this is bbc news. i'm ben brown and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" says her treatment amounted to abuse. is looking lovely on the beach in swanage butjust look at is looking lovely on the beach in swanage but just look at the distance here, we have some low cloud, stratus cloud rolling off the cliffs into the waters, that is actually fog from inland, which is dissipating as it reaches the coast. perfect dissipating as it reaches the coast. perfe . �* _ dissipating as it reaches the coast. perfe . �* ,, ., dissipating as it reaches the coast. perfect are we saying that because of our perfect are we saying that because of your age. _ perfect are we saying that because of your age. you — perfect are we saying that because of your age, you can't _ perfect are we saying that because of your age, you can't have, - perfect are we saying that because of your age, you can't have, you i of your age, you can't have, you can't be racist or you can't chinese authorities partially ease some covid restrictions — after a wave of nationwide anti—lockdown protests. you can see now, there's 23 ambulances with patients. more than 10,000 ambulances are getting stuck every week in long queues outside a&e units in england — the highest since records began. this is a whole system failure. it's just really traumatic for her, and to see a family member like that — just horrid, absolutely horrible.

donald trump's tax returns are handed to a democrat—led, congressional committee —ending a long legal fight by the former president to keep them under wraps. and making history — stephanie frappart prepares to become the first woman to referee at a men's world cup — in the game between costa rica and germany. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" has told the bbc her treatment by prince william's godmother amounted to an interrogation and was abuse. lady susan hussey has apologised

for what was said to ngozi fulani and resigned from her role as a royal aide. the row comes as the prince and princess of wales began their visit to the united states — where they'll focus on their annual earthshot environmental prize — as well as meeting president biden. ngozi fulani has been talking to bbc radio 4's today programme about what happened in her coversation with lady susan. iam clear i am clear about what happened. you ask me where i am from and i tell you from here, but where are you really from? you from here, but where are you really from 7 d0 you from here, but where are you really from?— you from here, but where are you really from? do you think, she did sa the really from? do you think, she did say the words. _ really from? do you think, she did say the words, where _ really from? do you think, she did say the words, where are - really from? do you think, she did say the words, where are you - really from? do you think, she did l say the words, where are you really from? ,, ., ., ., . ., from? she said it more than once and where are your _ from? she said it more than once and where are your people _ from? she said it more than once and where are your people from? - from? she said it more than once and where are your people from? and - from? she said it more than once and where are your people from? and i'm| where are your people from? and i'm like, so at that point you think, lady, this is not appropriate, and, i'm in a room full of women who have experienced domestic abuse, of

advocate, of so many different people, that i, how do i handle this situation? kindly and carefully. in my culture, we respect people that are ourelers basically, so, ifound myselves in the situation where i wasn't sure what you to do or how to handle it to be hop nest. d0 wasn't sure what you to do or how to handle it to be hop nest.— handle it to be hop nest. do you think she would _ handle it to be hop nest. do you think she would have _ handle it to be hop nest. do you think she would have reel- handle it to be hop nest. do you i think she would have reel released the effect it was having on you? absolutely, because, it is like, the three of us standing there and at one point i am like, lady what are you asking me, i am telling you i'm british, i am you asking me, i am telling you i'm british, iam born you asking me, i am telling you i'm british, i am born here, you asking me, i am telling you i'm british, iam born here, yes, buti know, i can see that i am, you know, a challenge trying to say, so, at that point, let us be clear what this is, and i think you know i have heard so many suggestions about her age, and stuff like that, and i think that is kind of a disrespect about ageism kind of thing. 0nce

think that is kind of a disrespect about ageism kind of thing. once i had established she appears to be of sound mind, right, and that this is what it appears to be, then i have to really question how this can happen, in a space that is supposed to protect women against all kinds of violence, although it is not fiscal violence it is an abuse. figs fiscal violence it is an abuse. as this conversation continued, did she, did she laugh, or did, how, did she, did she laugh, or did, how, did she walk off in the end, what happened? it she walk off in the end, what happened?— happened? it was like an interrogation, _ happened? it was like an interrogation, that - happened? it was like an interrogation, that is - happened? it was like an interrogation, that is the | happened? it was like an - interrogation, that is the only way i can explain it. she is determined where are you from, where are your people from, my people are from france, you must know where you come from. the force, this is, she is out there as some 83—year—old lady, that, lady this, and lady that, are we saying that because of your age, you can't have, you can't be racist

or you can't be inappropriate? i am not sure what is happening here, but i know that if you invite people to an event for, as i said, against domestic abuse and there are people there from different demographics if, i don't see the relevance of whether i am british or not british, i am very proud of my african heritage, i make that clear, this is like the windrush thing to me, you are trying to make me unwelcome, in my own space, and i asked her what do you want me to say? i have given you the answer, what to way want me to say. this went on for five minutes, what is out there is a synopsis. minutes, what is out there is a s no sis. ., minutes, what is out there is a synopsis-_ minutes, what is out there is a s nosis. ., ., ., synopsis. how do you feel about the fact that it has — synopsis. how do you feel about the fact that it has ended _ synopsis. how do you feel about the fact that it has ended in _ synopsis. how do you feel about the fact that it has ended in her - fact that it has ended in her resignation?— resignation? er, i am still processing _ resignation? er, i am still processing the _ resignation? er, i am still processing the whole - resignation? er, i am stilll processing the whole thing resignation? er, i am still- processing the whole thing to be honest, yeah? iwant processing the whole thing to be honest, yeah? i want the focus to remain where it should be, which is on the women and girls who are affected by domestic abuse, having

said that, she's employed by buckingham palace, and it is their decision and her decision to make i had no part in. authorities in some chinese cities have partially eased coronavirus restrictions after anti—lockdown protests rocked the country in recent days. in the southern city of guangzhou temporary control orders have been lifted in about half of the city's metropolitan districts. joining me now is chenchen zhang, assistand professor of international relations at durham university. we have seen this wave of extraordinary protests in china, is that response from the authority there, the slight easing of restriction,— there, the slight easing of restriction, . ., ., restriction, thanks for having me, i believe, restriction, thanks for having me, i believe. so — restriction, thanks for having me, i believe. so it _ restriction, thanks for having me, i believe, so it was _ restriction, thanks for having me, i believe, so it was already - restriction, thanks for having me, i

believe, so it was already easing, l believe, so it was already easing, before the protests came about, to some degree, with the guidelines published by the national health commission, so it was kind of easing but with a bit of back—and—forth movement, and now it seems that in response, in response to the mass si protests across the country, there are some easing measures, we can see, in some localities. find are some easing measures, we can see, in some localities.— see, in some localities. and is that a sin, see, in some localities. and is that a sign. then _ see, in some localities. and is that a sign, then that, _ see, in some localities. and is that a sign, then that, the _ see, in some localities. and is that a sign, then that, the government| a sign, then that, the government are reacting to the protester, because they are worried about the sort of demonstration, even though clearly they have cracked down on then, they have a lot of surveillance, they have been checking people's phones and so on. yes, but there are from signals from the top, that also this is not sustainable, so strict zero covid policy doesn't seem sustainable any more, with 0micron and everything, but this is going to be a slow and

gradual process for sure. share but this is going to be a slow and gradual process for sure.- gradual process for sure. are the rotests gradual process for sure. are the protests continuing, _ gradual process for sure. are the protests continuing, i _ gradual process for sure. are the protests continuing, i mean - gradual process for sure. are the protests continuing, i mean they| protests continuing, i mean they have certainly died down, but are they still continuing in some areas of the country? in they still continuing in some areas of the country?— of the country? in some areas, in afghanistan _ of the country? in some areas, in afghanistan joe. _ of the country? in some areas, in afghanistan joe, there _ of the country? in some areas, in afghanistan joe, there are - of the country? in some areas, in afghanistan joe, there are some l afghanistanjoe, there are some protests still going on, but in other cities like shanghai where we saw big protest, over the weekend, they have a police presence and there is another one, there is public mourning, actually in shanghai this morning, but that was officially organised so it is not developing into protest, it is more pacified mourning, organised by the authorities, i believe. what pacified mourning, organised by the authorities, i believe.— authorities, i believe. what was extraordinary — authorities, i believe. what was extraordinary about _ authorities, i believe. what was extraordinary about the - authorities, i believe. what was| extraordinary about the protests authorities, i believe. what was - extraordinary about the protests was they ended up notjust being about covid but some calling for president

xijinping to stand down, you know, messages against the come its —— communist party and so on, are we likely to to see that sort of protest again or do you think that have been crushed for the time being? have been crushed for the time bein: ? ~ ., , , have been crushed for the time beina? . , , being? within china it seems it has been crushed _ being? within china it seems it has been crushed for— being? within china it seems it has been crushed for the _ being? within china it seems it has been crushed for the time - being? within china it seems it has been crushed for the time being, i being? within china it seems it has i been crushed for the time being, but there are also lots of o solidarity movements and mobilisations across the world, among the overseas students communities and so on, what is important is the idea has been passed on, and the idea is not going away, even if immediate actions are now cracked down within china. 0k. assistant professor of international relations at durham university, many thanks for your thoughts.— more than 10,000 ambulances a week are being left stuck in queues

of at least an hour outiside accidenct and emergency units in england. the total is the highest since records began and means — according to bbc analysis — that one in eight ambulance crews were facing these delays by the middle of november. the target for handing patients over to a&e staff is within 15 minutes of arrival. ambulance response times also hit their worst levels on record in recent months and paramedics have warned the problems are causing patients �*severe harm'. in cornwall, patients facing emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes are now waiting more than two hours on average for an ambulance to get to them. the target is 18 minutes. these delays are thought to be amongst the worst, but ambulance services across the whole of the uk are missing their targets. paramedics say they are facing a �*perfect storm' — even when patients are admitted into a&e, they can face long waits for a bed on a ward. our health correspondentjim reed has this report. just a few months ago, mary lynn was up, about and mobile.

then she had a bad fall. the ambulance took 11 hours to reach her. the doctors had said not to move her off the floor in case she had damaged any bones or anything like that. and when they did eventually arrive, she was really poorly and i thought i was going to lose her. when mary lynn got to hospital, she had to wait over an hour in the ambulance before she could be moved into a&e. she's now recovering, but that day has taken its toll. she deteriorated mentally, and that is a direct result of how poorly she was because of how long she'd been left. you can see now the 23 ambulances with patients. this has been a problem across much of the country. hospital backlogs mean, often, there's not enough room for ambulances to unload sick patients. when they get to a&e, ambulances should be able to deliver patients in 15 minutes, but 10,000 crews a week in england are now stuck outside for an hour or more, the highest ever, with other parts

of the uk facing similar problems. that means it's now taking more than an hour, on average, to respond to someone with a stroke or possible heart attack in england. in some cases, it's much longer. 85—year—old kula had to wait 1a hours for paramedics after breaking her hip. it's not really a state that anybody should be left in for that length of time, because you don't know what complications it could lead to. but when paramedics tried to drop her at hospital, there was another wait, this time for 26 hours, in the back of an ambulance, before she could be admitted. i cannot fault the ambulance crews, the paramedics, the nurses or doctors at all in any of this. this is a whole—system failure. it's just really traumatic for her. and to see a family member like that, it'sjust horrid,

absolutely horrible. the government says there is extra funding to pay for more staff and free up hospital beds. a full emergency care plan is due in the new year. but with winter coming, along with strike action involving some nurses and ambulance services, hospital bosses are warning of difficult times ahead. jim reed, bbc news. 0ur health correspondent nick triggle is here. some alarming statistics and we are not epidemic in the depth of wepter yet.? is a not epidemic in the depth of wepter yet. ? is a very start of the winter period, that is who the college of paramedics are warning that the figures are likely to get worse in the coming month, the thing we have been looking at is the delays ambulances face, when they arrive at a&e with the sick and injured patients and are trying to hand them over, that is meant to be known 15 minutes, in mid—november,10,000 ambulances a week were taken over an hour to hand over patient, we have got data in in the last half hour,

to late november, and that has risen to late november, and that has risen to over 11,000 ambulances a week, facing these one hour plus delay, and as the package there showed, some patients are waiting hours an hours, not for the ambulance to arrive and then outside a&e and the couege arrive and then outside a&e and the college of paramedics and the royal couege college of paramedics and the royal college of paramedics and the royal college of emergency medicine says this is a risk to patients, and potentially causing severe harmful and regional variations as you would expect, but i think in cornwall some of the figures for how long it takes to get an ambulance to come to you even when you have had a heart attack are shocking.— even when you have had a heart attack are shocking. they are, the liberal democrats _ attack are shocking. they are, the liberal democrats under - attack are shocking. they are, the liberal democrats under freedom | attack are shocking. they are, the i liberal democrats under freedom of information act managed to get information about local response times so up to the end of march, and they found that in cornwall, which had the worst response rates for what are called category two calls, things like heart attacks aped

strokes should be reached within 18 minute, in cornwall it was taking over an hour minute, in cornwall it was taking overan hourand a0 minute, in cornwall it was taking over an hour and a0 minutes last year, to reach patient, we know already, over the last few months that situation has deteriorated everyone further and in cornwall it is taking over two hours. and what happen is the evidence in terms of how much damage this is doing, how many lives this is costing, the sort of delays? there is a lot of research _ costing, the sort of delays? there is a lot of research to _ costing, the sort of delays? there is a lot of research to show - costing, the sort of delays? there is a lot of research to show that i is a lot of research to show that the delays, having to wait a long time in the back of an ambulance before you get admitted is a risk and not reaching patients who are having heart attacks and strokes could, could cause deaths, when you look at the excess deaths we are seeing, how many are being recorded are, in the last six months we have seen about 700 more every week than you would nremly, expect, and the royal college of emergency medicine believes perhaps a quarter of these

700 deaths are related to the problems with the emergency care system. they can't be exact, but they fear that the delays and the problems are costing lives. nick, thank you very much. joining me now is rory 0'connor, chair of council at the college of paramedics — the professional body for paramedics in the uk. what is your sense of the situation, tell us what it is like on the ground for paramedic crews? i think what it is like _ ground for paramedic crews? i think what it is like on _ ground for paramedic crews? i think what it is like on the _ ground for paramedic crews? i think what it is like on the ground - ground for paramedic crews? i think what it is like on the ground is - what it is like on the ground is very reflective of the report i have just heard and what your correspondent has said. it is so challenging, my heart goes out to those individualfamilies challenging, my heart goes out to those individual families affected and this is happening up and down across the uk every day, i think you talked about potential harm, i don't think it is potential, it is real harm, and they are suffering in the system and staff are suffering in a system and staff are suffering in a system that is failing round them and it is a failing system that we

deliver the level of care we want to deliver the level of care we want to deliver in the uk, and it is such a frustrating place to be in, and you almost feel powerful as a professional because you want to do the best for your patients and you are working in a system that doesn't let you do that. who; are working in a system that doesn't let you do that-— let you do that. why is it a failing s stem, let you do that. why is it a failing system. is _ let you do that. why is it a failing system. is it _ let you do that. why is it a failing system, is it about _ let you do that. why is it a failing system, is it about money, - let you do that. why is it a failing system, is it about money, put i let you do that. why is it a failing i system, is it about money, put your finger op what is wrong? i system, is it about money, put your finger op what is wrong?— finger op what is wrong? i think a erfect finger op what is wrong? i think a perfect store _ finger op what is wrong? i think a perfect store was _ finger op what is wrong? i think a perfect store was mentioned i finger op what is wrong? i think a perfect store was mentioned and | finger op what is wrong? i think a i perfect store was mentioned and that is a fair reflection of where are, money is annish o but there is medium term issue, retaining high quality workforce, ensuring we respond correctly and tryiage calls correctly, ensuring that flow through hospitals, everybody in the system individually is working as hard as they can and primary care and the plans service, but it's a system wide failing. i think from an ambulance service and paramedic perspective i would look at the

medium term issues, are we tray training enough paramedics, are we working hard to retain them. i mean, are these delays, _ working hard to retain them. i mean, are these delays, are _ working hard to retain them. i mean, are these delays, are they _ working hard to retain them. i mean, are these delays, are they costing i are these delays, are they costing lives? we were just uk to nick, are these delays, are they costing lives? we werejust uk to nick, our health correspondent about that claim that potentially they are costing lives, what is your view of that? ' , costing lives, what is your view of that? g , ., ., that? my personal view, and the view of some of the _ that? my personal view, and the view of some of the evidence _ that? my personal view, and the view of some of the evidence is _ that? my personal view, and the view of some of the evidence is that i i of some of the evidence is that i don't think it is potentially costing lives i think it is costing lives, it is very hard to up neckache when the harm is nearly unseen in the community, so this harm is unseen because it is people we don't get to and it is hard to know whether we could have done anything for them or not, if we had got to them quicker, my impression from talking to colleagues and looking at the evidence there is harm happening everywhere happening, every day, and, these really heartfelt stories about people

