at six — the duke and duchess of sussex speak out about a media feeding frenzy over their relationship and what they call unconscious bias in the royal family. in their new netflix series, prince harry and meghan talk about their relationship, press intrusion, racism and their lives. i accept there will be people around the world who fundamentally disagree with what i've done and how i've done it, but i knew that i had to do everything i could to protect my family. also on the programme. as nhs england says last month was the busiest ever for november, as nhs england says last month was the busiest everfor november, we have a special report from a hospital in berkshire where staff tell us they are finding it difficult to cope with the number of

people coming in. the american woman anne sacoolas who caused the death of harry dunn is given an eight—month suspended sentence. the home secretary says eight days of strikes by border force staff will mean undeniable, serious disruption at airports over christmas. and tributes to the last remaining dambuster, georgejohnnyjohnson, each coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: he's recovered from illness, will be live injoe are looking forward to the england quarterfinal against france. raheem sterling will return to the squad tomorrow. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the duke and duchess of sussex had again heavily criticised how they've been treated by the media and royal

family in their new netflix series. in the first three episodes released today the couple focused on press intrusion and what they said were racist overtones in some of the coverage as their relationship was made public. the duchess of sussex accused the media of wanting to destroy her and prince harry accused the royal family of having a huge level of unconscious bias. buckingham palace has yet to comment on the programme. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has been watching — here's his report. she sacrificed everything that she ever knew, the freedom she had. tojoin me in my world. and then pretty soon after that, i ended up sacrificing everything that i know tojoin her in her world. it is the truth according to harry and meghan, the story of two people who fell in love but whose lives, in their view, were compromised by others conspiring against them.

no—one knows the full truth. we know the full truth. the institution knows the full truth and the media know the full truth because they've been in on it. the behaviour of the press is a constant theme. harry believes there was a racial undertone to media coverage when it emerged that he was in a relationship with meghan markle, a woman of mixed race. the couple think the royal family and buckingham palace should have done more to support them. it was almost like a rite of passage. and some of the members of the family was like, "but my wife had to go through "that so why should your girlfriend be treated any differently? "why should you get special treatment? "why should she be protected?" i said the difference here is the race element. meghan too evidently believes she wasn't given a fair chance by the palace or the press. but truth be told, no matter how hard i tried or how good i was, no matter what i did, they were still going to find a way to destroy me.

there is no explicit allegation against royal family members on the race issue, though harry says there is unconscious bias. in this family, sometimes you are part of the problem rather than part of the solution, and there is a huge level of unconscious bias. the thing with unconscious bias is it is actually no—one�*s fault, but once it has been pointed out or identified within yourself, you then need to make it right. it is education, it's awareness. from meghan, there's an implied criticism of william and catherine for not having been sufficiently demonstrative towards her. even when will and kate came over and i had met herfor the first time, they came overfor dinner. i remember i was in ripped jeans and i was barefoot. like, i was a hugger,

i have always been a hugger. i didn't realise that that is really jarring for a lot of brits. i guess i had started to understand very quickly that the formality on the outside carried through on the inside. that there is a forward facing way of being. and then you close the door and you go, i can relax now! but that formality carries over on both sides, and that was surprising to me. queen elizabeth, though, was warm and welcoming. meghan recalled their first meeting at windsor castle and her first curtsy. i curtsied as though i was like... "pleasure to meet you, your majesty!" so, have these programmes changed anything? this morning, king charles was out and about on an official visit.

buckingham palace is saying nothing publicly, though privately, officials are growing weary. i think there is a sort of sense of both disappointment and exasperation in the palace that the couple feel the need to keep going on about how miserable they were in their royal existence. at the same time, the couple feel they need to keep telling the world why they left. i accept there will be people around the world who fundamentally disagree with what i've done and how i have done it, but i knew that i had to do— everything i could to protect my family. three more hours of harry and meghan telling their truth will be released next week. especially after what happened to my mum. that's your grandma, diana. you know, i didn't want history to repeat itself. and our royal correspondent nick witchell is here three more hours next week, as you say. no big revelations this time and there is a book next year. relatively benign, so far. if you

were watching these three hours without the surrounding noise you would think this was a rather lovely touching love story of a couple seeking happiness but there is no escape from that surrounding noise and i think buckingham palace on the central and most sensitive issue of race will be relieved there is no new explicit allegation against the royal family. new explicit allegation against the royalfamily. although harry does say there is a huge level of unconscious bias. his main complaint, and it is a familiar one, is of press intrusion, and this suggestion that there is what amounts to a conspiracy between the palace and the press. that's where credibility is stretched beyond what is reasonable. consider one of the things meghan said. no matter what i did, they were still going to find a way to destroy me. well, the first point, who is the day that she is referring to? —— who is the they.

