the royal college of paediatrics and child health says children deserve better, but westminster insistsas world—leading plans in place. the college also says four out of five young people who are obese will battle ill health for the rest of their lives. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. being healthy when you are young makes a big difference to your chances of good health in later life. at an after—school gym session in manchester are sisters grace and mia. both of them enjoy the rewards a workout gives them. fitter, confident. just happier with yourself, yeah. personally, ijust feel good about myself. think i've done well, and achieve better stuff. but when it comes to the health of children and young people, the report out last year showed the uk was lagging behind other european nations. so, one year on, has the situation improved 7 in scotland, there is praise for a new mental health strategy, and better support for mothers who breastfeed. likewise in wales, where a smoking ban in playgrounds has been introduced. but the report says cuts to public health budgets in e

the royal college of paediatrics and child health says children "deserve better", but westminster insists" in place. the college also warns that obesity could cause children to face a lifelong battle with poor health. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, has more. being healthy when you are young makes a big difference to your chances of good health in later life. at an after—school gym session in manchester are sisters grace and mia. both of them enjoy the rewards a work—out gives them. fitter, confident. just happier with yourself, yeah. personally, ijust feel good about myself, think i've done well, and achieve better stuff. but, when it comes to the health of children and young people, a report out last year showed the uk was lagging behind other european nations. so, one year on, has the situation improved ? in scotland, there is praise for a new mental health strategy, and better support for mothers who breast—feed. likewise in wales, where a smoking ban in playgrounds has been introduced. but the report says cuts to public health budgets in england are hitting children's servi

stay with us because in a few minutes i'll be speaking janet davies, the head of the royal college ofs. thousands of people who've worked on private sector service contracts for the failed company carillion have been told they will continue to be paid. a court hears claims that the former wales manager gary speed was one of four men who took their own lives after being coached by barry bennell. and there are new warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk after hundreds of drivers spent last night stranded in their cars. and in sport... the ecb will let ben stokes play on their tour of new zealand next month despite the all—rounder being charged with affray this week. they left him out of the ashes as he waited to hear if he would be charged after a nightclub brawl last september. he has vowed to clear his name. theo walcott has joined everton, signing for three and half years in a £20 million deal. and eddiejones has signed a two—year contract extension with the rugby football union. he will remain as head coach until two years after the next world cup. a full

taj hassan, who's president of the royal college of emergency medicine, has been telling our health editorhugh pym, how bad the situation has become. well, i think the latest figures, as well as the letter today from 68 co nsulta nts well as the letter today from 68 consultants in emergency medicine show the scale of challenge that emergency departments are facing at the moment in what is the worst set of figures in the last 15 years. you have used some strong language too, how serious is the situation? we've said for a long time that the situation is very serious and what we situation is very serious and what we need now is we are in the middle of what is clearly a crisis and we need to work collaboratively together, as colleges, department of health, and other bodies to be able to address the problems that we face and identify solutions that are going to help us in the next few weeks and months. and then move on to medium—term solutions. weeks and months. and then move on to medium-term solutions. every january there a lot of pressure. how serious is it this time, given that injanuary se

the royal college of emergency medicine says patient safety is undoubtedly being compromised. 0ur health editor hugh pym has the latest. there's been extreme stress at some hospitals. around 20 in england have been on the highest alert level. that means no available beds and severe delays for ambulances handing over patients. one reason why tens of thousands of non—urgent operations this month will be cancelled. that means patients like dave, who is himself a doctor, will have to wait longer. he was due to have heart surgery today, but was told yesterday he'd have to wait for a new date. as a patient, i think i underestimated how upsetting it is to prepare for something like this and then for it not to be occurring. and as a doctor, i really feel for all our patients who are going through the same thing. so what did the health secretary, jeremy hunt, have to say to patients worried about possible long delays? i want to apologise for the fact that we have had, regrettably, to postpone a number of operations. we're trying to do it differently this year. last year, we cancelled a

