this is bbc news. the highest since records began. she deteriorated mentally really quickly. and that is a direct result of how poorly she was because of how long she had been left. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" says her treatment amounted to abuse. no matter how uncomfortable it is

for people to accept, i am very clear that i experienced racism in an environment that i should have felt safe in. an environment that i should have felt safe im— an environment that i should have felt safe in. house prices see their bi est felt safe in. house prices see their biggest monthly — felt safe in. house prices see their biggest monthly fall _ felt safe in. house prices see their biggest monthly fall for _ felt safe in. house prices see their biggest monthly fall for nearly - felt safe in. house prices see their biggest monthly fall for nearly two and a half years because of rising interest rates and the cost of a home dropping by i.4%. a source close to borisjohnson tells the bbc the former prime minister intends to stand again as an mp at the next general election. 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. seniorfigures in the nhs, are warning that pressures on england's ambulance service, are reaching breaking point.

new figures show waiting times outside hospitals worsened last month, with more than 11,000 ambulance crews a week, or one in seven, stuck in queues of at least an hour outside a&e. the government insists more funding has been made available to free up beds, allowing ambulances to drop off patients more quickly. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, has the story. just a few months ago, mary lynn was up, about and mobile. then she had a fall at her home in southampton. it took an ambulance more than seven hours to reach her, when it should have taken three at most. the doctors had said not to move her off the floor in case she'd 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 she got to hospital, mary lynn had to wait 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, paramedics should be able to deliver in england are now stuck outside for an hour or more, with other scotland, wales and northern ireland facing similar pressure. it's such a frustrating place to be in, and you almost feel powerless as a professional, because you want to do your best for your patients, and you're working on a system that is not letting you do that. in england, it's now taking more than an hour, on average,

to respond to someone with a stroke or possible heart attack. in some cases, it's much longer. 85—year—old kula had to wait ia hours for paramedics after breaking her hip in cornwall. 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.

we can talk now to dr ian higginson. the vice president of the royal college of emergency medicine. good afternoon. in your assessment, how bad are things right now? the word how bad are things right now? tue: word difficult how bad are things right now? tte: word difficult is how bad are things right now? tt2 word difficult is describing it a little bit mildly. i know we as a royal and our members and those who work with us in the emergency services are really worried about what is happening in winter and we are worried about the scale of the crisis that we are now facing in our emergency care service, especially in emergency departments and other services. ., ., ~' in emergency departments and other services. ., ., ~ ., services. you talk about the scale ofthe services. you talk about the scale of the problems. _ services. you talk about the scale of the problems. we _ services. you talk about the scale of the problems. we have - services. you talk about the scale of the problems. we have heard i services. you talk about the scale - of the problems. we have heard some of the problems. we have heard some of the problems. we have heard some of the numbers, but one of the other things is the timing. we are not in the midst of winter yet, and the harshest pressures traditionally, are you expecting things to get significantly worse?— are you expecting things to get significantly worse? there are two thins significantly worse? there are two thin . s to significantly worse? there are two things to say _ significantly worse? there are two things to say to — significantly worse? there are two things to say to that _

significantly worse? there are two things to say to that question, - significantly worse? there are two things to say to that question, the first thing is what these —— all these numbers represent human beings and your story captured that very well. when we talk about ambulances being held up outside emergency departments, what that means is we have got vulnerable, frail patients in our emergency departments, often for days now, waiting on hard trolleys, where we struggle to care for their basic needs properly, where they cannot get to sleep because it is always light and noisy. we have patients suffering a similar experience in ambulances and then we have patients at home waiting for ambiences. these are just numbers, these are real people and you have heard also how this affects the staff who are trying to after those people to the best of their ability. after those people to the best of theirability. do after those people to the best of their ability. do we expected to get worse? well, yes. things tend to get worse? well, yes. things tend to get worse overwinter. and the question is, how bad does it get each winter and does it get any better over the summer? what we tendency now is a

perpetual winter through the nhs but a was winter when it is actually winter. it is hard to describe it bad things get worse. t winter. it is hard to describe it bad things get worse. i appreciate that. we have _ bad things get worse. i appreciate that. we have had _ bad things get worse. i appreciate that. we have had some - bad things get worse. i appreciate that. we have had some numbers| bad things get worse. i appreciate - that. we have had some numbers this morning about how these delays are actually impacting for example the number of people dying. is it possible to get accurate numbers on that kind of number? tt is possible to get accurate numbers on that kind of number?— that kind of number? it is not ossible that kind of number? it is not possible to — that kind of number? it is not possible to get _ that kind of number? it is not possible to get accurate - that kind of number? it is not. possible to get accurate numbers because there are so many confounding variables but we know for sure that if patients wait more than six hours in emergency departments to get into hospital, then a significant number of them will die in association with that. we know that it is harmful for patients to waiting ambulances because they cannot get the treatment they need. it is blindingly obvious that if patients are seriously ill in the community and we cannot get ambulances to them, then patients will come to harm and when we are talking about time, unfortunately it does mean that patients are dying

unnecessarily every day in our emergency care system because we cannot get them the help they need quickly enough and when we get them into the emergency departments, we cannot treat them to the standard we would like. tt cannot treat them to the standard we would like. . , cannot treat them to the standard we would like. ., , ., ., cannot treat them to the standard we would like. .,, ., ., , , would like. it has got to be brief because we _ would like. it has got to be brief because we are _ would like. it has got to be brief because we are out _ would like. it has got to be brief because we are out of _ would like. it has got to be brief because we are out of time, - would like. it has got to be brief because we are out of time, is l would like. it has got to be brief - because we are out of time, is there a single solution that you would like to see right at the top of the priority list? tt like to see right at the top of the priority list?— like to see right at the top of the priority list? it is always going to come back _ priority list? it is always going to come back to. — priority list? it is always going to come back to, let's _ priority list? it is always going to come back to, let's have - priority list? it is always going to come back to, let's have a - priority list? it is always going to come back to, let's have a plan, | come back to, let's have a plan, let's focus on workforce, let's focus on the social care system. thank you so much for coming on the programme. with me is the bbc�*s head of statistics, robert cuffe. we heard there in our report the numbers and doctor higginson pointing out that behind every number is a real story, a real human and theirfamily, impacted so negatively. can we just first of all try and pick through the members and what they are telling us at the moment. t what they are telling us at the moment. . , what they are telling us at the moment. ., , , ., ., 4' what they are telling us at the moment. ., , , ., ., ~ ., moment. i have 'ust been looking at the numbers — moment. i have 'ust been looking at the numbers to — moment. i have just been looking at the numbers to see _ moment. i have just been looking at the numbers to see the _ moment. i have just been looking at the numbers to see the last - moment. i have just been looking at the numbers to see the last time . moment. i have just been looking atj

the numbers to see the last time we saw figures like this. we will show them to the audience chart and it makes clear the point that doctor higginson was saying about a perpetual winter. higginson was saying about a perpetualwinter. if higginson was saying about a perpetual winter. if you look at the amount of time it takes for ambulance to respond, not a heart attack, but strokes, things like that, you can see... hopefully we will be able to show it to the audience in a second, those are at levels we have not seen during the pandemic amount levels we have not seen even before the pandemic, taking about an average our to reach these goals when the target is 18 minutes. in england, we are no any that. ., ., ., , , ., ,, , that. now we have the grass, talk us throu~h it. that. now we have the grass, talk us through it. what _ that. now we have the grass, talk us through it. what is _ that. now we have the grass, talk us through it. what is this _ that. now we have the grass, talk us through it. what is this showing? - through it. what is this showing? every month, this is how long it is taking to respond to a category two call. maybe on the left and side of the chart, in september, 2020, middle of the pandemic, they were close to it and you would normally

see it rising in winter and falling in winter. it has been rising pretty steadily and running at high levels throughout last year. this is the perpetual winter that doctor higginson was talking about. if you go back before september 2020, the numbers are nowhere near as bad as they are at the moment and that is just one of the measures was people waiting in hospitals, amber and is waiting in hospitals, amber and is waiting in hospitals, it is a picture bursting at the seams and people are waiting a lot longer than they should. to people are waiting a lot longer than they should-— they should. to that dance -- question _ they should. to that dance -- question i _ they should. to that dance -- question i ask _ they should. to that dance -- question i ask the _ they should. to that dance -- question i ask the doctor, - they should. to that dance -- i question i ask the doctor, about because and effect, when we are seeing those delays can we get any sense of what those delays are actually meaning in terms of consequences? he actually meaning in terms of consequences?— actually meaning in terms of consequences? actually meaning in terms of conseauences? , ,~ ., consequences? he was pretty clear that if ou consequences? he was pretty clear that if you wait — consequences? he was pretty clear that if you wait longer, _ consequences? he was pretty clear that if you wait longer, you - consequences? he was pretty clear that if you wait longer, you are - that if you wait longer, you are increasing the risk of very sick patients, very frail patients, dying. there is data supporting that. the hard part is turning that into a number telling you exactly how much of this is the covid hangover. this is clearly of

hangover. this is clearly part of it, but you have the after—effects of covid infections, the pandemic, i think we can show another one of those effects to the audience now. if you look at how many people were getting prescribed, for example new blood pressure medication, reducing the chance of a heart attack, that falling in the middle of the charge, during the pandemic and then for a year later, it did not recover. you had people walking around with untreated high blood pressure. that is extra people, untreated, a higher risk of heart attacks and that will feed through into that. and that is what we are seeing, very high levels of cardiovascular deaths at what we are seeing, very high levels of cardiov lots ar deaths at what we are seeing, very high levels of cardiov lots of deaths at what we are seeing, very high levels of ca rdiov lots of factors at what we are seeing, very high levels of cardiov lots of factors here that moment. lots of factors here that are all playing together and making each other worse. it is hard to is a 25233. tits}. is a 2135 res iss is a 25�*s. �*t?fi%. �*13�*155. but it continuin-. teqtqtnq t talking ust " talking ustthrough t t talking ustthrough that.

a charity boss who's black, and was repeatedly asked where she came from at a buckingham palace reception, says she felt lady susan, who's 83, is godmother to the prince of wales, and has now resigned from the royal household. the palace described her remarks as "unacceptable and deeply regrettable". here's our royal correspondent, sarah campbell. ngozi fulani, standing next to the queen consort, with her back to the camera, was at buckingham palace in her role aide, lady susan hussey. when she approached me, one of the first things she did was to take my locks and move it out of the way. no conversation at first,

and then she says, "i just want to see your name badge." ms fulani, a british national, then says she was repeatedly and aggressively questioned. "yeah, but, 0k, ican see that this is going to be i was thinking that would be the end of it, but no. lady susan hussey, here in the blue, who was a lady in waiting are you clear in your mind that what happened was a racist incident? i am very clear, right, no matter how uncomfortable

it is for other people to accept, i am very clear that i experienced racism in an environment that i should have felt safe in, and we need to address that. to make the royal couple's position clear, that racism has no place in our society. buckingham palace said in a statement that it had reached out to ngozi fulani. today she says she is still waiting for direct contact to be made. nobody has reached out to us directly from the palace. we would look forward to a conversation, because this can't be, "i'm sorry" and move on.

next, a builder has been found guilty of murdering two women six months apart on a remote farm in east sussex. how crown court was told —— hove crown court was told mark brown set —— met the women through a sex work website. let's get an update on all the action at the world cup in doha — we can cross live there and to my colleague lucy hockings. hello, everyone. we are closing in on completing the line—up for the knockout stages of the competition. there is real pressure today on the

giants of the game, two of them, belgium and germany, they are fighting to avoid the major embarrassment of elimination in the group stages. belgium started as one of the pretournament favourites and they must now beat croatia to go —— go through to the knockout stages. there has been quite a lot of descent inside the belgium camp and some intriguing news for some of their biggest names. roberto martinez has dropped captain edin hazard and has resisted the temptation to start roman or cargo. that news coming as they announce their teams. that news coming as they announce theirteams. let's that news coming as they announce their teams. let's look at the rest of the fixtures. canada are facing morocco. later, it is over to group b, where japan morocco. later, it is over to group b, wherejapan are up against morocco. later, it is over to group b, where japan are up against spain b, wherejapan are up against spain and it is b, where japan are up against spain and it is costa rica versus germany. any two of the four teams could still qualify. it was a very

disappointing start to the competition for germany. they are the 2014 world champions and they are now currently sitting bottom of the group and only have one point. they do need to be costa rica and they need to hope that spain beats japan in order to guarantee they progress to the last 16. attention today will notjust be on the players in that germany— costa rica game because we are seeing a piece of history being made today when an all—female refereeing trio take charge for the first time in a men's world cup match. it is referee stephanie frappart who will be joined by her assistance. stephanie is from france and became the first female official at the tournament when she was named as the fourth official for mexico and poland's game last tuesday. she spoke to us before heading to qatar. the game last tuesday. she spoke to us before heading to qatar.— before heading to qatar. the world cu is the before heading to qatar. the world cup is the most _ before heading to qatar. the world cup is the most important -

cup is the most important competition in the world, not only in football. we know that there is a lot of expectations and there is always pressure in the matches and also when you have more pressure because they are always nail, i was always welcome in the stadium, i feel like another referee inside the picture. fie. feel like another referee inside the icture. �* ., ., ., feel like another referee inside the icture. ., ., ., , ,, picture. a huge amount of pressure on her. i picture. a huge amount of pressure on her- i am _ picture. a huge amount of pressure on her. i am now— picture. a huge amount of pressure on her. i am nowjoined _ picture. a huge amount of pressure on her. i am nowjoined by - picture. a huge amount of pressure on her. i am nowjoined by a - on her. i am nowjoined by a football german —— german football expert and he has told me the appointment is really welcomed by everyone involved with the game. yes, i have not come across anyone within the german fa or other nations who think this is not a good idea. they will have seen stephanie frappart article —— do really well in the champions league already, the highest level at club level and there are no doubts about her qualifications if anything, the