the fact that they were out to destroy her i think is absurd and does not stand up to upper and reasonable scrutiny, but they quite obviously are convinced that they were victims. obviously are convinced that they were victim-— the nhs is bursting at the seams — so says the kings fund — an independent health think tank. under the most intense strain are accident and emergency departments, which in england experienced their worst performance on record last month according to the latest figures. nhs waiting lists also hit a record high. in october 7.2m people were waiting to start routine treatment in england. and these are the figures for a&e waiting times — showing how many people were seen within the target time of four hours across the uk — those figures should in theory be around 95%. you can see there northern ireland is particularly bad. our health editor hugh pym spent the day with a&e staff at a hospital in berkshire to see first hand how much strain they are under.

we have a full resus, a full majors, a full waiting room and a full paediatric department and we have three priority calls, within the space of five minutes. there's a rush of patients, all needing immediate care. a&e is close to being full. it's relentless. so, it looks like the current wait time in paediatrics is about three hours. tarj is a receptionist in the emergency department. upbeat, despite the pressure. perfect, we'll see you then, 0k? bye. sorry about that. does it get very crowded when they get frustrated? oh, yes, very much so. yesterday i believe we had 120 people in the waiting rooms. the patients in there were crammed in like sardines. you know, when you see the london underground during rush—hour, very similar to that. and difficult patients sometimes? funnily enough we had a screen broken yesterday from a quite difficult patient, so it is one of those things where this here is quite for our own protection as well

because sometimes people can be not as nice to us as we'd like. paediatric a&e is especially busy. some parents, worried about strep a, mostly it's winter viruses. so, we got told to come in by the gp. 0k. a nurse is checking out rafe, who has come in with his father, richard. four hours later we caught up with them again. have they told you how long the wait will be? no. i haven't asked yet. i know they're busy but i haven't asked. i'll probably give it another half—an—hour, then i'll ask. this department was built to see about 20, 30 patients. on saturday night we had 53 patients in here, so you can imagine 53 patients, that'sjust patients. if you take into account each one of those will have a parent, that's already 100 patients. if they had a sibling, that's 150 patients. omar, who is lead consultant, is urging people to come to a&e only if they really need to. there's a lot of people who worry and have been worried since the pandemic that if they have a symptom it means they have something more serious. i think they don't seem to want to wait to go and seek medical advice elsewhere. they want an answer, and they want it yesterday. noisy, busy, pressurised,

this is everyday life for staff and patients here in a&e, and at most other leading hospitals. harriet has been slapped and bitten by a dementia patient. she is known to be quite aggressive at times but she obviously didn't like this, so she grabbed the drip stand and grabbed my arm and she bit my arm. i was able to get her off. unfortunately we can't give her the fluids, but we'll try the next step. security has been called as staff are dealing with another dementia patient who is trying to walk out of a&e. safina is mentoring student nurse emily. it's a long day. get tired doing it all day. he's constantly trying to get out of the bed and do stuff you don't want him to do. how much pressure do you feel right now, every day? the winter pressure, you can feel the winter pressure. like, more people coming in each day. yeah. how are you finding it, emily? yeah, really good.

so, this is my 12th week out of 12, so i've been here three months now, but i've learned so much. it's been a great placement. however busy, the hospital is trying to get patients quickly out of a&e. we don't do corridor care, here. we have really high standards and we avoid that at all costs. it's something that isn't right for patients and it's not an experience we want to inflict on them. the strain on staff, though, is all too clear. we're an amazing service, and we cope. our ability to keep on coping is running out, but you can't keep relying on us to make spaces and find places for patients to be seen at the drop of a hat when they keep coming in and in. it is hectic now so they are worried what may happen in the new year, the busiest time for the nhs. hugh pym, bbc news, reading. please tell us about your experience of the nhs this winter. have you or a family member called an ambulance or gone to a&e? we'd like to hear