the quote we have from the royal college of paediatrics and child health is that four fifths of obeseadults and that will cut their life expectancy byur) that will cut their life expectancy by up to ten years. being born poor will literally make you live for less long. they also calling for curbs on the advertising of unhealthy food. we have heard that before. it doesn't get much traction. unless they have missed things, all that happened last time there was a huge call for stopping advertising during children's programmes is that fewer children's programmes is that fewer children's programmes got made and they made programmes got made and they made programmes that were specifically directed at children but were nonetheless watched by them. we move onto the daily mail. the shocking toll of gambling on children. children say they feel bombarded by betting firms. notjust children. if you have been watching the australian open over the last fortnight, every single ad break, every two games, and then is 90 seconds long, because that is how long they take between them, it is a parade of ad

but there is an increasing view across different parts of the nhs and royal colleges, trade unions andnk tanks, saying that in england and also the uk, spending is lagging behind what it might be as a share of national income. so getting that balance right and also highlighting the need for the nhs to be efficient and how it can save money is always quite a difficult thing to get right. but, there is now an increasing debate about the need for a cross—party view on this, involving everyone across society, how do they want the nhs to be funded and social care? where is the money going to come from, does it need more tax? on this, of course, the 70th year of the nhs. what is interesting, is we started off talking about viewers' concern that the bbc is being too negative, but it has also been striking that the bbc‘s logo for this story is ‘nhs winter. whereas in the past it has been ‘nhs crisis', which the bbc also got criticised for. some might say, is the bbc being too shy of being as hard as it needs to be on this story? we have been very careful in our reporting not to use the word cr

in five obese children face life—long battles with ill—health according to a new report by the royal college. it says westminster is still lagging behind scotland and wales in prioritising the issue. the government insists it has world—leading plans in place. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. being healthy when you're young makes a big difference to your chances of good health in later life. atan life. at an after—school gym session in manchester, sisters grace and mia, both of them enjoy the rewards a workout gives them. fitter, confident, just happier with yourself, yeah. personally ijust feel good about myself, think i've done well and achieve better stuff. but when it comes to the health of children and young people, the report out last year showed the uk was lagging behind other european nations. so one year on, is the situation improved ? in scotland, there's praise for a new mental health scare, strategy and better support for mothers who breastfeed. likewise in wales where a smoking ban in playgrounds has been introduced. but a report says public cuts in health in engl

there is a risk of having a strike as a result of the problems in the health service or aging the royal college of nurses and that's a fairly reliable source so you would say well many stars down to be trying to stir it up and on this occasion they are saying that john a davis is warning the chancellor of the exchequer that if he doesn't pull its finger out and get decent wage rises to then it's as still going to go wrong this on top of the fact that the n.h.s. can't currently recruit enough nurses that's all tied into brac set and probably to do with poor wages too and lots of problems brewing of course the edges paid for by tax very hard at the rate that other countries some other countries do g four s. results today though four billion in revenues why don't these nurses who are on low pay get shares in g four s. who get the contracts despite being under an s f o series for diversification the same to it's a brilliant idea actually let's not eat for four weeks and put all the money we save into the forest shares how do you do next i didn't know jack shit before we go on to the next one i did

"a dangerous downward spiral" — the royal college of nursing calls for action as more nurses are now working with carillion is due to end today. three—fifths of new cars should be electric by 2030 if the uk is to meet its greenhouse gas targets. the committee on climate change says homes also need to be built with better insulation. the uk has cut emissions sharply but the organisation says the uk will fall short of its ambitions unless ministers do more to turn pledges into reality. bitcoin has traded below $10,000 for the first time since early december. the value of one bitcoin fell to $9,958 before making a slight recovery, according to the price index run by the news site coindesk. before christmas it peaked just shy of $20,000. in the last hour you mentioned the burberry share price is down by almost 8% — why? it is down 7.6%. they gave their chris mat tmas trading figures and their uk seams had fallen —— sales had fallen. the reason burberry gave, had fallen. the reason burberry av had fallen. the reason burberry gave, we know it them, the luxury british brand, the reason they

earlier the bbc spoke to professor suzanne mason from the royal college of emergency medicine who warned the nhs could put patients at risk. absolutely safety is being compromised. there's no doubt about that. when patients are in crowded emergency departments and staff cannot actually move between patients and provide the basic level of care that's required then safety is compromised. patients who spend many hours on a trolley and these are often elderly patients, they are the sickest patients in our department, do much worse in the long—term. they're much more likely to have a poor outcome and even die as a result of their experience in the emergency department and that is a huge tragedy for us in our speciality and this is why we are so desperate to try and see things improve. i'm joined from our westminster studio by phillippa hentsch, the head of analysis for nhs providers, which represents acute and emergency treatment services in the nhs. thank you very much indeed for being with us. can you explain a bit more about the reasons why we're seeing these routine, non—urgent operations

