so there is a technically still time, but the nationai— a technically still time, but the national audit officeery difficult to see how all of these properties could _ to see how all of these properties could he — to see how all of these properties could be kept, giving the complexity, giving the financing, and also — complexity, giving the financing, and also given the fact that some of the building work at least is not really— the building work at least is not really new hospital is as much as it is refurbishment of existing hospitals, extensions of buildings, that sort— hospitals, extensions of buildings, that sort of thing. and it goes back to the _ that sort of thing. and it goes back to the question of probity, to the question— to the question of probity, to the question of honesty and feeds into this narrative around the conservatives. they have had such difficulty— conservatives. they have had such difficulty shifting the idea that they can't be trusted when it comes to many— they can't be trusted when it comes to many things. and they can't be trusted when it comes to many things— to m

national audit review? absolutely, it is always good to see the national audit office looking at public expenditure becausehe meantime, we know trusts are really challenged and many of them are what we call shovel—ready and ready to go, just waiting for the go—ahead. one of post—war britain's leading theatre directors, peter brook, has died in paris at the age of 97. peter brook's early stage career ranged from radical interpretations of shakespeare to broadway musicals. his best—known film was lord of the flies, released in 1963. sarah campbell looks back on his life. i know a bank where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows... a midsummer night's dream on trapezes, surely not? yet those who saw the royal shakespeare company's 1970 production thought it brilliant. what better way to capture the strangeness of shakespeare's playful comedy of dreams, fairies and love? peter brook had been directing for 20 years — always original, always challenging. he had flourished in the �*60s and �*70s, one of thousands of artists who rebelled against the old conventions. how are you today? the

details of the national audit office review first emerged in a letter to the shadow health secretary, 2030. well, for more on this, i'm nowjoined by rory deighton, the acute lead from nhs confederation, which represents hospital trusts and leaders. good evening to you. i want to come to the value for money aspect of this injust a moment, but before we look at that, the national audit office is asking whether all of the projects could genuinely be called new hospitals or whether they are extensions or refurbishments. as far as you are aware, are we talking about actually a0 completely new buildings? about actually 40 completely new buildinus? ,., ., ., ,, i. buildings? good evening, thank you for havin: buildings? good evening, thank you for having me _ buildings? good evening, thank you for having me on. _ buildings? good evening, thank you for having me on. i— buildings? good evening, thank you for having me on. i don't _ buildings? good evening, thank you for having me on. i don't think - buildings? good evening, thank you for having me on. i don't think we i for having me on. i don

national audit review? absolutely, it is always good to see the national audit office looking at public expenditure because what is going on, so we look forward to seeing what comes out of that. but in the meantime, we know trusts are really challenged and many of them are what we call shovel—ready and ready to go, just waiting for the go—ahead. heavy rain and wind is creating a life—threatening emergency situation for residents in australia's biggest city sydney. thousands have been told to leave their homes in the south west of the city because of the risk of flash floods and landslides. from sydney, shaimaa khalil reports. another extreme weather event, only a few months since the last one. in the southwestern sydney suburb of camden, home to more than 100,000 people, local shops and a petrol station were inundated. not much else has been spared here. many communities have seen a month's worth of rain in the last two days alone. thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate southwest sydney. with torrential rain and damaging winds thrashing the east coast, more wet weather was expected in the next cou

details of the national audit office review first emerged in a letter to the shadow health secretaryment of health and social care insists the plan is on track to deliver a0 new hospitals by 2030. i'm joined now by saffron cordery, interim chief executive of nhs providers, which represents hospitals and trusts across england. welcome to you, thank you for being with us. do you think this pledge is still on schedule? we with us. do you think this pledge is still on schedule?— still on schedule? we know there have been some _ still on schedule? we know there have been some real— still on schedule? we know there have been some real challenges. still on schedule? we know there - have been some real challenges with the progress of the new hospitals programme and many trusts are behind schedule because they haven't been given the go—ahead to get building. i think we have to put this in the context of wider challenges for the nhs, in terms of investment in bricks and mortar and investment in its infrastructure, but the expenditure to date has been woefully lacking. things like states mainte

the national audit office intends to conduct a "value for money review" later this year.s are currently building a new hospital. labour has accused the tories of "overpromising and underdelivering". the department of health and social care said the first of the a0 new hospitals "opened for patients last year and a further six are under construction". we can speak now to nigel edwards, chief executive of the nuffield trust, a think tank focused on health policy. thank you ever so much forjoining us. do you welcome this review? 1 think it's possibly probably necessary, quite a lot has changed since the programme is announced. november last year, a body that i think i had never heard of, but maybe someone else had done, but something called an infrastructure project authority, part of government, had whip —— had issued warnings about the project being delayed and also has been a huge inflation and the costs of building construction, partly due to the pandemic and brexit, but also worldwide, the costs have been going up. a number of the schemes that were originally thought to