players might be slightly better behaved than they otherwise would be. it is great. people were expecting it to happen even earlier in the competition but nevertheless, it is lovely to see it. tt is in the competition but nevertheless, it is lovely to see it.— it is lovely to see it. it is indeed and a high-profile _ it is lovely to see it. it is indeed and a high-profile match - it is lovely to see it. it is indeed and a high-profile match as - it is lovely to see it. it is indeed l and a high-profile match as well. it is lovely to see it. it is indeed i and a high-profile match as well. i and a high—profile match as well. i think we are expecting 70,000 fans at the stadium this evening. millions more watching around the world. really looking to receive germany can resuscitate this world cup campaign, what has gone so wrong for germany? the cup campaign, what has gone so wrong for germany?— for germany? the first game went wrone. for germany? the first game went wronu. it for germany? the first game went wrong- it was _ for germany? the first game went wrong. it was against _ for germany? the first game went wrong. it was against japan, - for germany? the first game went wrong. it was against japan, a - for germany? the first game went l wrong. it was against japan, a game wrong. it was againstjapan, a game they should have never lost. they were in control and had the lead but conceded really silly goals. the inquest started and there was a frank discussion and a team meeting added could have gone either way against spain. the team could have crumbled under the pressure or come together and performed unluckily for jimmy that is what happened and they have given a lifeline and a chance. —— and luckily for germany. ifjapan

win against spain, germany are in real trouble. win against spain, germany are in realtrouble. but win against spain, germany are in real trouble. but otherwise, win against spain, germany are in realtrouble. but otherwise, germany haveitin realtrouble. but otherwise, germany have it in the own control. they are in a much better place than they were on sunday morning when they thought they were going home. 0ptimism has returned, confidence has returned but now they need to do the job is costa has returned but now they need to do thejob is costa rica. d0 has returned but now they need to do the job is costa rica.— the job is costa rica. do you think the job is costa rica. do you think the are the job is costa rica. do you think they are feeling _ the job is costa rica. do you think they are feeling the _ the job is costa rica. do you think. they are feeling the disillusionment that we are hearing from julie that fans of the country are not really engaging in this world cup? == engaging in this world cup? -- germany- _ engaging in this world cup? 2» germany. once the engaging in this world cup? »» germany. once the game starts, you are not affected by that but they would have liked to have seen more support. they look at other nations, the south american nations, african nations, they have so many fans and just a handful of germans comparatively, a couple of thousand, and they would love to see more germans there and they would also like to see the kind of euphoria that greeted —— greeted the performances in years gone by. but

the public have fallen out of love a little bit with this team at the german fa, which makes it all —— all the more important if they had a decent world cup. if they get knocked out in the group stage, it would not do much for that sense of communal togetherness. i hope things will change, if they go deep into this competition.— this competition. what will the mentality of — this competition. what will the mentality of the _ this competition. what will the mentality of the team - this competition. what will the mentality of the team be - this competition. what will the | mentality of the team be going this competition. what will the - mentality of the team be going into the match? t mentality of the team be going into the match? 2' , mentality of the team be going into the match? ~ , .., mentality of the team be going into the match? ~' , ., the match? i think they can do it. i think some — the match? i think they can do it. i think some of _ the match? i think they can do it. i think some of the _ the match? i think they can do it. i think some of the confidence, - the match? i think they can do it. i think some of the confidence, the | think some of the confidence, the optimism that was really brought into the tournament, has been restored. it all deflated very quickly againstjapan but now restored. it all deflated very quickly against japan but now they are in a position where they think, if we get through this group stage, which we have made a bit of a mess of, we are one of the decent size and maybe the world cup starts again for us. i think they feel they can do it. i am confident. let's see what happens tonight.- do it. i am confident. let's see what happens tonight. yes, it does feel unimaginable _ what happens tonight. yes, it does feel unimaginable to _ what happens tonight. yes, it does feel unimaginable to think- what happens tonight. yes, it does feel unimaginable to think that - feel unimaginable to think that germany won't progress. we will be

watching closely. thank you very much and enjoy the match. all eyes will be on the stadium this evening for germany versus costa rica but also because we are going to be witnessing that slice of world cup history with stephanie frappart. it has taken 92 years and 942 matches and most importantly, a seismic shift in attitude you see this all—female trio take to the field tonight to referee the match. there has been lots of controversy at this world cup but this is an undisputed sign of progress and is being celebrated here. thank you very much for that update. the prince and princess of wales have begun their visit to the united states, under the shadow of a new row about race. a royal aide, lady susan hussey, has resigned and apologised after asking a black british charity campaigner "where she was really from".

live to boston with cbs correspondent michael george. how much interest is there in the states about this royal visit? thank you very much for coming on. start by telling us, this visit is just getting under way. how is it being received?— just getting under way. how is it bein: received? , ., , being received? there is tremendous excitement- — being received? there is tremendous excitement. there _ being received? there is tremendous excitement. there are _ being received? there is tremendous excitement. there are many - being received? there is tremendous l excitement. there are many americans who love following the royal family and are very excited about a visit like this. in boston, yesterday, it was pouring rain and frigid cold, yet hundreds of people stayed outside in that rain and in that cold, just for a chance to get a glimpse of the royal couple and they also visited a basketball game, a boston celtics game last night, and there were cheers throughout the crowd, so despite the recent controversies, a lot of people in america follow the royal family closely and celebrate them and are very excited to welcome them here. and you mention the controversy, the

we have heard in the past, meghan markle raised the issue of race with the royalfamily, now this, has there been any reaction to that? certainly, it has impacted how people perceive the royal family in america. they are aware of meghan markle's comments in this ongoing debate and controversy that has been happening over racism but when i talked to some of the people who came out yesterday, many of them said that they are able to form a distinction between the institution and the individual. i do believe that this is a problem that needs to be addressed, at the same time they can express excitement and not blame the royal couple, the prince and princess, for what is being taken place over the last few years and months. . 2' place over the last few years and months. ., ,, , ., place over the last few years and months. . ~' , ., , place over the last few years and months. ., ,, , ., , . place over the last few years and months. . 2' , ., , . ., months. thank you very much for cominu months. thank you very much for coming on _ months. thank you very much for coming on and — months. thank you very much for coming on and talking _ months. thank you very much for coming on and talking to - months. thank you very much for coming on and talking to us. - coming on and talking to us. let's come back to the uk. a source

close to borisjohnson has told the bbc the former prime minister intends to stand again as an mp at the next general election. johnson has been on the backbenches since leaving number ten, of course. was this expected?— leaving number ten, of course. was this expected? there has been a lot of speculation _ was this expected? there has been a lot of speculation about _ was this expected? there has been a lot of speculation about boris - lot of speculation about boris johnson's future both within the world of politics and beyond. he was forced to stand down earlier this summer. he had an aborted attempt to run again for the leadership against the current prime minister, rishi sunak. he chose not to proceed, despite having secured the number of nominations of mps who did back his candidacy. he said he would not continue with his nomination and since then, there has been a lot of speculation about what he would do next, whether he would stand again in the next general election, which is due to take place

2025. this afternoon, the telegraph reported boris johnson 2025. this afternoon, the telegraph reported borisjohnson had told his local conservative party that he would be standing and contesting his seatin would be standing and contesting his seat in london, in north—west london, again in the next general election and a representative has confirmed that to the bbc. it does not necessarily mean that this is just a moment in time, he could have caused change his mind, but there has been a deadline set by the conservative party for all current mps to tell them by monday whether they intend to stand again at the next general election. there are some changes to the boundaries of seats. the parliamentary boundaries, this is a regular process that takes into account population shifts to ensure that different seats are roughly represented with the same number of people across the country. all conservative mps are being asked to say whether they intend to stand again. a number have already said they are not going to stand again but intense interest in boris johnson and his politicalfuture. for now, it seems he will be

contesting the seat again at the next general election and that of course will allow him to stand again as a leadership candidate in the future, if there were a vacancy. interesting. and in more normal political times, you have relatively few former prime ministers knocking about, for want of a better phrase, but we have quite a few. normally they would leave the house of commons but because we have so many, there are a lot more on the backbenches than we would normally have. tt backbenches than we would normally have. , , ., , have. it is quite interesting to see former prime _ have. it is quite interesting to see former prime minister— have. it is quite interesting to see former prime minister is - have. it is quite interesting to see former prime minister is on - have. it is quite interesting to see former prime minister is on the i former prime minister is on the backbenches, starting to ask questions of cabinet ministers in their posts and their new positions in the house of commons will it is unusualfor in the house of commons will it is unusual for we in the house of commons will it is unusualfor we are in the house of commons will it is unusual for we are starting to see some parliamentary action from boris johnson raising a question recently about a police station in his local constituency was not liz truss and borisjohnson constituency was not liz truss and boris johnson have constituency was not liz truss and borisjohnson have been voicing their opposition to government policy as well. and it is

interesting to have because we have had such a quick succession of prime ministers, this year, there are now a number of very significant figures on the backbenches.— on the backbenches. thank you so much for that. _ on the backbenches. thank you so much for that. time _ on the backbenches. thank you so much for that. time now - on the backbenches. thank you so much for that. time now for - on the backbenches. thank you so much for that. time now for a - on the backbenches. thank you so| much for that. time now for a look at the weather forecast. hello again. it has been a mixture of weather today. a bit of sunshine and some mist and fog around. a lot of cloud further north across scotland, northern ireland and also the far north of england. not much breeze at all really for england and wales. mist and fog thickening up across east wales, the west midlands and into the west country. further north, low cloud sitting over high ground in northern ireland and scotland. temperatures lowest in england and with that cloud coming and going. temperatures close to freezing from time to time. that mist and fog platforms overnight should tend to lift readily during friday. some brightness across northern ireland. a lot of cloud for

scotland at the north of finland. sangchan coming through across southern and eastern england and the midlands. —— sunshine. 0n southern and eastern england and the midlands. —— sunshine. on an easterly breeze, beginning to pick up, those temperatures around seven to nine or 10 celsius.

hello. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones 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 racist abuse. house prices see their biggest monthly fall for nearly two and a half years because of rising interest rates with the cost of a home dropping by 1.4%.

a source close to borisjohnson tells the bbc that the former prime minister intends to stand again as an mp at the next general election. 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. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. less than an hour to kick off in the first of today's world cup matches — group f is underway at 3pm, with lots to be decided. belgium, croatia, and morocco all try to get through. and then tonight, two former world champions will try to progress. spain need to avoid defeat against japan but germany have to beat costa rica — and hope japan lose. ifjapan draw, it'll come down to goal difference, and things could get nervy for the german camp. and germany's match with costa rica will also see a moment of history as stephanie frappart becomes the first female referee to take charge of a men's match

at the tournament. it will be an all—female team on the pitch, with brazil's neuza back and mexican karen diaz medina running the lines as her assistants. the men's world cup is the most important competition in the world, not only in football, so we know there are a lot of expectations. there is always pressure in the matches and also pressure because they are always new. i was always welcome in the stadium so i feel like another referee inside the pitch. the countdown is on for all england fans — as they prepare to face senegal in the last 16 on sunday. after an impressive 3—0 win in their final group match against wales on tuesday, manager gareth southgate may have some selection headaches for the match.

all 25 players trained today — and midfielder says declan rice other countries should be worried about facing gareth southgate's side. 0ther other nations will always look at us and think of the quality we have in the squad. why should we be scared? if you look at our players, world—class talents across the board, across the whole team, players who have played in the biggest gains with one of the biggest gains with one of the biggest trophies. we are one of the biggest trophies. we are one of the biggest teams here. we have to prove that on the pitch. teams like the french have proved that, they've won a world cup and have done it consistently. we want to change that. we want to show the big nations that we are here and not just to get to the round of 16, we want to go the whole way. the players were seen going back to the hotel after losing tehran in their group. question marks over the future of many of their players in

the international shirt including captain gareth bale. it's been a record breaking opening day for england's cricketers on their first test back in pakistan after 17 years. after batting first, england made batting look very, very easy. zak crawley reached his century in record time. fellow opener ben duckett also got past 100 — as did 0llie pope as england piled on the runs. still time for one more before the close — harry brook finishing the day unbeaten on 101. england 506—4 at stumps and becoming the first team to pass 500 runs, on the opening day of a test. it was crazy. even just that last hour when the boys just seem to get a couple of falls every over and to start the day, a mad day but the big think we are talking about is the score, were not trying to score quickly from just looking and if the ball falls in the right area then we score quick and thankfully it was a quick outfield and we

scored quickly today. and for the first time in a century — there'll be a new finish line at the tour de france in 2024. the final stage of the famous race will be moved to the southern city of nice as paris will be preparing to host the olympics, which starts just a few days later with the champs elysees set to be transformed into an olympic venue. that's all the sport for now. not long to go until kick—off, less than 30 minutes. thank you, gavin. a builder has been found guilty of murdering two escorts six months apart. mark brown killed leah ware in may and alexandra morgan, at a remote farm near st leonards in east sussex in november last year. he'd met them through a sex work website. duncan kennedy reports. dog barking. hello, it's the police. do you want to just go inside for us? when police arrested mark brown,

they thought he'd killed one woman. it soon became clear that wasn't the case. they discovered he had murdered not only alex morgan, but leah ware as well — two young mothers who died six months apart. mark brown, a labourer, had met alex and leah on an adult website. he brought both women to these isolated farm buildings near hastings for sex. mark brown told the court that when he met alex morgan here at the farm, she slipped on a workshop floor, hit her head on the ground and died. he said he then panicked and didn't tell the authorities. when it came to leah ware, he said he had no idea where she went. 0n the day she died, security cameras caught alex morgan buying petrol en route to mark brown's farm.

