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you're watching bbc news at nine, with me, annita mcveigh. with me, rita chakrabarti. the headlines... hoping to save half a million lives over 10 years — nhs leaders say their new long—term plan will have more focus on prevention. what we're doing today is setting out what that phased improvement will look like over the next ten years, based on work that we've done with a lot of the patients groups, the charities, our frontline staff, to say, what are some of the practical changes that we can bring about? mps will vote on the prime minister's brexit deal a week tomorrow, it has been confirmed, as more than 200 of them sign a letter urging her to rule out leaving the eu with no deal. what a no—deal brexit might look like — the government is today testing plans for handling heavy lorry traffic at ports. iam i am live at manston airport in kent, where they're testing whether
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this area could be used as a giant lorry park after brexit and they have also sent out more than 100 lorries onto the road to see what disruption it might cause. a man will appear in court today charged with murdering a stranger on a train. lee pomeroy was killed in front of his teenage son. british success at the golden globes. 0livia colman wins best actress in a comedy film. ben whishaw and richard madden pick up awards for their roles in big bbc dramas. and some great shocks in the fa cup, as newport county, 0ldham and barnet all upset the odds to reach the fourth round. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. nhs leaders will today unveil a long—term plan they say will save half a million lives in england over the next 10 years. it is hoped the £20
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billion a year boost will see more money for community care and mental health services, while transforming survival rates from some of britain's biggest killers. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. the health service is treating more people than ever before, but it's struggling in the face of unprecedented demand. so, nhs managers in england, along with health charities, medical royal colleges and patient groups have been working on a plan for the next decade to try and improve services and to ease those pressures. i think it's a really important moment for the nhs, but to plan is to choose. what we need is a plan that's ruthlessly prioritised, that we know could be afforded and that we know we have enough staff to deliver. what we must avoid is a plan that has a very long wish list of overinflated expectations that the nhs can't deliver. the 10—year plan includes the promise of more money for community,
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gp and mental health services. every child with cancer will have their dna tested to identify the most effective treatments. and more patients will be cared for closer to or at home, reducing the pressure on hospitals. lift up with me. and push me away. getting help at home has made all the difference to pauline hogarth. for two decades, she's lived with multiple sclerosis. last year, an illness meant she was admitted to hospitalfor a month, and it's not an experience she would care to repeat. being in hospital is not nice for anybody, and certainly for that length of time. you need to be in your own surroundings, for your mental health, i think, as much as anything. nhs leaders claim their plans could save nearly half a million lives over the next decade, and will future—proof the health service as it copes with a growing and ageing population.
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many have welcomed the ambitions, but there are warnings that achieving them will be extremely tough, with labour saying the health service lacks the resources to see the plan through. dominic hughes, bbc news. earlier, dominic told us more about challenges the plan hopes to address. well, there's an awful lot to go at in this big, 10—year plan for the future of the nhs in england. better prevention and detection of diseases like cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, dna testing for children with cancer or rare genetic disorders, a lot of extra money for community services, mental health services, gps services. to try and help patients be treated close to home or actually in their
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home and actually free up hospital beds where they are really needed. but i think it boils down to two things, how is the nhs in england going to spend the extra money it got in the summer, the £20.5 billion that it will have extra by 2023? and secondly, how does the nhs future—proof itself and learn to cope with this growing and ageing population, which underpins many of the issues the nhs is facing at the moment? hospitals are struggling to have enough beds for patients, a&es very busy, all those issues we talk about so often. so it is those two elements i think which really sum up this ten—year plan. many people have welcomed the ambitions laid out in this 10—year plan but they point out that meeting the ambitions will be extremely challenging, as so many hospitals are struggling to balance the books, a&es already very be easy, the nhs is struggling to cope with the
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demand right now. and also there is the big unanswered question about the big unanswered question about the future of social care. so, many questions still to be answered, many people say meeting the ambitions will be extremely tough to level i'm joined now by helen mckenna, senior policy adviser at the king's fund, a think=—tank specialising in health care policy. thank you very much the coming in. plan is going to be published a little bit later this morning but we have had quite a bit in advance of what is going to be in it — what do you think of it so far wanted we welcome the announcements in terms of improvements to maternity services, to mental health care and also this increased focus on prevention and early detection of diseases. but we are concerned about the nhs‘s ability to deliver on all of these fantastic ambitions, in particular because of the workforce right now, in the nhs there are currently over 100,000 gaps in staffing. and that could rise if