waiting 1a hours, is, i think, isn't an anomaly, is it reflective of day—to—day situation, that crews and patient his face. day-to-day situation, that crews and patient his face.— patient his face. what is shocking is not 'ust patient his face. what is shocking is not just those _ patient his face. what is shocking is not just those very _ patient his face. what is shocking is not just those very long - patient his face. what is shocking j is notjust those very long waiting times but for people in acute need, they might have to wait something like two hours, it is extraordinary. it really s and you know, words like extraordinary are thrown round a lot, i think at the moment, so the issue we have is that when you look at the figures we are already in a worse place than we were in the peak of last winter, that is not a good place to be, in we are failing the people in society that need us the most. the people who are acutely unwell, we have to address that, i want to mention the harm to patients but also the harm to staff and people who are working hard in the

system. the level of moral injury and the impact this is having on hard—working staff, trying to deliver high quality care is catastrophic, and trying to address that, and retain a world force and build it is a problem we are talking to it and we will have to work hard to it and we will have to work hard to address it with our partners. thanks for talking to us an independent investigation will be held into the treatment of a five—year—old boy who died after being sent home from hospital. yusuf mahmud nazir died from pneumonia nine days after being refused treatment at rotherham hospital. rotherham nhs hospital trust had previously said it would carry out an internal inquiry, but now says independent investigators will be appointed to review yusuf�*s care. 0ur correspondent anjana gadgil outlined what happened to yusuf mahmud nazir once he fell ill with a sore throat

on november 13th. he was prescribed antibiotics by the family gp, but his health got worse and he developed a really serious throat infection, so his family drove him to the emergency department at rotherham hospital, where they were seen by a doctor, who prescribed him more antibiotics but sent him home. and that was despite the family's attempts for him to be admitted. his uncle, zaheer ahmed, told the bbc at the weekend that he was told by the hospital they neither had the space nor the staff to admit him. we were begging for their help. we were begging them for their help. we said, "we need you, please can you just give him this antibiotics, can you treat him?" they said, "we haven't got the beds, we haven't got the doctors, we haven't got the facilities, nothing we can do." four days later, yusuf was unable to eat, speak or drink and he was taken by ambulance to sheffield children's hospital, where he was put on an intravenous drip. but his condition deteriorated, he developed pneumonia and he had

four cardiac arrests. and he died on november 23rd. his family believe he could have been saved if he'd been treated earlier. so there is going to be this independent investigation. do we know exactly what that's going to be, what that will entail? so, rotherham nhs hospital trust had previously said it would carry out an internal investigation, but today its chief executive, dr richard jenkins, said that an independent investigation would now review yusuf�*s care. he said he was working with nhs england to identify exactly who would carry out that investigation. and he said it's vital that it's thorough and independent. sarah champion is the family's constituency mp. she welcomed the fact that an investigation will take place and said that "it needs to look at the response from primary and secondary care organisations to find out what went so horribly wrong". she also said it has to be really robust and independent. drjenkins also said that he's spoken to yusuf�*s uncle, who we just saw there in that clip, to directly express his condolences and to apologise to the family. he said that the family would be involved in deciding

the terms of the reference of the investigation. the us treasury has made available documents containing former president donald trump's tax returns to a congressional committee. mr trump has long argued that the investigation is politically motivated. they can analyse these documents to see what kind of methods donald trump has been using to, as we understand, pay relatively little in taxes over the years in question. some six years of documents have been handed over. of course, this follows a long legal fight by the president to keep them under wraps. this really goes back to 2016, when donald trump first stood for the white house. he became the first president in four decades not to hand over his tax documents.

and during the time in office for him, he was successful in that. things changed whenjoe biden became president, and there was more pressure on the former president to hand over these documents. he used every legal tactic, it seems, in the book to keep those documents private. it went to the highest court in the land, the supreme court, and they ruled just last week. the ruling went against donald trump. the court said, without offering any comment, that the treasury had to hand them over to the house ways and means committee which is involved in an investigation, looking at where tax officials are properly auditing presidential candidates and whether any new legislation is needed. so, that that investigation is about more than donald trump, but this has become about donald trump in large part because of the way in which the issue has been politicised. but of course as well because people are simply curious as to why donald trump has insisted for all of these years

that these documents, these tax returns be kept private. will americans see them, do you think? will they become public? i think that is quite likely. an independent panel in south africa has found that president cyril ramaphosa may have committed serious violations of the constitution linked to a burglary at his farm. he's now facing the threat of impeachmentjust two weeks before the anc meets to decide who their new leader will be. gail mclellan reports. it was a robbery at cyril ramaphosa's farm, phala phala in limpopo, in 2020 that set this in motion. after an estimated $a million in cash hidden under sofa cushions was stolen by robbers who fled into namibia, a former security chief accused the president of trying to hide the theft, and also prompted allegations of money laundering. the president denied any wrongdoing but, following an outcry, an independent panel was set up to investigate. their report suggests

that the president should face further scrutiny. that the president should face underlining the seriousness of the situation, one of the panel — former chiefjustice sandile ngcobo — said any moves to impeach the president must be based on firm evidence. dragging the president before an impeachment process is a huge decision. it cannot be done on flimsy grounds. there has to be something tangible that you can hold onto before you take that decision. the speaker of the national assembly set out the next steps. the house will consider the report, its findings and recommendations, and adopt a resolution through a simple majority vote, whether a further action by

the house is necessary or not. cyril ramaphosa — who has consistently denied wrongdoing — became president vowing to tackle the corruption that had infected the anc under his predecessor, jacob zuma. parliament may choose not to proceed to impeach the president, but the scandal has overshadowed his bid for re—election. gail mclellan, bbc news. in the uk, citizens advice is warning that more and more people are slipping further into debt to pay for basics such as rent and bills. and the charity says a growing number of pensioners and homeowners are seeking help. it�*s described a �*ticking time bomb of debt�* as it sees a rising number of people going into the red — as hannah miller reports. david mcginley wants to give his children the best but, increasingly, his family are struggling just to get by. are you borrowing to pay for basics like food?

my wife�*s dad actually lent us money this week to get shopping for the kids. so we are not too bothered about us, but they did not have sandwich stuff for school and teas this week, so dad actually helped us out. but we are just desperate at times. david looks after two—year—old jack while his wife is working full—time in a care home. he also has a part—time job in the corner shop. david looks after two—year—old jack while his wife is working full—time in a care home. he also has a part—time job in the corner shop. i�*ve got £7.a3 on the electric, which is roughly two days. the family have a debt management plan to gradually pay back around £7,000 afterfalling behind on bills, including energy and council tax. once you start falling behind, you know, luckily we have family who can lend us money, help us out, but then we have

got to pay them back. you are just for ever chasing a never—ending debt. it looks like even now, with christmas coming up, we have had to borrow money off two or three family members. we have not even gone out and started yet. how do you feel about christmas coming up? guilt, ifeel guilty. the charity citizens advice is warning that more and more people have less than zero left to spend at the end of the month. the average amount their debt clients have remaining after paying essential living costs is just 1p. it�*s heartbreaking, really. especially if you think about the clients that we have coming in. a lot of them will be single parents and they are really struggling to put food on the table and stuff like that. people are really trying to keep on top of their finances but it is so difficult at the moment

with everything that is going on.

it is really clear to us that every other person coming through the doors are having their benefits reduced because of government death repayments, and because of those

payments extremely low, it is clear that any deductions from that amount will force people deeper into poverty. when we spoke to people experiencing the issue, the overwhelming feeling was the lack of control. they had no real idea why payments were coming out and what they could do to reduce them if they were facing financial hardship. that is why we are urging the government to take a deeper look at the issue and really try to install a more just system to ensure that any repayments being taken by the cut don�*t put people into poverty. i think you are saying that benefits are being deducted by as much as 25%, but what is the reason they government are doing this? for many people, it is because they have had to take on loans from the government itself, and so they cannot build up any form of savings, that buffet we

all rely on, the rainy day fund, and people claiming universal credit cannot put any money away at the end of the month. they have to return to the government when the washing machine breaks all the car needs an mot, and i have to repay that to the government at an extortionate rate, and when the income is already so low, it will leave people facing hardship, and people are going without food because of these deductions. without food because of these deductions-— at the world cup, the pressure is on belgium and germany to qualify for the knockout stage after disappointing starts to the tournament. one of the teams, canada, is already out of the competition after losing two previous games. is already out of the competition let�*s talk more on this now tojohn watson in doha. hi, ben. well, it is really, i

guess, germany and spain will take centre stage, won�*t they, i guess, when you consider that germany went out at the group stage of the last world cup, after winning in 201a, and it seems almost unthinkable that they could be on the cusp of going out if they do not win today. they must beat costa rica to keep their hopes alive, but so much still at play in that group, a win would send costa rica through. japan are in action against spain, they produced action against spain, they produced a huge upset in their opening match, beating germany. a lot for them still at stake, spain only need a draw, but they will not want to take any chances, and they certainly have produced some impressive results so far without huge win over costa rica in group stage. so two big hitters in group stage. so two big hitters in the shape of spain and germany in action today, and so much still at stake for them. talking about

belgium, another big nation, a number of very talented players, they finished third at the last world cup but suffered a shock losing to morocco, they will have to bounce back with a victory later, something they will be chasing in a match against croatia, no easy task when you consider that croatia themselves were semifinalists at the last world cup. there have been rumours and suggestions that there is some unrest within the belgian camp, talk of stirring up negative headlines, and that is something the manager is having to contend with, as well as preparing his experienced but ageing team to try to steer them through to the last 16, which is something theirfans through to the last 16, which is something their fans will expect. canada have played well, they play morocco, and morocco, if they win, they would go through to the last 16 for the first time since 1986. canada are already out, along side

host qatar, disappointing for canada when you consider some of the performances they have put in at this world cup. there will be a particularly special day, history will be made today certainly in that germany—costa rica match, as a result of the line—up that we will see in the match with regards to the officials, stephanie frappart will become the first female referee to officiate a men�*s world cup match, a huge stride forward is in regards to football. she will be taking charge of that match, germany against costa rica, an all—female team on the pitch, with brazilian and mexican assistance. —— assistants. it is going to be fascinating, isn�*t it, as we edge ever closer to the last 16, the knockout phase of the world

cup, so no mistakes can be made then, it is win or bust for those teams remaining. england will be hoping tojoin the teams remaining. england will be hoping to join the likes of france, who booked their place in the last 16,, england hoping to replicate the run that they managed in that last world cup, to the semifinals, four years ago, when they face senegal in what will be a huge last 16 tie on sunday. ben. what will be a huge last 16 tie on sunday- iten-— sunday. ben. can't wait for that one, sunday. ben. can't wait for that one. thank— sunday. ben. can't wait for that one, thank you _ sunday. ben. can't wait for that one, thank you very _ sunday. ben. can't wait for that one, thank you very much, i sunday. ben. can't wait for thatj one, thank you very much, john watson with the latest in doha. the united nations has announced its humanitarian appeal for 2023. it says it needs a record $51.3 billion to fund its work next year. the figure is a 25% increase on its appeal last year. the world body says the cash will support 230 million people worldwide. humanitarian needs are, the un says, shockingly high, with the war in ukraine, mass hunger in the horn of africa, and flooding in pakistan.

0ur correspondent imogen foulkes is in geneva, and shejoins me now. so that is what they are asking for, do they think they will get it? irla do they think they will get it? no is the do they think they will get it? in? is the short answer to that. the 2022 appeal is now, on december the 1st, 2022 appeal is now, on december the ist, a7% 2022 appeal is now, on december the 1st, a7% funded, so you have an indication of the fact that un humanitarian appeals are rarely close to being fully funded, but i think what we need to look at here for 2023 is that we have got these brand—new crises in 2022, huge conflict in europe, ukraine, we have got the fifth successive drought in somalia, that country really is on the brink of famine now, that risk is spreading across the horn of africa. the un believes a5 million people are actually approaching

starvation famine conditions, so we have enormous need, on top of very long—term crises like afghanistan or yemen or syria. so 2023 is going to be a very challenging year for over 300 million people who are in need, and a challenging year for the aid agencies, so it is going to be challenging. agencies, so it is going to be challenging-— agencies, so it is going to be challenauin. , , _, , challenging. they help countries will be generous, _ challenging. they help countries will be generous, but _ challenging. they help countries will be generous, but where i challenging. they help countries | will be generous, but where does challenging. they help countries i will be generous, but where does the money come from? it will be generous, but where does the money come from?— money come from? it comes from traditional donor _ money come from? it comes from traditional donor countries, i i money come from? it comes from traditional donor countries, i have j traditional donor countries, i have just been at a meeting of diplomats, we had a lot of fine words from the ambassadors of france, germany, the united kingdom, and the fact that we have got, you now, inflation, rising food and fuel prices which means that even if countries give the same, it doesn�*t buy as much. the

world food programme has had to cut back because it cost so much to ship grain. we have countries, the united kingdom is one of them, of course, which has reduced foreign aid. everybody hopes that the uk will be back on board with the 0.7%, rather than the 0.5% it is reduced to at the moment, but the traditional donor countries are also feeling the squeeze. they invested huge amounts getting through the covid pandemic. the un wants to look at other ways of funding, the private sector, it is looking at that, but i think it is looking at that, but i think it is safe to say that this time next yeari is safe to say that this time next year i will be talking to you and you will be asking me, did the un get the $51 billion? and i will be saying no. deloitte that is a prediction for the future. image and, prediction for the future. image and. thank _ prediction for the future. image and, thank you _ prediction for the future. image and, thank you very _ prediction for the future. image and, thank you very much i prediction for the future. image i and, thank you very much indeed. --

and, thank you very much indeed. —— imogen. homeowners are being warned that throwing batteries into their rubbish bins is causing 700 fires a year. councils across the uk have told the organisation material focus, which campaigns for the proper disposal of electricals, that the fires are becoming an increasingly dangerous problem. here�*s our science correspondent victoria gill. the first smoke is subtle. but within minutes, this smoldering pile is a majorfire. while no—one was hurt, this aberdeenshire recycling facility was destroyed, and the company says the most likely cause was a battery inside a discarded electrical device. we�*re using and disposing of more and more electrical items. and contained in many of those devices are lithium—ion batteries. more and more of the people are putting these devices in their general rubbish, or they�*re mixing them with their normal recycling. and that causes a real problem for facilities like this, because they have a tendency, once damaged, to explode or ignite. and when you put them in your general rubbish or your recycling,

they�*re likely to be crushed, compacted, smashed, or they might get wet, and that can cause them to become damaged or to short—circuit. and then, of course, they�*re in the presence of lots of other flammable material like plastic and paper and card, and that can lead to quite big fires. many, particularly small, electrical items are making their way into these facilities, hidden in huge mixed piles of household rubbish. this cctv footage shows the danger. when they�*re crushed, lithium—ion batteries can heat up and explode. many of us have numerous small electrical devices like these in our homes. so if you want to dispose of them safely, how do you do it? well, there is a website where you can enter your postcode and find the nearest collection box that will take your device. the best thing to do is to bring it to your recycling centre, and you can dispose of that safely with other small electrical items. but also supermarkets, a lot of supermarkets

will have recycling points especially for batteries, so you can dispose of them there, as well. waste campaigners and fire—safety experts, who�*ve seen the dangers up close, are calling for much clearer rules and government guidance on how to safely dispose of electrical devices. but the lesson here, they say, is never put electricals or batteries in your household rubbish. victoria gill, bbc news. at least two people have been killed and dozens are missing after a landslide on a motorway in southern brazil. rescue workers say bad weather and the remote location are complicating the search effort. sylvia lennan—spence reports. the torrent of mud came rushing down a steep hillside after days of heavy rain in the brazilian state of parana. it swept across a large section of this highway, washing away everything in its path, including sections of road, as well as around 20 cars and trucks. emergency responders say dozens of people are missing. they�*re using drones with heat—detecting cameras