28 minutes later, she's seen following brown's 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 ware. leah had also gone as a sex worker to mark brown's farm and laterformed a relationship with him. but in may last year, she too disappeared. her body has never been found. to cover his tracks, police believe brown drowned leah's beloved dog lady in this pond at the farm. mark brown is an enigma, really, he is cold, he is heartless, he is ruthless, he is a narcissist, and i have no doubt, if we had not have caught mark brown, he may well have gone on to do something similar. this massivejoint 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 calculating individual obsessed with violent pornography. someone who left the families of leah ware and alex morgan devastated — two women who, between them, leave behind five young children. duncan kennedy, bbc news. in the last month house prices have fallen at the fastest rate for 2.5 years, according to new data from nationwide. the new figures show prices fell 1.4% from october, which was the largest month—on—month fall sincejune 2020. well, joining me now is nationwide's chief economist, robert gardner. what do you think is behind this? i think a lot of it reflects the fallout from the mini budget when

the spike led to a big rise in mortgage rates and that fundamentally change the affordability for potential buyers and home movers. this affordability for potential buyers and home movers.— affordability for potential buyers and home movers. this was liz truss and home movers. this was liz truss and quasi-quiet _ and home movers. this was liz truss and quasi-quiet time _ and home movers. this was liz truss and quasi-quiet time who _ and home movers. this was liz truss and quasi-quiet time who announcedj and quasi—quiet time who announced the measures in the market didn't react well to them in interest rates went up. that's putting up a significant number of potential buyers, is that right?— significant number of potential buyers, is that right? yes, that's riuht. buyers, is that right? yes, that's rieht. if buyers, is that right? yes, that's right- if you _ buyers, is that right? yes, that's right. if you looked _ buyers, is that right? yes, that's right. if you looked at _ buyers, is that right? yes, that's right. if you looked at the - buyers, is that right? yes, that's right. if you looked at the typicalj right. if you looked at the typical mortgage payment in the summer compared to rates where they were before, it came to about 30% or so of an average earner wage. now that seems with interest rates where they are now you're looking at about 45% of their average take—home pay. a significant change as a result of those increases in mortgage rates. they have started to come down a bit now with the markets settling but clearly a lot of momentum has been lost in the market and many buyers

waiting on the sidelines to re—evaluate whether they are going to step into the market are not. isofas to step into the market are not. was there a longer— to step into the market are not. was there a longer trend with people looking at whether interest rates were going to go up anywaymike the were going to go up anywaymike tt2 surprising up until september had beenjust how resilient surprising up until september had been just how resilient the market had been. household budgets were under a lot of pressure. despite that, we sold sought more mortgage applications at levels above before the level they were at when the pandemic struck. we were surprised at how resilient the market had been. things have changed significantly now, borrowing costs are higher and the market has lost a lot of momentum as a result. lets t and lot of momentum as a result. lets try and look _ lot of momentum as a result. lets try and look six — lot of momentum as a result. lets try and look six months, 12 months ahead. i will hold you to prediction, but where do you think were heading? t prediction, but where do you think were heading?— prediction, but where do you think were heading? i think the market is likel to were heading? i think the market is likely to remain _ were heading? i think the market is likely to remain subdued. _ were heading? i think the market is likely to remain subdued. it - were heading? i think the market is likely to remain subdued. it will. likely to remain subdued. it will edge down a bit, they will go back

to where they were at the start of the year. that is going to remain a bit of a drag on the market and also the economy is expected to shrink in the economy is expected to shrink in the coming quarters. the labour market is likely to soften, but we still got high inflation putting pressure on household budgets you take those factors together, is likely activities likely to remain subduedin likely activities likely to remain subdued in the coming quarter. first—time buyers, would you generally assume they would welcome house prices falling, but if interest rates are going up at their monthly payments are so big it perhaps doesn't help?- monthly payments are so big it perhaps doesn't help? that's right. the main barrier— perhaps doesn't help? that's right. the main barrier for— perhaps doesn't help? that's right. the main barrier for first-time - the main barrierforfirst—time barriers mag buyers a couple of years ago was the deposit. a 10% deposit on a typical first—time buyer property was almost 60% of annual income, which is really high. prices coming down will help that but the problem is now that mortgage rates are much higher and a monthly

mortgage payment is more of a barrier than it was before. thank ou ve barrier than it was before. thank you very much — barrier than it was before. thank you very much for _ barrier than it was before. thank you very much for coming - barrier than it was before. thank you very much for coming on - barrier than it was before. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you. citizens advice says more and more people are falling further into debt, simply trying to cover the bare essentials, like food and energy. researchers warn a growing number of pensioners and homeowners are seeking help, battling what they describe a ticking time bomb of debt. here's hannah miller. 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? well, my wife's dad actually lent us money this week to get shopping for the kids. so we're not too bothered about us, but they didn't have sandwich stuff for school and stuff and teas this week. so her dad actually helped us out. but we're 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've got family who can lend us money, help us out, but then we've got to pay them back. you're 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've 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've got coming in. a lot of them will be single parents, and they're really struggling to put food on the table and stuff like that. priority debts are things like rent and mortgage arrears, council tax arrears and energy arrears, and we're seeing substantial rises in all of them. so the people who are coming into us, they may not have as much debt as maybe in the past, but those debts are the essentials that we all need to keep going. and again, push, push. good girl, well done, clever poppy! linda relies on her assistance dog poppy for help around the house, but she's not entitled to extra cost of living payments because of the type of disability benefit she receives. we're 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's 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's inevitable that by the end of the winter you will be borrowing money? yes, yeah, i do feel it's inevitable. 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. hannah miller reporting there. an independent review will be launched after a five—year—old boy died after leaving hospital. his uncle begged professionals to help

him. an independent review will be done from outside yorkshire. the leader of the snp at westminster has announced he will be stepping down from the role. ian blackford said he will not be seeking re—election at the party's annual meeting next week as now was the right time to find fresh leadership ahead of the next general election. he's held the post for five years. let's hear the latest from nick eardley, our chief political correspondent. ian blackford does have actually quite a public role in hisjob as westminster leader. he gets those questions that prime minister's questions every week because the snp is the third party. he's been doing thejob forfive years. is the third party. he's been doing the job for five years. the truth is there has been a fair bit of speculation about his future for quite a few months now. there were some snp mps who were not totally satisfied with his performance in the house of commons. there were some who thought the party wasn't making enough of an impact at westminster and although mr blackford is broadly liked within his party, i think many of his

colleagues had decided it was time for a change as well. mr blackford will stand down next week at the parties agm in parliament, that means there will be someone new in place at prime minister's questions next week. nobody has officially declare they are going to stand yet, but i've spoken to quite a few people in the snp in the past hour orso people in the snp in the past hour or so and one name keeps coming up is the aberdeen mp stephen flynn who is the aberdeen mp stephen flynn who is very likely to stand, very likely to win although it's not impossible someone else tries to get the job as well. the headlines on bbc news... more than 11,000 ambulances are getting stuck every week in long queues outside a&e units in england. the highest record 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. 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. 0ur 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. levi hasn't used his bank cards or mobile phone. and, as time goes on, his friends and family are getting more worried. 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. forjulie, she's holding out hope that levi will return safely. rachel stonehouse, bbc news. discarded batteries in household rubbish are causing hundreds of fires a year, in bin lorries and waste facilities. councils across the uk are warning that dead batteries should be disposed of properly at recycling centers, and not in bins or the general recycling.

part of the problem are so—called "hidden batteries," in things like phones, electric toothbrushes, toys and even musical greeting cards. 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 with 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, 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. a couple from gloucestershire are hoping to give away 2,000 football shirts to children who might not have much under the tree for them this christmas. paul and lizzie watson started the project in 2020 and hope it'll reduce the pressure on parents and give young people a sense of identity. andy howard has been to meet them. this living room is a football fan's dream. hundreds of football shirts from across the world, the two big glasgow clubs, liverpool, everton, shirts from portugal, spain and even burnley where they are at the moment. they are ready to be

sent around the country. why do you do it? growing up i always loved football shirts, that was my favourite present, so we wanted to bring that to some children around the country who otherwise might struggle at christmas. how do you get them? there are shirts from all corners of the globe here. we order in from the donations we receive and people also send is there a very good condition second hand shirts. it must be quite an operation, it must take up a fair bit of your time. it feels like a full—time job! this idea started with ten football shirts and trying to find someone to give them too and now we are looking at this quantity and we cannot really move for football shirts! and we both have full—time jobs and to match so we are not getting much sleep! it is great and we will bring you more detail on points west later

but to say the target here is 2000 football shirts going out across the country for that magic opening it up for someone on christmas day. andy howard, bbc points west. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. we have seen some sunshine in a few places today, london for example, in other southern parts and wales it's been a struggle with that mist and fog in the morning that kept it cold, a range of temperatures as we get into the evening. these are the numbers for scotland and northern ireland. a lot of cloud here 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 midlands and the west country. further north it could be misty and murky over the hills for scotland with dampness in the earth as that low cloud sits on high ground.

lowest temperatures will be across rural parts of wales where the cloud comes and goes. temperatures will not be far away from freezing for a time. tomorrow 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 some showers coming in on that easterly breeze that starting to develop. temperatures typically 7—9 degrees 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 by that 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, thicker cloud, maybe some light rain and drizzle and temperatures may be a shade lower on saturday, 7—8, 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 on that easterly breeze, mainly down the eastern side of england and scotland, a possibility of snow on the mountains. there's that easterly wind, a bit stronger on sunday, it will make it feel colder. those are the temperatures on the thermometer but if you're out in that wind you can drop a few degrees and it will feel more like 2 or 3 celsius in the afternoon.

this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones 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. she deteriorated mentally really quickly. and that is a direct result of how poorly she was because of how long she had been left. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" says her treatment amounted to racist abuse. no matter how uncomfortable it is for people to accept, i am very clear that i experienced racism in an environment that i should have

felt safe in. house prices see their biggest monthly fall for nearly two and a half years because of rising interest rates with the cost of a home dropping by 1.4%. 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. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. seniorfigures in the nhs, are warning that pressures on england's ambulance service, are reaching breaking point. new figures show waiting times outside hospitals worsened last month, with more than 11,000 ambulance crews a week, or one in seven, stuck in queues of at least an hour outside a&e.

the government insists more funding has been made available to free up beds, allowing ambulances to drop off patients more quickly. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, has the story. just a few months ago, mary lynn was up, about and mobile. then she had a fall at her home in southampton. it took an ambulance more than seven hours to reach her, when it should have taken three at most. the doctors had said not to move her off the floor in case she'd 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 she got to hospital, mary lynn had to wait 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, paramedics should be able to deliver patients in under 15 minutes, but more othan11,000 crews a week in england are now stuck outside for an hour or more, with other scotland, wales and northern ireland facing similar pressure. it such a frustrating place to be in, and you almost feel powerless as a professional, because you want to do your best for your patients, and you're working on a system that is not letting you do that. in england, it's now taking more than an hour, on average, to respond to someone with a stroke or possible heart attack. in some cases, it's much longer. 85—year—old kula had to wait 14 hours for paramedics after breaking her hip in cornwall. in england, it's now taking more than an hour, on average, to respond to someone with a stroke or possible heart attack. 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. let's speak now to the shadow minister for health and care.

let's speak now to the shadow ministerfor health and care. what in your assessment is going so wrong? in your assessment is going so wron: ? ~ ., ., ., in your assessment is going so wron.? ., ., ., , . wrong? we have now got the perfect storm after 12 _ wrong? we have now got the perfect storm after 12 years _ wrong? we have now got the perfect storm after 12 years of _ wrong? we have now got the perfect storm after 12 years of conservative l storm after 12 years of conservative mismanagement and the staffing of our national health service was your report shows patients are notjust waiting longer than ever before. it is a total disgrace that you have heart attack and stroke patients being left waiting for over an hour on average for an ambulance. this is just really simple matter of the problems that have built up over a long period of time, before covid, in our nhs, as a consequence of the conservatives cutting back on the workforce. and now we have come out of covid, we do not have a workforce to take force —— take as forwards was what about the state of the finances heading into potential

recession?— finances heading into potential recession? , , ., ., recession? this is not a case where there is a lot _ recession? this is not a case where there is a lot of _ recession? this is not a case where there is a lot of spare _ recession? this is not a case where there is a lot of spare money - recession? this is not a case where | there is a lot of spare money around to throw out the problem. we there is a lot of spare money around to throw out the problem.— there is a lot of spare money around to throw out the problem. we have to rioritise to throw out the problem. we have to prioritise the — to throw out the problem. we have to prioritise the things _ to throw out the problem. we have to prioritise the things that _ to throw out the problem. we have to prioritise the things that matter - to throw out the problem. we have to prioritise the things that matter to - prioritise the things that matter to people with a smaller budget and that includes prioritising health and social care. people want there to be that security blanket of the national health service and politics is a question of priorities. the conservatives have chosen to protect the non—tax situations with wealthy people paying their taxes overseas at a much lower rate. that is something that should be coming to public services was up we need nurses, not non—as. that is why we will be training new doctors and nurses and apologising this status if patients need treatment. ts nurses and apologising this status if patients need treatment.-

if patients need treatment. is this mp not a matter _ if patients need treatment. is this mp not a matter of _ if patients need treatment. is this mp not a matter of staffing? - if patients need treatment. is this mp not a matter of staffing? wellj mp not a matter of staffing? well that solve the problem in your eyes? —— simply. that is part of the problem, a large part of the problem. the government promised a workforce plan and that has not come to fruition. we effectively need to build a capacity into the nhs to be able to treat people in a timely manner and we are not going to be able to get back to anything like the waiting times we saw under the last labour government unless we have a concerted effort on getting more medical school places, more students in, doctors, nurses, midwives, and that is the way that we start to turn the nhs around again. we start to turn the nhs around aaain. ., , _ , again. the government is saying they are -auttin again. the government is saying they are putting more _ again. the government is saying they are putting more funds _ again. the government is saying they are putting more funds into - again. the government is saying they are putting more funds into try - again. the government is saying they are putting more funds into try and l are putting more funds into try and clear hospital beds, for example. they say that, but there is evidence... for example, government cuts, there are medical school

places in the summer, turning away thousands of straight—a students in england, studying to become doctors. they are just what the nhs needs the most. again, it can'tjust be left to the spin. the spend is not much the reality on the scale of the crisis and what we have really got to do is have other leavers available, get patients treated sooner. it means we train up the next generation and it means that we try to fix the crisis in social care because at anyone time, there are thousands of patients in hospital beds that if —— that they can leave but there is nowhere for them to go. i'm afraid we are out of time. thank you very much for coming on the programme. a charity boss who's black, and was repeatedly asked where she came from at a buckingham palace reception, says she felt abused by the encounter.

