this is bbc news i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm: the prime minister has a new, long term strategy for the nhs in england to save hundreds of thousands of lives in the coming decade. this is an historic moment. our vision is clear. our commitment is assured. so let's deliver at the nhs of the future. theresa may has been hosting drinks events at no 10, hoping to persuade mps to back her brexit plans. the commons will now vote on her proposals next tuesday. a man accused of stabbing a passenger to death on a train in surrey in front of his teenage son has appeared in court charged with murder. also on the programme: the american actor, kevin spacey, has appeared in a court in massachusetts. the two time oscar winner is facing allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenager at a bar on the island of nantucket in 2016. and triumph for the brits at the golden globes,

including for olivia colman who wins best actress. good evening. a long term plan for the nhs in england has been announced which the prime minister claims will deliver world class care and could save up to half a million lives. there will be a new focus on prevention of disease and early detection. there'll be more funding for mental health services — the aim is to bring it into line with physical health care. and there'll be more money for gps and community care, as part of a general move to reduce the reliance on hospitals. other uk nations are currently drawing up their own proposals for their priorities.

but critics say staff shortages could undermine today's ambitious plan and there's still not enough money to fund it all, as our health editor hugh pym reports. the nhs is for everyone, young and old, and the key aim of the new strategy for england launched today in liverpool is to ensure more people are looked after away from hospitals and in their local communities. the head of nhs england was at one of the cities major hospitals to unveil the plan. was at one of the cities major hospitals to unveilthe plan. how do we keep everything that's so great about the nhs but also relieve some of the immense pressure on our front line staff? going the extra mile every day for a million patients a day. one part of a new plan is to avoid up to a third of hospital outpatient appointments each year with some patients are monitored from home are close to it. that would save 30 million trips to hospitalfor would save 30 million trips to hospital for patients and would save the nhs £1 billion a year. here is

how it can work, in this scheme a co nsulta nt how it can work, in this scheme a consultant visits a gp surgery to see families and children, it avoids the need for patients to be referred by their gps to hospital clinics with possibly long journeys and weights. it helped us because we we re weights. it helped us because we were together with our gp and she knew what is happening with us and we don't have to go and wait and it was time consuming and this was very fast arrangement that we got an appointment instead of waiting in a hospitalfor an appointment instead of waiting in a hospital for an appointment to the co nsulta nt hospital for an appointment to the consultant came to us. we've built this model around our dissatisfaction with outpatients, the frustration patients were having to wait a long time and although the episode of care they got i hope was good, it was done in a disjointed way. the plan also has pledges to detect cancer sooner and help vulnerable patients avoid strokes and heart attacks. half a million lives were told could be saved over

the next decade. right now under increasing pressure and with resources stretched the nhs in england is consistently missing key targets including the format hour wait for patients to be treated or assessed in a accident and emergency. now nhs leaders say that should be changed and ministers appear sympathetic. the view is that different targets a re appear sympathetic. the view is that different targets are needed for serious a&e cases and minor injuries. what should be accused of trying to change the target because you're missing it? we will listen to what the most senior doctors in the nhs say. if they tell us that the most important thing is as well as keeping waiting time is short for everybody that we set faster and tougher standards for the big emergency conditions then that's advice we probably should pay careful attention to. saw the plan work? some health experts reckon the ambition but question the delivery. i think this plan is full of long

term ambitious ideas which will improve care for patients. i think the challenge is how is this going to happen when the nhs is under a lot of pressure already and we are already short of staff. the long term cover by the plan is all very well but it will not relieve the immediate stresses and strains felt every day by the nhs. and in half an hour we'll be hearing their thoughts on this and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight — the political strategist jo tanner and the associate editor of the new statesman, george eaton. mps have come back from their christmas break ahead of the debate on theresa may's controversial brexit deal which starts on wednesday. the vote is expected next tuesday. mrs may says she's working on getting further assurances from the eu so she can persuade the many doubters and win next week's vote, but the eu insists there'll be no renegotiation. while theresa may has been in liverpool today, mps at westminster have been discussing a number of different

plans for a new solution to the current impasse. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg chanting: go away, theresa may! nothing is getting any easier for the prime minister. her welcoming committee in liverpool. i think it's disgraceful that party's put before country, absolutely disgraceful. i'm appalled by it, yes. because? because i think we are european and we should stay in europe. parliament can't agree. i think the only thing is to put it back to the people. she swept in with promises about the nhs. paid for, in part, she claims, by what's her bigger problem, her brexit deal. this commitment is possible because of our strong public finances and because, as we leave the eu and take back control of our money, we will no longer be sending vast annual sums to brussels. number crunchers and plenty

