dominic hughes, bbc news. with me now is our health editor hugh pym.es on a&e even more intense this winter the last? are the pressures on a&e even more intense this winter the last7m does seem like that. we had new figures today from nhs england stay in bed occupancy in hospitals in the most in bed occupancy in hospitals in the m ost rece nt in bed occupancy in hospitals in the most recent week was 9a.5% above where it was a year ago. the issue of bed availability is key to all of this because if beds cannot be freed up this because if beds cannot be freed upfor this because if beds cannot be freed up for new patients coming in, you get a backlog going back into a&e and these long wait there. discharging patients is a problem as we have heard so many times because of social care issues. if an elderly patient is medically fit but cannot be found somewhere to go because something has not been set up at home, that causes problems. yes, more money has been invested in social care by the government in england and, yes, the government has made more money av

odette de sa ending that report by dominic hughes. time is quarter past six. up to its highest level for six years. and coming up: the new star wars film, the lastjedi — we're at the star—studded premier tonight in london. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: who's responsible for ‘milkgate'? the managers of manchester united and manchester city have their says on the melee after last sunday's premier league derby match. yesterday, we brought you some shocking stories about the kind of behaviour young women and some men have to put up with at work. it came from a survey commissioned by the bbc, one of the largest ever conducted on sexual harassment. today we're looking at the experiences of older women, those over 55. it turns out they're half as likely to report inappropriate behaviour as younger women. in her second report, lucy manning has been to whitley bay, in northumbria, where she's been hearing from an older generation. # waking into the light #. into the light — the groping, the harassment and the assaults faced by women at work. # waking into the lig

dominic hughes, bbc news, belfast.ce, that's according to a european court of justice ruling today. the ride—hailing firm had argued it was an information service — helping people to make contact with each other electronically — and not a cab firm. now, we are doing more and more things online — whether it's the shopping or streaming the latest drama — but slow broadband speeds can make the whole process pretty frustrating. now the government says we will have a legal right to demand high speed broadband by 2020. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is here. ican i can almost hear millions of people shouting, "about time too!" it's about 4% of the country that is left in the slow lane but it gets all the more frustrating for them as it goes on. ofcom worked out recently there is something like 1.1 million homes and businesses across the uk just not getting the kind of broadband they need to do simple tasks. so, from 2020 they are going to be given a legal right to a minimum service of 10 megabits per second,

dominic hughes, bbc news.citizens to apply to live in the uk permanently. ministers say the system currently is deeply flawed and plan to replace it with an online system. the immigration minister brendan lewis today said the system was overly complicated and overly bureaucratic. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. the current system has caused an awful lot of uncertainty for eu citizens wanting to apply. not surprisingly, after the brexit vote there was a surge of people applying for citizenship. there has been widespread criticism this is such a bureaucratic system, some 85 pages had to be filled out by applicants, all sorts of supporting documentation segment in. today the government put up their hands and said this isn't working so what we are going to get now is a new online system which will begin in the second half of next year, which ministers say will only take a few minutes to complete. it will be processed within a couple of weeks, cost about 70 quid. might be free for tho

here's our health correspondent dominic hughes.port, time is precious. but 10% of the appointments are missed, at around a cost of £60 each. this gp believes it reflects a changing attitude towards the nhs among younger patients. the nhs is now for our younger population is seen as a consumer service, younger population is seen as a consumer service, a bit likejohn lewis. perhaps valued differently to the way our older population see the nhs. sol the way our older population see the nhs. so i can't got the last time my older patients ever missed an appointment. thatjudgement is backed up by a new research on missed appointments, patients aged 16- 30 missed appointments, patients aged 16— 30 are some of the most likely to skip an appointment, with one in five failing to show up more than twice. appointments that fell within a feud is well more likely to be missed then those booked two weeks in advanced. some of those might lead to better management, that my mean giving more payments on the day then up to 2—3 days in advent. because

dominic hughes, bbc news.h editor, hugh pym, explained more about pressure that a&e departments are under at the moment. we've had some new figures today from nhs england saying that bed occupancy in hospitals in the most recent week was 9a.5% above where it was a year ago. the issue of bed availability is key to all this as we have been hearing. if beds cannot be freed up for new patients coming in then you get a backlog going back into a&e and these long waits there. and discharging patients is often a problem as we have heard so many times because of social care issues. if an elderly patient who is medically fit cannot be found somewhere to go because something has not been set up at home, then it causes real problems. yes, more money has been invested in social care by the government in england and yes, the government has made more money available in the budget for the nhs to deal with winter pressures but there is a feeling that came too little, too late. looking back over the last few years with this bbc