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current trends continue, to almost 250,000 shortages by 2030. put that in perspective for us, what is the overall workforce, what proportion would that be? the overall workforce is about1.1 would that be? the overall workforce is about 1.1 million staff in the nhs. so that is about one in ten or 11? exactly, so this is a really considerable gap and what we're saying is that if we don't see a credible strategy to address those gaps in the workforce, then we are concerned at the nhs‘s ability to deliver on the ambition which is announced today. and are you expecting that to be addressed in the plan which comes out later? well, we need to see the detail that is in the plan. 0ur well, we need to see the detail that is in the plan. our understanding is that it will be followed by a later strategy which sets out how to tackle the workforce. but actually these gaps are being experienced now in the nhs and really need to be addressed if we are to be confident that the ambitions announced are deliverable. the other thing which
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has emerged from the details that we do know is that hospitals are going to be given proportionately less of an increase than other areas such as gps and mental health services — what do you think of that in terms of priorities? well, we welcome that, it is obviously really important in terms of keeping people well outside of hospital, hospital can bea well outside of hospital, hospital can be a dangerous place to be because of the risk of infection, if you don't need to be there, so it is obviously beneficial to keep people out side of hospital, where it is possible. however we also have concerns about other risks, for example social care services, this goes beyond the nhs, these are wider moment policies. but social care funding, the social care system is currently unsustainable and unmet needin currently unsustainable and unmet need in social care actually increases pressure on the nhs, particularly the hospitals. and yet we still haven't seen the government's long—awaited social ca re government's long—awaited social care green paper. and on prevention,
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for example, the government has been talking a great game over the weekend about prevention being better than cure. but actually, over the past few years, we've seen real terms cuts for public health budgets. and that is just not consistent with the focus on prevention. and overall in terms of the funding, this is £20 billion over five years, put that into perspective for us, what sort of difference can it make? well, it is a really important shot in the arm for the nhs. 0ver a really important shot in the arm for the nhs. over the past eight or nine years we have seen very slow growth in nhs funding. but it's still 3.4% average increases. and thatis still 3.4% average increases. and that is under the long—term average of 4% that the office for budget responsibility and many others believe the nhs needs in order to just keep pace with increasing demand. so, yes, this money can make a huge difference and we are hopeful that it will. but, you know, it's
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not... it can't deliver everything that everyone wants, there will still be tough choices ahead. and we will, of course, be discussing all details of this plan when it comes out later on in the morning. government sources have confirmed the vote on the prime minister's withdrawal deal will take place a week tomorrow, on 15th january. today, mps return to westminster, with the brexit debate due to start again on wednesday. this morning, theresa may's received a letterfrom more than 200 mps from different political parties calling for her to rule out a no—deal brexit. 0rganisers says doing so will protect jobs and manufacturing. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. norman, a new term but the same old problems? terrible sense of groundhog day, rita. with really nothing seeming to have changed over the past month, since mrs may
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delayed that initial meaningful vote. we still have the dup determined to oppose mrs may's deal, describing it last night as toxic. we still have borisjohnson fulminating against the deal in the daily telegraph, accusing the government of whipping up, quote, deliberate hysteria, over no deal. we still have the eu seemingly not prepared to make the sort of concessions that mps want on the backstop. and we still have mrs may insisting her deal is the only deal in town, which means as we head towards that vote, which has now been confirmed will be next tuesday, mrs may does appear to be facing very likely defeat, albeit, we are told, over the next few days, she is going to launch a sort of charm offensive, to try to woo disgruntled backbenchers. she's got meetings with mps tonight, tomorrow, wednesday. and there will be further
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concessions, we are told, there will be reassurances about the backstop, perhaps giving stormont a role in deciding whether we go into the backstop, perhaps giving mps some sort of check about whether we go into the backstop. and perhaps some further words, guarantees, from the eu. but really, without significant progress on that front, it's hard to see how mrs may is going to get this through. and norman, there does seem to bea through. and norman, there does seem to be a consensus in parliament, in the commons, if nothing else, there does seem to be a consensus that no deal would be a bad outcome. but how would you assess the organisation of the different groups within the commons in terms of their lobbying for a no deal? i think it is a really crucial point of. 0rganisation is the one thing it seems to me mrs may's opponents lack. they're all over the place of.