to try to find survivors. but bad weather and the remote location are hampering the search. closure of the highway is causing serious issues for brazilian industry, cutting off access to paranagua port, the country�*s second—biggest port for grain and sugars shipments. about 80% of goods to paranagua arrive by trucks, but the port authority say it is too early to estimate the potential losses from the disruption. the national weather service is now issuing further heavy rain warnings for multiple state. sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. the governments in peru and ecuador have declared three—month—long health emergencies, because of an outbreak of bird flu. tens of thousands of birds have died, and hundreds of thousands more will be slaughtered,

to try to stop the spread of the disease. vaccination programme are also being put in place. bird flu has already wiped out more than 50 million birds in the us this year, and outbreaks are also being tackled in europe. as the world cup approaches the end of the group stages, fans have been flying from all over the world for the action. qatar is expecting more than a million people to visit during the tournament. but due to a shortage of affordable accommodation options, many fans are staying in neighbouring gulf countries and are using special shuttle flights to travel to doha to watch the matches. the organisers are operating 500 match flights every day, but this has raised concerns about the impact on the environment. 0ur middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi reports from dubai. for many of these fans, this is a moment they have waited for so long — getting on a flight that will take them to watch the world cup. due to a shortage of hotel rooms in qatar, tens of thousands of visitors like these are staying

in the uae and taking shuttle flights to qatar to attend the football carnival. dubai has emerged as the largest hub for travelling fans outside doha, with up to 120 match—day shuttle flights operating from here daily. ever since the world cup started, every hour 3—a match flights have been taking off from this terminal and, during that period, almost the same number of flights have been landing here, bringing back the fans from doha. 20,000 fans have been flying in and out of this airport every day to catch the football action in qatar. but the environmental cost of transporting visitors for the tournament has raised doubts about the organisers�* pledge to host the first—ever carbon—neutral world cup. 500 shuttle flights have been flying in and out of qatar every day from neighbouring gulf countries. in addition to that, hundreds of private jets and charter planes have also been landing in the country. according to one report, shuttle flights are emitting 6—8,000 tonnes of c02 every day. the rationale behind constructing

so many stadiums in such a small geographical area in and around doha was to overcome or to minimise the amount of flying. and now this is no longer the case. qatar has defended its decision to use direct shuttle flights, calling them significantly more carbon effective compared to flights with stopovers. but it�*s notjust the shuttle service. independent researchers have also questioned claims by the organisers that the tournament will generate 3.6 million metric tonnes of c02. paris—based greenly says there is an undercount and estimates the carbon footprint for the event will be almost 70% higher. the discrepancy comes from essentially the fact that qatar has discounted the emissions linked to the infrastructure spending because they said that it would be used for, you know, the next 50 years and for other events. so they�*ve chosen to use the counting metrics that were the most favourable to the organisers.

qatar is relying on carbon credits to offset emissions related to the tournament. but there are concerns about the credibility of those plans. it also comes as a pressing reminder for fifa to find urgent solutions to make the football world cup more sustainable in the future. sameer hashmi, bbc news, dubai. we�*ve been following the journey of the former rugby league star rob burrow, as he continues to take on the challenges that come with living with motor neurone disease. the latest in his long list of inspirational achievements is to read a cbeebies bedtimes story, using technology controlled by his eyes. he wanted to do it for his own children, but also for any child who uses technology to communicate. graham satchell reports. jackson! and now guy. rob burrow with his family at the cbeebies studio. who is it? i'm shy.

hey, nice to meet you. is your name jackson? rob is here to record a bedtime story. behind the scenes, rob�*s daughter maya is ready with some last—minute advice. what do i say? you�*re going to count down again and "big smile". dad, remember — big smile. five, four, three, two, one. action! cbeebies bedtime story! hello. i�*m rob. i can�*t use my voice in the way that maybe you can, which is why i use this computer to talk for me. it�*s called an eyegaze. i use my eyes to gaze or look at the words and it speaks for me. it�*s like magic. watching at home in sunderland, lucy and her mum jo. lucy has cerebral palsy and also uses a computer to help her communicate. where did you go?

in bolton, this is beech class at green fold school. many of the children here have learning difficulties and are non—verbal. i used to play rugby as myjob. but something happened that made my world go upside down. it made me feel topsy—turvy. but i was brave and didn�*t give up. from that day on... rob is reading a book called tilda tries again. it tells the story of a happy little girl whose world unexpectedly turns upside down. all of a sudden, everything was topsy—turvy and nothing felt right any more. eventually, tilda gave up and decided to do nothing. tilda sees a ladybird stuck on its back. then the ladybird tried again. and again. until, at last, it flew free. tilda thought about this — the ladybird hadn�*t given up, so neither would she. from that day on, whenever tilda�*s world felt a bit wobbly,

she just tried her best. and if that didn�*t work, tilda tried again. so what did the kids think? in bolton, the children use a range of voice—activated devices and books with symbols to communicate. was the book great, good, funny, fun, clever? what do you think? it was great, was it? yeah. 0k. the book was ok? anything else you would like to say about it? did you think it was good that that man was using his eyes to talk like you do? fantastic. so the book was ok, fantastic. in sunderland, lucy used her device to tell us what she thought. i feel happy.

i feel happy rob burrow is reading cbeebies�* bedtime story. lucy's grown up watching the bedtime story and never until now has she seen herself represented in that way. she's been so excited, thinking that this was going to happen. ijust think it's incredible. it will help notjust lucy, but hopefully other communication device users everywhere. wasn�*t tilda brave? even though, at times, things felt a little topsy—turvy and she wanted to give up, she didn�*t. she just kept on trying. rob�*s own perseverance and fortitude in the face of such a cruel illness is extraordinary. his determination to live every moment, to create memories for his family. it was so cool to go to the cbeebies studio i and listen to daddy. read tilda tries again. we went in the gallery- and pressed lots of buttons. it was so much fun and we even

got to shout "action!" - remember, everything always feels so much better in the morning. night—night. tributes have been coming in for christine mcvie, the hugely successful singer and songwriter who was apart of the rock band fleetwood mac, has died at the age of 79. the band sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the most successful groups ever. david sillito reports. music: don�*t stop. fleetwood mac and don�*t stop, the song bill clinton chose as his campaign anthem. # just think what tomorrow will do # don�*t stop thinking about tomorrow # don�*t stop, it�*ll soon be here

# it�*ll be better than before # yesterday�*s gone, yesterday�*s gone... # the songwriter — christine mcvie. she had been part of the british blues scene in the �*60s with the band chicken shack and also as a solo artist before joining mick fleetwood and her husband john mcvie. she had a gift for writing hits. # tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies... # "little lies everywhere, you make loving fun." many of the band�*s best—known songs were her work, but she tired of the endless touring. # you can go your own way # go your own way... # there was a long break, but she rejoined the band in 201a. # and i love you, i love you, i love you

# like never before... # fleetwood mac has had many ups and downs, but their success owed much to the songwriting skill of christine mcvie. in a statement, the band said it was so lucky to have a life with her. the great christine mcvie, who has died at the age of 79. her fleetwood mac bandmates have been paying their respects. stevie nicks tweeted this handwritten tribute. "a few hours ago i was told that my best friend "in the whole world since the first day of 1975, had passed away. "see you on the other side, my love. "don�*t forget me." and mick fleetwood tweeted, "part of my heart has flown away today. "i will miss everything about you christine mcvie. "memories abound. they fly to me."

she will indeed be very sadly missed, a great singer—songwriter. you have been watching bbc news. hello. well, some of you will get to see the sunshine at times through today. for others, where we start the day with some thick fog around, it is going to stay fairly gloomy and fairly cold all day long. that fog probably lingering longest across some parts of the south—west midlands, eastern parts of wales as well, and the south—west of england, temperatures around two or three degrees here. but you can see there are breaks in the cloud elsewhere across central and southern england and wales. so some sunshine, just a small chance of showers towards parts of east anglia and kent. greater chance of some rain, though, across scotland, not as heavy as this morning, but still damp in the north and east. but the mildest conditions to be found here, 11—13 degrees in west of scotland and northern ireland. through tonight, fog re—forms and extends even more across parts of the west midlands, eastern wales, maybe into parts

of the north west too. a bit more breezy in east anglia, the south east, not as much of a fog problem, greater chance of some showers here, but where we see clear skies across england, wales, a chance of frost and some fog patches, mildest again, scotland and northern ireland. now as we go into friday, the big picture shows what�*s happening at the moment. high pressure there across in scandinavia and russia, on the southern edge of it, we�*ve got winds coming in from the east, increasingly so, and that will bring greater chance in east anglia, the south east, towards parts of the channel islands, of some showers through friday. many parts there will be dry. a bit of patchy rain in 0rkney and shetland, fairly cloudy in scotland, northern and western england, wales and the south west. some of that fog you saw in the morning could linger into the afternoon. but for the midlands eastwards, even though we�*ve got those showers towards the far south—east, we should see a little bit more brightness at times. but as the breeze picks up, it will start to feel chillier, and that breeze picks up further into saturday, a greater chance ofjust one or two showers through these eastern districts of scotland and england. a few weather fronts close to the north—west of scotland

will bring some cloud and patchy rain, but some western areas a greater chance of seeing a little bit of sunshine at times. temperatures, though, more widely in mid single figures, so a colderfeel, and indeed as we go through sunday and into the start of next week, we�*ve got that easterly flow. and as this area of high pressure establishes its self to the north of us, we could start to see more of a northeasterly flow, that will bring colder air our way as we go into the start of next week. so don�*t be prepared for anything warming up now, even after that incredibly mild november, a cold start to decemberfor all, lots of cloud around, though, and maybe some wintry showers on the hills.

this is bbc news. i�*m luxmy gopal and these are the latest headlines at 11... more than 11,000 ambulances are getting stuck every week in long queues outside a&e units in england, the highest since records began. this is a whole system failure. it�*s just really traumatic for her, and to see a family member like that — just horrid, absolutely horrible. the level of moral injury and the impact _ the level of moral injury and the impact this is having on really hard—working professional staff trying _ hard—working professional staff trying to — hard—working professional staff trying to deliver high quality care in a system that is not letting them do it is— in a system that is not letting them do it is catastrophic. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" says her treatment amounted to abuse. are we saying that because of your age, you can�*t have, you can�*t be racist or you can�*t be inappropriate? i am not sure what�*s happening here.

an independent inquiry will examine the treatment of five—year—old yusuf mahmud nazir, who died after being sent home from hospital because of bed shortages. warnings of a "ticking time bomb of debt" in the lead—up to christmas, as the number of people going into the red increases. the dangers of throwing batteries into household rubbish. 0fficials reveal they cause about 700 fires a year and the problem is getting worse. and making history — stephanie frappart prepares to become the first woman to referee at a men�*s world cup in the game between costa rica and germany. more than 11,000 ambulances a week are being left stuck in queues of at least an hour outside accident and emergency units in england —

the highest since records began. the target for handing patients over to a&e staff is within 15 minutes of arrival. ambulance response times also hit their worst levels on record in recent months, and paramedics have warned the problems are causing patients "severe harm". over the last six months there have been around 700 more deaths per week than expected — so called "excess deaths". and the royal college of emergency medicine say that a quarter of these deaths may be related to problems with the emergency care system. paramedics say they are facing a "perfect storm", even when patients are treated in a&e, they can face long waits for a bed on a ward. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, has this report. just a few months ago, mary lynn was up, about and mobile. then she had a bad fall. the ambulance took 11 hours to reach her. the doctors had said not to move her off the floor in case she had damaged any bones

or anything like that. and when they did eventually arrive, she was really poorly and i thought i was going to lose her. when mary lynn got to hospital, she had to wait over an hour in the ambulance before she could be moved into a&e. she�*s now recovering, but that day has taken its toll. she deteriorated mentally, and that is a direct result of how poorly she was because of how long she�*d been left. you can see now the 23 ambulances with patients. this has been a problem across much of the country. hospital backlogs mean, often, there�*s not enough room for ambulances to unload sick patients. when they get to a&e, ambulances should be able to deliver patients in 15 minutes, but 10,000 crews a week in england are now stuck outside for an hour or more, the highest ever, with other parts of the uk facing similar problems. that means it�*s now taking more than an hour, on average,

to respond to someone with a stroke or possible heart attack in england. in some cases, it�*s much longer. 85—year—old kula had to wait 1a hours for paramedics after breaking her hip. it's not really a state that anybody should be left in for that length of time, because you don't know what complications it could lead to. but when paramedics tried to drop her at hospital, there was another wait, this time for 26 hours, in the back of an ambulance, before she could be admitted. i cannot fault the ambulance crews, the paramedics, the nurses or doctors at all in any of this. this is a whole—system failure. it's just really traumatic for her. and to see a family member like that, it'sjust horrid, absolutely horrible. the government says there is extra funding to pay for more staff

and free up hospital beds. a full emergency care plan is due in the new year. but with winter coming, along with strike action involving some nurses and ambulance services, hospital bosses are warning of difficult times ahead. jim reed, bbc news. our health correspondent nick triggle is here. why are so many ambulances queueing for so long just to why are so many ambulances queueing for so long just to handle why are so many ambulances queueing for so long just to handle the patients? it for so long 'ust to handle the atients? , . , ~ for so long 'ust to handle the atients? , . , ,, ., patients? it is directly linked to what is happening _ patients? it is directly linked to what is happening in _ patients? it is directly linked to what is happening in the i patients? it is directly linked to i what is happening in the hospital. it is overcrowded. we know around 30% of patients are waiting longer than four hours to be seen and treated and that is because the staff cannot get patients on towards. there are not enough beds available for patients coming into a&e to go to and that is because of the hospital problems in discharging patients was some patients need support in the community when they are released and if that is not available, they have to be kept and every day more than —— more than half of patients that are medically

fit to leave after be captain because of that lack of supporting the community. that is creating this backlog on the cables that we have just talking about. and those queues stop those amblin screws getting —— ambulance crews getting to patients. we saw a charge earlier showing that the response times for category to emergencies, heart attacks and strokes, it is taking over an hour and that budget —— puts patients at risk. has and that budget -- puts patients at risk. �* , ., , ., risk. as we mentioned before the re ort, risk. as we mentioned before the report. the _ risk. as we mentioned before the report, the royal— risk. as we mentioned before the report, the royal college - risk. as we mentioned before the report, the royal college of i risk. as we mentioned before the i report, the royal college of nursing medicine says that around a quarter of excess deaths are being caused by, contributed to by issues around emergency care at the moment. how can we establish that there is that link? it can we establish that there is that link? , , , . can we establish that there is that link? , , m ., link? it is very difficult. doctor adrian bowyer _ link? it is very difficult. doctor adrian bowyer was _ link? it is very difficult. doctor adrian bowyer was careful i link? it is very difficult. doctor adrian bowyer was careful to l link? it is very difficult. doctor- adrian bowyer was careful to caveat it. we know for sure that these

excess deaths around 700 only, around 10% higher than you would expect it to be, and we know there is ideal research showing delays getting emergency care does increase the chances of death but there are a lot of other factors going on with the extra deaths we are seeing recorded comedy population is frailer, because of the pandemic, we still have covid and flu circling. there are a lot of factors but most people would agree that emergency care delays are a key factor. aha, care delays are a key factor. a snapshot can only tell us all much. does this latest issue of the excess deaths being caused by emergency care, how much is that a continuation of a trend? over the last ten years. — continuation of a trend? over the last ten years, performance i continuation of a trend? over the last ten years, performance in i continuation of a trend? over the | last ten years, performance in the nhs and in a&e has been gradually getting worse. we have seen a sharp

deterioration during the pandemic but it really goes back ten years and the health service has struggled as funding has been squeezed. the nhs budget has still been going up but it has been rising less quickly thanit but it has been rising less quickly than it has done for most of its history. normally, the nhs has been getting around a% extra per year once you take into account inflation. up until 2019, once you take into account inflation. up until2019, it once you take into account inflation. up until 2019, it was 1-2%. that inflation. up until 2019, it was 1—2%. that has increased significantly but it has left nhs short of staff. we know currently just over one in ten posts are vacant and i think that will explain a lot of the issues and the difficulties the health services having at the moment.- difficulties the health services having at the moment. your point about funding _ having at the moment. your point about funding brings _ having at the moment. your point about funding brings me - having at the moment. your point about funding brings me onto i having at the moment. your point| about funding brings me onto what was said by the chair of health and so care committee, steve brine mp, he told as earlier that any claims the nhs has been underfunded by successive conservative governments in recent years is untrue. with the

