instead, really without knowing it, we followed johnny mercer's advice from another verse of his song which said, you've got to spread joy up to the maximum, gloom down to the minimum, have faith our pandemoniums liable to walk upon the scene. the result, that 10.4% unemployment rate has now dropped to 5.3%. [ applause ] >> a rainy day fund has increased to approximately $2,33 million, with prudent budgeting, we have set a new record in trade, film production and tourism. we have laid the groundwork to improve our transportation and infrastructure dramatically over the next ten years. we have made our communities safer and have offered hope to those with addiction or behavioral disabilities through our accountability course. we have reduced the rate of recidivism and we've saved taxpayers of our state millions of dollars. a great example. eliminating a negative. new private sector jobs have reached more than 575,000, and for four con sec tef years georgia has been named the best state in the nation for business. now, why did this happen? because we had faith and we accentuated the pos

thank you, johnny mercer forjoining us so thank you, johnny mercer forjoining us so quickly.e will tell you more about this story at 5:30pm. the health secretaryjeremy hunt says it's "completely unacceptable" that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. figures show that waiting times in casualty units are worse than at any time in the last decade. mr hunt says he does have an improvement plan, but admits it will take time, and says there's no silver bullet. our health editor hugh pym reports. nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting—time performance in a&e since records began more than a decade ago. jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of high patient demand were not unique to the nhs, and all leading health systems were grappling with the same challenge. he said there was no silver bullet. i think it's wrong to suggest to people that these profound challenges, such as we face with an ageing population, are ones where there's a silver bullet where you can solve the problem overnight. we have a very good p

johnny mercer, the chairman of the defence subcommittee that has been looking into this and has publishedcoincide with the government announcement, it broke forward the publication of the report once it got wind of the fact that michael fallon was going to say something, he has been arguing for some time that the government needed to act in this regard. the mod say that the case involving phil shiner had to work its way through and then to be struck off before they could react in this way because thatjudgment undermines so many of the cases that we re undermines so many of the cases that were pending and on its books. what is really striking, picking up from your conversation with colonel kemp, is that the argument being made by johnny mercer himself about the specific effect that this had on so many people who were under investigation, of course you can ask bigger questions about the millions of pounds spent and the fact that this had gone on for seven years, but a really striking line in this report from johnny mercer's subcommittee, talking about how the bonds of trust between those wh

thank you very much, johnny mercer and hilary meridith.— a doctor, a nurse or a consultant — or you're a patient with recent experience, we'd love you to take part in the programme. e—mail victoria@bbc.co.uk to register your interest and one of our team will be in touch. it is going to be windy over the next few days. it is windy already in devon, where we have gusts of 55 mph, and there will be rain at times. the strongest winds through the english channel and the irish sea. close to the coast generally, we are looking at gusts to gale force. they will whip up some large waves as well. a lot of cloud around, with bands of rain moving across us at times. but there will be blackness in between. after a mild start to the day, the forecast is for a mild day. but if you are in the wind and rain, it is not going to feel special. 0vernight, we carry on with the breeze and showers. we shouldn't have a problem with frost orfog. tomorrow, we have this area of low pressure. it is not a named storm, just an area of low pressure. if you look at the sp

there is a quote from the chair of the committee inquiry, johnny mercer mp, in which he says, throughoutre of soldiers and their families. we need to hold our people in the highest esteem, and a repeat of eye hat must never be allowed to happen again. real strong condemnation. all following the news that phil shiner, the human rights lawyer, has been struck off after dishonest handling of those cases in iraq. we'll bring you more on that as it comes in. a security guard has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after tackling an alleged shoplifter in trowbridge, who then died. 0ur reporter scott ellis is there for us now. it was yesterday afternoon in the centre of trowbridge. there was a 13—year—old man —— 30—year—old man, we know that he was a rough sleeper, he was known to police and store detectives, they are all linked up by radio. they spotted him going into shops and taking items without paying. he has taken some bottles of vodka ina paying. he has taken some bottles of vodka in a store and conceal them under his jacket. the store detective gave chase and the two of them ende