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a warning too from the royal college of emergency medicine that this is absolutely affecting patient and so nhs england has taken action. before christmas, it had already told hospitals they could cancel all non—urgent operations and outpatient appointments for the first two weeks of the new year. now it's extended that until the end of the month. with respect to patients, i want to apologise for the fact that we have had, regrettably, to postpone a number of operations. we're trying to do it differently this year. last year, we cancelled a lot of operations at the very last minute, so people got a call the day before to say their operation wasn't going ahead. that is obviously very undesirable, so we wanted to do it in a much more planned way. but our hope is that the total number of cancelled operations won't be significantly higher this year. the government argue this is not a crisis, just taking sensible precautions. the lib dems say it is a serious crisis. that's the exact same way labour describes it. it is because of seven, well eight years now of tory under—funding cuts. we'v

the royal college of nursing says experienced staff are leaving because they're demoralised.oviding good care. there are the places that we know people are staying despite those pressures because they know the care they give is fantastic, they are working under enormous pressure, absolutely. the challenges over the past few months in particular have been significant. probably more than most of them have ever seen but they are still in, they are still working, they are still providing good care. police in california have praised the bravery of the 17—year—old girl who escaped from the home where she and her 12 siblings were allegedly being held captive by their parents. police in california have praised the bravery of the 17—year—old girl who escaped from the home where she and her 12 siblings were allegedly being held captive by their parents. david and louise turpin — whose children range in age from 2 to 29 — are due to appear in court later this week, charged with torture and child endangerment. investigators say they had had no previous contacts with the couple. i haven't

let's get the thoughts of professor suzanne mason, who's from the royal college of emergency medicines been extremely difficult and challenging for emergency departments and ambulance services to deliver safe and effective ca re services to deliver safe and effective care to patients. departments are extremely crowded and this causes huge problems for staff in being able to assess and treat patients according to their needs. we've got patients spending many hours on trolleys waiting to get a bed on the ward. and this means that as departments become crowded, staff find it hard to provide basic care, let alone advanced treatment, such as intravenous antibiotics and medicines to help relieve symptoms of pain and discomfort for patients. 0k. let's talk about measures put in place. we understand hospitals in england have been told to delay planned operations and outpatient appointments. does that help or does it postponed a problem?” appointments. does that help or does it postponed a problem? i found this a curious thing to choose to do, actually. i think cancelling operations, it is unl

there is a risk of having a strike as a result of the problems in the health service or aging the royal college of nurses and that's a fairly reliable source so you would say well money stars found to be trying to stir it up and on this occasion they are saying that john a davis is warning the chancellor of the exchequer that if he doesn't pull its finger out and get decent wage rises to then it's as still going to go wrong this on top of the fact that the n.h.s. can't currently recruit enough nurses that's tied into brac set and probably to do with poor wages too and lots of problems brewing because he alleges paid for by tax very hard at the rate that other countries or some other countries do g four s. results today though around four billion in revenues why don't these nurses who are on low pay get shares in g four s. who get the contracts despite being under an s f o serious for diversification the same time it's a brilliant idea actually let's not eat for four weeks and put all the money we save into g four s. shares how do you do next i did know to actually before we go on to the next on

the royal college of nursing say5 the nhs is haemorrhaging staff, but the government says it has plansor, hugh pym, reports. voices from the front line. nur5e5 on the challenges of theirjobs in the 70th year of the nhs. they do it because it's in their bones, they have this desire to care for the mo5t have this desire to care for the most vulnerable people. just having a lot of patience to look after, one memberof a lot of patience to look after, one member of staff. patient to staff ratio, it's quite high. much of the work that nurses carry out today is the type of work doctors were carrying out when i was initially trained. for some, like mary, the pressures a re trained. for some, like mary, the pressures are so great trained. for some, like mary, the pressures are so great they feel they have to quit. she qualified two yea r5 they have to quit. she qualified two years ago but found the strain was affecting her health so decided to leave. i was so excited at my graduation to finally become a nurse and really make a difference. there's just so much and really make a difference. there