funding that we talk about, you say it has been going up, but we know if thatis it has been going up, but we know if that is still the case you take into account the increase in population, the ageing population? the account the increase in population, the ageing population?— the ageing population? the ageing --oulation the ageing population? the ageing population is _ the ageing population? the ageing population is a _ the ageing population? the ageing population is a big _ the ageing population? the ageing population is a big factor, - the ageing population? the ageing population is a big factor, aided i population is a big factor, aided challenge for the health service, we know that... they talk about health inflation being higher than inflation being higher than inflation risks to the economy and we inflation is at a very high level, the highest levels for a0 years, and despite the government putting in extra money and as i say from 2019, they have been increasing the amount they spend on the nhs more than they had done in the previous nine years, and it is around a% mark now, once you take into account but that still leaves the nhs short, so the nhs over the next two years is having to make efficiency savings to try and plug some of the gaps that are there. he

is right to say that the budget has increased, itjust has not increased as quickly for the best part of a decade that it had done previously. thank you for expressing all that. —— explaining all that. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" has told the bbc her treatment by prince william�*s godmother amounted to an interrogation and was abuse. lady susan hussey has apologised for what was said to ngozi fulani and resigned from her role as a royal aide. the row comes as the prince and princess of wales began their visit to the united states, where they�*ll focus on their annual earthshot environmental prize as well as meeting president biden. ngozi fulani has been talking to bbc radio a�*s today programme about what happened in her coversation with lady susan. i am clear about what happened. you ask me where i am from and i tell you from here, but where are you really from? do you think, she did say the words, where are you really

from? she said it more than once and where are your people from? and i�*m like, so at that point you think, lady, this is not appropriate, and, i�*m in a room full of women who have experienced domestic abuse, of advocate, of so many different people, that i, how do i handle this situation? kindly and carefully. in my culture, we respect people that are ourelers basically, so, ifound myselves in the situation where i wasn�*t sure what you to do or how to handle it to be hop nest. do you think she would have reel released the effect it was having on you? absolutely, because, it is like, the three of us standing there and at one point i am like, lady what are you asking me, i am telling you i�*m british, i am born here, yes, but i know, i can see that i am,

you know, a challenge trying to say, so, at that point, let us be clear what this is, and i think you know i have heard so many suggestions about her age, and stuff like that, and i think that is kind of a disrespect about ageism kind of thing. once i had established she appears to be of sound mind, right, and that this is what it appears to be, then i have to really question how this can happen, in a space that is supposed to protect women against all kinds of violence, although it is not physical violence it is an abuse. as this conversation continued, did she, did she laugh, or did, how, did she walk off in the end, what happened? it was like an interrogation, that is the only way i can explain it. she is determined where are you from, where are your people from, my people

are from france, you must know where you come from. the force, this is, she is out there as some 83—year—old lady, that, lady this, and lady that, are we saying that because of your age, you can�*t have, you can�*t be racist or you can�*t be inappropriate? i am not sure what is happening here, but i know that if you invite people to an event for, as i said, against domestic abuse and there are people there from different demographics if, i don�*t see the relevance of whether i am british or not british, i am very proud of my african heritage, i make that clear, this is like the windrush thing to me, you are trying to make me unwelcome, in my own space, and i asked her what do you want me to say? i have given you the answer, what to way want me to say. this went on for five minutes, what is out there is a

synopsis. how do you feel about the fact that it has ended in her resignation? er, i am still processing the whole thing to be honest, yeah? i want the focus to remain where it should be, which is on the women and girls who are affected by domestic abuse, having said that, she�*s employed by buckingham palace, and it is their decision and her decision to make i had no part in. let�*s speak now to atehjewel, who�*s a journalist and diversity advocate. this is something i have had all my life, i have had this, where are you from really? iam nigerian, trinidadian and british and i am

proud of all the things that make me me and part of my heritage that what this is about is that lady hussey was in a gosford park way try to sniff out pedigree and make her feel as and this is about not feeling welcome in your own country and a sense of britishness. i think it is very hard when you have not been judged and tied micro aggressions like this all your life, the only equivalent i can think of his class, where did you go to school? was it private, was it state? you never get people in the houses of parliament being asked, was your great—great—grandfather, did he work in a pit in the north in the 1800s? it is putting you in a perceived pecking order to put you down and put you in your place and i feel thatis put you in your place and i feel that is what it was about. bud put you in your place and i feel that is what it was about. and how much do you _ that is what it was about. and how much do you think, _ that is what it was about. and how much do you think, whenever- that is what it was about. and how much do you think, whenever you | that is what it was about. and how i much do you think, whenever you are asked questions like that or whenever people ask anyone else questions like that, how much to you think it is down to ignorance and not knowing better and how much is

down to malice? i not knowing better and how much is down to malice?— down to malice? i think intention is everything- — down to malice? i think intention is everything- i— down to malice? i think intention is everything. i have _ down to malice? i think intention is everything. i have asked _ down to malice? i think intention is everything. i have asked a - down to malice? i think intention is| everything. i have asked a question, where are you from, because if i know i am speaking to someone of nigerian heritage, that we have so many connections together, that i know that they will come from a house whether —— where education is everything and my dad told me, you are creative. that is something i —— i can connect on if i am talking to someone from trinidad, then there are solely different connections to be made. i think intention is everything. in this instance, it was not about being connected, it was not about being connected, it was not talking about each other are possibly as heritage, it was about what is your place? it is a bit like... i am a thoroughbred, you are a bit of a matt and i want to sniff out what you are. it has that condescending feel when you are asked that and it is offensive and painful. i

asked that and it is offensive and ainful. , , ,.,, asked that and it is offensive and ainful. , , , ., , painful. i suppose, the question is, how much we _ painful. i suppose, the question is, how much we can _ painful. i suppose, the question is, how much we can ever— painful. i suppose, the question is, how much we can ever know i painful. i suppose, the question is, how much we can ever know the i how much we can ever know the intention behind it when we are asked that question because is it necessarily fair to say that was definitely the intention behind it? if you are saying it is all about intention, isn�*t there actually sometimes a bit of an uncertainty about whether that intention was definitely there?— about whether that intention was definitely there? from the alleged conversation. _ definitely there? from the alleged conversation, it _ definitely there? from the alleged conversation, it seems _ definitely there? from the alleged conversation, it seems very i definitely there? from the alleged conversation, it seems very clear, | conversation, it seems very clear, if you are someone who is in the public eye, yourjob is literally to make people feel welcome in the palace and make people feel safe and that this is their space and you have a lady saying, what do you want from me, what is going on and you possess, ifeel this... it does not feel like that is a welcoming, opening conversation to start connection. to me, that is no your place, in my opinion, you need to give me the information so i can put you in whatever perceived ranking i need to put you in and how dare you

say that you are british and not something else because you clearly are not, you are other. is —— it is this feeling that i find really offensive and a form of 21st—century racism. people have been saying... in the 50s, the kkk would put a burning cross in my garden, this is a toxic gas, it is something that hurts and harms, it is not as dramatic as being alleged or with a burning cross, but it is harmful and it is painful and i call it death by a thousand cuts and i don�*t know anyone who has not had that question being posed to them and the intention is often with malice. hand intention is often with malice. and the response _ intention is often with malice. and the response from buckingham palace is that all members of the household are being reminded of the diversity and inclusivity policies that they are required to uphold at all times and lady susan hussey apologised for the herd caused and stepped aside. moving forward, what do you think can be done to help educate and

prevent questions like this being asked with ill intention in the future? i asked with ill intention in the future? , , ., ., asked with ill intention in the future? , , ., asked with ill intention in the future? _ ., ., future? i firstly want to say i do not believe _ future? i firstly want to say i do not believe in _ future? i firstly want to say i do not believe in council _ future? i firstly want to say i do not believe in council culture, i | not believe in council culture, i believe in compassion and growth and having conversations. i believe that being told people have to read policies... this is about right and wrong, this is about compassion, this is a woman who came to the palace, who was so proud to be in this space, who has done beautiful work, and was made to feel uncomfortable. she is not a policy to be reminded on. this is about humanity and i think having more conversations like this, having more conversations like this, having more conversations where people understand what that feels like and what the intention is, that is how we change culture. it is not a tick box exercise. it is about humanity. thank you selma for sharing your thoughts with us this morning. an independent investigation will be held into the treatment of a five—year—old boy, who died after being sent home from hospital. yusuf mahmud nazir died from pneumonia nine days

after being refused treatment at rotherham hospital. rotherham nhs hospital trust had previously said it would carry out an internal inquiry, but now says independent investigators will be appointed to review yusuf�*s care. 0ur correspondent, anjana gadgil, outlined what happened to yusuf mahmud nazir once he fell ill with a sore throat on november 13th. he was prescribed antibiotics by the family gp, but his health got worse and he developed a really serious throat infection so his family drove him to the emergency department at rotherham hospital, where they were seen by a doctor, who prescribed him more antibiotics but sent him home. and that was despite the family�*s attempts for him to be admitted. his uncle, zaheer ahmed, told the bbc at the weekend that he was told by the hospital they neither had the space nor the staff to admit him. we were begging for their help. we were begging them for their help. we said, "we need you, please can you just give him this antibiotics, can you treat him?" they said, "we haven't got the beds,

we haven't got the doctors, we haven't got the facilities, nothing we can do." four days later, yusuf was unable to eat, speak or drink and he was taken by ambulance to sheffield children�*s hospital where he was put on an intravenous drip. but his condition deteriorated, he developed pneumonia and he had four cardiac arrests. and he died on november 23rd. his family believe he could have been saved if he�*d been treated earlier. so, rotherham nhs hospital trust had previously said it would carry out an internal investigation, but today its chief executive, dr richard jenkins, said that an independent investigation would now review yusuf�*s care. he said he was working with nhs england to identify exactly who would carry out that investigation. and he said it�*s vital that it�*s thorough and independent. sarah champion is the family�*s constituency mp. she welcomed the fact that an investigation will take place and said that "it needs to look at the response from primary and secondary care organisations

to find out what went so horribly wrong". she also said it has to be really robust and independent. drjenkins also said that he�*s spoken to yusuf�*s uncle, who we just saw there in that clip, to directly express his condolences and to apologise to the family. he said that the family would be involved in deciding the terms of the reference of the investigation. authorities in some chinese cities have partially eased coronavirus restrictions after anti—lockdown protests rocked the country in recent days. in the southern city of guangzhou temporary control orders have been lifted in about half of the city�*s metropolitan districts. howard zhang is editor of the bbc�*s chinese service — let�*s hearfrom him. most experts are interpreting this, immediately following the protest as

the government knew approach to the protest, so on one hand, they are lifting in major cities partially, some of the districts are now lifted, really stringent and draconian measures and even allowing home quarantine and reducing the frequency people have to be tested and so providing some relief to the local residents and trying to ease some of the public anger but at the same time, we do have to remember the official cracking down, searching for protesters, is still going on at the same time. we cannot speakfor the officials going on at the same time. we cannot speak for the officials but from the reaction, we can see this morning, this morning in china, that they have announced measures trying to lessen the pressure on society and trying to gain back some of the

popular support at grassroots, at the same time carrot and stick and trying to use the police force to weed out what they call again external forces who are trying to... every time, they always blame external forces, every time, they always blame externalforces, trying every time, they always blame external forces, trying to infiltrate. chenchen zhang, assistant professor of international relations at durham university, explained some of the dynamics behind loosening of the restrictions behind loosening of the restrictions. it was already easing to some degree before the protests, so it was kind of easing but with a bit of back and forth movement and now it seems that in response to the massive protests across the country, there are some easing measures we can see in some localities. there are some protests are still going on but in other cities, like shanghai, where we saw

big protests, over the weekend, there is heavy lease presence and there is heavy lease presence and there is heavy lease presence and there is also the passing and there is public morning. but it is not going to be developing into protests. it is more kind of pacified mourning, organised by the authorities, i believe. more than 10,000 ambulances a week are being left stuck in queues of at least an hour outiside accident and emergency units in england. the total is the highest since records began and means — according to bbc analysis — that one in eight ambulance crews were facing these delays by the middle of november. joining me now is dr vin diwakar,

medical director for secondary care at nhs england. thank you forjoining us. first of all, we have been seeing this morning in the news, kilos of ambulances waiting, simply to be able to hand over patients to hospitals for some it is quite a shocking state of affairs, isn�*t it? firstly, can ijust thank shocking state of affairs, isn�*t it? firstly, can i just thank all the staff working in the nhs, especially those working in emergency services was not they are literally working round—the—clock to make sure that we can see patients as quickly is possible. and i have been a doctor for 30 years and this is one of the worst winters certainly that i have had in my experience. the fundamental problem here is social care. we have 13,000 patients in hospital beds at the minute who are medically fit to discharge, but

with support from social care. that is a 25% increase since the same time last year, 25% increase. if you are —— if your hospital beds are full, it means your emergency departments are still also for and overcrowded and it is difficult to take patients into the emergency department from the ambulance, when they are already overcrowded and then what that leads to is when ambulances are not a —— able to hand over patients and they are queueing in front of hospitals, they cannot respond to patients who call 999 in the community. we in the nhs are not stopping still. that is why today we have announced that every part of... and air traffic control centre or a war room and these are places where senior nhs staff will get... waiting times or delays in handing over patients on staffing levels and by having this information, they can

firstly work with local hospitals, taking actions such as diverting ambulances if there is a hospital nearby that is a little less busy. they can offer mutual aid, and it is where we also work with local government, so that we can tackle some of these problem is we have a discharge and get patients who are healthy out of hospital in order that we have space for those who are the most ill. that we have space for those who are the most ill-— the most ill. how much of a difference _ the most ill. how much of a difference do _ the most ill. how much of a difference do you _ the most ill. how much of a difference do you think i the most ill. how much of a difference do you think that| the most ill. how much of a i difference do you think that can make a two you are saying this is the worst you have seen in decades, will it go anywhere near enough to tackle the issue? we will it go anywhere near enough to tackle the issue?— tackle the issue? we use these centres to _ tackle the issue? we use these centres to great _ tackle the issue? we use these centres to great effect - tackle the issue? we use these centres to great effect during i tackle the issue? we use these i centres to great effect during the course of the pandemic and they worked well. i was a member of one during the pandemic and i have worked in one of these before. it is certainly very effective in helping make best use the resources that you have available. the differences that this time, previously, we had to stand up these centres as a reaction when we had very bad periods of pressure on the nhs. this is the

first time we have set these up so that they are available all of the time, including on—call overnight, we have also got senior clinicians in these war rooms that will help us make clinical decisions, clinical decision—makers, people like myself. there are other things of course that we are doing in the nhs to help alleviate this problem. for example, if you were to go out with a paramedic group, you would find a proportion of patients, often the frail and the elderly, have fallen at home, and many of them don�*t need the specialist input of an expert paramedic, what they needed somebody to help them get up from the floor and to get them back into bed or to sit in a chair and to make sure they are ok and then contact their emergency community response service. we are putting those in place across england to make sure that those are available and they release some of the pressure on the ambulance service will subsequently, we are always putting in more beds, so this winter we will have 7000

more beds in the nhs and those... we are making good progress in putting those in place. when you combine the challenges that we have seen with social care, you also have to remember the immense pressure that we have got from flu and other chest infections. for example, through patients in hospitals are a0% up on the same time last week. we still have covid patients in hospital. in paediatrics for example, there is an illness called respiratory... a common lung infection in children the winter and hour intensive care unit a few weeks ago, 70% full, now more than 90%. i want to get your response to something that was said by the president of the royal college of emergency medicine today which was about excess deaths, the fact that what he says is around a quarter of

access that art to do with the emergency care at situation at the moment. can i get your response? iriiis moment. can i get your response? nhs staff are moment. can i get your response? iihs staff are working around the clock to make sure we can get a prompt response to emergency patients and we can coordinate that response and especially deal with the challenge of social care but in addition we know that during the pandemic the nhs was fully focused on the pandemic and that meant we weren�*t able to deal with some of the caregiving process is that normally we would deliver it like blood pressure checks. in addition to that we know the public were on lockdown and they weren�*t always coming forward with symptoms. the good news is that the public are coming forward so referrals for suspected cancer are now at record levels and we are taking steps to make sure we see those patients quickly and bring waiting lists down as fast as we can. ., ~'