on her own side question that. before christmas, you realised your plan did not have the support to get through parliament. what evidence can you give us today that anything has really changed? yes, we did delay the vote before christmas and we are continuing to work on further assurances, on further undertakings, from the european union in relation to the concern that's been expressed by parliamentarians. but theresa may's bedside manner is not convincing dozens of mps on her own side and among her northern irish allies. they won't back her plan without big changes before next week's vote. nobody can detect anything new that's coming out. now, if she's planning on pulling a rabbit out of a hat, the prime minister, good luck to her, ijust hope it's not a dead rabbit and it's a live and kicking rabbit and it means something. jeremy corbyn objects to the deal and to theresa may's no—show when she was called to the commons. the prime minister should be here updating mps on what progress she's

achieved, if any. instead, she is continuing her approach as before christmas of ducking scrutiny and dodging accountability. we will hold this government to account for their incompetence. back at work now, some mps are pushing to prevent no deal. some want a tighter, somewhat closer arrangement with the european union after brexit. some pushing for another referendum. they are so divided, one minister admits our march departure date might be delayed while, around the country, we only watch on. it may be 2019, but theresa may is still tangled in the boundaries and barriers of the referendum, when people and politicians were divided into two camps, jutting up against each other. in the walton constituency here in liverpool, voters wanted to leave the european union but, just over the road, in liverpool wavertree, the decision was to stay. and the prime minister is having to deal with that clash of arguments, trying to get

a compromise in the middle. but politicians on all sides are so dug in, there's little sign that enough of them are willing to meet her there. number ten wants fine words from the eu to make this journey smoother, but a majority, let alone unity, feels very far away. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, liverpool. the speaker of the house of commons says he's concerned about threatening behaviour towards female members of parliament, after the conservative mp anna soubry was called a nazi by brexit protestors. the mp for broxtowe was being interviewed on the bbc, when shouts came from nearby demonstrators. anna soubry, who's a remain supporter, says she was jostled as she tried to re—enter parliament a little later. our political correspondent ben wright is at downing street.

the prime minister hosting a few drinks, one wonders of the welcome was as warm as the wine perhaps? politicians always use a bit of hospitality to try to grease the wheels and win friends and it happens here a lot, these were new year drinks for tory mps but of course this was largely a conversation by mps who managed to grab conversation by mps who managed to gmba conversation by mps who managed to graba word conversation by mps who managed to grab a word about the big vote we all expect to happen in the middle of next week and we expect at the moment the prime minister will lose because as laura said she is tangled up because as laura said she is tangled up in brexit just because as laura said she is tangled up in brexitjust as they are in liverpool, they are divided in her own party about what to do. she has a large number, dozens perhaps of brexiteer tory mps who hate this deal and seem determined to vote it down. as they arrived here, some of them are here for drinks and they made their opinions quite clear. the

prime minister change your mind? made their opinions quite clear. the prime minister change your mind7m course not. ithought prime minister change your mind7m course not. i thought i prime minister change your mind7m course not. ithought i might prime minister change your mind7m course not. i thought i might as well use this opportunity to show one of my local councillors number ten. there is nothing the prime minister can do? of course not, 100%. boris johnson was here, he went in not saying a word, and a bridge and did, he is a long—time critic but he was here to drink the wine as well. can you be persuaded?” wine as well. can you be persuaded? i would not have thought so, no. i'm not sure that's the point of the drinks reception because einstein said that repeating an experiment and expecting a different result is a sign of insanity. i think it's about party cohesion. it will be difficult over the next few weeks and we need to come back after the vote. some warm winds and volley bonds will not have made any difference in the effort to win over tory rebels. the last person to leave was the chief whip who left about ten minutes ago.

he has to get back to the business 110w he has to get back to the business now of trying to somehow chip away at the opposition on the tory benches to this deal and somehow if not next week then soon after try to get this deal through. so then what is the strategy as far as anyone can determine what the strategy is and one wonders if anyone knows what that is at number ten because it's a difficult situation. at the moment it looks like the deal won't go through and asa like the deal won't go through and as a result, what could happen? do they keep pummelling the deal until we get to march 20 six, 27, then someone has to vote for it to stop a no deal? is that where we are going? the only certainty is the disappearance of time. the other is that if there is not a deal passed in the house of commons the uk will leave the eu at the end of march without a deal. that is written into eu law. the only thing that would stop that happening is this deal

being passed or the uk extending the amount of time to talk with the eu, asking for an extension or revoking article 50 altogether. neither of those options feel possible at the moment but who knows? within parliament of course there is this loud conversation going on mainly on the back benches of both the main parties about some sort of alternative path which could be taken, some talking about trying to get towards another referendum, others talking about trying to beef up others talking about trying to beef up the idea of going for a norway style relationship with the eu after brexit, many brexiteers would be happy to leave without a deal so there is a cacophony of competing voices in the commons and time is disappearing. ijust voices in the commons and time is disappearing. i just don't voices in the commons and time is disappearing. ijust don't know, if it's voted down next week the prime minister will just it's voted down next week the prime minister willjust come back again and again and again to the house of commons until it passes. meanwhile, earlier we talked about anna soubry