ngozi fulani, who's british, and a founder of sistah space, which works to support abused women, likened the conversation with lady susan hussey, to "an interrogation". lady susan, who's 83, is godmother to the prince of wales, and has now resigned from the royal household. the palace described her remarks as "unacceptable and deeply regrettable". here's our royal correspondent, sarah campbell. ngozi fulani, standing next to the queen consort, with her back to the camera, was at buckingham palace in her role as a prominent campaigner helping women and families affected by domestic abuse. minutes after arriving, she was approached by a palace aide, lady susan hussey. when she approached me, one of the first things she did was to take my locks and move it out of the way. no conversation at first, and then she says, "i just want to see your name badge." ms fulani, a british national,

then says she was repeatedly and aggressively questioned. "i'm from here, i was born here." "yeah, but where are you really from ? " "i am really from here." "yeah, but, 0k, ican see that this is going to be a bit of a challenge." she said, "what is your nationality?" and i said, "lady, iam born here, iam british." i was thinking that would be the end of it, but no. lady susan hussey, here in the blue, who was a lady in waiting to queen elizabeth for six decades, stepped aside from her honorary role yesterday. a palace statement said the individual concerned expressed her profound apologies for what happened. are you clear in your mind that what happened was a racist incident? i am very clear, right, no matter how uncomfortable it is for other people to accept, i am very clear that i experienced racism in an environment that i should have felt safe in,

and we need to address that. the row overshadowed the arrival in the united states of the prince and princess of wales. the focus was supposed to be on environmental issues, but instead, before they landed, the spokesperson was compelled to make the royal couple's position clear, that racism has no place in our society. buckingham palace said in a statement that it had reached out to ngozi fulani. today she says she is still waiting for direct contact to be made. nobody has reached out to us directly from the palace. we would look forward to a conversation, because this can't be, "i'm sorry" and move on. a builder who described himself as a "psychopath with a conscience", has been found guilty of murdering two escorts six months apart. mark brown killed leah ware in may and alexandra morgan, at a remote farm near st leonards

in east sussex in november last year. he'd met them through a sex work website. duncan kennedy reports. dog barking. hello, it's the police. do you want to just go inside for us? when police arrested mark brown, they thought he'd killed one woman. it soon became clear that wasn't the case. they discovered he had murdered not only alex morgan, but leah ware as well — two young mothers who died six months apart. mark brown, a labourer, had met alex and leah on an adult website. he brought both women to these isolated farm buildings near hastings for sex. mark brown told the court that when he met alex morgan here at the farm, she slipped on a workshop floor, hit her head on the ground and died. he said he then panicked and didn't tell the authorities. when it came to leah ware, he said he had no idea where she went.

0n the day she died, security cameras caught alex morgan buying petrol en route to mark brown's farm. 28 minutes later, she's seen following brown's 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 ware. leah had also gone as a sex worker to mark brown's farm and laterformed a relationship with him. but in may last year, she too disappeared. her body has never been found. to cover his tracks, police believe brown drowned leah's beloved dog lady in this pond at the farm. mark brown is an enigma, really, he is cold, he is heartless, he is ruthless, he is a narcissist, and i have no doubt,

if we had not have caught mark brown, he may well have gone on to do something similar. this massivejoint 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 calculating individual obsessed with violent pornography. someone who left the families of leah ware and alex morgan devastated — two women who, between them, leave behind five young children. duncan kennedy, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... 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 racist abuse. house prices see their biggest monthly fall for nearly two and a half years because of rising interest rates with the cost of a home dropping by 1.4%. the official in charge of china's coronavirus policy says the country is facing a new situation amid an easing of some restrictions in some chinese cities. vice premier sun chunlan said the virus�*s ability to cause disease was weakening, setting the chinese authorities what she called new tasks. in cities such as guangzhou and beijing, where recent protests have been staged, people in some neighbourhoods are being allowed to quarantine at homes instead of loathed centralised facilities. analysts say ms sun's remarks could signal a desire towards moving towards a nationwide easing of restrictions. howard zhang is editor of the bbc�*s chinese service and joins me now. thank you very much for coming in.

where we are —— where are we then when it comes to restrictions in china? they have been very strict up until now. , , , until now. this is the first time in a lone until now. this is the first time in a long time _ until now. this is the first time in a long time we — until now. this is the first time in a long time we start _ until now. this is the first time in a long time we start to _ until now. this is the first time in a long time we start to see - until now. this is the first time in a long time we start to see the l a long time we start to see the person in charge of running the anti—covid campaign hinting of some kind of a new approach coming on this is after most evil watched on tv widespread protests over the past few days and —— people watched. a word of caution. it is unlikely we will see a complete lifting of lockdown anytime soon because millions of people have been drafted in into this huge industry, what many call as a huge industry of lockdown, so even if the government

is slowly trying to rebalance, they still have to find places for these people to go, all these people dressed in overall white sand looking down, and testing people, the testing industry and some estimate oz for anywhere between two to 3% of the gdp now because it is so widespread. the government has to find alternatives for that. it is going to be a gradual process. fiend going to be a gradual process. and we have seen _ going to be a gradual process. and we have seen some of those protests spilling over into criticism of the party more broadly. how surprised were you to see that? t party more broadly. how surprised were you to see that?— were you to see that? i guess it is not a surprise- — were you to see that? i guess it is not a surprise. there _ were you to see that? i guess it is not a surprise. there is _ were you to see that? i guess it is not a surprise. there is anger, - were you to see that? i guess it is| not a surprise. there is anger, the grassroot anger is there, but that degree, that scale of expression of angen degree, that scale of expression of anger, that is a surprise. but also now, that is another thing for people to bear in mind, we do still have the crackdown on covid, so we have the crackdown on covid, so we have reports coming in from various sources in china that police are searching phones and searching for people who showed their face during

the protests, so you have the carrot and stick. 0ne the protests, so you have the carrot and stick. one side, the government offering a little bit of lifting that on the other side, trying to find protesters. fiend that on the other side, trying to find protesters.— find protesters. and what about eo - le in find protesters. and what about people in countries _ find protesters. and what about people in countries around - find protesters. and what about people in countries around the l find protesters. and what about - people in countries around the world which have very high vaccination rates and life back to normal, they will be looking at china thinking why haven't they done the same? dilemma. ifew reasons why haven't they done the same? dilemma. i few reasons given why haven't they done the same? dilemma. ifew reasons given by government sources as what experts, one is lots of senior citizens over the age of 60, 70, were so reluctant to take the vaccines, for various reasons. and also because china still do not have the same type of what we call more advanced vaccines and they only had this less effective domestic made inactivated vaccines. those are the reasons why they are still at opening.— they are still at opening. thank you ve much they are still at opening. thank you very much for— they are still at opening. thank you very much for coming _ they are still at opening. thank you very much for coming and - they are still at opening. thank you very much for coming and talking i they are still at opening. thank you | very much for coming and talking to us about that.

history will be made tonight, as a female referee takes charge of a men's world cup game for the very first time. stephanie frappart from france, will lead a team of three women, as germany seeks to avoid early elimination against costa rica. 0ur senior sports news correspondent, laura scott, has been speaking to her. history will be made tonight, as a female referee takes charge why why after years of climbing the refereeing ranks, today, in qatar, comes a significant moment in the sun for female officials, as the trailblazing frenchwoman stephanie frappart becomes the first woman to take charge of a men's world cup match. before the tournament she told me that despite the enormity of the occasion she feels ready for the opportunity. the men's world cup is the most important competition in the world, not only in football, so we know that there is a lot of expectations. there was always pressure, there are always pressure in the matches and also when you are women you have more pressure because they are always new. i was always welcome in the stadiums, so i feel like another referee

inside the pitch. the attention on frappart�*s history—making moment will be amplified by how much is riding on the match she's officiating — tonight's group e clash between costa rica and germany. but she's been given a clear vote of confidence by germany's coach. translation: i trust her 100%. i think she deserves to be here due to her performance and her achievements. we're looking forward to this performance. i hope she's looking forward to this match and us as a team. i think she'll perform very well. frappart won't be breaking down this barrier alone. she'll be accompanied by two female assistants, making it the first all—female on—field refereeing team. but how comfortable does she feel that this step forward comes at a tournament hosted by a country whose record on women's rights has come under intense scrutiny? it's not me who decided this world cup. when you are selected for the world cup, how can you say

women are not going? i was many times in qatar, i was always welcome, i was no problem with qatar, so we know that there is some difficulties there for the women, but i think this world cup will help them. for so long in refereeing women were on the fringes. now, on the biggest stage of them all, there will be a woman in the middle. laura scott, bbc news. iamjoined by i am joined byjenny frampton. good afternoon. a significant world first. what do you make of this moment? t first. what do you make of this moment? . first. what do you make of this moment?— first. what do you make of this moment? ., . , , ., ., , moment? i am excited beyond words. we have finally _ moment? i am excited beyond words. we have finally got _ moment? i am excited beyond words. we have finally got to _ moment? i am excited beyond words. we have finally got to this _ moment? i am excited beyond words. we have finally got to this position - we have finally got to this position where stephanie is being measured on her experience and abilities rather than being a woman. you her experience and abilities rather than being a woman.— her experience and abilities rather than being a woman. you look back at her cv, it

than being a woman. you look back at her cv. it is — than being a woman. you look back at her cv. it is a — than being a woman. you look back at her cv, it is a significant _ than being a woman. you look back at her cv, it is a significant moment, - her cv, it is a significant moment, it is right to market, but looking at her reverie and cv and it is not at her reverie and cv and it is not a great surprise that she is there. —— as a referee. the only surprise and it is a very positive one, was when they selected the refereeing team to go to qatar, they included the women and i was delighted but a bit apprehensive, to think, oh, my goodness,... it is the role for better or — my goodness,... it is the role for better or for _ my goodness,... it is the role for better or for worse, _ my goodness,... it is the role for better or for worse, reasons - my goodness,... it is the role for better or for worse, reasons i - my goodness,... it is the role for l better or for worse, reasons i don't better orfor worse, reasons i don't understand, for the referee to be subjected to quite a bit of enthusiasm, perhaps, from flares as players and fans, that is one word. that is not the case in other sports. we are kind of accepting of it for some reason in football.

there will no doubt be criticism and enthusiastic words thrown her way but that is the case of all referees.— but that is the case of all referees. , ., . ., , ., but that is the case of all referees. , ., , ., , referees. yes, of course. that is how football— referees. yes, of course. that is how football is. _ referees. yes, of course. that is how football is. we _ referees. yes, of course. that is how football is. we are - referees. yes, of course. that is how football is. we are not - referees. yes, of course. that is l how football is. we are not always proud of some of the discipline in football and the abuse towards referees, of course we are not. but it is how it is and the only thing we can do and the authorities do is to stay —— take steps to clear that “p to stay —— take steps to clear that up but in fairness, on the field, stephanie knows, and she has been in situations before, she knows how to handle this. it is not the players that will give her a hard time. it may be the coaches or the spectators or even the media. and as long as she isjudged on her abilities as a referee, that is all i ask for. iloathed referee, that is all i ask for. what about the pipeline? _ referee, that is all i ask for. what about the pipeline? what - referee, that is all i ask for. what about the pipeline? what about other women officials coming through the system? t women officials coming through the s stem? 2' women officials coming through the s stem? ~ ., ., , system? i think another countries, the are system? i think another countries, they are coming — system? i think another countries, they are coming through _

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thank you for coming on and talking to us. i think we are going to cut to some live pictures we are getting in from boston in the united states and you will have spotted the familiar faces just before the camera moved, i am sure the camera will pull out in just a moment and reveal... there we go. the prince and princess of wales are on the first couple of days of their trip to the us. it has been overshadowed obviously by that row overshadowed obviously by that row over race in the royal household here. they have already issued a statement but that trip continuing in boston. we will be dipping in and out of it. a representative of former prime minister borisjohnson has confirmed reports in the daily telegraph that he intends to stand again as an mp at the next general election. he has

been on the backbenches since leaving number ten and had indicated he would contest the seat. so far, 11 conservative mps have announced they will not stand for election. the leader of the snp had westminster has announced he will be stepping down from the road. ian drug —— ian blackford will not be seeking re—election. he said now is the right time to find fresh leadership ahead of the next general election. he has been in the post for five years. the us embassy in madrid has received a letter similar to the five letter—bombs sent to the ukrainian embassy to spain and other targets in the country. the interior ministry says it has ordered police to carry out thorough checks on postal deliveries. live to madrid now with our correspondent guy hedgecoe. talk us through what has been happening. it has been quite a frantic couple of days. there has

been a spate of devices which have been a spate of devices which have been sent to a series of institutions, embassies and companies and government ministries, six devices in all, which have been sent, containing... these packages containing what has been described as pyrotechnic devices, which when the package is opened, it ignites and does not create a blast but it does create a certain amount of alarm. these have been sent to ukrainian embassy in madrid, that was yesterday, also the defence ministry, we have heard that last week one was sent to the office of prime minister as well. the latest we have heard is that a device was also sent to the us embassy in madrid. 0nly also sent to the us embassy in madrid. only one of these devices has actually been detonated. that was the one at the ukrainian embassy yesterday. it caused slight injuries to the handle is one of the

employees. none of the others has been detonated. but obviously, this spate of attacks, if you want, has created a great deal of alarm across the country and security has been tightened. the country and security has been tiahtened. ~ ., ., , the country and security has been tiahtened. ~ ., .,, .,. ., tightened. what has the reaction beam? the _ tightened. what has the reaction beam? the government - tightened. what has the reaction beam? the government is i tightened. what has the reaction | beam? the government is saying tightened. what has the reaction i beam? the government is saying there seems to be — beam? the government is saying there seems to be some _ beam? the government is saying there seems to be some kind _ beam? the government is saying there seems to be some kind of— beam? the government is saying there seems to be some kind of relation i seems to be some kind of relation between these different devices which are being sent. it believes they are being sent from within spain. inevitably, people are looking very closely at the situation in ukraine and any links to ukraine because of that device which was sent to the ukrainian embassy. spain of course is very stridently supporting the ukrainian government against the russian invasion. there has been a war of words between the embassies as well. the russian embassy saying it condemns any terrorist attack but the ukrainian embassy saying our enemy, that is russia, is capable of anything, so anything is possible.