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for example today we have, what, 200 mps waiting to mrs may, saying, take no deal off the table. we have another cross—party group of mps saying, how about norway? have the european group of brexiteers publishing a paper saying, no deal is not a problem. we have another cross— party is not a problem. we have another cross—party group of mps threatening sort of parliamentary gorilla warfare. and you just sense that they're going off in all sorts of different directions. mrs may's strength is, she seems pretty clear about what she is trying to do, which is bluntly a mixture of current and stick. the carrot, there will be reassurances and kind words. the stick — you vote my deal down and we heading towards no deal. and that stick will be used ever more forcefully as the clock ticks down. so mrs may's advantage, it seems to me, is, she has a plan. her opponents are slightly all over the place. norman smith, for the time
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being, many thanks. plans to tackle possible congestion on routes to dover in the event of a no—deal brexit are being tested today. 150 hgvs are travelling the 20—mile route from manston airfield, near ramsgate, to the port of dover. hauliers fear a no—deal brexit will create additional border checks, leading to queues of up to 29 miles. the government says it has to prepare for all eventualities. 0ur correspondent simonjones is at manston airport. well, this is all about testing how the road network might cope in the event of a no deal brexit. and one of the scenarios they're looking at is whether this former airport site would be suitable as a giant lorry park. what they've also done, because it is empty at the moment, is, just after quarter past eight, they sent out almost 100 lorries from this site to make the journey onwards to the port of dover, to see the effect it would have on local
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roads. because, of course, at that time it was rush—hour, if people we re time it was rush—hour, if people were heading to school and work, they want to see how robust this plan is. it's all because of this fear that if there is no deal brexit, there could be extra checks on lorries which could lead to tailbacks of up to 30 miles, according to some experts. so the government is looking at ways of getting lorries off the roads to keep the motorway network running. we can talk now to one of those interested in the trial today, the mpfor interested in the trial today, the mp for dover, charlie elphicke — what do you make of what the garment are doing? well, i welcome the fact that the department for transport have been ramping up their brexit no deal planning. but we have got to remember, 10,000 lorries visit the channel ports every single day so a test with less than 100 is not even a drop in the ocean. so, too little, too late? the important thing is to get the right plan. the case that i and the other kent mps have been
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making is to use kent's motorways, it is better that the lorry drivers use the motorways and if we use the traffic management system at dover and extend it down the motorway is, we can have a lot of killing capacity that keep the motorways open. we don't think manston is the right answer. but if you stack lorries on the motorway, isn't that going to cause chaos? well, if we have just the left— hand going to cause chaos? well, if we have just the left—hand lane used to the lorries, the other two lanes can be used to make sure that kent's economy can continue to flourish. sending lorries around kent on a wild goose chase all the way to manston in the extreme north—east corner and then sending them to the port of dover by a small a road which is often single track and winds through the picturesque villages of east kent is not the right answer. in terms of the government's planning, the potential scenario is 30 miles tailbacks stretching from dover, what do you make of that as an analysis? port of
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calais say they have no intention of any kind of go slow. president macron of france has seen what happens with the yellow vests, what happens with the yellow vests, what happens when he plays politics with people isjobs happens when he plays politics with people is jobs and happens when he plays politics with people isjobs and livelihoods, sol don't think he will want to repeat that. the truth is that dover and calais have traded successfully together for centuries and it is not in any one's interests to have any problems in the english channel. we are problems in the english channel. we a re less problems in the english channel. we are less than three months to brexit and we still don't know whether there is going to be a deal or what sort of deal it will be — does this smacks of desperation, of quickly, we had better do something to see what the effect would be on the roads? well, it is right that we are prepared for every eventuality, we are ready on day one, deal or no deal. the key is to get a plan that will work, and that means keeping kent's motorways open the book making sure we just stay on the left—hand side of the motorway and use manston as a last resource. well, the results of this trial will
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be watched closely, the department for transport saying they need to prepare for all eventualities. and later today — join us for a brexit bbc ask this where we'll attempt to answer your questions on what happens next. what do you want to know about the brexit process and specifically what options are open to mps. whatever you want to know, send in your questions using #bbcaskthis, or you can text 611211, or email them to askthis@bbc.co.uk. that's ask this on the bbc news channel at 2.30 this afternoon. the headlines on bbc news... hoping to save half a million lives over ten years — nhs leaders say their new long—term plan will have more focus on prevention. mps will vote on the prime minister's brexit deal a week tomorrow, it has been confirmed, as more than 200 of them sign a letter urging her to rule out leaving the eu with no deal. a man will appear in court today charged with murdering a stranger on a train. lee pomeroy was killed in front of his teenage son. in sport — it was another day of
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u psets in sport — it was another day of upsets in the fa cup as old, newport cou nty upsets in the fa cup as old, newport county and barnet all made it through to the fourth round. johanna konta suffers an injury setbackjust one week before the start of the australian open. and wasps‘ barren run of festive form came to an end as they beat northampton. i will be back with more sport in around 20 minutes. a man accused of murdering a fellow passenger on a train in surrey is due to appear before magistrates today. darren shane pencille, who‘s 35 and from farnham, is accused of stabbing 51—year—old lee pomeroy last friday afternoon. mr pomeroy was travelling with his 14—year—old son to london for a day out. 0ur correspondent keith doyle is at staines magistrates court. last friday, 51—year—old lee pomeroy
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was travelling to london from guildford with his 14—year—old son. british transport police say they boarded a train shortly before one o‘clock at guildford‘s london road station. it was on that station that mr pomeroy was stabbed and died of his injuries. 0n mr pomeroy was stabbed and died of his injuries. on saturday morning, the police raided a flat at farnham in surrey where they arrested two people. darren shane pencille, who is 35, has been charged with murder and the possession of an offensive weapon. a woman who was also arrested at the same property, 27—year—old chelsea mitchell, has been charged with assisting an offender. 0f been charged with assisting an offender. of these people are expected to appear here at staines magistrates‘ court later today. —— both these people. the tuc says household debt in the uk is now at its highest ever level, with families worse off today than before the financial crisis.