waiting lists down as fast as we can. ., ~ , ., y waiting lists down as fast as we can. ., ~' , ., , . waiting lists down as fast as we can. . ~' i., , . ., waiting lists down as fast as we can. . , . can. thank you very much for your time this morning. _ now it�*s time for a look at the weather. it's it�*s still a bit misty and foggy for some of you especially across parts of central southern england and south—east wales, there were some in these areas where some of that fog will linger all day long, a few brighter spells around that, showers towards east anglia and the south—eastern channel islands later. further north we will see more cloud across scotland and northern ireland, the north—east of scotland on the downside with rain and drizzle. some of that will continue tonight, it will ease off a bit, lots of cloud in the northern half of the uk, some frost and fog through southern parts of england and wales and the fog will become more extensive tomorrow across east wales into the west midlands so a sluggish rush hour, some of that for lingering through a good part of the

day. the channel islands, a greater chance of shower, still some brighter moments but staying fairly cloudy into north—west england and parts of scotland. hello. this is bbc news. i�*m luxmy gopal and these are the headlines. more than 11,000 ambulances are getting stuck every week in long queues outside a&e units in england — the highest since records began. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" says her treatment amounted to abuse. an independent inquiry will examine the treatment of five—year—old yusuf mahmud nazir, who died after being sent home from hospital because of bed shortages. warnings of a "ticking time bomb of debt" in the lead—up to christmas, as the number of people going into the red increases. the dangers of throwing batteries into household rubbish — officials reveal they cause about 700 fires a year and the problem is getting worse. and making history —

stephanie frappart prepares to become the first woman to referee at a men�*s world cup in the game between costa rica and germany. let�*s stay with sport now and for a full round—up, here�*s gavin. three days and counting now until england�*s last 16 tie against senegal at the world cup — and manager gareth southgate has some selection headaches according to one of his midfielders. england go into the knockout stages on the back on an impressive 3—0 win against wales — a match in which phil foden, kyle walker and marcus rashford all shone after being brought into the team. declan rice admits the manager has some tough decisions to make ahead of sunday�*s match. what�*s so good about our group is we are supportive of each other, in the first game rush came on and scored and jack came on and scored and the

other two had done excellent the other two had done excellent the other night so it is a selection headache for the manager but whoever headache for the manager but whoever he picks, i know everyone will be rooting for each other and it�*s about a real team effort now, if you want to get to the end you need a full team squad that will be supportive of whoever the manager picks. the knockout stages continue to take shape — with argentina booking their place in the last 16 last night. they beat poland 2—0. manchester city�*s julian alvarez with argentina�*s second, after brighton�*s alexis mac allister put them ahead. lionel messi also had a penalty saved in the match. they go through as group winners — poland edge through as well, qualifying as runners up ahead of mexico on goal difference. argentina will now face one of the surprise packages in this year�*s tournament, australia — after they caused a shock in their group. they beat denmark 1—0,

mathew leckie with the only goal — to qualify as runners up finishing behind france, who lost 1—0 against tunisia, but had already qualified for the knockout stages. i had ihada i had a lot of belief, a lot of hard work and these boys come in with a great mindset. we�*ll be working on this for four and a half years about the energy and a belief and a focus and i can see it in their eyes they were ready tonight. as i said to the boys, that is after white we won after a great win against tunisia, no celebrations, no emotion, sleep, no celebrations, no emotion, sleep, no social media. no celebrations, no emotion, sleep, no social media-— no social media. sounds like a good reci -e for no social media. sounds like a good recipe for success _ no social media. sounds like a good recipe for success without. - and it may have been the middle of the night — but australia�*s win was watched by many back home. these were the scenes down under at around 3am as australia reached the last 16 for the first time since 2006. what a way to celebrate.

today it�*s the turn of group e and f — with still lots to be decided. this afternoon, belgium, croatia and morocco will all try to reach the knockout stages. while tonight, two previous champions will try to progress. spain need to avoid defeat againstjapan whilst germany have to beat costa rica — and need a favourfrom spain. away from the world cup, there�*s been a moment of history this morning for england�*s cricketers. after 17 years, they�*re back playing a test match in pakistan and they�*re enjoying themselves. batting first, england have made it look very, very easy. zak crawley became the fastest english opener to reach his century and he�*s not the only one to reach three figures with ben duckett, 0llie pope and harry brook all passing 100 — brook third fastest test century for england off 81 balls. it is currently 502—a, england going well at the moment, looking like an incredible performance there, the first test of three.

and there�*s been a shock early exit for ronnie 0�*sullivan at the scottish 0pen. he was beaten in the third round by gary wilson — losing a—3. wilson holding his nerve in the decisive 7th frame to reach the quarter finals. that�*s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the build—up to the world cup, the latest on the english test match in pakistan. i think we should all implement lots of sleep and note social media after that australian win. that sounds good, i will sign up to that. thank you, gavin. citizens�* advice is warning that more people are slipping further into debt, paying rent and household bills. the charity also says a growing number of pensioners and homeowners are seeking help. it�*s described a �*ticking time bomb of debt�*. we can speak now to sue anderson, spokesperson for the debt charity step change. how worrying is the situation, how

widespread is it?— widespread is it? what citizens' advice are _ widespread is it? what citizens' advice are reporting _ widespread is it? what citizens' advice are reporting is - widespread is it? what citizens' advice are reporting is what i widespread is it? what citizens' i advice are reporting is what other debt advice charities like ours are seeing played it up and down the country so it is worrying. we are seeing more and more people are finding it harder to get out of debt and that because they are seeing their courts going up but not their income and so the gap they are facing is getting ever wider. what facing is getting ever wider. what do ou facing is getting ever wider. what do you think _ facing is getting ever wider. what do you think needs _ facing is getting ever wider. what do you think needs to _ facing is getting ever wider. what do you think needs to be done about this? potentially it will only get worse. it this? potentially it will only get worse. , ., , this? potentially it will only get worse. ., , ., ., worse. it is potentially going to net worse. it is potentially going to get worse- _ worse. it is potentially going to get worse- we _ worse. it is potentially going to get worse. we have _ worse. it is potentially going to get worse. we have seen i worse. it is potentially going to get worse. we have seen some worse. it is potentially going to i get worse. we have seen some good news like the additional payment from government to support people with these energy price costs and really we need more of the same so people who were going to seek their benefits operated will not see that until next april and that�*s helpful but in the meantime people are still facing higher costs and inflation is

your enemy if you are in debt because your courts are going up and your income isn�*t so we need to see as much help as we can get from people and as much forbearance as we can get, so flexibility from creditors and energy suppliers, trying to treat people well through this difficult period of the winter when things will be cold and hard for some people. d0 when things will be cold and hard for some people.— when things will be cold and hard for some people. do you think there needs to be — for some people. do you think there needs to be more _ for some people. do you think there needs to be more done _ for some people. do you think there needs to be more done by _ for some people. do you think there i needs to be more done by government to ensure that happens? asking for flexibility from private companies and corporations is one thing but does something need to be put in place to ensure that happens? brute place to ensure that happens? we have place to ensure that happens? - have said that regulators need to be involved in this as well as government and we would like to see, for example things like a moratorium on putting prepayment meters into people�*s homes. that means a lot of people�*s homes. that means a lot of people who are in debt then end up not using energy and effectively

disconnecting because they cannot afford it so there are interventions that can be made that might make life that little bit easier for people who are struggling with debt and two will not be getting out of that soon. it and two will not be getting out of that soon. �* .., and two will not be getting out of that soon. �* .. , that soon. it didn't can be quite dauntin: that soon. it didn't can be quite daunting being _ that soon. it didn't can be quite daunting being faced _ that soon. it didn't can be quite daunting being faced with i that soon. it didn't can be quite daunting being faced with the i daunting being faced with the prospect of a spiral of debt. what is your advice to people watching who might feel worried they are heading that way? aha, who might feel worried they are heading that way?— heading that way? a couple of thins, heading that way? a couple of things. on _ heading that way? a couple of things, on the _ heading that way? a couple of things, on the way _ heading that way? a couple of things, on the way into - heading that way? a couple of i things, on the way into christmas people will feel a lot of pressure to spend so one of the things we would say is try to resist that pressure if it will cause you trouble because it stores trouble for later, be careful about that and more importantly don�*t wait until the new year to get some help if help is what you need because charities like citizens�* advice and step change are here now and what we usually see is a dip in december of people coming for help a massive uptick injanuary

people coming for help a massive uptick in january as people people coming for help a massive uptick injanuary as people realise that debt hangover is with them so don�*t wait for that, if you need help reach out and get it now. don't wait for that, if you need help reach out and get it now. thank ou, sue help reach out and get it now. thank you, sue anderson. _ help reach out and get it now. thank you, sue anderson. let's _ help reach out and get it now. thank you, sue anderson. let's get - help reach out and get it now. thank you, sue anderson. let's get more i you, sue anderson. let�*s get more now on the nhs data. in one week in november, 11—thousand ambulances got stuck in long queues outside hospitals in england. over the last six months there have been around 700 more deaths per week than expected — so—called "excess deaths". the royal college of emergency medicine says a quarter of these deaths may be related to problems with the emergency care system. let�*s speak to the deputy leader of the liberal democrats, daisy cooper. we have seen the images of the ambulances queueing up, we are hearing the data about excess deaths. yet a really worrying winter facing people who work prospective

patients. facing people who work prospective atients. , �* , ., facing people who work prospective atients. , v ., . , , patients. yes, it's an incredibly wor in: patients. yes, it's an incredibly worrying winter _ patients. yes, it's an incredibly worrying winter and _ patients. yes, it's an incredibly worrying winter and all - patients. yes, it's an incredibly worrying winter and all this i worrying winter and all this information we are hearing, these heartbreaking stories of people either waiting for hours in paint for an ambulance to arrive and of those people who get into an ambulance they have to wait for hours in the back, it�*s incredibly distressing for patients but also for the paramedics and all emergency workers who want to do the best by their patients.— their patients. what is your reaction to _ their patients. what is your reaction to this _ their patients. what is your reaction to this alarming i their patients. what is your i reaction to this alarming thing their patients. what is your - reaction to this alarming thing that has come out this morning about how much of those excess deaths are due to the state of emergency care? is that something that reflects a long time trend? what is your response to that? ., time trend? what is your response to that? . ., ., , ., , ., that? that data is worrying, i would sa there that? that data is worrying, i would say there is — that? that data is worrying, i would say there is extra _ that? that data is worrying, i would say there is extra data _ that? that data is worrying, i would say there is extra data at _ that? that data is worrying, i would say there is extra data at the i say there is extra data at the liberal democrats have published today which also shows a huge

variety and response times are around england. 0f variety and response times are around england. of the dates we have released through a freedom of information request, there isn�*t a single area in england that is meeting its ambulance response time targets and in some rural areas patients are having to wait three times as long as patients in urban areas and we have also seen over the last three years of waiting times have got worse year on year in many places so the picture is incredibly bleak and i would say the liberal democrats have spent 12 months trying to raise the alarm about the crisis in our ambulance service. almost every ambulance service in england has been at level four, the highest level of alert for a whole year and the government needs to start listening.— start listening. what would the liberal democrats _ start listening. what would the liberal democrats do - start listening. what would the liberal democrats do to - start listening. what would the | liberal democrats do to resolve start listening. what would the i liberal democrats do to resolve this issue? it has been around for a while and we heard this morning from the chair of the social care

committee, the conservative mp steve brine who says public spending on the nhs is going up, so what would the nhs is going up, so what would the liberal democrats do differently?— the liberal democrats do differentl ? , ., ., differently? first and foremost we need a strategic _ differently? first and foremost we need a strategic effort _ differently? first and foremost we need a strategic effort on - need a strategic effort on recruiting and retaining paramedics. we have heard in the last few days in the immediate there are too many paramedics who train and then leave the service because they are so overstretched and underpaid so there has to be a huge focus on that but we also need to make sure we can fix social care because one of the main problems in emergency services at the moment is you cannot get patients into hospitals because there aren�*t enough beds because there aren�*t enough beds because there aren�*t enough beds because there are too many people who are medically fit to be discharged to cannot be discharged, so social care and support needs to be fixed and the government needs to invest in our social care services. another thing i�*ve been calling for is more transparency on the data. the data

released to date was produced to a freedom of information request and the government could be publishing this regularly so we can see the hotspots where waiting times are at their worst and then put targeted support into those areas to help them reach patients faster. that's them reach patients faster. that's the deu them reach patients faster. that's the deputy leader _ them reach patients faster. that's the deputy leader of _ them reach patients faster. that's the deputy leader of the - them reach patients faster. that's the deputy leader of the liberal i the deputy leader of the liberal democrats, daisy cooper. some breaking news now. the snp westminster leader ian blackford has said he will be standing down. he said he will be standing down. he said in a statement he had informed snp mps he would not be re—standing as leader of the westminster parliamentary group at the agm next week, afterfive parliamentary group at the agm next week, after five years parliamentary group at the agm next week, afterfive years in parliamentary group at the agm next week, after five years in the role now is the time for fresh leadership at westminster as we head towards a general election and the next step in winning scott mann�*s independence. that statement from ian blackford.

elon musk has said he and apple boss tim cook have "resolved the misunderstanding" over twitter possibly being removed from the app store. let�*s speak to our technology correspondent mark cieslak. remind us what this misunderstanding was about? ., ~ remind us what this misunderstanding was about? . ~ ., was about? earlier in the week elon musk accused _ was about? earlier in the week elon musk accused apple _ was about? earlier in the week elon musk accused apple of _ was about? earlier in the week elon musk accused apple of threatening | was about? earlier in the week elon i musk accused apple of threatening to do which the twitter app from its platform and he accused apple of halting advertising on twitter and questioned the size of the cat apple takes from in app purchases. all of this came via a series of tweets. this happened around moves elon musk has made since purchasing twitter where we have seen swinging job cuts and questions raised about twitter�*s content moderation policies and its ability to police things like hate speech. it seems like elon musk and apple ceo tim cook have met in person at apple�*s headquarters and smoothed things over with elon musk

saying they have resolved their misunderstanding. brute saying they have resolved their misunderstanding.— saying they have resolved their misunderstanding. saying they have resolved their misunderstandina. ~ ~' ., ., ., misunderstanding. we know that elon musk has his — misunderstanding. we know that elon musk has his finger— misunderstanding. we know that elon musk has his finger in _ misunderstanding. we know that elon musk has his finger in many _ misunderstanding. we know that elon musk has his finger in many pies i misunderstanding. we know that elon musk has his finger in many pies in i musk has his finger in many pies in the next one seems to be broadband in rural communities. he�*s the next one seems to be broadband in rural communities.— in rural communities. he's rarely out of the _ in rural communities. he's rarely out of the headlines _ in rural communities. he's rarely out of the headlines and - in rural communities. he's rarely out of the headlines and another| in rural communities. he's rarely i out of the headlines and another of his companies star link has come under the spotlight in the uk. start link is small constellations of satellites that sit low in orbit and allow internet connectivity in rural areas or places that are hard to reach. the government has said it will trial start link in dozens of locations in the uk as part of its project to drive so—called not spots or areas with little or no internet connectivity to let them get online. starlink connectivity to let them get online. sta rlink cost connectivity to let them get online. starlink cost consumers more than conventional broadband and needs

additional hardware to communicate with satellites, about £500. the choice of starlink by the uk government has raised eyebrows because the government spent millions of pounds bailing out a rival satellite internet company called 0neweb. the government says 0neweb could be used in future trials but it is now using technology which is available to use right now. technology which is available to use riaht now. a ~ technology which is available to use riaht now. ~ ., ~ technology which is available to use riaht now. ~ . ~' ,, technology which is available to use riaht now. ~ ., ,, ., right now. mark, thank you for brinuain right now. mark, thank you for bringing us _ right now. mark, thank you for bringing us up _ right now. mark, thank you for bringing us up to _ right now. mark, thank you for bringing us up to date - right now. mark, thank you for bringing us up to date on i right now. mark, thank you for bringing us up to date on that. more now on the nhs data which shows that in one week in november, we will be coming onto that. 0k. we will be coming onto that. ok. so as we have been saying this morning... in one week in november at 11,000 ambulances got stuck in