details of the national audit office review first emerged in a letter to the shadow health secretary, and social care insists the plan is on track to deliver a0 new hospitals by 2030. let's return to news that boris johnson is facing questions and how much he knew after appointing chris pincher as deputy chief with. the allegations have appeared in several newspapers, as well as the allegations which emerged earlier in the week, although he said he had drunk too much. i'm joined now by conservative peer and former editor of the sunday telegraph, baroness patience wheatcroft. i'm so sorry, can i stop you there. i'm so sorry, can i stop you there. i'm not a conservative peer. i left the party before the last election. i set as a crossbencher. i do apologise. _ i set as a crossbencher. i do apologise, baroness, - i set as a crossbencher. i do apologise, baroness, that i i set as a crossbencher. i do apologise, baroness, that we give you the long label —— gave you the wrong label. a number of the sunday papers choosing to focus their headlines on a borisjohnson in all of this. on what he

the national audit office intends to conduct a "value for money review" later this year.y building a new hospital. labour accused the tories of "overpromising and underdelivering". the department of health and social care said the first of the a0 new hospitals "opened for patients last year and a further six are under construction". it's little more than a week since the us supreme court overturned the automatic right to have an abortion — but the effects of that landmark ruling are already being felt outside of the us. here in the uk, staff at some women's clinics are reporting larger numbers of anti—abortion protestors gathering outside — which they say is causing distress to patients. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool has been finding out more. the lord's prayer, opposite an abortion clinic in london, in footage taken by a member of staff there. 0ne provider told us there's been a noticeable increase in protest activity in the uk since news emerged that abortion rights would be overhauled in the us. regularly, anti—abortion protesters stand directly outside our clinic

british prime minister borisjohnson's made to build a0 new hospitals by 2030 is facing the national audit officeility of projects because of spiralling inflation later this year. the bbc understands only five nhs trusts were currently building a whole new hospital. the department of health and social care has said the first of the a0 new hospitals "opened for patients last year and a further six are under construction". greece has welcomed the first of more than 200 firefighters from other european countries, who are going there to help contain summer wildfires. last year, following the worst heatwave in decades, a spate of wildfires caused devastation across the country, as gail maclellan reports. the first european firefighters from romania and bulgaria have arrived in greece along with their fire trucks. they will be joined by colleagues from france, finland, germany and norway. the project is being funded by the eu's civil protection mechanism and the greek government is grateful. translation: we thank you very much for coming to help us _ during a difficult summer for our country and for pr

and the word 40. ..by the national audit office.es, i'll give you an example. before you do, it wasn't 40 new hospitals. yes, because... that can be defined as a new wing or a refurbished hospital. there weren't 40. take my local example, . the west suffolk hospital, built in a, with an- architecture, that means it is in urgent need _ of updating, and there will be a new hospital in west suffolk, replacing the one that needs i replacing. it's still a new hospital. are they knocking down the old one? effectively. let's go through the 39 of them. that's a new hospital. one example. we aren't going through all of them. i know them inside out! cambridge cancer hospital, you might say that's only a wing. it is not a wing, a new cancer hospital in cambridge. - yes, 40 new hospitals. all of them properly new with a new sign on a new bit of land that wasn't there before? even the department of health released guidance last year saying the new can mean a new hospital like your one, it could mean wing, it could simply mean a bit of upgrading.

details of the national audit office review first emerged in a letter to the shadow health secretaryts the plan is on track to deliver 40 new hospitals by 2030. travellers are facing more disruption to their plans as the industry struggles with staff shortages ahead of a busy holiday period. holidaymakers are being told to expect more flight cancellations over the next few days. and in the us, a thousand flights have been cancelled across independence day weekend. azadeh moshiri reports. it's scenes like this that airlines and the government want to avoid. but after months of travel chaos, which included the easter and jubilee holidays, passengers now face more disruptions in the days ahead. what you are going to see in the next few days are thousands of flight cancellations by british airways and others because they have a window in which they can effectively hand back the slots that they use for taking off and landing at airports like heathrow. and with this window, there is no penalty for them. they also want to give consumers more than 14 days notice of any cancellation, because