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it claims stagnating wages and years of austerity have seen unsecured debt rise to more than £15,000 per household. its calculations include student loans, which have increased rapidly over recent years. figures published by the bank of england, with student loans removed, suggest the total is around half the tuc‘s estimate. it has emerged that the former manchester united and england captain wayne rooney was arrested at an airport in washington dc last month for being drunk and abusive. his spokesperson has said he was left "disorientated" by prescribed sleeping tablets he took on a flight while drinking. the footballer moved to the us last june to take up a three—and—a—half year contract with dc united. human rights activists have urged thailand to allow a young saudi woman fleeing her home country to continue her journey to australia. rahaf mohammed al qunun is trapped in transit in bangkok and claims her passport has been taken from her. she says she has renounced islam, and fears that if she‘s forced to go home, that her life may be in danger.
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kim gittleson reports. 18—year—old rahaf 18—year—old ra haf al-qunun 18—year—old rahaf al-qunun saw her opening two days ago during a family vacation to the town. that‘s when she fled to australia in search of asylum. but it went awry during what was supposed to be a short stop in bangkok. when i compile someone said to me that, we will have the visa. then he took my passport. and then he came to me with five or six people, i think they are a police. and they told me my father wants me to go back to saudi arabia. and he is so angry... now she says she is trapped in an airport hotel with
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thai officials guarding her room, waiting to put her on a return flight waiting to put her on a return flight to collate. so she has taken to social media to beg for help, asking for asylum and begging for intervention. saudi arabia‘s government said that she was held because she didn‘t have a return ticket and said that she is due to be deported today to collate, where most of her family lives. however, human rights watch has shed she should be allowed to continue on to australia. —— kuwait. should be allowed to continue on to australia. -- kuwait. this is saudi arabia and thailand playing games to send an 18—year—old into harm‘s way. it is outrageous, she should be allowed to see the un refugee agency and ask for asylum. now, the clock is ticking down and having renounced islam, in begin says she fears for her life. i don't have rights in saudi arabia and my family trick me so bad, they will kill me to level further talks are being held to try to end the partial us government shutdown,
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but president trump says he has little expectation of a breakthrough. he has indicated he will not drop his insistence on getting the government to approve the funds needed to build a wall along the southern border with mexico. gail maclellan reports. president trump on his way to the camp david presidential retreat threatening declare a national emergency if talks to end the shop town show no progress by the end of the week. but he indicated there may be some compromise on the major stumbling block any building of the concrete wall between the us and mexico. i don't like concrete so we will give them steal, steel is fine, steel is actually more expensive than concrete but it will look beautiful and it is very strong, actually stronger. if this partial shutdown continues until the end of this week, it will become the longest in us government history. the impasse over funding for the
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war, president trump is demanding $5.6 billion while congress has offered £1.3 billion, has left some 800,000 federal workers without work or working without pay. the president seems more confident about the trade talks with china which begin this week. he imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of chinese goods to pressure beijing to change its practices on a number of issues. china retaliated with ta riffs of of issues. china retaliated with tariffs of its own. i really believe they want to make a deal, the ta riffs have they want to make a deal, the tariffs have absolutely had china very badly. but our country is doing a lot of money through tariffs, steel dumping tariffs and others... but i think china wants to get it resolved. their economy is not doing well, they are down close to 38%, that‘s a lot of. and i think that gives them a great incentive to negotiate. bending the chinese president to the will of the us might seem a tall order but the
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president‘s threat of using emergency powers to end the stalemate in his own government shows this domestic problem could be even bigger. the actor kevin spacey is due in court in massachusetts later today, over allegations of groping an 18—year—old male at a restaurant in 2016. he strongly denies the allegations that he groped an 18—year—old in a bar in nantucket. victoria da. is coming up... good morning. people who lost all their belongings in the huge fire at a self storage warehouse in croydon have told the programme they believe they were misled by the firm that owns the facility into thinking their stuff was safe. i am still in shock, ifield overstated. and ifeel like a huge part of my personal identity
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has disappeared. huge parts of my family history have just gone. rachel gould lost most of her treasured possessions. we can talk toa man treasured possessions. we can talk to a man who lost £180,000 worth of business stock and we can talk to the vice president of operations of the vice president of operations of the company involved. join us at ten o‘clock. it‘s been a great night for british stars at the golden globes in los angeles. 0livia colman, christian bale, richard madden and ben whishaw have all picked up awards. the prestigious gala ceremony was hosted by the canadian actress sandra oh, who also picked up her own best actress award for her role in the hit bbc drama killing eve. 0ur north america correspondent dan johnson sent this report from hollywood. bohemian rhapsody... cheering. the story of queen‘s musical success was crowned best drama, and its lead actor, playing their lead singer, was rewarded, too. thank you to freddie mercury for giving me the joy of a lifetime. applause.