long queues outside hospitals in england. over the last six months there have been around 700 more deaths per week than expected — so—called "excess deaths". the royal college of emergency medicine says a quarter of these deaths may be related to problems with the emergency care system. i'm joined by ludlow town councillor and ambulance campaigner darren childs. he began campaigning for better ambulance response times after his baby girl myla suffered a seizure and was left waiting 37 minutes for paramedics. thank you forjoining us. it must have been a really distressing experience. it’s have been a really distressing experience-_ have been a really distressing exerience. �* , , experience. it's terrifying, when ou have experience. it's terrifying, when you have a _ experience. it's terrifying, when you have a situation _ experience. it's terrifying, when you have a situation where - experience. it's terrifying, when you have a situation where you. experience. it's terrifying, when - you have a situation where you have a one—year—old child which is every parent's a one—year—old child which is every pa rent�*s worst a one—year—old child which is every parent's worst nightmare isn't breathing and is fitting and you know no—one is coming to help you, it's terrifying. know no-one is coming to help you, it's terrifying-— it's terrifying. with that experience _ it's terrifying. with that experience probably . it's terrifying. with that l experience probably still it's terrifying. with that _ experience probably still relatively fresh in your mind, how do you feel when you see the footage we have

been seeing this morning, recorded in recent weeks with queues of ambulances waiting outside to hand over patients? it’s ambulances waiting outside to hand over patients?— over patients? it's relatively fresh because last _ over patients? it's relatively fresh because last week _ over patients? it's relatively fresh because last week we _ over patients? it's relatively fresh because last week we had - over patients? it's relatively fresh| because last week we had another experience where she was ill again and had to be taken to hospital, only this time we had to take to hospital in the car than the ambulance and it took ten hours to see a gp or to see a doctor at once we got into hospital, so it's relatively fresh but i think we have been speaking about this since january and we have been campaigning for the ambulance service and the long delays to our local mps and politicians. i have written to steve barclay of health secretary, and we are being ignored at every stage. politicians aren't listening, people accountable are not being held to accountable are not being held to account on the situation is getting worse month after month and people

are dying or waiting for an ambulance, let alone the conditions they are suffering from. we ambulance, let alone the conditions they are suffering from.— they are suffering from. we have been hearing _ they are suffering from. we have been hearing from _ they are suffering from. we have been hearing from the _ they are suffering from. we have been hearing from the chairman | they are suffering from. we have i been hearing from the chairman of the health and social care committee and the nhs that there were huge challenges and pressures that funding is going up and has been going up in terms of nhs funding and work is being put in to tackle these issues. what should should be done differently? the issues. what should should be done differentl ? , ., , , �* , differently? the problem isn't 'ust mone . differently? the problem isn't 'ust money. the i differently? the problem isn't 'ust money. the nhs is i differently? the problem isn'tjust money. the nhs is underfunded l differently? the problem isn'tjust i money. the nhs is underfunded and understaffed and under pressure and throwing money at it doesn't solve the problem. there are problems with the problem. there are problems with the amount of management and people on the ground working. this they need to retain their staff by paying them a decent wage. once we can sort out the nurses pay and the ambulance workers pay and working conditions, the staff will want to stay and work

within the services but we also have 120 beds in shropshire that are being bed blocked each day where the patients cannot be discharged from hospital because there is no social care in place and especially in rural areas like south shropshire, if there is no care package in place for them to be discharged for a hospital they end up stuck in hospital they end up stuck in hospital and cannot go anywhere and that then has a backlog on to a&e, and the ambulances cannot discharged patients into the a&e either which is causing the long delays so they need to tackle social care to start with and that will help free up the flow in the system but they also need to sort out their wages and's morale and conditions.— need to sort out their wages and's morale and conditions. many people would not argue _ morale and conditions. many people would not argue against _ morale and conditions. many people would not argue against the - morale and conditions. many people would not argue against the fact - would not argue against the fact thatis would not argue against the fact that is needed and social care is an issue that has long needed reform and investment in it but one of the

points that was made a little earlier the chairman of the health and social care committee was how much more money do we spend and where does that come from? you have nurses and care _ where does that come from? you have nurses and care staff, _ where does that come from? you have nurses and care staff, domiciliary - nurses and care staff, domiciliary staff and carers who are on 28,000 a year, you have politicians on 38,000 a year so you can see where the wage increases have come from and what areas they deem most important. the money is there and can be found but at the moment they are choosing to ignore the situation rather than deal with the problems of the ground and fortunately it's always been that next winter will be the nhs crisis whereas this winter is the nhs crisis, it is in crisis now and we are starting to lose our nhs so unless they step up and start being

held accountable, i think we will lose our nhs.— held accountable, i think we will lose our nhs. ., ~ ,, ., lose our nhs. darren, thank you for our lose our nhs. darren, thank you for your thoughts _ lose our nhs. darren, thank you for your thoughts and _ lose our nhs. darren, thank you for your thoughts and for _ lose our nhs. darren, thank you for your thoughts and for speaking - lose our nhs. darren, thank you for your thoughts and for speaking to l your thoughts and for speaking to us. that is darren childs, ludlow town councillor. just want to bring you some breaking news that has come in in the past few minutes. alii—year—old man has been convicted of murdering two women. ajury alii—year—old man has been convicted of murdering two women. a jury at hove crown court found marc brown guilty of murdering alexandra morgan and leah ware. brown met both women on an escort website. alexandra morgan, a mother of two, went missing last november and leah ware went missing on may last year. bryant killed them both at an isolated farm near hastings. that has a verdict that has just come through. let's have a look at the weather forecast now. hello.

while some of you will get to see the sunshine at times through today for others, where we start the day with some thick fog around, it is going to stay fairly gloomy and fairly cold all day long. that fog probably lingering longest across some parts of the south—west midlands, eastern parts of wales as well, and the south—west of england, temperatures around two or three degrees here. but you can see there are breaks in the cloud elsewhere across central and southern england and wales. so some sunshine, just a small chance of showers towards parts of east anglia and kent. greater chance of some rain, though, across scotland, not as heavy as this morning, but still damp in the north and east. but the mildest conditions to be found here, ii—i3 degrees in west of scotland and northern ireland. through tonight, fog re—forms and extends even more across parts of the west midlands, eastern wales, maybe into parts of the north west too. a bit more breezy in east anglia, the south east, not as much of a fog problem, greater chance of some showers here, but where we see clear skies across england, wales, a chance of frost and some fog patches, mildest again, scotland and northern ireland. now as we go into friday, the big picture shows what's happening at the moment. high pressure there across in scandinavia and russia,

on the southern edge of it, we've got winds coming in from the east, increasingly so, and that will bring greater chance in east anglia, the south east, towards parts of the channel islands, of some showers through friday. many parts there will be dry. a bit of patchy rain in orkney and shetland, fairly cloudy in scotland, northern and western england, wales and the south west. some of that fog you saw in the morning could linger into the afternoon. but for the midlands eastwards, even though we've got those showers towards the far south—east, we should see a little bit more brightness at times. but as the breeze picks up, it will start to feel chillier, and that breeze picks up further into saturday, a greater chance ofjust one or two showers through these eastern districts of scotland and england. a few weather fronts close to the north—west of scotland will bring some cloud and patchy rain, but some western areas a greater chance of seeing a little bit of sunshine at times. temperatures, though, more widely in mid single figures, so a colderfeel, and indeed as we go through sunday and into the start of next week, we've got that easterly flow. and as this area of high pressure establishes its self to the north of us, we could start to see more of a northeasterly flow,

that will bring colder air our way of a northeasterly flow, as we go into the start of next week. so don't be prepared for anything warming up now, even after that incredibly mild november, a cold start to decemberfor all, lots of cloud around, though, and maybe some wintry showers on the hills.

hello. this is bbc news. i'm luxmy gopal and these are the latest headlines... more than 11,000 ambulances are getting stuck every week in long queues outside a&e units in england — the highest since records began. this is a whole system failure. it's just really traumatic for her, and to see a family member like that — just horrid, absolutely horrible. the level of moral injury and the impact this is having on really hard—working professional staff trying to deliver high quality care in a system that is not letting them do it is catastrophic. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" says her treatment amounted to abuse. are we saying that because of your age, you can't have, you can't be racist or you can't be inappropriate? i am not sure what's happening here.

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more than 11,000 ambulances a week are being left, stuck in queues of at least an hour outside accident and emergency units in england — the highest since records began. the target for handing patients over to a&e staff is within 15 minutes of arrival. ambulance response times also hit their worst levels on record in recent months, and paramedics have warned the problems are causing patients "severe harm". over the last six months there have been around 700 more deaths per week than expected — so called "excess deaths". and the royal college of emergency medicine says a quarter of these deaths may be related to problems with the emergency care system. paramedics say they're facing a "perfect storm". even when patients are treated in a&e, they can face long waits for a bed on a ward. our health correspondent, jim reed, has this report. just a few months ago, mary lynn was up, about and mobile.

then she had a bad fall. the ambulance took 11 hours to reach her. the doctors had said not to move her off the floor in case she had damaged any bones or anything like that. and when they did eventually arrive, she was really poorly and i thought i was going to lose her. when mary lynn got to hospital, she had to wait over an hour in the ambulance before she could be moved into a&e. she's now recovering, but that day has taken its toll. she deteriorated mentally, and that is a direct result of how poorly she was because of how long she'd been left. you can see now the 23 ambulances with patients. this has been a problem across much of the country. hospital backlogs mean, often, there's not enough room for ambulances to unload sick patients. when they get to a&e, ambulances should be able to deliver patients in 15 minutes, but 10,000 crews a week in england

are now stuck outside for an hour or more, the highest ever, with other parts of the uk facing similar problems. that means it's now taking more than an hour, on average, to respond to someone with a stroke or possible heart attack in england. in some cases, it's much longer. 85—year—old kula had to wait 14 hours for paramedics after breaking her hip. it's not really a state that anybody should be left in for that length of time, because you don't know what complications it could lead to. but when paramedics tried to drop her at hospital, there was another wait, this time for 26 hours, in the back of an ambulance, before she could be admitted. i cannot fault the ambulance crews, the paramedics, the nurses or doctors at all in any of this. this is a whole—system failure. it's just really traumatic for her. and to see a family member like that, it'sjust horrid, absolutely horrible. the government says there is extra

funding to pay for more staff and free up hospital beds. a full emergency care plan is due in the new year. but with winter coming, along with strike action involving some nurses and ambulance services, hospital bosses are warning of difficult times ahead. jim reed, bbc news. as we heard, over the last six months there have been around 700 more deaths per week than expected, so called "excess deaths". and the royal college of emergency medicine says a quarter of these deaths may be related to problems with the emergency care system. our health correspondent, nick triggle, said making that link is difficult as there are several factors to consider. we know around 30% of patients are waiting longer than four hours to be seen and treated and that is because the staff cannot get patients on towards.

are a lot of other factors u-oin on are a lot of other factors going on with the extra deaths we are seein- with the extra deaths we are seeing recorded. the population is frailer because of the pandemic. we still have covid circulating. there are a lot of factors playing into these excess deaths but certainly i think most people would agree emergency care delays are a key factor. joining me now is helen buckingham, director of strategy at the nuffield trust, a think tank focused on health policy. thank you so much forjoining us. what do you think is behind these problems and what can be done to tackle it? figs problems and what can be done to tackle it? �* , ., , , ., tackle it? as the family member on our sto tackle it? as the family member on your storyiust _ tackle it? as the family member on your story just then _ tackle it? as the family member on your storyjust then said, _ tackle it? as the family member on your story just then said, this - tackle it? as the family member on your story just then said, this is - tackle it? as the family member on your storyjust then said, this is a l your storyjust then said, this is a whole system issue. the ambulances arguing and are full because the emergency department is full, the hospital is full, they find it difficult to discharge people to services in the community. that is notjust services in the community. that is not just social care. services in the community. that is notjust social care. we have heard a lot about the pressures recently

and they are very real but it is also about the nhs funded community support services that people need to make sure that they can be safe and well and recover properly when they leave hospital, so it is notjust about saying, we need more ambulances, it is about unblocking the whole system. find ambulances, it is about unblocking the whole system.— ambulances, it is about unblocking the whole system. and do you think that it isiust — the whole system. and do you think that it is just more _ the whole system. and do you think that it isjust more money, - the whole system. and do you think that it isjust more money, more . that it isjust more money, more funding, that is the solution? funding helps and we know that if we look at the relative levels of investment in the nhs compared to other countries, we are low to middling compare to other countries of our type. we are low in investment and what recall capital, the money that we spend on buildings and equipment. and that is not a quick fix there are things that we can do with funding but actually there are things that we need to do in the meantime and one of the challenges that the health system has is trying to do the things that they know they need to do to fix things for the future whilst coping with the pressures of the care and now. like fixing a jumbo jet with the pressures of the care and now. like fixing a jumbojet in midair when the engines are failing. what needs to be done in the middle

to long—term? in what needs to be done in the middle to long-term?— to long-term? in the middle to long-term. _ to long-term? in the middle to long-term. it _ to long-term? in the middle to long-term, it is _ to long-term? in the middle to long-term, it is definitely - to long-term? in the middle to | long-term, it is definitely about long—term, it is definitely about fixing social care, looking at the investment we can put into services investment we can put into services in the community that the nhs provides, rehabilitation and community support, it is about different ways of providing care and we see this winter a step up in what we see this winter a step up in what we call virtual wards, so people who are able to go home but with extra supervision from community staff and the use of technology to monitor the condition. there are a range of things that can be done. and we also need to make sure your looking after the staff, so we need to fill the vacancies we have got and we need to look after the staff that we have got now because again as you have heard, staff are pretty exhausted. just briefly, the chairman of the health and so committee mp steve brine, told us this morning that investment is going up, funding is going up, and where do you get more money from? —— social care

committee. money from? -- social care committee-— money from? -- social care committee. , ., , committee. funding is going up in realterms committee. funding is going up in real terms but _ committee. funding is going up in real terms but when _ committee. funding is going up in real terms but when we _ committee. funding is going up in real terms but when we look - committee. funding is going up in real terms but when we look at. committee. funding is going up in | real terms but when we look at the way the population is changing at the knee, it is not. when you adjust the knee, it is not. when you adjust the funding because the operation is getting older, funding is quite flat. it is pretty tricky. it is really important that the whole system works in a way that is efficient and makes the best use of that money. efficient and makes the best use of that money-— efficient and makes the best use of that money. thank you so much for cominu that money. thank you so much for coming into — that money. thank you so much for coming into speak _ that money. thank you so much for coming into speak to _ that money. thank you so much for coming into speak to us, _ that money. thank you so much for coming into speak to us, helen. . a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" has told the bbc her treatment by prince william's godmother amounted to an interrogation and was abuse. lady susan hussey has apologised for what was said to ngozi fulani and resigned from her role as a royal aide. the row comes as the prince and princess of wales began their visit to the united states, where they'll focus on their annual earthshot environmental prize, as well as meeting president biden. ngozi fulani has been talking to bbc radio 4's today programme about what happened

in her coversation with lady susan. iam very i am very clear. you ask me where i am from and you say, but where are you really from? she am from and you say, but where are you really from?— am from and you say, but where are you really from? she said the words, where are you _ you really from? she said the words, where are you really _ you really from? she said the words, where are you really from? - you really from? she said the words, where are you really from? she - you really from? she said the words, where are you really from? she said | where are you really from? she said it more than — where are you really from? she said it more than once _ where are you really from? she said it more than once and _ where are you really from? she said it more than once and then, - where are you really from? she said it more than once and then, where i it more than once and then, where are your people from? at that point, you are thinking, lady, this is not appropriate. and i been a room full of women who have experienced domestic abuse, advocates, so many different people, that... how do i handle this situation? kindly and carefully. in my culture, we respect people that are our elders, basically. ifind myself in people that are our elders, basically. i find myself in a situation where i was not sure what to do and how to handle it, to be

honest. d0 to do and how to handle it, to be honest. , ., ~ to do and how to handle it, to be honest. ~ , to do and how to handle it, to be honest. ~' , ., to do and how to handle it, to be honest. ~ , ., ., honest. do you think she would have realised the — honest. do you think she would have realised the effect _ honest. do you think she would have realised the effect it _ honest. do you think she would have realised the effect it was _ honest. do you think she would have realised the effect it was having - honest. do you think she would have realised the effect it was having on l realised the effect it was having on you? realised the effect it was having on ou? �* , ,., , realised the effect it was having on you? absolutely. because... it is like... there _ you? absolutely. because... it is like... there were _ you? absolutely. because... it is like... there were three - you? absolutely. because... it is like... there were three of - you? absolutely. because... it is like... there were three of us - like... there were three of us standing there and at ll am like, lady, what are you asking me? i am telling you i am british and i was born here. yes, i know, i can see i am going to... let us be clear what this is at that point. and i think, you know, i have heard so many suggestions it is about her age and stuff like that, and i think that is kind of a disrespect, and ageism kind of a disrespect, and ageism kind of a disrespect, and ageism kind of thing because once i had established that she appears to be of sound mind, and that this is what it appears to be, then i have to really question how this can happen in a space that is supposed to be protecting women against all kinds of violence, although it is not physical violence, of violence, although it is not

