this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the first parts of the much hyped harry and meghan series are released. in it, harry says he has a duty to uncover what he describes as "exploitation and bribery within our media" it is duty and service, and i feel it is my duty to uncover this exploitation and bribery that happens within our media. i am exploitation and bribery that happens within our media. i am not standin: happens within our media. i am not standing for — happens within our media. i am not standing for something, _ happens within our media. i am not standing for something, they - happens within our media. i am not standing for something, they asked destroying us. latest figures show a0 % of accident & emergency patients in england face a delay of four hours or more waiting for a bed.

we don't want anyone to stay in hospital— we don't want anyone to stay in hospital any longer than they need to, but_ hospital any longer than they need to, but we — hospital any longer than they need to, but we know with an elderly population, to make sure it happens, it needs _ population, to make sure it happens, it needs a _ population, to make sure it happens, it needs a whole team effort, we can't _ it needs a whole team effort, we can't continue work on the way we have _ can't continue work on the way we have historically worked. have you or a loved one had a long trolley wait at a&e? let me know your story by getting in touch on twitter @annitabbc and using the hashtag bbcyourquestions — that's in our special coverage today on the nhs under pressure around the uk. iran state media announces the first execution of a protester, mohsen shekari, convicted over recent anti—government unrest. environmental campaigners condemn a decision to give the go ahead to the uk's first new deep coal mine in 30 years. the last british survivor of the world war two dambusters — johnnyjohnson — has died at the age of 101.

hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the first three episodes of prince harry and meghan�*s documentary series have been released this morning on netflix — with the final three to come next week. the show was co—produced by the couple and has been billed telling their side of the story. in the first episode, harry says this is about "duty and service" — saying he feels it is his duty to "uncover exploitation "and bribery" that he says happens within the media. in the trailer for the series, prince harry spoke of the "leaking and "planting of stories" in what he described as part of a "dirty game". the trailer caused controversy after netflix was accused of using misleading footage and photos to portray

the couple being hounded by the media. buckingham palace has not officially commented on the series. let's take a look at how the documentary begins. it is really hard to look back on it and go, what nerve happened? how did we end up here? and go, what nerve happened? how did we end up here?— we end up here? britain is in shock this morning- _ we end up here? britain is in shock this morning. a _ we end up here? britain is in shock this morning. a dramatic _ we end up here? britain is in shock this morning. a dramatic and - this morning. a dramatic and shocking _ this morning. a dramatic and shocking announcement. they are taken _ shocking announcement. they are taken a _ shocking announcement. they are taken a step back from the royal duties — taken a step back from the royal duties. . . , taken a step back from the royal duties. . ., , , ., taken a step back from the royal duties. . . , , ., . duties. prince harry is on a trajectory _ duties. prince harry is on a trajectory of _ duties. prince harry is on a i trajectory of self-destruction. trajectory of self—destruction. harry— trajectory of self—destruction. harry isn't— trajectory of self—destruction. harry isn't london _ trajectory of self—destruction. harry isn't london i— trajectory of self—destruction. harry isn't london i hear... i. trajectory of self—destruction. - harry isn't london i hear... i don't know where to begin. mr; harry isn't london i hear... i don't know where to begin.— know where to begin. my “0b is to kee m know where to begin. my “0b is to keep my family * know where to begin. my “0b is to keep my family safe. _

in the first episode, harry explains why he took part in the documentary. it is part of charity, and it is my duty to uncover the exploitation and bribery that happens within our media. , ., ., , ., ., media. they are not standing for an hint , media. they are not standing for anything. they — media. they are not standing for anything, they are _ media. they are not standing for anything, they are destroying . media. they are not standing for| anything, they are destroying us. media. they are not standing for i anything, they are destroying us. it anything, they are destroying us. [it isn't anything, they are destroying us. isn'tjust anything, they are destroying us. it isn'tjust about our anything, they are destroying us. it isn't just about our story, this anything, they are destroying us. it isn'tjust about our story, this has always been so much biggerfor us. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is here. you have spent the last few hours watching as much as you can. what are your first impressions? thea;r are your first impressions? they said it was _ are your first impressions? they said it was about _ are your first impressions? they said it was about their _ are your first impressions? tie: said it was about their story, in their words, said it was about their story, in theirwords, it said it was about their story, in their words, it is from the moment they made theirfirst their words, it is from the moment they made their first text message communications back injuly 2016, all through the split, the step back when the royal family and up until now. forthose when the royal family and up until now. for those people who want to know as much as they can about harry

and meghan, they will lap it up because it has personal home videos, videos of archie and at home, then getting together and why they fell in love, their holiday in botswana. there is an undercurrent, as we've heard before from both of them, but they feel they were victims of both they feel they were victims of both the press and an institution that they didn't feel they could be part of. that is the undercurrent that runs through there. a couple of interesting things, it start by saying all of the interviews were completed by august 2022, that is an important day because exactly three months ago today, september the 8th, the queen died. at the beginning of episode one, it says are members of the royalfamily episode one, it says are members of the royal family declined to comment on the content of this series. lots to talk about. there are new

interviews we haven't heard about before. meghan markle's mother is somebody we have seen a lot, she was at the wedding, she is a personality, we haven't heard from her. she does talk in this documentary. i her. she does talk in this documentary.— her. she does talk in this documentary. her. she does talk in this documenta . . ~ ., �*, documentary. i am meghan's mum, the last five years — documentary. i am meghan's mum, the last five years has _ documentary. i am meghan's mum, the last five years has been _ last five years has been challenging.— last five years has been challenging. last five years has been challenauin. ~ . ., ., ., challenging. much more of an insiuht, challenging. much more of an insight, their— challenging. much more of an insight, their story, _ challenging. much more of an insight, their story, as - challenging. much more of an insight, their story, as you i challenging. much more of an i insight, their story, as you say. i just wonder, looking at this and the wider context, and you obviously haven't had the opportunity to watch all three episodes yet, and there are three more to come next week, where does this put the relationship between harry and meghan and the rest of the royal family? that between harry and meghan and the rest of the royal family?— rest of the royal family? that is the $1 million _ rest of the royal family? that is the $1 million question. - rest of the royal family? that is the $1 million question. so i rest of the royal family? that is the $1 million question. so far, | the $1 million question. so far, having seen what i have seen, and wash as much as i can, what there

isn't, i think, wash as much as i can, what there isn't, ithink, is wash as much as i can, what there isn't, i think, is any more of an expanding on the narrative that has already been there, that prince harry and meghan have made absolutely clear. the fact they weren't happy within the royal family, they didn't feel they have the support in the institution, if you like, and also the id of the press intrusion, and perhaps collaboration between the royal household and the press, this is the allegation. this is something they said before. the big question is whether there's anything the royal family would feel they would have to comment on, we will have to see. i can't see that at the moment so far, it is flushing out detail they have made public. there are another three episodes to go, there will be another three hours released this time next week.

i'm joined by royal commentator, emily andrews. what do you make of what you've been able to watch so far from the series? i able to watch so far from the series? ~ ,. ., ., ., able to watch so far from the series? ~ ., ., ., ., ., series? i think sarah gave a good summation. _ series? i think sarah gave a good summation, it _ series? i think sarah gave a good summation, it is _ series? i think sarah gave a good summation, it is their _ series? i think sarah gave a good summation, it is their truth, i series? i think sarah gave a good summation, it is their truth, and| series? i think sarah gave a good. summation, it is their truth, and it is their version of events. they come across as charming, very much in love. it is nice to hear them speak. as sarah said, we get personal experience, archie's pictures, home videos, but this is netflix, and when i first started watching it this morning, when the open titles came on, this is exactly like the the crown. it was very dramatic, but we know it is real life. i thought harry, the main narrative that comes out is that

meghan is the new diana. what struck me is when harry talked about the hunter versus the prey and those kinds of similes, was it reminds me of charles spencer's funeral speech in firms of people. the hunter had become the hunter, she was left unprotected. harry sees the protection, and the family said to hari, the press are getting information on her, but you have to do it, it is a right of passing, why should your girlfriend be different? given what happened to his mother, you can understand out on a human level where he is coming from. hana;

level where he is coming from. harry was 12 when — level where he is coming from. harry was 12 when he _ level where he is coming from. harry was 12 when he lost _ level where he is coming from. harry was 12 when he lost his _ level where he is coming from. tia"? was 12 when he lost his mother, you can understand where he's coming from. can ijust say, keeping to the facts, diana died because she was driven by a drunk driver going far too fast. harry is right to say the kneejerk pursuit diana, but that was the 1990s —— marco say the .we . we would have been pained by it, but all of our access would have been taken away by buckingham palace. we didn't want to behave badly, because those days are gone. harry is talking about in this exploitation and bribery within the media, he feels it is his duty to uncover that. media, he feels it is his duty to uncoverthat. do media, he feels it is his duty to uncover that. do you think the couple would get a fair hearing from the uk media, which has been pretty

vitriolic about them in some instances?— vitriolic about them in some instances? , ., ., �* instances? good question, i don't think it will _ instances? good question, i don't think it will be — instances? good question, i don't think it will be a _ instances? good question, i don't think it will be a nonpartisan i think it will be a nonpartisan presentation of these three episodes, things will be chilly picked. when harry said while women are chosen. harry is once again insulting his family. i don't think harry is. harry does have a good point, and i think if there are family could actually listen to what he is saying, and i think maybe understand what you're saying, lose the ego. fin understand what you're saying, lose the euo. ., ,., understand what you're saying, lose the eo. ., , ., the ego. on that point, the question which i ut the ego. on that point, the question which i put to _ the ego. on that point, the question which i put to sarah _ the ego. on that point, the question which i put to sarah which _ the ego. on that point, the question which i put to sarah which is - the ego. on that point, the question which i put to sarah which is worth l which i put to sarah which is worth asking you, emily, because this is one of the fundamental questions, where does this leave the relationship between the couple and the rest of the family? have you

heard anything explosive in terms of that relationship?— that relationship? well, i know har and that relationship? well, i know harry and william _ that relationship? well, i know harry and william haven't i that relationship? well, i know i harry and william haven't spoken for some time, we thought maybe during the death of the queen, there was that walk, maybe they could repair it. in my opinion, william feels betrayed. william feels betrayed. charles still loves her son and will always forgive him. it is sad, but ultimately this is a sad story because harry is a strange from his family, who still love him.- family, who still love him. emily, aood to family, who still love him. emily, good to talk— family, who still love him. emily, good to talk to _ family, who still love him. emily, good to talk to you. _ emergency care doctors are warning that the sickest and frailest patients coming to a&e in england are being failed — as they face long waits to get on to wards. latest figures show four in ten a&e

patients in england who need a hospital bed face a delay of four hours or more waiting for one to be found. but 10% of those patients are waiting for 12 hours or more. to put that in context, there have been more 12—hour trolley waits in 2022 so far than in the past ten years combined. during 0ctober, more than 150,000 patients waited more than four hours for a bed to be found once a&e staff had decided they needed to be admitted. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, has this report, as part of our special "nhs under pressure" coverage. a&e departments are under greater pressure than ever before. it's not good, all laid in trolleys like this. from this hospital in york... ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. ..to the royal victoria in belfast... ..to these corridors in milton keynes.

i've just spoken to the nurses. theyjust asked us to wait in the queue until they have space available. doctors say they're most concerned about the sickest patients who need to be moved on from the emergency department to another ward of the hospital, for surgery or more complex treatment. record numbers are now stuck in a&e for more than four hours until a free bed can be found, partly because hospitals are struggling to discharge patients into social care. if your hospital is full, and more than 19 out of 20 of our beds are full at the moment, that means that it's very challenging for emergency departments to transfer patients from the emergency department onto the wards, and that, of course, increases waiting times. you've had a few days of the treatment. i you've had some rehabilitation. how is it feeling now? well, it's feeling 0k, really, until i stand up and have to use it. those long waits in a&e are a big risk for the most vulnerable. in surrey, 90—year—old pat is recovering after falling and breaking her pelvis.

with the physiotherapist this _ morning, did you manage the session? yes. i had to have assistance to get on the bed. when she got to a&e, a specialist team sent her straight to a bed here, in a dedicated unit for the most frail, so she wouldn't have to wait in pain. someone like pat, it was really key that we could identify her needs i very early on, which were around i managing her pain, which were around managing her bone health and some of her breathing problems. - and it's because of that, and early identification l and early work with her, that she's now able i to actually return home. it was a shock, of course. it shakes you up, doesn't it? no, i've got over it really now. it's the anticipation of when you go home, how you're going to cope. the frailty wards, and the team next door in the acute medical centre in epsom, are both designed to take the pressure off a&e. the idea is that more complex cases

are sent here quickly for treatment, before either being referred to specialists, or ideally sent home to free up the bed. we don't want anyone to stay in hospital any longer than they need to, but we know that, with an elderly population, to make sure that happens, it needs a whole team effort. we can't just continue working the way we've historically worked. the government has said there is more money to improve a&e performance in england. but with colder weather on its way, and rates of flu are also rising, hospitals are bracing for a busy winter. jim reed, bbc news. our health correspondent nick triggle is with me now. you have just got, you havejust got, in you have just got, in the last fee minutes, fresh figures for november, emergency care, ambulances and so forth. , , ., ., , ., _ forth. this is the data provided by nhs england _ forth. this is the data provided by nhs england under— forth. this is the data provided by nhs england under shows - forth. this is the data provided by nhs england under shows there l forth. this is the data provided by i nhs england under shows there were huge pressures on the emergency care

system, just the start of a winter. what they show is unbalanced response times, the time it takes to reach patients who have emergency call—outs for things such as heart attacks, it is taken more than twice as long as it showed. when those ambulances get to amd, they are getting stuck in queues. three in ten ambulances that arrive have these delays. and then once the patients are inside amd, we are seeing delays. then there are those who need to stay in hospital, but they are waiting a long time to find a bed, that is causing the royal couege a bed, that is causing the royal

college of nursing severe harm. i5 college of nursing severe harm. is there evidence to show that when people have these delays, getting a hospital bed, that beams they have a worse outcome?— worse outcome? there is a well of research that _ worse outcome? there is a well of research that has _ worse outcome? there is a well of research that has looked - worse outcome? there is a well of research that has looked into i worse outcome? there is a well of research that has looked into this, these people who are waiting on trolleys in corridors or in makeshift bays, they are not getting the care they need, they are often in pain and discomfort. the research shows that for every 67 patients who have a 12 hour delay, you could expect one of those to come to severe harm, perhaps even die. that is the data from the royal college of emergency medicine and which is why they are so concerned. if we think about the 12 hour waits, this year alone we are approaching nearly 300,000 patients who had a 12 hour wait on a trolley in a corridor, and

that more than the last ten years combined. , , , , , ., , combined. the pressure seems to be cominu combined. the pressure seems to be coming from — combined. the pressure seems to be coming from every — combined. the pressure seems to be coming from every direction. - combined. the pressure seems to be coming from every direction. we've l coming from every direction. we've heard about plants this week to try to deal with some of the waiting lists by using private health care. that is not the solution for the nhs long—term. what will it take to try to sort this out? you long-term. what will it take to try to sort this out?— to sort this out? you are right, it is coming — to sort this out? you are right, it is coming from — to sort this out? you are right, it is coming from all _ to sort this out? you are right, it is coming from all directions. i to sort this out? you are right, iti is coming from all directions. we are talking about the emergency care system, the waiting list for routine treatments like knee operations, the data shows it is once again growing, it has hit 7.2 million. the government has talked about using the private sector more to try and get this waiting list down, but it could be another year before we see it fall. the government has in the recent autumn statement announced an extra 6 billion for the next two

years for the nhs. the things happening this winter, the government and nhs england are investing in community support, they are trying to improve the way hospitals can discharge hospitals. a lot of patients are getting stuck in hospital, but they can't be discharged because there is a lack of support in the community, nutters creating the backlogs, bottlenecks develop. by investing in it, and they will continue to do so, the hope is you can speed up the discharge process and free up some of these bottlenecks. i just discharge process and free up some of these bottlenecks.— of these bottlenecks. i 'ust want to brin: in of these bottlenecks. i 'ust want to bring in some t of these bottlenecks. i 'ust want to bring in some ofi of these bottlenecks. i 'ust want to bring in some of the i of these bottlenecks. i just want to bring in some of the messages i of these bottlenecks. i just want to bring in some of the messages you have sent me. this is from laura, i had an unbalanced dispatched, i waited seven hours for one crew member to turn up and say he couldn't take me up. when i was taken to a&e, it was 12 hours to see

a doctor, then waited another eight hours for a bed. that chimes with the data. we've had this from tom, who says his grandmother died in october this year. i am very sorry. before her death she was hospitalised a few times. the family called for help at 9:30pm and the ambulance arrived at five the following morning. she was taken to hospital again, following morning. she was taken to hospitalagain, my following morning. she was taken to hospital again, my mum waited with her in a queue outside for four hours. the excellent crew got stuff out to see her, my parents know it was nothing to do with the paramedics and they told about senior managers going out because the ambulances were so sure. is it about a lack of funding, says tom? very quickly, but as part of the

issue. it very quickly, but as part of the issue. , , ., , ., , issue. it is, the stories are being re eated issue. it is, the stories are being repeated no _ issue. it is, the stories are being repeated no and _ issue. it is, the stories are being repeated up and down _ issue. it is, the stories are being repeated up and down the i issue. it is, the stories are being i repeated up and down the country. i mean, when we look at funding, over the last decade, the nhs has been getting less funding than it normally does, the budget has been rising but not by as much as it normally does. when we went into the pandemic, the performance was already deteriorating. what we have seen is a faster deterioration, nutters causing similar problems. 0k, and if you want to get in touch with us, do get in touch on twitter. you can get in touch on any of the other stories. iran has announced the first execution of a protester who took part in the anti—government demonstrations that have rocked the country since september. mohsen shekari had been convicted of injuring a volunteer militia member.