and her issues and the suggestion from the speaker he is concerned about how mps are being treated, especially others in this hall debate. ugly scenes when anna soubry was barracked by these protesters, calling her a nazi and jostling her aggressively as she tried to get back into the house of commons, she was very cross there was no police intervention then and has now asked to the speaker to look into this and think about it and a number of her collea g u es think about it and a number of her colleagues stood up in the house of commons later in the afternoon to make it clear to john commons later in the afternoon to make it clear tojohn bercow they wa nt to make it clear tojohn bercow they want to see this looked at, perhaps security beefed up, the protection of mps should be guaranteed particularly over the next few weeks where there will be so many people walking back and forth trying to explain their point of view and make the argument. the prime minister's spokesman said it was completely unacceptable that this sort of protest a nd

unacceptable that this sort of protest and barracking should happen. but there is now a question about the security which is provided for mps. extraordinary and ugly situation to see. thanks. the work and pensions secretary has defended the decision to delay a commons vote on moving millions of people onto the new universal credit welfare system. amber rudd told the commons the delay is to ensure the roll—out to the new system — which merges six different benefits into one monthly payment — goes smoothly. instead of moving three million people onto it — parliament will instead be asked to vote on transferring just 10,000 people to universal credit. a man accused of stabbing a passenger to death on a train in surrey in front of his teenage son has appeared in court charged with murder. darren pencille did not enter a plea, but said he was innocent until proven guilty. his partner is charged with assisting an offender. angus crawford reports lee pomeroy, who was 51, described as a devoted family man, stabbed nine times on a train

travelling from guilford to london. he died in front of his 14—year—old son. this morning, darren pencille, who is 35 and from farnham in surrey, appeared at staines magistrates court charged with murder and possessing an offensive weapon. wearing a grey tracksuit, black glasses and with a small bandage on one hand, mr pencille crouched down in the dock so his head was barely visible. he said to the court, "innocent until proven guilty." he also said he was paranoid and hearing voices. he did stand briefly to confirm his name, his date of birth and nationality before being led away. also in court his partner, 26—year—old chelsea mitchell. she denies one charge of assisting an offender. it is alleged she helped him to leave the scene and change his appearance.

both were brought to guilford this afternoon and in a second hearing were remanded into custody to appear in court again early next month. angus crawford, bbc news, guilford. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister has unveiled a new, long term strategy for the nhs in england, aimed at saving up to half a million lives, in the coming decade. theresa may has been hosting a series of drinks events at no 10, hoping to persuade mps to back her brexit plans as it's confirmed that the commons will vote on the deal next tuesday. a man accused of stabbing a passenger to death on a train in surrey in front of his teenage son, has appeared in court charged with murder. here's sarah mulkerrins. just over half an hour has been

played in the final third round fa cup tie this evening with wolves hosting premier league leaders liverpool at molineux, not a huge amount of action just yet despite the fireworks and light extravaganza. the most notable action has seen dijon lover and go off injured with 16—year—old replacing him at the centre half alongside the beanie. this game is live now on bbc one where you can watch it with live text updates on the bbc sport website and the draw for the fourth round is going to be made after this. goal so far. what do experts have been given access to a russian lap to take data which could lead to the prosecution of hundreds of drug cheats. the original deadline of new year's eve was messed but an anti—doping team will now be allowed into the moscow facility on wednesday. our sports editor is dan rowan. last year in

september wada decided to reinstate russia, they had had a suspension lasting several years, there was much outcry from those who believed why dart should have remained tougher with russia because they have not met outstanding criteria, wada said we will let them back in on the strict condition they hand over this lab data which will enable us over this lab data which will enable us to pursue over this lab data which will enable us to pursue cases over this lab data which will enable us to pursue cases against potentially hundreds if not thousands of russian cheats by the end of the year. the problem was the rush failed to deliver, they did not hand over the date on new year's eve and therefore there was another outcry from the critics which said russia had to be suspended again. what has happened now is ten days before the compliance panel meets in montreal, the suggestion is russia have come back and said ok, your expert panel can come back to moscow, we have overcome the problem which prevented us from giving you this information before the end of