a warning from the royal college of emergency medicine that this is absolutely affecting patient safetyand so nhs england has taken action. before christmas, it had already told hospitals they could cancel all nonurgent operations and outpatient appointments for the first two weeks of the new year. now it has extended that until the end of the month. with respect to patients, i want to apologise for the fact that we have had, regrettably, to postpone a number of operations. we are trying to do it differently this year. last year, we cancelled a lot of operations at the very last minute, so people got a call the day before to say their operation wasn't going ahead. that is obviously very undesirable, so we wanted to do it in a much more planned way. but our hope is that the total number of cancelled operations will be significantly higher this year than last year. during this time, hospitals will not be penalised if they put patients on mixed six wards. it operations for cancer and other times and stiff conditions will still go ahead. we know the system is going to get difficult. rather

the royal college of emergency medicine says patient safety is undoubtedly being compromised.r claims the nhs is in crisis. our health editor, hugh pym, has the latest. there's been extreme stress at some hospitals. around 20 in england have been on the highest alert level. that means no available beds and severe delays for ambulances handing over patients. one reason why tens of thousands of non—urgent operations this month will be cancelled. that means patients like david, who is himself a doctor, will have to wait longer. he was due to have heart surgery today but was told yesterday he'd have to wait for a new date. as a patient, i think i underestimated how upsetting it is to prepare for something like this and then for it not to be occurring. and as a doctor, i really feel for all our patients who are going through the same thing. so what did the health secretary, jeremy hunt, have to say to patients worried about possible long delays? i want to apologise for the fact that we have had, regrettably, to postpone a number of operations. we're trying to do it differently this

the royal college of nursing says it's a crisis, but ministers say they have plans to boost recruitmentitor hugh pym reports. voices from the front line, nurses on the challenges of theirjobs in the 70th year of the nhs. no one does it for the money, the power or the prestige. they do it because it's in their bones. just having a lot of patients to look after per one member of staff. so, patient to staff ratio is quite high. much of the work that nurses carry out today is the type of work the doctors were carrying out when i initially trained. but for some like mary, the pressures are so great they feel they have to quit. she qualified two years ago, but she found the strain was affecting her health, so decided to leave. i was so excited at my graduation to finally become a nurse and really make a difference. there's just so much pressure, so much paperwork, so much bureaucracy, so many little things that all add up to take up so much time in our days. even those with decades of experience say the stress is almost too much. sallyjoined the nhs in 1979, she says the role has expanded and

the royal college of nursing says the nhs is haemorrhaging staff but the government says it has plans pym reports. voices from the front line. nurses on the challenges of their jobs in the 70th year of the nhs. they do it because it's in their bones, they have this desire to care for the most vulnerable people. just having a lot of patience to look after... per one member of staff. patient—to—staff ratio, it's quite high. much of the work that nurses carry out today is the type of work doctors were carrying out when i initially trained. but for some, like mary, the pressures are so great they feel they have to quit. she qualified two years ago, but found the strain was affecting her health, so decided to leave. i was so excited at my graduation to finally become a nurse and really make a difference. there's just so much pressure, so much paperwork, so much bureaucracy. so many little things that all add up to take up so much time in our days. even those with decades of experience say the stress is almost too much. sally joined the nhs in the late 19705. she has enjoyed her career, alt

that's right, we have had a series of warnings from royal colleges representing doctors and a warningproviders, which you heard there just now about the watershed moment. these are front—line senior doctors employed by trusts who have taken it upon themselves to get together a letter which they say represents the views of staff that they work with because they are so concerned. they have sent it to the prime minister. the fact that they are at the front line in emergency departments are saying there are very serious concerns about safety, that some people are dying prematurely because they are having to be managed in corridors, i think is very significant. and they are saying whatever the prime minister has been saying in recent days, there was not in their view enough preparation or planning for winter. they say the solution lies in more money for social care to help discharge patients from hospitals. it has to be said the 68 signature is don't represent all hospitals in england and wales. i understand some senior doctors were asked to sign it but didn't, but it is an interesting vie