kasra naji from bbc persian has more on this. this is the first case of an execution of a protest. they are experiencing widespread protests, and this is the first case of execution of those arrested. there are 12 others on death row, awaiting the verdict of the high court. that is the appeal _ the verdict of the high court. “trust is the appeal court. we also know there are 30 others who have been charged with crimes that carry death sentences. with mohsen shekari, the issueis sentences. with mohsen shekari, the issue is he has been charged, found guilty of waging against war. that means, according to the statement

from thejudiciary, he means, according to the statement from the judiciary, he was using a weapon with intent to kill and spread fear, he had tried, according to the statement, denied freedom and security of others and assaulting a militia man with a weapon. that is basically how he was waging war against god. that is why he was sentenced to death. interestingly, he appealed to the high court, to the appeal court, and they rejected the appeal court, and they rejected the appeal request, on the grounds that it was evident he was guilty. you mentioned a number of other protesters have been sentenced to death, with some in the ruling establishment calling for sentences to be carried out swiftly. are there any voices, given the context of the protesters, within the ruling establishment saying a different approach or to be taken?

there is quite a bit of division within the iranians regime, and the judiciary which has passed this sentence was part of the hardline system, if you like. don't forget, iran's leader, the person protesters are calling on him to step down, he's been basically urging thejudiciary to pass maximum sentences against protesters. for the moment, it seems the hardliners have the upper hand, but there is quite a lot of differences there, a lot of people don't want this hardline approach, and they want to see whether there is a way of reducing the temperature without getting into this kind of thing.

the head of germany's domestic intelligence agency has warned that a far—right group, suspected of involvement in a coup plot — has grown considerably over the past year. members of the movement reichsburger, which rejects modern democracy, were among 25 people arrested in germany's biggest ever anti—terrorism raids on wednesday. the police say the group were planning to storm the parliament and install a german aristocrat as head of state. 0ur correspondent damien mcguinness says the germany public has been surprised by the scale of the raids. i think with a mixture of shock this network has grown so dangerous, but also a certain amount of satisfaction the security services manager should carry out what is the biggest anti—terrorist modern germany has seen, without any leaks, anyone getting wind of what has

happened. there is a big reassessment now of this reichsburger movement, it started backin reichsburger movement, it started back in the 80s and has been known in germany. it is translated as citizens of the empire. these people are often dismissed as eccentrics, they have their own passport, some set up their own states. they believe all sorts of different conspiracy theories, essentially just rejecting the modern democratic state. 0ver just rejecting the modern democratic state. over the last for years they become more radical, connected to the pandemic, because other conspiracy theories such as anti—vaccination theories, have coalesced around the movement and the difficulty or danger of this movement is that there are some soldiers and police officers connected to this movement, and typically these people are armed,

and that is why germany has taken it so seriously. there is no indication the plant will be launched or it would have been successful, because it is outlandish, and overthrow the state is ambitious. but they are dangerous and they were prepared to carry out acts of violence, including kill people, according to what investigators say, and that is the real worry to create unrest and a situation where there are fatalities, nutters wider security services stepped quickly and now there is a reassessment —— and that is why security services. the mp for solihull, julian knight, has been suspended from the parliamentary conservative party following a complaint made to the metropolitan police. 0ur political correspondent ione wells told me more. at the moment we do not really have many details that had been confirmed to us about this case but the conservative party have said they have decided to remove

the whip from julian knight, suspend him as a conservative mp after a report was made to the metropolitan police. they considered that serious enough that they would suspend him as a conservative mp. julian knight is a senior backbench conservative, he chairs the culture committee in parliament which is inadvertently meant to be meeting later today. he also is the mp for solihull. the conservative party have not confirmed much about this report that was made. they say it is under investigation and because it is subject to a live investigation they will not comment further but they do say the report was made last night. in terms of what this means forjulian knight, he will now sit as an independent mp, that makes now five conservatives who have lost the whip and are sitting as independent mps but i think one question that this certainly throws up is at a time when i think many people in politics and in parliament were hoping that the discussions here in westminster were turning

away from mps' conduct to policy and policy decision—making again, this case has certainly turned people's attention back to the conduct of the very mps that represent us here in parliament. labour has suspended one of its mps, conor mcginn. what more can you tell us about that? labour also said last night they had suspended the whip from conor mcginn after a complaint was made and pending an investigation that is being carried out under labour's new internal complaints system. again, they have not sort of released many details about what this complaint refers to and conor mcginn himself has said to the guardian that he strongly denies any suggestion of wrongdoing and that he has not been made aware of the nature of this complaint. so again, not many details about the complaint actually involves but certainly he argues that he will be able to clear his name and that process is now away within the labour party. prosecutors in peru

have charged the ousted left—wing president, pedro castillo, with rebellion for breaking the constitutional order. it comes hours after mr castillo tried to dissolve congress and was subsequently impeached. his former vice president, dina boluarte, has been sworn in as the country's new head of state. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson, reports. this is a country used to political turbulence, but the day's events in peru have just turbocharged the chaos. it started out like this. the temporary disillusion of congress and exceptional emergency government. new elections will be called as soon as possible for a new congress to draw up a new constitution with a maximum period of nine months.

the president made the announcement shortly before congress was due to debate its third impeachment motion against him since he came to power last year. a former teacher turned leftist leader, mr castillo promised to redistribute wealth in this unequal country, but has since been accused of involvement in corruption scandals. was this move a preemptive strike to avoid impeachment? his critics are in no doubt calling it out as an attempted coup, but a coup that ultimately backfired because shortly afterwards, congress voted to get rid of the president, 101 votes to six with ten abstentions. members of congress, the waiver of the process of approval is requested to execute what was agreed in this session. if there is no opposition from any member, it will be considered approved. it has been approved. it's a messy end to what's been a very messy presidency. but even before pedro castillo, peru's politics was in crisis in 2020, it had three presidents within the space of five days.

0n the streets of lima the people were split. comandante general is a call to all the general commanders of the armed forces who have to respond to the request of the sovereign. the boots belong to the people. democracy belongs to the people. and what the president has done is a democratic act of the constitution. he has violated the constitution. you can't go over the constitution and the law, and that much is true. pedro castillo has now been detained on grounds of rebellion for breaking constitutional order, and the country has a new leader. vice president dina bolouarte has been sworn in as peru's first female president until 2026. it's essential to resume the agenda for economic growth with social inclusion, decent employment, emergency attention for the vulnerable sectors and full respect for fundamental rights of citizens. herjob will be to unite this divided country and fast. she'll need to build support

for her government or face yet more political instability in the coming months. katy watson, bbc news. people living in more than 300 postcode areas in england and wales will receive cold weather payments from the government in the coming days. those receiving certain benefits will qualify for an emergency £25 extra towards their energy bills. temperatures plummeted overnight. temperatures dropped to minus nine degrees celcius in the scottish highlands. the met office has several severe weather warnings in place across england, wales and scotland. so—called warm banks have opened throughout the uk as spaces for people to heat up and save on their own energy costs. christian allard is an aberdeen city councillor, who's also the council's anti—poverty spokesman. thank you forjoining us. you are joining us from aberdeen central library this morning. this is doubling up as a warm space, tell us

about the facilities on offer. this is very important _ about the facilities on offer. this is very important to _ about the facilities on offer. ti 3 is very important to make sure people will save money on their electricity and gas bill. we are hoping here in aberdeen city and we are opening all our libraries. of course people use the libraries and come for a little bit of warmth and education all the time. and i would encourage people to come to our libraries and explore what is there. we will have activities as well which is important for people during the day, not only to gain some warmth but having a sense of community and feeling a little bit less isolated. the community and feeling a little bit less isolated.— less isolated. the councils anti-poverty _ less isolated. the councils. anti-poverty spokesperson, less isolated. the councils i anti-poverty spokesperson, give less isolated. the councils - anti-poverty spokesperson, give us less isolated. the councils _ anti-poverty spokesperson, give us a anti—poverty spokesperson, give us a scale of the need in the city. thanks to all our third sector organisations and the army of

volunteers, we are making sure that people realise during the festive period that there will be a lot of people who will struggle very much to hate their own home and that will be some respite for them. —— to heat their own home. third sector organisations, churches, are doing a fantasticjob. they are responding to our requests. we should not be there but we are where we are and we can have a spirit of community and making sure we support individuals. the library is staying open for longer to help people during the cold weather?— longer to help people during the cold weather? . , cold weather? some centres might 0 en cold weather? some centres might open later. — cold weather? some centres might open later. some _ cold weather? some centres might open later, some churches - cold weather? some centres might open later, some churches might l cold weather? some centres might i open later, some churches might open over the weekend for example but our libraries will open as normal. it is not for people to live and stay in

the library, it is more for them to get some respite and comfort and lowered their electricity and gas bills. if you do not have to heat your home during the day it makes a big difference. your home during the day it makes a big difference-— big difference. thank you so much for 'oinin: big difference. thank you so much forjoining us— big difference. thank you so much forjoining us today. _ environmental campaigners have condemned a decision to give the green light to the uk's first new coal mine in 30 years. levelling up secretary michael gove approved the plans to build the new whitehaven coal mine in cumbria. supporters say the project will create jobs and reduce the need to import coal — but critics argue it goes against climate targets. joining us now from central london lord john deban, chairman of the climate change committee. thank you forjoining us. michael gove said this project would be relatively neutral in terms of carbon emissions but what is your view? . , , .,

view? that is 'ust not factually true. it is — view? that isjust not factually true. it is relatively _ view? that isjust not factually true. it is relatively neutral- view? that isjust not factually true. it is relatively neutral ifi true. it is relatively neutral if you only count the emissions of producing the coal from the mine and that coal which we use in the united kingdom but they are going to export 85% of the coal and all that coal will be burnt, most of it without any of the protection of carbon capture and storage which is what michael gove is depending upon in this country. there is no need for the world has got plenty of coal and indeed british steel has said they will not use the coal so the coal is actually being produced by an australian backed company and it is totally contrary to everything that the experts tell us about the emissions. it is going to produce the same emissions, even the little bit in britain, or 200,000 cars every year.

bit in britain, or 200,000 cars every year-— bit in britain, or 200,000 cars eve ear. ., ., , every year. you mentioned steel production. _ every year. you mentioned steel production, this _ every year. you mentioned steel production, this is _ every year. you mentioned steel production, this is cooking - every year. you mentioned steel production, this is cooking coal i production, this is cooking coal used for steel production that would specifically be mined in cumbria but from a purely business case, if you were looking at it in that way, the price of the coal is going up at the minute. the deal tin mine in cumbria goes on to 2049 and prices could change significantly over that period. but on the jobs question, the question of creating employment for local people, a lot of local people seem to be supportive of it? click but the point is they now tell me, i had a discussion with the local member of parliament, it is notjobs, the employment rate is not too bad in the area. i am in favour of putting jobs there but there are plenty of other jobs, of putting jobs there but there are plenty of otherjobs, nuclear capability which we need to build, a whole range of things that the government could have set there. we

are talking about 500 jobs that the government could have replaced, 500 jobs to make the climate of everyone in this country worse. it is entirely unacceptable and the figures do not stand up and if they think they are going to be producing this coal in the 20 505, frankly they are not. because the whole world is moving to net zero by 2050 and therefore what we are doing is giving planning permission for a period where the point at which this sort of amount of coal could be used. a certain small amount will be used. a certain small amount will be used with carbon capture and storage but even that may be replaced by hydrogen. bud but even that may be replaced by h drouen. �* . . , ., , hydrogen. and challenges to this decision? will— hydrogen. and challenges to this decision? will there _ hydrogen. and challenges to this decision? will there be - hydrogen. and challenges to this decision? will there be a - hydrogen. and challenges to this l decision? will there be a challenge in the courts? i decision? will there be a challenge in the courts?— in the courts? i don't know, this is not for me — in the courts? i don't know, this is not for me to _ in the courts? i don't know, this is not for me to do. _ in the courts? i don't know, this is not for me to do. my _ in the courts? i don't know, this is not for me to do. my job - in the courts? i don't know, this is not for me to do. my job is - in the courts? i don't know, this is not for me to do. my job is to - in the courts? i don't know, this is not for me to do. my job is to givej not for me to do. myjob is to give the advice of the experts and there is no expert that i know that

supports this decision, this is a decision based upon a planning inspector and it seems to be utterly unacceptable that the future of the climate and the environment should be in the hands of a single untrained planning inspector which is what this is.— untrained planning inspector which is what this is. trained, presumably in their area — is what this is. trained, presumably in their area of _ is what this is. trained, presumably in their area of specialisation - is what this is. trained, presumably in their area of specialisation but. in their area of specialisation but perhaps not when talking about the climate and the net zero targets. we must leave it there. he climate and the net zero targets. we must leave it there.— must leave it there. he actually makes comments _ must leave it there. he actually makes comments about - must leave it there. he actually makes comments about this. i must leave it there. he actually| makes comments about this. he must leave it there. he actually - makes comments about this. he bases his claims on climate. he has not talked to any of the experts but yet he assumes that he can decide what is suitable for the climate. it seems to be a very curious decision. we must leave it there. thank you so much for your time this morning. the winter of walk—outs is set to escalate — with border force staff at several airports the latest group of workers to announce industrial action over the christmas period. it comes as ministers say they're considering new laws

to restrict strike action. nurses, paramedics and rail staff are also set to walk out in the coming weeks. mark lobel reports. more turbulence this christmas. add to the list of those already taking industrial action this month, a thousand border force staff, at one of the busiest times of the year for travel, with disruption expected to affect many thousands of passengers flying into birmingham, cardiff, glasgow, gatwick, heathrow and manchester, for eight days from the 23rd of december, throughout christmas, until new year's eve. i've never seen a build—up to the festive season that looks so bleak. millions of people are going to have their christmas travel plans on the trains wrecked by the many days of strikes. and if you manage to get to an airport, well, you could find that your flight

is disrupted because of the uk border force strike. all i can say is, good luck, everybody. heathrow has warned passport checks may take longer on strike days, as around three in every four officials that check your passport are likely to strike. their union boss says the action is necessary. we, like nurses and teachers and paramedics and other people in the public sector, have no option other than to take industrial action, because our members currently are skipping meals, not being able to put the heating on at home because of the poverty they are living in. the issue at the heart of the strikes is pay and working conditions. and, as the cost of living crisis deepens, with rising food and heating costs, striking border staff, nurses, paramedics, railworkers and royal mail employees all want their wages to keep up. the prime minister is now considering tougher, new laws which would see some public worker staff, such as firefighters

and paramedics, banned from going on strike, or more limited in their impact, similar to outright bans already in place for police and prison guards. but any new proposals aren't expected to take effect any time soon, and will be unlikely to prevent disruption to services before christmas, including for anyone needing to visit a hospital, take a flight, train, or send a letter. mark lobel, bbc news. the uk home secretary is urging people who have plans to travel abroad this christmas to "think carefully". it is very regrettable that they have made this decision to potentially strike over at critical times in the run—up and following christmas and the new year. that, you know, if they go ahead with the

strikes, there will be undeniable serious disruption caused to many thousands of people who have holiday plans. and i really want to urge people who have got plans to travel abroad to think carefully about their plans because they may well be impacted. bre their plans because they may well be imacted. �* i. their plans because they may well be imacted. �* ,, ., ., ., their plans because they may well be imacted. �* ., ., ., ., impacted. are you going to lean on the arm ? impacted. are you going to lean on the army? we _ impacted. are you going to lean on the army? we have _ impacted. are you going to lean on the army? we have been _ impacted. are you going to lean on the army? we have been preparing impacted. are you going to lean on . the army? we have been preparing for border force — the army? we have been preparing for border force strikes _ the army? we have been preparing for border force strikes for _ the army? we have been preparing for border force strikes for some - the army? we have been preparing for border force strikes for some time - border force strikes for some time now, we have been analysing what the impact of a shortfall of operational personnel on or border will be. we have got plans in place that will involve to a degree bringing in some of our military colleagues to help us in a variety of roles. and ultimately, i am us in a variety of roles. and ultimately, iam not us in a variety of roles. and ultimately, i am not willing to compromise on security at the border. that is the number one priority. so that may well have an adverse impact on convenience for

people, frankly, whether it is the time they may have to wait for flights or departures. they may well be delayed on arrivals and various travel plans. ultimately, security of the border is my number one non—negotiable priority. thousands of women in greenland, including some as young as 12, had a contraceptive device implanted in theirwomb, often without consent as part of a danish campaign to control greenland's growing inuit population in the '605 and '705. the danish government has announced an independent investigation into this so—called "coil campaign". but bbc 100 women has exclusively heard accounts from greenlandic women who have experienced involuntary contraception much more recently, amid growing calls for the investigation to go further. a warning — you may find details in elainejung's report distressing.