from you as part of our nhs under pressure series. an american woman who killed a teenage motorcyclist while she drove on the wrong side of the road in hampshire has been given a suspended prison sentence for eight months and suspended driving for a year. anne sacoolas returned to the us shortly after the collision in 2019. she admitted causing harried and's death by careless driving but attended court via video link. more than three years after harry dunn died, his family came to the old bailey to hear thejudge passed sentence on the american woman responsible. but anne sacoolas, the woman being sentenced, was not in court. seen on the right, she was appearing by video link with her lawyer from appearing by video link with her lawyerfrom washington, dc. first thejudge praised harry dan's family for how they had campaigned for justice for him.—

for how they had campaigned for justice for him. there is no doubt that the calm _ justice for him. there is no doubt that the calm and _ justice for him. there is no doubt that the calm and dignified - that the calm and dignified persistence of these parents and the family of that young man has led, through three years of heartbreak and effort, to your appearance before the court, and the opportunity for you to acknowledge your guilt of a crime. please stand up. forthe your guilt of a crime. please stand up. for the offence of causing the death of harry dan by your careless driving, the sentence is eight months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. . , months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. ., , ., �*, months imprisonment, suspended for 12months. ., , ., �*, ., 12 months. harry done's mother said that she has — 12 months. harry done's mother said that she has kept _ 12 months. harry done's mother said that she has kept the _ 12 months. harry done's mother said that she has kept the machine - that she has kept the machine made to him in hospital to getjustice. job done, justice complete, now. anne _ job done, justice complete, now. anne sacoolas has a criminal record. that was_ anne sacoolas has a criminal record. that was something that, you know, she never_ that was something that, you know, she never thought she would see, the us government never thought they would _ us government never thought they would see. �* . ., ., .,, ., ., would see. anne sacoolas turned onto the wron: would see. anne sacoolas turned onto the wrong side — would see. anne sacoolas turned onto the wrong side of _ would see. anne sacoolas turned onto the wrong side of the _

would see. anne sacoolas turned onto the wrong side of the road _ would see. anne sacoolas turned onto the wrong side of the road and - the wrong side of the road and stayed in the wrong lane for 350 metres, hitting harry done on a blind bend. the prosecution told the judge that a passer—by who arrived immediately after the crash found anne sacoolas looking disoriented with her children on the side of the road. harry dunn was conscious and repeatedly said, don't let me die. anne sacoolas said, it's all my fault. i was on the wrong side of the road. using her husband job at the road. using her husband job at the secretive us base at raf corten, anne sacoolas claim diplomatic immunity and left the country. she also works for a sensitive branch of the us government. we also works for a sensitive branch of the us government.— also works for a sensitive branch of the us government. we are concerned over how much — the us government. we are concerned over how much it _ the us government. we are concerned over how much it would _ the us government. we are concerned over how much it would appear - the us government. we are concerned over how much it would appear that i over how much it would appear that sometimes the uk are continuing to pander to the us. it's like, they continue to choose to be a lapdog, and that needs to stop, that needs to change. but

and that needs to stop, that needs to chance. �* ., , and that needs to stop, that needs tochanue. �* ., , ., to change. but the family say that three years _ to change. but the family say that three years - they _ to change. but the family say that three years - they can - to change. but the family say that three years - they can now - to change. but the family say that i three years - they can now remove three years on, they can now remove the signs calling forjustice on the blind corner where harry dunn died. daniel sandford, bbc news. temperatures across the uk plummeted overnight — dipping to minus nine in the scottish highlands. the met office has issued yellow weather warnings for ice and snow for parts of scotland, northern ireland, wales and parts of england. the freezing conditions have triggered cold weather payments which are made by the government to those on the lowest incomes in some areas. the met office has issued warnings for parts _ the met office has issued warnings for parts of scotland, northern ireland — for parts of scotland, northern ireland and parts of england. phil mackie ireland and parts of england. pt i mackie reports. most of us are having to get used to this, freezing at night, bitter during the day. in derbyshire, charmaine takes hot meals to vulnerable clients who are worried about the first cold snap since the cost—of—living crisis. there are people that i have been to and i've said to them, "it is really cold in here, maybe you should put the heat on for a little while, even if it's just for a short time

just to take the chill off." hi, kathleen. hello, my darling! there is help on offer, notjust if you rely on people like charmaine, but with money for your heating too. there we go, my dear. kathleen's one of thousands of people who will get an extra £25 towards their bills. she's being sensible, not letting her flat get cold, but she is grateful for the extra money. every little helps. i've also got the cost—of—living rise and my fuel, my energy money. that's all gone into the bank. the cold weather has a massive impact on everybody, not least the homeless. this is derby city mission where up to eight people will sleep tonight in pods like this. they can have 12 people in a day and they are always full year round. there is something called the severe weather emergency protocol that has been put into place in derby. that means that they guarantee everybody who can't get in here will get a bed somewhere, perhaps in a bed and breakfast. in hundreds of homes in stannington in sheffield, a burst water main leaked into the gas supply, so for six days it's been electric heaters or nothing.