there is a great deal of confusion at the moment but i think people are looking very closely at that possible ukrainian link. thank you ve much possible ukrainian link. thank you very much for— possible ukrainian link. thank you very much for that. _ possible ukrainian link. thank you very much for that. i _ possible ukrainian link. thank you very much for that. i know - possible ukrainian link. thank you very much for that. i know you i possible ukrainian link. thank you| very much for that. i know you will be keeping us across the details. hello again. it has been a mixture of weather today. a bit of sunshine and some mist and fog around. a lot of cloud further north across scotland, northern ireland and also the far north of england. not much breeze at all really for england and wales. mist and fog thickening up across east wales, the west midlands and into the west country. further north, low cloud sitting over high ground in northern ireland and scotland. temperatures lowest in england and with that cloud coming and going. temperatures close to freezing from time to time. that mist and fog overnight should tend to lift readily during friday. some brightness across northern ireland. a lot of cloud for scotland at the north of finland.

sunshine coming through across southern and eastern england and the midlands on an easterly breeze, beginning to pick up, those temperatures around seven to nine or 10 celsius. hello. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones 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 racist abuse. house prices see their biggest monthly fall for nearly 2.5 years because of rising interest rates with the cost of a home dropping by 1.4%. 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. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. good afternoon. hello there. we're underway at the world cup in qatar — with 2018 finallists croatia against belgium, with plenty at stake for both sides. and for morocco too. belgium have reached at least the quarter—finals at each of the past four major tournaments — they came into the game third in the group. croatia were top goal difference. it's currently 0—0 in that match at the moment. croatia had a penalty to dar. and morocco are against canada, who have already been eliminated. a win for morocco sees them through to the knockouts for the first time since 1986. at the moment as it stands, morocco and croatia going through and

belgium not progressing. and later on all eyes will be on germany, who are without in the group stages but could still get through to the last 16. they face costa rica with group e leaders spain also playing tonight. spain coach luis enrique says he won't take not any risks as they face japan. spain need to just avoid defeat to go through, but germany have to beat costa rica and hope japan lose. ifjapan draw, it'll come down to goal difference and things could get nervy for the german camp. this is our own fault and we are now in this situation. now we need to do what we need to do. it's about performing on the pitch, giving it 100%. this is our responsibility and we need to perform and deliver. there's no worry but anticipation for england fans as gareth southgate's side prepare to face senegal in the last 16 on sunday. after an impressive 3—0 win in their final group match against wales on tuesday, manager gareth southgate may have some selection headaches for the match. all 25 players trained today,

midfielder declan rice says other countries should be worried about facing them and that their strength is in their squad. what's so good about our group is we are supportive of each other, in the first game rash came on and scored and jack came on and scored and the other two had done excellent the other night so it is a selection 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. wales depart having just a single point from their group games on their return to the tournament after 64 years. the players were seen leaving their hotel in doha today. rob page's side having lost to england, and iran in their group after their promising opening draw to the world cup. question marks over the future of many of their players in the international shirt — including captain gareth bale.

it's been a record breaking opening day for england's cricketers on their first test back in pakistan after 17 years. after batting first, england made batting look very, very easy. zak crawley reached his century in record time. fellow opener ben duckett also got past 100 as did 0llie pope as england piled on the runs. still time for one more before the close — harry brook finishing the day unbeaten on 101. england 506—4 at stumps and becoming the first team to pass 500 runs, on the opening day of a test. british driverjamie chadwick will race in the indy nxt series in the united states for the andretti autosport next year. the 24—year—old won her third w series title in october after the final three races were cancelled

because of funding issues. indy nxt is the second tier of the usa's open—wheel racing format indycar, which includes the indy 500 oval race. the barriers for me to get to formula 1 haven't changed since i was growing up. i know it's a physical challenge. i know it's a challenge for everyone. to get through the rounds you have to have success at every level. we need more women at the top level to encourage more girls into the sport and ultimately with that is going to completely change the culture and the dynamic of the sport so that it does feel less male dominated. it feels like a very inclusive sport, which i believe it is. that's all the sport for now. morocco is still 2—0 up against canada. in the last month house prices have fallen at the fastest rate for 2.5 years, according to new data from nationwide. the new figures show prices fell 1.4% from october, which was the largest month—on—month

fall sincejune 2020. we can now speak to sarah coles, senior personal finance analyst at financial service company hargreaves lansdown. a tough time for people trying to buy a home, especially first—time buyers of course. they are seeing interest rates going up which means that they are just not getting involved, they are sitting on the sidelines and that means prices falling. is that roughly was happening out there? . tt falling. is that roughly was happening out there? . it is, yes. one of the _ happening out there? . it is, yes. one of the most _ happening out there? . it is, yes. one of the most telling _ happening out there? . it is, yes. one of the most telling figures i happening out there? . it is, yes. i one of the most telling figures came out recently from ziploc that said since the mini budget, we have seen demand fault 44%, so those new buyers who might have been hunting right now really headed for the hills. they decided now might not be the time to buy. even if they could afford it right now, the feeling is that because rates rose so far and during that period around the end of

september there was a real concern about actually even if i could afford it right now, can i afford it if rates do the same again? there was increasing concern about the market itself and as a result we are seeing demand drop and you can expect to see prices drop. not long term, a one—month blip is not something we can guarantee but this time around we are expecting more falls in the months to come. we should rightly point out these are relatively short periods of times we are looking at here. what does this mean for renters? {line are looking at here. what does this mean for renters?— are looking at here. what does this mean for renters? one of the things it's happening _ mean for renters? one of the things it's happening as — mean for renters? one of the things it's happening as more _ mean for renters? one of the things it's happening as more people i mean for renters? one of the things it's happening as more people are l it's happening as more people are renting. we were finding that people on the market right now are actually quite keen to sell your property well before prices fall away but then actually want to hang on for and they are looking for renting a short period of time in the hope prices will drop. we are seeing more people doing that. that is added to pressure on the rental market and we

are seeing a lot more people renting over the last few months and at the same time the number of landlords are falling because it's more difficult to operate as a landlord and the restrictions have become more stringent in terms of the standards they have to meet which means that some landlords are pulling out. especially changes in tax rules and how much they can offset against the mortgage and that sort of thing. we are seeing much more renters, less farmers and as a result renters going through the roof. , ., ,_ result renters going through the roof. , ., _ ., roof. renters are paying more, mortgage _ roof. renters are paying more, mortgage rates _ roof. renters are paying more, mortgage rates going - roof. renters are paying more, mortgage rates going up, i roof. renters are paying more, mortgage rates going up, the l roof. renters are paying more, i mortgage rates going up, the price is not coming down really to help first—time buyers because that is offset by the increase in mortgage rates, it feels pretty negative all round. is there any positivity as you look out six months, 12 months? one thing is that mortgage rates have come back right away from the peak. the two—year fixed have come back right away from the peak. the two—yearfixed rate have come back right away from the peak. the two—year fixed rate went

up peak. the two—year fixed rate went up and is much closer to 6% now and there is hope it will continue to fall because people are not expecting interest rates to be so hard for so long. as a result people who are remortgaging or looking to get new mortgages, they are not going to get those completely eye watering the high prices. it is not expected to come much lower than 5% over the next two years but bats know something people can plan for. as you say, house prices are not falling much right now but there is a prediction they will come down by 9% or 10% in the next year. that might be unsettling for homeowners, but that is a chink of light that maybe will come back within the affordability range. we maybe will come back within the affordability range.— affordability range. we like to finish with _ affordability range. we like to finish with that. _ affordability range. we like to finish with that. thank- affordability range. we like to finish with that. thank you i affordability range. we like toj finish with that. thank you for affordability range. we like to i finish with that. thank you for your time. citizens advice says more and more people are falling further into debt, simply trying to cover the bare essentials, like food and energy. researchers warn a growing number of pensioners and homeowners are seeking help, battling what they describe

a ticking time bomb of debt. here's hannah miller. 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? well, my wife's dad actually lent us money this week to get shopping for the kids. so we're not too bothered about us, but they didn't have sandwich stuff for school and stuff and teas this week. so her dad actually helped us out. but we're 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've got family

who can lend us money, help us out, but then we've got to pay them back. you're 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've 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've got coming in. a lot of them will be single parents, and they're really struggling to put food on the table and stuff like that. how do you feel about christmas coming up? priority debts are things like rent and mortgage arrears,

council tax arrears and energy arrears, and we're seeing substantial rises in all of them. so the people who are coming into us, they may not have as much debt as maybe in the past, but those debts are the essentials that we all need to keep going. and again, push, push. good girl, well done, clever poppy! linda relies on her assistance dog poppy for help around the house, but she's not entitled to extra cost of living payments because of the type of disability benefit she receives. we're 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's 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's inevitable that by the end of the winter you will be borrowing money? yes, yeah, i do feel it's inevitable. 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. hannah miller reporting there. despite its affluent areas and major employers, six out of ten of the most deprived communities in wales are in cardiff. the latest figures show only one is based in the south wales valleys which has long been where the greatest areas of deprivation are to be found. sarah dickins has the details: the shiny new buildings and sparkly lights of cardiff. in general terms, one of the more affluent parts of wales, but hidden away, not far from the city centre, is what's being referred to as a seven of deprivation. trowbridge in the east of the city is part of that. the pantry is just one of many groups supporting communities. local people pay £5 and get £20 of food and essentials. i have worked in community work

all my life and i am still shocked by the fact that we have people who are eating pet food, people trying to heat theirfood on a radiator or a candle. you know, these are shocking stories that are actually the truth. we know from trusted people that have ended up sharing those in tears with us. it should not happen. they supply more than 100 people a week. one member is elizabeth williams. has been part of this community for 28 years. her son is working but she and her partner are not. i normally go without, to try and make things better. people make conversation on the bus, i hear stories all the time. not stories, the reality of how people are coping. and notjust people who are on benefits, people who are working long hours as well. the pantry is also a place where

people talk about their struggles. cardiff is a flourishing city, we love living here, but there are pockets of deprivation which is simply not acceptable and we have to do what we can to address that poverty. his call comes amid predictions that real wages and prosperity are unlikely to pick up for many months to come. the headlines on bbc news... 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 racist abuse. house prices see their biggest monthly fall for nearly two and a half years because of rising interest rates with the cost of a home dropping by 1.4%.

they were victims of the biggest miscarriage ofjustice this country has ever seen. some former subpostmasters had their names cleared over two years ago but they say nothing has changed. they're still waiting for compensation and for a meaningful conclusion to the scandal that ruined their lives. 0ur social affairs reporter caroline bilton has been speaking to three subpostmasters from east yorkshire. for lee castleton, this is where it all went wrong — at the post office on the seafront in bridlington. it's where i first met him three years ago. this is it. yes, this is the one. night after night he tried to balance his accounts behind this counter. 0ver £20,000 had appeared to go missing. the post office pursued him through the courts to pay it back and their legal bill too — which was over £300,000. lee was forced to declare himself bankrupt.

we now know it was the horizon computer system that was to blame. 15 years on, he's yet to receive any compensation and the public inquiry into the scandal is unveiling truths that are difficult to hear. it's just as hard right now as it was at the beginning because it brings new challenges. you know, a new understanding of why people did things. these things are coming to light and you think, why? we could have finished all of this years ago. gary hasjust asked me to put a record on. gary brown now suffers from a long term illness and depression because of the post office scandal — his doctor has told him to get a hobby, so he's helped set up this local radio station with his wife maureen. it does take my mind off what we've been through. he has received interim compensation, but he wants someone to be held to account for what happened. i want people to be jailed. that sounds hard,

but i do want them to be jailed. the people who were responsible for covering it up. it's over two years since janet skinner from hull had her conviction quashed. janet is one of over 700 people who the post office privately prosecuted. she's still waiting to be fully compensated. i was gone from pushing myself up to the court of appeal to now coming down nearly two years later, down to flat, to nothing. the post office says it's sincerely sorry for the impact of the horizon scandal on the lives of victims and their families. so far, 83 victims have had their conviction overturned and 77 have received an interim compensation payment of £100,000. 0ur priority is to ensure that there is meaningful compensation for victims and that such events can never happen again. for those whose lives were ruined, they continue to wait —

their pain prolonged. they're still a long way off from any conclusion that they may find meaningful. discarded batteries in household rubbish are causing hundreds of fires a year, in bin lorries and waste facilities. councils across the uk are warning that dead batteries should be disposed of properly at recycling centers, and not in bins or the general recycling. part of the problem are so—called hidden batteries in things like phones, electric toothbrushes, toys and even musical greeting cards. 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 with 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, 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. a couple from gloucestershire are hoping to give away two thousand football shirts to children who might not have much under the tree for them this christmas.

paul and lizzie watson started the project in 2020 and hope it'll reduce the pressure on parents and give young people a sense of identity. andy howard has been to meet them. this living room is a football fan's dream. hundreds of football shirts from across the world, the two big glasgow clubs, liverpool, everton, shirts from portugal, spain and even burnley where they are at the moment. they are ready to be sent around the country. why do you do it? growing up i always loved football shirts, that was my favourite present, so we wanted to bring that to some children around the country who otherwise might struggle at christmas. how do you get them? there are shirts from all corners of the globe here.

we order in from the donations we receive and people also send is there a very good condition second hand shirts. it must be quite an operation, it must take up a fair bit of your time. it feels like a full—time job! this idea started with ten football shirts and trying to find someone to give them too and now we are looking at this quantity and we cannot really move for football shirts! and we both have full—time jobs and to match so we are not getting much sleep! it is great and we will bring you more detail on points west later but to say the target here is 2000 football shirts going out across the country for that magic opening it up for someone on christmas day. andy howard, bbc points west. around 145,000 people live with parkinson's in the uk and according one charity it's the fastest growing neurological condition in the world.

