this is bbc news. the headlines: in a series of sensational revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother, the prince of wales. there has always been this competition between us. prince harry also revealed that he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas —

as the prime ministrer admits the nhs is under enormous pressure. in particular this winter we want to move people out of hospitals, into social care, into communities. russia state tv says a temporary ceasefire declared by president putin has come into effect — ukraine has said it won't reciprocate. and — former italy and chelsea player manager gianluca vialli has died at the age 58 from pancreatic cancer. the uk is embarking on a plan to accelerate research into mrna cancer vaccines.

good afternoon. prince harry has said he wants reconciliation with the royal family, despite leaked extracts from his memoir containing a series of sensational accusations against them. details have also emerged about the moment he learned about the death of the queen and the days which followed. in the book, prince harry says he killed 25 taliban fighters while serving in afghanistan — and he also talks about taking drugs, including cocaine when he was younger. and there is more about the alleged physical attack on prince harry by prince william in 2019. it's contained in a new extract from an itv interview, in which harry says he saw the �*red

mist�* in his brother and believed prince william wanted him to hit him back — but that he chose not to. buckingham palace and kensington palace have refused to comment on the claims in the autobiography. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. harry, his book, his life, his grievances. in media terms, it's hard to escape from them right now. royal life has temporarily eclipsed real life. a monarchy in crisis, apparently. the stories of drug—taking and so much more over page after page. i saw this red mist in him. tv companies are rushing out clips from much prized interviews. this is itv with harry on that altercation with william. he wanted me to hit him back, but i chose not to. and his drug use. there is a fair amount of drugs, marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine. that will surprise people. but important to acknowledge.

america's cbs has harry on racial bias in the media. i had no idea that the british press were so bigoted. i was probably bigoted before the relationship with meghan. and america's abc network has harry on how his mother would feel about the rift with william. i think she would be sad, she would be looking at it long term to know there were certain things we need to go through to be able to heal the relationship. nearly 30 years ago, harry's mother cooperated on her own revelatory book. the author of that book believes diana would be anguished by the split between her sons. diana always used to say to me that harry was the back—up to william, in the nicest possible way. that is the reason why she had two boys. she wanted harry to be william's wing man. not, as we have seen, his hit man. of more immediate potential consequence is what harry has said about his army service

in afghanistan, the fact that he believes he killed a number of taliban fighters. the book states... "i didn't think about these 25 as people, you can't kill people if you see them as people. they were chess pieces, taken off the board. bad guys, eliminated before they could kill good guys." former british commanders think those words are a misjudgment. you know, it inflames old feelings of revenge that might have been forgotten about. the taliban has responded to harry. "these were not chess pieces," they have said, "these were humans with families waiting for their return." harry's desire to get his truth out there has entered a number of complex areas. prince harry served in the british army for ten years and did two tours of afghanistan. this is the prince speaking in helmand back in 2012.

when you fire a missile, the whole aircraft shudders a little bit. but, yeah, it's take a life to save a life. that's what we sort of revolve around, i suppose. you know, if there's people trying to do bad stuff to our guys, then we will take them out the game, i suppose. it's not the reason i decided to do this job. the reason i did this job was to get back out here and carry on with a job. let's take a closer look at the comments in the book about harry's time in the army. writing about his tours of afghanistan, he says �*you can't kill people if you see them as people... you can't hurt people if you see them as people. they were chess pieces taken off the board." now the taliban have responded to those comments.

in a series of tweets one senior leader said: "the ones you killed were not chess pieces, they were humans — they had families who were waiting for their return. among the killers of afghans, not many have your decency to reveal their conscience and confess to their war crimes." joining me now is colonel richard kemp, former commander of the british forces in afghanistan. good in afghanistan. afternoon, thank you for your time good afternoon, thank you for your time again. several strands to this, if we start with the fact that people woke up this morning and heard prince harry talking about having killed, he estimates 25 people. it strikes a lot of people with no military experience that it is unusual to hear people talk about it in those terms and to put a figure on it. would you say it is unusual? it figure on it. would you say it is unusual? , , ., ., ., ., unusual? it is unusual and for a number of _ unusual? it is unusual and for a number of reasons. _

unusual? it is unusual and for a number of reasons. many - unusual? it is unusual and for a l number of reasons. many people consider it to be distasteful boasting about the people they have killed in battle. i not saying he is boasting in this case, but publicising it. it is very unusual for a soldier in battle, particularly in afghanistan or iraq to know how many people he killed, the exact figure. it is hard on the ground to figure that out. obviously in the air harry has the advantage of technology and can probably pinpoint it quite accurately. but soldiers do talk about those people they have killed or wounded. they talk to each other, by and large, privately as a way of almost decompressing after a period of combat. it is unusual, but there are books written about afghanistan who people say they killed at the centre of it, but very rare and not with this kind of profile. fire

of it, but very rare and not with this kind of profile.— of it, but very rare and not with this kind of profile. are you aware he didn't take _ this kind of profile. are you aware he didn't take advice, _ this kind of profile. are you aware he didn't take advice, or- this kind of profile. are you aware he didn't take advice, or who - this kind of profile. are you aware he didn't take advice, or who had | he didn't take advice, or who had anyone advising him who he was in the military with or who has a military background. i am thinking of the use of the words chess pieces? of the use of the words chess ieces? , ., , , , ., pieces? obviously his reminder to 'ihad is of pieces? obviously his reminder to jihad is of the _ pieces? obviously his reminder to jihad is of the number _ pieces? obviously his reminder to jihad is of the number of - pieces? obviously his reminder to jihad is of the number of them - pieces? obviously his reminder to jihad is of the number of them he | jihad is of the number of them he has killed is problematic for his security. his personal security. has killed is problematic for his security. his personalsecurity. of greater concern is what you have just described, chess pieces. first of all it is not the way the british army soldiers are taught to look at the enemy, which is what he says. they are taught to respect their enemy and if they were taught to see them is not human, which he suggests, that would suggest behaviour that contravenes the geneva conventions. soldiers have to be treated with respect, if they are captured they have to be treated properly and if they are killed they

have to be given a decent burial. these other things that are the reality, not harry suggests. i think what it does, it gives propaganda to the enemy, because they are always looking to radicalise people and recruit people. we have seen how the taliban has capitalised on it by accusing harry a war crimes and saying he has confessed to war crimes, which is not the case. this is the way they do use it. secondly, it will be seized upon by lawyers who want to prove and prosecute soldiers for alleged war crimes and unlawful killing in afghanistan. this is ammunition for them. it is not good ammunition, because it is wrong, the army does the opposite of what he suggests. he wrong, the army does the opposite of what he suggests.— what he suggests. he mentioned the taliban tweets _ what he suggests. he mentioned the taliban tweets and _ what he suggests. he mentioned the taliban tweets and he _ what he suggests. he mentioned the taliban tweets and he mentioned - what he suggests. he mentioned the taliban tweets and he mentioned his| taliban tweets and he mentioned his personal security. taliban tweets and he mentioned his personalsecurity. does taliban tweets and he mentioned his personal security. does it have wider implications than just for him and his family, do you think in broader terms? and his family, do you think in broaderterms? is and his family, do you think in broader terms? is it worrying, is a

damaging and is this a common people high up in the forces will be really concerned about because of the implications? i concerned about because of the implications?— concerned about because of the implications? i would think to an extent, implications? i would think to an extent. yes- _ implications? i would think to an extent, yes. of— implications? i would think to an extent, yes. of course, - implications? i would think to an extent, yes. of course, as - implications? i would think to an extent, yes. of course, as i - implications? i would think to an extent, yes. of course, as ijust| extent, yes. of course, as ijust mentioned really, talking about chess pieces and not human beings. you can't kill somebody because you cannot kill a person. that feeds very much into the narrative that the british army went out to afghanistan and to other places as callous, cold—hearted killer is to kill everything in sight. which, of course, is farfrom kill everything in sight. which, of course, is far from the truth. the taliban and others will use harry's statements to prove that is the case, his word would be taken as law, basically. it will radicalise people, it will recruit people to the cause and it will potentially be used to incite and encourage others to carry out attacks, including attacks against british people in this country. in revenge. i don't

want to over egg that, because those people who are interested in attacking are already in place and no doubt have plans and hopefully we can foil them as much as possible. but itjust adds to the propaganda ammunition they have. i5 but itjust adds to the propaganda ammunition they have.— but itjust adds to the propaganda ammunition they have. is there any ara ument ammunition they have. is there any argument for _ ammunition they have. is there any argument for saying _ ammunition they have. is there any argument for saying this _ ammunition they have. is there any argument for saying this is - ammunition they have. is there any argument for saying this is his - argument for saying this is his personal take on what he went through? those who have never been in conflict situations can only imagine the stress and the difficulty that comes in that environment and perhaps this will be his personal way of dealing with it, he had to deal with the horrors of war by viewing someone as a chess piece? war by viewing someone as a chess iece? . , war by viewing someone as a chess iece? ., , ., , war by viewing someone as a chess iece? . , ., , piece? that is a very good point. i think there _ piece? that is a very good point. i think there is _ piece? that is a very good point. i think there is something - piece? that is a very good point. i think there is something to - piece? that is a very good point. i think there is something to that, l piece? that is a very good point. i i think there is something to that, he is obviously quite a troubled man in many different ways and part of it might be because of his military service. the reality in all of this is that he is an intelligent person. he knew what he was doing. he was

trained not the way he suggested he was trained to do it. he was equipped to deal with it very effectively and it may be that the case you have just described that it has caused mental anguish to him and it could be a relevant point. colonel richard kemp, thanks for your time and colonel richard kemp, thanks for yourtime and many colonel richard kemp, thanks for your time and many thanks for joining us this afternoon. the extent of the gridlock in hospitals over christmas has been revealed, with data in england showing record numbers of ambulances delayed dropping off patients at a&e. the number of people in hospital with flu in england jumped by 47% last week — and figures show that that 93% of hospital beds across the nhs are occupied. the prime minister acknowledged there was 'enormous pressure' on the nhs as the uk recovers from the covid pandemic — our health correspondentjim reed reports.

quite early in december, i think i had started to feel unwell. quite quickly, my body started aching. when olly, a healthy 26—year—old, first fell sick, it felt like a winter cold. i thought, oh, it's just the flu. maybe if ijust hold out a week or so more, then it will clear up. but it didn't. by boxing day, olly was struggling to breathe, so he went to a&e in london. the flu virus had lead to pneumonia and he was sent to intensive care. my nan actually had pneumonia two years ago at christmas. and actually the biggest surprise to me was that i cannot imagine how she felt, if i feel this bad. it's really opened my eyes to the fact that nobody is invincible, nobody is above it. good afternoon, a&e reception. how can we help? a rise in flu, covid and other infections is one reason why record

numbers have been turning up at a&e this winter. it all comes as hospitals across the uk are having to deal with a real shortage of doctors and nurses. and there are problems moving patients who are well enough to leave out of a hospital bed and into some form of community or social care. new data shows the number in hospital with flu in england rose by 47% last week, to more than 5000. there are some signs new admissions may be starting to fall. in total, 93% of hospital beds were occupied last week, a record four in ten ambulances had to queue for 30 minutes before they could pass on their patients to a&e staff. a key delay the prime minister says he is working to bring down. this winter, what we want to do is make sure that we move people out of hospitals, into social care, into communities. that's one of the most powerful ways we can ease some of the pressures on a&e departments and ambulances

that are waiting too long. doreen clayton and her husband have been married 70 years. just before christmas, she woke in the night feeling short of breath. she wasjust panicking, i think, because of not being able to breathe. they were told it would be an 11 hour wait for an ambulance, so her daughter drove over and rushed her to a&e in portsmouth herself. it was very, very busy. nearly all the seats were taken. there were people queuing up to wait to be checked injust to the seating area. this was at 2am? that was at 2:00 in the morning. a medical person came in and said, announced to the room that there was at least a seven hour wait. the way mum was struggling to breathe, it was quite frightening actually, and it was frightening for her. doreen is now recovering, but she had to wait more than 12 hours in a&e that might be for a bed could be found in the hospital. hours in a&e that night be for a bed could be found in the hospital. that same pressure is now being felt

across the uk, as doctors, nurses on the health service try to navigate their way through another tough winter. our health reporter jim reed is with me now. i wonder how much surprise for them people you talk to about these figures, but stillalarming people you talk to about these figures, but still alarming to hear about this?— about this? what i wanted to talk about this? what i wanted to talk about here _ about this? what i wanted to talk about here is _ about this? what i wanted to talk about here is how— about this? what i wanted to talk about here is how some - about this? what i wanted to talk about here is how some people i about this? what i wanted to talk- about here is how some people think we get these headlines every year, there is winter pressure on the nhs every year, which inevitably there is. at this time it does seem much more intense. this graph put together from more intense. this graph put togetherfrom our more intense. this graph put together from our data journalism team gives you an indication of that. this is ambulances turning up at a&e in england than having to wait because it is so busy they cannot unload their patients right away. the green line is what is going on this year. the other lines are the last three years. we are not just a little bit above... it is are the last three years. we are not just a little bit above. . ._ just a little bit above... it is way

over? 4596 _ just a little bit above... it is way over? 4596 of — just a little bit above... it is way over? 4596 of ambulances - just a little bit above... it is way| over? 4596 of ambulances having just a little bit above... it is way i over? 4596 of ambulances having to wait half an — over? 4596 of ambulances having to wait half an hour, _ over? 4596 of ambulances having to wait half an hour, the _ over? 4596 of ambulances having to wait half an hour, the target - over? 4596 of ambulances having to wait half an hour, the target is - over? 4596 of ambulances having to wait half an hour, the target is 15 i wait half an hour, the target is 15 minutes. that doesn't tell you entirely the whole picture. a large proportion of those are having to wait a lot longer than half an hour, so roughly 25% of ambulances, one in four that turn up at a&e in england are having to wait at least an hour. that has a two fold problem, people in the back of ambulances may be or not getting the care they need. secondly the ambulance crew cannot get back out on the road quickly to the next person that needs help and thatis the next person that needs help and that is why response also high and why you heard in that report some people are told when the call for nablus, it will be an 11 hour wait because a lot of those paramedics are outside hospital, not able to get back out onto the road. imilieu are outside hospital, not able to get back out onto the road. when you see the starkness _ get back out onto the road. when you see the starkness of _ get back out onto the road. when you see the starkness of the _ get back out onto the road. when you see the starkness of the green - get back out onto the road. when you see the starkness of the green line i see the starkness of the green line at the top, how much of that is still about people who are well enough to go home but we know simply can't be discharged from hospital because there isn't the care package

for them to move to next? that because there isn't the care package for them to move to next?— for them to move to next? that is the key problem. _ for them to move to next? that is the key problem. it _ for them to move to next? that is the key problem. it is _ for them to move to next? that is the key problem. it is the - the key problem. it is the bottleneck at the end of the hospital journey, bottleneck at the end of the hospitaljourney, they call it. if you cannot get people out quickly who are well enough to leave, you hospitals fill up. your old eight people loads, your gastroenterology roads, and you cannot move people from a&e into those wards. a&e gets full and that is your bottleneck and so you have to hold people outside in ambulances because there is literally a some and of doctors or nurses to look after people coming in. we heard rishi sunak speaking, the government is trying to free it up the government is trying to free it up at the moment. there is an extra £500 million going in at the moment in england, to try and speed up that bit of the journey. aha, in england, to try and speed up that bit of the journey.— bit of the 'ourney. a quick thought because bit of the journey. a quick thought because people — bit of the journey. a quick thought because people will _ bit of the journey. a quick thought because people will be _ bit of the journey. a quick thought because people will be aware - bit of the journey. a quick thought | because people will be aware there are more strikes coming as well? ambulance workers next week, currently the week after that in england and wales. the week after thatis england and wales. the week after that is nurses in england, two days of strikes. the big one to watch as

