our health correspondent jim reed reports.er to home and more quickly. at least, that�*s the idea. the government is promising more community diagnostic centres, some in car parks, shopping centres, with extended opening hours so more can be done outside hospital. it�*s all part of a plan to cut into near—record waiting lists for planned treatment in england. another ia specialist surgical hubs will also be opened byjune to carry out a simple routine operations. speaking to an audience of health care workers, the prime minister said reform is needed to stop the nhs becoming a national money pit. this is the year we roll up our sleeves and reform the nhs. a new era of convenience in care, faster treatment at your fingertips, patients in control, an nhs fit for the future. at the moment about 59% of patients are getting their appointment or treatment or being given the all clear within the 18 week target. 3 million are waiting longer. the government says it wants to get back to 92% by the end of this parliament, and a first mile

jim reed, bbc news. the latest from los angeles.s to spread again. at least three major fires are still burning, 24 people have been killed and 23 are still missing. let's hearfrom our correspondent will grant. as the wildfires in los angeles enter their second week, they keep burning, and the stories of destroyed lives stack up. amid the ruins of his block, michael soto was incredibly fortunate. his home survived while his neighbours were left with nothing. now, he stands guard to protect what he still has from looters, patrolling a devastated neighbourhood. i moved to this area, you know, for my kids — to have a better upbringing for them and for them to have a better future. it was a beautiful community, you know, it was mixed, it was nice. everyone, you know, looked at each other, waved and all that, you know. so it was just nice. i wanted my kids to have a better future for themselves. but, yeah, i... it looks like we're going to have to start all over again and rebuild, come stronger. the affluent suburb of brentwood has so fa

our health correspondent jim reed reports. such a home and more quickly. at least, that's the idea. the government is promising more community diagnostic centres, some in car parks, shopping centres, with extended opening hours so more can be done outside hospital. it's all part of a plan to cut into near—record waiting lists for planned treatment in england. another 1a specialist surgical hubs will also be opened byjune to carry out a simple routine operations. speaking to an audience of health care workers, the prime minister said reform is needed to stop the nhs becoming a national money pit. this is the year we roll up our sleeves and reform the nhs. a new era of convenience in care, faster treatment at your fingertips, patients in control, an nhs fit for the future. at the moment about 59% of patients are getting their appointment or treatment or being given the all clear within the 18 week target. 3 million are waiting longer. the government says it wants to get back to 92% by the end of this parliament, and a first mile

jim reed, bbc news.ildren with severe epilepsy are breaking the law to give them cannabis medicine as they struggle to have the drug prescribed on the nhs. we have spoken to families getting oils on the black market as well as those who illegally smuggle the drugs into the uk. is that funny? is everything funny? lunchtime, and this is ten—year—old annie's favourite meal. she loves food. she's quite highly motivated by food. annie has a rare form of epilepsy. we've changed their names to protect their identity. it's harrowing, it's tiring. it's exhausting, it's scary. it's the scariest thing ever — seeing your child seize. the only drug that her parents say helps is an oil made from the cannabis plant. but there's a catch. the medicine mumjane gives her daughter is illegal. i don't want to be breaking the law, but currently i probably would say i don't actually care that i'm breaking the law. because of the change you see in your daughter? she's happier. but, most importantly, she's having a dramatically

jonathan: jim reed at deutsche bank writes "for the last four years the first trading day has been a contrarian indicator with the s&p 500 ending the year the opposite direction it moves the birthday." -- it moves the first day." lisa: ignore it all, go home. you have had a massive rise in 10 year yields that has created this question, is it that rates are too expensive or too cheap but is it that stocks are too expensive? that will be the question and it will not be established today on january 2 when everybody comes back to work before we get payrolls or cpi or a real sense of what the donald trump and ministration will look like. jonathan: 17 basis point move on the 10 year. the 10-year this morning for .53. hsbc max kettner says we are in a danger zone and will be a copyright for the first month of 2025. have to get used to saying 2025. equity futures to kick off a brand-new year elevated .6%. coming up we will catch up with geoffrey yu of bny, looking for a continuation of trends. james lussier ahead of a house speaker vote and dan ives from wedbush on his top 10 tech winners. s

reed. cold case detective jim allen, now retired, decided to see if he could find some physical evidence tyingsandi johnson. it turned out the passage of time in the case gave police new tools. forensics had changed over the years. so there was the potential of testing a lot of things that wouldn't have been able to be tested back then for dna, specifically. they went back to where cliff reed had lived in 1996 all these years later and tore the place apart. they found what looked to them like a bloodstain under the carpet. could it be something? jim allen: we took all the carpet from his room. andrea canning: they still had sandi's teal green ford wagon. they ripped that apart, too. we re-searched her car and collected some more evidence and had that tested to see if we could find anything. andrea canning: this sort of analysis churned slowly. in 2006, cold case detectives began working with prosecutors kristin richardson and carla carlstrom. investigators dug deeper into cliff reed's story. they were learning more and more and more about cliff's lies and sort of his relationship with sandi an

jim reed, bbc news. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it is quarter past six.you are late for work. , ., ., ., to panic you if you are late for work. ., ., ., work. good morning. good morning to ou. if ou work. good morning. good morning to yom if you are — work. good morning. good morning to you. if you are stepping _ work. good morning. good morning to you. if you are stepping out _ work. good morning. good morning to you. if you are stepping out in - work. good morning. good morning to you. if you are stepping out in you - you. if you are stepping out in you are in the south—east of england, it is a chilly start. for the rest of us smiled for the time of year. also fairly cloudy first thing. it will brighten up later. we had the remnants of yesterday's and last night's weather front draped across parts of england and wales, with drizzle as well. drizzle in northern england and west wales. when coming out of thick cloud in western scotland. the best of the brightness and sunshine in eastern scotland and then north—east of england. it should brighten up a touc