who is 31, broke windows and stoked a fire in a wheelie bin that was pushed up against the holiday inn express august ath. hospital leaders across england are warning they're being struck by a "tidal wave" of flu and other winter viruses. nhs england says there has been a 70% increase in hospital flu cases in the past seven days and the total number of people in hospital with flu is 3.5 times higher than for the same time last year. our health editor, hugh pym, has been at one a&e to see how this and other pressures are taking their toll. corridor care — lines of numbered beds. but hospitals say it has to be like this to get ambulances back on the road. it's an overdoses i in the side corridor. should i tannoy for him? he's here. oh... he's on the phone. so he is seeing number six. perfect. nurses and doctors are allocated these patients. the care is safe, but not ideal, says consultant amir. we do what we can to try and deliver the best care we can do. but if you were to ask me, would i be happy for my mother to be cared for in a corridor? i would say no. john has just been unloaded from an a

fishlock smashed windows and stoked a flaming bin at the houdayinn stoked a flaming bin at the holiday inn expressn rotherham dunng holiday inn express in rotherham during a spate of disorder on the 4th of august. the 31 year old initially denied violent disorder and arson with intent to endanger life, but later pleaded guilty to the charges. fishlock sentence includes a five year licence period after he's released from jail. and your last story for now. comedian duncan norvelle has died aged 66. hailed as one of the last legends of true variety comedy, the entertainer known for his catchphrase chase me. died in hospital surrounded by his loved ones. those are your top stories for now. but now it's back to patrick for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> good evening. the attempt to sportswash radical sharia regimes continues. saudi arabia will be the latest middle eastern hellhole to host the world cup. >> there's a great pleasure that i can confirm that the host of the fifa world cup 2034 will be saudi ar

fishlock smashed windows and stoked a flaming bin at the houdayinn stoked a flaming bin at the holiday inn expressn rotherham dunng holiday inn express in rotherham during a spate of disorder on the 4th of august. the 31 year old initially denied violent disorder and arson with intent to endanger life, but later pleaded guilty to the charges. jailing him, judge jeremy richardson kc said this is one of the worst cases of its kind stemming from the rotherham disorder. fishlock sentenced, which also includes a five year licence period after he's released from jail, is the same as that of thomas burley, who was also part of the mob, some of whom attempted to torch the hotel in south yorkshire. in other news, the backlog of criminal cases waiting to be deau criminal cases waiting to be dealt with by crown courts in england and wales hit a new record high of 73,105 in september. that's according to new figures shown by the ministry of justice. the government is considering fundamental reform in the courts after the crown court backlog backlog almost doubled in five years. the caseload increased 3% on th

fishlock smashed windows and stoked a flaming bin at the houdayinn and stoked a flaming bin at the holiday inn expressn rotherham dunng holiday inn express in rotherham during a spate of disorder on the 4th of august. the 31 year old initially denied violent disorder and arson with intent to endanger life, but later pleaded guilty to the charges. fishlock sentence includes a five year licence period after he's released from jail. here's judge jeremy richardson kc. >> you were at the forefront of it all, playing your part to the full. the venom of racism and racially motivated violence suffused the events from first to last. >> and your final story for now, drivers planning christmas getaways are being warned to expect long queues because of record traffic levels. the aa predicts that friday, december the 20th. remember, that date will be the busiest day on the roads during the festive period, with an estimated 23.7 million drivers planning a trip that's more than the busiest christmas getaway day of any year since the aa began recording data in 2010. the joint second worst days for traffic jams over t

levi fishlock smashed windows and stoked a flaming bin at the holiday inn express in rotherham during a spate of disorder on the 4th of august. the 31 year old initially denied violent disorder and arson with intent to endanger life, but later pleaded guilty to the charges. fishlock sentence includes a five year licence penod includes a five year licence period after he's released from jail. and your final story for now. drivers planning christmas getaways are being warned to expect long queues because of record traffic levels. the aa predicted that friday, december the 20th, will be the busiest day on the roads during the festive period, with an estimated 23.7 million drivers planning a trip. that's more than the busiest christmas getaway day of any year since the aa began recording data in 2010. the joint second worst day of traffic jams over the 2024 festive period are expected to be december the 21st and december the 23rd, each with more than 22 million drivers on the road. the amber traffic warnings have been issued by the aa for all three days. those are your latest stories for

levi fishlock smashed windows and stoked a flaming bin at the holiday inn express in rotherham during a spate of disorder on the 4th of august. here's the judge, jeremy richardson kc sentencing. excuse me. we don't have that for you, but what we can bring you is the news about who the time magazine's person of the year is. it's president elect donald trump. it's the second time he's been awarded this title and accepting the honour. he claims next year will be even bigger. >> it's i think we're going to have a tremendous run. we have to straighten out some problems, some big problems in the world. it's when we left. we didn't have any of these problems. we didn't have russia with ukraine, we didn't have israel october 7th. we didn't have the afghanistan disaster. we didn't have inflation, we had no inflation. and we had a very strong economy. and we're going to do that again. but i think we're going to even up it because now we have experience that. >> and your last story for now, comedian duncan norvelle has died aged 66. hailed as one of the last legends of true variety comedy, the e

levi fishlock smashed windows and stoked a flaming bin at holiday inn express in rotherham during a spateisorder on the 4th of august. the 31 year old initially denied violent disorder and arson with intent to endanger life, but later pleaded guilty to charges. fishlock's sentence includes a five year licence period. afterwards, he's released from jail. and finally duncan norvelle has died aged 66. hailed as one of the last legends of true variety comedy. the entertainer, known for the catchphrase chase me. died in hospital surrounded by his loved ones on thursday after a chest infection. we've got some pictures of duncan norvelle that will give to you a little bit later. from when duncan appeared on lee anderson's programme on gb news. those are your latest for now. >> back to jacob for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to. gbnews.com/alerts. >> welcome back to state of the nation. three of the four pillars of the constitution are under attack. the recent budget seeks to destroy property ownership. freedom of speech se

levi fishlock smashed windows and stoked a flaming bin in at the holiday express inn in rotherham during spate of disorder on the 4th of august. the 31 year old initially denied violent disorder and arson with intent to endanger life, but later pleaded guilty to the charges. jailing him, judge jeremy richardson kc said this is one of the worst cases of its kind stemming from the rotherham disorder. fishlock's sentence, which also includes a five year licence period after he's released from jail, is the same as that of thomas burley, who was also part of the mob, some of whom attempted to torch the hotel in south yorkshire. and finally, drivers planning christmas getaways are being warned to expect long queues because of record traffic levels. the aa predicts that friday, december the 20th, will be the busiest day on the roads dunng be the busiest day on the roads during the festive period, with an estimated 223.7 million drivers making a trip that's more than the busiest christmas getaway day since any year since the 2010 data. the joint second worst days for traffic jams over the 2024 f