that's left people like nikki, a nurse, shivering in her own home. last night i was absolutely fed up and just wanted to go to bed and go under the covers and, you know, think at least i'm warm, but then dreading getting up and getting out of the covers because the house is freezing, you don't want to get dressed. it's horrible. no gas coming through at the minute. it's bad news for nikki, the gas supply is still waterlogged, so no central heating soon. for kathleen, at least she's got a hot meal. phil mackie, bbc news, derbyshire. the time is almost 20 past six. our top story this evening. harry and meghan have talked about what they call unconscious bias in the royal family. coming up... the one to watch — what kind of a threat will mbappe prove to england

in saturday's quarter final? coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: he's recovered from illness, but wicketkeeper ben foakes is left out of the england team for the second test against pakistan. we'll have all the team news at 6:30pm. to the world cup now... raheem sterling is heading back to qatar for england's world cup quarterfinal against france. the chelsea player flew back to england after a break—in at his surrey family home, but is now rejoining the squad ahead of saturday's match. he will be needed as england contend with this man, kylian mbappe, who has scored the most goals so far in qatar. more on him in a moment but first this report from qatar where authorities are facing more criticism after the death of a migrant worker at a world cup training base. starring at his third world cup, raheem sterling's goal against iran

helped england on their way. but when his home was burgled on the eve of the senegal match he made the decision to fly home to be with his family. tomorrow afternoon, he'll be back, and in the nick of time as england hold their final training session before saturday's showdown with the world champions. today, sterling's team—mate admitted his experience has prompted others to consider their own security. you know, once one player goes through it, then there's always that thought in the back of your mind that it might happen to you or to somebody else. obviously raheem feels good enough tojoin us, join back with us and we're very with that. i'm just happy that, you know, his family were ok. with so much going on, england have tried their best to block out the noise and focus on their football. but this week we've had yet another example of the human cost of holding the world cup in qatar. yesterday it was confirmed that during the group stages, a filipino workerfell to his death

carrying out repairs at the resort used as a training base by saudi arabia. fifa says it is deeply saddened by the death but the supreme committee for qatar says the worker wasn't working under its remit. death is a natural point of life, whether it's at work, whether it's in your sleep. of course, a worker died, our condolences go to his family. however, you know, it's strange that this is something that you wanted to focus on. when the quarter finals begin tomorrow, qatar will be relieved to see football once again take the spotlight. natalie perks, bbc news, doha. mbappe, receives it beautifully. this is how killian mbappe has been warming up for the quarterfinals. with five goals under his belt already, he's the top

scorer in the tournament. this man is unstoppable. at his old training ground, there's fierce argument over whether he is already the best player in the world. translation: when i saw all those goals he scored last _ sunday, ithought, wow, france will win the world cup. with him, no one can stop us. mbappe trained here from the age of six. his former trainer, still a family friend. translation: he was | already a phenomenon. he was fast, but not faster than the others, because they were bigger and stronger than him. he was a little shrimp, a skinny little shrimp, but technically very strong. at 23, mbappe is already more than just a footballer for france. a star from the paris suburbs who takes a stand on social issues and is used to receiving phone calls direct from president macron.

last year, president macron called mbappe while on a popular social media game show. he also urged him privately this year not to leave his french club for real madrid. now with training under way for saturday's match, his career goals are clear. the only objective for me is to win the world cup. to win the next game, the quarterfinal is the most important thing. and that's what i dream. back in bondy, there is respect for the england squad too. especially captain harry kane. and the predicted outcome? speaking french you get the drift. a decade after he trained on this

patch of ground near paris, killian mbappe, the "skinny shrimp" from bondy, has the hopes of a nation on his shoulders and the world at his feet. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. rescue teams are searching for people on a fishing boat which sank off thejersey people on a fishing boat which sank off the jersey coast this morning. the freight company condor confirmed one of its ships was involved in the collision. the fishing vessel is believed to have sunk in a0 metres of water and specialist equipment will be needed to locate it. a marine accident report has found the deaths of four people on a paddle boarding trip in wales was avoidable. safety investigators say they became trapped by a current caused by the weir in haverfordwest last autumn. the trip organisers were criticised for overlooking the hazard posed by the weir and for inadequate planning and preparation.