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and from queen the band to queen anne, 0livia colman won best comedy actress for the favourite, and gave a very british speech. chuckles. i'm not going to cry, because my entire table will point and laugh at me, because i've been crying all evening. right, 0k. hi. thank you for the sandwiches. the winner is, green book. green book won big in a year hollywood promised diversity. three prizes for its tale of 1960s racial segregation. fellow nominees, thank you. from tv, richard madden won best actor for bodyguard. sandra oh! and this year‘s golden globes co—host was awarded best actress for killing eve. many of these awards are going to big blockbuster studio productions, and there are notable signs of a growing diversity in the characters, the stories, the lives that have been brought
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to the screen. but there was no real standout winner. so, what it all means for the oscars, we‘ll see it next month. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. thank you, good morning. it has been a fairly start to the day and as we go through the day, the wind will continue to strengthen, particularly so across the northern half of the country, where we are looking at gales or severe gales. it is thick enough for some patchy rain, all of it heading south so we could see some like rightness across the far north of northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland. these are our temperature values, which will be tempered by the gusty winds. these are the kind of gusts that you can expect, the strongest will be across the north and the north—east of scotland. strong enough to cause some damage and potentially some
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power cuts. heading through the evening and overnight, our low pressure producing all of this inclement weather moves towards scandinavia. it is still going to be windy. we will also have some breaks in the cloud, so, a cool night where that happens. a colder day tomorrow, with more sunshine, still quite windy with large waves across east anglia. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: hoping to save half a million lives over ten years — nhs leaders say their new long—term plan will have more focus on prevention. what we are doing today is setting out what that phased improvement will look like over the next ten years based on work we‘ve done with a lot of the patients‘ groups, charities and front line staff to say what are some of the practical changes we can bring about? mps will vote on the prime minister‘s brexit deal a week tomorrow, it‘s confirmed — as more than 200 of them sign a letter, urging her to rule out leaving the eu with no deal.
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what a no—deal brexit might look like, the government is today testing plans for handling heavy lorry traffic at ports. a man will appear in court today charged with murdering a stranger on a train. lee pomeroy was killed in front of his teenage son. british success at the golden globes — 0livia colman wins best actress in a comedy film. ben whishaw and richard madden pick—up awards for their roles in big bbc dramas. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. the full details of the nhs long—term plan will be unveiled in a couple of hours‘ time — but we‘ve already got some idea of what to expect and the chief executive of nhs england, simon stevens, has been giving interviews to media outlets this morning. a key area of concern is the efficiency of the organisation and hitting targets, many trusts are missing all three
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key waiting time targets for a&e, cancer care and routine operations. mr stevens told bbc breakfast how the health service will attempt to tackle this. 0n a&e, i think we‘ve got two things going on, the first is that the current target is that people will have all their treatment completed within four hours. actually, what top doctors in the nhs are telling us, is for some conditions, actually we need to be tougher and have a faster approach. because at the moment, that target doesn‘t distinguish whether you‘ve got a sprained finger or whether you are having a stroke. so they are looking at what the right approach should be to make sure people with sepsis, with heart attacks and other conditions get the fastest treatment in a&e and when they‘ve made their recommendations, we will then go about implementing them, absolutely. as part of this, do you look at efficiencies as well? we do. fortunately, we‘ve got one of the most efficient health services in the world.
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the germans are spending a third more for the health service than we are. the french spend twice as much on their administrative costs as we do in the nhs. but you can always be more efficient and some of those efficiencies are going to be taking out some of the red and the administration across the system, saving 700 million over the next five years. but some of it is going to be by better joining up, the way the gps and the community nurses and the hospital services work together, so that patients get the care in the place that makes most sense to them, most quickly. and our health editor, hugh pym, has tweeted this morning saying that... when the plan is launched later by prime minister theresa may and simon stevens, who we just heard from, the questions will focus on whether there‘s enough new money for all the new plans — and how the health service will keep up with demand. it‘s back to brexit today, as mps return to westminster. theresa may has promised there will be a meaningful vote this
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month on her brexit deal, but as you all know, we‘ve been here before. it‘s got some people feeling like groundhog day, as chris mason reports. # then put your little hand in mine. # there ain‘t no hill or mountain we can‘t climb... good morning. welcome to breakfast. i‘m naga munchetty. theresa may... you will remember that big vote on the e you will remember that big vote on theeu you will remember that big vote on the e u withdrawal agreement was postponed. why? it was kicked along until the new year. people like me are paid to have insight and foresight and hindsight about these things, and to project where
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we are going to go. to be quite honest, looking at things right now, i haven‘t got the foggiest idea what is going to happen in the coming weeks. good morning and welcome to breakfast with dan walker and naga munchetty. theresa may vows to fight on as she survives a crucial leadership challenge. that was a moment, wasn‘t it, of extraordinary drama and jeopardy? for all of the steam coming out of the ears of people like me, theresa may survived so actually, nothing changed. all this turbulence matters, there is a huge amount at sta ke. matters, there is a huge amount at stake. the future direction of the country. # then put your little hand in mine. # there ain‘t no hill or mountain we can‘t climb... so, mps are heading back to westminster today, and so after a few weeks where the b word didn‘t feature quite so prominently in the news, brexit is bursting back.