thousands of women in greenland are looking for answers. every time i would get my period and i didn't conceive i would cry every time. this woman recalls her struggle to conceive. desperate for a baby but needing a break she went to a doctor in 2009 to get a coil fitted, hoping it would ultimately boost her fertility. she wasn't expecting what happened next. when i went to the doctor's room, there were two doctors and when they were about to put it in, they both began whispering to each other. and from that i could feel something was wrong. to her complete disbelief, the doctors told her she already had a coil and removed it to show her. i remember the tears just rolling down my cheeks and i told them that

i could not understand how i already had a call in me. she believes that when she had an abortion at the age of 16 in 2004, those involved in the procedure must have inserted the coil without her consent. the greenlandic and danish governments have launched an independent investigation into a danish birth control scandal. at least 4500 women had an iud fitted between the mid 60s and early 705, often as young girls without consent from them or their parents. this woman was one of them. i was maybe 13 years old when they gave me coil when it was put inside me. it felt like i was dead. the details of this dark chapter in their relationship only emerged this year. half the fertile population at the time were potentially affected. families quickly went from having

an average of seven children to 2.3. the birth rates in some of those small villages, well, it just almost disappeared. no, no child was born in those years. it's almost impossible to imagine. babienne left the hospital without a coil and fell pregnant within months. but for her and increasing numbers of other women, the independent inquiry into this doesn't go far enough. i would like that the investigation doesn't stop with 1991, but continues today. the bbc has gathered multiple accounts from women across greenland who have spoken of receiving various forms of contraception without their consent. greenland's health minister has asked their national health board to look into the extent of the issue and whether it's tied to old practices. at a vigil women are now speaking up, but they're waiting for answers and hoping forjustice. elaine yung, bbc news, greenland.

the last surviving dambusterjohnny johnson has died at the age 101. he was part of the 617 squadron, which destroyed key damns in the heartland of nazi germany in world war two. jon kay looks back at his life. dambusters theme. they were the raf�*s 617 squadron, but they will be forever known as the dambusters. and among them, 22 year old george leonard johnson. his mates just called him johnny. their daring mission was famously recreated for the big screen. in 1943 they dropped their bouncing bombs to attack german dams and hit the country's industrial heartland. it was a thrilling experience. no other way to describe it. 0ur briefing was to fly across the dam to drop the bomb

as near as possible to the centre of the dam. so, it was practice, practice, practice. born in lincolnshire in 1921, johnny lost his mum when he was only three years old. he joined the raf as a teenager. but when he was in his 90s, johnnyjohnson returned to germany with a bbc film crew. he met locals who remembered the raids. hundreds of civilians were killed, as well as 53 ofjohnny�*s comrades from bomber command. i am lucky, yes, to still be alive. i'm lucky i had at the right crew in the right place at the right time. and i feel privileged and honoured to have taken part in that raid. i think it was a great raid. i think it was a tribute

to all those who took part, particularly those who gave their lives in pursuing their target. they were honoured at the time with the distinguished flying medal. it wasn't until 2017, after a high—profile public campaign, thatjohnnyjohnson was awarded the mbe by the queen. she said, nice to see the dambusters still around. i thanked herfor the honour, and how pleased and honoured ifelt meeting her for the second time. as the last of the dambusters, johnny became well known. but he insisted he was only doing hisjob in 1943, and always said his public appearances were his way of honouring all the men involved in one of the most decisive moments of the second world war. jon kay, bbc news.

that wasjohnny that was johnnyjohnson who that wasjohnnyjohnson who has died at the age of 101. scientists have identified the most ancient dna yet, buried in ice age sediment in northern greenland. the dna is two million years old and it's twice the age of the previous record. the study also found that the area, which today is covered in snow and ice, was once a rich forest. tom brada reports. a bitterly cold and inhospitable climate. today, large parts of north greenland are a harsh polar desert. but a new discovery suggests it's not always been so bleak. scientists have been able to turn back the clock, 2 million years to be precise, and have found evidence of thriving life. 2 million years ago we had this forested environment with mastodon, reindeer and hares running around

in the landscape together with a lot of different plant species. the research was carried out in the northernmost part of greenland, in an area called the kap kobenhavn formation. often, scientists rely on animal fossils for a glimpse into the past, but 2 million year old animal fossils are extremely rare there, so instead, the team turned to something called environmental dna. this is genetic material shed from plants and animals, like skin cells or droppings, which build up in the surroundings. we are breaking the barrier of what we thought we could reach in terms of genetic studies. it was long thought that1 million years was the boundary or the barrier of dna survival, but now we are twice as old. the ancient soil offered up some unexpected results. 2 million years ago, for example, north greenland was much warmer than it is now. in fact, the average annual temperatures were about 11 to 19 degrees hotter. and the presence of mastodon dna

was a particular surprise, since no—one had found the elephant—like creatures in greenland before. at a critical time for our planet, the ancient world could offer clues about how to adjust to contemporary dangers of climate change. tom brada, bbc news. in the uk, millions of 50p coins bearing the image of king charles iii are going into circulation, they are the first mass—produced coins carrying the new king's image and will be given out in change to customers. an estimated 4.9 million of the new coins are being sent to post offices, about half of the total number earmarked for circulation. but coins carrying the image of the late queen will still be accepted in shops. just time to bring you one more tweet about our story on nhs

pressures. one reviewer saying his 84—year—old mother had a seven—hour wait in accident and emergency nand, she was asked the same questions several times. good morning. we are looking at widespread sharp frosts and it is going to turn colder. you can see on the chart, the wind direction coming from the north and the blue hues across the british isles and much of northern europe. are we likely to see snow? the lowest chance of snow is across central and southern parts of england but that doesn't mean to say we will not see any. to the west and east there will be snow showers, the risk of ice but the heaviest

snow will be across northern scotland, on higher ground we could have as much as ten centimetres and in strong winds that will drift. through today it will continue to journey southwards, getting into north—east england, at lower levels we could have a couple of centimetres. northern ireland, wales and the south—west and along the east coast, any showers could be wintry even to lower levels but there will be dry and sunny weather to look forward to today. one thing i would say, wherever you are, it will feel cold and especially if you are exposed to the wind, when you factor in the wind, it will feel sub—0 04 at many northern and eastern areas. heading through the evening and overnight we pick up the rain, sleet and snow pushing steadily south and freezing fog in the south and east, possibly across sheltered parts of scotland and the showers in the north and west will have a bit of a wintry element to them. it will be another cold night

with widespread frost and tomorrow morning the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. the freezing fog in the south and east will be slow to lift, any wintry nuts will pull away to the south. we see heavy snow falling across northern scotland and wintry showers coming across northern ireland, wales and possibly the south—west and again, a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine. for the weekend it will turn colder, the second part of the weekend, the wind will drop so any freezing fog will tend to linger and do not forget, if you want to find out what the weather is doing, check out the bbc weather app.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11... nhs england say an estimated 7.2 million patients are waiting to start routine hospital treatment, a record high. it comes as latest figures show 40% of a&e patients in england face a delay of four hours or more. we don't want anyone to stay in hospital any longer than they need to but we know with an elderly population, to make sure that happens, we need a whole team effort. we cannot continue working in the way we have historically worked. have you or a loved one had a long trolley wait at a&e? let me know your story by getting in touch... use the hashtag bbcyourquestions — that's in our special coverage today on the nhs under pressure around the uk.

the first parts of the much hyped harry and meghan series are released. in it, the couple talk about their obligations within the royal family and media intrusion on their lives. it is duty and service, and i feel it is my duty to uncover this exploitation and bribery that happens within our media. i am not standing for something, they asked destroying us. iran state media announces the first execution of a protester, mohsen shekari, convicted over recent anti—government unrest. environmental campaigners condemn a decision to give the go ahead to the uk's first new deep coal mine in 30 years. levelling up secretary michael gove is due to make a statement in the commons shortly which we'll bring you live in the commons shortly which we'll bring you live. the last british survivor of the world war two dambusters,

george 'johnny�* johnson, has died at the age of 101. the nhs waiting list has hit a record high, while a&e departments experienced their worst performance on record against a four—hour target, new figures show. data from nhs england shows 7.2m people were waiting to start routine treatment at the end of october. up from 7.1 million in september and the highest number since records began in august 2007. this comes as emergency care doctors warn the sickest and frailest patients coming to a&e in england

are being failed, as they face long waits to get on to wards. four in ten a&e patients in england who need a hospital bed face a delay of four hours or more waiting for one to be found. but 10% of those patients are waiting for 12 hours or more. to put that in context, there have been more 12—hour trolley waits in 2022 so far than in the past 10 years combined. during october more than 150,000 patients waited more than four hours for a bed to be found once a&e staff had decided they needed to be admitted. our health correspondent, jim reed, has this report, as part of our special nhs under pressure coverage. a&e departments are under greater pressure than ever before. it's not good, all laid in trolleys like this. from this hospital in york... ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department

cubicles, which are currently full. ..to the royal victoria in belfast... ..to these corridors in milton keynes. i've just spoken to the nurses. theyjust asked us to wait in the queue until they have space available. doctors say they're most concerned about the sickest patients who need to be moved on from the emergency department to another ward of the hospital, for surgery or more complex treatment. record numbers are now stuck in a&e for more than four hours until a free bed can be found, partly because hospitals are struggling to discharge patients into social care. if your hospital is full, and more than 19 out of 20 of our beds are full at the moment, that means that it's very challenging for emergency departments to transfer patients from the emergency department onto the wards, and that, of course, increases waiting times. you've had a few days of the treatment. - you've had some rehabilitation. how is it feeling now? - well, it's feeling ok, really, until i stand up and have to use it.

those long waits in a&e are a big risk for the most vulnerable. in surrey, 90—year—old pat is recovering after falling and breaking her pelvis. with the physiotherapist this morning, _ did you manage the session? yes. i had to have assistance to get on the bed. when she got to a&e, a specialist team sent her straight to a bed here, in a dedicated unit for the most frail, so she wouldn't have to wait in pain. someone like pat, it was really key that we could i identify her needs very early on, - which were around managing her pain, which were around managing her bone health and some _ of her breathing problems. and it's because of that, and early identification l and early work with her, that she's now able - to actually return home. it was a shock, of course. it shakes you up, doesn't it? no, i've got over it really now. it's the anticipation of when you go home, how you're going to cope. the frailty wards, and the team next

door in the acute medical centre in epsom, are both designed to take the pressure off a&e. the idea is that more complex cases are sent here quickly for treatment, before either being referred to specialists, or ideally sent home to free up the bed. we don't want anyone to stay in hospital any longer than they need to, but we know that, with an elderly population, to make sure that happens, it needs a whole team effort. we can't just continue working the way we've historically worked. the government has said there is more money to improve a&e performance in england. but with colder weather on its way, and rates of flu are also rising, hospitals are bracing for a busy winter. jim reed, bbc news. our health correspondent, nick triggle, is with me now. in yourtime is in your time is a health correspondent, have you ever known the nhs, notjust in england but

around the uk, to be under such pressure? we are talking about record figures.— pressure? we are talking about record figures. presumably not. i have been _ record figures. presumably not. i have been covering _ record figures. presumably not. i have been covering hell - record figures. presumably not. i have been covering hell for - record figures. presumably not. i have been covering hell for 15 - record figures. presumably not. i i have been covering hell for 15 years now and we have never entered winter with a worse set of performance and sticks. the nhs is under huge pressure. it is across the system. ambulance service is taking twice as long as they should and then they are stuck outside facing delays. and then there are those patients that have to stay in hospital. they are waiting in corridors before a bed can be found. waiting in corridors before a bed can be found-— waiting in corridors before a bed can be found. ~ . ~ ., ., can be found. what we know about the im act of can be found. what we know about the impact of delays _ can be found. what we know about the impact of delays like _ can be found. what we know about the impact of delays like this? _ can be found. what we know about the impact of delays like this? whether . impact of delays like this? whether patients take a longer to recover, whether they survive? the

researchers _ whether they survive? the researchers very _ whether they survive? the researchers very clear. - whether they survive? tue: researchers very clear. there whether they survive? “11a researchers very clear. there is whether they survive? 11a: researchers very clear. there is a wealth of evidence. long days in a&e when you are really sick and waiting for that bed on the ward are dangerous. they lead to longer stays in hospital. one in 67 people who wait more than 12 hours in a&e are at risk of severe harm. the royal emergency medicine was on was pleading in their response. what emergency medicine was on was pleading in their response. what is to be done about _ pleading in their response. what is to be done about it? _ pleading in their response. what is to be done about it? the _ pleading in their response. what is. to be done about it? the ambulance resonse to be done about it? the ambulance reaponse times _ to be done about it? the ambulance response times are _ to be done about it? the ambulance response times are a _ to be done about it? the ambulance response times are a little - to be done about it? the ambulance response times are a little better i response times are a little better in november than they were october, just marginally. and a similar thing with some of the delays, the amount of time people spend on trolleys. marginal improvements but the fact it has not got worse in some

encouragement. but no one is complacent. there is a long time to go. 10 complacent. there is a long time to co. ., ., , complacent. there is a long time to go. to really tackle this, there are two things. _ go. to really tackle this, there are two things. it _ go. to really tackle this, there are two things. it is — go. to really tackle this, there are two things, it is sorting _ go. to really tackle this, there are two things, it is sorting out - go. to really tackle this, there are two things, it is sorting out the . two things, it is sorting out the immediate backlogs and they are big and we have heard the government talk this week about using private health care to help tackle the backlog and that raises questions in itself then there is a sorting out at a root and branch level of issues within the system. the at a root and branch level of issues within the system.— within the system. the first thing that has been _ within the system. the first thing that has been done _ within the system. the first thing that has been done is _ within the system. the first thing that has been done is extra - within the system. the first thing that has been done is extra £500 million set aside by the government this winter to unlock the problem with delayed discharges for so everyday, more than half of patients who are medically fit to be in hospital, they cannot leave because there is not the support in the community. this is to help relieve some of that pressure. then you can unlock the bottlenecks. that means more people coming and have routine