junior doctors as well. a ballot of junior doctors as well. a ballot of junior doctors as well. a ballot of junior doctors is going on. the bma which resents them has said if junior doctors do vote for strike action, as seems likely, there will be three days of strikes in a row in march, 72 hours worth of strikes, more disruption expected for the nhs over the coming months. thank more disruption expected for the nhs over the coming months.— over the coming months. thank you ve much over the coming months. thank you very much for— over the coming months. thank you very much for now, _ over the coming months. thank you very much for now, jim _ over the coming months. thank you very much for now, jim reed, - over the coming months. thank you very much for now, jim reed, our. very much for now, jim reed, our health correspondent. we will stay with this. i'm joined by the conservative mp, carolinejohnson who is a doctor and member of the health select committee. hello, good afternoon. my hope that you could hear a lot of what our correspondence was saying, because the audience listening to that, hearing those statistics and time lags, what reassurance can you give to people watching about how the nhs is operating? i to people watching about how the nhs is o eratin: ? ~ , ., to people watching about how the nhs is oeratin: ? ~ , ., ., is operating? i think first of all i would say _ is operating? i think first of all i would say the — is operating? i think first of all i would say the nhs _ is operating? i think first of all i would say the nhs is _ is operating? i think first of all i would say the nhs is under - is operating? i think first of all i - would say the nhs is under pressure and what your reports and statistics

are demonstrating is the significant pressure the health service is under. the record numbers of people accessing care. yes, there are more care packages being delivered, appointments being given and more surgical operations being performed, more doctors and more nurses, but there is just more doctors and more nurses, but there isjust much, more demand post—pandemic than there was before and you've all seen that across the globe. and you've all seen that across the lobe. ., ., ., ,., globe. you heard about the bottleneck, _ globe. you heard about the bottleneck, ambulances, . globe. you heard about the i bottleneck, ambulances, the globe. you heard about the _ bottleneck, ambulances, the problem with a&e, people not being able to leave hospital even when they are well enough to be discharged. that is fundamental, isn't it? we have talked about this for a long time, we haven'tjust been talking about this post—covid? that we haven'tjust been talking about this post-covid?— this post-covid? that is right, actuall , this post-covid? that is right, actually. the _ this post-covid? that is right, actually, the ambulance - this post-covid? that is right, actually, the ambulance delayj this post-covid? that is right, l actually, the ambulance delay is this post-covid? that is right, - actually, the ambulance delay is a matter of balance and risk and the people at most risk of people waiting at home for the ambulance to come. that is why we need to make sure everything possible is done to make sure ambulance response times improve and the key to that is having them out on the road and not

sat on the pavement next to a&e. and one of the challenges with that is the number of people waiting in hospital to be discharged. there are a number of reasons for that, one of them is social care. the government said they will give £8 billion and more recently, another 500 million that should deliver 200,000 more care packages. as i understand it there are 12,000 people waiting for those at the moment. that should theoretically help to ease that backlog. changes in pharmacy, you have heard of the virtual votes, we have heard of the virtual votes, we have done this in paediatrics where i work, but making sure it can be used to its full capacity everywhere and people needing daily antibiotics can go home and come back for the dose or receive them from community nurses. the monitoring that may have been done in hospital doesn't really need to be, gets done at home to

enable people to be seen more quickly. but the demand at the moment is unprecedented. but also, we all know — moment is unprecedented. but also, we all know about _ moment is unprecedented. but also, we all know about the _ moment is unprecedented. but also, we all know about the ageing - we all know about the ageing population. we have all talked about our ageing population for many, many, many years and doesn't this suggest a lack of planning on the part of lots of different governments? we know where the demographics have been going in this country, it is notjust about covid? first of all, i agree with you in part. successive governments have not trained enough doctors and i frequently tell various health secretaries we need to train more doctors. to be fair, particularly to jeremy hunt he did open five new medical schools which the students, including one in lincoln which will help my constituents, and the students are in their fourth year and another year, they will roll off the production line, as it were, into new doctors. so these things do take time. the pandemic has repeated

usually to this, we are seeing pressure across the globe. the gynaecology procedures, 54 women waiting for more than a year for the gynaecology operations before the pandemic and now it is over 40,000 women on the same waiting list. so we are seeing huge levels of pressure. if you compare the number of patients in hospital with flu this year to last year. last year, it was in the order of double figures, now we are in thousands. the simple scale of the problem in terms of the number of people requiring treatment is huge. but the government has supplied more doctors, more nurses and there are 90,000 more gp appointments every single day than they were before. than they were a year ago.- than they were a year ago. there needs to be _ than they were a year ago. there needs to be because _ than they were a year ago. there needs to be because it _ than they were a year ago. there needs to be because it is - than they were a year ago. there needs to be because it is a - than they were a year ago. there i needs to be because it is a growing population, isn't it? it is needs to be because it is a growing population, isn't it?— population, isn't it? it is a growing — population, isn't it? it is a

growing population, - population, isn't it? it is a growing population, are l population, isn't it? it is a - growing population, are doctors, nurses and other professionals are providing more complicated and intensive treatment and most successful treatments than ever before. people are living longer and there are many more demands on the system. at the moment, because of the pandemic in large part, we are now seeing an unprecedented demand on the system. partly because of cave id and they reckon 3 million people in the uk, around one in 23 had covid this week. also flu, it was bringing children into hospital. we are seeing a large number of patients with the flu. during the pandemic, we didn't really see much flu because that has had a resurgence, to some extent is expected, but with all things in health care, you can be where something is coming, you cannot necessarily plan for it in the sense of being able to change things quickly because people take so long to train. ., ,

to train. ok, we will return to this i ho e. to train. ok, we will return to this i hope. caroline _ to train. ok, we will return to this i hope. caroline johnson, - to train. ok, we will return to this i hope. caroline johnson, the - i hope. carolinejohnson, the conservative mp and a practising doctor herself. let's stay with health matters. our correspondence was talking about the strikes that are looming but the royal college of nursing has indicated it could be willing to accept a 10% pay rise for its members rather than the 19% you may be aware it had initially demanded. steve barclay saying he is keen to have a dialogue with the nursing unions, but insisted that pay settlements have to be affordable. i'm nowjoined by patricia marquis. she is the directorfor england at the royal college of nursing. good afternoon. should people watching this afternoon see a glimmer of hope there will be some constructive talks between the rcn and government?— constructive talks between the rcn and government? you'd have to ask the government _ and government? you'd have to ask the government that. _ and government? you'd have to ask the government that. our _ and government? you'd have to ask the government that. our position l the government that. our position fundamentally has a change. we have always been saying we are there to

negotiate and our door to negotiations are absolutely open. what i guess we have done in the last day also is just to make clear exactly what that means, in that we are happy to compromise. but i think we have said that before. what we are talking about is, if you will meet us, we will meet you halfway. but i suppose it is a more overt message of what we have been trying to say before christmas. we really want to say to the health minister, sorry, secretary of state, please come, please come and talk to us about this year's pay award. we don't want to strike any more than anyone else does but the only way to resolve it is through negotiation. and your key point there is, you said this year's pay award, it is about the here and now and not the future? , ., , , . ., future? yes, absolutely. we have heard talk today _ future? yes, absolutely. we have heard talk today about _ future? yes, absolutely. we have i heard talk today about conversations about next year. but actually, this year's dispute is about this year's

pay award. we still need to resolve this, we are happy to talk about next year but actually that will not resolve the situation for next year and the strikes are about the year's pay award. hf and the strikes are about the year's -a award. . ., , and the strikes are about the year's -a award. , pay award. if there could be some sort of compromise, _ pay award. if there could be some sort of compromise, some - pay award. if there could be some sort of compromise, some sort i pay award. if there could be some sort of compromise, some sort of| sort of compromise, some sort of agreement perhaps a roundabout that figure of 10%, would you be able to say to the audience, if you can reach that figure you can avert strikes? hf reach that figure you can avert strikes? . . reach that figure you can avert strikes? .. ., ., ., ., , strikes? if we can have negotiations and net to strikes? if we can have negotiations and get to a — strikes? if we can have negotiations and get to a point — strikes? if we can have negotiations and get to a point where _ strikes? if we can have negotiations and get to a point where we - strikes? if we can have negotiations and get to a point where we have i strikes? if we can have negotiationsl and get to a point where we have got the sort of figure we can put to our members from those negotiations, for them to decide, people absolutely do that. we do not want to be taking strike action. it is nurses who have been pushed to the absolute end of their tether because of the situation both with their pay, but critically the knock—on impact it is having which is really the discussion you just had in the previous item, about the pressures on the health service, the lack of

staff and the impact it is having on patients. staff and the impact it is having on atients. , ., , ., ., ., ,~' patients. yes, i was going to ask ou patients. yes, i was going to ask you about _ patients. yes, i was going to ask you about workloads _ patients. yes, i was going to ask you about workloads because i patients. yes, i was going to ask| you about workloads because that patients. yes, i was going to ask. you about workloads because that is part of the story around all health matters today. i wonder whether you doindeed matters today. i wonder whether you do indeed recognise all those statistics, the challenges, if we put it politely, that the nhs has been facing over the christmas period? been facing over the christmas eriod? ~ ,,., , ., been facing over the christmas eriod? ~ , ., , period? absolutely, we are being called by our _ period? absolutely, we are being called by our members _ period? absolutely, we are being called by our members and i period? absolutely, we are being. called by our members and spoken period? absolutely, we are being i called by our members and spoken to to sayjust how bad it is. they have never known it like this, they are physically and mentally exhausted. there is no end in sight and it is disingenuous to imply this is just caused by covid orflu. this has happened year on year but got worse year after year due to underfunding, both of the nhs but critically of the nhs workforce. so we have seen a reduction of numbers in the workforce, contrary to what we are constantly workforce, contrary to what we are co nsta ntly told, workforce, contrary to what we are constantly told, there is an increase. as you pointed out, there

is an increase in demand, so there must be a commensurate increase in the workforce. but we are seeing them leaving in droves and until they see the health secretary, the government is willing to value them by paying them properly, that will continue. brute by paying them properly, that will continue. ~ , ., ~ by paying them properly, that will continue. , . ,, ., ., continue. we will be talking again, i am uuite continue. we will be talking again, i am quite sure, _ continue. we will be talking again, i am quite sure, but— continue. we will be talking again, i am quite sure, but thank- continue. we will be talking again, i am quite sure, but thank you i continue. we will be talking again, i am quite sure, but thank you for| i am quite sure, but thank you for now. from the rcn, the royal college of nursing. the time is exactly to 30 pm. we will rive the time is exactly to 30 pm. we will give you a reminder of the latest headlines here this afternoon. in a series of revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. prince harry also reveals he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. a record number of ambulances

were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas — as the prime minister admits the nhs is under enormous pressure. rishi sunak invites unions to meet the government next week to solve outstanding disputes. more than 1.3 million people in england and wales identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual according to newly revelead census data. the uk is embarking on an ambitious plan to accelerate research into mrna cancer vaccines. we are going to talk about that cancer story morejust we are going to talk about that cancer story more just after 4pm this afternoon but much more to come before then. right now we will catch up before then. right now we will catch up with the latest sports news.

hello, good afternoon. hello. footballers around europe are paying their respects to gianluca vialli who has died at the age of 58. the former chelsea and italy striker had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. vialli won the fa cup, league cup and uefa cup winners cup trophies with chelsea before going to become the club's manager and was part of the coaching team that helped italy to win euro 2020. jane dougall takes a look back at his career. this was him triumphant as italy lifted the trophy at wembley. italyr lifted the trophy at wembley. italy are the lifted the trophy at wembley. utaly are the champions of europe. lifted the trophy at wembley. italy are the champions of europe. as l lifted the trophy at wembley. italy i are the champions of europe. as part of his backroom _ are the champions of europe. as part of his backroom staff, _ are the champions of europe. as part of his backroom staff, he _ are the champions of europe. as part of his backroom staff, he had - are the champions of europe. as part of his backroom staff, he had played| of his backroom staff, he had played a key role but shortly after their successful tournament the former chelsea manager announced he was taking a step back, his cancer had returned. as a player vialli was considered one of the most dynamic

and versatile strikers that italy had ever produced. after a champions league's medal he was signed by chelsea in 1996, helping them win the fa cup the following year. he went on to manager the cup giving a young john terry his debut and in 2000, vialli led chelsea to the fa cup final, this time as their manager. they won, beating aston villa one — zero and giving him a significant piece of english silverware.— significant piece of english silverware. ~ ., ., , , silverware. without doubt he is the most successful _ silverware. without doubt he is the most successful manager - silverware. without doubt he is the most successful manager that i silverware. without doubt he is the i most successful manager that chelsea have other hand. his most successful manager that chelsea have other hand.— have other hand. his international career was — have other hand. his international career was not — have other hand. his international career was not so _ have other hand. his international career was not so impressive. i have other hand. his international career was not so impressive. he | career was not so impressive. he missed a penalty against the usa and was subsequently dropped from the team. but he was brought back from the semifinal against argentina where his skill shone through, playing a part in a goal. in 2017,

vialli was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer calling at an unwanted travel companion. afterwards he was in remission and continued as assistant coach, just over a year later the cancer returned. tributes flooded in this morning with his former club saying... he passed away at the age of 58 leaving a wife and two daughters. 's final public image will be of him celebrating a trophy for his beloved country. vialli died earlier today age 58. under—pressure everton boss frank lampard says he understands the fans frustrations as his side prepare to take on manchester united at old trafford in the fa cup tonight. the toffees have slipped into the relegation zone on goal

difference after a bad run of form that's seen only one win in seven matches in the premier league. the 44 year old met with the club's hierarchy after their 4—1 loss at home to brighton and is challenging his players to take responsibility. they're passionate, the fan base, and i've got no problem with that. we just have to focus on what we do. and at certain times of the season i think we have done it. and sometimes you need the fans when you're a bit below par, yeah, for sure you do, and, you know, that's something that we really want. but at this moment it's on us to try and bring them with us. novak djokovic has continued his build up to what he hopes will be a record extending tenth australian open title, by easing into the semi finals of the adelaide international. the former world number one was unable to compete last year in australia due to his vaccination status but looks in good form ahead of this year's event. he took the first set against denis shapovalov 6—3 before completing victory by taking the second 6—4. the 21 time grand slam

champion will now meet daniil medvedev in the final four. that's all the sport for now. back to you. thank you very much see in the next hour. let's go back now to those revelations from prince harry, who's made a series of claims about members of the royal family in his new autobiography — which has been leaked ahead of its release next week. it's not meant to be released until next week. there's been a lot of response, including from callers on bbc radio 5 live this morning. we can hear some of those who spoke to nicky campbell this morning. i'm neither a royalist nor a republican, i am i'm neither a royalist nor a republican, iam not i'm neither a royalist nor a republican, i am not sure where i sit on it. what i think it does to me, part of the reason i am not a royalist is because i feel so disconnected from them in the way in

which they kind of conduct themselves and live their lives and all of the pomp that goes along with it. ithink, if all of the pomp that goes along with it. i think, if anything what this has done is lifted the veil on a family, a family like every other family, a family like every other family has its arguments, that loses its virginity in the back of cars or on a park bench.— its virginity in the back of cars or on a park bench. sorry, sorry. in a field behind _ on a park bench. sorry, sorry. in a field behind a — on a park bench. sorry, sorry. in a field behind a pub. _ on a park bench. sorry, sorry. in a field behind a pub. in _ on a park bench. sorry, sorry. in a field behind a pub. in a _ on a park bench. sorry, sorry. in a field behind a pub. in a field, i field behind a pub. in a field, surre . field behind a pub. in a field, surrey- my — field behind a pub. in a field, surrey. my point _ field behind a pub. in a field, surrey. my point is _ field behind a pub. in a field, surrey. my point is that i field behind a pub. in a field, surrey. my point is that a i field behind a pub. in a field, surrey. my point is that a lot| field behind a pub. in a field, l surrey. my point is that a lot of people lose their virginity in the back of a first car or whatever or will experiment with drugs. i think what this has done has made me realise that they are a family like every other family, that they have their troubles. every other family, that they have theirtroubles. i every other family, that they have their troubles. i think, every other family, that they have theirtroubles. ithink, good every other family, that they have their troubles. i think, good on him. he has been treated appallingly by his own family and by the press and actually, i think he has got to and actually, i think he has got to a point where he has drawn a line in the sand and said, i am going to