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the papers are full of political pieces again, mps full of opinions will be ‘irating‘ them again, as the debate gets under way in the commons, again. the big vote on the eu withdrawal agreement will be next week, and as things stand, we are due to leave the european union in 11 and a bit weeks‘s time at 11pm at night on friday 29th of march, but if the prime minister‘s deal is rejected, no—one — and i mean no—one — can tell you with certainty what on earth will happen next. while all eyes are going to be on westminster in the coming days and weeks as parliament prepares to vote on theresa may‘s deal, what chance is there of a change in position from the eu? 0ur brussels reporter adam fleming has been finding out. there‘s one thing that is set in stone here in brussels in the brexit process, the withdrawal agreement. that‘s the treaty that spells out the terms of the divorce.
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the eu isn‘t prepared to change a single one of its 585 pages. we have said many times that the deal that is on the table is the best and only deal possible and the eu 27 leaders confirmed on the 13th of december in their conclusions, that it will not be renegotiated. although the eu has been prepared to help — a bit. the last eu summit in december will probably be remembered for a row between theresa may and the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker about whether he‘d called her "nebulous". but in their summit communique, eu leaders also clarified their intentions for the backstop. it would only ever be temporary and they‘d work speedily on an agreement to ensure it was never needed. that fell short of what the uk wanted — the wallonia solution. that‘s the region of belgium that objected to the eu‘s free trade agreement with canada in 2016.
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to reassure the walloons, the eu issued a legally binding interpretation of the most controversial parts of the deal. there were other options under international law. for example, a country can sign a treaty and then said there are parts of it it doesn‘t agree with. 0r, tweaks could be made to the separate document that sits alongside the withdrawal agreement. that‘s the political declaration which sketches out the shape of the future relationship. but privately, some eu diplomats say they might only be prepared to act after theresa may loses a vote in the house of commons. let‘s take a look at the most watched videos on the website... nba star says he doesn‘t feel safe
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in the uk. that is number three most read. number six, a in the uk. that is number three most read. numbersix, a different in the uk. that is number three most read. number six, a different sort of threat in australia. thousands of bluebottle jellyfish are plaguing the shores of queensland. 0ver bluebottle jellyfish are plaguing the shores of queensland. over 2000 people have had to be treated for stings that are painful but not life—threatening. but not very pleasa nt life—threatening. but not very pleasant if you encounter one of those in the ocean. going down to the most watched. number two is a fascinating story inside london‘s last ice house. it was discovered under the streets of london, built in the 1780s and it is where wealthy georgians would store ice from
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norway and sell it to landowners. an interesting piece of history. but animal magic at colchester zoo. visit in essex is recycling christmas trees and that is driving the animals while. we thought you might want to see this piece in full. the animals really enjoy the christmas tree for lots of different reasons. you‘ve got the chimpanzees, just get really excited about having a novel item. we can hide lots of food inside it for them to explore. also be small animals
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like the meerkats, again you can hide meal worms and insects in there for them and they enjoy foraging round and searching for the food. so itjust provides lots of enrichment for lots of animals around the zoo. it is like christmas has come twice for the animals that colchester zoo. some very sweet images on the video. that‘s it for today‘s morning briefing. now it is time for the sport with sally. good morning. it was the sunday of shocks in the fa cup, newport county, who have only been a football league side forfive years, stunned leicester city and barnet beat championship side sheffield united. but the story that has everyone talking is 0ldham beating fulham because caretaker manager pete wild, who had already sorted tickets and booked his train to watch them as a fan was in the dugout at craven cottage. hejoins me now. how are you feeling today? i am 0k
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thank you, a little bit tired and overwhelmed but really proud of the players and supporters. congratulations, how did you get the job as caretaker manager in the first place? i have been looking after the academy, the younger teams for a few months now. the manager was relieved of his duties ten days ago andi was relieved of his duties ten days ago and i was called the owner‘s office and asked if i would look after proceedings until they sign a new manager. what preparations had you made with the squad for the game at the weekend? we have had games thick and fast. it is our third game
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in ten days. it has been tough to make preparations. we obviously watched a lot of form, so we felt we we re watched a lot of form, so we felt we were well prepared for them.“ watched a lot of form, so we felt we were well prepared for them. if you had not been in the dugout, where would you have been sitting, what plans had you made?” would you have been sitting, what plans had you made? i had plans to travel with my friend, there was no academy games that morning so i had planned to travel with my friends to give me support for the team. i would have been amongst those 4000 fa ns would have been amongst those 4000 fansjumping up and down. what a different change of events for me. brilliant. i have to ask you, the draw is tonight, who are you hoping to play next? it is well documented, i keep saying manchester united. they ruined my childhood back in 1994 and we were winning and they went on to win the fa cup. so the clu b went on to win the fa cup. so the club has some unfinished business with them. do you think this could
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be your chance for revenge? you never know, do you? a lot of the lower league teams hope and we hope to keep the run going. we are seeing pictures of you, fantastic pictures of you celebrating with the players and the fans. tremendous scenes at the end of the game with the travelling fans who gave the fantastic support. great to talk to you and good luck with the draw tonight, we‘ll keep everything crossed for you. thank you very much. johanna konta has suffered an injury setbackjust a week before the start of the australian open. konta, who is ranked 37th in the world, has withdrawn from the sydney international due to a neck problem. she retired 18 minutes into her second—round qualifying match against ekaterina alexandrova while trailing 4—1. in the rugby premiership, wasps ended a run of five straight defeats by beating northampton 27—16. they ran in three tries in total to move up to sixth.