surgeries and tackle the backlog. in the longer term, the nhs has a significant staffing problem. one in ten posts are vacant and that is a long—term problem that the government is looking to tackle. and government is looking to tackle. and we must not — government is looking to tackle. and we must not forget the staff, they are working under such extreme pressure to try and deliver a brilliant service and most people will say we have been treated by the most fantastic nurses, doctors, physios or whatever department they end up in, in the hospital. we know that there arejob end up in, in the hospital. we know that there are job shortages. it is a tough time recruiting staff. however they bearing up? you talk to any staff and they are exhausted. their morale is very low. even though patients and you often speak to them and like you say, they are full of praise for the staff that cares for them but the system is

under so much strain. it is interesting. we have strike action coming up by nurses and ambulance staff and clearly pay is at the heart of the dispute but when you also talk about the things that motivated them to vote for strike action, it is the working conditions and the pressures on the front line. that gets mentioned as well. let me bring in a few more tweets on this. i mentioned earlier this week about an 84—year—old mother having a seven—hour wait at a&e and people asking her the same questions at reception triage and on treatment, several times, reception triage and on treatment, severaltimes, but reception triage and on treatment, several times, but they go on to say as a user of the nhs myself, i think it does do a good job overall. we all need to be patient and keep that in mind. responding to that point that has been made, saying that the reason that patients are asked the same

questions, so that the correct person is being treated for the correct ailment, which is a very good point, although of course the service is always looking at whether it can avoid any duplication. my it can avoid any duplication. my 77—year—old father has been in and out of hostel. his last and balance was called at 9:30am and did not arrive until 3:30pm. he was outside five hours before being taken into a&e. do keep your comments coming in. one more actually, john pollard, just retired after 30 years as a paramedic in liverpool. the system, he says, has been in managed decline for the last ten plus years. increasing demand, chronic underfunding and a more demanding public, colleagues on their knees and mental health problems increasing. if you have a comment, whether you have worked in the system, if you or a loved one has

had a long wait on ambulance, a long wait in a&e, to get a bed in hospital, get in touch with me on twitter. and you can always get in touch with any of the other stories we're covering today as well. the first three episodes of prince harry and meghan's documentary series have been released this morning. the show was co—produced by the couple and has been billed telling their side of the story. in the first episode, harry says this is about "duty and service", saying he feels it is his duty to "uncover exploitation and bribery" that he says happens within the media. in the trailer for the series prince harry spoke of the "leaking and... planting of stories" in what he described as part of a "dirty game". the trailer caused controversy after netflix was accused of using misleading footage and photos to portray the couple being hounded by the media. buckingham palace has not officially commented on the series. let's take a look at how the documentary begins.

it is really hard to look back on it and go, what nerve happened? how did we end up here? britain is in shock this morning. a dramatic and shocking announcement. they are taken a step back from the royal duties. prince harry is on a trajectory of self—destruction. - i don't know where to begin. myjob is to keep my family safe. in the first episode, harry explains why he took part in the documentary.

they are not standing for anything, they are destroying us. it isn'tjust about our story, this has always been so much biggerfor us. our royal correspondent, sarah campbell, has been watching this morning. she gave me herfirst impressions of the series. they said it was about their story, in their words, it is from the moment they made their first text message communications back injuly 2016, all through the split, the step back when the royal family and up until now. for those people who want to know as much as they can about harry and meghan, they will lap it up because it has personal home videos, videos of archie and at home, then getting together and why they fell in love, their holiday in botswana. there is an undercurrent, as we've heard before from both of them, but they feel they were victims of both the press and an institution that they didn't feel they could be part of. that is the undercurrent

that runs through there. a couple of interesting things, it start by saying all of the interviews were completed by august 2022, that is an important day because exactly three months ago today, september the 8th, the queen died. at the beginning of episode one, it says are members of the royal family declined to comment on the content of this series. lots to talk about. there are new interviews we haven't heard about before. meghan markle's mother is somebody we have seen a lot, she was at the wedding, she is a personality, we haven't heard from her. she does talk in this documentary. i am meghan's mum, the last five

years has been challenging. much more of an insight, their story, as you say. i just wonder, looking at this and the wider context, and you obviously haven't had the opportunity to watch all three episodes yet, and there are three more to come next week, where does this put the relationship between harry and meghan and the rest of the royalfamily? that is the $1 million question. so far, having seen what i have seen, and wash as much as i can, what there isn't, i think, is any more of an expanding on the narrative that has already been there, that prince harry and meghan have made absolutely clear. the fact they weren't happy within the royal family, they didn't feel they have the support in the institution, if you like, and also the idea of the press

intrusion, and perhaps collaboration between the royal household and the press, this is the allegation. this is something they said before. the big question is whether there's anything the royal family would feel they would have to comment on, we will have to see. i can't see that at the moment so far, it is flushing out detail they have made public. there are another three episodes to go, there will be another three hours released this time next week. temperatures have been plummeting across the uk. it's been as cold as minus nine degrees celcius overnight in the scottish highlands, with minus six degree temperatures recorded across much of the uk.

a severe cold weather alert for england has now begun.the met office has several severe weather warnings in place across england, wales and scotland. with me is david barclay, a campaign manager with warm welcome, which aims to put people in touch with local centres that can offer them a warm place to relax and shelter from the cold. thank you forjoining us. tell us more about the campaign. it thank you forjoining us. tell us more about the campaign. it started in the summer— more about the campaign. it started in the summer actually _ more about the campaign. it started in the summer actually when - more about the campaign. it started in the summer actually when we - more about the campaign. it startedj in the summer actually when we had some faith leaders, community leaders and former prime minister gordon brown talking about the cost of living crisis and what was coming up of living crisis and what was coming up forfamilies, lower income families, and how they were likely to be struggling through the winter and so working from those conversations was this idea of warm welcome spaces, spaces that are free to enter, they asked three and welcoming and they are run by local organisations. the campaign has been encouraging organisations to do that and provide those warm welcome

spaces and looking to resource those spaces and looking to resource those spaces and looking to resource those spaces and to help people to find them. . , ., , ., them. originally there was a conversation _ them. originally there was a conversation about - them. originally there was a conversation about waiting l them. originally there was a - conversation about waiting room style spaces but quite quickly the aim became to offer something rather than —— rather better than that. it than —— rather better than that. 11 isjust a horrible than —— rather better than that. 11 is just a horrible thought that the plastering to heat their own homes and having to choose between heating and having to choose between heating and eating and for lots of local organisations, whether it is a faith group, a library, a community group, they want to step up and meet that need and they want to connect with people. it is notjust about the heating, it is about the meeting and having places of social connection and belonging, as well as giving people a chance to save money on energy bills. b5 people a chance to save money on energy bills-— energy bills. as we had this first cold snap of _ energy bills. as we had this first cold snap of the _ energy bills. as we had this first cold snap of the winter, - energy bills. as we had this first cold snap of the winter, what. energy bills. as we had this first cold snap of the winter, what is| energy bills. as we had this first. cold snap of the winter, what is the usage of the centres question mark how many people are coming in? there are lots of them in your area. we have over — are lots of them in your area. - have over 5000 organisations that have over 5000 organisations that have registered with us now that are providing this kind of local support

for people. we have seen around 80,000 people in november using our website to find their nearest warm welcome space. those numbers are definitely going up and that was before the temperature drop we have now got. we are seeing an average around 20 to 25 people to space each week but we are definitely expecting that to go up. there is capacity within the network to support more people and the numbers on the network are growing all the time. that is the situation we see at the moment. ., . ., ~ that is the situation we see at the moment. ., ., ., ~ ., that is the situation we see at the moment. ., . . ~ . , , . moment. you are talking about public livina moment. you are talking about public living rooms- — moment. you are talking about public living rooms- lt— moment. you are talking about public living rooms. it is— moment. you are talking about public living rooms. it is a _ moment. you are talking about public living rooms. it is a rather— moment. you are talking about public living rooms. it is a rather nice - living rooms. it is a rather nice idea i think than talking about a train station waiting room. and you are making them working spaces as well if you want to work from these warm spaces. what other things are you offering and are you extending

the hours as much is possible to cope the cold weather?- the hours as much is possible to cope the cold weather? there is a hu . e cope the cold weather? there is a huge variety _ cope the cold weather? there is a huge variety and _ cope the cold weather? there is a huge variety and one _ cope the cold weather? there is a huge variety and one thing - cope the cold weather? there is a huge variety and one thing that i huge variety and one thing that people can find on the map on the website is exactly what is on offer. some of the spaces will be offering co—working, wi—fi, some will be more aimed at families and have activities for kids. there is a real variety, we have seen theatre groups, music groups, a whole range of different kinds of activities and really the message is that this is for everyone. you don't have to be in desperate poverty to make use of a warm welcome space. you mightjust want a social connection or a place to work because that is getting quite cold and expensive. you might want tojust quite cold and expensive. you might want to just volunteer over christmas time or through the winter and give something back and meet other people in the community. people can just tailor it to what they want and what is needed locally.

they want and what is needed locall . , . .,, they want and what is needed locall . , ..,, ., locally. given the cost of living crisis and _ locally. given the cost of living crisis and the _ locally. given the cost of living crisis and the stresses - locally. given the cost of living crisis and the stresses on - crisis and the stresses on organisations' budgets, how difficult would it be to sustain these warm welcome spaces to sustain what they can offer to people throughout the winter? 1 what they can offer to people throughout the winter? i think the sirit of throughout the winter? i think the spirit of this _ throughout the winter? i think the spirit of this was _ throughout the winter? i think the spirit of this was really _ throughout the winter? i think the spirit of this was really summed . throughout the winter? i think the | spirit of this was really summed up with a church leader running a warm welcome space who said recently, as a church, we have been living on the edge financially for a long time, but where there is a need in our community, we will do our best to meet that need. that is very much that ethos. we are fundraising to try and be able to give small grants to warm welcome spaces in the areas of highest deprivation, so that is something we are trying to do and we are encouraging local authorities and community foundations and others, many of whom have set up small grant programmes to help local organisations who are struggling with their own energy bills to be able to provide this service. how long it is required for, i said we will have to wait and see and what

happens beyond this winter as a conversation we will have to have nearer the time. but we are deeply concerned about the need for the spaces but also deeply heartened and hopeful about the capacity of civil society to step up and meet people where they are.— society to step up and meet people where they are. thank you and good look with your _ where they are. thank you and good look with your continued _ where they are. thank you and good look with your continued work. - iran has announced the first execution of a protester who took part in the anti—government demonstrations that have rocked the country since september. mohsen shekari had been convicted of injuring a volunteer militia member. kasra naji from bbc persian has more on this. we know that iran is experiencing widespread protest for the last

three months, almost, and this is the first case of execution of those people arrested. we know that there are 12 others who are on death row, awaiting the verdict of the high court. that is the appeal court. and we also know that there are 30 others who have been charged with crimes that carry the death sentences, with mohsen shekari, the issueis sentences, with mohsen shekari, the issue is that he has been charged... found guilty of waging against war, and that means, according to the statement from the iranians judiciary, he was using a weapon with intent to kill and spread fear. he tried, according to the statement, deny freedom and security of others and assaulting a militia man with weapons. that is the

basically how he was waging war against god. and that is why he was sentenced to death. interestingly, he appealed to the high court, to the appeal court, and the appeal court rejected the appeal request on the grounds that it was evident that he was guilty. the grounds that it was evident that he was guilty-— he was guilty. border force staff at airorts he was guilty. border force staff at airports are — he was guilty. border force staff at airports are the _ he was guilty. border force staff at airports are the latest _ he was guilty. border force staff at airports are the latest group - he was guilty. border force staff at airports are the latest group to - airports are the latest group to announce industrial action over the christmas period. it comes as ministers say they are considering new laws to restrict strike action. nurses, paramedics and rail staff are also due to walk out over the coming weeks.

with disruption expected to affect many thousands of passengers, flying into birmingham, cardiff, glasgow, gatwick, heathrow and manchester. for eight days from the 23rd of december throughout christmas until new year's eve. 1 december throughout christmas until new year's eve-— new year's eve. i have never seen a builder to festive _ new year's eve. i have never seen a builder to festive season _ new year's eve. i have never seen a builder to festive season that - new year's eve. i have never seen a builder to festive season that looks| builder to festive season that looks so bleak. millions of people are going to have their christmas travel plans on the trains wrecked by the many days of strikes and if you managed to get to an airport, where you could find that your flight is disrupted because of the uk border force strike. all i can say is, good luck, everybody. force strike. all i can say is, good luck. everybody-— force strike. all i can say is, good luck, everybody. heathrow has warned --assort luck, everybody. heathrow has warned passport checks _ luck, everybody. heathrow has warned passport checks may — luck, everybody. heathrow has warned passport checks may take _ luck, everybody. heathrow has warned passport checks may take longer - luck, everybody. heathrow has warned passport checks may take longer on i passport checks may take longer on strike days, as around three in every four officials that check your passport are likely to strike. their union boss says the action is necessary. union boss says the action is

necessary-— union boss says the action is necessa . ~ ~ , , ., necessary. we, like nurses and teachers and _ necessary. we, like nurses and teachers and paramedics i necessary. we, like nurses and teachers and paramedics and l necessary. we, like nurses and i teachers and paramedics and other people in the public sector have no option other than to take industrial action because our members currently are skipping meals, not being able to put the heating on at home because of the poverty they are living in. because of the poverty they are livin: in. ,, ., because of the poverty they are livin: in. , , . . because of the poverty they are livin: in. ,, ., ., ., living in. the issue at the heart of the strikes _ living in. the issue at the heart of the strikes inspired _ living in. the issue at the heart of the strikes inspired working i the strikes inspired working conditions and as the cost of living crisis deepens, with rising food and heating costs, striking border staff nurses, paramedics, railworkers and royal mail employees all want their wages to keep up. the prime minister is now considering tougher new laws which would see some public workers staff, such as firefighters and paramedics, banned from going on strike. or more limited in their impact. similarto strike. or more limited in their impact. similar to outright bans already in place for police and prison guards. but any new proposals are not expected to take effect anytime soon. and will be unlikely to prevent disruption services before christmas, including for anyone needing to visit a hospital,

take a flight, train, or send a letter. the home secretary is urging people who have plans to travel abroad this christmas to think carefully. it is christmas to think carefully. it is very regrettable _ christmas to think carefully. 11 3 very regrettable that they have made this decision to potentially strike over critical times in the run—up and following christmas and new year. if they go ahead with those strikes, there will be undeniable serious disruption caused to many thousands of people who have holiday plans. and i really want to urge people who have got plans to travel abroad to think carefully about their plans because they may well be impacted. bud their plans because they may well be imacted. �* i. .. their plans because they may well be imacted. �* ., ., impacted. and you can find out how the forthcoming _ impacted. and you can find out how the forthcoming strikes _ impacted. and you can find out how

the forthcoming strikes might i impacted. and you can find out how| the forthcoming strikes might affect you by heading to the bbc news website. we will have all the latest information. millions of coins, 50p coins, bearing the image of king charles iii are going into circulation, following the death of his mother. they are the first mass—produced coins carrying the uk —— new king a vs image and will be given out in change to an estimated four point 9 million coins have been sent to post offices. the coins carrying the image of the late queen will still be accepted in shops. hello again. for many of us, it's going to be another cold day, but a largely dry one with a lot of sunshine. now, there's still snow in the forecast. it's been falling across northern scotland. it's sinking south into northeast

england as we go through the day. and in some of the showers in northern ireland, wales, in the southwest as well as eastern england will have a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow, but feeling cold, temperatures 1 to 5 degrees, but especially cold in the wind in the east. tonight, our band of rain, sleet and snow pushes south across parts of eastern and central england. it will also see some freezing fog in there, which will be slow to clear tomorrow. and we're looking at a widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. but tomorrow, once again, for many of us, it's going to be dry with some sunshine. the freezing fog slow to lift from the southeast. any wintry mix pushing down towards the far south. still some snow falling across scotland and in some of the showers across northern ireland and also wales will see that wintry mix. but once again, feeling cold. hello, this is bbc news with anita mcveigh. the headlines:

nhs england say an estimated 7.2 million patients are waiting to start routine hospital treatment — a record high. it comes as latest figures show 40% of a&e patients in england face a delay of four hours or more waiting for a bed. the first parts of the much—hyped harry and meghan series are released — in it, harry says he has a duty to uncover what he describes as "exploitation and bribery within our media". it's like duty. i feel as though people understand it is my duty to uncover the exploitation and bribery that happens within our media. thea;r that happens within our media. they are destroying _ that happens within our media. they are destroying us. _ iran state media announces the first execution of a protester — mohsen shekari — convicted over recent anti—government unrest. environmental campaigners condemn a decision to give the go ahead to the uk's first new deep coal mine in 30 years.