the home secretary has warned of serious disruption if border force staff press ahead with strikes between christmas and new year. she said the walk—outs would cause undeniable, serious disruption. members of the pcs union, who check passports, are due to walk—out for eight days at six major airports, including heathrow, as part of a row over pay. airlines are waiting for more information before it becomes clear whether cancellations or changes to schedules will be needed. the government says it is planning to deploy members of the armed forces to try to help ease delays. our political editor, chris mason, is at westminster. how worried are ministers about this? , ., ., , ., ., this? they are really worried and that's why _ this? they are really worried and that's why they _ this? they are really worried and that's why they are _ this? they are really worried and that's why they are saying - this? they are really worried and | that's why they are saying people should think carefully about travel plans. people do tend to think carefully about international travel plans, they book them well in advance and spend a lot of money, but ministers are saying even with the military involved, this will be

a skeleton service at the border so delays are inevitable. so if they can try and persuade at least some people do not bother travelling, that mightjust ease things. there's also a real concern tonight about the ambulance striking. much of england and wales taking place a week on wednesday. the meeting took place today involving senior health officials and trade unions to try and work out which emergency is striking workers will be willing to respond to. there's going to be further meetings to try and work that out at a local level in the coming days. that out at a local level in the coming deve— that out at a local level in the cominu da s. , ., ,, that out at a local level in the cominu da s. , ., ~' tributes have been paid to the last survivor of the world war two dambusters who has died aged 101. squadron leader george "johnny" johnson, was in the 617 squadron, which destroyed key dams in germany during the war. danny savage looks back at his extraordinary life. george �*johnny�* johnson flew in one of these in arguably the most famous operation in world war ii.

he was a dambuster, a member of 617 squadron who dropped bouncing bombs from their lancaster aircraft. he was just 21 years old. i feel privileged and honoured to have been able to take part in that raid, one which i shall never forget. johnnyjohnson was the bomb aimer on his lancaster and he would lie flat on its stomach in the front of the aircraft here. on the night of the raid, once they were over the target, he wasn't happy with the approach so he asked his pilot to go round again and again, leading to some anxious comments from the rest of the crew. dave rodger in the rear turret, after about the sixth or seventh dummy run said, "won't somebody get that bomb out of here?" to me, to not do it properly was a waste of time, so on the tenth run, we were down at 30 feet and i said, "bomb gone". "thank christ!", came from the rear turret.

his squadron�*s exploits were immortalised on film — a barely believable but true story of an operation to destroy german dams by skimming bombs off the water below. we're in shock and awe at what they achieved, to be flying at night, at 60 feet in mountainous terrain, to drop an ingenious weapon that had never been used before, it's genuinely the stuff of legends. are you a member. of the 617 squadron? yes, indeed. are you? one of the originals. wow! and that status was often reflected as he met young people throughout his life. in 2017, the queen awarded him an mbe. she said, "nice to see the dambusters still around," and i thanked herfor the honour. george �*johnny�* johnson's death means the dambusters are no longer around. he says he had a very lucky life, living to 101, when many of his friends didn't make it much past 21.

time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. good evening. the cold snap is well and truly upon us and it is here to stay into next week. we are going to see over the next few days further snow showers, particularly across northern parts of the uk, icy stretches almost anywhere where these showers occur, and we will continue to see the sharp frosts. through the course of today and into tomorrow, we will continue with the northerly winds all the way from the arctic, and that wind is here to stay into the weekend as well. this is the radar. the white is where it has been snowing, so for some time now across scotland and snow showers have been affecting the north—east of england, some showers in the

south—west too, but for most it has been cold, crisp and sunny. through the night, the icy stretches are most likely where these showers occur so out to the west and also the eastern counties and of course scotland. we could have legs of snow across lancashire. these are temperatures in city centres but in rural spots it will be a lot colder than that. i wouldn't be surprised if it dips down to —10 over the next two or three nights. tomorrow, more of the same. we still have that northerly cold wind from the arctic. showers affecting western areas, northern ireland, the east coast as well. but for many it is a sunny, crisp day, briefly touching four or 5 degrees. then the following night, friday night into saturday, again temperatures well below freezing, so in the middle of cities —3. you can see the cold weather persists into next week and i think what we will find is also freezing fog forming

through the weekend and into next week because the winds will die down