>> morning 930 on wednesday, the 13th of november. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. so the church of england is in crisis. the archbishop of canterbury has resigned as more senior clergy are named in the child abuse scandal. do we need to see more change at the top of the institution? >> and nhs league tables would expose poor performers as hospital bosses face the sack if they don't cut waiting times. is it wrong to name and shame underperforming managers ? no.

underperforming managers? no. health secretary wes streeting thinks so . thinks so. >> we've got consistent underperformance to make sure that we're taking action and we're not just allowing people to coast along, drifting and failing, but we move them on to do something else . do something else. >> donald trump has given the world's richest man, elon musk, a job to dismantle bureaucracy and slash regulations. it looks like he's making america great again. >> and as the government tries to get a grip on knife crime, social media bosses are going to be hit with £10,000 fines if they fail to remove illegal knife crime content from their platforms. it's the home secretary going after the right people here. £10,000 is nothing. no, to those people. >> depends how many pictures there are. and free speech breach. or was it ? the breach. or was it? the journalist allison pearson is facing a police investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in a social media post last year. more on that to come . last year. more on that to come. >> and can you imagine being sat

next to something that smells horrendous every day? well, i don't want to go there, but actually she needs to change her scent. well , it's actually she needs to change her scent. well, it's nothing compared to what people living next to the runcorn incinerator in cheshire have to go through. >> all the steam blowing over in into our to our buildings. the houses are damp and we all wake up with sniffles, coughs every morning in the summer. the flies are horrendous . are horrendous. >> we'd love to hear what you think this morning. send your views, post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay. i'm off to put a little bit more deodorant on i think. first though, here's the news with lewis mckenzie. >> bev and andrew thank you very much. good morning. it'sjust much. good morning. it's just after 9:30. here are your latest headunes after 9:30. here are your latest

headlines from the gb newsroom. as you've just been hearing, failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables. and their managers sacked if they cannot improve patients care and take control of finances. health secretary wes streeting will tell leaders at the nhs providers conference in liverpool there will be no more rewards for failure as he sets out a package of measures aimed at tackling poor performances . at tackling poor performances. nhs england will carry out a no holds barred review of nhs performances across england, with the results made public in a league table which will be regularly updated. nhs trusts can expect to be ranked on a range of indicators such as finances, delivery of services, patient access to care and the competency of leadership . the competency of leadership. the safeguarding lead at the church of england says abuse within the church is a whole church problem. this is after the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, resigned following a

report that revealed a cover up spanning decades. it comes as victims of john smyth, who is thought to be the most prolific abuser associated with the church, called for further resignations from senior clergy members involved in the scandal. justin welby announced yesterday that he was standing down after an independent review concluded smyth could have been brought to justice if he formally reported him to the police more than a decade ago . the post office will decade ago. the post office will set out a transformative plan in a bid to fix its finances, amid reports that hundreds of branches could close down. the industry shake up may result in the closure of 115 loss making branches wholly owned by the post office, putting more than 1000 jobs at risk. post office chairman nigel wilson is expected to make the announcement at the company's headquarters in london later today. addressing postmasters

across the country as well as retail partners and post office staff . the 18 year old, accused staff. the 18 year old, accused of killing three children at a in a knife attack at a taylor swift themed dance class, is due to appear in court today. axel rudakubana of banks , lancashire, rudakubana of banks, lancashire, is charged with the murders of alice de silva, akua bebe king and elsie dot stancombe, who died following the stabbings at the heart space in southport shortly before midday on the 29th of july. the teenager is charged with the attempted murder of eight other children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, as well as instructor leanne lucas and businessman john hayes. he is also charged with possession of a knife. he is due to appear at liverpool crown court for a plea and trial preparation hearing. this afternoon . and finally, almost afternoon. and finally, almost half of warm water coral reef building species are at risk of going extinct . the conservation

going extinct. the conservation status for all 892 species were analysed for the threatened species red list, ahead of cop29 in azerbaijan. the data revealed that at the current projections, 44% of all coral species are threatened and could be extinct in the near future . well, those in the near future. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm lewis mackenzie. more from me in half an hour's time. >> very good morning. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce. and me with a voice which may last until midday. >> she's been smoking again. >> she's been smoking again. >> i am not. i was doing patrick christys show till 11:00 last night. you might have seen. i'll be fine. >> so this time yesterday, we were saying he was going to go. and of course, he went mid—afternoon. he had to speak to the king. although interesting, he didn't speak directly to the king. it was done through their respective private secretaries. so the report, of course , was. it took

report, of course, was. it took him a week or so to go. >> canterbury was talking, talking about archbishop of canterbury. >> yes. sorry. and now the search begins for a successor. the review also said that welby could and should have reported john smythe abuse of boys and young men in 2013, and he didn't. >> but what happens now? how? and when will a new archbishop be appointed? >> well, it's a long process and can take a very long time. we're joined by the former conservative mp ann widdecombe, who is now, of course, a support member of reform. and morning to you. good morning . it occurs to you. good morning. it occurs to me that it could take between 6 to 9 months to appoint a successor to justin welby. what if there is a major state event which requires the archbishop to officiate ? can he really do officiate? can he really do that? does he not have to stand down immediately and alternative arrangements be made? >> well, i think if that situation arose which you've described , there would be some

described, there would be some discussion between the palace and the government and the church, and it might well be decided that somebody else would stand in for him or whatever. >> i do not know. that is purely speculative. what we do know is that the archbishop is going and therefore a successor has to be found. we also know that other clergy have been implicated in this report, and i think it's necessary really, to clear up the aftermath of the report first, before we move on to or before the curve moves on to look at the succession. and i think it's important that welby stays there until all that is sorted out, because the macon report, you're quite right. >> and the macon report found two other bishops who's named two other bishops who's named two bishops who should have who were aware of the information in 2013 could have. and should have got involved with the police and didn't do anything. do they have to go to.

>> i think it's got to be decided on on an individual basis. there is some a rather overlooked line from the archbishop when he said that in 2013 he was informed of what was going on and he was also told that it had been reported to the police. so, you know, if other bishops were told the same thing, they may have thought, well, you know, there's nothing for us to do. it's now all in the right hands, but it wasn't. it never was. >> what needs to be learnt? and particularly by the anglican church. but also any organisation, any religious organisation, any religious organisation which might still have a culture of brushing these kind of issues under the table in order not to embarrass anybody or cause any shame on the organisation. >> oh, look, first of all, it's not just religious institutions which you implied. in fact , that which you implied. in fact, that you didn't which you implied. in fac