the year and we will now be in a position to hand over this crucial data. so the president of wada has said this could be an important breakthrough. ferrari will start the next season with a new team principal, the former technical boss replaces after issues derailed their 2018 chances. johanna konta has pulled out of the cindy international from second time in two days, she withdrew from qualifying yesterday with a neck injury but was given a lucky loser place in the main draw, she was due to play kiki burton's of the first round but has not given a reason this time and the australian open is just a week away. great britain have named their top five players as their fed cup team for february is matches, johanna konta joined by heather watson, also katie swan, katie poulter and debutant harriet

dart. gb will play at home in the women's team competition for the first time in 26 years. captain virat kohli says winning the series in australia is his ever moment. this is i am surejust part of in australia is his ever moment. this is i am sure just part of the celebration back at the team hotel after india won the series 2—1 after the fourth and final test was called off due to rain confirming their first win in australia since they began to ring back in 19117. first win in australia since they began to ring back in 1947. they've beenin began to ring back in 1947. they've been in the competition throughout the games that we've lost. so we understood as a team we were on the right track but the fact that there are what has come in the most historic cities for indian cricket is the cherry on top of the cake. that's all the sport for now, you can stay updated for all the latest news on the bbc sport website and details of that last fa cup tie, the third round one between wolves and

liverpool, still goalless. we've got a bit of breaking news, the transport minister chris grayling has been speaking concerning the incidents in recent weeks which shut down gatwick airport concerning the citing of drones in the area. he has been speaking and he says that drone operators will be required by raw data lot —— required by law to register and be part of a list which means the authorities know what they are dealing with, by november 2019 this year and a three mile radius will be implemented around

particular areas. so that news from chris grayling making it clear drone operators will be required by law to register from november 2019 and there will be an exclusion zone around airports as well. the american actor kevin spacey has appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting an 18—year—old male in a massachusetts bar in 2016. the oscar—winner and star of house of cards said nothing but was given bail. our north america correspondent nick bryant reports from nantucket. this was a journey kevin spacey didn't want to make and having touched down on thisjetset island ina touched down on thisjetset island in a private plane he made the short drive to his first appearance in court. clear the sidewalk please. his legal team argued he should not have to appear in person because of the negative publicity which has already surrounded this case. but the actor who spent so much of his life in front of the cameras found it impossible today to avoid them.

there is even a live stream from the courtroom to record the charge levelled against him. the complaint charges that in the town of nantes atticjuly eight, 2016 he committed indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over. the oscar-winning actor shared a joke with his lawyer but did not address the court. he is pleading not guilty. nantucket is the island playground of america's elite and in the summer of 2016 kevin spacey is alleged to have sexually assaulted an 18—year—old waiter. during a late—night drinking session at this bar he is accused of unzipping the man's trousers and groping his groin for about three minutes come on encounter he claims was consensual. i will never cease! the actor was fired from the hit drama house of cards because of multiple sexual assault allegation against him. and you trusted me even though you knew you shouldn't. but bizarrely he revived his character president frank underwood in video posted online shortly after he was

charged. you would not believe the worst without evidence would you? you would not rush to judgment without facts, would you? outside court you ran the gauntlet of the media again. what are your feelings today mr spacey? but chose not to a nswer today mr spacey? but chose not to answer our questions. mr spacey? kevin spacey has already been condemned in the court of global opinion but now a legal process is under way. nantucket has long been favoured by the rich and powerful because of its exclusivity which gra nts because of its exclusivity which grants celebrities a measure of privacy and protection. but what happened here three summers ago is now a matter of worldwide fascination. joining us now from los angeles is the hollywood journalist jeanne wolf. good to see you, thank you for being with us, kevin spacey tried to get out of this today but the judge made it clear he had to be there. him appearing in court like this, it's a

massive climb—down. appearing in court like this, it's a massive climb-down. well, you know, as you reporter just massive climb-down. well, you know, as you reporterjust said, it's of great fascination and when you see him in court you wonder what does he look like, what's he going to do? he's an actor so he appeared very calm and relaxed, looked around. he did what kevin spacey does. he doesn't have any many friends right now, not many people are rooting for him. it's easy to count him out, he'll never act again. but that video you showed a piece of is so fascinating to people, they are so intrigued by him. fourand fascinating to people, they are so intrigued by him. four and a half million hits on that video in 24 hours. do you think that will hurt or help his case? i think right now he's somewhere in the middle. the thing that will, that hurts his case is that there are so many accusers and so many accusations out there.