for the past ten years a dedicated dance class for those with the condition, has been running in dorset. it's part of a research project, to see if the movement created by dancing, can help manage the symptoms of the disease. here's edward sault. spread those fingers as far and as wide as you can. boom. this dance class in bournemouth is a class with a difference. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. it is for people with parkinson's and their carers or loved ones such as robin and meg. it is therapeutic because there's not much available for parkinson's. and it is unique, this one. so, when you are with groups i of people that really have either the same or even may be more complicated problems, - it is comfortable, _ you don't feel embarrassed. give me a nice big boom on this one, boom. so what are the benefits for those who come here?

quite a common thing that people face when they have parkinson's is freezing or festination of their feet where their feet feel glued to the floor. by doing the weight transfers we do during class, and the rhythms of the marching and all those exercises, they are to give people tools to carry on with the rest of their day. we want as many people living with parkinson's as possible to dance because we know that it benefits them from their soul, from their mind to their body, as it does for everybody but specifically for people living with parkinson's who are living with this condition day in, day out. and that is something endorsed by those here today. i feel good. very good, yes. i always do, i always feel relaxed. yes, you get out what you put in. what you're trying to do - is get your posture and everything is good as you can get having got parkinson's which is a damn i nuisance, to be honest. similar classes have sashayed their way to the new forest and dorchester too, proving that dance can be for everyone. edward sault, bbc south

today, in bournemouth. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. we have seen some sunshine in a few places today, london for example, in other southern parts and wales it's been a struggle with that mist and fog in the morning that kept it cold, a range of temperatures as we get into the evening. these are the numbers for scotland and northern ireland. a lot of cloud here 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 midlands and the west country. further north it could be misty and murky over the hills for scotland with dampness in the earth as that low cloud sits on high ground. lowest temperatures will be across rural parts of wales where the cloud comes and goes. temperatures will not be far away from freezing for a time. tomorrow 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 some showers coming in on that easterly breeze that starting to develop. temperatures typically 7—9 degrees 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 by that 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, thicker cloud, maybe some light rain and drizzle and temperatures may be a shade lower on saturday, 7—8, 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 on that easterly breeze, mainly down the eastern side of england and scotland, a possibility of snow on the mountains. there's that easterly wind, a bit stronger on sunday, it will make it feel colder. those are the temperatures on the thermometer but if you're out in that wind you can drop a few degrees and it will feel more like 2 or 3 celsius in the afternoon.

this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones 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. she deteriorated mentally really quickly. and that is a direct result of how poorly she was because of how long she had been left. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" says her treatment amounted to racist abuse. no matter how uncomfortable it is for people to accept, i am very i should have felt safe in.

house prices see their biggest monthly fall for nearly two and a half years because of rising interest rates with the cost of a home dropping by 1.4%. 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. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. seniorfigures in the nhs, are warning that pressures on england's ambulance service, are reaching breaking point. new figures show waiting times outside hospitals worsened last month, with more than 11,000 ambulance crews a week, or one in seven,

stuck in queues of at least an hour outside a&e. the government insists more funding has been made available to free up beds, allowing ambulances to drop off patients more quickly. our health correspondent, jim reed, has the story. just a few months ago, mary lynn was up, about and mobile. then she had a fall at her home in southampton. it took an ambulance more than seven hours to reach her, when it should have taken three at most. the doctors had said not to move her off the floor in case she'd 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 she got to hospital, mary lynn had to wait 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, paramedics should be able to deliver patients in under 15 minutes, but more othan11,000 crews a week with other scotland, wales and northern ireland facing similar pressure. it such a frustrating place to be in, and you almost feel powerless as a professional, because you want to do your best for your patients, and you're working on a system that is not letting you do that. in england, it's now taking more than an hour, on average, to respond to someone with a stroke or possible heart attack. in some cases, it's much longer. 85—year—old kula had to wait 14 hours for paramedics after breaking her hip in cornwall. 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. a little earlier the bbc�*s head of statistics robert cuffe gave us more context.

if you look at the amount and the length of time it takes for ambiences to come on emergency call, but strokes, things like that, you can see those numbers are at levels we have not seen during the pandemic, levels we have not seen even before the pandemic, it is taken and our on average to reach these goals, where the target is 18 minutes. and in england, we are no any other. each of the bars are showing you on average how long it has taken to respond to a category two call. the target, 18 minutes, maybe on the left—hand side of the chart, in september, middle of the pandemic, they were close to it and you would normally see a rise in winter and a fall in the summer but you can see it has been rising steadily and running at very high levels, a perpetual winter that the doctor was talking about. if you go

back before september 2020, the numbers are nowhere near as bad as they are the moment and that is one of the measures was if you look at how long they are waiting at hospitals, you just have a picture of a system bursting at the seams and people waiting longer than they should. t0 and people waiting longer than they should. ., ., , ., ., should. to that question i asked the doctor about — should. to that question i asked the doctor about the _ should. to that question i asked the doctor about the cause _ should. to that question i asked the doctor about the cause and - should. to that question i asked the doctor about the cause and effect, l doctor about the cause and effect, when we are seeing those delays, can we delays are clean in terms of consequences? tie delays are clean in terms of consequences?— delays are clean in terms of consequences? delays are clean in terms of conseauences? ., , , , . ., consequences? he was pretty clear that if ou consequences? he was pretty clear that if you wait — consequences? he was pretty clear that if you wait longer, _ consequences? he was pretty clear that if you wait longer, you - that if you wait longer, you increase the risk of very sick patients dying and there is data to support that. the hard part is turning it into a number that tells you exactly how much of the covid hangover is this part. we have seen higher numbers of deaths for months. this is clearly part of it. but also you have the after—effects of covid infections, the pandemic, and we can show another one of those to the

audience now. if you look at how many people were getting prescribed for example new blood pressure medication, reducing the risk of a heart attack, that fell, the dip in the black line in the middle of each are, during the pandemic and for a year later, it did not recover. you had people walking around with untreated hybrid pressure and this is the same picture for hybrid pressure —— high cholesterol drugs. this is going to feed through into what we are having now and we are seeing very high levels of cardiovascular deaths at the moment. there are lots of fast —— factors that are playing together and making each other ways. it is very hard to say, is a 25%, 17%, 30%, but it is certainly affecting it.— say, is a 25%, 17%, 30%, but it is certainly affecting it. you may have heard us talking _ certainly affecting it. you may have heard us talking about _ certainly affecting it. you may have heard us talking about a _ certainly affecting it. you may have heard us talking about a doctor, i heard us talking about a doctor, doctor ian higginson, the vice president of the royal college of nursing —— royal of emergency medicine. he told us about the difficult circumstances facing

services and patients. the word difficulties _ services and patients. the word difficulties describing _ services and patients. the word difficulties describing it - services and patients. the word difficulties describing it a i services and patients. the word difficulties describing it a little l difficulties describing it a little bit mildly. i know we as a royal and our members and those who work with us in the emergency services are really worried about what is happening in winter and we are worried about the scale of the crisis that we are now facing in our emerging —— emergency care system. you talk about the scale of the problems were so we have heard some of the numbers but one of the other things is the timing, we are not in the midst of winter yet. and the harshest pressures traditionally. are you expecting things to get significantly worse?— are you expecting things to get significantly worse? there are two thins significantly worse? there are two thin . s to significantly worse? there are two things to say _ significantly worse? there are two things to say that _ significantly worse? there are two things to say that question. i significantly worse? there are two things to say that question. all i things to say that question. all these numbers represent human beings and your story captured that very well. when we talk about ambiences being held up outside emergency departments, what that means is that we have got vulnerable, frail patients in our emergency departments, often for days now,

waiting on hard trolleys, where we struggle to care for their basic needs property, where they cannot get to sleep because it is always light and noisy. we have patients suffering a similar experience in ambulances and then we have patients at home waiting for ambiences. these are notjust numbers. these are real people and we have also heard how this affects the staff having to look after those people to the best of their ability. do we expect it to get worse? yes, things tend to get worse overwinter get worse? yes, things tend to get worse over winter and the question is, how bad does it get each winter and does it get any better over the summer? what we tend to see is a perpetual winter through the nhs but they worse winter when it is actually winter. i know that is hard to describe. but things get worse. t to describe. but things get worse. i appreciate that. we have had some numbers this morning about how these delays are actually impacting for

example the number of people who are dying. is it possible to get accurate numbers on that kind of number? ., , ., , , accurate numbers on that kind of number? ., , ., , ., number? no, it is not possible to net number? no, it is not possible to get accurate _ number? no, it is not possible to get accurate numbers _ number? no, it is not possible to get accurate numbers because i number? no, it is not possible to i get accurate numbers because there are so many confounding variables but we know for sure that if patients wait more than six hours in emergency departments, to get into hospital, then a significant number of them will die in association with that. we know it is harmful for patients to wait in ambulances because they cannot get the treatment they need. and it is blindingly obvious that if they are seriously ill in the community and we cannot get ambulances to them then they will come to harm and when we are talking about harm, unfortunately it does mean that patients are dying unnecessarily every day in our emergency care system because we cannot get them the help they need quickly enough and when we get them into the emergency department, we cannot treat them to the standard we would like. tt treat them to the standard we would like. . , treat them to the standard we would like. ., , ., ., treat them to the standard we would like. .,, ., ., , , treat them to the standard we would like. ., ., , , , like. it has got to be very brief, because we _ like. it has got to be very brief, because we are _ like. it has got to be very brief, because we are out _ like. it has got to be very brief, because we are out of - like. it has got to be very brief, because we are out of time, i like. it has got to be very brief, because we are out of time, is| like. it has got to be very brief, i

because we are out of time, is there a single solution that you would like to see right at the top of the priority list? tt like to see right at the top of the priority list?— like to see right at the top of the priority list? it is always going to come back _ priority list? it is always going to come back to. — priority list? it is always going to come back to, let's _ priority list? it is always going to come back to, let's have - priority list? it is always going to come back to, let's have a i priority list? it is always going to come back to, let's have a plan, | come back to, let's have a plan, let's focus on workforce, let's focus on the social care system. thank you to doctor ian higginson. i'm joined now by matthew hulbert — matthew lost his mum jackie injuly. jackie suffered a fall and waited 11 hours on her bedroom floor for an ambulance to arrive. she died two days later of an infection. first of all i want to say how sorry i am to hear that story and how devastating that must be for you. and if it is ok, would you be able tojust walk through and if it is ok, would you be able to just walk through what happened? absolutely. and good afternoon to you and your viewers. injuly, my motherfell you and your viewers. injuly, my mother fell at you and your viewers. injuly, my motherfell at home, she you and your viewers. injuly, my mother fell at home, she was 78 years old, she fell in the early hours, she pressed her council

buzzer on the wall, i was alerted at half past four in the morning and got to her and we obviously did not move her. we called for an ambulance at 5:01am and it arrived full —— 11 hours later. at 5:01am and it arrived full -- 11 hours later-— hours later. so, 11 hours in total. it must hours later. so, 11 hours in total. it must have _ hours later. so, 11 hours in total. it must have just _ hours later. so, 11 hours in total. it must have just been _ hours later. so, 11 hours in total. | it must have just been agonising, physically and emotionally. qt physically and emotionally. of course physically and emotionally. qt course it physically and emotionally. (ztt course it was. this physically and emotionally. ttt course it was. this is someone that i love very deeply and to see the distress that she was going through and always asking, when is it going to come? i mustjust dress, that when the paramedics and the ambulance guys did arrive, they could not have been any kinder, more compassionate, more caring towards

my mother than they were. they were exasperated by the time it had —— the fact it had taken that length of time but it had taken that length of time but it had taken that length of time and clearly there is a systemwide failing going on on a daily basis that is leaving people waiting for such a long time. find waiting for such a long time. and what do you _ waiting for such a long time. and what do you make of that because clearly having gone through what you have gone through, you will be learning more and more about what is going on and this is not an isolated incident, tragically, so what do you make of the problems? tram incident, tragically, so what do you make of the problems?— incident, tragically, so what do you make of the problems? from what i rather is make of the problems? from what i gather is happening _ make of the problems? from what i gather is happening on _ make of the problems? from what i gather is happening on the - make of the problems? from what i gather is happening on the day i make of the problems? from what i gather is happening on the day that| gather is happening on the day that my mother had her long wait, because i did not complain to the ambulance services but i did wrote later on, because i wanted to understand more what was going on and i had a response back and part of what was happening was the ambulances were backed up at the leicester royal infirmary, unable to off—load patients and unable to move on to

other calls and the same thing is happening all around the country. and... �* ,., happening all around the country. and...�* , happening all around the country. and... , ., , and... i'm so sorry to interrupt, our and... i'm so sorry to interrupt, your line — and... i'm so sorry to interrupt, your line is _ and... i'm so sorry to interrupt, your line isjust _ and... i'm so sorry to interrupt, your line isjust breaking - and... i'm so sorry to interrupt, your line isjust breaking up i and... i'm so sorry to interrupt, your line isjust breaking up a i your line isjust breaking up a little bit. we willjust give it a fail walk seconds. —— a few more seconds. we willjust mention a statement. we are deeply sorry we were unable to get to the patient sooner, we recognise the distress this will have cause. patient care and safety is always our priority and safety is always our priority and unfortunately we continue to experience a sustained level of life—threatening emergency calls and we work to prioritise the most severely injured patients first. they go on to say they are investigating. hopefully we can get that lie back with you just a little bit clearer. i wondered how frustrated you are,

learning those facts that you learnt and learning what happened on the day, what would you like to see happen now? t day, what would you like to see happen now?— day, what would you like to see ha en now? ~' .,. ., happen now? i think we need 2-macro thins, we happen now? i think we need 2-macro things. we need _ happen now? i think we need 2-macro things, we need investment _ happen now? i think we need 2-macro things, we need investment and i happen now? i think we need 2-macro things, we need investment and we i things, we need investment and we need reform and i am merrily talking actually about the social care aspect of things because it is because people don't have a care setting at home, they are having to setting at home, they are having to set hostel because even though they are. forambulances to set hostel because even though they are. for ambulances to drop off... we need to see investment and we have seen some of that from the government in the recent budget. but they have put the reform of social care on hold for another two years. this is a national emergency and we cannot afford to wait for two years. i live in hope that parliament as a whole will recognise that this is a

national emergency and come together on this and sort the situation out. and just before i let you go, just in a couple of words, i know this is a difficult question, but how would you like your mother to be remembered?— you like your mother to be remembered? ., , ., ., ., ., remembered? that is an emotional ruestion. remembered? that is an emotional question- she _ remembered? that is an emotional question. she was _ remembered? that is an emotional question. she was a _ remembered? that is an emotional question. she was a loved - remembered? that is an emotional question. she was a loved motherl remembered? that is an emotional. question. she was a loved mother and grandmother. a very nice person who i will miss to the end of my days. that was a gorgeous tribute. thank you for coming on and talking to us on bbc news. you are watching bbc news... the headlines... more than 11,000 ambiences are getting stuck every week in long queues outside emergency units in england. a black british charity campaigner who was asked at a royal reception where are you from, says her treatment amounted to racist abuse.