physicalviolence, it of violence, although it is not physical violence, it is an abuse. her reaction... as this conversation continued, did she laugh, did she... how did she... what happened in the end? it how did she... what happened in the end? . , ~ how did she... what happened in the end? ., , ~ ., how did she... what happened in the end? ~ ., ., ., ., end? it was like an interrogation, that is the — end? it was like an interrogation, that is the only _ end? it was like an interrogation, that is the only way _ end? it was like an interrogation, that is the only way i _ end? it was like an interrogation, that is the only way i can - end? it was like an interrogation, that is the only way i can explain | that is the only way i can explain it. he is determined, where are you from, where you are —— where are your people from? the force... this is... she is out there as some 83—year—old lady that... are we saying that because of your age, you can't have... you can't be racist, you can't be inappropriate? i am can't be racist, you can't be inappropriate? iam not can't be racist, you can't be inappropriate? i am not your what is happening here but i know that if you invite people to an event for, as i said, against domestic abuse and there are people there from different demographics, i don't see the relevance of whether i am british or not british, i am very

proud of my african heritage. i make that clear. but you can't make me... this is the wind resting to me. you are trying to make me... you know, unwelcome in my own space and i asked her, what do you want me to say? what is it you want me to say question mark this went on for about five minutes. what is out there is just a synopsis. five minutes. what is out there is just a synopsis-— just a synopsis. how do you feel about the fact _ just a synopsis. how do you feel about the fact it _ just a synopsis. how do you feel about the fact it has _ just a synopsis. how do you feel about the fact it has ended - just a synopsis. how do you feel about the fact it has ended in i just a synopsis. how do you feel| about the fact it has ended in her resignation? i about the fact it has ended in her resignation?— about the fact it has ended in her resignation? i am still processing the whole thing, _ resignation? i am still processing the whole thing, to _ resignation? i am still processing the whole thing, to be _ resignation? i am still processing the whole thing, to be honest. i. the whole thing, to be honest. i want the focus to remain where it should be, which is on the women and girls who are affected by domestic abuse. having said that, she is employed by buckingham palace and it is their decision and her decision to make. one that i had no part in. british gas has become the latest supplier to say it will pay customers to reduce its use in the

busiest times of the year. now we say goodbye to our viewers on bbc two. a man who described himself as a psychopath with a conscience has been found guilty of murdering two women. he met the women through an aduu women. he met the women through an adult escort website and killed them six months apart in an isolated farm building. what can you tell us? building. what can ou tell us? , what can you tell us? just in the ast few what can you tell us? just in the past few moments, _ what can you tell us? just in the past few moments, mark - what can you tell us? just in the past few moments, mark brown | what can you tell us? just in the - past few moments, mark brown has been found guilty of both counts of murder. thejudge describing this case is one of the utmost gravity. it does, as you say, go back to november last year when alex morgan was reported missing. police pretty soon found that she had been traced to a farm building near hastings

that had been rented by mark brown. not long after that, they searched his van and found a prescription belonging to another woman, a woman called leah wear, who had been missing since last year. this pretty soon developed into a double murder investigation, ending today with these convictions. this is the background to the story. when police arrested mark brown, they thought he had killed one woman. it soon became clear that was not the case. they discovered he had murdered not only alex morgan but leah wear as well. two young mothers who died six months apart. mark brown, a labourer, had met the women on an adult escort website. he brought both women to these isolated farm buildings near hastings.. mark brown told the court when he met

alex morgan at the farm, she slipped on the workshop floor and hit her head on the ground and died. he said head on the ground and died. he said he then panicked and did not tell the authorities. when it came to leah wear, he said he had no idea where she went. on the day she died, security cameras caught alex morgan buying petrol en route to mark brown's farm. when he minutes later, she is seen following his car into the farm. where shortly after, he killed her. he later burned her body in this oil drum. when police searched his van, they found a prescription, it belonged to a second woman, leah wear. she had also gone as a sex worker to the farm and later formed a also gone as a sex worker to the farm and laterformed a relationship with him. but in may last year, she also disappeared. her body has never been found. to cover his tracks,

police believe mark brown drowned a dog in this pond at the farm. mark brown is an _ dog in this pond at the farm. mark brown is an enigma _ dog in this pond at the farm. mark brown is an enigma really. he is cold, _ brown is an enigma really. he is cold, heartless, ruthless, a narcissist _ cold, heartless, ruthless, a narcissist. and i have no doubt if we had _ narcissist. and i have no doubt if we had not — narcissist. and i have no doubt if we had not caught mark brown, he may well have _ we had not caught mark brown, he may well have gone to do something similan — well have gone to do something similar. , . , , well have gone to do something similar. , ., , , ., similar. this massive 'oint operation i similar. this massive 'oint operation by i similar. this massive 'oint operation by both h similar. this massive joint operation by both kent - similar. this massive joint | operation by both kent and similar. this massive joint - operation by both kent and sussex police did make extensive inquiries to see if there were more victims. but officers say there are none. mark brown, they say, was a cow collating individual, obsessed with violent pornography. someone who left the families of his victims devastated. two women who between them leave behind five young children. there were public gasps from the public gallery, from the families of

the victims today. mark brown was found guilty on both council murder and simply shook his head. thejudge addressed the court on various counts. the two most important of which were he kind of ask indirectly mark brown, between now and sentencing, whether he would tell the world where leah wear�*s body was p the world where leah wear�*s body was pissued the world where leah wear�*s body was p issued an invitation to him to tell the world and of course the family where the body is. the police have never been able to discover the body. regarding alexander morgan, he said as far as she was concerned, if it was the case that mark brownlee would her to the farm buildings with the view to sexually abuse her, and planning to kill her afterwards, he said the sentencing point for that, if that were to be true and they will have discussions about that, will have discussions about that,

will be 30 years. he already said that mark brown by definition automatically will get life in prison and thejudge automatically will get life in prison and the judge said this can be one of those cases where it could be one of those cases where it could be a whole life term and he said that mark brown will be sentenced in early january. that mark brown will be sentenced in earlyjanuary— early january. duncan, thank you. time for a — early january. duncan, thank you. time for a look _ early january. duncan, thank you. time for a look at _ early january. duncan, thank you. time for a look at the _ early january. duncan, thank you. time for a look at the sport - early january. duncan, thank you. time for a look at the sport now. | time for a look at the sport now. another day, another two more groups will be decided at the world cup. two from belgium, croatia and mark —— morocco will try and reach the last 16 tonight. tonight, two former world champions germany have to beat costa rica and hope japan lose. and we will see a moment of history with stephanie frappart becoming the first female referee to take charge of a match at the tournament. it'll

be an all—female team on the pitch. three days and counting until england's last 16 tie against senegal. they go into the knockout stages on the back of an impressive win against wales that helped them win against wales that helped them win the group. marcus rashford one of the goal—scorers. declan rice believes that other countries should believes that other countries should be worried about facing gareth southgate's team.— be worried about facing gareth southgate's team. be worried about facing gareth southuate's team. ., ., , southgate's team. other nations will alwa s look southgate's team. other nations will always look at _ southgate's team. other nations will always look at us _ southgate's team. other nations will always look at us and _ southgate's team. other nations will always look at us and look _ southgate's team. other nations will always look at us and look at - southgate's team. other nations will always look at us and look at the - always look at us and look at the quality we have got in the squad, why should we not be feared? if you look at our attacking players, we have world—class unbelievable talents across the board and across the whole team, players that have played in the biggest games and won the biggest trophies. we are one of the biggest trophies. we are one of the biggest trophies. we are one of the biggest teams here and it is down to us to bring it on the pitch. the french have proved that, they have won the world cup and they have done it consistently and now we want

to change that. all them big nations, we want to show we are here and notjust here to get into the round of 16, we want to go the hallway. and away from the world cup, a record—breaking day for england in the cricket in more ways than one. they are playing a test match in pakistan after 17 years and very much enjoying themselves. they have made it look very easy indeed. zach crowley reaching a century. and three more passing 100. they are becoming the first team to pass 500 runs on the opening day of a test. that is all the sport final. ian blackford is stepping down from his role as snp leader at westminster. in his statement about stepping down, he talked about heading

towards the next steps in winning scottish independence? yes. towards the next steps in winning scottish independence?— towards the next steps in winning scottish independence? yes, he did. ian blackford — scottish independence? yes, he did. ian blackford stead _ scottish independence? yes, he did. ian blackford stead -- _ scottish independence? yes, he did. ian blackford stead -- said - scottish independence? yes, he did. ian blackford stead -- said in - scottish independence? yes, he did. ian blackford stead -- said in his - ian blackford stead —— said in his statement that he things it is time for new leadership. he has been doing thejob forfive for new leadership. he has been doing the job for five years, i think. he has been there for quite a long time, quite a few prime minister is as well. but i think the truth is that some of his own mps have decided that it was time for a change as well. there have been some murmurings in the party about his leadership of the westminster group, a few controversies recently, secret recordings being leaked of snp group meetings, where ian blackford had said that the party needed to stand behind an mp who had been found to have broken parliament's harassment code. there were also questions about his performance at prime minister's questions over the last few months. it is not a complete surprise he is standing down actually. the party agm is next week. the agm in westminster is next

week, that would be the obvious point to do it. i have been hitting the phones, trying to speak to some senior people in the snp and we don't know for sure how many people will stand, it is up to mps if they want to put themselves forward but some people who i trust and tend to know what is going on in the party at westminster do think the aberdeen mp stephen flynn will stand and people who have told me things in the past that had transpired to be correct think that he has enough backing to win the leadership and he will get a majority in that agm on tuesday. stephen fleming, the abdomen —— aberdeen mp, is the early favourite to succeed ian blackford but that is not guaranteed and we will have to see if anyone else decides to stand.— will have to see if anyone else decides to stand. whether it is him or not to succeed _ decides to stand. whether it is him or not to succeed ian _ decides to stand. whether it is him or not to succeed ian blackford, i or not to succeed ian blackford, what are likely to be the priorities for whoever takes his place? i think the snp group _

for whoever takes his place? i think the snp group at — for whoever takes his place? i think the snp group at westminster- for whoever takes his place? i think the snp group at westminster are i the snp group at westminster are talking a lot more about independencejust now, especially after that supreme court case, where the court decided the scottish parliament could not hold a referendum without the backing of the westminster parliament, the westminster parliament has increasingly become the forum for that debate. it is worth remembering that debate. it is worth remembering that the westminster leader is not actually the actual snp leader, that is nicholas sturgeon. she does a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to policy for the snp. the party at westminster in my exteriors of covering them have been more about raising issues like independence, samantha issues close to the party possibly is hard, so i would expect them to do a similar sort of thing, whoever takes over. the future of scotland's place in the uk will be very high unsure on the list of priorities but the general economic debate, a bunch of other issues —— i am sure. it'll be change though

because it is worth remembering that since the snp became the third—party at westminster, that only happened when the lib dems possibly support collapsed at the elections. the snp overtook them in terms of numbers each. that meant they got those two really prominent questions at prime minister's questions every week. only two people have done it, angus robertson, he lost his seat in 2017 and is now a minister in the scottish government, and ian blackford. they have only been a couple of really prominent snp westminster leaders at the mk was taking on that really public role. we are about to get a third and the one name i keep hearing so far is stephen fleming. thank you very much. an independent investigation will be held into the treatment of a five—year—old boy who died after being sent home from hospital.

yusuf mahmud nazir died from pneumonia, nine days after rotherham hospital refused to admit him. rotherham nhs hospital trust had previously said it would carry out an internal inquiry, but now says independent investigators will be appointed to review yusuf�*s care. our correspondent, anjana gadgil, outlined what happened to yusuf mahmud nazir once he fell ill with a sore throat on november 13th. he was prescribed antibiotics by the family gp, but his health got worse and he developed a really serious throat infection so his family drove him to the emergency department at rotherham hospital, where they were seen by a doctor, who prescribed him more antibiotics but sent him home. and that was despite the family's attempts for him to be admitted. his uncle, zaheer ahmed, told the bbc at the weekend that he was told by the hospital they neither had the space nor the staff to admit him. we were begging for their help. we were begging them for their help. we said, "we need you, please can you just give him this antibiotics, can you treat him?" they said, "we haven't got the beds, we haven't got the doctors,

we haven't got the facilities, nothing we can do." four days later, yusuf was unable to eat, speak or drink— four days later, yusuf was unable to eat, speak or drink and he was taken by ambulance to sheffield children's hospital where he was put on an intravenous drip. but his condition deteriorated, he developed pneumonia and he had four cardiac arrests. and he died on november 23rd. his family believe he could have been saved if he'd been treated earlier. rotherham nhs hospital trust had previously said it would carry out an internal investigation, but today its chief executive, dr richard jenkins, said that an independent investigation would now review yusuf�*s care. he said he was working with nhs england to identify exactly who would carry out that investigation. and he said it's vital that it's thorough and independent. sarah champion is the family's constituency mp. she welcomed the fact that an investigation will take place and said that "it needs to look at the response from primary and secondary care organisations to find out what went so horribly wrong".

she also said it has to be really robust and independent. drjenkins also said that he's spoken to yusuf�*s uncle, who we just saw there in that clip, to directly express his condolences and to apologise to the family. he said that the family would be involved in deciding the terms of the reference of the investigation. it is still a bit misty and foggy for some of you across parts of central england and south—east wales. parts of these areas will see that fog lingering all day long. brighter spells around that and showers towards east anglia and the channel islands later. further north, some of the mildest conditions, more cloud across scotland and northern ireland and it is the north—east of scotland that'll stay on the damp side with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. some of that will continue into the

night. easing off a little bit. lots of cloudy northern half of the uk. some frost and fog across southern parts of england and wales. it will become more extensive tomorrow across east wales and into the midlands. some of that fog lingering to a good part of the day. channel islands, southeast asia, eastern parts of east anglia, the greater chance of showers. some brighter moments but staying fairly cloudy in the north of england and parts of scotland.

hello. this is bbc news. i'm luxmy gopal and these are the headlines. more than 11,000 ambulances are getting stuck every week in long queues outside a&e units in england — the highest since records began. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" says her treatment amounted to abuse. a builder who described himself as a "psychopath with a conscience"

has been found guilty of murdering two women six months apart. an independent inquiry will examine the treatment of five—year—old yusuf mahmud nazir, who died after being sent home from hospital because of bed shortages. warnings of a ticking time bomb of debt in the lead—up to christmas, as the number of people going into the red increases. the dangers of throwing batteries into household rubbish — officials reveal they cause about 700 fires a year and the problem is getting worse. and making history — stephanie frappart prepares to become the first woman to referee at a men's world cup in the game between costa rica and germany. a black british charity campaigner who was repeatedly asked at a royal reception where she was from has said it felt like she was being interrogated. ngozi fulani said the questions from the senior royal aide carried on in this way for about five minutes.

lady susan hussey has resigned and apologised. ngozi fulani has been speaking to sarah campbell in the past hour. sarah campbell in the past hour. sarah began by asking her about the domestic charity she founded. eistah domestic charity she founded. sistah sace domestic charity she founded. sistah space caters — domestic charity she founded. sistah space caters to _ domestic charity she founded. sistah space caters to caribbean _ domestic charity she founded. s stag? space caters to caribbean women domestic charity she founded. s stern space caters to caribbean women and girls are affected by domestic abuse. �*, girls are affected by domestic abuse. �* , . girls are affected by domestic abuse. �*, ., ., girls are affected by domestic abuse. ., . ., , girls are affected by domestic abuse. �*, ., ., . ., abuse. it's an important charity and an important _ abuse. it's an important charity and an important cause _ abuse. it's an important charity and an important cause and _ abuse. it's an important charity and an important cause and that - abuse. it's an important charity and an important cause and that is - abuse. it's an important charity and an important cause and that is why | an important cause and that is why you were there on tuesday so tell me about what happened when you arrived at buckingham palace. the about what happened when you arrived at buckingham palace.— at buckingham palace. the reason we not the at buckingham palace. the reason we got the invitation _ at buckingham palace. the reason we got the invitation to _ at buckingham palace. the reason we got the invitation to buckingham - got the invitation to buckingham palace is because we raised a particular concern about

discrimination in the sector about inequality, the issues black women face when they go to support and we also did a massive campaign around violence law and that was recognised and we got an invitation to the queens garden party a few months ago so when we got the invitation to the buckingham palace event, of course we said yes. we knew there would be other organisations there that are also involved in the elimination of abuse against women and girls so we looked forward to moving this thing forward. ~ , ., ., ., forward. when you arrived at buckingham _ forward. when you arrived at buckingham palace - forward. when you arrived at buckingham palace you - forward. when you arrived at i buckingham palace you weren't forward. when you arrived at - buckingham palace you weren't on your own, there are 300 people from various organisations. tell me about the incident involving lady susan hussey. how quickly did this happen?