the other thing that hurts his case is that in this day and age as insane as it sounds, apology, how you apologise, looking remorseful, looking penitent, is what helps you. and kevin has remained staunchly arrogant and in the right and doing what he usually does which is not light us into his feelings but tease us light us into his feelings but tease usa light us into his feelings but tease us a lot. it's not clear that this will go to a full trial is it? as a result potentially the charges could be thrown out and so on and so forth, do you think you can come back if that's the case? you know, he might be able to come back but let's remember there are many charges against him in england. he was head of one of the most important theatre companies in the world and star of one of the most successful tv shows in the world. he seems to have and is accused of acting ina seems to have and is accused of acting in a way that made it seem anything he did was ok. and so far

he's not spoken to anybody. his biggest public appearance besides today in court was taking a pizza out to some of the paparazzi that sta ked out to some of the paparazzi that staked out around where he lives. kevin knows how to soothe his audience. he does tell people close to him he expects to have a comeback. he's even had some offers in europe. but i would say that comeback is farfrom in europe. but i would say that comeback is far from now if it ever happens and i would say there are lots of questions about the cases remaining against him. so, it's the weight of the numbers of accusations against him, the sheer volume that you think has set the seal on what was a glorious career? a glorious career, a great talent. yes it's the number but also its the sort of on the ground reaction. people who work for him and with him, people around him, they don't have great things to

say about him. you see almost some celebration he got caught. so public opinion is really not on his side right now, even if all of us want to know what he's going to do next and what he meant with that insane video he did. and this, some would argue, despite the suggestion there's been a bit ofa despite the suggestion there's been a bit of a backlash against the me to campaign, the sense that people are being convicted without proper evidence and on hearsay. is there a sense that pulling into any of this? kevin would like to have you think so, the words he uses as the character from house of cards where would you convict anybody without the facts, he is teasing about that. yes, metoo has caused more confusion than backlash, people don't know how to act, what to think. they don't

like it when people are accused or ina like it when people are accused or in a sense publicly convicted without proper information. yes they wa nt without proper information. yes they want people treated fairly on both sides and yet the supporters of #metoo have made a lot of progress and impactand #metoo have made a lot of progress and impact and don't seem to be slowing down. no, ok, good to see you, thank you for being with us. hgppy you, thank you for being with us. happy new year. and to you. olivia colman was awarded best actress in the golden globes. our correspondent reports. there are new pretenders to holyrood's crowns. but the british

do royalty best. arise olivia colman, best comedy actress. do royalty best. arise olivia colman, best comedy actresslj do royalty best. arise olivia colman, best comedy actress. i have been crying all evening. thank you for the sandwiches. she was much less polite in that favourite. it was queen that rock band celebrated in the union rhapsody that one best actor. vice is about a king maker and best comedy actor christian bale transformed himself. thank you to satan for giving the inspiration on how to play this role. in the tv award bodyguard's

leading man picked up best actor.|j would not be here without you. thank you. best supporting actor went to ben wishaw. he is a true queer hero and icon. this is for you. this is the biggest british success at the golden globes in a decade. there are signs of holyrood taking seriously the promises of greater equality and diversity in the characters and stories that make it on screen. what does it all mean for the oscars? we will see next month. now it is time for the weather. for most of us it has been a dull and

cloudy day back their weather has been brightening up in scotland behind this cold front that route southwards, tied in with a deep area of low pressure that has brought strong winds. 76 mph around the wick airport area. it will is the blustery through the north of scotland, aberdeen, before those winds cam overnight. quite a windy night across the uk. the wind. the frost from forming despite the fact that skies will be clearing, the exception is southern england, wales, northern ireland. tuesday, much brighter with more in the way of sunshine. there will be a few showers for northern scotland but otherwise dry. lower temperatures. it will feel colder and fresher. feeling colder in the wind. hello this is bbc news.

the headlines. the prime minister has unveiled a new, long term strategy for the nhs in england, aimed at saving up to half a million lives, in the coming decade. theresa may has been hosting drinks events at number ten, hoping to persuade mps to back her brexit plans. the commons will now vote on her proposals, next tuesday. meanwhile dozens of lorries have taken part in test runs on roads heading towards dover in kent, to measure the impact of added congestion, in the event of a no—deal brexit. the fear is extra checks at borders will mean huge tailbacks. a man accused of stabbing a passenger to death on a train in surrey in front of his teenage son, has appeared in court charged with murder. and the american actor, kevin spacey, has appeared in court, over allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenager at a bar in massachusetts, in 2016. an 18 year old saudi woman seeking

asylum after fleeing alleged abuse from her family has left the bangkok airport hotel room where she had barricaded herself in. rahaf mohammed alqunun says she fears she will be killed if forced to return home. immigration officials in thailand have given her a temporary permit while the un refugee agency assesses her case. jonathan head sent this report. emerging from her hotel sanctuary, 18—year—old rahaf mohammed alqunun — now safe with thai and un officials, after a drama followed by millions on social media. i'm still in the room. erm... i have no choice. a few hours earlier, she was barricaded in, sending out messages of defiance and pleas for help. i'm not leaving my room until i see unhcr. i want asylum.