the last british survivor of the world war two dambusters — george "johnny" johnson has died at the age of 101. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. we're just two days away from england's world cup match against france and raheem sterling will be flying back to rejoin the squad tomorrow, but it may not be in time for him to play in the quarterfinal against france. sterling scored in england's victory over iran, but then missed their 3—0 second round win against senegal. he flew back to the uk following reports of a break—in at his surrey mansion. well, much of the talk ahead of this saturday's game has been about how england stops arguably the best player in the tournament, france's kylian mbappe, who is the top scorer so far in this world cup. however, jack grealish believes england's performances should fill them with confidence.

kylian mbappe is one of if not the best in the world at the moment, on form, and he will be hard to stop, we're going to have to come up with some plans. you see our squad depth in those attacking areas and that's one thing that is playing a massive part at the moment. the manager has change it around and people say, why isn't this person playing? but every car that has been made at the moment has been right, so credit to him. —— every call that has been made has been right. fifa says it is deeply saddened following the reported death of a migrant worker at a world cup facility in qatar. the filipino national fell to his death whilst carrying out repairs at a resort used as a training base by the saudi arabian team. football's world governing body said it had been made aware of an accident without giving any details. here's the reaction of qatar world cup chief executive, nasser al—khater. we are in the middle of a world cup

and we have a successful world cup and we have a successful world cup and this is something that you want to talk about right now? death is a natural part of life, whether it is at work or in your sleep. a worker died, our condolences go to his family. however, it's strange that this is something you want to focus on is your first question. portugal also play on saturday against morocco, ahead of england's game against france. their football federation has today denied reports that cristiano ronaldo threatened to leave their world cup squad after being dropped to the bench in their win over switzerland. ronado, the all—time men's international top goal—scorer, was left out of his nation's starting 11 for their 6—1 victory in tuesday's last—16 tie. his replacement, goncalo ramos, scoring a hat—trick. ina in a statement, the portuguese fa said at no time to cristiano ronaldo threaten to leave the tournament in qatar, adding he was committed to

the cause. fast bowler mark wood will replace the injured liam livingstone when england line up against pakistan in their second test which starts in multan tomorrow morning. wood missed the stunning 74—run victory in the first test in rawalpindi, but is now fit to lead the attack. livingstone has returned home for treatment on a knee injury. ollie pope will continue to keep wicket ahead of ben foakes. meanwhile, over in adelaide, australia are in control on the first day of their second test against the west indies. it's a day—night match. marnus labuschagne has continued his impressive form. he made a double century and an unbeaten hundred in the aussies first test victory, and now he's scored his third straight tonne. and travis head hasjustjoined him in hitting triple digits, the west indies must win to level the series. formula 1 will continue

to race in the netherlands until at least 2025. the dutch grand prix at zandvoort signed an extended contract which adds races in 2024 and 2025 to the initial three years agreed with f1. the event has proved a hit with fans supporting red bull's max verstappen since it returned to the calendar in 2021 with the dutch driver winning won both races at the historic track that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment has increased to its highest level since modern records began in 2007. nhs england says 7.2 million people were waiting at the end of october. it comes as emergency care doctors are warning that the sickest and frailest patients coming to a&e in england are being failed as they face long

delays to get on to wards. waits of at least four hours have become increasingly common, while in 2022 so far, there've been a 250,000 waits of 12 hours or more. i'm joined now by chris hopson, chief strategy officer at nhs england. thank you for your time. patients are being failed, say doctors. what do you plan to do about that? weill. do you plan to do about that? well, as we come — do you plan to do about that? well, as we come out _ do you plan to do about that? well, as we come out of— do you plan to do about that? well, as we come out of the _ do you plan to do about that? well, as we come out of the peak- do you plan to do about that? well, as we come out of the peak of- do you plan to do about that? -11 as we come out of the peak of the pandemic, we know that the nhs, like every other advanced western health care system, is under significant pressure. we got a clear three—point plan to deal with those pressures. first of all, we know we need to recover and stabilise core services like ambulances, a&e and care backlogs, then as we recover we need to get back to delivering key ambitions in the long term plan where for example we said we were going to significantly improve early cancer diagnosis so we have fewer people dying from cancer and we're good progress there. we know we need to transform the nhs for the future.

so the nhs is under pressure like every other health system in the advanced western world but we have a clear plan to deal with those pressures. clear plan to deal with those pressures-— clear plan to deal with those ressures. �* , ., . , ., pressures. but is it a crisis? you may have _ pressures. but is it a crisis? you may have a _ pressures. but is it a crisis? you may have a plan _ pressures. but is it a crisis? you may have a plan but _ pressures. but is it a crisis? you may have a plan but would i pressures. but is it a crisis? you may have a plan but would you | pressures. but is it a crisis? you i may have a plan but would you say thick services in crisis at this point, even close to breaking point, it has been suggested by some? we it has been suggested by some? - know we are under significant pressure. we got record demand and have had the busiest november ever, more than 2 million people for a&e attendances. we've got 13,000 patients medically fit to be discharged but we can't discharge them significantly because of pressures and social care. we know we haven't got enough capacity, which is why we are looking to add 7000 virtual and physical beds. we know we have real workforce challenges which is why that long term plan which the government committed to in the autumn statement is so important, and the other problem we are grappling with is the fact we still have strep a around ——

we still have a covid around. we've had four different waves of covid around and we've had more people in hospital beds this summer than the previous two summers combine so we are under pressure but we are right away across the nhs working flat out. this is something we don't talk about enough, we will see 1.3 million people in general practice today, we will handle about 80,000 emergency calls, we will deliver about 250,000 outpatient appointments and thousands of elective care procedures, 160,000 flu and covid vaccinations and the majority of those will be delivered in the time and quality our patients are looking for. 1110 in the time and quality our patients are looking for.— are looking for. no one is arguing with the amazing _ are looking for. no one is arguing with the amazing work _ are looking for. no one is arguing with the amazing work that i are looking for. no one is arguing with the amazing work that the i are looking for. no one is arguing i with the amazing work that the staff of the nhs do, but they are under incredibly significant pressure and have been for a long time now. you

must be concerned about the outcomes for people who are potentially waiting 12 hours plus, what that means for how long it takes them to recover overall, what that means potentially for their survival because once people get into the hands of the nhs staff, though staff are doing a fantasticjob, but if someone is having to wait for a very long time to actually be seen, that creates issues of its own so you must be incredibly worried about that. ~ . ~ ., must be incredibly worried about that. . . ~' ., . ,, , must be incredibly worried about that. . ~ ., , , ., that. what we know happens is that when the nhs _ that. what we know happens is that when the nhs comes _ that. what we know happens is that when the nhs comes under- that. what we know happens is that l when the nhs comes under pressure, what we will do is rebook triage patients on the basis of clinical need —— we will triage patients. when people ring 999, we will ensure those who have life—threatening conditions become category one ambulance calls and we will then ensure that we do our very best to get ambulances out to those people

in the seven minute standard. if you go into an a&e department, we will triage people according to clinical need and those who absolutely need to be seen quickest will be seen, usually well within the four hour standard, but you are right to identify that there will be people who potentially will be waiting longer but the whole point about the nhs, and we are experienced at doing this, this is why clinicians do day in, day out, we will ensure we provide the best possible care to those having to wait because they have lower clinical priority. we know that if the waiting time increases, there is an increased risk but we are used to managing that. ~ . , risk but we are used to managing that. . . , ., that. what extent is the involvement ofthe that. what extent is the involvement of the private — that. what extent is the involvement of the private health _ that. what extent is the involvement of the private health care _ that. what extent is the involvement of the private health care sector- of the private health care sector part of the solution to the immediate pressures? the government has been talking about that this week. are you concerned this means a future where health care is increasingly delivered on a private basis rather than via the nhs? 1ugl’e’sre

basis rather than via the nhs? we've alwa s basis rather than via the nhs? we've always used — basis rather than via the nhs? we've always used private _ basis rather than via the nhs? we've always used private providers, - always used private providers, charitable providers in the nhs, we got palliative care for example on the nhs delivered by charities. we also deliberately used private sector capacity, particularly for doing plant care so we used private providers significantly before and during the pandemic —— particularly for doing plant care —— planned care. we are talking about a relatively small percentage but what has been in the news today that i would like to reassure you about is we're making the best possible use that capacity. it is 90,000 procedures a week we are currently sourcing from the private sector and we are using about 130% worth of capacity, 30% more capacity than we were using before the pandemic and during the pandemic, so we are ahead of our plan for that usage but there

is no way it's going to be anything like a very significant proportion, it is they are and it is helpful in terms of increasing capacity but the nhs is based on that fundamental principle of providing care free at the point of use, based on clinical need and not ability to pay. what need and not ability to pay. what more help from _ need and not ability to pay. what more help from the _ need and not ability to pay. what more help from the government do you want to deal with these immediate pressures? want to deal with these immediate ressures? ~ �* , ., ., pressures? we've been having a conversation _ pressures? we've been having a conversation with _ pressures? we've been having a conversation with the _ pressures? we've been having a l conversation with the government pressures? we've been having a i conversation with the government as you would expect. three things they've done which we think are extremely helpful in relation to the autumn statement, they've committed to the long—term workforce plan that the entire nhs england, the entire sector, has been arguing is fundamental. the second thing is we made a very strong case to the government that we needed to cope with next year's inflationary pressures so they gave us an extra 3.3 billion next year and an extra 3.3 billion next year and an extra 3.3 billion next year and an extra 3.3 billion the year after. and all of us in the nhs have been arguing

we need to deliver the pressures and social care which is why the extra funding for social care was welcomed.— funding for social care was welcomed. ., , ., ., ., ., welcomed. on top of that, what more do ou welcomed. on top of that, what more do you need? — welcomed. on top of that, what more do you need? we _ welcomed. on top of that, what more do you need? we need _ welcomed. on top of that, what more do you need? we need government l do you need? we need government su ort do you need? we need government support and — do you need? we need government support and recognition _ do you need? we need government support and recognition of- do you need? we need government support and recognition of the i do you need? we need government support and recognition of the scale of the pressure that we are under. are you not getting that recognition?— are you not getting that recounition? ~ ., are you not getting that recounition? ~ . ., recognition? we are getting that su ort recognition? we are getting that support and _ recognition? we are getting that support and recognition. - recognition? we are getting that support and recognition. the i recognition? we are getting that i support and recognition. the nhs's job is the same as it always has been, to provide the best possible care within the funding envelope so that the government allocates to the nhs and that's what we are doing. we have agreed clearly with the government where our priorities are and that was set out clearly in the autumn statement and terms of recovering those care backlogs, recovering those care backlogs, recovering performance in terms of ambulances and recovering performance in relation to a&e, so we are working very closely as you would expect us to be with the government.— would expect us to be with the government. . , ., , ., ., .,

government. finally, do you have a secific government. finally, do you have a specific date _ government. finally, do you have a specific date in _ government. finally, do you have a specific date in mind _ government. finally, do you have a specific date in mind by _ government. finally, do you have a specific date in mind by which i government. finally, do you have a specific date in mind by which you | specific date in mind by which you hope that these waiting lists numbers are going to go on the opposite direction and start to fall? ~ ., opposite direction and start to fall? ~ . , ., fall? we agreed plan with the government _ fall? we agreed plan with the government last _ fall? we agreed plan with the government last february i fall? we agreed plan with the i government last february about tackling the longest waiting times first, eliminate two—year waiting times byjuly 2022 which was achieved and we are making good progress towards eliminating year and a half waiting times by march 2023 so there is clearly laid out plan that you can hold us to account for but the thing to remember, finally, as when we prioritise and we are clear about what the priorities are and when we get the appropriate investment, the nhs will deliver. , . ~ appropriate investment, the nhs will deliver. , ., ~ , ., , appropriate investment, the nhs will deliver. , . ~' , . deliver. chris, thank you very much for our deliver. chris, thank you very much for yourtime- _ deliver. chris, thank you very much for your time. nhs _ deliver. chris, thank you very much for your time. nhs england - for your time. nhs england chief strategy officer, thank you again.

the mp for solihull, julian knight, has been suspended from the parliamentary conservative party following a complaint made to the metropolitan police. our political correspondent lone wells told me more. what more can you tell us? this news broke last night _ what more can you tell us? this news broke last night and _ what more can you tell us? this news broke last night and what _ what more can you tell us? this news broke last night and what we - what more can you tell us? this news broke last night and what we were i broke last night and what we were told by the conservative party then was thatjulian knight would have the whip suspended, be suspended as a conservative mp because a report had been made to the metropolitan police. the conservative party still haven't given any detail about the nature of this report because of it being subject to a live investigation, but this doesn't mean julian knight will sit as an independent mp. the met police have issued a statement this morning that says on the 28th of october, police

received allegations of serious sexual assault against unnamed victims reported to have taken place at unknown locations at unknown dates as well. they then said that on the 7th of december, a further referral relating to the incidence was made and an investigation was launched. they say inquiries are ongoing and that no arrests have been made. julian knight this morning commented about the fact that his whip had been suspended, saying he had heard nothing from the police are from the conservative party, about allegations of misconduct. he also said in his statement he had heard nothing from parliament's internal grievance pa rliament�*s internal grievance scheme. he parliament's internal grievance scheme. he said he hadn't been worn or spoken to by the whip's office about allegations of misconduct and he said their withdrawal of his whip was wrong and unjustified. he also said he has received what his lawyers have advised our explicit threats involving blackmail as well as being at the centre of a campaign

of rumour and innuendo. that is what julian knight said in a statement this morning. that was prior to the police issuing the statement which they have done. in terms of where this goes next, the conservative party has said they aren't commenting further but these reports are turning people's attention here in westminster back to misconduct of mps after westminster was rocked with a series of allegations over the last couple of months. basketball continues to be a male—dominated sport — but one woman in africa is hoping to help change that. sarah chan is the first woman to manage african scouting for a team in the nba, the world's top professional basketball league. she has been featured on this year's bbc 100 women list. ashley lime went to meet her at a mentoring session in kenya. come on!

on the hunt for basketball�*s next big star. as the manager of african scouting for the toronto raptors, it is sarah chan's job to spot emerging talent and support their development in the hope of leading them to opportunities to play in north america. being the first african woman to manage nba scouting on the continent it is a huge responsibility. sport is the future of africa, it's the weapon of africa, especially for the girls. it's very important they see somebody like them doing this. sarah grew up in sudan but fled to kenya with herfamily during the civil war. it was here she developed a passion for basketball. our parents continued to look for greener pastures, hence landing a scholarship to a school in kenya which was the first place that we actually could enjoy the right of playing sports because back in sudan,

due to the religious beliefs, sports and seeing a girl or a woman in shorts, was a taboo. she played basketball at university in the us and competed professionally in europe and across africa. but it was during a coaching session in kenya that an nba executive spotted her and she landed herjob with the raptors. she now also mentors players through her own foundation. good job! i have been spat on the face for the colour of my skin in different countries where i have experienced racism in more ways than i would like and that's why i love mentoring because without the foundation, what my family instilled in me, i wouldn't have been able to withstand all of that. one, two, three... the future of girls and basketball on the continent is very bright. in fact, it's my hope that it gets

to the point where there will be an african women's league, there will be a platform like it is now for the men. that is my dream for these girls — they are not limited by culture and can chase their dreams. encouraging a new generation of female players. the last surviving dambusterjohnnyjohnson has died at the age 101. he was part of the 617 squadron, which destroyed key dams in the heartland of nazi germany in world war two. jon kay looks back at his life. they were the raf�*s 617 squadron, but they will be forever known as the dambusters. and among them, 22—year—old

george leonard johnson. his mates just called him johnny. their daring mission was famously recreated for the big screen. in 1943, they dropped their bouncing bombs to attack german dams and hit the country's industrial heartland. it was a thrilling experience. no other way to describe it. our briefing was to fly across the dam to drop the bomb as near as possible to the centre of the dam. so, it was practice, practice, practice. born in lincolnshire in 1921, johnny lost his mum when he was only three years old. he joined the raf as a teenager. and for years he rarely talked about the dambusters. but when he was in his 90s, johnnyjohnson returned to germany with a bbc film crew. he met locals who remembered the raids.