dominic hughes reports.epartments have been working at full capacity. now, bbc analysis shows how an already busy system is struggling to cope. the waiting time target to treat or deal with 95% of patients within four hours as the mist across the country. in the past year, more than 3 million patients waited longer than four hours, an increase of 120% on four years ago. it visits to a&e are up by only 7% to nearly 27 million. to ensure the target is met, the nhs would need to build an additional 20 one departments. there is no more capacity in the system, all staff are working really hard, all staff are working really hard, all nurses, alt. is. and we have reached a point where we u nfortu nately reached a point where we unfortunately cannot meet the demand —— our doctors. unfortunately cannot meet the demand -- our doctors. scotland has come closest to hitting the target while england has seen the biggest increase in those facing a long wait. the performance is even worse in wales, in northern island manage

dominic hughes, bbc news.d you can find out how your local hospital service is performing by using the bbc nhs tracker, which you can find on the bbc news website. the irish prime minister has said theresa may wants to put forward a new plan for the future of the irish border after brexit. negotiations with the eu stalled earlier this week when a proposal on the issue was rejected by northern ireland's democratic unionist party. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, is in westminster this morning. ian, the pressure on the prime minister is really growing now? deadlines keep coming thick and fast. definitely. people talk about ha rd fast. definitely. people talk about hard and soft borders between northern ireland and ireland. this was supposed to be sorted out before the crucial summit next week which will decide whether theresa may can get trade talks with the eu under way. the latest deadline, if you like, is effectively tomorrow night. the chief negotiator of the eu says u nless the chief negotiator of

dominic hughes, bbc news.janet davies, chief executive of the royal college of nursing. she is familiar with so many of these areas and pressure points. really, this is about parts of the machines that are blocked. tell us more. it is a whole system. if we think about ourselves, if we are not well, we have a whole journey in the health system. we have to access the gp and might not be able to do that, so we gp and might not be able to do that, so we might end up in an a&e. we might be in hospital, and we know that many of our families struggle. they can go home, they may be ready to go home, but if we are older, more sick, we need help at home. what we're seeing the moment is poor district services, a shortage of district services, a shortage of district nurses, for instance, who will keep the ball well to stop them from getting in our a&es, but also help them recover when they get home. we have also seen real problems with social care and a budget within local authorities to meet those needs. as we get older,

that was dominic hughes reporting. decided that england should follow other parts of the united kingdom in making this an opt out system? well, i certainly welcome the debate that it‘s creating. it‘s causing people to have a good discussion about organ donation. we know that 80% of the population supports organ donation. but only 30% of the population or on the organ donor register. this way, hopefully more families will have that discussion. hugh whittle, do you think this is the best way of maximising organ the nations, which i think everyone agrees are desperately needed? certainly everybody agrees that we need to optimise and increase the numbers of organs donated. the question is how to find the best way of doing that. our concern is that actually presumed consent, there is no evidence at the moment that it does actually increase the numbers, whether it is in wales or in other countries. the risk is that it actually might undermine the system of altruism and consent and trust that we've built up at the moment. sol

our health correspondent dominic hughes reports.g a stranger the gift of life is what lies at the heart of organ donation. these are the names of those who have helped some of the six and a half thousand people who need transplant each year but around 450 need transplant each year but around a50 will die before a donor can be found. the family of adrian williams we re found. the family of adrian williams were happy to support his decision to donate. when you lose someone and they have given that gift, that huge gift, you are immensely proud of them and it fills you with comfort that other families are enjoying the lives of their loved ones where they may not have done because of something that our ade has done for them. the last decade has seen a surge in donors across the uk. in 2007 there were around 790 deceased donors, rising to iaoo. the number of registered donors has gone up from ia million to more than 23 million. ministers are concerned that four out of ten families say no to donation. so they are proposing a system it is a

our health correspondent dominic hughes reports.is what lies at the heart of organ donation. these are the names of those who have helped some of the 6.5 thousand people who needed a transplant each year. around a50 will die before a donor can be found. the family of adrian williams we re found. the family of adrian williams were happy to support his decision to donate. when they give that gift, you are a mentally proud of them. it feels you with comfort that other families are actually enjoying the lives of their loved ones. where they may not have done, because of something that am a adrian has done for them. the past decade has seen a big surge in donors across the uk. in 2007, there were around 790 deceased donors. that has now risen to more than ia00. the number of registered donors has also gone up from a0 million to more than 23 million. ministers are concerned that four out of ten families still say no to donation. a proposal for a system where we all willing to be donors is being touted. we need much better communication in

here's our health correspondent dominic hughes.ident and emergency departments have been working at full capacity. now bbc analysis shows how an already busy system is struggling to cope. the waiting time targets to treat or deal with 95% of patients within four hours have been missed across the country. in the past year, more than 3 million patients waited longer than four hours — an increase of 120% on four years ago. but visits to a&e are up by only 7%, to nearly 27 million. to ensure the target is met, the nhs will need to build an additional 20 more a&e departments. there is no more capacity in the system. staff are working really hard, our nurses, our doctors, and we have reached a point where we, unfortunately, cannot meet that demand. scotland has come closest to hitting the target, while england has seen the biggest increase in those facing a long wait, but performance is even worse in wales. northern ireland manages to see just three quarters of patients within four hours. a busy nhs means longer waiting times and as we h