have my say. previous callers talked about dignified silence from the monarchy and actually the way in which they have conducted themselves in years gone by and some of the scandal that has come out doesn't suggest, i don't think anybody should be under any illusion that the royalfamily has should be under any illusion that the royal family has any kind of form of dignity.— form of dignity. dignity, you have soken form of dignity. dignity, you have spoken about _ form of dignity. dignity, you have spoken about a _ form of dignity. dignity, you have spoken about a lot _ form of dignity. dignity, you have spoken about a lot of— form of dignity. dignity, you have spoken about a lot of things i form of dignity. dignity, you have| spoken about a lot of things here. and i think the phrase is over sharing too much information. so sam, this is the question, this is what i'm trying to get out, does this change anything? is this a dangerous moment for the royal family? j dangerous moment for the royal famil ? ., �* ~' dangerous moment for the royal famil ? ., �* ,, ., family? i don't think so. the reason i texted family? i don't think so. the reason i texted was — family? i don't think so. the reason i texted was because _ family? i don't think so. the reason i texted was because you _ family? i don't think so. the reason i texted was because you asked i family? i don't think so. the reason i texted was because you asked the j i texted was because you asked the question. _ i texted was because you asked the question, has this changed your opinion— question, has this changed your opinion of— question, has this changed your opinion of the royal family? i responded with, not particularly but is definitely affected my views about — is definitely affected my views about him. i had the upmost respect

for him _ about him. i had the upmost respect for him when he was in the forces because _ for him when he was in the forces because he — for him when he was in the forces because he was doing a very dangerousjob. and i admire our armed _ dangerousjob. and i admire our armed forces a lot. but this outing of every— armed forces a lot. but this outing of every feeling that he has, i suppose — of every feeling that he has, i suppose it is the americanisation that you — suppose it is the americanisation that you were talking about. it�*s that you were talking about. it's aood to that you were talking about. good to be that you were talking about. ut�*s good to be honest though, isn't it? it's good to say what you feel. but we don't want to hear it. i think we have _ we don't want to hear it. i think we have just _ we don't want to hear it. i think we have just had so much. we have had the netflix _ have just had so much. we have had the netflix and now the book there has been _ the netflix and now the book there has been the saturation on the media about— has been the saturation on the media about it _ has been the saturation on the media about it i_ has been the saturation on the media about it. i think what i said on my text is— about it. i think what i said on my text is i_ about it. i think what i said on my text is i am — about it. i think what i said on my text is i am sick of hearing about the whinging. given what is everything is going on in the world i’ilht everything is going on in the world right now— everything is going on in the world right now it— everything is going on in the world right now it seems for him to be moaning — right now it seems for him to be moaning about his truth, i not interested. i much preferred the

dignified — interested. i much preferred the dignified silence, perhaps because i am a brit _ dignified silence, perhaps because i am a brit. they are right to not actually— am a brit. they are right to not actually feed any further than what it is because he is doing a good job of digging — it is because he is doing a good job of digging a hole anyway and i think it is going _ of digging a hole anyway and i think it is going to be more damaging to him in _ it is going to be more damaging to him in the — it is going to be more damaging to him in the long run. that it is going to be more damaging to him in the long run.— him in the long run. that is a selection _ him in the long run. that is a selection of _ him in the long run. that is a selection of callers _ him in the long run. that is a selection of callers to - him in the long run. that is a selection of callers to radio l him in the long run. that is a i selection of callers to radio five live this morning. all of these revelations come from prince harry's new book, or interviews he's given to promote it. let's discuss a little more now about the publishing side of things and what this might mean for readership and sales with our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. hello. high. there is so much going on here because _ hello. high. there is so much going on here because presumably - hello. high. there is so much going on here because presumably the i on here because presumably the planning was that it was going to launch next week and there would be a carefully choreographed state of interviews around all of that. do we think that they really were genuinely caught off—guard by these books appearing in spain?

genuinely caught off-guard by these books appearing in spain? massively. no one is saying _ books appearing in spain? massively. no one is saying that _ books appearing in spain? massively. no one is saying that this _ books appearing in spain? massively. no one is saying that this launch i no one is saying that this launch had been smooth. the plan had been in place for months. the idea was they were not going to send out any review copies, there were not going to be any newspaper serialisation is partly because of prince harry's relationship with the press. instead they were going to do three big sit down pre—recorded interviews with journalists who have in the past and prince harry's trust. but yesterday things started to go spectacularly wrong. first of all, in the us, the guardian managed to get a copy of the book and then they were running stories on it and then as you say, spain. the decision by some book shops in spain tojust spain. the decision by some book shops in spain to just start selling the book although it is not allowed to be sold until next tuesday. today is kings day in spain when they exchanged their christmas presents and they tried to get round the embargo saying they were gifting the

book to their customers and then they would only have to pay for the books next tuesday once the books were officially out. mr; books next tuesday once the books were officially out.— were officially out. my goodness, i hadn't heard _ were officially out. my goodness, i hadn't heard that. _ were officially out. my goodness, i hadn't heard that. that _ were officially out. my goodness, i hadn't heard that. that is - were officially out. my goodness, i hadn't heard that. that is a - hadn't heard that. that is a marketing strategy. the fact that there has been pre—publicity, if you like what the experts in the book trade think the impact could be, as then, will few —— make fewer people buy it because by the time they can read the book they have heard it all? ~ . read the book they have heard it all? . ., , ., , read the book they have heard it all? . ., , .,, ., read the book they have heard it all? . , ., , read the book they have heard it all? . ., , .,, ., , ., read the book they have heard it all? . ., , ., , ., ., ~ all? what people are trying to work out is exactly _ all? what people are trying to work out is exactly that. _ all? what people are trying to work out is exactly that. is _ all? what people are trying to work out is exactly that. is there - all? what people are trying to work out is exactly that. is there over i out is exactly that. is there over exposure, people are thinking, i have heard it or why bother buying it? i have heard thejuicy bits, how many people he killed in afghanistan, where he lost his virginity. but as it goes, no publicity is bad publicity if this is still making headlines next tuesday when the book is out people will still buy it. interesting

though, i have looked on the amazon charts at the moment. it has received a boost, it is risen from number 16 to four in the charts and bearing in mind it is not out yet is not bad but that does put it behind the number one in the nonfiction books, the healthy slow cookery book. . ~ books, the healthy slow cookery book. . ,, , ., books, the healthy slow cookery book. . ~' , ., , books, the healthy slow cookery book. . ,, , . books, the healthy slow cookery book. . ~ , . ., book. thank you very much, our entertainment _ book. thank you very much, our entertainment correspondent i book. thank you very much, our i entertainment correspondent there. looking at the book charts as they currently stand. now, let's return to the issue of strikes. the prime minister rishi sunak says he has invited striking union leaders for what he calls a 'grown—up' conversation on monday about what is 'affordable, reasonable and responsible.�* it comes as rail passengers face another day of disruption with members of the rmt union

striking again today. 40,000 staff at network rail and at 14 train companies are taking action in a dispute over pay, job security and conditions. four out of five trains are expected to be cancelled. our business correspondent marc ashdown reports. commuter town turned ghost town. leatherhead in surrey, similar to thousands of railway stations across the uk. barely a train in sight, and the odd optimistic would—be passenger aside, most people by now know the drill. well, they're dragging on, they're dragging on. there is no movement at all, is there? you know, i think the government are into a situation where if they start giving in to one party, the other parties will want exactly the same, and we ain't got it, have we? well, the good news is deserted stations like this will soon be a thing of the past. the christmas calendar of rail misery is now at an end. once this 48—hour strike finishes tomorrow, there are no more

strike dates in the diary. the big question now is, for how long? that may depend on the outcome of fresh talks planned for monday. the rail minister will sit down with the rmt and aslef unions. network rail�*s chief negotiator believes a deal could be close. we've had a lot of feedback since december to say people would like another vote, because now they do understand how they benefit from the deal, they've changed their view. we have also seen more staff coming back into work. that's been quite evident during the course of this week, and, again, this morning, where employees are getting fed up with the strike and are coming back in. strike action stretches far beyond the railways, of course. and the government has today written to the leaders of all the unions involved, inviting them for talks. we incredibly value the important work that our public sector workers do, especially our nurses. and we want to have an honest, grown—up conversation about what is affordable, what's responsible for the country. those invitations have gone out

and i'm hopeful that those meetings can happen on monday. what won't help the mood is the government's plan to introduce so—called anti—strike laws, to ensure minimal levels of fire, ambulance and rail services during strikes. what this is a symbol of is the government losing the argument. they've lost the argument on austerity and pay, and the state of our national public services. and instead they want to close that argument down by closing down the unions, and stopping us campaigning against poverty and badly—funded services. labour says if it gets into power it would repeal any new law. the government is striking a pose when it should be striking a deal. the way out of this current series of disputes is to negotiate, not to legislate. in the short term, that is the plan. all eyes on monday's talks, then, in the hope the country can finally get moving again. marc ashdown, bbc news.

fighting is reported to be continuing in ukraine. russia's president was introducing a two day ceasefire to allow people to celebrate russian orthodox christmas. our corresponding ugo told us more from ukraine's capital, kyiv. so russia says it is observing this ceasefire but has accused ukraine of shelling its positions. but in fact, kyiv has never agreed to a truce. the ukrainian authorities don't believe anything the russians say. they had dismissed this announcement by moscow as a ploy. president zelensky last night said moscow was trying to use christmas as a cover to stop ukraine's advances in the east of the country, where most of the fighting has been taking place, and to use this ceasefire to move troops and equipment closer to ukrainian positions. so the ukrainians are not really buying it. and here many believe president putin is going to use this ukrainian rejection as an excuse to accuse ukraine of being the aggressor,

perhaps in a cynical way to say that ukraine did not hold fire to respect a religious celebration. but hours before this unilateral cease fire, ukrainian authorities reported more russian attacks in the city of kramatorsk. houses and a hospital were hit. and in kherson in the south of the country, a fire station was shelled and one person was killed. our correspondent there in kyiv. let's talk about the figures from the latest census. more than 1.3 million people in england and wales who answered a voluntary question on sexual orientation in the 2021 census identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual. our correspondent lauren moss has been looking at the data from the office for national statistics.

this is voluntary, it's worth reminding people. explain what the figures show us.— figures show us. these two particular _ figures show us. these two particular questions - figures show us. these two particular questions were l figures show us. these two - particular questions were voluntary. important to know that this is the first time in 200 years that questions on sexual orientation and gender identity have been included. i spoke to the office of national statistics earlier and they said that the reason they consulted on this in the years leading up to 2021 is because the population has become more diverse. they introduced questions on religion and ethnicity and this is the next step in trying to catch the population. if we look at some of the graphs which have been released today. like you said, both questions were voluntary and for anyone over age 16 and up to fill in. sexual orientation question first. almost 45 million people responded, 3 million didn't. 90% of

the population identified a straight. 1.5% as lesbian or gay. 1.3% is bisexual. and no .3% as other sexual orientations which could mean a sexual which means little or no sexual attraction. this level of detail is interesting when you put it on a map to see where people fill and what we're saying there isn't that surprising. you got larger proportions are people saying they are lesbian gay or bisexual in cities like london, manchester where there are younger populations of people. we are going to get more data on those people, ethnicity and employment as the weeks go on. so are employment as the weeks go on. so we will aet employment as the weeks go on. so we will get more — employment as the weeks go on. so we will get more of — employment as the weeks go on. so we will get more of a _ employment as the weeks go on. so we will get more of a breakdown. _ employment as the weeks go on. so we will get more of a breakdown. when you look at that it is interesting to see that 7.5% chose not to respond. the ons would say that this is confidential, just about as mapping the country so that we

understand the country. but 7.5% not wanting to respond the reasons we can only speculate on.— can only speculate on. precisely. i think that although _ can only speculate on. precisely. i think that although it _ can only speculate on. precisely. i think that although it is _ can only speculate on. precisely. i think that although it is incredibly| think that although it is incredibly significant, this is the first time we have had this data in the snapshot of the population. that like you said, there are a number of people who chose not to answer these questions because they didn't have to do and they might have decided didn't want to even though it was anonymous. potentially there are 3 million people whose data we don't have, and when you look at the numbers being quite small, their —— there are some who will think these figures are in line with estimates before but there are other estimates you think the numbers could be quite a bit higher than that. i think going forward, there might be more thought process going into those people who didn't take part or chose not to answer those questions why that might�*ve been. does that mean the figures might be higher than what we have there. having the data

that we have got here, the ons, charities i have spoken to says it is really a landmark to have it because what they are hoping it will because what they are hoping it will be used for is being able to highlight when we have got the other day to around employment, housing and education if there are any blank spots or signs of inequality in areas where housing might need to be improved. the albert kennedy trust is one charity that works with lgbt people in risk of homelessness. and they say that 25% of people at risk of her business are lgbt and at some of her business are lgbt and at some of the factors that play into that and why that might be in the support they may need. also under health care as well, that is what this data is going to be used for when we get those extra bits over the next few weeks. �* ,., those extra bits over the next few weeks. �* , ., those extra bits over the next few weeks. ~ , .,., those extra bits over the next few weeks. ~ , . ,., ., those extra bits over the next few weeks. , . ., , weeks. about services and what is available in _ weeks. about services and what is available in being _ weeks. about services and what is available in being able _ weeks. about services and what is available in being able to - weeks. about services and what is available in being able to plan i weeks. about services and what is available in being able to plan for| available in being able to plan for the population. the question as well about gender identity as well. this was the other— about gender identity as well. try 3 was the other optional question, for 16 and over people can answer whether their gender identity is the

same as their sex registered at birth. as you can see the graph said 90% said it was the same, 45 million people but not .5% said no. interestingly, it appears to be in an even split between people identifying as transgender men and transgender women. 30,000 people identifying as nonbinary which is not exclusively male or female. and then again there, 6% of people chose not to answer that one as well so there is still a bit of a data gap but still substantially more data than we have had for quite some time. . , , ., ~ than we have had for quite some time. . , , ., ,, ,., time. really interesting, thank you so much. thousands of patients could receive personalised cancer vaccines. the

aim is to accelerate research which was essential to some covert vaccines. our medical editor explains. cancer vaccines work along the same lines as covid vaccines marking cells that they can be that cancer is a much tougher nut to crack than covid. trials by several countries look promising. early trials by several companies look promising, but it may be years before we know how well these personalised cancer vaccines work. the memorandum of understanding between the government and biontech is non—binding, but the company says the uk is an ideal partner. we have seen in the covid—19 pandemic, with the fast approval of vaccines in the uk, that the regulatory authority is exceptional. and then there is the genomic

analysis capabilities in the uk. the uk is one of the leading nations in that regard. the hope is to recruit up to 10,000 cancer patients here by 2030, including those with melanoma, bowel, and head and neck tumours. some trials are already under way, but recruitment will accelerate in the coming months. cancer research uk welcomed the news but said delays in diagnosis and treatment means staff are increasingly overstretched and may be unable to find the time needed to set up clinical trials. if this continued, it would mean slower progress towards new treatments. fergus walsh, bbc news. in the us, a stalemate of failing to

vote speak of the house continued into the third day. kevin mccarthy failed again in his attempt after hardline members of his own party derailed an 11th attempt to elect to the role. it is the longest delay in the role. it is the longest delay in the process since the pre—war era. much more coming up in the next hour. we will pause right now and look at the weather prospects. good afternoon. on the whole, a quieter spell of weather today, but we still have some large waves around the coast, in the west, and with the next advancing low pressure, more rain and more wind. there will be large waves around over the weekend as well. but at the moment, a little ridge of high pressure is giving us some drier weather today. but look how the rain piles up then through the weekend. some of the brighter colours appearing across the welsh mountains, the south west. and that's where we have the warnings out for another 40 odd millimetres of rain and potentially some local flooding with it. there are still a few showers out there through the rest of the afternoon, but we do have the rain piling in for the west as we go towards the evening time.

so it's still relatively mild, 9 to 11 degrees celsius and temperatures won't drop overnight much because we've got that rain, although slow, it will push eastwards, strengthening winds once again, touching gale force in coastal areas in the north and the west with some heavy rain over the hills of wales and the south west. as i say, it's a slow moving band of rain. hence the concern for further flooding. temperatures temporarily dip away in eastern areas, but they'll lift later in the night. the rain arriving here across eastern areas through the course of tomorrow. but the weekend does look one that will have rain at times, if not rain showers and blustery winds all the time with that low pressure sitting to the north west. so there's our band of rain pushing eastwards through the morning, drier, brighterweather following some sunshine. but those gale force winds will push in the showers, heavy showers as well as we go through the day. fairly frequent temperatures actually will be a little bit lower than those of today, but with a little bit of sunshine in between the showers to compensate, they're not too far away from the january average.