hundreds of civilians were killed, as well as 53 ofjohnny�*s comrades from bomber command. i am lucky, yes, to still be alive. i'm lucky i had at the right crew in the right place at the right time. and i feel privileged and honoured to have taken part in that raid. i think it was a great raid. i think it was a tribute to all those who took part, particularly those who gave their lives in pursuing their target. they were honoured at the time with the distinguished flying medal. it wasn't until 2017, after a high—profile public campaign, thatjohnnyjohnson was awarded the mbe by the queen. she said, "nice to see the dambusters still around." i thanked herfor the honour and how pleased and honoured ifelt meeting her for the second time.

as the last of the dambusters, johnny became well known. but he insisted he was only doing hisjob in 1943 and always said his public appearances were his way of honouring all the men involved in one of the most decisive moments of the second world war. jon kay, bbc news. we've just had the coldest night of the season so far but temperatures could fall even lower. we are looking at the risk of ice on untreated surfaces, some of us seeing snow showers and it's going to turn colder. you can see in the air mass chart the wind direction is coming from the north and the blue hues across all of the british isles

and northern europe. the lowest chance of snow is across central and southern parts of england. that doesn't mean to say we won't see any. towards the west indies there will be some snow showers, the risk of ice, but the heaviest snow is still going to be across northern scotland where we could have as much as ten centimetres on higher ground and in the strong winds that will be blowing and drifting. through the course of today it will continue to journey southwards, getting into northeast england were lower levels later could see a couple of centimetres. for northern ireland and wales in the southwest and east coast, any showers could once again have a wintry mix in them, even to lower levels, but there will be a lot of dry weather and a lot of sunny weather to look forward to as well. one thing i would say is whenever you are, it's going to feel cold and especially if you are exposed to the wind across the north and east where when you factor in the wind it will feel sub zero four many northern and eastern areas. as

we head through the evening and overnight, the rain, sleet and snow pushes steadily southwards. we also find they will be freezing fog in the south and east, possibly in sheltered parts of scotland under showers in the north and west will also have a bit a wintry element. it's going to be another cold night with a widespread frost and tomorrow morning the risk of icy patches once again on untreated surfaces. this freezing fog will be slow to lift. any wintriness in it will pull away to the south, we will see some further heavy snow falling across scotland and some wintry showers across northern ireland, wales, possibly into the southwest and along the east but again a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine. into the weekend is going to turn even colder. for the second part of the weekend, the wind will tend to drop out so any freezing fog will tend to linger. if you want to find out what the weather is doing for your area, check out the bbc weather app.

this is bbc news. the headlines at midday... nhs england say an estimated 7.2 million patients are waiting to start routine hospital treatment, a record high. it comes as latest figures show 40% of a&e patients in england face a delay of four hours or more waiting for a bed. we know we need to recover and stabilise our core services like ambulance, accident and emergency and recover those care backlogs and as we recover, we need to get back to delivering the key ambitions in the long—term plan. have you or a loved one had a long trolley wait at a&e?

the first parts of the much hyped harry and meghan series are released. in it, harry says he has a duty to uncover what he describes as "exploitation and bribery within our media". this is about duty and service and i feel that being a part of this family is a duty to uncover this exploitation and bribery that happens within our media. thea;r exploitation and bribery that happens within our media. they are destro inc happens within our media. they are destroying us- _ environmental campaigners condemn a decision to give the go ahead to the uk's first new deep coal mine in 30 years. levelling up secretary michael gove is due to make a statement in the commons shortly, which we'll bring you live. iran state media announces the first execution of a protester, mohsen shekari, convicted over recent anti—government unrest. temperatures across the uk plummet overnight as millions struggle to heat their homes this winter.

the last british survivor of the world war two dambusters, george 'johnny�* johnson, has died at the age of 101. the nhs waiting list has hit a record high, while a&e departments experienced their worst performance on record against a four—hour target, new figures show. data from nhs england shows 7.2m people were waiting to start routine treatment at the end of october. up from 7.1 million in september and the highest number since records began in august 2007. this comes as emergency care doctors

warn the sickest and frailest patients coming to a&e in england are being failed, as they face long waits to get on to wards. four in ten a&e patients in england who need a hospital bed face a delay of four hours or more waiting for one to be found. but 10% of those patients are waiting for 12 hours or more. to put that in context, there have been more 12—hour trolley waits in 2022 so far than in the past 10 years combined. during october more than 150,000 patients waited more than four hours for a bed to be found once a&e staff had decided they needed to be admitted. our health correspondent, jim reed, has this report, as part of our special nhs under pressure coverage. a&e departments are under greater pressure than ever before. it's not good, all laid in trolleys like this. from this hospital in york... ambulance staff are waiting

with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. ..to the royal victoria in belfast... ..to these corridors in milton keynes. i've just spoken to the nurses. theyjust asked us to wait in the queue until they have space available. doctors say they're most concerned about the sickest patients who need to be moved on from the emergency department to another ward of the hospital, for surgery or more complex treatment. record numbers are now stuck in a&e for more than four hours until a free bed can be found, partly because hospitals are struggling to discharge patients into social care. if your hospital is full, and more than 19 out of 20 of our beds are full at the moment, that means that it's very challenging for emergency departments to transfer patients from the emergency department onto the wards, and that, of course, increases waiting times. you've had a few days of the treatment. i you've had some rehabilitation. how is it feeling now? - well, it's feeling ok, really, until i stand up and have to use it.

those long waits in a&e are a big risk for the most vulnerable. in surrey, 90—year—old pat is recovering after falling and breaking her pelvis. with the physiotherapist this morning, _ did you manage the session? yes. i had to have assistance to get on the bed. when she got to a&e, a specialist team sent her straight to a bed here, in a dedicated unit for the most frail, so she wouldn't have to wait in pain. someone like pat, it was really key that we could i identify her needs very early on, - which were around managing her pain, which were around managing her bone health and some _ of her breathing problems. and it's because of that, and early identification l and early work with her, that she's now able i to actually return home. it was a shock, of course. it shakes you up, doesn't it? no, i've got over it really now. it's the anticipation of when you go home, how you're going to cope.

the frailty wards, and the team next door in the acute medical centre in epsom, are both designed to take the pressure off a&e. the idea is that more complex cases are sent here quickly for treatment, before either being referred to specialists, or ideally sent home to free up the bed. we don't want anyone to stay in hospital any longer than they need to, but we know that, with an elderly population, to make sure that happens, it needs a whole team effort. we can't just continue working the way we've historically worked. the government has said there is more money to improve a&e performance in england. but with colder weather on its way, and rates of flu are also rising, hospitals are bracing for a busy winter. jim reed, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our health correspondent nick triggle and asked him if he'd ever seen such intense pressure on the nhs

we are under record demand and we have the biggest amount of attendances. we know we have 13,000 patients who are medically fit to discharge but we cannot discharge them significantly because of pressures on social care. we do not have enough capacity, which is why we are looking to add 7000 virtual and physical beds, we also know we have some real workforce challenges, which is why the long—term plan which is why the long—term plan which the government omitted to win the autumn statement was so important and then as i said, the other robbie weir grappling with this we still have covid. we have had four different waves of covid and we have more people in hospital beds this summer than in the previous two combined. we are absolutely as you can see right away

across the piece, nhs staff are working flat out. fiur across the piece, nhs staff are working flat out.— working flat out. our health correspondent _ working flat out. our health correspondent is _ working flat out. our health correspondent is with i working flat out. our health correspondent is with me i working flat out. our health i correspondent is with me now. chris hobson was saying that there is a plan, clearly there are pressures right around the nhs in england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. he is speaking for nhs england and says there is —— there is a plan to deal with the short—term issues and the longer term issues. judging by the data we are getting, it does seem that we are getting, it does seem that we are getting, it does seem that we are getting the service —— the service currently, the short—term stuff is really under pressure. there are huge pressures and today we have the data for november and thatis we have the data for november and that is just the start of winter and winter is always the most difficult period. the worst is yet to come. we are seeing people waiting to long for ambulances to arrive, those having heart attacks and strokes waiting more than twice as long as they showed and when they get outside a&e, they are stuck in

queues. and they are ending up on trolleys for hours on end and this puts them at risk of harm. and trolleys for hours on end and this puts them at risk of harm. and that is not any consolation _ puts them at risk of harm. and that is not any consolation for— puts them at risk of harm. and that is not any consolation for the i is not any consolation for the people waiting on hours on end and theirfamilies and loved ones but chris hobson was saying in the interview that there are targets, there are dates that have been set down for improvements to be made by, however looking? the down for improvements to be made by, however looking?— however looking? the first thing lad when however looking? the first thing lady when this — however looking? the first thing lady when this is _ however looking? the first thing lady when this is happening i however looking? the first thing lady when this is happening this | lady when this is happening this winter, the money is in the process of industry did. improving the support available in the community and that is because there are lots of patients in hospital, over 13,000 in hospital, who are medically fit to be discharged but cannot because there is not that supporting the community and that is one of the key causes of the delays we are seeing in a&e and the debate —— delays with amber lenses because everything is getting backed up. sort amber lenses because everything is getting backed up— amber lenses because everything is getting backed up. sort that out and it is a big part _ getting backed up. sort that out and it is a big part of— getting backed up. sort that out and it is a big part of the _ getting backed up. sort that out and it is a big part of the answer? - getting backed up. sort that out and it is a big part of the answer? at i it is a big part of the answer? at the it is a big part of the answer? 121

the moment, 95% of hospital beds are occupied to be at a safe workable level, it should be down at 85%, so if you dealt with half of those delayed discharges, you would be almost at 85% and that he shorten what they are working towards and if they can unlock that in the next couple of months, it will relieve some of the pressures.- couple of months, it will relieve some of the pressures. thank you very much- _ very much. let's get more on this story now. i'm joined now by matthew taylor, chief executive of the nhs confederation. thank you very much and on this plan to deal with the current crises and the current delays, record delays, are you confident of that plan working? it are you confident of that plan workin: ? , ~ , ., are you confident of that plan workinr? , ~ , ., ., ~' working? it is unlikely to work, in terms of the _ working? it is unlikely to work, in terms of the pressures _ working? it is unlikely to work, in terms of the pressures we - working? it is unlikely to work, in terms of the pressures we have l working? it is unlikely to work, in i terms of the pressures we have this winter. there are things that are being done now, like systems to try

to improve the flow of the people through different parts of the health service, through and into the hospital and out of the hospital, but the problem is we are dealing with the fact that these problems have not been addressed in the past. where we are now is the consequence of a whole number of things. we were not realistic about the number of beds that we would need in the face of an ageing population. we had ten years of austerity which meant we went into covid with a very limited kind of capacity, so covid affected our health service more than i did most other health services because we were always running on hot. we went into covid with over 100,000 vacancies. a lack of investment in capital, fewer scanners per head than other similar countries. what happens is the system became less resistant and then we had covid and now we have got the combination of

that kind of hangover from covid, population ageing, poor public health that we have in this country and then you add in the winter pressures, so i'm afraid where we are as a reflection of policy failure. some of the things that chris hobson talks about will make a difference and that is important but if you take the fact that the money to help people out of hospital, that 13,000 people stuck in hospital, that was only released a few weeks ago, we have known about this problem for years and we knew it was going to get worse months ago. it is now really difficult to deploy that money quickly in order to address the problem is that we have got over the problem is that we have got over the next few weeks. i spoke to health service leaders this morning, 110% hospital occupancy, not only is every bed full, but an extra 10% of beds in corridors and in alcoves and various other places.— various other places. where we are as a reflection _ various other places. where we are as a reflection of— various other places. where we are as a reflection of policy, _ various other places. where we are as a reflection of policy, that i various other places. where we are as a reflection of policy, that is - as a reflection of policy, that is what you said to me. are you clear

thatis what you said to me. are you clear that is the case, that it is not a combination of that, for example, and otherfactors, growing demand, covid, which was not anticipated and so forth, do you place the blame squarely for this on government policy question mark do you believe the government could have acted much sooner to avoid a situation that we are seeing now?— sooner to avoid a situation that we are seeing now? clearly, there are elements of— are seeing now? clearly, there are elements of what _ are seeing now? clearly, there are elements of what was _ are seeing now? clearly, there are elements of what was going - are seeing now? clearly, there are elements of what was going on - are seeing now? clearly, there are | elements of what was going on that were unpredictable, covid in particular and that was a big shock to the system. but we went into that system that with rising waiting list, with over 100,000 vacancies, we for example and many other organisations have been calling for a proper workforce strategy for several years. a proper workforce strategy for severalyears. it a proper workforce strategy for several years. it is great that one was announced in the autumn statement, it will come along next year. but if we had that five years ago, we might not be any difficult situation we are in now. this is about blame, we have got to do what we have got to do and every leader i speak to is pulling out all the

stops, it is a very difficult situation. i stops, it is a very difficult situation.— stops, it is a very difficult situation. . , ., ., situation. i am 'ust going to interrupt h situation. i am 'ust going to interrupt you. _ situation. i am just going to interrupt you. we _ situation. i am just going to interrupt you. we have - situation. i am just going to interrupt you. we have to l situation. i am just going to i interrupt you. we have to say goodbye right now to our viewers on bbc two. and matthew taylor, chief executive of the nhs federation is still with me. thank you for your patience sorry for interrupting in the middle of that. that leads me onto this question... we of that. that leads me onto this question- - -_ of that. that leads me onto this question... we need to learn the lessons from _ question... we need to learn the lessons from the _ question... we need to learn the lessons from the past _ question... we need to learn the lessons from the past when - question... we need to learn the lessons from the past when we l question... we need to learn the - lessons from the past when we think about what our policy will be going forward. ~ ., ., ., i” about what our policy will be going forward. ~ ., ., ., ., forward. what more do you want the government — forward. what more do you want the government to _ forward. what more do you want the government to do _ forward. what more do you want the government to do now, _ forward. what more do you want the government to do now, that - forward. what more do you want the government to do now, that you - forward. what more do you want the government to do now, that you are | government to do now, that you are saying it is very difficult, even if there is some extra money, extra resources, in terms of staffing and so forth to make a difference quickly, given the scale of the demand, the scale of the issue, but what more would help from the government at this point? i think nhs england _ government at this point? i think nhs england is— government at this point? i think nhs england is doing _ government at this point? i think nhs england is doing anything i government at this point? i think nhs england is doing anything it| government at this point? i think. nhs england is doing anything it can to help with winter and there are

multiple issues and we can only hope that those two have some effect but it is going to be incredibly tough. there is no point hiding that. what we need when we see that workforce strategy next year, we needed published as early is possible, we needed to be ambitious and we needed to take effect quickly because what worries me about the starving situation is that when staff are under the kind of pressure they are under the kind of pressure they are under now and they are working in underpowered teams, it becomes a vicious cycle and more people walk away because they are not able to provide the level of care they want to. the absolute priority is going to. the absolute priority is going to be to have had workforce strategy to be to have had workforce strategy to address the workforce problems as early as we can next year and if you do that, hopefully we can go into next winter in a slightly better situation. in next winter in a slightly better situation. ., situation. in the meantime, presumably _ situation. in the meantime, presumably people - situation. in the meantime, presumably people are - situation. in the meantime, l presumably people are going situation. in the meantime, - presumably people are going to have to be patient. are you worried about the outcomes for people in the meantime? fill the outcomes for people in the meantime?— the outcomes for people in the meantime? . ., , ., ., meantime? of course, we are worried about the outcomes _ meantime? of course, we are worried about the outcomes for _ meantime? of course, we are worried about the outcomes for people. - meantime? of course, we are worried about the outcomes for people. it - meantime? of course, we are worried about the outcomes for people. it is l about the outcomes for people. it is inevitable that there will be some