dominic hughes, bbc news.ounts of bath spa university show that its departing vice—chancellor, professor christina slade, received more than £800,000 last year in pay and benefits. ten days ago, the vice—chancellor of bath university announced she would step down in 2019 after complaints from students and staff about her pay. the university and college union said the pay and pensions of some senior staff made them look greedy and out of touch. a fast—moving wildfire in southern california has hit the us state's main costal highway and reached the pacific ocean according to firefighters tackling the blaze. the homes of more than 150,000 people have been evacuated in an area north of los angeles and hundreds of buildings have been damaged. strong winds are expected to further hinder efforts to contain the fire which is still endangering some 12,000 properties. the australian parliament has passed a bill to legalise same—sex marriage. the bill was passed after a long debate in which more than 100 mps spoke. the v

our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the family of adrian williams we re more.lose someone and they have given that immense gift, you are so proud of them, it fills you are so proud of them, it fills you with comfort that other families are enjoying the lives of their loved ones, where they may not have done because of something that our person has done for them. the past decade has seen a big surge in donors across the uk, in 2007, around 790 deceased donors, that has now risen to 1a00, the number of registered donors has gone up from 14 registered donors has gone up from 1a million to more than 23 million, but ministers are concerned that four out of ten families still say no to donation, so they are proposing a system where it is assumed we are all willing to be donors. the issue of presumed consent is one thing we are looking at, what we need really is to have better communication inside family so people know what family members actually want. the story of transplants in the uk over the last decade has been one of success, more people having operations and m

here's our health correspondent dominic hughes.gery in stockport, time is precious. but 10% of the appointments booked here are missed, at around a cost of £60 each. this gp believes it reflects a changing attitude towards the nhs among younger patients. the nhs is now for our younger population seen as a consumer service, a bit likejohn lewis. perhaps valued differently to the way our older population see the nhs. so i can't remember the last time my older patients ever missed an appointment. thatjudgement is backed up by a new research on missed appointments, patients aged 16— 30 are some of the most likely to skip an appointment, with one in five failing to show up at their local surgery more than twice. appointments that fell within a few days were more likely to be missed than those booked two weeks in advance. some of those solutions might include to better management to thsoe who might not attend, so, for example, that might mean giving more patients on the day then up to 2—3 days in advance. because we have a profile of wha

dominic hughes, bbc news.bject of interest before the attack, might have been averted. uk says in a part of the uk will be treated differently in the brexit talks. 0ne talks. one of the parents the growing use of online streaming services is being exploited by online sex offenders. sales of new cars stall once again — in november they fell for the eighth month in a row. the number of new cars registered was down by around 11% compared with november last year. that's according to figures from the society of motor manufacturers and traders. it suggests consumers are being put off by a rise in inflation and weak wage growth. we will have more on this shortly. commuting costs for rail passengers will rise injanuary at their fastest rate for five years. average railfares will go up by 3.4%. it was already known that fares regulated by the government, which represent about half of the total and include season tickets, would go up by 3.6% from next month. the uk's services sector, the biggest part of our economy, gre

dominic hughes reports. lies at the heart of organ donation. these are the names of those who've helped some of the 6,500 people who need a transplant each year, but around a50 will die before a donor can be found. the family of adrian williams were happy to support his decision to donate. when you lose someone, and they've given that gift, that huge gift, you're immensely proud of them and it fills you with comfort that other families are actually enjoying the lives of their loved ones, where they may not have done, because of something that our ade has done for them. the past decade has seen a big surge in donors across the uk. in 2007, there were around 790 deceased donors. that's now risen to more than 1400. the number of registered donors has gone up from 14 million to more than 23 million. but ministers are concerned that four out of ten families say no to donation, so are proposing a system where it's assumed we are all willing to be donors. the issue of presumed consent is one thing we are looking at

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even more when they're sad so it's probably be only business and dominic that wasn't negatively affected by the hurricane but here it's hugh people like him we saw one of comes to change in weather patterns and they have little idea how to pull the rest of the world complete with. this blessing in disguise attitude is not lost on the local government either dominica has long struggled with high youth and particularly male unemployment which at least partially is a consequence of the laid back east those so common in the tropics. the prime minister hopes that with a little help from abroad he can turn a challenge into an opportunity the task really is to seek to rebuild lives of the people but to go put unity to to create the world's first climate resilient nation and ensuring that what we can do for sales by ourselves to mitigate the goods. from us to conditions but we would like to see a greater effort on the part of the international community especially those of us who expose all support for climate change and for the effects of climate change and for. our global leaders to protect. and some of that has already started