i am joined by the chair of the council of the royal college of nursing. where we surprise ?e we surprise? law. where we shot? no. this is a huge and significant loss to the nhs and when services are under such demand and we need every nurse in the country to be working. why isn't happening? that is the number of reasons but we know from a survey of nurses last year is how worried they were about nursing shortages and how that impacted on their ability to give patient care and patient care is what nurses worry about most. they do not forget the patient,. what are you kidding from your mercies? we are hearing about the pressure they are hearing about the pressure they are under —— what are you hearing from your nurses? it is about time too care and having time to be with the patient and offer the issuance and be there as a comfort to them and be there as a comfort to them and their families and and be there as a comfort to them and theirfamilies and one of and be there as a comfort to them and their families and one of the most critical times is to be with that person at the m

the royal college of nursing says pay and training need to improve.iving evidence in court. we will bring you the story. would you be more productive if you worked less ? you be more productive if you worked less? companies who say businesses booming since they gave staff more time off. workers in germany can stop working on the thursday and yet still produce more than we do. so dapper, greater and longer working hours does not necessarily mean we are more productive, especially when it affects our health and ability to do ourjob. tell us about your phone, there is the right work—life balance that allows you to be more productive. let me know. and the bayeux tapestry is set to be displayed in britain for the first time since it was made in the 11th century. we will talk to a man from the british museum who is really, really, really excited about this. here's annita, in the bbc newsroom, with a summary of today's news. thank you, good morning. nhs figures show that 3,000 more nurses left the health service in england last year thanjoined. in each of th

the royal college of paediatrics and child health says the government had failed to improve care in at says what it calls "world—leading pla ns" for child health are in place, what's your reaction to that? i think it is an absurd freight to use. the main plan is recognised by eve ryo ne use. the main plan is recognised by everyone and recognised as being an inferior document, indeed. how do the plans for england compared to those already in place in scotland and wales? take us through that. they compare very badly. scotland is in the middle of working out a new obesity strategy. even in the consultation stages, it puts england to shame. wales is doing the same. that is because they are responsible for their health and the understand how important health is to the nation. both in terms of adult health and childhood health but for some reason, in whitehall, that is just dismissed. specifically, what sorts of strategies are they looking at? one example would be the watershed of 9pm. no foodstuffs which are high in salt, fat and sugar should be advertised on television before 9pm. this pr

i'm joined by dr taj hassan, president of the royal college of emergency medicine.w there figure is rising up. very nice of you to come in. how accurately do the figures reflect what happens to you on an average shift? described for us, if you can, your last shift. it was a busy one. it involved a significant number of patients in my department who we re coming in through the front door, but there was also a significant number of patients, unfortunately, that i and my staff were caring for a should have been on wards in the hospital. we are effectively managing a ward for a patient that should be within the hospital as well as the ones coming through the door, so that u nfortu nately creates what is called a crowded emergency department, or exit blocked, because we can't get them out of our department, and that causes delays in assessment, in antibiotics being given, and delays in pain relief. it compromises the dignity of the patients that we care for, which i think is one of the big things that nurses and doctors in our department is care about. when you say it co

the president of the royal college of emergency medicine, we are seeing conditions people have not experiencede ever known. chief executive of cheshire hospitals, who says i am 34 years in and i had never seen says i am 34 years in and i had never seen anything like this. chalet as that again? is this a crisis? well, as i say, i do not dispute their experiences. -- shall i asked that? you are happy to say that you plan to council 55,000 operations, you are happy to say that that was part of the plan? then explain exactly what the plan was. this time last year, what we ended up this time last year, what we ended up doing because we had extreme pressures is cancelling a lot of operations the day before. just because you are not cancelling them a24 because you are not cancelling them a 24 hours noticed is not mean that this is a step in the right direction, this means you have a systemic crisis. you have massive, chronic gap between your needs and your resources. we recognise that, don‘t you? your resources. we recognise that, don't you? well, i think it is really, there is a resources issue whic