within five minutes of me arriving in the hall and trying to see if i could recognise any faces there, i was standing next to two women and a lady in a blue suit came over to us and she kind of made a beeline to me and she kind of made a beeline to me and the first thing she did is take my hair in her hand, my locks and move it, saying she wants to see my name badge. haven't introduced yourself, i don't know who you are but it is not ok to put your hand on my hair, but we are taught to respect elders and she was a senior to me and i and i thought ok, let it pass. then she began to ask me who am i, where am ifrom? isaid i'm from sistah space, an organisation that supports african and caribbean heritage women and girls and she said what part of africa are you from? i said

said what part of africa are you from? isaid i said what part of africa are you from? i said i don't know, they didn't leave any records and that is my tweet, i couldn't trace which part. she said where are you from? i said sistah space are based in hackney. no, but where are you from? now, i'm thinking... this is feeling uncomfortable but ok, it's a question. i'm from here, iwas uncomfortable but ok, it's a question. i'm from here, i was born here. but where are you really from? i'm really from here. ok, sol here. but where are you really from? i'm really from here. ok, so i can see this is going to be a bit of a challenge, she said, what's your nationality? and i said, lady, iwas born here, i'm british. ithought that would be the end of it. no. no, where are you really from? where are your people from? my people? what is this? i cannot remember the

conversation exactly but she did mention france or french, the inability to speak french any more, something like that. i remember a previously at her talking about service, how long she had been in service, how long she had been in service and stuff like that. it was uncomfortable because she's driving at something and that is clear to me now. it is not a question of her not being able to hear what i'm saying, i've answered it, what more do you want? where are you really from? i want? where are you really from? i want us to go awake now so i said lady, my parents came here in the 19505 from the caribbean and i was about to say... oh, i knew we would get there in the end! that is where you work from! and she went in that vein and at that point... this was donein vein and at that point... this was done in front of colleagues in the sector. this is what we see in our

community, this is you trying to pull something from me, i have given you the answer but it's not satisfactory so you were going to keep going and then when you have the answer you require you are satisfied and off you went, and as someone who before i did this work i was eight registrar and part of my job as a registrar is to give people their british citizenship so i know what that means, i knew about what happened with the windrush generation, i know the conversations and i started to process whatjust happened but i didn't know what to do with it. ijust didn't want happened but i didn't know what to do with it. i just didn't want to happened but i didn't know what to do with it. ijust didn't want to be in the space any more. i don't want to beat somewhere i can be treated like that and i'm very clear, it's not a friendly where are you from because i told you where i was from and that would have been the end of

it. this is, you cannot beat british, where are you really from? and when she went, there is a bit in between, its like... i don't know if anyone has ever experienced this but as it's happening you are thinking of a way to shut the thing down and escape so i'm listening her but trying to find a way to just leave this scenario. she eventually went. and the two women that were with me, both of african origin, we just looked at each other for a moment and we didn't need any words but eventually we said whatjust happened here? this is outrageous, this is really rude. we need to tell somebody. who are we going to tell? so i went to the person who i knew

organised our invitation. i didn't want to spoil it for her, she was having fun, this was an event for those going through domestic abuse and i am a worker in the space. there were prime ministers and former home secretaries, people in the room who have been really affected by domestic abuse. this could not be about me right now so i had to hold it and i had to hold it for two hours and many people keep up for two hours and many people keep up to me and said where they were from and it was just a blur. you from and it was 'ust a blur. you have talked — from and it wasjust a blur. you have talked about _ from and it wasjust a blur. you have talked about feeling interrogated and it was traumatising for you. can you explain to people who perhaps have read the conversation and perhaps don't see why it was quite so hurtful to you, can you explain that?—

why it was quite so hurtful to you, can you explain that? everything has to be taken in _ can you explain that? everything has to be taken in its _ can you explain that? everything has to be taken in its context, _ can you explain that? everything has to be taken in its context, so - can you explain that? everything has to be taken in its context, so the - to be taken in its context, so the context is domestic abuse, raising awareness. that you have asked me a question and i have answered it several times and you do not stop until you get the answer that satisfies you, that i cannot claim to be british, that is clear. i have clarity. i'm not under any illusion. this happened in one of my many thoughts was common this could happen to someone who is affected by domestic abuse. trauma is in the room and if i am affected like this and i consider that i am someone, i can roll with the punches, i've been around this environment for a long time, i've seen things but this... i

let my guard down in a space that i thought i was safe in because we deal with violence against women. violence isn't always physical. it can be verbal. and that felt like violence to me and when you put your hand in my heart like i'm not even a person, you can do what you want and say what you want, then i don't want to be in your presence but i have to consider people and so i stayed. how many times do we stay in situations we are uncomfortable so we don't make other people uncomfortable? ngozi fulani speaking to our correspondent sarah campbell. citizens' advice says a growing number of people are seeking help and it's described as a ticking time bomb of debt.

david mcginley wants to give his children the best but, increasingly, his family are struggling just to get by. are you borrowing to pay for basics like food? my wife's dad actually lent us money this week to get shopping for the kids. so we are not too bothered about us, but they did not have sandwich stuff for school and teas this week, so dad actually helped us out. but we are just desperate at times. david looks after two—year—old jack while his wife is working full—time in a care home. he also has a part—time job in the corner shop. i've got £7.43 on the electric, which is roughly two days. the family have a debt management plan to gradually pay back around £7,000 afterfalling behind on bills, including energy and council tax. once you start falling behind, you know, luckily we have family who can lend us money, help us out, but then we have got to pay them back. you are just for ever chasing a never—ending debt.

it looks like even now, with christmas coming up, we have had to borrow money off two or three family members. we have not even gone out and started yet. how do you feel about christmas coming up? guilt, ifeel guilty. the charity citizens' advice is warning that more and more people have less than zero left to spend at the end of the month. the average amount their debt clients have remaining after paying essential living costs is just 1p. it's heartbreaking, really. especially if you think about the clients that we have coming in. a lot of them will be single parents and they are really struggling to put food on the table and stuff like that. people are really trying to keep on top of their finances but it is so difficult at the moment with everything that is going on. they are in debt through no fault of their own. the priority debts are things like rent and mortgage arrears, council tax arrears and energy arrears, and we are seeing substantial rises in all of them. so the people who are coming

into us, they may not have as much debt as may be in the past, but those debts are the essentials that we all need to keep going. poppy, push the light on. and again, push, push. good girl. well done. clever poppy. linda relies on her assistance dog poppy for help around the house, but she is not entitled to extra cost of living payments because of the type of disability benefit she receives. we are in a dilemma now of do we leave the heating off and manage the bills or do we turn the heating on and not pay the bills? so it is a bit of a dilemma. do you run a debt up or do you stay out of debt and stay cold? do you feel like it is inevitable that by the end of the winter you will be borrowing money? yes, yeah, i do feel it is inevitable. i do feel we are going to hit a point where we are going to be in debt by the end of the winter. can i have my purse, please, poppy? thank you.

and with more and more people struggling to find the cash to meet their basic needs, charities fear the rising cost of living will have long—term consequences and leave many more needing support. i have a quick look at the headlines. more than 11,000 ambulances are getting stuck every week in long queues outside a&e units in england — the highest since records began. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" says her treatment amounted to abuse. a builder who described himself as a "psychopath with a conscience" has been found guilty of murdering two women six months apart. the united nations has announced its humanitarian appeal for 2023,

saying it needs more than $51 billion to fund its work next year. the figure represents a rise of a quarter compared with last year's appeal. the un says the cash will support 230 million people worldwide. humanitarian needs are, the un says, shockingly high, with the war in ukraine, mass hunger in the horn of africa and flooding in pakistan. from geneva, our correspondent imogen foulkes has more. un humanitarian appeals are rarely close to never fully funded, but i think what we need to look at here for 2023 is that we have got these brand—new crises in 2022, huge conflict in europe, ukraine, we have got the fifth successive drought in somalia, that country really is on the brink of famine now, that risk is spreading across the horn of africa. the un believes 45 million people are actually approaching starvation, famine conditions, so we have enormous need, on top of very long—term crises like afghanistan or yemen or syria. so 2023 is going to be a very

challenging year for over 300 million people who are in need, and a challenging year for the aid agencies, so it is going to be challenging. almost five weeks ago, the british rugby player levi davis went missing in barcelona. despite several appeals for information, and an investigation by spanish police, levi's family still haven't heard from him. our reporter rachel stonehouse has been speaking to his mum. "hi, mum, it's beautiful here." 24—year—old levi davis beams into the camera as he travels by boat from ibiza to barcelona on the 29th of october. less than 12 hours later, he was missing, and hasn't been seen since. levi is a kind, caring, loving...gentleman, i would say. he is so inspirational.

how had levi's mental health been in the last few months before he went to spain? he'd struggled with a number of things. it wasn't, i wouldn't say, one particular thing. so the accumulation of all of the struggles, really... and then the acl injury probably tipped him over the edge, i would say. and so it's been like that since. and it's just the most frustrating, scariest time i've had to go through in my life. levi davis, can he step on the gas? levi is a professional rugby player. it's a finishing masterclass from levi davis. and a talented musician — appearing on celebrity x factor in 2019. # baby never act wild # very low—key on the profile... but an injury a few months ago meant he'd taken time out, and travelled to ibiza to visit a friend. about a week into his trip,

he left suddenly for barcelona, but without taking most of his things. when he got to the city, he went to this bar and was spotted leaving on cctv at around 10:00. that was the last confirmed sighting of levi, and a couple of weeks ago his passport was found at the port. to not have your passport, you can't check into a hotel, you can't travel out of the country. and i know levi wouldn't leave his passport anywhere — like, he was very, very precious over your passport. like most people would be, but to be in a foreign country without a passport, not knowing your surroundings very well, to be in the mental state that he's probably in at the moment... yeah, that was a bit of a tough one. levi hasn't used his bank cards or mobile phone. and, as time goes on, his friends and family are getting more worried. he's made no secret about it, didn't hide behind it. he actually embraced it. but, like, with mental health, you have good days and you have bad days. and i think over the last couple of months, maybe levi went in on himself a little bit, and maybe tried to deal

with things a little bit more on his own, ratherthan, i suppose, going out there trying to seek the help or asking people for support. the spanish police have confirmed to the bbc they found levi's passport at the port, but say they can't give any more details about the investigation. it's been very, very slow, i think. since the last we heard about the passport, we have had no more information — we don't know how it had been found. we just don't know. you know, kind of like... mixed emotions, really. it's almost like... you know, you feel like he's still with us. you know? it doesn't seem... it doesn't seem real. forjulie, she's holding out hope that levi will return safely. levi. you know already, son, i really do love you. and you know, all the family —

we care for you so, so much. we're all missing you, and... we just want you home, son. no matter what the problem is, please don't think that, you know, it can't be solved. it can. but please, please come home, and we can sort out whatever it is that's going on together. rachel stonehouse, bbc news. homeowners are being warned that throwing batteries into their rubbish bins is causing 700 fires a year. councils across the uk have told the organisation material focus — which campaigns for the proper disposal of electricals — that the fires are becoming an increasingly dangerous problem. here's our science correspondent, victoria gill. the first smoke is subtle. but within minutes, this smouldering pile is a majorfire. while no—one was hurt, this aberdeenshire recycling facility was destroyed,

and the company says the most likely cause was a battery inside a discarded electrical device. we're using and disposing of more and more electrical items. and contained in many of those devices are lithium—ion batteries. more and more of the people are putting these devices in their general rubbish, or they're mixing them with their normal recycling. and that causes a real problem for facilities like this because they have a tendency, once damaged, to explode or ignite. and when you put them in your general rubbish or your recycling, they're likely to be crushed, compacted, smashed, or they might get wet and that can cause them to become damaged or to short—circuit. and then, of course, they're in the presence of lots of other flammable material like plastic and paper and card, and that can lead to quite big fires. many — particularly small — electrical items are making their way into these facilities, hidden in huge mixed piles of household rubbish.

this cctv footage shows the danger. when they're crushed, lithium—ion batteries can heat up and explode. many of us have numerous small electrical devices like these in our homes. so if you want to dispose of them safely, how do you do it? well, there is a website where you can enter your postcode and find the nearest collection box that will take your device. the best thing to do is to bring it to your recycling centre and you can dispose of that safely with other small electrical items. but also supermarkets — a lot of supermarkets will have recycling points especially for batteries, so you can dispose of them there, as well. waste campaigners and fire—safety experts, who've seen the dangers up close, are calling for much clearer rules and government guidance on how to safely dispose of electrical devices. but the lesson here, they say, is never put electricals or batteries in your household rubbish. victoria gill, bbc news.

tributes have been coming in for christine mcvie — the hugely successful singer and songwriter who was an integral part of rock supergroup fleetwood mac and who's died at the age of 79. the band sold more than 100 million records worldwide — and christine mcvie wrote many of their biggest hits. david sillito reports. music: don't stop fleetwood mac and don't stop, the song bill clinton chose as his campaign anthem. # just think what tomorrow will do # don't stop thinking about tomorrow # don't stop, it'll soon be here # it'll be better than before # yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone... the songwriter — christine mcvie. she had been part of the british blues scene in the '605 with the band chicken shack and also as a solo artist before joining mick fleetwood

and her husband john mcvie. she had a gift for writing hits. # tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies... little lies, everywhere, you make loving fun. many of the band's best—known songs were her work, but she tired of the endless touring. # you can go your own way... there was a long break, but she rejoined the band in 2014. # and i love you, i love you, i love you. # like never before... fleetwood mac has had many ups and downs, but their success owed much to the songwriting skill of christine mcvie. in a statement, the band said it was so lucky to have a life with her.

christine mcvie, who died at the age of 75. clive myrie will be with you in the moment but now it's time for a look at the weather. we have seen some sunshine in a few places today, london for example, in other parts it's been a struggle with that mist and fog that kept it cold, a range of temperatures as we crept into the evening. these are the numbers, a lot of cloutier but in england and wales the winds are next to nothing which is what we will see mist and fog thickening again especially for east wales, the woodlands and the met country. further north it could be misty and murky over the hills for scotland with dampness in the earth is that low cloud sits on high ground. temperatures will not be far away from freezing for a time. to mark

some brightness and sunshine across northern ireland, still a lot of cloud across scotland and northern england, mist and fog further south will lift to the midlands and southern and eastern parts of england, we may even see some sunshine with temperatures typically 7-9 sunshine with temperatures typically 7—9 on friday afternoon. as we head into the weekend a weather front approaches the far north—west but it's not getting anywhere, getting blocked off but at high pressure from scandinavia so more of an easterly breeze across england and wales, some areas of cloud and sunshine and one or two light showers. towards the north west of scotland and northern ireland at the kirk lead, maybe some light rain and drizzle and temperatures may be a shade lower on saturday, starting to feel colder as the weekend goes on and that is because as we head into sunday we have this run of easterly winds keeping us in the cold air and it will start to feel colder as the

winds pick up, that will be more noticeable so again on sunday there will be some sunshine here and there, a few showers coming in and that easterly breeze, mainly down the eastern side of england and scotland, a possibility of snow on the mountains. a bit stronger on sunday, the wind, it will make it feel colder. those are the temperatures on the thermometer but if you were out in that when you can drop a few degrees and it will feel more like 2 or three celsius in the afternoon.

today at one, ambulance waiting times in england rise sharply, amid warnings the nhs is being driven to breaking point. more than 11,000 ambulances waited for over an hour outside a&e departments last week. she deteriorated mentally really quickly, and that is a direct result of how poorly she was because of how long she'd been left. why are waiting times just getting longer and longer? we'll take a look. also this lunchtime: a black british charity boss who was repeatedly asked where she was "really" from at a royal reception has told the bbc she felt abused. no matter