then as we head through to sunday, that low pressure closes in further. so the winds strengthen once again and the weather fronts are close by. so some question marks as to how quickly our rain will clear southern and eastern areas. but there'll be a real rash of showers following on behind heavy showers with thunder, with hail, just about cold enough over the tops of the mountains in the north for a smattering of snow, but nothing untoward forjanuary. but as i say, it's a windy day for all, and particularly so around those showers. temperatures on a par with those of saturday, just perhaps a smidgen lower by a degree or so and so feeling a little bit fresher. as for the week ahead, perhaps a drier period of weather on monday with a ridge of high pressure. but the rain and the wind back by tuesday. the warnings are on the website.

this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines: in a series of revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. there has always been this competition between us. i think it plays into and is played by the heir—spare. prince harry also reveals he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas — as the prime minister admits the nhs is under enormous pressure.

rishi sunak invites unions to meet the government on monday to try to bridge their differences. we think those conversations should happen and that is why i have invited everyone in a monday to have those talks. the uk is embarking on an ambitious plan to accelerate research into mrna cancer vaccines. former italy and chelsea player manager gianluca vialli has died at the age 58 from pancreatic cancer. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. prince harry has said he wants reconciliation with the royal family,

despite extracts from his memoir containing a series of sensational accusations against them. details have also emerged about the moment he learned about the death of the queen and the days which followed. in the book, prince harry says he killed 25 taliban fighters while serving in afghanistan — and he also talks about taking drugs, including cocaine when he was younger. and there is more about the alleged physical attack on prince harry by prince william in 2019. it's contained in a new clip from an itv interview, in which harry says he saw the �*red mist�* in his brother and believed prince william wanted him to hit him back — but that he chose not to. buckingham palace and kensington palace have refused to comment on the claims in the autobiography. here�*s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. harry, his book, his life, his grievances. in media terms, it�*s hard to escape from them right now. royal life has temporarily eclipsed real life. a monarchy in crisis, apparently.

the stories of drug—taking and so much more over page after page. i saw this red mist in him. tv companies are rushing out clips from much prized interviews. this is itv with harry on that altercation with william. he wanted me to hit him back, but i chose not to. and his drug use. there is a fair amount of drugs, marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine. that will surprise people. but important to acknowledge. america�*s cbs has harry on racial bias in the media. i had no idea that the british press were so bigoted. hell, i was probably bigoted before the relationship with meghan. and america�*s abc network has harry on how his mother would feel about the rift with william. i think she would be sad, she would be looking at it long term to know there were certain things we need to go through to be able to heal the relationship.

nearly 30 years ago, harry�*s mother cooperated on her own revelatory book. the author of that book believes diana would be anguished by the split between her sons. diana always used to say to me that harry was the back—up to william, in the nicest possible way. that is the reason why she had two boys. she wanted harry to be william's wing man. not, as we have seen, his hit man. of more immediate potential consequence is what harry has said about his army service in afghanistan, the fact that he believes he killed a number of taliban fighters. the book states... "i didn�*t think about these 25 as people, you can�*t kill people if you see them as people. they were chess pieces, taken off the board. bad guys, eliminated before they could kill good guys." former british commanders think those words are a misjudgment. you know, it inflames old feelings

of revenge that might have been forgotten about. the taliban has responded to harry. "these were not chess pieces," they have said, "these were humans with families waiting for their return." harry�*s desire to get his truth out there has entered a number of complex areas. let�*s get more now from our correspondent robin brant. prince correspondent robin brant. harry saying in a broac interview prince harry saying in a broadcast interview there, there is room for reconciliation. one has to wonder where and at this goes from here because the line from the palace seems to be no comment? trio because the line from the palace seems to be no comment? no comment from kensington — seems to be no comment? no comment from kensington palace, _ seems to be no comment? no comment from kensington palace, no _ seems to be no comment? no comment from kensington palace, no comment i from kensington palace, no comment from kensington palace, no comment from buckingham palace. we had that one scintilla of an insight into how people around may be the king himself may feel by that comment leaked to the sun saying that the

king is saddened by the book. but they will continue to maintain their position of saying nothing at all in public. believing harry�*s book and the interviews frankly speak for themselves. the duke of sussex has spoke about reconciliation and wanting to patch things up with his father and with his brother. but before all of that happens he wants to see something close to a sense of accountability. he has used that word, accountability, on repeated occasions. i think going forward in terms of the timeline and events coming up, the big event will be the coronation on may the 6th, where the duke of sussex and his wife meghan be there? they will the period before that give space, give opportunity for some kind of meeting, be they private or in some sense public as well. we just don�*t know. it between now and the 6th of

january and may, in five months�* time there is a period for this to be digested and there is a period for the parties, so to speak, to try and heal their riffs. but what is abundantly clear, just from listening from nicholas witchell�*s report, the risks are huge and possibly beyond repair. —— the riffs. possibly beyond repair. -- the riffs. ., ., ., , possibly beyond repair. -- the riffs. ., ., �* ., possibly beyond repair. -- the riffs. for now, robin brant, thank ou. the extent of the gridlock in hospitals over christmas has been revealed, with data in england showing record numbers of ambulances delayed dropping off patients at a&e. the number of people in hospital with flu in england jumped by 47% last week — and figures show that that 93% of hospital beds across the nhs are occupied. the prime minister acknowledged there was �*enormous pressure�* on the nhs as the uk recovers from the covid pandemic — our health

correspondentjim reed reports. quite early in december, i think i had started to feel unwell. quite quickly, my body started aching. when olly, a healthy 26—year—old, first fell sick, it felt like a winter cold. i thought, oh, it�*s just the flu. maybe if ijust hold out a week or so more, then it will clear up. but it didn�*t. by boxing day, olly was struggling to breathe, so he went to a&e in london. the flu virus had lead to pneumonia and he was sent to intensive care. my nan actually had pneumonia two years ago at christmas. and actually the biggest surprise to me was that i cannot imagine how she felt, if i feel this bad. it�*s really opened my eyes to the fact that nobody is invincible, nobody is above it. good afternoon, a&e reception.

how can we help? a rise in flu, covid and other infections is one reason why record numbers have been turning up at a&e this winter. it all comes as hospitals across the uk are having to deal with a real shortage of doctors and nurses. and there are problems moving patients who are well enough to leave out of a hospital bed and into some form of community or social care. new data shows the number in hospital with flu in england rose by 47% last week, to more than 5000. there are some signs new admissions may be starting to fall. in total, 93% of hospital beds were occupied last week, a record four in ten ambulances had to queue for 30 minutes before they could pass on their patients to a&e staff. a key delay the prime minister says he is working to bring down. this winter, what we want to do is make sure that we move people out of hospitals, into social care, into communities. that�*s one of the most powerful ways we can ease some of the pressures on a&e departments and ambulances

that are waiting too long. doreen clayton and her husband have been married 70 years. just before christmas, she woke in the night feeling short of breath. she wasjust panicking, i think, because of not being able to breathe. they were told it would be an 11 hour wait for an ambulance, so her daughter drove over and rushed her to a&e in portsmouth herself. it was very, very busy. nearly all the seats were taken. there were people queuing up to wait to be checked injust to the seating area. this was at 2am? that was at 2:00 in the morning. a medical person came in and said, announced to the room that there was at least a seven hour wait. the way mum was struggling to breathe, it was quite frightening actually, and it was frightening for her. doreen is now recovering, but she had to wait more than 12 hours in a&e that might be for a bed could be found in the hospital. hours in a&e that night be for a bed could be found in the hospital. that same pressure is now being felt across the uk, as doctors,

nurses on the health service try to navigate their way through another tough winter. earlier i spoke to the conservative mp, carolinejohnson who is a doctor and member of the health select committee about the pressures facing the nhs i think first of all i would say the nhs is under pressure and what your reports and statistics are demonstrating is the significant pressure the health service is under. the record numbers of people accessing care. yes, there are more care packages being delivered, appointments being given and more surgical operations being performed, more doctors and more nurses, but there is just much, more demand post—pandemic than there was before and you�*ve that is right, actually, the ambulance delay is a matter of balance and risk and the people at most risk of people waiting

at home for the ambulance to come. that is why we need to make sure everything possible is done to make sure ambulance response times improve and the key to that is having them out on the road and not sat on the pavement next to a&e. and one of the challenges with that is the number of people waiting in hospital to be discharged. there are a number of reasons for that, one of them is social care. the government said they will give £8 billion and more recently, 01’ more care packages. as i understand it there are 12,000 people waiting for those at the moment. that should theoretically help to ease that backlog. changes in pharmacy, you have heard of the virtual votes, you have heard of the virtual wards, we have done this in paediatrics where i work, but making sure it can be used to its full capacity everywhere and people needing daily antibiotics can go home and come back for the dose or receive them from community nurses. the monitoring that may have been done in hospital doesn�*t really need to be, gets done at home to enable people to be seen more quickly. but the demand at the moment is unprecedented. but also, we all know about the ageing population. we have all talked about our ageing population for many, many, many years and doesn�*t this suggest a lack of planning on the part of lots of different governments?

we know where the demographics have been going in this country, it is notjust about covid? first of all, i agree with you in part. successive governments have not trained enough doctors and ifrequently tell various health secretaries we need to train more doctors. to be fair, particularly tojeremy hunt he did open five new medical schools which the students, including one in lincoln which will help my constituents, and the students are in their fourth year and another year, they will roll off the production line, as it were, into new doctors. so these things do take time. the pandemic has contributed hugely to this, we are seeing pressure across the globe. the gynaecology procedures, 54 women waiting for more than a year for the gynaecology operations before the pandemic and now it is over 40,000 women on the same waiting list. so we are seeing huge levels of pressure.

if you compare the number of patients in hospital with flu this year to last year. last year, it was in the order of double figures, now we are in thousands. the simple scale of the problem in terms of the number of people requiring treatment is huge. and you can check how many people are waiting at your local hospital service using the bbc�*s nhs winter tracker. wherever you are in the uk put in your postcode to see the latest published information on waits in a&e, routine operations and ambulances. just a reminder of the headlines. in a series of revelations — prince harry airs a number

of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. prince harry also reveals he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas — as the prime minister admits the nhs is under enormous pressure. the prime minister rishi sunak says he has invited striking union leaders for what he calls a �*grown—up�* conversation on monday about what is �*affordable, reasonable and responsible�*. it comes as rail passengers face another day of disruption with members of the rmt union striking again today. 40,000 staff at network rail and at 14 train companies are taking action in a dispute over pay, job security and conditions. four out of five trains

are expected to be cancelled. our business correspondent marc ashdown reports. commuter town turned ghost town. leatherhead in surrey, similar to thousands of railway stations across the uk. barely a train in sight, and the odd optimistic would—be passenger aside, most people by now know the drill. well, they�*re dragging on, they�*re dragging on. there is no movement at all, is there? you know, i think the government are into a situation where if they start giving in to one party, the other parties will want exactly the same, and we ain�*t got it, have we? well, the good news is deserted stations like this will soon be a thing of the past. the christmas calendar of rail misery is now at an end. once this 48—hour strike finishes tomorrow, there are no more strike dates in the diary. the big question now is, for how long?

that may depend on the outcome of fresh talks planned for monday. the rail minister will sit down with the rmt and aslef unions. network rail�*s chief negotiator believes a deal could be close. we�*ve had a lot of feedback since december to say people would like another vote, because now they do understand how they benefit from the deal, they�*ve changed their view. we have also seen more staff coming back into work. that�*s been quite evident during the course of this week, and, again, this morning, where employees are getting fed up with the strike and are coming back in. strike action stretches far beyond the railways, of course. and the government has today written to the leaders of all the unions involved, inviting them for talks. we incredibly value the important work that our public sector workers do, especially our nurses. and we want to have an honest, grown—up conversation about what is affordable, what�*s responsible for the country. those invitations have gone out and i�*m hopeful that those meetings can happen on monday. what won�*t help the mood is the government�*s plan to introduce so—called anti—strike laws, to ensure minimal levels

of fire, ambulance and rail services during strikes. what this is a symbol of is the government losing the argument. they�*ve lost the argument on austerity and pay, and the state of our national public services. and instead they want to close that argument down by closing down the unions, and stopping us campaigning against poverty and badly—funded services. labour says if it gets into power it would repeal any new law. the government is striking a pose when it should be striking a deal. the way out of this current series of disputes is to negotiate, not to legislate. in the short term, that is the plan. all eyes on monday�*s talks, then, in the hope the country can finally get moving again. marc ashdown, bbc news. the rcn has

the rcn has said the rcn has said it the rcn has said it will the rcn has said it will accept the rcn has said it will accept 10% the rcn has said it will accept 10% rather than the 20 that has been demanded. i have been talking to the director for demanded. i have been talking to the directorfor england at demanded. i have been talking to the director for england at the rcn, the royal college of nursing and began by asking her whether there is a glimmer of hope that the rcn and government might come to an agreement? l government might come to an agreement?— government might come to an agreement? government might come to an aureement? ~ y., �* ., ., government might come to an aureement? ~ �* ., ., agreement? i think you'd have to ask the government _ agreement? i think you'd have to ask the government that. _ agreement? i think you'd have to ask the government that. our _ agreement? i think you'd have to ask the government that. our position i the government that. our position fundamentally hasn�*t changed. we have always been saying we are there to negotiate and daughter negotiations are absolutely open. what i guess we have done in the last day or so is just to make clear exactly what that means in that we are happy to compromise. but i think we have said that before. what we are talking about is, if you will meet us, we will meet you halfway. but i suppose it is a more overt message of what we have been trying to say before christmas. we really want to say

to the health minister, sorry, secretary of state, please come, please come and talk to us about this year�*s pay award. we don�*t want to strike any more than anyone else does but the only way to resolve it is through negotiation. and your key point there is, you said this year�*s pay award, it is about the here and now and not the future? yes, absolutely. we have heard talk today about conversations about next year. but actually, this year�*s dispute is about this year�*s pay award. we still need to resolve this, we are happy to talk about next year but actually that will not resolve the situation for next year and the strikes are about the year�*s pay award. if there could be some sort of compromise, some sort of agreement perhaps a roundabout that figure of 10%, would you be able to say to the audience, if you can reach that figure you can avert strikes?

if we can have negotiations and get to a point where we have got the sort of figure we can put to our members from those negotiations, for them to decide, people absolutely do that. we do not want to be taking strike action. it is nurses who have been pushed to the absolute end of their tether because of the situation both with their pay, but critically the knock—on impact it is having which is really the discussion you just had in the previous item, about the pressures on the health service, the lack of staff and the impact it is having on patients. yes, i was going to ask you about workloads because that is part of the story around all health matters today. i wonder whether you do indeed recognise all those statistics, the challenges, if we put it politely, that the nhs has been facing over the christmas period? absolutely, we are being called by our members and spoken to to sayjust how bad it is. they have never known it like this, they are physically

and mentally exhausted. there is no end in sight and it is disingenuous to imply this is just caused by covid or flu. this has happened year on year but got worse year after year due to underfunding, both of the nhs but critically of the nhs workforce. so we have seen a reduction of numbers in the workforce, contrary to what we are constantly told, there is an increase. as you pointed out, there is an increase in demand, so there must be a commensurate increase in the workforce. but we are seeing them leaving in droves and until they see the health secretary, the government is willing to value them by paying them properly, that will continue.

ican bring i can bring you some news that has just come through from police scotland. this refers to the dreadful fire you may remember earlier in the week in perth. this was the hotel fire, the new county hotel and police releasing the names of the three people who tragically died in the fire. they tell us the people who lost their lives, two were sisters. donna he was 44 and sharon maclean who was 47 and they died in the fire along with keith russell who was 38 years old. the three people who died in the fire at the new county hotel in perth. those details coming through from police scotland. fighting is reported to be continuing in eastern ukraine, in spite of a temporary ceasefire russia had announced and which the ukrainians had rejected.