harm to patients when you are in this situation with industrial action, possibly, on top of that. what i would say as there is a contribution the public can make. make sure you have your covid jab, your flu jab, make sure you have your covid jab, yourflu jab, use 111. if you have an emergency, use 999, of course. but please understand the pressure that staff are under. i spoke to a leader yesterday who just talked about people losing their tempers in a&e because they have been waiting and that is understandable but it is not the staff who are trying to help you that are responsible for the situation and so we ask the public to show understanding in what is going to be a difficult time for you mentioned the industrial action by nurses, all the nurses i have spoken to about the strike action have said that they took that decision with a very heavy heart, they said they were doing it and of course they talked about pay, but they said

absolutely alongside that, they were doing that to ensure that hospital environments laissez for patients. do you accept that? i accept that the reason that workers are angry, that they have voted for industrial action is not just to do with pay, it is to do with the environment they are working in and i think the important thing to say is if trade unions did not exist, we would still have 133,000 vacancies in the health service. the issues of how we recruit enough staff, retained that staff and how we treat them well and motivate them, those are issues regardless of the situation in relation to industrial action but certainly for the readers i represent, dealing with the kind of challenges i have described, hospital leaders warning 110% occupancy, industrial action on top of that makes the situation even harder, so it is really important that we continue to talk with the trade unions, hopefully the government can find some way of getting through the winter, persuading... finding some solution

to this but also if the strikes are going to take place, as it looks as if they will, nationally and locally, trade unions work with us to minimise the harm to patients. thank you very much for your time, matthew taylor. it is time now to take a look at the sport. good afternoon. we're just two days away from england's world cup match against france and raheem sterling will be flying back to rejoin the squad tomorrow — but it may not be in time for him to play in the quarter final against france. sterling scored in england's victory over iran, but then missed their 3—0 second round win against senegal. he flew back to the uk following reports of a break—in at his surrey mansion. following their shock in the last 16, luis enrique has his role as spain's manager. his side were beaten on penalties by morocco, in one of the shocks of the tournament. the 52—year—old took charge in 2018 and guided spain

to the euro 2020 semi—finals. the spanish football federation said it didn't put a time frame on when a new boss would be announced. portugal also play on saturday against morocco, ahead of england's game. their football federation has today denied reports that cristiano ronaldo threatened to leave their world cup squad, after being dropped to the bench in their win over switzerland. ronado, the all time men's international top goalscorer, was left out of his nation's starting eleven for their 6—1 victory in tuesday's last—16 tie. his replacement, goncalo ramos scored a hat—trick. in a statement, the portuguese fa said 'at no time did national team captain cristiano ronaldo threaten to leave the team during the tournament in qatar, adding he was committed to the cause. fifa says it is deeply saddened following the reported death of a migrant worker at a world cup facility in qatar. the filipino national fell to his death whilst carrying out repairs at a resort used as a training base by the saudi arabian team. football's world governing body said it had been made aware of an accident,

without giving any details. here's the reaction of qatar world cup chief executive, nasser al—khater. we are in the middle of a world cup and we have a successful world cup and this is something that you want to talk about right now? death is a natural part of life, whether it is at work or in your sleep. a worker died, our condolences go to his family. however, it's strange that this is something you want to focus on is your first question. fast bowler mark wood will replace the injured liam livingstone when england line up against pakistan in their second test which starts in multan tomorrow morning. wood missed the stunning 7a run victory in the first test in rawalpindi, but is now fit to lead the attack. livingstone has returned home for treatment on a knee injury. ollie pope will continue to keep wicket ahead of ben foakes.

that wicket ahead of ben foakes. is all the sport for no\ the that is all the sport for now. all the updates from the world cup on the updates from the world cup on the website. the first three episodes of harry and meghan's documentary series have been released today. in the first episode, harry says this is about duty and service, saying it he feels is his duty to uncover the exploitation and bribery he says happens within the media. he spoke of the leaking and planting of stories in what he described as part of the dirty game. the trailer cause controversy as netflix was accused of using misleading footage to portray the couple being hounded by the media. buckingham palace has not officially commented on the series. let's take a look at how it begins. it is really hard to look back on it now and go, what on earth happened?

how did we end appear? it is now and go, what on earth happened? how did we end appear?— how did we end appear? it is fair to sa britain how did we end appear? it is fair to say britain is _ how did we end appear? it is fair to say britain is in _ how did we end appear? it is fair to say britain is in shock— how did we end appear? it is fair to say britain is in shock this - say britain is in shock this morning _ say britain is in shock this morning. its say britain is in shock this morning-— say britain is in shock this morninu. . ., ., . morning. a dramatic announcement from prince — morning. a dramatic announcement from prince harry. _ morning. a dramatic announcement from prince harry. they _ morning. a dramatic announcement from prince harry. they are - morning. a dramatic announcement from prince harry. they are taking i morning. a dramatic announcement| from prince harry. they are taking a ste back from prince harry. they are taking a step back from _ from prince harry. they are taking a step back from their _ from prince harry. they are taking a step back from their royal— from prince harry. they are taking a step back from their royal duties. i step back from their royal duties. he is_ step back from their royal duties. he is in— step back from their royal duties. he is in london and diane here. ——iam —— i am here. -- i am here. myjob is to -- i am here. my job is to keep my -- i am here. my 'ob is to keep my family safe. — -- i am here. my 'ob is to keep my family safe. our— -- i am here. my job is to keep my family safe. our royal— -- i am here. my job is to keep my i family safe. our royal correspondent has been watching _ family safe. our royal correspondent has been watching this _ family safe. our royal correspondent has been watching this morning - family safe. our royal correspondent has been watching this morning and| has been watching this morning and she gave me herfirst impressions of the series and a warning that there are some flashing images. then;r the series and a warning that there are some flashing images. they said it was about — are some flashing images. they said it was about their _ are some flashing images. they said it was about their story, _ are some flashing images. they said it was about their story, their - it was about their story, their story in their words, so it is from the moment that they sort of made their first text message theirfirst text message communications back injuly 2016,

also the sort of step back from the royal family and also the sort of step back from the royalfamily and up until also the sort of step back from the royal family and up until now. also the sort of step back from the royalfamily and up until now. i think for those people that want to know as much as they can about prince harry and meghan, they will lap it up because it has personal home videos and videos of rty, them at home and a lot of detail about them getting together and why they fell in love and the holiday in botswana rather sort of thing —— archie. there is an undercurrent. as we have heard before from both of them, they feel they were victims of both the press and the institution, that they did not feel they could be a part of and i think that is the undercurrent that runs throughout. a couple of interesting things, it starts off by saying that all of the interviews were completed by august 2022, that is an important date because exactly three months ago today of the queen died. and the following frame, this is right at the beginning of episode one, it says members of the royalfamily declined to comment on the content

of this series. lots to talk about. there is no interviews that we have not heard before. meghan possibly has mother, we have seen a lot of her, she was at the weather —— wedding and she does talk in this documentary. we wedding and she does talk in this documentary-— wedding and she does talk in this documenta . ~ .. ., ., documentary. we can hear from her now. i documentary. we can hear from her now- i am — documentary. we can hear from her now. i am meghan's _ documentary. we can hear from her now. i am meghan's mother. - documentary. we can hear from her now. i am meghan's mother. and i documentary. we can hear from her. now. i am meghan's mother. and the last five _ now. i am meghan's mother. and the last five years have been challenging.— last five years have been challenging. last five years have been challenauin. ~ . ., ., ., challenging. much more of an insiaht. challenging. much more of an insight. their _ challenging. much more of an insight. their story, _ challenging. much more of an insight. their story, as - challenging. much more of an insight. their story, as you i challenging. much more of an i insight. their story, as you say. i just wonder, taking this and looking at this and the wider context, sarah, and you have not had the op unity clearly to watch all of the episodes yet. and there are three more to come next week. where does this put the relationship between harry and meghan and the rest royal family? that is the

million-dollar question. | royal family? that is the - million-dollar question. sulphur, i million—dollar question. sulphur, i think having seen what i have seen of the first three episodes and watched as much as i can, what there is not, i think, watched as much as i can, what there is not, ithink, is watched as much as i can, what there is not, i think, is any more than a sort of expanding on the narrative that has always been the that prince harry and meghan have made clear, so the fact they were not happy within the fact they were not happy within the royalfamily, that they the fact they were not happy within the royal family, that they did the fact they were not happy within the royalfamily, that they did not feel they have the support within the royal institution, if you like, and also this idea that the sort of press intrusion and perhaps that there was a collaboration between there was a collaboration between the royal household and the press and it is their allegation. this is something they have said before. the big question i think in terms of what you are asking, whether there was anything the royal family would feel they would have to comment on, we will have to wait and see but at the moment, i cannot see that in this series so far. it is crashing out detail that harry and meghan have already made public. but there are another three episodes to go. this is the first drop, there will be another three hours of content released this time next week. and i

released this time next week. and i am 'oined released this time next week. and i am joined now— released this time next week. and i am joined now by — released this time next week. and i am joined now by christine - released this time next week. and i am joined now by christine ross from us weekly. trailers, by their very nature, are obviously meant to be dramatic but from what you have seen of this documentary so far, how does it measure up to those trailers in terms of the drama? i it measure up to those trailers in terms of the drama?— it measure up to those trailers in terms of the drama? i have to say, the first three _ terms of the drama? i have to say, the first three episodes _ terms of the drama? i have to say, the first three episodes were - the first three episodes were actually very drama free, i would say a most enjoyable to watch, it is just two people retelling their love story in a very romanticised way. however it makes me really anxious for the next three. netflix has resold it as this family drama, that there are loads of strife and i think everyone is on now tenterhooks wondering when that is going to kick in because these first two episodes were kind of uneventful. we in because these first two episodes were kind of uneventful.— were kind of uneventful. we have literall in were kind of uneventful. we have literally in the _ were kind of uneventful. we have literally in the last _ were kind of uneventful. we have literally in the last few _ were kind of uneventful. we have literally in the last few seconds i literally in the last few seconds had a statement by buckingham

palace, saying neither buckingham palace, saying neither buckingham palace, kensington palace, norany member of the family were approached for comment on the content of the netflix series. no one approached for comment, eitherat netflix series. no one approached for comment, either at buckingham palace, kensington palace, nor indeed any other member of the family and i suppose, christine, as you wonder what might be in the next three episodes, due to drop on netflix next week, where this is going to place the couple in terms of the relationship with the wider royal family? of the relationship with the wider royalfamily? i of the relationship with the wider royal family?— royal family? i cannot see them cominu royal family? i cannot see them coming back— royal family? i cannot see them coming back from _ royal family? i cannot see them coming back from this _ royal family? i cannot see them coming back from this because i royal family? i cannot see them - coming back from this because even if nothing dramatic is revealed, no family secrets come out, the threat will always have been there. and the painting of the family drama and sort of exposing, you know, that the families possibly private lives in such a public way, the royalfamily

cannot figure that because they have always been private and they play such a bleak role but their private lives are so secretive and i just don't see that relationship ever being what it once was. haifa don't see that relationship ever being what it once was.- don't see that relationship ever being what it once was. how is this auoin to being what it once was. how is this going to resonate _ being what it once was. how is this going to resonate with _ being what it once was. how is this going to resonate with us - being what it once was. how is this. going to resonate with us audiences and the us media, christine, compared to audiences in the uk and indeed the press here? it compared to audiences in the uk and indeed the press here?— indeed the press here? it has been so funn , indeed the press here? it has been so funny, hearing _ indeed the press here? it has been so funny, hearing reactions, - indeed the press here? it has been i so funny, hearing reactions, because ifind so funny, hearing reactions, because i find a lot of british viewers are a bit... what is the world when a word they have been using question mark cringing. there is kissing and selfies but the americans will really buy into that love story. star—crossed lovers, if you will, coming to gather against the odds. and the british media will continue to be very unforgiving of them, whereas the american media is going

to be buying into this lovey—dovey tale that they have sold. to be buying into this lovey-dovey tale that they have sold.— to be buying into this lovey-dovey tale that they have sold. maybe more of this s le tale that they have sold. maybe more of this style of _ tale that they have sold. maybe more of this style of documentary - tale that they have sold. maybe more of this style of documentary to - tale that they have sold. maybe more of this style of documentary to come | of this style of documentary to come from the couple? i of this style of documentary to come from the couple?— from the couple? i really can't say and i will be _ from the couple? i really can't say and i will be honest, _ from the couple? i really can't say and i will be honest, everything i and i will be honest, everything they have done in the last year, two years, has surprised me. ithink... i hope they are going to get their story out and share their side of things and then carry on with the work they are doing because ultimately, they are trying to do important work and support really important work and support really important causes but it is getting clouded behind this family drama that they keep sharing with the world. i that they keep sharing with the world. . . . . that they keep sharing with the world. , ,, . ., , ., ., world. i suspect the family drama we ma hear world. i suspect the family drama we may hear more _ world. i suspect the family drama we may hear more of— world. i suspect the family drama we may hear more of that. _ world. i suspect the family drama we may hear more of that. thank- world. i suspect the family drama we may hear more of that. thank you i may hear more of that. thank you very much, christine ross, royal commentatorfrom us very much, christine ross, royal commentator from us weekly. very much, christine ross, royal commentatorfrom us weekly. it very much, christine ross, royal commentator from us weekly. it is time now for a look at the weather forecast. hello again. for many of us, it's going to be another cold day, but a largely dry one with a lot of sunshine. now, there's still snow in the forecast. it's been falling across northern scotland.

it's sinking south into northeast england as we go through the day. and in some of the showers in northern ireland, wales, in the southwest as well as eastern england will have a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow, but feeling cold, temperatures 1 to 5 degrees, but especially cold in the wind in the east. tonight, our band of rain, sleet and snow pushes south across parts of eastern and central england. it will also see some freezing fog in there, which will be slow to clear tomorrow. and we're looking at a widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. but tomorrow, once again, for many of us, it's going to be dry with some sunshine. the freezing fog slow to lift from the southeast. any wintry mix pushing down towards the far south. still some snow falling across scotland and in some of the showers across northern ireland and also wales will see that wintry mix. but once again, feeling cold. hello, this is bbc news with anita mcveigh. the headlines:

nhs england say they have a plan in place to deal with pressures on the health service after figures suggest an estimated 7.2 million patients are waiting to start routine hospital treatment — a record high. the first parts of the much hyped harry and meghan series are released — in it, harry repeats accusations of intrusion of privacy by the british media. this is about duty and showers and i feel as though being part of this family, it's my duty to uncover this exploitation and bribery that happens within our media. then;r exploitation and bribery that happens within our media. they are destro inc happens within our media. they are destroying us- _ environmental campaigners condemn a decision to give the go ahead to the uk's first new deep coal mine in 30 years. we'll bring you a statement from levelling up secretary michael gove shortly. iran state media announces the first execution of a protester — mohsen shekari — convicted over

recent anti—government unrest. temperatures across the uk plummet overnight as millions struggle to heat their homes this winter. the last surviving member of the famous dambuster raid on germany in the second world war has died. george "johnny" johnson was 101. the mpjulian knight — who's been suspended from the conservative party — claims he has heard "nothing" from the police or party whips about allegations of misconduct. last night, the conservative party said they had suspended him after a report was made to the metropolitan police. the party did not comment on the nature of the complaint, saying it was the subject of a live investigation. 0ur of a live investigation. political correspondent dayi this 0ur political correspondent day us this update. ——

this news broke last night and what we were told by the conservative party then was thatjulian knight would have the whip suspended, be suspended as a conservative mp because a report had been made to the metropolitan police. the conservative party still haven't given any detail about the nature of this report because of it being subject to a live investigation, but this doesn't mean julian knight will sit as an independent mp. the met police have issued a statement this morning that says on the 28th of october, police received allegations of serious sexual assault against unnamed victims reported to have taken place at unknown locations at unknown dates as well. they then said that on the 7th of december, a further referral relating to the incidents was made and an investigation was launched. they say inquiries are ongoing and that no arrests have been made. julian knight this morning commented about the fact that his whip had been suspended, saying he had heard nothing from the police or from the conservative party, about allegations of misconduct. he also said in his statement he had heard nothing from