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the table is tightly congested though with just seven points separating harlequins in third and northampton in ninth. rory mcilroy‘s year hasn‘t got off to the best of starts at the sentry tournament of champions in hawaii. the northern irishman went into his final day three shots off the lead, but his round of 72 was the worst of the top ten finishers leaving him tied fourth, ten shots behind the winner american. and when referees or linesmen fall over, we‘d not be keeping up our role as public service broadcasters if we didn‘t show it to you. take a look at the top of the screen. assistant referee stephen child in the wrong place at the wrong time
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as watford‘s isaac success ran out of room. he is fine. he did see the funny side of it at least. let‘s have a look at some of this morning‘s back pages. the telegraph has this wonderful picture showing an ecstatic newport side after their win over leicester city. in the guardian we‘re treated to more jubilant scens from the fa cup, this time it‘s barnet who beat sheffield united. and the express has a nice medley of them all including pete wild, 0ldham‘s now famous manager. coming up on the bbc later you can watch wolves take on liverpool in their third round fa cup match live on bbc one from 7.30pm or listen on bbc radio 5live.
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the draw for the fourth round of the fa cup will take place, immediately after that tie live on bbc one. plenty more to look forward to throughout the day. that‘s all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11:15. the headlines on bbc news: hoping to save half a million lives over ten years — nhs leaders say their new long—term plan will have more focus on prevention. mps will vote on the prime minister‘s brexit deal a week tomorrow, it‘s confirmed as more than 200 of them sign a letter, urging her to rule out leaving the eu with no deal. a man will appear in court today charged with murdering a stranger on a train. lee pomeroy was killed in front of his teenage son. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. the indian government says it‘s
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planning new laws to protect women abandoned by their husbands abroad. the wives often have no independent right to remain in a foreign country if their spouse cancels their visa. with no other source of income, they can face destitution. and there are cases of domestic abuse. ishleen kaur reports. it was physical abuse, psychological and mental abuse. he was blackmailing me all the time over my visa. this temple is where this lady comes visa. this temple is where this lady co m es ofte n visa. this temple is where this lady comes often to liberate herself from the shackles of her past life. to get married, to me was he wanted a domestic life for himself and his family. i left the home without thinking, where would i go? it was too much for me, i couldn‘t take it any more. when she thought the hard
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times were behind her, she received an unexpected e—mail from the british home office. my husband contacted the home office and said we we re contacted the home office and said we were separated and the home 0ffice, without seeing any evidence, they cancelled my visa. thousands of south asian women move to the uk on a spouse of these are every year. this visa can be cancelled by the husband by filling out a simple form ona husband by filling out a simple form on a government website. in many cases, the motivation for these men to get married is for the money paid by the bright‘s family to the green. but most cases it is exercising control over the woman and making irrational demands. if the woman says no she is threatened to be abandoned and sent back to her country of origin. many women are finding comfort with this facebook group to help these victims. she said they don‘t go back to their
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countries, as the stigma in south asian culture is huge. it is always the woman's fault, and people will say, what did she do wrong that her husband left. washing up cooking and keeping him happy. that is how people think in india? definitely. they think it is ok for a woman to obey the man. it is ok for a man to ta ke obey the man. it is ok for a man to take away her entire salary if she is working. it is ok for him to decide what and what she should socialise, what opinion she should have. campaign groups has long campaigned for immigration reform is for women on a spousal visa. what they say they have brought about some successful changes, they say a lot more needs to be done. there has to bea lot more needs to be done. there has to be a change in patriarchal norms
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and immigration law. tim means women fear that any engagement with the authorities, the police, social services, housing authorities, will inevitably make them vulnerable to deportation. organisation supports hundreds of women. she says the most challenging cases are out whether women are abandoned in their home countries. they take women back to their countries of origin on some pretext a nd their countries of origin on some pretext and then leave them stranded there. knowing they cannot apply under the domestic violence rule or the domestic violence constitution concession. this is one of the many victims deceptively taken and abandoned in india. my husband snatched all of my documents. i thought my life was over and my husband as deserted me. the british