house prices see their biggest monthly fall for nearly 2.5 years because of rising interest rates and the cost of a home dropping by 1.4%. a charity boss who's black, and was repeatedly asked where she came from at a buckingham palace reception, says she felt abused by the encounter. ngozi fulani, who's british, and a founder of sistah space, which works to support abused women, likened the conversation with lady susan hussey, to "an interrogation". lady susan, who's 83, is godmother to the prince of wales, and has now resigned from the royal household. the palace described her remarks as "unacceptable and deeply regrettable". here's our royal correspondent, sarah campbell. ngozi fulani, standing next to the queen consort, with her back to the camera, was at buckingham palace in her role as a prominent campaigner helping women and families affected by domestic abuse.

minutes after arriving, she was approached by a palace aide, lady susan hussey. when she approached me, one of the first things she did was to take my locks and move it out of the way. no conversation at first, and then she says, "i just want to see your name badge." ms fulani, a british national, then says she was repeatedly and aggressively questioned. "i'm from here, i was born here." "yeah, but where are you really from ? " "i am really from here." "yeah, but, 0k, ican see that this is going to be a bit of a challenge." she said, "what is your nationality?" and i said, "lady, iam born here, iam british." i was thinking that would be the end of it, but no. lady susan hussey, here in the blue, who was a lady in waiting to queen elizabeth for six decades, stepped aside from her honorary role yesterday.

a palace statement said the individual concerned expressed her profound apologies for what happened. are you clear in your mind that what happened was a racist incident? i am very clear, right, no matter how uncomfortable it is for other people to accept, i am very clear that i experienced racism in an environment that i should have felt safe in, and we need to address that. the row overshadowed the arrival in the united states of the prince and princess of wales. the focus was supposed to be on environmental issues, but instead, before they landed, the spokesperson was compelled to make the royal couple's position clear, that racism has no place in our society. buckingham palace said in a statement that it had reached out to ngozi fulani. today she says she is still waiting for direct contact to be made. nobody has reached out to us directly from the palace. we would look forward

to a conversation, because this can't be, "i'm sorry" and move on. a builder has been found guilty of murdering two women, six months apart, at a remote farm near st leonards in east sussex. hove crown court was told mark brown met the women, leah ware and alexandra morgan, through a sex work website. the body of ms ware has never been found. duncan kennedy reports. dog barking. hello, it's the police. do you want to just go inside for us? when police arrested mark brown, they thought he'd killed one woman. it soon became clear that wasn't the case. they discovered he had murdered not only alex morgan, but leah ware as well — two young mothers who died six months apart. mark brown, a labourer, had met alex and leah on an adult website. he brought both women to these isolated farm buildings

near hastings for sex. mark brown told the court that when he met alex morgan here at the farm, she slipped on a workshop floor, hit her head on the ground and died. he said he then panicked and didn't tell the authorities. when it came to leah ware, he said he had no idea where she went. 0n the day she died, security cameras caught alex morgan buying petrol en route to mark brown's farm. 28 minutes later, she's seen following brown's 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 ware. leah had also gone as a sex worker to mark brown's farm and laterformed a relationship with him.

but in may last year, she too disappeared. her body has never been found. to cover his tracks, police believe brown drowned leah's beloved dog lady in this pond at the farm. mark brown is an enigma, really, he is cold, he is heartless, he is ruthless, he is a narcissist, and i have no doubt, if we had not have caught mark brown, he may well have gone on to do something similar. this massivejoint 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 calculating individual obsessed with violent pornography. even now, he won't allow a still have the answers we so desperately need and deserve. the feeling of loss is so hard for us all to bear. we will forever have a missing piece

in our lives. we will forever have a missing piece in our lives-— in our lives. officers believed the bodies were _ in our lives. officers believed the bodies were disposed _ in our lives. officers believed the bodies were disposed of - in our lives. officers believed the bodies were disposed of at i in our lives. officers believed the bodies were disposed of at the i in our lives. officers believed the . bodies were disposed of at the same farm. he will be sentenced in january and codes —— could face a whole life prison term. families have been left devastated. two women who between them leave behind five young children. history will be made tonight, as a female referee takes charge of a men's world cup game for the very first time. stephanie frappart from france, will lead a team of three women, as germany seeks to avoid early elimination against costa rica. our senior sports news correspondent, laura scott, has been speaking to her. after years of climbing the refereeing ranks, today, in qatar, comes a significant moment in the sun for female officials, as the trailblazing frenchwoman stephanie frappart becomes the first woman to take charge of a men's world cup match. before the tournament she told me that despite the enormity of the occasion she feels ready

for the opportunity. the men's world cup is the most important competition in the world, not only in football, so we know that there is a lot of expectations. there was always pressure, there are always pressure in the matches and also when you are women you have more pressure because they are always new. i was always welcome in the stadiums, so i feel like another referee inside the pitch. the attention on frappart�*s history—making moment will be amplified by how much is riding on the match she's officiating — tonight's group e clash between costa rica and germany. but she's been given a clear vote of confidence by germany's coach. translation: i trust her 100%. i think she deserves to be here due to her performance and her achievements. we're looking forward to this performance. i hope she's looking forward to this match and us as a team.

i think she'll perform very well. frappart won't be breaking down this barrier alone. she'll be accompanied by two female assistants, making it the first all—female on—field refereeing team. but how comfortable does she feel that this step forward comes at a tournament hosted by a country whose record on women's rights has come under intense scrutiny? it's not me who decided this world cup. when you are selected for the world cup, how can you say women are not going? i was many times in qatar, i was always welcome, i was no problem with qatar, so we know that there is some difficulties there for the women, but i think this world cup will help them. for so long in refereeing women were on the fringes. now, on the biggest stage of them all, there will be a woman in the middle. laura scott, bbc news.

janie frampton is the vice president of the sport officials and has been a football referee for 30 years. i am excited beyond words. we have finally got to this position where stephanie is being measured on her experience and abilities, rather than being a woman. you experience and abilities, rather than being a woman.— experience and abilities, rather than being a woman. you look back at her cv. it than being a woman. you look back at her cv- it is — than being a woman. you look back at her cv- it is a — than being a woman. you look back at her cv. it is a significant _ than being a woman. you look back at her cv. it is a significant moment, - her cv. it is a significant moment, we are right to mark it but if you look at her refereeing cv and it is not a great surprise that she is there. it not a great surprise that she is there. , ., ., ., , , , there. it is not a great surprise. i think the only — there. it is not a great surprise. i think the only surprise _ there. it is not a great surprise. i think the only surprise and - there. it is not a great surprise. i think the only surprise and it - there. it is not a great surprise. i think the only surprise and it is i there. it is not a great surprise. i think the only surprise and it is a| think the only surprise and it is a very positive one, was when they selected the refereeing team to go to qatar, they included the women. and i was delighted but a little bit apprehensive to think, i hope they are not going to use them as fourth officials and then it becomes tokenism and fair play to fifa, to them to quite a big third game in them to quite a big third game in the group round i think is

fantastic.— the group round i think is fantastic. �* , ., ., fantastic. and it is the role, for better or _ fantastic. and it is the role, for better or for — fantastic. and it is the role, for better or for worse, _ fantastic. and it is the role, for better or for worse, and - fantastic. and it is the role, for better or for worse, and for - fantastic. and it is the role, for - better or for worse, and for reasons i don't understand, of the referee to be subjected to quite a bit of... enthusiasm, from players and fans, is one word. and that is not the case in other sports. and we are kind of accepting of it for some reason in football. there were no doubt be criticism and enthusiastic words thrown her way but that is the case of all referees.— case of all referees. yes, of course- _ case of all referees. yes, of course- and _ case of all referees. yes, of course. and that _ case of all referees. yes, of course. and that is - case of all referees. yes, of course. and that is how - case of all referees. yes, of - course. and that is how football is. and we are not always proud of some of the discipline in football and the abuse towards referees, of course we are not, but it is how it is and the only thing we can do and the authorities can do is to take steps to clear that up but in fairness, on the field, stephanie knows, and she has been on high—pressure situations she knows how to handle this. it is not the

players that will give her a hard time, it may be the coaches, the spectators or even the media, and as long as she is judged spectators or even the media, and as long as she isjudged on her abilities as a referee and her team, thatis abilities as a referee and her team, that is all i ask for. band abilities as a referee and her team, that is all i ask for.— that is all i ask for. and what about the — that is all i ask for. and what about the pipeline? - that is all i ask for. and what about the pipeline? we - that is all i ask for. and what j about the pipeline? we know that is all i ask for. and what - about the pipeline? we know her achievements, what about the pipeline of other women officials coming through the system? i think another countries, _ coming through the system? i think another countries, they _ coming through the system? i think another countries, they are - coming through the system? i think another countries, they are coming | another countries, they are coming through really well. in england, we have done better. but we still have a long way to go. louis need to look further down the food chain in the food chain any development pathway and look at notjust how to recruit women into refereeing but how we keep them and retain them and how we develop them. and when you look, most of our fifa referees and assistant referees are still only on assistant referees are still only on a part—time wage because they should be on full—time salaries, just the same as the men, so we still have an awful long way to go. find same as the men, so we still have an awful long way to go.— awful long way to go. and 'ust lastl , awful long way to go. and 'ust lastly, regardless i awful long way to go. and 'ust lastly, regardless of i awful long way to go. and 'ust lastly, regardless of men h awful long way to go. and just lastly, regardless of men or. awful long way to go. and just - lastly, regardless of men or women, what is the appeal of being a

referee? ., . , what is the appeal of being a referee? ., ., , , ., ., referee? how many times i asked that ruestion? referee? how many times i asked that question? and — referee? how many times i asked that question? and people _ referee? how many times i asked that question? and people say, _ question? and people say, refereeing, why would you? actually, we love the technical side. it is notjust we love the technical side. it is not just about saying that is we love the technical side. it is notjust about saying that is on offside, it is about knowing why design offside. what are the two imitations? we love the technical aspect of football. a big game for the players and the officials this evening. time now for the weather. how is it looking? it has been a grey and chilly day across the midlands today. we are going to see the fog developing once again and thickening up again. mainly across the west midlands, east wales. and the west country. the cloud across other parts of wales and england coming and going. temperatures not far from freezing. more cloud for northern ireland and scotland. milder here. try tomorrow

in scotland with the rain moving away. we may well see a brightening up away. we may well see a brightening up across some parts of the midlands and also eastern england with a little sunshine stops some showers on the north sea coast. sunshine for northern ireland and a lot of cloud in scotland. still relatively mild in scotland. still relatively mild in the north—west. for out of the weekend, centring at times for england and wales. some cloud and showers coming into eastern parts of england. hopefully we will have some sunshine on saturday in northern ireland.

hello. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones 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 racist abuse. house prices see their biggest monthly fall for nearly two and a half years because of rising interest rates with the cost of a home dropping by 1.4%. 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. it is time for the sport now. all set for more drama at the world cup this afternoon. belgium look like they are on their way out of against finalists croatia and it's currently 0-0. finalists croatia and it's currently 0—0. belgium have made the quarters in each of the past four major tournaments we could have a great story and morocco going through at their expense. there are 2—1 up against already eliminated canada.

through to the knockouts for the first time since 1986. canada have had one off and were bouncing on the line and out of play after that so very close indeed for morocco there. it would have been 2—2, but currently 1—2. it would have been 2—2, but currentlyi—2. both it would have been 2—2, but currently 1—2. both games into the second half. all eyes will be on germany this evening who are without a victory in the group stages but could get through to the last 16. spain also played tonight. their coach saying he won't take any risks as they face japan. spain need to avoid defeat to go through but germany have to be costa rica and hope japan lose. if the japan draw, it will come down to goal difference. both matches under way 7pm. germany's match with costa rica will also see a moment of history as we have the first female referee to take charge of a men's match at the tournament. an all—female team on the pitch.