russian president putin had said he was introducing the two day ceasefire to allow people to celebrate russian orthodox christmas. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv. russia says it is observing the ceasefire but has accused ukraine of selling its positions. but key have never agreed to a truce. the ukrainian authorities don�*t believe anything the russian side. they had dismissed this announcement by moscow as a ploy. president zelensky said russia was trying to use christmas to stop advances in the east of the country where most of the fighting has been taking place and use this ceasefire to move troops and equipment to ukrainian positions. the ukrainians are not buying it and many believe president putin will use this ukrainian rejection as an excuse to accuse

ukraine of being the aggressor, perhaps in a cynical way, to say that ukraine did not hold fire to respect a religious celebration. but hours before this unilateral ceasefire, ukrainian authorities reported more russian attacks, houses and a hospital were hit. and in the south of the country, in kherson, one person was killed. joining me now is elisabeth braw, who�*s a resident fellow at the american enterprise institute, a public policy think tank. good afternoon for being with us. what is vladimir putin trying to say with an offer of a two—day ceasefire? with an offer of a two-day ceasefire?— with an offer of a two-day ceasefire? , , ._ ., , ceasefire? he is playing a very clever game- _ ceasefire? he is playing a very clever game. i _ ceasefire? he is playing a very clever game. i think _ ceasefire? he is playing a very| clever game. i think everybody remembers the christmas truce from world where one when soldiers were so exhausted from the fighting in

the trenches and just decided to hold a truce and it has gone down in history as the christmas truce. now putin is trying to do the same thing to gain some international attention and look a bit more humanitarian. but also to reinforce his troops. it is a very clever ploy and it also falls on russian orthodox christmas which is on the 7th ofjanuary, celebrated on the 7th of january, whereas christmas that is celebrated in most other parts of the world is obviously on the 25th of december, which is also incidentally when a lot of ukrainians decided to celebrate christmas this year. so they will not be in the mood to accept the christmas truce and that is why it hasn�*t been accepted by president zelensky and it is unlikely to be accepted tomorrow as

well. , ., , . , unlikely to be accepted tomorrow as well. , .,, . , ., ., well. there is the optics around it, how it looks _ well. there is the optics around it, how it looks both _ well. there is the optics around it, how it looks both domestically i well. there is the optics around it, j how it looks both domestically and internationally. is it also a time when putin, the generals would have hoped to reinforce to get supplies to their men? that hoped to reinforce to get supplies to their men?— to their men? that is exactly the case and everybody _ to their men? that is exactly the case and everybody remembersl case and everybody remembers schoolyard play fights where the kid he was losing says, let�*s take a break so he or she can regain their strength and they can bring in a few kids on their side and that is what russia is trying to do. the momentum at the moment is on ukraine, not just because ukraine is making incremental progress in the fighting, but also because in the past couple of days, and number of countries have come through saying they will supply heavy weaponry, germany and france in particular. ukraine very much has the momentum and russia is trying to clearly take and russia is trying to clearly take a little break, to show up its

forces, including its equipment. so it is a double gain that russia hopes to achieve and was hoping ukraine would essentially walk into this trap, as it were. it ukraine would essentially walk into this trap, as it were.— this trap, as it were. it hasn't happened _ this trap, as it were. it hasn't happened so _ this trap, as it were. it hasn't happened so far. _ this trap, as it were. it hasn't happened so far. what - this trap, as it were. it hasn't happened so far. what do i this trap, as it were. it hasn't happened so far. what do we | this trap, as it were. it hasn't i happened so far. what do we know this trap, as it were. it hasn't - happened so far. what do we know it the stage about how all of this is perceived with inside russia. we are not too far off the first anniversary of the invasion of ukraine, yet at the start you know, special military operation is what it was called, the russian people were told it wouldn't take very long. and they were here we are, nearly 12 months on? we long. and they were here we are, nearly 12 months on?— long. and they were here we are, nearly 12 months on? we are and i think this is _ nearly 12 months on? we are and i think this is where _ nearly 12 months on? we are and i think this is where putin _ nearly 12 months on? we are and i think this is where putin made - nearly 12 months on? we are and i think this is where putin made a i think this is where putin made a mistake from a marketing point of view, if you are talking about marketing in four. he said it would be a minor inconvenience to russia that would be over quickly and

wouldn't cause any trouble at all to the people of russia. they will be able to keep living their lives as normal. clearly one year later we are no where there aren't even though russians themselves aren't that badly affected by the war, they are beginning to feel the effects of the sanctions and they are beginning to feel the effects of the soldiers who have been killed, the military operation that is over in a few days will only cause of the fatalities, now we are up to a significant number in russia. i think this is where he will discover that he mis—sold this package. notjust him, but the russian people were mis—sold this package. if you are inconvenience to the point of your daily life changes, you will take a different view on the war even if you don't have any more objections it. thank you for talking to us.

now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. good afternoon. some large waves around the coast already and large waves will be in the forecast for the weekend with low pressure in charge. but actually for the rest of the day, yes, there are a few showers around, but it's a window of quieter weather. but you can see as we go through the afternoon, evening time, we've got more rain arriving off the atlantic. that's the next system around which the winds will escalate once again to around gale force. but temperatures are a bit above where they should be and they won't drop much either overnight because we keep all that cloud piling in, pushing its rain steadily northwards and eastwards arriving into the east, probably into the day tomorrow. so it could get a little bit chilly temporarily and it does clear away as we head towards the end of the night across northern ireland. but it's a slow moving band of rain. there are warnings in force for a0 millimetres of rain potentially for some parts of wales. in the south west it eventually clears, but showers fall on behind those strong to gale force winds as well. temperatures dip a little,

but still on the mild side forjanuary. hello this is bbc news with jane hill. the headlines: in a series of revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. prince harry also reveals he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas — as the prime minister admits the nhs is under enormous pressure. rishi sunak invites unions to meet the government on monday and bridge their differences. more than 1.3 million people in england and wales

identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual according to newly revelead census data. the uk is embarking on an ambitious plan to accelerate research into mrna cancer vaccines. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, from the bbc sport centre. hello. hello there. good afternoon. footballers around europe are paying their respects to gianluca vialli who has died at the age of 58. the former chelsea and italy striker had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. jane dougall takes a look back at his career. this was gianluca vialli triumphant with his countrymen as italy lifted the euros trophy at wembley. commentator: italy arej the champions of europe.

as part of manager roberto mancini's backroom staff, vialli had played a key role, but shortly after their successful tournament the former chelsea manager announced he was taking a step back. his cancer had returned. as a player, gianluca vialli was considered one of the most dynamic and versatile strikers italy had ever produced. after a champions league medal withjuventus, vialli was signed by chelsea in 1996, helping them win the fa cup the following year. he went on to manage at the club, giving a young john terry his debut, and in 2000, vialli led chelsea to the fa cup final — this time as their manager. they won, beating aston villa 1—0 and giving vialli a significant piece of english silverware. and gianluca vialli, without doubt now in terms of trophies won, is the most successful manager that chelsea have ever had. his international career wasn't quite so impressive.

at italia 90, vialli missed a penalty against the usa and was subsequently dropped from the team. but he was brought back for the semifinal against argentina, where his skills shone through, playing a part in salvatori schillaci's goal. giannini involved, vialli involved. in 2017, vialli was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, calling it "an unwanted travel companion". in 2020, he announced he was in remission and continued as assistant coach for italy. butjust over a year later the cancer returned. tributes flooded in this morning with former club chelsea saying... he passed away at the age of 58, leaving a wife and two daughters. vialli's final public image will be of him celebrating a trophy for his beloved country.

gianluca vialli, who died earlier today at the age of 58. liverpool defender is out for more than a month with a hamstring problem according to managerjurgen klopp. the dutch international was substituted at half—time in the defeat at brentford. he has played in all of liverpool's league matches this season. emma raducanu is heading to melbourne, but her prospects of playing in the australian open remain unclear. the 20 year old retired from her second round match in auckland yesterday after slipping and rolling her left ankle. the full extent of the problem is yet to be diagnosed, but her team are hopeful she has only sustained a minor strain. raducanu had not entered any further preparation tournaments ahead of the first grand slam of the year, which begins just ten days time.

mark selby says his victory in snooker�*s english open final last month was one of the most important wins of his career. the four—time world champion has spoken openly about the mental health struggles he has endured in recent times... but he says he's feeling good ahead of the masters that starts this sunday. like i say, i was over the moon the way that the english went. i have been playing 0k way that the english went. i have been playing ok for the last few tournaments and it is no coincidence i am playing better because i am in a better place mentally. so, yes, that was great. winning another tournament, it has been 18 or 19 months since i won my last one. so to say it is being quite emotional with everything that has been thrown at me this year. that's all the sport for now. more for you in one hour. thank you very much. see you in the next hour. let's go back now to those revelations from prince harry, who's made a series of claims

about members of the royal family in his new autobiography — which has been leaked ahead of its release next week. it appeared on shelves in some stores in spain yesterday, and some newspapers also managed to obtain the contents of the book early. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson told me a bit more about the promotion of the book and whether they were caught off guard by it appearing on shelves in spain... no one is saying that this launch has been smooth. the plan had been in place for months. the idea was they were not going to send out any review copies. there were not going to be any newspaper civilisations, partly because of the prince harry's relationship with the press. instead, they were going to do three big sit down pre—recorded interviews with journalists who in the past have earned prince harry's trust. but yesterday, things started to go spectacularly wrong. first, in the us, the guardian

managed to get a copy of the book, so they were running stories on it. and then, as you say, spain and this decision by some book shops in spain to just start selling the book, although it's not allowed to be sold until next tuesday. now, today's king's day in spain, when they exchange their christmas presents and the book shops tried to get around the embargo by saying they were gifting the book to their customers and then they would only have to pay for it next tuesday once the books were officially out. let's discuss it all. joining me now to discuss this is philipjones, editor of the bookseller, the online and weekly magazine about the publishing industry. my my goodness. what a week for publishing, for book stores. what on earth do you make on the fact that there had been in this build—up, it was meant to be released next week and it is somehow sneaked out early? have you seen anything like this before? , ~ , u, ,

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harry in his own words. i know it is ghost written but is as close as we will get to his own words. every five minutes i think we hear a new revelation is that there is clearly a lot of detail in there and i think it will sell regardless of what comes out over the next few days, to be honest. it is a big book, people want to get the source material and the hardback edition is coming out next week. , ., , ., next week. given that you can already get — next week. given that you can already get it _ next week. given that you can already get it in _ next week. given that you can already get it in certain - next week. given that you can | already get it in certain places, next week. given that you can - already get it in certain places, do you think publication day should be brought forward actuallymike scrapped the idea that it is supposed to be next tuesday. personally i would bring it forward and let independence book—sellers recorder it will also in the new server record numbers. i would absolutely let them sell it. but these things are orchestrated. the books may not actually be in store room in shop rooms at present they may be delivered overnight and they need to give everybody a level playing field when selling these big books. i think on their own way they will hold on to the embargo date, i

would be tempted to lift it myself i can see why they won't do that. how does this happen, _ can see why they won't do that. how does this happen, we have been running all these images from a number of spanish book shops whereas it is on the shelves in the normal way. how do you described less the fact that the books might not been delivered yet? what has gone on here? i delivered yet? what has gone on here? ~ , ., ., here? i think it is hard to orchestrate _ here? i think it is hard to orchestrate a _ here? i think it is hard to orchestrate a global - here? i think it is hard to i orchestrate a global release here? i think it is hard to - orchestrate a global release of a massively popular in demand hardback. a number of different countries and cultures with different supply chains in case. in the uk, you can develop a book from the uk, you can develop a book from the wholesaler to the retail overnight. i don't know whether that is the case in spain. often they can't load the books are supplied to book—sellers in advance but then they are marked not to be opened until tuesday next week as in this case. if book—sellers choose to ignore that and take their illegal risk of ignoring that, there is not a lot of publisher can do. they are

still selling the book, it is good for publishing, good for book sales. the book is still being sold, it is not being ripped off completely. yes, just a thought about choosing january generally as a date to release, because we think about the big run—up to christmas, all the titles that come out in those few months. it's january helpful, is that good for the industry? what is your take on why they chose that date? it your take on why they chose that date? , , ., , ., date? it seems to be good for the news agenda _ date? it seems to be good for the news agenda because _ date? it seems to be good for the news agenda because we - date? it seems to be good for the news agenda because we are - date? it seems to be good for the news agenda because we are all l news agenda because we are all talking about it. websites and newspapers currently. they have chosenit newspapers currently. they have chosen it well in terms of news. generally all the big books for christmas, in october. it sounds like they just couldn't christmas, in october. it sounds like theyjust couldn't meet that deadline for whatever reason. perhaps there was a legal issue or a sensitivity read. i thinkjanuary is a pretty good month to release a big book like that, there is not a lot else coming back. book—sellers shelves are ready, they have sold a lot of books over christmas and we

all need something new to read. interesting to talk to you. thank you so much. editor of the book—seller. and that due to be released on tuesday. let's talk about story that we haven't had time to talk about today. a bbc investigation suggests there are six times as many hybrid university courses as there were before the pandemic. they are now combining online learning within person teaching. that compares with just li% in the academic year 2018 to 19. what does that all mean ends that a good thing or bad thing? let's speak now to lila tamea, former president at liverpooljohn moores university students' union. hi. that afternoon to you. it is quite a bigjump hi. that afternoon to you. it is quite a big jump in a fairly short

space of time. we know a lot of the reason is of course. what are your thoughts on this rise in online teaching? thoughts on this rise in online teachin: ? ~ ,,., , thoughts on this rise in online teaching?— thoughts on this rise in online teachinl? �* , teaching? absolutely. so, contacti have 'ust teaching? absolutely. so, contacti have just finished _ teaching? absolutely. so, contacti have just finished my _ teaching? absolutely. so, contacti have just finished my masters - teaching? absolutely. so, contacti have just finished my masters in i have just finished my masters in education. in my undergraduate only online. in might find i was representing students i saw the move so going back to becoming a student i had to experience what hybrid meant. i suppose, i had to experience what hybrid meant. isuppose, there i had to experience what hybrid meant. i suppose, there isn't a one size fits all approach is the main thing i wanted to say really. it is really about understanding what the student body wants and needs. as long as there is communication, as long as there is communication, as long as there is communication, as long as this is communicated to students and they know what to expect once they arrive then hybrid is good. expect once they arrive then hybrid is aood. �* , expect once they arrive then hybrid isaood. �* , , expect once they arrive then hybrid isaood.�* , , expect once they arrive then hybrid isaood. , , ., is good. because they could be a line of thought, _ is good. because they could be a line of thought, isn't _ is good. because they could be a line of thought, isn't there, - is good. because they could be a line of thought, isn't there, we l is good. because they could be a l line of thought, isn't there, we all know it is very expensive to go to university. if you are pay 9000 —— £9,000 a year in tuition fees and you find out that a high proportion

of your learning is online, as student said to you that they feel ripped off? student said to you that they feel riu�*edoff?, , student said to you that they feel r--edom,., , student said to you that they feel riu�*edoff?, , :: :: ripped off? absolutely. back in 2020 when this happened, _ ripped off? absolutely. back in 2020 when this happened, definitely - ripped off? absolutely. back in 2020 when this happened, definitely there were students that were really unhappy. can you blame them? a lot of them pay 9000. but that was a unique situation itself. i went back to university in 2021 and that was a point in which a lot of lessons had been learnt. there is no excuse now because when it comes to university, as long as they have communicated things accurately and students know what to expect, some students do like hybrid and i think it is really hard when you group a whole, i don't know how many students are in the uk, upwards of 5 million, 7 million, i'm not too sure. they are not all the same. particularly myself, i did my masters, a lot of people are my course wanted hybrid. a lot of them

were teachers who were studying a needs at that time after work to study and think. when you have got a 4pm lecture, after you havejust finished at 3pm at school it is not ideal to get onto campus before pm. whereas if you are a first—year student who has never experienced an online university experience and you want to see people on campus, you want to see people on campus, you want that experience and absolutely you have the right to be on campus if that was what you have signed up for. , , ., ,., , if that was what you have signed up for. , , ., ._ , if that was what you have signed up for. , for. interesting you say it is about transparency. _ for. interesting you say it is about transparency, about _ for. interesting you say it is about transparency, about the _ for. interesting you say it is about| transparency, about the university being honest about what they are actually providing. that's interesting. thank you very much indeed. former president of the student union at liverpooljohn moores university. thank you very much. now, let's talk about the census data. 1.3 million people in england and wales who answered a voluntary question about sexual

orientation in 2021 identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual. our correspondent has been looking at this newly released data from the ons. i this newly released data from the ons. “ this newly released data from the ons. 4' , ,., ., ., ons. ithink, it is important to knowthat— ons. ithink, it is important to know that this _ ons. ithink, it is important to know that this is _ ons. ithink, it is important to know that this is the _ ons. ithink, it is important to know that this is the first - ons. ithink, it is important to know that this is the first time | ons. i think, it is important to l know that this is the first time in 200 years the censuses that questions on sexual orientation and gender identity have been included. i spoke to the office of ons earlier and they were saying to me the reason they consulted on this several times in the years leading up several times in the years leading up to 2021, the reason they have done that is because the population has become more diverse. they introduce questions on religion and ethnicity in 2001 and this is the next step in trying to catch the population. if we look at some of the graphs which have been released today, like you said, both questions were voluntary and for anyone age 16 and up to fill in. sexual orientation question first, almost 45 million people responded. 3 million didn't.1i3.5 million,