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government says it is acceptable for any individual to exploit the fact that partner‘s immigration status is dependent on them and use it as a form of coercion. let‘s get more now on last night‘s golden globes awards. as we heard earlier, british actors including 0livia coleman and richard madden were among the winners. they‘re the first major film and tv ceremony of the hollywood awards season and often help precit who might win an oscar next month. let‘s get more on last night‘s winners with the entertainment journalsit caroline frost whojoins me now. thank you for coming in. let‘s talk about some of the winners and first off, 0livia coleman, best actress in a film comedy music. she seems to be the actress of the moment. she has won this award, taking over the role of the queen in the forthcoming series of the crime. we have a
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british, national treasure in waiting. 0livia coleman is humble, intelligent and funny, a woman whose success intelligent and funny, a woman whose su ccess we intelligent and funny, a woman whose success we can really get behind. and this is the first of many awards for heard this season, hopefully. he wada began? i am. best actor in a tv drama went to richard madden for the bodyguard flexpai. yes, what richard madden did, he was very popular in the next role and millions tune in to watch and now he has picked up an international award. i would think if there is any chat today in the office of james bond, if there is any chat today in the office ofjames bond, they if there is any chat today in the office of james bond, they will be thinking clearly about what they can do to richard madden in. what a win for him. he was very popular with game of thrones also cinderella and has been on the london stage and this is another thing to put on his
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mantelpiece. that tough guy role in bodyguard, like you say. best actress in a tv drama went to sandra 0h. she was a co—host. actress in a tv drama went to sandra oh. she was a co-host. she was very popular in her lead role in the bbc series killing evil. a very popular when, very emotional speech. she thanked her parents. she went to the cinema when there was hardly any asian representation on the screen. 25 years later, she is picking up a big award and being nominated in another category. great evening for her. but change happens slowly. best actor in a film drama. i know you have things to say about this?
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bohemian rhapsody, he entranced everybody with his committed portrayal of freddie mercury. he thanked freddie for the reason for him being on the stage last night. this film was a massive, popular film but it didn‘t score well with the critics. but this was a night when that didn‘t matter so much. he earned that award over the likes of perhaps favourite, bradley cooper. they werejoint perhaps favourite, bradley cooper. they were joint favourites, so it‘s not so much of a surprise but its immense bohemian rhapsody in the future of any awards season voters. best supporting actor in a series, a very english scandal? hugh grant was tipped, but it was ben wishaw who went away last night for his betrayal of norman scott in the historical political drama. we have had a lot of political drama
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recently, this was surrounding jeremy thorpe. a very convincing and committed portrayal. he dedicated his award to the real—life counterpart of norman scott last night. what do you think this means for the rest of the award season? this brings it wide open. any entertainment journalists flexing their muscles last night must‘ve thought this would be the olympics because the clear favourite was a star is born it only went away with one award. we should claim another british win, sort of, mark ronson sharing the award with lady gaga. but we have the comedy and the drama. these two sets of awards get shuffled into one traffic lane for the rest of the award season so now we have head to head, will it be 0livia coleman or glenn close who win best actress in a drama? she stole it from the hot favourite who
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was lady gaga laszlo. so all of last night‘s awards have to get shunted into one lane, which makes it very interesting. caroline, very good to talk to you and there will be more for the rest of the season no doubt. absolutely many thanks. now, it‘s time for a look at the weather. it has been a cloudy start to the day and we have patchy rain moving steadily southwards. the main feature will be the wind. strong winds, particularly in the northern half of the uk. blustery winds as he pushed further south. the rain continues to sink south, persist in the north and the west and brighter skies for time across southern scotland, northern england and northern ireland. temperatures are academic but these are the wind gusts you can expect if you are out and about. potentially damaging wind gusts in the north of scotland for example, the potential for some
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power cuts. as we head overnight, it will be windy but there will be some clea ra nce will be windy but there will be some clearance in the sky. it is going to bea clearance in the sky. it is going to be a cold night than the one that has just be a cold night than the one that hasjust gone be a cold night than the one that has just gone about is how we start the day tomorrow. tomorrow will be colder but having said that, there will be a bit of sunshine around, more cloud in the east at times, but the odd shower getting into east anglia. hello, it‘s monday, it‘s 10 o‘clock. i‘m victoria derbyshire. people who lost all their posessions in a huge fire at a self—storage facility on new year‘s eve in london reject an apology made on this programme by the company. 0ne one woman told us she had lost everything. i‘m still in shock. i feel devastated. i just... ifeel like a huge part of my personal identity has disappeared. you know, huge parts of my family
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history have just gone. yeah, ijust can‘t believe it. one of the victims tells us they believe they were misled about shurgard‘s ability to keep their possessions safe. we‘ll bring you the full exchange in the next few minutes.
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