details of the national audit office review first emerged in a letter to the shadow health secretary, social care insists the plan is on track to deliver a0 new hospitals by 2030. earlier, i spoke to nigel edwards, chief executive of the nuffield trust, a think tank focused on health policy. i asked him if he welcomed the review. it's probably necessary, quite a lot has changed since the programme was announced. and back in november last year, a body that i think i had never heard of, but maybe anyone else would have done, but something but something called an infrastructure project authority, part of government, had issued warnings about this programme being delayed and there's also been a huge inflation in the costs of building construction, partly due to the pandemic and brexit, potentially, but also worldwide, the costs have been going up. a number of the schemes that were originally thought to be affordable might actually be in trouble. and there seems to be confusion over the number of new hospitals being built? do you know how many are being built? this is a very good question,

details of the national audit office review first emerged in a letter to the shadow health secretaryists the plan is on track to deliver 40 new hospitals by 2030. nigel edwards is chief executive of the nuffield trust, a think tank focused on health policy. he explained how many new hospitals had been built since the pledge. the word "new" is surprisingly slippery. if you think new means a completely new building on a new site, there's probably only two of those. the rest are largely rebuilding or refurbishment or new wings on existing buildings. all are very welcome now, because the uk is a massive outlier in high—income countries on how much we have been spending on health infrastructure, diagnostic equipment and buildings. so this is all very welcome, but one of the problems with the programme is that the idea behind it was to try to approach this with a standardised approach to building, reducing costs, but because these are all refurbishments and buildings on existing sites, having to fit into existing building structures, it's very hard to standardise, the schemes become more c

a report by the national audit office — ten years on from the london olympics — found the governmentur years after they had taken place. sport participation rates did increase, but the progress was "lost" during the pandemic. the government says it recognises there is more to do and will publish a revised sports strategy in the coming months. 4g coverage is set to be expanded to a further five tube stations across the tube network over the next six months. among them are oxford circus, tottenham court road, and camden town. it's part of ongoing work to rollout 4g and 5g coverage across the entire network, including tunnels, by the summer of 2023. the uefa women's euros tournament arrives in the capital today, with brentford community stadium hosting the first of four games in the competition, with the final being held at wembley. germany take on denmark at the west london venue tonight. it comes after the lionesses won their first match on tuesday. now, are you afraid of spiders? it's a common phobia, but one that zsl london zoo could now help with. their "friendly spider programme"

by the national audit office. are you happy with how you describe that programme?ilt in _ the worst suffolk hospital, built in a, _ the worst suffolk hospital, built in a, with _ the worst suffolk hospital, built in a, with an- built in a, with an architecture, - built in a, with an architecture, that built in a, with an- architecture, that means it built in a, with an— architecture, that means it is in urgent _ architecture, that means it is in urgent need _ architecture, that means it is in urgent need of— architecture, that means it is in urgent need of updating, i architecture, that means it is l in urgent need of updating, and there _ in urgent need of updating, and there will— in urgent need of updating, and there will be _ in urgent need of updating, and there will be a _ in urgent need of updating, and there will be a new _ in urgent need of updating, and there will be a new hospital- in urgent need of updating, and there will be a new hospital in l there will be a new hospital in west— there will be a new hospital in west suffolk, _ there will be a new hos

office, the audit revealed many violations. a press conference at gunpoint from ukrainian captivity returned to their homeland the employees of the nationalists. they were caught at the very beginning of a special military operation, and now the fighters talk about what they had to endure , according to former prisoners of war, after severe beatings under threat of life, they were forced not only to testify, but also to participate in staged videos, this is without a doubt another point in a long series of bloody war crimes that russian investigators are investigating, oleg has details. at this so -called press conference in the center of kiev , which took place in early april, the dilated pupils of a man in a balaklava, a man in blue camouflage , immediately attract attention clearly memorized phrases are unnaturally pronounced with a ribbon on their hands in order to ensure the happy future of our children. our grandchildren at a meeting with journalists all the chevrons look strange a non-existent battalion of ukraine and signs asking to donate bitcoins to the fighters. the people in masks themselves, who could not clearly answer a sin

because the national taxpayer advocate found that low-income individuals are less likely to respond to audits. so with these facts in mind, can you talk about what the taxpayer experience office offers to eitc filers to help them respond to audits and provide the necessary information to the i.r.s.? please talk about how you conduct outreach to these individuals and how the process can be improved to ensure that we minimize instances of low-income filers losing eitc simply because they don't respond to the audit. mr. corbin: yes, ma'am. i think some of the activities we do at the i.r.s., really, from an experience standpoint, comes from that outreach and education component. eitc is a very complex law, and, you know, our experience has been with taxpayers is that that complexity sometimes causes confusion. not out of a willful or intentional neglect for the law. but it's just the confusion from that. so some of the things that we do, we partner to do the eitc awareness days to get out and make sure people are aware of what is available, such as our eitc assistant on irs.gov to help them through those issues. we also, from an experience standpoint, one of the things that we wi