45 million people responded. 3 million didn't. 43.5 million, 90% of the population identifies a straight with 1.5% describing themselves as lesbian or gay. 1.3% bisexual, around 1.4 million in total. and 0.3% as other sexual orientation which could include a sexual which means little or no sexual attraction. this level of detail is quite interesting when you put it on a map to see why people are filling the centre. what we're seeing isn't that surprising, larger proportions of people saying they might be lesbian or gay in cities like manchester, brighton, cardiff, london where there are younger populations of people. but we are going to get more data on that and those age groups and an ascidian employment as the weeks goes on. mar; employment as the weeks goes on. may aet more of employment as the weeks goes on. may get more of a breakdown. it's interesting when you look at that because those people who chose not to respond. the ons would say that it is anonymous, this is about us map in a countryjust so that we

understand the country, but 7.5% not wanting to respond further reasons we can only speculate on. precisely. i think, although _ we can only speculate on. precisely. i think, although it's _ we can only speculate on. precisely. i think, although it's an _ we can only speculate on. precisely. i think, although it's an incredibly i i think, although it's an incredibly significant, this is the first time we have had this data and a snapshot of the population. as you said, there are a number of people who chose not to answer because they didn't have to and for whatever reason they decided they didn't want to even though it was anonymous. potentially there, 3 million people whose data we don't have and when you look at the numbers being quite small, there was some who read the figures as being in line with some of the annual household surveys that are done, around 2% of the population was estimated before. but there are some who think the numbers can be quite a bit higher than that. i think going forward they might be more of the thought process to think about those who didn't take part in chose not to answer questions on why that might have been. does that mean the numbers might be higher than what they have got here? having the

data that we have got here, the ons, charities i've spoken to today, is that it really is a landmark to have it, what they can use it for, to highlight when we have the other data around education and employment to see if there are any blank spots or signs of inequality in areas where housing might need to be proved. for example, the albert kennedy is one charity that works with lgbt people at risk of homelessness. 25% of people at risk of homelessness are lgbt. some of the factors that play into that and why that might be in the support they might need. that why that might be in the support they might need.— why that might be in the support they might need. that is our lgbt and identity _ they might need. that is our lgbt and identity correspondence. i the owner of a group of pharmacies across the west of england says it can't be expected to treat some of the patients being referred to them by gps. under a new scheme, family doctors can direct people to chemists for a fee. but some say this — and referalls from 111 — is putting staff under too much pressure. matthew hill, has this report.

that's fantastic news she's done well. i keep your calpol to hand and then, as i say. honefully, _ we'll keep her 100%. with covid, flu and winter viruses circulating — along with strikes — the nhs has never been under such pressuree. everyone is having to work togerther. all health care services are very very straight at the moment. there is no doubt primary care has got huge demand and we fully appreciate the community pharmacies are under huge demand as well, but the key thing is that there is no competition between services there, so our colleagues working closely together through pharmacy schemes and primary care schemes, mean we can get the best help further patients most quickly. these days pharmacists are doing more and more, from vaccinations to limited prescriptions of antibiotics and over the past two years they have been taking part in a scheme where they get paid £14 if a patient is referred to them by a gp. we can then see all of the local pharmacies which are providing this in the system.

doctors say it's making a huge difference — allowing them to see the cases which most need their expertise. but not every pharmacist is happy. max punni owns a chain of 12 chemists across the region, serving more than 100,000 patients. with demand for help growing, he feels staff are being asked to cope with increasingly complicated patients — which he says is putting them under too much presure and some patients at risk. most definitely. we have had for coming in with eye infections, strep a. i've had a patient coming who was, who had been sectioned, who came in and self harmed and was bleeding in the pharmacy. well, you do get £14 per patient referred. doesn't this mean that you can employ more pharmacists to take the strain off? no, not really. we are looking at sort of a real terms payment sort of cut, that we work out to be about 16% over the last three years. no allowance is made

for inflationary pressures. the cost of everything has gone through the roof. despite the concerns, pharmacists are going to increasingly become the gate keepers of the nhs. in three years' time newly qualified chemists will have greater powers to prescribe antibiotics. so this trend of using your pharmicist instead of your gp looks very part of the future. thousands of cancer patients could receive personalised vaccine treatments as the result of an agreement between the uk government and the german pharma company biontech. the aim is to accelerate research using the mrna technology which was central to some covid vaccines. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. if you've had a covid booster, it will have been a messenger rna vaccine. these work by prompting the immune system to recognise and attack coronavirus. cancer vaccines work along the same lines, unmasking tumour cells so they can be destroyed.

but cancer is a much tougher nut to crack than covid. early trials by several companies look promising, but it may be years before we know how well these personalised cancer vaccines work. the memorandum of understanding between the government and biontech is non—binding, but the company says the uk is an ideal partner. we have seen in the covid—19 pandemic, with the fast approval of vaccines in the uk, that the regulatory authority is exceptional. and then there is the genomic analysis capabilities in the uk. the uk is one of the leading nations in that regard. the hope is to recruit up to 10,000 cancer patients here by 2030, including those with melanoma, bowel and head and neck tumours.

some trials are already under way, but recruitment will accelerate in the coming months. cancer research uk welcomed the news but said delays in diagnosis and treatment means staff are increasingly overstretched and may be unable to find the time needed to set up clinical trials. if this continued, it would mean slower progress towards new treatments. fergus walsh, bbc news. one more story is to look at before the weather. the festive period is over the decorations have gone down but what should we do with our christmas trees? john maguire has been to a zoo near bristol where they've found a novel way to use them. one species' waste is another species' want. the animals here at noah's ark zoo farm are making christmas last even longer.

if you struggled to get your tree in or out of your home, then just watch how shaka does it. his keepers have created a forest of recycled trees in the sheltered part of his enclosure. trunk versus trunk, he can snap one like a twig. based on a former dairy farm just outside bristol, noah's ark now receives thousands of trees as the decorations come down. for some animals, such as the alpacas and llamas, it means food. for others, like the gibbons, it's all about the fun. the animals really interact with them in a variety of ways. some of them will eat them a bit, some of them eat them a lot. the elephants do chew them quite a lot. but it's quite a fun thing to do this time of year, just to liven everything up a little bit. for the andean, known as spectacle bears due to their distinctive facial markings, the trees provide yet another chance for the cubs to practise their climbing skills,

with mixed results. and for rumba, the white rhinoceros, the mulch offers a brief distraction before she heads back into the warm and dry. not everyone lives near a zoo, of course, but increasingly, charities will pick up your tree and take it to be recycled in return for a donation. and that is very welcome income for a sector hit hard by the pandemic. income is tight, but we have these wonderful fund—raising activities that people can get involved in. and those extra income streams are more important to us now than they ever have been. back at noah's ark, for the cubs benny and toichi, seeing christmas trees for the first time offers all sorts of opportunities to learn and for mischief. where's the angel gone? oh, well, there's always next year. john maguire, bbc news, north somerset.

now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. good afternoon. some large waves around the coast already and large waves will be in the forecast for the weekend with low pressure in charge. but actually for the rest of the day, yes, there are a few showers around, but it's a window of quieter weather. but you can see as we go through the afternoon, evening time, we've got more rain arriving off the atlantic. that's the next system around which the winds will escalate once again to around gale force. but sea temperatures are a bit above where they should be and they won't drop much either overnight because we keep all that cloud piling in, pushing its rain steadily northwards and eastwards arriving into the east, probably into the day tomorrow. so it could get a little bit chilly temporarily and it does clear away as we head towards the end of the night across northern ireland. but it's a slow moving band of rain. there are warnings in force for 40 millimetres of rain potentially for some parts of wales. in the south west it eventually clears, but showers fall

on behind those strong to gale force winds as well. temperatures dip a little, but still on the mild side forjanuary.

inaudible in a series of revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. there has always been this competition between us. i think it plays into and is played by the heir—spare. prince harry also reveals he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units

in england over christmas — the prime minister admits the nhs is under enormous pressure. rishi sunak invites unions to meet the government on monday in the government on monday relation to a number 0�* across in relation to a number of strikes across the country. we think those conversations should happen and that is why i have invited everyone in on monday to have those talks. big mac i'm more than 1.3 million people in england and wales identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual according to newly revealed census data. former italy and chelsea player manager gianluca vialli has died at the age 58 from pancreatic cancer. the uk is embarking on an ambitious plan to accelerate research into mrna cancer vaccines.

good afternoon. prince harry has said he wants reconciliation with the royal family, despite extracts from his memoir containing a series of sensational accusations against them. details have also emerged about the moment he learned about the death of the queen, and the days which followed. in the book, prince harry says he killed 25 taliban fighters while serving in afghanistan — and he talks about taking drugs, including cocaine, when he was younger. and there is more about the alleged physical attack on prince harry by prince william in 2019. it's contained in a new clip from an itv interview, in which harry says he saw the "red

mist" in his brother and believed prince william wanted him to hit back — but that he chose not to. buckingham palace and kensington palace have refused to comment on the claims. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. harry, his book, his life, his grievances. in media terms, it's hard to escape from them right now. royal life has temporarily eclipsed real life. a monarchy in crisis, apparently. the stories of drug—taking and so much more over page after page. i saw this red mist in him. tv companies are rushing out clips from much prized interviews. this is itv with harry on that altercation with william. he wanted me to hit him back, but i chose not to. on drug use. there is a fair amount of drugs, marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine. that will surprise people. but important to acknowledge. america's cbs network has harry

on racial bias in the media. i had no idea that the british press were so bigoted. i was probably bigoted before the relationship with meghan. and america's abc network has harry on how his mother would feel about the rift with william. i think she would be sad, she would be looking at it long term to know there were certain things we need to go through to heal the relationship. nearly 30 years ago, harry's mother cooperated on her own revelatory book. the author of that book believes diana would be anguished by the split between her sons. diana always used to say to me that harry was the back—up to william, in the nicest possible way. that is the reason why she had two boys. she wanted harry to be william's wing man. not, as we have seen, his hit man. of more immediate potential consequence is what harry has said about his army service in afghanistan, the fact that he believed he killed a number of taliban fighters. the book states...

former british commanders think those words are a misjudgment. you know, it inflames old feelings of revenge that might have been forgotten about. the taliban has responded to harry. these were not chess pieces, they have said, these were humans with families waiting for their return. harry's desire to get his truth out there has entered a number of complex areas. earlier i spoke to our correspondent robin brant. i began by asking him if we can expect a comment from buckingham and kensington palace. no comment from kensington palace, no comment from buckingham palace. we had that one scintilla

of an insight into how people around the king and maybe the king himself may feel by that comment leaked to the sun saying that the king is saddened by the book. but they will continue to maintain their position of saying nothing at all in public. believing harry's book and the interviews frankly speak for themselves. the duke of sussex has spoken about reconciliation and wanting to patch things up with his father and with his brother. but before all of that happens he wants to see something close to a sense of accountability. he has used that word, accountability, on repeated occasions. i think going forward in terms of the timeline and events coming up, the big event will be the coronation on may the 6th, where the duke of sussex and his wife meghan may be there.

will the period before that give space, give opportunity for some kind of meeting, be they private or in some sense public as well. we just don't know. but between now and the 6th of may, in five months' time there is a period for this to be digested and there is a period for the parties, so to speak, to try and heal their rifts. but what is abundantly clear, just from listening from nicholas witchell�*s report, the rifts are huge and possibly beyond repair. we arejust going we are just going to bring you an update regarding strikes will stop some news are specifically coming up about rail strikes. the bbc understands that the real delivery group has made a first offer to as life. we are hearing that the rail

delivery group has made an offer. it includes, in terms of pay, the pay increases that were made to the rmt, 4% for 2022, and 4% for 2023, and that promise of no compulsory redundancies through to march 24. the rail delivery group saying this are contingent on what it calls changes to working arrangements. it is quite hard to keep up, because there are different unions, different parts of the rail network that are affected on different days, everyone experiencing a rail strike tomorrow, that is the rmt, this is specifically about aslef, the rail drivers' union. it would appear there is an offer, a degree of movement, will try and get more and reaction from all the interested parties in the next few minutes. it has made, the rail delivery group,

has made, the rail delivery group, has made, the rail delivery group, has made an offer to aslef, the train drivers' union. when we get more and that we will bring it to you. the extent of the gridlock in hospitals over christmas has been revealed, with data in england showing record numbers of ambulances delayed dropping off patients at a&e. the number of people in hospital with flu in england jumped by 47% last week — and figures show that that 93% of hospital beds across the nhs are occupied. the prime minister acknowledged there is 'enormous pressure' on the nhs as the uk recovers from the covid pandemic — our health correspondentjim reed reports. quite early in december, i think i had started to feel unwell. quite quickly, my body started aching. when olly, a healthy 26—year—old, first fell sick, it felt like a winter cold. i thought, oh, it's just the flu.

maybe if ijust hold out a week or so more, then it will clear up. but it didn't. by boxing day, olly was struggling to breathe, so he went to a&e in london. the flu virus had lead to pneumonia and he was sent to intensive care. my nan actually had pneumonia two years ago at christmas. the biggest surprise to me was that i cannot imagine how she felt, if i feel this bad. it's really opened my eyes to the fact that nobody is invincible, nobody is above it. good afternoon, a&e reception. how can we help? a rise in flu, covid and other infections is one reason why record numbers have been turning up at a&e this winter. it all comes as hospitals across the uk are having to deal with a real shortage of doctors and nurses. and there are problems moving patients who are well enough to leave out of a hospital bed and into some form of

community or social care. new data shows the number in hospital with flu in england rose by 47% last week, to more than 5000. there are some signs new admissions may be starting to fall. in total, 93% of hospital beds were occupied last week, a record four in ten ambulances had to queue for 30 minutes before they could pass on their patients to a&e staff. a key delay the prime minister says he is working to bring down. this winter, what we want to do is make sure that we move people out of hospitals, into social care, into communities. that's one of the most powerful ways we can ease some of the pressures on a&e departments and ambulances that are waiting too long. doreen clayton and her husband have been married 70 years. just before christmas, she woke in the night feeling short of breath. she wasjust panicking, i think, because of not being able to breathe. they were told it would be an 11

hour wait for an ambulance, so her daughter drove over and rushed her to a&e in portsmouth herself. it was very, very busy. nearly all the seats were taken. there were people queuing up to wait to be checked injust to the seating area. a medical person came in and said, announced to the room, that there was at least a seven hour wait. frightening actually, and it was frightening for her. doreen is now recovering, but she had to wait more than 12 hours in a&e that night before a bed could be found in the hospital. that same pressure is now being felt across the uk, as doctors, nurses and the health service try to navigate their way through another tough winter. earlier i spoke to the conservative mp, carolinejohnson who is a doctor

and member of the health select committee, about the pressures facing the nh.s the ambience delay is a matter of balance of risk. the people at most risk... we need to make sure that ambulance response times as big people need to not have ambulances sat on the road outside a&e1 of the challenges with that is that the number of people waiting in hospital to be discharge, there are a number of reasons for that. the government invested £8 billion in the autumn statement, and another £500 million more recently. my understanding is that there is about 12,000 people waiting for those at the moment. that should in theory help to ease that.