he's the national immunisation lead for the royal college of general practitioners, and hejoins me via hear of thank you for your time. when we hearofan thank you for your time. when we hear of an 18—year—old losing her life to flu, rightly or wrongly, to those of us who are not medically qualified, it seems almost unbelievable. is this terribly shocking? is it unusual? i am thinking particularly because of her age. it is rare to see healthy people losing their lives because of influenza infection. in the united states we have someone very young who died, and another girl under the age of ten, so it is a disease that can occasionally kill very healthy people but it is even worse when people but it is even worse when people actually have a chronic disease. yes, i appreciate if you are compromised in some way with your health. what should people be looking out for? what is your advice? what should people be doing? we should be looking for symptoms of influenza, like sneezing, runny nose, coughing, sore throat, headaches, muscle and joint ache, fatigue. if you are getting symptoms like th

oncologist specialising in breast cancer management and medical director for clinical practice at the royal collegeall, does this, the finding, is this in accord with what you know who and what you have heard of the research, do you think it is right?|j what you have heard of the research, do you think it is right? i think it's very good research. its uk led research, 127 hospitals in the uk, almost 3000 women for ten years. it's good, high quality research and thatis it's good, high quality research and that is what the uk excels in. i'm reassured by the study because before the study, we did not know whether having the brca gene, whether having the brca gene, whether that was a worse as cancer 01’ whether that was a worse as cancer or not. what we find from this is that the cancer you've got, you are just as likely to be killed off as any other sort of breast cancer. it is not a worsening —— you are likely to be cured of as. you should get cute, and then a separate discussion of risk reduction in the future. but you should get cured. a young woman meister —— might discover that she has the brca g

we have been speaking to professor suzanne mason from the royal college emergency medicine, who warnedhs could put patients at risk. safety has been, might, there is no doubt about that. when patients are in crowded emergency departments, and staff cannot move between patients and provide the basic care thatis patients and provide the basic care that is required, then safety is compromised. patients who spent many hours on a trolley, often elderly patients, the sickest patients in our department, do much worse in the long—term, they are much more likely to have a poor outcome and even die asa to have a poor outcome and even die as a result of their experience in the emergency department, and that isa the emergency department, and that is a huge tragedy for us in our specialty, and that is why we are so desperate to try and see things improve. we are going to be speaking in a few minutes on the situation to the shadow health secretary, jon ashworth, who was great to join us from the leicester newsroom. six people have been arrested on suspicion of being members of the banned far—right g

doctor has garnered from the royal college of emergency medicine describes the difficulties within thet injanuary, february, march, what we call winter, but unfortunately in the last few years, we have got steadily worse in terms of the pressures facing not just worse in terms of the pressures facing notjust emergency departments but the rest of the hospital. the reason for that is that we have not got enough beds in our hospitals, our social care funding has decreased that we have got huge challenges. think. what we have been putting forward as a couege have been putting forward as a college is a range of methods both short—term and long—term to address those issues. this is outside source lies in the bbc newsroom. 0ur this is outside source lies in the bbc newsroom. our main story comes from pakistani, as protests continue after the rape and murder of a six—year—old girl. there are reports that japan has summoned the chinese ambassador in tokyo after a chinese frigate sailed near disputed islands in the east china sea which japan controls, though china also claims them. the burmese m

the royal college of paediatrics and child health says the government has failed to improve care in ant insists it has "world—leading plans" in place for child health as our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. being healthy when you are young makes a big difference to your chances of good health in later life. at an after—school gym session in manchester are sisters grace and mia. both of them enjoy the rewards a work—out gives them. fitter, confident. just happier with yourself, yeah. personally, ijust feel good about myself, think i've done well, and achieve better stuff. young people exercising in gyms like this are exactly what health experts would like to see more of. their concern is that there is not enough support from government to allow children and their families to establish healthy habits that will see them through life. last year a report showed that, when it comes to the health of our children, the uk was lagging behind other european nations. so, one year on, has the situation improved ? in scotland, there is praise for a new mental health strategy and bette

but there's an increasing view across different parts of the nhs and royal colleges, trade unions andance right and also highlighting the need for the nhs to be efficient, and how it can save money, is always quite a difficult thing to get right. but there is now an increasing debate about the need for a cross—party view on this, involving everyone across society, how do they want the nhs to be funded and social care? where's the money going to come from, does it need more tax? on this, of course, the 70th year of the nhs. what is interesting, is we started off talking about viewers' concern that the bbc is being too negative. but it has also been striking that the bbc‘s logo for this story is nhs winter, whereas in the past it has been nhs crisis, which the bbc also got criticised for. some might say, is the bbc being too shy of being as hard as it needs to be on this story? well, we've been very careful in our reporting not to use the word crisis, and not to brand it as a crisis. it's for others to make that assertion. many are, many clinicians as well as politicians are saying it i