she'd arrived in thailand at the weekend from kuwait, fleeing a family, she said, that might kill her. but thailand typically takes a hard line against asylum seekers. it had promised to deport her. yet after a blaze of publicity, it relented, the immigration chief coming to her hotel to promise that she would not be forced to go back. "i'm using my authority to let her enter thailand," said general surachate hakparn, "and hand her over to "united nations supervision." that's unusual in thailand. a senior un official was quickly dispatched to the airport and given promises about her safety. i am confident in the reassurances provided by the commissioner for immigration and other thai government officials. you're confident she won't be suddenly sent back? well, that... we have received assurances and guarantees that that will not happen. well, throughout today,

this hotel has been the scene of extraordinary comings and goings, with officials going in and out, trying to persuade the young saudi woman to come out of her room. at one point, we thought she'd be deported. now we know that thailand has given her an entry permit, the un is involved, and her request for asylum, they say, will be properly assessed. it might have been a very different ending. another saudi woman — deported from the philippines in similar circumstances — has not been seen since. this young woman has been lucky, though her ultimate fate is still unclear. more now on our top story, the long term plan for the nhs in england which the prime minister revealed today. she claims it will deliver world class care and could save up to 500,000 lives. with me is dr nicola strickland, president of the royal college of radiologists.

also i'm joined by professor helen stokes—lampard who is the chair of the royal college of general practitioners. thank you forjoining us. we will start in the studio. lots more money has been announced. the criticism seems to be throughout the day that you can have this money, where does it go? we know that one in 11 staff posts... there are great initiatives in the plan and we want to implement it but we need greater workforce in order to implement that plan and for cancer and for stroke which are the areas that affect our college, we have a much greater deficit in our workforce, so it is hard to see if we are feeling targets already how we are feeling targets already how

we will implement these laudable targets without a greater workforce, we need to train more radiologists as well as gps to implement this workforce plan. does that mean that while on the surface the plan looks good if you have not got the people to implemented there is not much point to it? it is good to have games that we await what will happen with the workforce plan. we are told there will be an announcement later in the year to tell us how we will be able to have more staff, particularly more doctors, in order to be able to implement this ten year plan in the nhs, there are good ambitions and intentions and we are desperate to implement it so that we can givea desperate to implement it so that we can give a world class cancer service, offer better service for stroke patients but we cannot do that without more doctors,

radiologists, clinical oncologists. we have heard the potential pitfalls there as far as radiologists are concerned. not enough staff. there isa concerned. not enough staff. there is a big business in this new plan of treating more people within the community, is that a problem, in terms of being able to help more people, staff shortages? it certainly is. if i were a patient today i would be excited. the aspirations are great. this is a good vision for the future. what it lacks is the detail of implementation. for the community there are a huge number of implications, increased moving from second in into the community, close to people's homes when it is usually cheaper, and patients want that, but you cannot do those things if you do not have the staff. we are notjust talking about gps, all the other health care professionals, nurses,

physio, paramedics. there are a lot of unanswered parts to it but the plan itself had some great aspirations and four more vulnerable groups in society, for those with specific health conditions there is ple nty of specific health conditions there is plenty of good news. one does wonder why these proposals have not been put forward a long time ago. treating more people in their local area, taking the pressure off hospitals, taking the pressure off services that are more centralised and therefore defusing the way that the nhs works. you must remember this has come in response to the announcement last summer, the nhs's 70th earth day present, additional money, the reason we have this now is that it builds on that promise and it also builds on the big set of promises 3—4 years ago. this is an evolutionary process. we are not

starting from a blank sheet. we are starting from a blank sheet. we are starting with a set of plans that are in train already. much of what is in this plan builds on that and tries to move us forward. you see that a big part of this needs to be more money for staff, or at least more staff. that is going to cost money. the problem is that the nhs is facing the kinds of pressure that so many other sections of society are facing. it is a question of priorities. we must prioritise the health of our people. that is what they want, that is what we wa nt that is what they want, that is what we want as doctors. it can be done. it is recognised in the plan by nhs england that there is a workforce issue that needs to be addressed. we could train more radiologists if we we re could train more radiologists if we were given the funding to do so. at the present

time we are turning away three or four young doctors who want to be radiologists for every post available. so it would be possible to start to implement that. i am pleased to see more medical students will be trained. that will help in the long term but that will take a minimum of ten years to get those stu d e nts minimum of ten years to get those students trinh—duc as doctors and radiologists or other specialists. we —— students trained as doctors. it is good to have these initiatives, excellent, and in the medical profession we support that, but we need help to take that forward and implement that by having more staff across the board. we hear about these early diagnostic centres. great idea. you also need the infrastructure to support that. admitted staff. having the it in place, to get networks of diagnosis, networks of regional therapy. that is important. everything is