changes in pharmacy, you have heard of the virtual wards, we have done this in paediatrics where i work, but making sure it can be used to its full capacity everywhere and people needing daily antibiotics can go home and come back for the dose or receive them from community nurses. the monitoring that may have been done in hospital but doesn't really need to be, gets done at home to enable people to be seen more quickly. but the demand at the moment is unprecedented. but also, we all know about the ageing population. we have all talked about our ageing population for many, many, many years and doesn't this suggest a lack of planning on the part of lots of different governments? we know where the demographics have been going in this country, it is notjust about covid? first of all, i agree with you in part. successive governments have not trained enough doctors and ifrequently tell various health secretaries we need to train more doctors.

to be fair, particularly tojeremy hunt, he did open five new medical schools which the students, including one in lincoln, which will help my constituents, and the students are in their fourth year and another year, they will roll off the production line, as it were, into new doctors. so these things do take time. the pandemic has contributed hugely to this, we are seeing pressure across the globe. the gynaecology procedures, 54 women were waiting for more than a year for their gynaecology operations before the pandemic and now it is over 40,000 women on the same waiting list. so we are seeing huge levels of pressure. if you compare the number of patients in hospital with flu this year to last year. last year, it was in the order of double figures, now we are in thousands. the simple scale of the problem in terms of the number of people requiring treatment is huge.

you can check how many people are waiting at your local hospital service using the bbc�*s nhs winter tracker. just go to bbc.co.uk/nhstracker and wherever you are in the uk put in your postcode to see the latest published information on waits in a & e, routine operations and ambulances. the headlines on bbc news... prince harry has aired grievances and accusations about the royal family. he also says he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan. he refers to taliban fighters as chess pieces. in other news, a

record number of ambulances were delayed in dropping off their patients at a&e units in england in the christmas period. the prime minister has admitted the nhs is under enormous pressure. the prime minister rishi sunak says he has invited striking union leaders for what he calls a "grown—up" conversation on monday about what is "affordable, reasonable and responsible." it comes as rail passengers face another day of disruption with members of the rmt union striking again today. 40,000 staff at network rail and at 14 train companies are taking action in a dispute over pay, job security and conditions. four out of five trains are expected to be cancelled. our business correspondent marc ashdown reports. commuter town turned ghost town. leatherhead in surrey, similar to thousands of railway stations across the uk. barely a train in sight, and the odd optimistic

would—be passenger aside, most people by now know the drill. well, they're dragging on, they're dragging on. there is no movement at all, is there? you know, i think the government are into a situation where if they start giving in to one party, the other parties will want exactly the same, and we ain't got it, have we? well, the good news is deserted stations like this will soon be a thing of the past. the christmas calendar of rail misery is now at an end. once this 48—hour strike finishes tomorrow, there are no more strike dates in the diary. the big question now is, for how long? that may depend on the outcome of fresh talks planned for monday. the rail minister will sit down with the rmt and aslef unions. network rail�*s chief negotiator believes a deal could be close. we've had a lot of feedback since december to say people would like another vote, because now they do understand how they benefit from the deal, they've changed their view.

we have also seen more stuff coming back into work. that's been quite evident during the course of this week, and, again, this morning, where employees are getting fed up with the strike and are coming back in. strike action stretches far beyond the railways, of course. the government has today written to the leaders of all the unions involved, inviting them for talks. we incredibly value the important work that our public sector workers do, especially our nurses. and we want to have an honest, grown—up conversation about what is affordable, what's responsible for the country. those invitations have gone out and i'm hopeful that those meetings can happen on monday. what won't help the mood is the government's plan to introduce so—called anti—strike laws, to ensure minimal levels of fire, ambulance and rail services during strikes. what this is a symbol of is the government losing the argument. they've lost the argument on austerity and pay, and the state of our national public services. and instead they want to close that argument down by closing down the unions, and stopping us campaigning against poverty and badly—funded services. labour says if it gets into power it

would repeal any new law. the government is striking a pose when it should be striking a deal. the way out of this current series of disputes is to negotiate, not to legislate. in the short term, that is the plan. all eyes on monday's talks, then, in the hope the country can finally get moving again. marc ashdown, bbc news. speaking earlier, the prime minister says conversations with unions about pay will focus on what is affordable and responsible. we pay will focus on what is affordable and responsible.— pay will focus on what is affordable and responsible. we have always been clear that we — and responsible. we have always been clear that we won't _ and responsible. we have always been clear that we won't have _ and responsible. we have always been clear that we won't have a _ and responsible. we have always been clear that we won't have a grown i and responsible. we have always been clear that we won't have a grown up, l clear that we won't have a grown up, on this conversation, a two—way conversation with union leaders, and thatis conversation with union leaders, and that is why the government has written to all the unions inviting them for talks on monday, so we can have those conversations, talking about what is affordable, what is reasonable, what is responsible for our country. i think everyone agrees

that the most pressing economic priority we have at the moment is reducing the cost of living, and getting a grip of inflation is the best way we can do that to ease the cost of living, not only for nurses, but for everyone.— but for everyone. you may realise that was recorded _ but for everyone. you may realise that was recorded before - but for everyone. you may realise that was recorded before the i but for everyone. you may realise | that was recorded before the news came through, just worth repeating, that the rail delivery group has made a first offer to aslef. aslef is the train drivers' union. that was the strike yesterday, not the strike that is today and tomorrow, but nonetheless, the rail delivery group has made its first offer to aslef in terms of pay, but also wanting to say that any pay offer would be and have to be in conjunction with what they describe as long overdue changes to working arrangements across the industry. we have just had a first comment from the union itself, saying, we wait

with interest to see what the offer is. we have not seen it yet. so, aslef has not seen the offer yet. the pay, in case you are interested, the pay offer that we are understanding has been made is the same as the one made to the rmt, in other words, 4% for 2022 and 4% for 2023, along with no compulsory redundancies until at least the end of march next year. as i say, the rail delivery group says that must come along with changes to working arrangements. we were very much keep an eye on that. it is the rmt strike thatis an eye on that. it is the rmt strike that is going on at the moment, today and tomorrow. the royal college of nursing has indicated it could be willing to accept a 10% pay rise for its members, rather than its 19 % demand,

which the government has dismissed as unaffordable. the health secretary, steve barclay, says he is "keen to have dialogue" with the nursing unions, but insisted pay settlements had to be affordable. earlier i spoke to patricia marquis, the directorfor england at the royal college of nursing. i began by asking her if there's a glimmer of hope for the rcn and the government to come to a pay rise agreement. you'd have to ask the government that. our position fundamentally hasn't changed. we have always been saying we are there to negotiate and our door to negotiations are absolutely open. what i guess we have done in the last day also is just to make clear exactly what that means, in that we are happy to compromise. but i think we have said that before. what we are talking about is, if you will meet us, we will meet you halfway. but i suppose it is a more overt message of what we have been trying to say before christmas. we really want to say

to the health minister, sorry, secretary of state, please come, please come and talk to us about this year's pay award. we don't want to strike any more than anyone else does but the only way to resolve it is through negotiation. and your key point there is, you said this year's pay award, it is about the here and now and not the future? yes, absolutely. we have heard talk today about conversations about next year. but actually, this year's dispute is about this year's pay award. we still need to resolve this, we are happy to talk about next year but actually that will not resolve the situation for next the situation for this year and the strikes are about this year's pay award. if there could be some sort of compromise, some sort of agreement perhaps a roundabout that figure of 10%, would you be able to say to the audience, if you can reach that figure you can avert strikes? if we can have negotiations and get to a point where we have got the sort of figure we can put

to our members from those negotiations, for them to decide, people absolutely do that. we will absolutely do that. we do not want to be taking strike action. it is nurses who have been pushed to the absolute end of their tether because of the situation both with their pay, but critically the knock—on impact it is having which is really the discussion you just had in the previous item, about the pressures on the health service, the lack of staff and the impact it is having on patients. yes, i was going to ask you about workloads because that is part of the story around all health matters today. i wonder whether you do indeed recognise all those statistics, the challenges, if we put it politely, that the nhs has been facing over the christmas period? absolutely, we are being called by our members and spoken to to sayjust how bad it is. they have never known it like this, they are physically and mentally exhausted. there is no end in sight

and it is disingenuous to imply this is just caused by covid or flu. this has happened year on year but got worse year after year due to underfunding, both of the nhs but critically of the nhs workforce. so we have seen a reduction of numbers in the workforce, contrary to what we are constantly told, there is an increase. as you pointed out, there is an increase in demand, so there must be a commensurate increase in the workforce. but we are seeing them leaving in droves and until they see the health secretary, the government is willing to value them by paying them properly, that will continue. the us house of representatives remains deadlocked, after republican leader kevin mccarthy failed for an eleventh time to win a vote

for the important role of speaker. it's the longest delay in the vote for the role since before the american civil war, with mccarthy repeatedly failing to win over about twenty hard—line members of his own party, despite offering numerous concessions. lets find what on earth is going on. for more on that, we arejoined now by our correspondent in washington, will grant. is the house due to reconvene in the next hour, and what will happen? is he going to try again? it is next hour, and what will happen? is he going to try again?— he going to try again? it is truly hard to say _ he going to try again? it is truly hard to say what _ he going to try again? it is truly hard to say what will _ he going to try again? it is truly hard to say what will happen, . he going to try again? it is truly l hard to say what will happen, and he going to try again? it is truly i hard to say what will happen, and it has been hard to see all the way through. one might have expected may be one, perhaps two or three protest votes, but to be heading into the 12th? miss of the fourth day this has been held, and there is absolutely no progress in those terms. maybe there are discussions that have been taking place overnight that swing at this time,

but in each morning here, each day, it has been suggested that more concessions might bring enough of the hold out far right to block that is standing against mr mccarthy to come over to his side. no sign of it so far. , ., . ., , so far. viewers watching on the side ofthe so far. viewers watching on the side of the atlantic _ so far. viewers watching on the side of the atlantic might _ so far. viewers watching on the side of the atlantic might think, - so far. viewers watching on the side of the atlantic might think, really, l of the atlantic might think, really, are we not at a point where surely the party would oppose someone else? could that happen? i the party would oppose someone else? could that happen?— could that happen? i think it is potentially _ could that happen? i think it is potentially getting _ could that happen? i think it is potentially getting to - could that happen? i think it is potentially getting to that i could that happen? i think it is i potentially getting to that point, it will do very soon. although, again, we do not know for sure. but sides are pretty determined in their positions. on the one side, you have the holdout members, there are about 20 of them, who simply see mr mccarthy is too much or as part of the establishment, they could use of being held to lobbyist interest. they portray themselves as disruptors, people bringing down entrenched interests on congress. of

course, mr mccarthy and his supporters do not want the entire republican party to be dictated to ljy republican party to be dictated to by a smaller group, so they are equally determined to hold the course. to equally determined to hold the course. ., . . . equally determined to hold the course. ., , ., , ., equally determined to hold the course. ., , ., , ., ., course. to explain in terms of what it means in — course. to explain in terms of what it means in the _ course. to explain in terms of what it means in the bigger— course. to explain in terms of what it means in the bigger picture, i course. to explain in terms of what it means in the bigger picture, the| it means in the bigger picture, the house cannot function until this is sorted out?— house cannot function until this is sorted out? ~ , , , ., sorted out? absolutely. there is no more business _ sorted out? absolutely. there is no more business of _ sorted out? absolutely. there is no more business of government i sorted out? absolutely. there is no more business of government that l sorted out? absolutely. there is no i more business of government that can get under way until the speaker has been chosen. why? know processes can been chosen. why? know processes can be held, no votes can be held until there is a speaker of the house. you have a situation, where, as we are speaking now, there is a major national crisis, an emergency that requires congress to act or release funds or play some kind of outsized role in decision—making, it would simply be frozen. it would be stuck. that is obviously incredibly

concerning. also, there is the damage that it does for the institution, and certainly for the republican party, with the nation watching on as this continues. we wait to see what happens. now it's time for a look at the weather, with helen. we are starting with a picture behind me of large waves, we have more strong winds heading our way, and waves perhaps six or seven metres behind the west and south coast. we have weather systems coming on as the low pressure approaches, that is when the gradient really starts to tighten the isobars and the wind really escalates. who the weekend, at low pressures with us, gale is once again in the forecast as well as some rain. that rain moves through this evening and overnight, it is slow moving, and there are yellow warnings further south as wales. we

work your way through saturday, pushes its way through eastwards, bright skies come in, but a rash of showers on the strong winds which are likely to get towards gale force once again. temperatures are dipping a bit during the day, eights and nines, and feeling slightly cooler full stop cooler still on sunday, but again nothing unusualfor this time of year. perhaps a brief spell of dry weather on monday, but it doesn't last. hello this is bbc news with jane hill. the headlines: in a series of revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. prince harry also reveals he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units

in england over christmas — as the prime minister admits the nhs is under enormous pressure. rishi sunak invites unions to meet the government on monday and bridge their differences. more than 1.3 million people in england and wales identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual according to newly revelead census data. the uk is embarking on an ambitious plan to accelerate research into mrna cancer vaccines. we will talk more about that story before 5pm. but now... sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. he was one of football's most popular and likeable figures, as you'd expect tributes have been

pouring in for gianlucca vialli, the former chelsea and italy striker who's died at the age of 58. he'd been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. chelsea say his impact as a player, a coach and most importantly as a person will be forever written across the club's history. jane dougall reports: this was gianluca vialli triumphant with his countrymen as italy lifted the euros trophy at wembley. commentator: italy arej the champions of europe. as part of manager roberto mancini's backroom staff, vialli had played a key role, but shortly after their successful tournament the former chelsea manager announced he was taking a step back. his cancer had returned. as a player, gianluca vialli was considered one of the most dynamic and versatile strikers italy had ever produced. after a champions league medal withjuventus, vialli was signed by chelsea in 1996, helping them win the fa cup the following year. he went on to manage at the club,

giving a young john terry his debut, and in 2000, vialli led chelsea to the fa cup final — this time as their manager. they won, beating aston villa 1—0 and giving vialli a significant piece of english silverware. and gianluca vialli, without doubt now in terms of trophies won, is the most successful manager that chelsea have ever had. his international career wasn't quite so impressive. at italia 90, vialli missed a penalty against the usa and was subsequently dropped from the team. but he was brought back for the semifinal against argentina, where his skills shone through, playing a part in salvatori schillaci's goal. giannini involved, vialli involved. in 2017, vialli was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, calling it "an unwanted travel companion". in 2020, he announced he was in remission and continued as assistant coach for italy.

butjust over a year later the cancer returned. tributes flooded in this morning with former club chelsea saying... he passed away at the age of 58, leaving a wife and two daughters. vialli's final public image will be of him celebrating a trophy for his beloved country. in the last hour chelsea have shared this video of players and staff and their training ground at cobham observing a minute's silence and paying tribute to gianluca vialli. next, an update from the nfl. the breathing tube of the buffalo bills player damar hamlin has been removed overnight and the 24—year—old is progressing "remarkably" — according to doctors. earlier —he also made a video call

into a team meeting... it comes after hamlin collapsed on the field in the first quarter of a game against the cincinnati bengals on monday, suffering cardiac arrest... there's uncertainty over whether emma raducanu will be fit in time to play at the australian open, despite her heading to melbourne. the 20—year—old retired from her second round match in auckland yesterday after slipping and rolling her left ankle. the full extent of the problem is yet to be diagnosed, but her team are hopeful she's only sustained a minor strain. raducanu hasn't entered any further warm—up tournaments ahead of the first grand slam of the year, which begins in ten days' time. that's all the sport for now. we will have more fear later but for now back to you. thank you very much. more than 1.3 million people in england and wales who answered a voluntary question on sexual orientation in the 2021 census identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual. our correspondent lauren moss has been looking at the data from the office for national statistics.

it's important to note that this is the first time in 200 years the questions on sexual orientation and gender identity have been included. i spoke to the office of national statistics earlier and they said that the reason they consulted on this in the years leading up to 2021 is because the population has become more diverse. they introduced questions on religion and ethnicity and this is the next step in trying to catch the population. if we look at some of the graphs which have been released today. like you said, both questions were voluntary and for anyone over age 16 and up to fill in. sexual orientation question first, almost 45 million people responded, 3 million didn't. 90% of the population identified as straight. 1.5% as lesbian or gay.