parliament's internal grievance scheme. he said he hadn't been warned or spoken to by the whip�*s office about allegations of misconduct and he said their withdrawal of his whip was wrong and unjustified. he also said he has received what his lawyers have advised are explicit threats involving blackmail as well as being at the centre of a campaign of rumour and innuendo. that is whatjulian knight said in a statement this morning. that was prior to the police issuing the statement which they have done. in terms of where this goes next, the conservative party has said they aren't commenting further but these reports are turning people's attention here in westminster back to misconduct of mps after westminster was rocked with a series of allegations over the last couple of months. iran has announced the first execution of a protester who took part in the anti—government

demonstrations that have rocked the country since september. mohsen shekari had been convicted of injuring a volunteer militia member. kasra naji from bbc persian has more on this. this is the first case of execution of a protestor. we know that there are 12 others who are on death row, awaiting the verdict of the high court. that is the appeal court. and we also know that there are 30 others who have been charged with crimes that carry the death sentences. with mohsen, the issue is that he has been charged... found guilty of waging against war, and that means, according

to the statement from the iranian judiciary, he was using a weapon with intent to kill and spread fear. he tried, according to the statement, deny freedom and security of others and assaulting a militia man with weapons. that is the basically how he was waging war against god. and that is why he was sentenced to death. interestingly, he appealed to the high court, to the appeal court, and the appeal court rejected the appeal request on the grounds that it was evident that he was guilty. a major air and sea search is under way offjersey after a reported collision off the islands west coast this morning. several lifeboats have been joined

by local fishing vessels and search aircraft from the channel islands and france as the freight company condor confirmed that one of its ships was involved in a collision with a fishing boat. meghan owen is injersey for us. we are live at the harbour in st helier. we are live at the harbour in st hefien we are live at the harbour in st helier. , we are live at the harbour in st hefien ,. we are live at the harbour in st helier. , . . we are live at the harbour in st helier. , , , , helier. the ferry is behind us so the emergency _ helier. the ferry is behind us so the emergency call _ helier. the ferry is behind us so the emergency call happened i helier. the ferry is behind us so the emergency call happened at around 5:30am this morning, all available vessels were called to help. jersey ports have said that a condor ferry have said it was involved in an incident. we know that there are lifeboats from jersey and guernsey searching the areas and have been doing since the early hours. we know that french rescue helicopters are involved, we've seen them circling above, as well as a

french naval plane, so all hands are on deck at the moment to search for missing fishers injersey. we've spoken to local fishermen in the area who say that three fishers are missing. one has been a fisher in jersey for some time and is known in the community. it sent shock waves through the community. i've been told it is rare for something like this to happen. the chief minister ofjersey has tweeted her thoughts and prayers for anybody involved in the incident. details are unclear at the incident. details are unclear at the moment as to who those fishers are but the major search and rescue operation is well under way.

nhs england say they have a plan in place to deal with pressures on the health service after figures suggest an estimated 7.2 million patients are waiting to start routine hospital treatment — a record high. it comes as emergency care doctors are warning that the sickest and frailest patients coming to a—and—e in england are being failed as they face long delays to get on to wards. we know that the nhs, like every other advanced western health care system, is under significant pressure. we've got a clear three—point plan to deal with those pressures. first of all, we know we need to recover and stabilise core services like ambulances, a&e and elective care backlogs, then as we recover we need to get back to delivering the key ambitions in the long—term plan where, for example, we said we were going to significantly improve early cancer diagnosis so we have fewer people dying from cancer and we're

making good progress there. thirdly, we know we need to transform the nhs for the future. so the nhs is under pressure like every other health system in the advanced western world but we have a clear plan to deal with those pressures. but is it a crisis? you may have a plan, but would you say thick services in crisis at this point, even close to breaking point, it's been suggested by some? we know we're under significant pressure. we've got record demand and have had the busiest november ever for a&e, more than 2 million people. we've got 13,000 patients medically fit to be discharged but we can't discharge them significantly because of pressures in social care. we know we haven't got enough capacity, which is why we are looking to add 7,000 virtual and physical beds. we also know that we have real workforce challenges, which is why that long—term

workforce plan which the government committed to in the autumn statement is so important, and the other problem we are grappling with is the fact we still have a covid around. we've had four different waves of covid this year and we've had more people in hospital beds this summer than the previous two summers combined, so we are under pressure but we are, right away across the nhs, working flat out. this is something we don't talk about enough, we will see 1.3 million people in general practice today, we will handle about 80,000 emergency calls, we will deliver about 250,000 outpatient appointments, 30,000 surgical and elective care procedures, 160,000 flu and covid vaccinations and the majority of those will be delivered in the time and quality our patients are looking for.

people living in more than 300 postcode areas in england and wales will receive cold weather payments from the government in the coming days. those receiving certain benefits will qualify for an emergency £25 extra towards their energy bills. temperatures plummeted overnight, down to —9 celsius in the scottish highlands. the met office has several severe weather warnings in place across england, wales and scotland. so—called warm banks have opened throughout the uk as its basis for people to heat up and save on their energy costs. christian is an aberdeen city councillor and says local libraries are doubling up as warm spaces. local libraries are doubling up as warm spaces-— local libraries are doubling up as warm saces. . ., , , ., , warm spaces. warm spaces are very im ortant warm spaces. warm spaces are very important to — warm spaces. warm spaces are very important to make _ warm spaces. warm spaces are very important to make sure _ warm spaces. warm spaces are very important to make sure people - warm spaces. warm spaces are very important to make sure people will| important to make sure people will save money on their electricity and gas bills so we have opened our libraries in aberdeen city during the day. people come to the libraries for a little bit of warmth

and a little bit of education all the time so i would encourage people to come to our libraries and explore what is there. we have activities as well, which is important for people during the day, not only to gain some warmth but having a sense of community and being able to feel less isolated. you community and being able to feel less isolated.— less isolated. you where the council's _ less isolated. you where the council's anti-poverty - less isolated. you where the - council's anti-poverty spokesperson. council's anti—poverty spokesperson. given the scale of the need in the city. given the scale of the need in the ci . . ., . given the scale of the need in the city. thanks to all of her third sector organisations - city. thanks to all of her third sector organisations and - city. thanks to all of her third sector organisations and the l city. thanks to all of her third - sector organisations and the army of volunteers, there is very much a call for volunteers today as well to make sure that people realise that during the festive period, there will be a lot of people who will be struggling very much to heat their homes and that will be some respite for them. they will be very welcome to come here. volunteers can come and help. third sector organisations and help. third sector organisations and churches are doing a fantastic

job. they are responding to our call. we shouldn't be here but we are where we are. we can have that spirit of community and making sure we can help and support families. are places like the library staying open for longer to cope with this cold weather?— cold weather? there will be different types _ cold weather? there will be different types of _ cold weather? there will be 1 different types of openings, community centres might open later or the churches might open at the weekend for example, but our libraries will open as they are normally. it's not for people to live and stay in the library, it's more for them to get some respite, some comfort and to lower their electricity and gas bills. if you don't have to heat your home during the day, it makes a big difference. the headlines on bbc news... nhs england say they have a plan in place to deal with health service

pressures after figures suggest an estimated 7.2 million patients are waiting to start routine hospital treatment, a record high. the first parts of the much hyped harry and meghan series are released, harry repeats accusations of intrusion of privacy by the british media. environmental campaigners condemned the decision to give the go—ahead to the decision to give the go—ahead to the uk's first new deep coal mine in 30 years. the home secretary suella braverman has warned that planned strikes by border force workers over the christmas period may cause delays at airports. workers at major airports including heathrow and gatwick are going on strike for eight days in a dispute over pay. this in a dispute over pay. will take place between the 23rd this will take place between the 23rd of december and new year's eve. there are contingency plans to bring in the army. it comes as ministers say they are considering new laws to restrict strike action. paramedics and rail staff are set to take

action in the coming weeks too. more turbulence this christmas. add to the list of those already taking industrial action this month, 1,000 borders border force staff, at one of the busiest times of the year for travel, with disruption expected to affect many thousands of passengers flying into birmingham, cardiff, glasgow, gatwick, heathrow and manchester, for eight days from the 23rd of december, throughout christmas, until new year's eve. i've never seen a build—up to the festive season that looks so bleak. millions of people are going to have their christmas travel plans on the trains wrecked by the many days of strikes. and if you manage to get to an airport, well, you could find that your flight is disrupted because of the uk border force strike. all i can say is, good luck, everybody. heathrow has warned passport checks

may take longer on strike days, as around three in every four officials that you check your passport are likely to strike. their union boss says the action is necessary. we, like nurses and teachers and paramedics and other people in the public sector, have no option other than to take industrial action, because our members currently are skipping meals, not being able to put the heating on at home because of the poverty they are living in. the issue at the heart of these strikes is pay and working conditions. and, as the cost—of—living crisis deepens, with rising food and heating costs, striking border staff, nurses, paramedics, railworkers and royal mail employees all want their wages to keep up. the prime minister is now considering tougher, new laws which would see some public worker staff, such as firefighters and paramedics, banned from going on strike, or more limited in their impact — similar to outright bans already in place for police

and prison guards. but any new proposals aren't expected to take effect any time soon, and will be unlikely to prevent disruption to services before christmas, including for anyone needing to visit a hospital, take a flight, train, or send a letter. mark lobel, bbc news. the home secretary is urging people who have plans to travel abroad this christmas to "think carefully". it is very regrettable that they have made this decision to potentially strike over at critical times in the run—up and following christmas and the new year. that, you know, if they go ahead with the strikes, there will be undeniable serious disruption caused to many thousands of people who have holiday plans. and i really want to urge people who have got plans to travel abroad

to think carefully about their plans because they may well be impacted. are you going to lean on the army? we have been preparing for border force strikes for some time now, we have been analysing what the impact of a shortfall of operational personnel on our border will be. we've got plans in place that will involve, to a degree, bringing in some of our military colleagues to help us in a variety of roles. ultimately, iam not willing to compromise on security at the border. that's the number—one priority. that may well have an adverse impact on convenience for people, frankly, whether it's the time that they may have to wait for flights or departures. they may well be delayed on arrivals

and various travel plans. ultimately, security of the border is my number—one, non—negotiable priority. the last surviving dambusterjohnny johnson has died at the age 101. he was part of the 617 squadron, which destroyed key damns in the heartland of not see germany in world war two. jon kay looks back at his life. they were the raf�*s 617 squadron, but they will be forever known as the dambusters. and among them, 22—year—old george leonard johnson. his mates just called him johnny. their daring mission was famously recreated for the big screen. in 1943, they dropped their bouncing bombs to attack german dams and hit

the country's industrial heartland. it was a thrilling experience. no other way to describe it. our briefing was to fly across the dam to drop the bomb as near as possible to the centre of the dam. so, it was practice, practice, practice. born in lincolnshire in 1921, johnny lost his mum when he was only three years old. he joined the raf as a teenager. and for years rarely talked about the dambusters. but when he was in his 90s, johnnyjohnson returned to germany with a bbc film crew. he met locals who remembered the raids. hundreds of civilians were killed during operation chastise, as well as 53 ofjohnny�*s comrades from bomber command. i'm lucky, yes, to still be alive. i'm lucky i had at the right crew in the right place at the right time. and i feel privileged and honoured

to have taken part in that raid. i think it was a great raid. i think it was a tribute to all those who took part, particularly those who gave their lives in pursuing their target. the men who raided the ruhr dams were among those to receive decorations from her majesty. they were honoured at the time with the distinguished flying medal. but it wasn't until 2017, after a high—profile public campaign, thatjohnnyjohnson was awarded the mbe by the queen. she said, "nice to see the dambusters still around." i thanked herfor the honour and how pleased and honoured ifelt to be meeting her for the second time. as the last of the dambusters, johnny became well known. but he insisted he was only doing hisjobin191i3 and always said his public appearances were his way of honouring

all the men involved in one of the most decisive moments of the second world war. jon kay, bbc news. to the world cup — fifa and tournament organisers maintain that "everyone is welcome" but there continues to be problems over displaying rainbow—coloured items at stadiums and in public places. the bbc has followed england fan darce styles to get his experiences of being an lgbtq+ supporter at the 2022 world cup. i'm darce. i'm 26. at the world cup, everyone has their flags and is showing their flags. i'm proud to be gay so i want to have my flag and my rainbow items to show that. so i flew in yesterday, went to the netherlands v usa game, made loads of friends. we all went to the fan festival and had the time of our lives. today has been amazing. first impressions,

from the moment of getting off the plane, it's a beautiful country, everything is well organised. it's completely different from what i've been told and what i expected. fans everywhere. i've just met someone from sudan. i just met someone from uruguay. you want to change to suarez? it is currently 7pm right now. we are just about to head on the metro to the ground. i'm really happy now. i got a message from the fan embassy and they said, "we will be there to support you to get the flag in." i can watch the sport i love but also show, as a gay man, i can come and support. so hopefully i will get there early, find a nice spot and put the flag up in the stadium. open this. why this? why do you want me to open this? went down to the metro and on the platform, about eight or nine police officers came to me and it was like, "can you open up the flag in front of everyone?" you need to put that one inside. yes, but i was on the street, i'm not on the metro so why is it a problem?

i'm not having it here. thank you very much. have a good day. lovely country. i'm just furious. i'm just annoyed. it's like shaming me in front of the station. this guy is carrying a rainbow flag, let's get it out in front of... probably about 200 people were watching me with the police around me. the only time i took it out was upstairs. it was in the bag. so they must have followed me from upstairs all the way down. that's really shocking. my mind isjust everywhere right now. i want to get the flag into the stadium more now because ijust want to argue against it. after saka scored the third goal, i was running around, i was really excited. i tried to get the flag out and security was like, "no, no, no, this is not allowed. this is not allowed." so i contacted thomas immediately, one of the fifa officials, and i said to him, "i just want to go home."

he got me out and escorted me back to the buses. to see that fifa are trying to help me and are so against it, it's a qatari problem in my opinion. i was crying with joy and i was crying with anger, so i am just emotionally drained. i'm excited to just get back on the plane tomorrow and go home. my opinions are still going to say stay the same. don't be afraid to come. obviously it's been a dream come true to see the world cup, see england play in the middle east. being gay should not stop me from doing that. ina in a moment will have the bbc news that one but now, it's time for the weather. we saw temperatures down to —1 or 2 celsius in some locations and it will stay cold. icy stretches into the overnight period and we can expect sharp frosts pretty much nationwide. you can see why we are into the arctic air, it has

enveloped the whole of the uk and is likely to persist over the next few days and into the weekend. through the afternoon, further snow showers are wintry showers affecting coastal areas. we can see an area of more substantial snow showers affecting the northeast of england later on and some settled snow over the north york moors. it will be cold whenever you are, despite there being plenty of sunshine around with temperatures between 2 celsius and 5 celsius and it will feel colder with the wind. this evening and overnight, snow showers across coastal areas and there could be a cluster of wintry showers moving across the east midlands into the southeast, even london and home counties could see a dusting of snow in one or two places by the end of the night and it will be another cold night, these are typical values for many of but don't be surprised if a few areas and to minus double digits. i cold stratford friday, especially in coastal areas. cloud and wintry showers should clear the southeast

and many places will be dry with plenty of crisp sunshine despite it being bitterly cold, temperatures between two and 5 celsius. friday night, another cold one. widespread sharp frost across the country with one or two locations seeing temperatures down to —10 celsius or below. it stays cold this weekend, we could see freezing fog patches through the weekend as the winds turn lighter. you can see we had enveloped in blue colours through saturday and sunday so it is staying on the cold side, low pressure towards the east of the uk could generate further wintry showers but i think the main risk will be for ice and freezing fog throughout the weekend. you can see the temperatures on the low side for the time of year but many areas are seeing the sunshine too. you can always catch up on the weather where you are or where you are going by checking out the bbc weather app.

today at one — prince harry talks about press intrusion and racism in the royalfamily — in the first episodes of his netflix series with his wife meghan. the much—anticipated programmes steer clear of direct criticism of royalfamily members — but the prince says the couple have paid a heavy price. she sacrificed everything that she knew, the freedom that she had, tojoin me in my world. and then pretty soon after that, i ended up sacrificing everything that i know. buckingham palace has not yet responded to the claims in the film, and netflix says the palace declined to comment within the series — we'll bring you all the latest. also on the programme... bbc research shows nearly four in ten patients at a&e departments in england face waiting at least four hours for a bed.