the world cup, the men's world cup is the most important. there is always pressure. when you are a woman, there is more pressure because i was always welcome in the stadium so i feel like another referee inside the pitch. it's been a record breaking opening day for england's cricketers on their first test back in pakistan after 17 years. after batting first, england made batting look very, very easy. 506-4. zak crawley reached his century in record time. harry brook finishing the day unbeaten on 101. that's one of the best i've played. i put pressure on every single

bowler, especially the spinners. that's the way i want to play and that's we have been playing for years. i'm happy with that. did you know that you're _ years. i'm happy with that. did you know that you're in _ years. i'm happy with that. did you know that you're in with _ years. i'm happy with that. did you know that you're in with a - years. i'm happy with that. did you know that you're in with a shout. years. i'm happy with that. did you know that you're in with a shout of| know that you're in with a shout of scoring the fastest 100 of any england player at one point? you were really close. i england player at one point? you were really close.— were really close. i didn't know that. i were really close. i didn't know that. l thought _ were really close. i didn't know that. l thought | _ were really close. i didn't know that. l thought | might - were really close. i didn't know that. i thought i might have - were really close. i didn't know that. i thought i might have a l that. i thought i might have a little bit of a shout, but i wasn't really concentrating on that to be honest. ~ �* ., , really concentrating on that to be honest. ~ �* . , . ., honest. wbc heavyweight champion t son fu honest. wbc heavyweight champion tarson fury is _ honest. wbc heavyweight champion tarson fury is putting _ honest. wbc heavyweight champion tyson fury is putting his _ honest. wbc heavyweight champion tyson fury is putting his belt - honest. wbc heavyweight champion tyson fury is putting his belt on - tyson fury is putting his belt on the line on saturday. he has lost three of his last four fights but fury still believes the bout will be competitive. fury still believes the bout will be competitive-— fury still believes the bout will be competitive. stepped up the plate and ban, competitive. stepped up the plate and ban. here _ competitive. stepped up the plate and ban, here we _ competitive. stepped up the plate and ban, here we are. _ competitive. stepped up the plate and ban, here we are. on - competitive. stepped up the plate and ban, here we are. on top- competitive. stepped up the plate and ban, here we are. on top on | and ban, here we are. on top on saturday— and ban, here we are. on top on saturday night. i will it done. so down _ saturday night. i will it done. so down for— saturday night. i will it done. so down for the fans. right before christmas. it's like a christmas cracken — christmas. it's like a christmas cracker. ., ., cracker. on saturday i can guarantee ou this, cracker. on saturday i can guarantee you this, friendship _ cracker. on saturday i can guarantee you this, friendship will _ cracker. on saturday i can guarantee you this, friendship will be - cracker. on saturday i can guarantee you this, friendship will be out - cracker. on saturday i can guarantee you this, friendship will be out the l you this, friendship will be out the doon _ you this, friendship will be out the doon me _ you this, friendship will be out the doon me and — you this, friendship will be out the door. me and this— you this, friendship will be out the door. me and this big _ you this, friendship will be out the door. me and this big man, - you this, friendship will be out the door. me and this big man, we - you this, friendship will be out the door. me and this big man, we arej door. me and this big man, we are going _ door. me and this big man, we are going to _ door. me and this big man, we are going to get — door. me and this big man, we are going to get it_ door. me and this big man, we are going to get it on _ door. me and this big man, we are going to get it on. lets— door. me and this big man, we are going to get it on-_ going to get it on. lets see how this one goes — going to get it on. lets see how this one goes this _ going to get it on. lets see how

this one goes this weekend. - british driverjamie chadwick will race in the indy nxt series in the united states for the andretti autosport next year. the 24—year—old won her third w series title in october after the final three races were cancelled because of funding issues. indy nxt is the second tier of the usa's open—wheel racing format indycar, which includes the indy 500 oval race. that's it for the sport. as it stands belgium going through a quraish in the world cup. —— croatia. a six letter bombs at the us embassy in madrid yesterday. it combusted

injuring an employee. there was another intercepted at a factory supplying arms to ukraine. guy hedgecoe gave us more details. devices sent to a series of institutions, embassies and companies and government ministries, six devices in all which have been sent, they contained with these packages containing what can be described as pyrotechnic devices which when the package was opened it ignites. it doesn't create a blast, but it does create a certain amount of alarm. these have been sent to ukrainian embassy in madrid. that was won yesterday. it's also been sent to the defence ministry. we heard last week one was sent to the office of prime minister pedro sanchez as well. the latest we heard as well as you've mentioned is that the device was also sent to the us embassy here in madrid. 0nly the device was also sent to the us embassy here in madrid. only one of

these devices has actually been detonated, that was the one at the ukrainian embassy yesterday. it caused injuries to the hands of one of the embassy employees. none of the others have been detonated but obviously this rate of attacks if you will has created a great deal of alarm across the country and security has been tightened. what security has been tightened. what has the reaction _ security has been tightened. what has the reaction been _ security has been tightened. what has the reaction been there? the| has the reaction been there? the government _ has the reaction been there? the government is — has the reaction been there? he government is saying has the reaction been there? tie: government is saying there has the reaction been there? ti2 government is saying there seems to be some kind of relation between all these different devices which are being sent. it believes they've all been sent from within spain. inevitably people have been looking closely at the situation in ukraine and any links to ukraine, because of that device which was sent to ukrainian embassy. spain of course is very stridently supporting the ukrainian government against russian invasion. there's been a bit of a war of words between the ukrainian and russian embassies as well. the

russian embassy condemns any terrorist attack. the ukrainian embassy, our enemy, russia, says anything is possible. there is a great deal of confusion at the moment but people are looking very closely at the possible ukrainian link. ., ~' closely at the possible ukrainian link. . ~ , ., closely at the possible ukrainian link. . ~ i. ., closely at the possible ukrainian link. . ~ ., ., borisjohnson intends to stand again. he will contest the 0xbridge and south seat. 11 mps have announced they will be standing for election. the leader of the snp at westminster has announced he will be stepping down from the role. ian blackford said he will not be seeking re—election at the party's annual meeting next

week as now was the right time to find fresh leadership ahead of the next general election. he's held the post for five years. let's hear the latest from nick eardley, our chief political correspondent. ian blackford does have quite a public role in hisjob as westminster leader. he gets those questions are prime minister's questions every week because the snp is the third party. he's been doing thejob forfive is the third party. he's been doing the job for five years but the truth is there has been a bit of speculation about his future for quite a few months now. there were some snp mps who were not totally satisfied with his performance in the house of commons. there were some who thought the party wasn't making enough of an impact at westminster supple though mr blackford is probably liked within his party, i think many of his colleagues have decided that it was time for a change as well. mr blackford will stand down next week at the parties agm in parliament. that means there will be someone new in place for prime minister's questions next week. nobody has

officially declared they are going to stand yet, but i spoke to quite a few people in the snp in the past hour or so and one name that keeps coming up is the aberdeen mp stephen glenn. i think is very likely to stand, very likely to although it's not impossible someone else tries to get the job as well. not like date of a nationwide shows that house prices have fallen. much ofthe that house prices have fallen. much of the changes _ that house prices have fallen. much of the changes due _ that house prices have fallen. much of the changes due to _ that house prices have fallen. much of the changes due to the _ that house prices have fallen. much of the changes due to the valid from the mini budget which caused a spike in long—term interest rates leading to a big increase in mortgage rates.

with interest rates where they are now, you're looking at 45% of take—home pay. they have started to come down a bit now that the market has settled, but clearly a lot of momentum has been lost in the market and buyers are waiting on the sideline to re—evaluate whether or not they are going to step into the market. was there a longer tyrant here with people looking ahead to presuming that interest rates would go up anyway and sticking on the sidelines? the surprising thing was that up until september was just how resilient the market had been because household budgets were under a lot of pressure and interest rates were moving up and yet despite that, were moving up and yet despite that, we still see mortgage application levels above where they were before the pandemic struck. the resilience of the market was clear but now things have changed significantly in

borrowing costs are higher and the market does seem to have lost a lot of momentum as result. i}i(. market does seem to have lost a lot of momentum as result.— market does seem to have lost a lot of momentum as result. ok, so losing momentum- — of momentum as result. ok, so losing momentum. let's _ of momentum as result. ok, so losing momentum. let's try _ of momentum as result. ok, so losing momentum. let's try and _ of momentum as result. ok, so losing momentum. let's try and look - of momentum as result. ok, so losing momentum. let's try and look six, - of momentum as result. ok, so losing momentum. let's try and look six, 12| momentum. let's try and look six, 12 months ahead. i won't hold you to predictions, but where do you think we are heading. it predictions, but where do you think we are heading.— we are heading. it think the market will be subdued _ we are heading. it think the market will be subdued but _ we are heading. it think the market will be subdued but i _ we are heading. it think the market will be subdued but i don't - we are heading. it think the market will be subdued but i don't think . will be subdued but i don't think they're going to go back to the level they were at the start of the year, so that's going to remain a bit of a drag on the market and also the economy is expected shrink in the economy is expected shrink in the coming quarters and we have high inflation putting pressure on household budgets so when you take all those factors into account together, is likely it will be subduedin together, is likely it will be subdued in the coming quarters. not met before i let you go, first—time buyers, would you generally assume they would welcome house prices falling, but if the interest rates are going up and their monthly payments are so big it perhaps doesn't help? that's right. the main

barrier if we go back a couple of years for first—time buyers was the size of the deposit was so high, house prices have been outstripping income growth by a wide margin. the 10% deposit was almost 60% of annual income which is really high. the problem now is that mortgage rates are that much higher and now the monthly mortgage payment is more of a barrierfor more people than it was before. a couple from gloucestershire are hoping to give away 2,000 football shirts to children who might not have much under the tree for them this christmas. paul and lizzie watson started the project in 2020 and hope it'll reduce the pressure on parents and give young people a sense of identity. andy howard has been to meet them. this living room is a football fan's dream. hundreds of football shirts from across the world, the two big glasgow clubs, liverpool, everton,

shirts from portugal, spain and even burnley where they are at the moment. they are ready to be sent around the country. why do you do it? growing up i always loved football shirts, that was my favourite present, so we wanted to bring that to some children around the country who otherwise might struggle at christmas. how do you get them? there are shirts from all corners of the globe here. we order in from the donations we receive and people also send is there a very good condition second hand shirts. it must be quite an operation, it must take up a fair bit of your time. it feels like a full—time job! this idea started with ten football shirts and trying to find someone to give them too and now we are looking at this quantity and we cannot really move for football shirts! and we both have full—time jobs and two young boys so we are not getting much sleep!

it is great and we will bring you more detail on points west later but to say the target here is 2000 football shirts going out across the country for that magic opening it up for someone on christmas day. andy howard, bbc points west. top effort from them. the headlines on bbc news... 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 racist abuse. house prices see their biggest monthly fall for nearly two and a half years because of rising interest rates with the cost of a home dropping by 1.4%.

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part of the problem are so—called hidden batteries in things like phones, electric toothbrushes, toys and even musical greeting cards. 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 with 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, 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. around 145,000 people live with parkinson's in the uk and according one charity it's the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. for the past ten years a dedicated dance class for those with the condition, has been running in dorset. it's part of a research project, to see if the movement created by dancing, can help manage the symptoms of the disease. here's edward sault. spread those fingers as far and as wide as you can. boom! this dance class in bournemouth is a class with a difference. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

it is for people with parkinson's and their carers or loved ones such as robin and meg. it is therapeutic because there's not much available for parkinson's. and it is unique, this one. so, when you are with groups i of people that really have either the same or even may be more complicated problems, - it is comfortable, _ you don't feel embarrassed. give me a nice big boom on this one, boom. so what are the benefits for those who come here? quite a common thing that people face when they have parkinson's is freezing or festination of their feet where their feet feel glued to the floor. by doing the weight transfers we do during class, and the rhythms 90 of the marching and all those exercises, they are to give people tools to carry on with the rest of their day. we want as many people living with parkinson's as possible to dance because we know that it benefits them from their soul, from their mind to their body, as it does for everybody

but specifically for people living with parkinson's who are living with this condition day in, day out. and that is something endorsed by those here today. i feel good. very good, yes. i always do, i always feel relaxed. yes, you get out what you put in. what you're trying to do - is get your posture and everything is good as you can get having got parkinson's which is a damn - nuisance, to be honest. similar classes have sashayed their way to the new forest and dorchester too, proving that dance can be for everyone. edward sault, bbc south today, in bournemouth. the former rugby league player, rob burrow, is to read the cbeebies bedtime story, on the international day of persons with disabilities this saturday. the former leeds rhinos player, lives with motor neurone disease, and will be using an eye—controlled computer to read the story, which recreates the words, in his own yorkshire accent. graham satchell has the story.

rob burrow with his family at the cbeebies studio. who is it? i'm shy! hey, nice to meet you. is your name jackson? 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 eye gaze. 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 beach 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.

rob is reading a book called tilda tries again. it tells the story of a happy little girl whose world unexpectedly turns upside down. tilda sees a ladybird stuck on its back. then the ladybird tried again. and again... ..and again... until at last it flew free. tilda thought about this. the ladybird hadn't given up, so neither would she. in sunderland, lucy used her device to tell us what she thought. i feel happy rob used eye gaze while 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 thinkingj that this was going to happen. ijust think it's incredible. 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 burrows ending that report, from graham satchell. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. we are seeing big differences in the weather once again today across england and wales. the winds are very light year, so that rings and changes here across suffolk we saw some sunshine today and temperatures were around about 9 degrees, but for a good part of the midlands down into oxfordshire here, it's been very dull and grey with fog and cold as well with temperatures about 5 degrees. that fog is going to be taking up this evening and at night. mainly to affect the west midlands, east wales and the west country. cloud will come and go across other parts of england and wales so it will be quite cold. temperatures clouds to freezing. somewhat milder for scotland and northern ireland where we got more than a southerly breeze. driertomorrow

where we got more than a southerly breeze. drier tomorrow where we've seen some rain today. some sunshine coming through northern ireland and fog clearing more readily across england and wales. brightening up across the east midlands and a bit of sunshine coming through. 0n across the east midlands and a bit of sunshine coming through. on an easterly breeze onto those north sea coasts. temperatures generally around seven to nine celsius. got a weather front not too away, not getting to further because everything is going to be blocked off by the high pressure. that's playing off that easterly breeze. bringing some sunshine at times for england and wales, some cloud as well and we will fine showers across eastern parts of england. hopefully more sunshine across scotland away from the north west. a little bit of rain here and brighter skies across northern ireland. a bit chilly on saturday. colder still on sunday because more isobars on the chart and a stronger easterly breeze. still in that colder air, so

temperatures continuing to drop away day by day. some cloud, sunshine, a few more showers coming in on that easterly breeze stop mainly eastern england, perhaps for scotland. over the tops of the mountains here as well. that's more noticeable on sunday. not really strong by any means, but it will make you feel chilly certainly. temperatures sixes and sevens. but when you factor in that easterly wind it will feel colder still. that easterly wind it will feel colderstill. feeling that easterly wind it will feel colder still. feeling more like two or three celsius. quite chilly. over the coming few days, generally dry across much of the country. less fog around because the wind will be picking up but because we have that stronger easterly wind it will be feeling colder during this weekend.

this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines... a black british charity campaigner, who was asked at a royal reception "where are you really from?" says her treatment amounted to racist abuse. no matter how uncomfortable it is for people to accept, i am very clear that i experienced racism in an environment that i should have felt safe in. racism in an environment that 23 racism in an environment that ambulances with pa more than 11,000 ambulances are getting stuck every week in long queues outside a&e departments in england, the highest number, since records began.

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