integrated and depends upon a unified approach. i will leave it there. thank you very much for joining us. eight migrants who travelled across the channel in an inflatable dinghy have been picked up in kent by border officials. a search began after the empty vessel was found on the beach at dungeness early this morning. they're the latest group to have made the perilous journey across the channel. the government has promised to step up patrols. duncan kennedy reports. the young men looked cold and disorientated as they were picked up at the side of a road in kent this afternoon. we came across them as border force officials took them in. i managed to ask one simple question. are you ok? just keeping them warm. they had walked miles and expressed their exhaustion... how are you feeling? ..through their eyes. they were medically checked and taken away by immigration

officials, all watched by astonished local people. it's happening, isn't it? it's not stopping. so... yes, very scary. it was this tiny dinghy that brought the eight men across the english channel this morning. and this adapted plastic container their only way to bail out water. what today's landings also represent is the restart of these journeys. there haven't been any for the past week. this landing comes five days after the home secretary sajid javid visited dover, saying more ships are being brought in to stop migrants crossing. we spent several hours in the channel over the weekend to see if those new measures were in place. our skipper did find some suspected sightings of migrants. matt, what have we got here? well, at the moment, it seems that the border force boat is heading towards dungeness and also hms mersey,

so it looks like there could be something going on around that area or maybe even on the beach. but this was a false sighting. unlike the eight who did make it today, the ninth man, unseen here, arrested on suspicion of helping them. the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister has unveiled a new, long term strategy for the nhs in england, aimed at saving up to half a million lives, in the coming decade. theresa may has been hosting drinks events at number ten, hoping to persuade mps to back her brexit plans. the commons will now vote on her proposals, next tuesday. a man accused of stabbing a passenger to death on a train in surrey in front of his teenage son, has appeared in court charged with murder. 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. more now on that statement from the transport secretary in the house of commons follow a review of rules governing the use of drones around airports and air fields. in his statement chris grayling told mps police were to get extra power to tackle drone usage after major disruption at gatwick airport last month, including a widening of the exclusion zones around airports. aviation and passenger safety is at the heart of everything we do. while airports welcomed recent measures they asked for rules to be amended to better protect take—off and landing pads of aircraft. we have been listening to this to develop the optimum exclusion zone to meet

those requirements. it is important to stress that any restriction zone would not have presented a delivered at incidents such as that at gatwick. there are measures to protect aircraft and avoid potential conflicts. we will introduce additional protections around airports with a focus on protected exclusion zones from the runway ends alongside increasing eardrum restrictions around airports. drone users wishing to fly within this zone can only do so with permission. highways officials in kent say road traffic tests to prepare for the possibility of leaving the eu with no deal have been effective — despite only 89 lorries taking part. the department for transport had hoped that 150 lorries would be involved in the exercise, using manston airfield as an emergency car park. thousands of lorries visit channel ports every day and haulage groups have dismissed the exercise as window dressing.

tom burridge has more. more than 80 trucks parked on a runway. a government—led no—deal brexit drill, in case we exit the european union injust 12 weeks without a deal. manston airfield, just 16 miles north of britain's biggest port, will become a holding area for trucks, if there are suddenly new checks on goods and long queues at the border. they're now despatching the lorries in a controlled fashion, trying to work out how the roads en route to dover will cope. the hauliers taking part set off early. some believe no deal really is on the cards. on march 29th, i think it's going to be a bit of a fiasco. there won't be much getting out of the country and a lot coming in. i think the motorways will be absolute chaos. learning how to mitigate chaos on kent's roads in the approach towards dover was the aim of today's exercise, but it was small—scale —

more than 80 lorries involved, when 10,000 pass through the port each day. it's good to have a contingency and it's good to pressure—test it, but today was done with far too few vehicles and it was done too close to brexit. this should have been done a year ago. but today, at least, the roads were clear. on the face of it, today's exercise has gone pretty smoothly, but how much has the government really learnt from ushering 80 lorries down a few roads? this is also about the government sending a warning — it's the prime minister's deal, or no deal is a real option. the government calls its no—deal traffic plans operation brock. budget, £35 million. and it's working closely, and running today's drill, with the local council. you do accept that this can't replicate a no—deal scenario? of course we can't replicate it, because that would cause, well, we don't know what the scenario will be, but what we need to know is just actually to make sure we've got a flow and what impact it