that is what the royal college of midwives and is saying.ived an e—mail from another nhs body, nhs improvement with a green light adding things they didn't previously include. if trusts have previously include. if trusts have previously ran a walking centre they could add that onto their data, but these are things the trusts have no responsibility for. patients tend to be well, easily seen within four hours, so when that is added into performance it increases performance. thank you. these are live pictures from the senate, where we are hearing there isa senate, where we are hearing there is a deal between the democrats and republicans. there has been a stand—off that has led to another shotin stand—off that has led to another shot in washington, of federal government. let's go to jane o'brien who can bring us the latest from washington. doesn't look like it's overfor washington. doesn't look like it's over for the washington. doesn't look like it's overfor the time being washington. doesn't look like it's over for the time being at least, th

the royal college of paediatrics and child health says the government has failed to improve care in aunk food advertising. the government insists it has "world—leading pla ns" in place for child health, as our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. being healthy when you are young makes a big difference to your chances of good health in later life. at an after—school gym session in manchester are sisters grace and mia. both of them enjoy the rewards a work—out gives them. fitter, confident. just happier with yourself, yeah. personally, ijust feel good about myself, think i've done well, and achieve better stuff. young people exercising in gyms like this are exactly what health experts would like to see more of. their concern is that there is not enough support from government to allow children and their families to establish healthy habits that will see them through life. last year a report showed that, when it comes to the health of our children, the uk was lagging behind other european nations. so one year on, has the situation improved ? in scotland, there is praise for a new

they've come to this exhibition, at the royal college of nursing in london, to reminisce and reunite.ed for about a month in the school and then straightaway we were exposed to the wards, and that's what our training was based on. really, bed side nursing. archive: a new national health service starts providing hospital and specialist services... nurses were a crucial part of the nhs from its inception, but their role was often undervalued and recognition came slowly. archive: and this job needs doing just as much as this. anyone that's interacted with a nurse will know that it's not a stereotype, we're not in the carry on films, this is real—life. and actually, most of the time, whatever healthcare you're receiving, you will spend your time with a nurse. i don't think in 1948 we even took blood pressures. you know, now we're giving chemotherapy, we're giving life saving drugs, we're monitoring conditions and actually we are the glue. that's why 86% of the population trust nurses. these are two of the faces of modern nursing, as it filters through the generations. gill stephenson has

alan wilson of the royal veterinary college at university of london explains.re is actually shown the factors that determine whether it a hunt is successful or not. a lot of our work is in northern botswana. we fitted very special colours which are sophisticated electronics to capture every stride so we could then measure what each animal is doing at each stage of the hunt. we at also think about cheetahs and a lions as being all about speed, when we look at the final stage of the hunt it is about manoeuvring. the predator is trying to capture the prey, it will be slowing down, or trying to evade that final capture. what we see is a co— evolution of creditor and pray. one gets faster, the other gets back to faster and that dynamic is critical to the ecosystem. they are tuned to each other‘s athleticism. it is just amazing, seeing these animals in the wild, in their natural setting and when you see a hunt, they are amazingly graceful, it is one. it —— wonderful. sir eltonjohn has announced that he's to stop touring to spend more time with his family, but only af

able to effect that because the lore of the land permits it to happen do you think i mean the royal society college of psychiatrists call labour's plans to expand gambling right across britain in britain a recipe for disaster is shameful record new labour's on spreading gambling up another country i wouldn't say it was a shameful record i don't think it was the right decision to have made all governments make mistakes that was i think a mistake to open it up quite so freely presumably one of your proudest. achievements as a cabinet minister was to ensure free museum and gallery admittance and it is to some some of them i mean you're obviously very worried about bricks it of and you think britain is going to become one giant museum of to bricks i'm very worried about bricks it i think it will do enormous damage to our economy and to society you know the tourism in florence is saying they can be a deal we can still have the good things i would much rather when we see the actual terms of whatever the deal it's. our exit from the european union what the future trade arrangements are going to be when we