an awful time in charge for alan an season for west brom, who have only won three premier league games. they sacked tony pulis in december and had alan pardew would turn the season had alan pardew would turn the season round. it hasjust had alan pardew would turn the season round. it has just happened and he has paid the price today. for the time being, the first team coach will take over, but the timing isn‘t great, is it? darren moore is a former player, well liked by the fans, andi former player, well liked by the fans, and i think the feeling is that darren moore is the right man to stand in the dugout and get some feel—good factor back. i have been the games recently, and it is as though the fans are just given up. they are ten points adrift at the

bottom of the table, six games left and they have no chance of saving their premier league skins, and i think the club are looking to darren moore to put a smile back and everyone‘s plays before they try to get back into the premier league next season. early days, but always the question of who could take over next. a name that has been suggested to me for a few weeks is michael appleton, the assistant to claude puel at manchester. he has been a manager before, a former west brom player, so someone like that, that would cut with the frame. if darren moore has a good run until the end of the season, he is bound to come into the frame. it has been a awful season the club on and off the pitch and they can‘t wait for it to end. the matter who does take over, things can‘t really get much worse.

for the moment, simon, things can‘t really get much worse. forthe moment, simon, thank things can‘t really get much worse. for the moment, simon, thank you very much. 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 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 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 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. that is all the sport for now, more during the lunchtime news that one. 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. auk a uk led research team is putting a satellite into orbit this evening to try to catch the degree, asjonathan amos reports. it‘s getting extremely busy up in space. it‘s notjust the working satellites, but all the debris from past missions as well. more than 7,500 tons of redundant hardware are now thought to be circling earth. it‘s material that poses a collision hazard, with the danger of creating even more debris. that‘s where this small european satellite comes in. known as "remove debris,"

it‘s been developed at the university of surrey. it‘ll demonstrate technologies that enable it to monitor, approach and ensnare junk. in one experiment, it‘ll eject an object and then throw a net around it. in another test, it‘ll fire a harpoon at a target to see how such projectiles behave in space. once these demonstrations are finished, the remove debris satellite will ensure it doesn‘t add to the problem by deploying a giant sail. this will drag in the upper atmosphere and pull the satellite rapidly down to earth. the remove debris spacecraft will be stored at the international space station for a few weeks before beginning its experiments in late may. jonathan amos, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to brad tucker, an astrophysicist at the australian national university, who told me about this re—entry of that chinese space lab over the south pacific, and a current levels of space debris circling the earth. it was designed to land in the southern pacific

0cean, where all spacecraft go. we had this period ofjust over two yea rs of had this period ofjust over two years of unknowns because they lost control. it is important to be clear: 0ne control. it is important to be clear: one of the reasons china went to the un and said they knew it was uncontrolled was that there were reports from other groups saying it looked in control, then they confirmed that. further observations of the past couple of months show that the spaced out the boot —— the spacecraft was tumbling, which indicate you do not have control. something went wrong. it‘s not necessarily an embarrassment, but they weren‘t quite open in saying, hey, we did lose control. in fact, there were reports last month from china saying they did still have control, and it was apparently clear that was not the case. nevertheless, it hit its intended target and all was ok apart from the unfortunate

chance of seeing this thing re—entering, which is a bit of a disappointment 0k.|j re—entering, which is a bit of a disappointment ok. i wanted to ask about any bits that got through, because most of it burns up, but do we know of any bits of debris came down? i haven't heard solid evidence of debris landing. we are talking about peace in the bits —— the size of bits of paper. it would look like normal rubbish. the fact is that it was in the ocean, i would not be surprised if we never saw any bits of it. that is contrary to the us scare lab coat which crashed into australia in 1979 and people still have souvenirs at home. i think it is probably the last we will have heard of the satellite. was about the wider issue of redundant space

hardware and this bid by a uk led research team to do something about it? i think what they are planning is great, because the highlight of the problem is that there are bits of not only small bits but last bits floating out there. a good example is in 2009, a defunct russian cosmos satellite crashed and produced thousands of pieces debris. what do you do with the defunct satellites in orbit was like the idea that there is a group trying to solve this is great. we can look at the rocket boosters as well. spacex, which lands boosters on the ground to be reused, means it is not another piece of debris. there is kessler syndrome which means that at some point there could be a chain reaction and we are no longer able

to launch things out of the earth, which on the current model could be 2035, so we could lose satellite communications there. we are showing “ we are communications there. we are showing -- we are showing graphics of something being harpooned in space. is that possible? it is. there are still a little atmosphere and friction out there, a menorah environment —— a manoeuvrable environment —— a manoeuvrable environment isjust environment —— a manoeuvrable environment is just burning it onto the earth‘s atmosphere is a great idea. we will see 120 rocket launches this year, and next year that will double as beasts, so read the plan efficiently for we will do with all the stuff left out there, and how do we prevent more potential

issues. in the future, the international space station will come down, and will be much bigger than what we saw today. brad tucker with his harpooned. well, not his harpoon, but you know what i mean! now, the weather. this picture from sheffield, the daffodils struggling and i think they will start to perk up again later this week‘s back temperatures start to head in the right direction again, if you are wanting something again, if you are wanting something a bit higher. the snow is more likely to be turning back into rain across many areas but it is scotland we will be