1.3% as bisexual. around 1.4 million in total and 0.3% as other sexual orientations which could include a sexual which means little or no sexual attraction. this level of detail is interesting when you put it on a map to see where people fill and what we're saying there isn't that surprising. you got larger proportions are people saying they are lesbian gay or bisexual in cities like london, manchester, brighton, cardiff where there are younger populations of people. we are going to get more data on those people, ethnicity and employment as the weeks go on. so we will get more of a breakdown. when you look at that it is interesting to see that 7.5% chose not to respond. the ons would say, this is confidential, just about us mapping the country so that we understand the country. but 7.5% not wanting to respond for reasons

we can only speculate on. precisely. i think that although it is incredibly significant, this is the first time we have had this data and the snapshot of the population. that like you said, there are a number of people who chose not to answer these questions because they didn't have to do and they might have decided they didn't want to even though it was anonymous. potentially there are 3 million people whose data we don't have, and when you look at the numbers being quite small, there are some who will think these figures are in line with estimates before but there are other estimates you think the numbers could be quite a bit higher than that. i think going forward, there might be more thought process into those people who didn't take part or chose not to answer those questions why that might�*ve been. does that mean the figures might be higher than what we have there? having the data that we have got here, the ons, charities i have spoken to says it is really a landmark to have it

because what they are hoping it will be used for is being able to highlight when we have got the other data around employment, housing and education if there are any blank spots or signs of inequality in areas where housing might need to be improved. the albert kennedy trust is one charity that works with lgbt people in risk of homelessness. and they say that 25% of people at risk of homelessness are lgbt and at some of the factors that play into that and why that might be in the support they may need. tomatoes and other crops will likely slump to record lows this year, with soaring fuel, fertiliser and feed costs putting severe pressure on farmers. the national farmers union has warned the uk is "sleepwalking" into a food supply crisis and said the government must step in. david gregory—kumar reports. growing tomatoes in winter needs

powerful heat and light but at this farm in evesham, they are turning off the lights and they think they will harvest half the usual crop. these would normally be taller at this point? yes, they would normally be well up to the wire. about up here? here, they generate their own power, and it's not going to go to the tomatoes this winter. they will make a lot more selling it straight to the national grid for us to use at home. other growers aren't as lucky, but it all means there will be fewer tomatoes. you are making more money selling the energy than actually using the energy to grow tomatoes? at this moment in time, yes. has that ever happened before? never happened in the history of growing. for those growers who haven't got efficient heating systems or are really exposed to gas prices, and electricity prices, we will really know then by march and april who has not planted, who had delayed planting. it's notjust tomato growers getting a sinking feeling. recently we have spoken to poultry

and pig farmers who say a combination of energy costs, brexit and the war in ukraine mean theyjust can't carry on. it's cheaper not to put any chickens into the sheds, and to let them run empty. and eventually we'll see shortages on the shelves. there will continue to be pork products in the supermarket but it won't be british, it won't be to the high standard, and it won't be investing in the british countryside. we can now see the impact of all this kind of stuff on british farmers and the food they produce. so, for example, we now know the size of the breeding sow population in this country, that's pigs, has actually collapsed to a 20 year low. the poultry flock, that's also shrunk as well. and when it comes to things like these premium lines of tomatoes, grown in this country, well, come early 2023, there is just going to be less of them on the supermarket shelves. in a statement, defra said it continued to take all the necessary steps to ensure people across the country have the food they need. but for a whole host of reasons, many farmers are now thinking very hard about what,

if anything, they will be producing in 2023. the time is 17 minutes to five let's have a reminder of the headlines. in a series of revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. prince harry also reveals he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas — as the prime minister admits the nhs is under enormous pressure. thousands of cancer patients could

receive personalised vaccine treatment. as the result of an agreement between the uk government and the german pharma company biontech. the aim is to accelerate research using the same mrna technology found in current covid vaccines. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. if you've had a covid booster, it will have been a messenger rna vaccine. these work by prompting the immune system to recognise and attack coronavirus. cancer vaccines work along the same lines, unmasking tumour cells so they can be destroyed. but cancer is a much tougher nut to crack than covid. early trials by several companies look promising, but it may be years before we know how well these personalised cancer vaccines work. the memorandum of understanding between the government and biontech is non—binding, but the company says the uk is an ideal partner.

we have seen in the covid—19 pandemic, with the fast approval of vaccines in the uk, that the regulatory authority is exceptional. and then there is the genomic analysis capabilities in the uk. the uk is one of the leading nations in that regard. the hope is to recruit up to 10,000 cancer patients here by 2030, including those with melanoma, bowel and head and neck tumours. some trials are already under way, but recruitment will accelerate in the coming months. cancer research uk welcomed the news but said delays in diagnosis and treatment means staff are increasingly overstretched and may be unable to find the time needed to set up clinical trials. if this continued, it would mean slower progress towards new treatments. fergus walsh, bbc news.

the owner of a group of pharmacies across the west of england says it can't be expected to treat some of the patients being referred to them by gps. under a new scheme, family doctors can direct people to chemists for a fee. but some say this — and referalls from 111 — is putting staff under too much pressure. matthew hill, has this report. that's fantastic news she's done well. i keep your calpol to hand and then, as i say. hapefully, _ we'll keep her 100%. with covid, flu and winter viruses circulating — along with strikes — the nhs has never been under such pressuree. everyone is having to work togerther. all health care services are very very straight at the moment. there is no doubt primary care has got huge demand and we fully appreciate the community pharmacies are under huge demand as well, but the key thing is that there is no competition between services there, so our colleagues working

closely together through pharmacy schemes and primary care schemes, mean we can get the best help further patients most quickly. these days pharmacists are doing more and more, from vaccinations to limited prescriptions of antibiotics and over the past two years they have been taking part in a scheme where they get paid £14 if a patient is referred to them by a gp. we can then see all of the local pharmacies which are providing this in the system. doctors say it's making a huge difference — allowing them to see the cases which most need their expertise. but not every pharmacist is happy. max punni owns a chain of 12 chemists across the region, serving more than 100,000 patients. with demand for help growing, he feels staff are being asked to cope with increasingly complicated patients — which he says is putting them under too much presure and some patients at risk. most definitely. we have had for coming in with eye

infections, strep a. i've had a patient coming who was, who had been sectioned, who came in and self harmed and was bleeding in the pharmacy. well, you do get £14 per patient referred. doesn't this mean that you can employ more pharmacists to take the strain off? no, not really. we are looking at sort of a real terms payment sort of cut, that we work out to be about 16% over the last three years. no allowance is made for inflationary pressures. the cost of everything has gone through the roof. despite the concerns, pharmacists are going to increasingly become the gate keepers of the nhs. in three years' time newly qualified chemists will have greater powers to prescribe antibiotics. so this trend of using your pharmicist instead of your gp looks very part of the future. now we are going to talk about the story we brought to you in relation to cancer developments. it is a deal

signed between the government and biontech which is going to speed up trials for various cancer treatments. let's speak now to dr iain foulkes, executive director of research at cancer research uk. good afternoon. explain, goodness, we talk a lot about personalised medicine. i wonder whether it is a phrase that people hear a lot that perhaps we don't all grasp what it might mean. where are we now given this agreement that has been signed? hi. ithink it is this agreement that has been signed? hi. i think it is a really exciting agreement and it does bring this idea of truly personalised medicine to reality. so, what this will really enable us to do is when a patient goes for their treatment and they have their cancer surgically removed, we can take a sample from that cancer and read its genetic code. it is a code that is unique to

that patient and the tumour, no one will have the same code. and we can use that code to programme in mrna vaccine. and that mrna when injected into the patient can instruct the patient to make pieces of a protein which are only found in the individual�*s tumour. those fragments of protein and stimulate our body to mount an of protein and stimulate our body to mountan immune of protein and stimulate our body to mount an immune response and attack any of the remaining tumour that might be left after the surgery. because these protein fragments aren't found in anything other than the tumour, it makes it a really promising target for cancer therapy and it is absolutely individualised because as i said a code is unique to any one individual. what has been announced today really will help speed up and accelerate the potential therapies to reach the patient in the clinic.— patient in the clinic. right, so when people _ patient in the clinic. right, so when people hear— patient in the clinic. right, so when people hear a _ patient in the clinic. right, so when people hear a headlinel patient in the clinic. right, so i when people hear a headline about cancer vaccine, when people hear a headline about cancervaccine, is when people hear a headline about cancer vaccine, is it important to stress that what is being looked

into is once someone has been diagnosed then getting the most targeted treatment to them? not a vaccine in the traditional way that we might think of it as something preventative? that we might think of it as something preventative?— we might think of it as something preventative? that is exactly right. we all know _ preventative? that is exactly right. we all know a _ preventative? that is exactly right. we all know a lot _ preventative? that is exactly right. we all know a lot about _ preventative? that is exactly right. we all know a lot about vaccines i we all know a lot about vaccines now. we saw great success during the covid pandemic using these vaccines to prevent infection with covid—19. what we're talking about here is developing vaccines that are designed to treat established disease. this is why somebody already has a disease rather than preventing it. it uses very much the same principle is that covid vaccine. a lot of the covert mac vaccine. a lot of the covert mac vaccine was based on technology that was developed for cancer vaccines and there is a big link there. really good to talk to you. i am sorry that we don't have a longer but thank you for your time. from cancer research uk. we willjust talk a bit more before 5pm about prince harry specifically.

there has been criticism of him for mentioning in his autobiography the number of people he killed in afghanistan. he spoke about killing 25 people when he was in the army. i've been speaking to someone who served in the army and he said those remarks are illjudged. i served in the army and he said those remarks are illjudged.— remarks are ill 'udged. i think many --eole remarks are illjudged. i think many people consider— remarks are illjudged. i think many people consider it _ remarks are illjudged. i think many people consider it to _ remarks are illjudged. i think many people consider it to be _ remarks are illjudged. i think many people consider it to be distasteful| people consider it to be distasteful boasting about the people they have killed in battle. i am not saying he was boasting in this case but certainly publicising it very, very publicly. secondly, it is very unusual a soldier in battle, particularly in afghanistan or iraq, to know how many people he killed, to know how many people he killed, to know how many people he killed, to know the exact figure. it is very hard on the ground to figure that out. obviously in the air, harry has the advantage of technology can prom be pinpointed quite accurately. but i think, soldiers do talk about the

people they have killed or wounded to each other, by and large, privately. it is a way of almost decompressing after a period of combat, but it is unusual, there are books written about afghanistan in which people say how many they killed but very rare and not with this kind of profile.— killed but very rare and not with this kind of profile. does it say to ou that this kind of profile. does it say to you that he _ this kind of profile. does it say to you that he didn't _ this kind of profile. does it say to you that he didn't take _ this kind of profile. does it say to you that he didn't take advice i you that he didn't take advice perhaps or didn't perhaps have anyone advising him who he was in the military with all who has a military background? the use of, particularly thinking of the word chess pieces. i particularly thinking of the word chess pieces-— chess pieces. i think that is, obviously. — chess pieces. i think that is, obviously, his _ chess pieces. i think that is, obviously, his reminder i chess pieces. i think that is, obviously, his reminder to i chess pieces. i think that is, i obviously, his reminder to the number that he is killed is problematic for his personal security. but a greater concern to me is exactly what you have just described, chess pieces. first of all, it is not the way that the

british army soldiers are taught to look at their enemy which is what he says. they are taught to respect the enemy and if they were taught to see them is not human, which he suggests, that would encourage behaviour that contravenes the geneva conventions. enemy fighters have to be treated with respect, if they are captured they have to be looked after properly, if they are wounded they have to be treated top properly in field hospitals. and if they are killed, they have to be given a decent burial. these are the things that at the reality, not the things that at the reality, not the things that at the reality, not the things that harry suggests. i think that what it does is it gives a propaganda to the enemy. they are always looking to radicalise people and to recruit people. we have already seen how the taliban has capitalised on it by accusing harry of war crimes and same he has confessed to war crimes which of course is not the case but this is the way that they do use it. secondly, i think it will be seized upon by lawyers who want to prove and prosecute soldiers for alleged

war crimes and unlawful killing in afghanistan. and this is ammunition for them. afghanistan. and this is ammunition forthem. it afghanistan. and this is ammunition for them. it is not good ammunition because it is wrong. the army does the opposite of what he suggests. colonel richard kemp talking to me a little earlier this afternoon. the first ever orbital space launch from the uk is back on and scheduled for the night of next monday january the 9th. the virgin orbit company says it's now ready to proceed with the historic mission, which will be run out of cornwall airport newquay. it will see a repurposed 747 release a rocket over the atlantic to take nine satellites high above the earth. the mission's being hailed as the start of a new era for the uk as a major space—faring nation, creating jobs and therefore boosting the economy. kirk england reports from cornwall. this is the plane... cheering ..and this is the rocket that will be taking satellites into space from the uk for the first time ever. the clock is now ticking and for ian annett from the uk space agency, the horizontal launch

is a hugely significant moment. it's immense, isn't it? the spaceport has been waiting almost eight years for this now and the government's been working for a number of years to develop a space launch programme, the first time in 50 years that the uk has put satellites into space. and the very first time we've done it from the uk, and the first time anyone in europe has launched satellites into orbit from europe itself. melissa thorp, the head of spaceport cornwall, leads the team that's been making all this happen. it'sjust such a big moment for all of us down here, but also for the space industry. you know, first time ever we've been able to launch from uk soil and that'sjust going to change everything for the uk satellite industry. it's really important for our economy both locally here down in cornwall where there's 2,500 jobs involved with space and also nationally as well. the space economy is worth £16.5 billion annually and employs 47,000 people. and that's growing all the time. and also, of course, it's a moment of inspiration for the youngsters who we want to come into technical

jobs and the space industry in the future. so why are satellites in space so important? when you think about what space does for us in society, for example, if you take all of the un climate variables, then half of them you can only measure from space. when there are so many concerns about the climate, what would you say to people who might argue it's not the time to put satellites into space? we have to acknowledge that spaceport operators, of course, they have to fulfil an environmental obligation. so part of the licence conditions that they get is ensuring that they have an environmental assessment. but what they're actually doing for society by putting these satellites into space enables us to monitor the climate and understand what's going on and therefore enables us to act and look after this fragile planet. a significant and inspirational moment. it's serious, you're doing it. if we are, we're doing it.

can you believe it? i know. every time i drive up here to go to work every day and i see cosmic girl here, it doesn't, the novelty doesn't wear off. just going to bring you quick breaking news. another strike, unite ambulance workers have said they will strike on january the 23rd. will strike onjanuary the 23rd. members of unite ambulance workers will strike onjanuary members of unite ambulance workers will strike on january the members of unite ambulance workers will strike onjanuary the 23rd. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. hi there, good evening. large waves behind me and they will be a big feature of the weather this weekend. a powerful area of low pressure moving on. fairly wide gales in western areas. severe gales potentially for the north. you consume about wide area of low pressure, lots more rain to come. we have had a quieter day to day. as we

go through this evening and overnight, we have got more rain coming in from the west associated with the area of low pressure. a slow—moving weather front, the concern is we will see further flood issues with another 30 to 40 millimetres of rain likely. across eastern areas stopping, lots of heavy showers following behind. they winced up again to gale force, if not a little higher. temperature starting at 11 or 12 dipping away during the afternoon. but it is mild for the time of year, it might feel fresher on sunday but again the winds will be a notch higher and plenty more heavy, thundery showers with some hail in there as well. a really unsubtle looking picture. —— unsubtle looking picture.

this is bbc news. the headlines. in a series of revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. there has always been this competition between us. i think it plays into and is played by the heir—spare. prince harry also reveals he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas — as the prime minister admits the nhs is under enormous pressure. the bbc understands the rail delivery group,

which represents train companies, has made a first offer to the drivers' union aslef.