would have on the local network. are you worried about no deal, the possibility? as a resident of kent, i'm worried, yes. the government says it has to plan for all eventualities. if the roads do not flow into dover, it will have a drastic impact on our economy and everyday life for those who live nearby. tom burridge, bbc news, in kent. let's talk now to ian wright, the director general for the food and drink association. thank you for being with us. so much of the produce that you had to deal with travels on our roads, are you worried about eight no—deal brexit? iam worried about eight no—deal brexit? i am scared about it. it is a serious prospect and that it happens that results will be grisly for all concerned, particularly for the uk's consumers. what do you make of this test to dry to deal with some of the potential problems? it is a technical rehearsal, not even a

dress rehearsal. it is important to understand that the government is doing the right things now in terms of planning and i am very impressed bya of planning and i am very impressed by a lot of the planning that is going on, but i think this is an exercise designed for the media rather than understanding the logistics of 10,000 lorries being parked. i agree with those who said this should have happened at least six months, probably 12 months ago. has anyone in the governments been in charge —— been in touch with you or anyone else in your organisation to talk about potential pitfalls with no deal yes. to talk about potential pitfalls with no dealyes. i gave to talk about potential pitfalls with no deal yes. i gave a to talk about potential pitfalls with no dealyes. i gave a monthly meeting with representatives in food and drink and we have excellent engagement with government departments. we meet weekly to

discuss these things. but this has come a little bit late. we should have been having some of the discussions we are having now three orfour months ago. discussions we are having now three or four months ago. did you raise concerns three or four months ago? yes. what was the response? i have been seeing that this is an accident waiting to happen in terms of access and ability to move traffic through the port, and that the northern ireland question in terms of food and are big issues and i started saying that the day after the brexit vote. i cannot be accused or anybody in the food and drink industry cannot be accused of not having made these points. i understand why the government has to go at a particular piece that that has to put its foot down on the accelerator to get on that now. i am interested in what

they said when you said these are potential problems, we are at the sharp end of this, we have got to move these goods by road, there is no deal, and there are lorry drivers queueing up, there are going to be backlogs, what did the government saving you raise these issues? you have read the script i was using because that is what we were seeing. we have been seeing it for two yea rs. we have we have been seeing it for two years. we have had three orfour secretaries of state at defra and many secretaries of state at the brexit ‘s apartment. now there is a minister specifically for this planning, that is a team in which the industry has a lot of confidence but this is going on a bit late. the industry has a lot of confidence but this is going on a bit latem we hit no deal, describe our roads the day after march 29.|j we hit no deal, describe our roads the day after march 29. i am not a traffic expert but i would say that

it will be extremely difficult to move on any of the south—east motorways in a southerly direction, and presumably fairly quickly in a northerly direction. the word i used earlier is one i would apply to the entire thing, the outcome of a no—deal brexit for everybody in the food and industry and all our customers, all 65 million people in this country, will be grisly. on that note we will leave it. if you thought swimming off the coast of eastern australia sounded nice, think again. strong winds have driven vast numbers of bluebottle jellyfish towards the the coast of queensland, australia, stinging thousands of people and forcing the closure of beaches. bluebottle stings are painful but typically not life—threatening. now it's time for a look

at the weather with chris fawkes. for many of us the weather has been grey and drab. cloud has brought light rain and drizzle at times. further north the skies have been brightening up with some sunshine earlier on today in east lothian, following the passage of a cold front. that is pushing southwards, linked in with low pressure which is bringing strong winds to scotland. at wick airport there was wind gusts of 76 mph. very blustery conditions remaining here before the winds begin to ease later on in the night. fairly brisk winds across much of the uk overnight, despite clearing

skies, temperatures will stay above freezing because of those brisk winds. where the cloud lingers, it will be a mild night. on tuesday it will be a mild night. on tuesday it will be a mild night. on tuesday it will be much brighterfor most of will be a mild night. on tuesday it will be much brighter for most of us with more sunshine. there will be a few showers in northern scotland. writer conditions, cooler and fresh air. feeling colder because of those winds. the winds eventually die away as we go through tuesday evening and we may see a frost in parts of scotland, northern ireland and parts of wales. weapons taken up most of us of wales. weapons taken up most of us bright and sunny after a cold start. —— wednesday, mostly bright and sunny. temperatures down on recent days. mostly on account of

its being a colder start. thursday, this warm front will push south west across england and wales. with that will come a lot of cloud, there may be some drizzle and misty and murky conditions around the coasts but milder era will push into the afternoon. a slow rise further south across england and wales. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. in the uk, the government tests plans for a no—deal brexit — with the help of 89 lorries and an abandoned airfield. the government says the tests went well. here's the opposition view. the government is fooling nobody! these shambolic preparations are too little, too late. a teenage saudi asylum seeker who barricadeed herself in her hotel room

in thailand has been spared intervention after the united nations intervened. kevin spacey has appeared in court in massachusetts, accused of sexually assaulting a teenager. his lawyers have submitted a not guilty plea.