acting chief executive and general secretary of the royal college of nursing, thank you. ew carrying out research for a wide range of scientific and medical purposes. we've assembled a few interesting facts about the international space station before we talk to our special guest. back in 2013, the astronaut chris hadfield gave us one of the most memorable moments on the space station , his own rendition of space 0ddity, which became the first music video to be filmed in space. could not celebrate the 20th birthday of the space station without playing that! and i'm delighted to say that commander hadfield joins us now from toronto. a few years since we spoke, beyond the success of the music, what is your best memory of being there? good to be talking to you again, my best memory, apart from the 2600 extra sunrises and sunsets i got to see, i think, extra sunrises and sunsets i got to see, ithink, being outside, helping to build the space station... 0utside, building the space station, but while i was outside, going through the aurora of the world, having the southern light

the government insists the health service is ready for winter, but the royal college of nursing says going into its most challenging period "on the back foot". here's our health editor hugh pym. maria, who is 84, is in constant pain because of swollen feet and ankles. she's endured constant delayed nhs appointments. in august her daughter told me what they were going through. you just can't get through to people, it is answer phones, you are just banging your head against a brick wall most of the time. but now, after eight months, it's still not resolved. one appointment was cancelled, apparently because of a lack of medical staff. i'm very, very frustrated that my mum has not got the quality—of—life. she can't do anything and she's just suffering. and i don't like to see anybody suffer, and i don't see why she should be suffering all this time. suman works in intensive care and is also a representative of the royal college of nursing, which has done a report warning that the nhs has been so stretched in recent months, there could be serious problems ahead. we are really concerned th

the royal college of nursing says the nhs is going into the challenging winter months on the back footealth editor, hugh pym, explains. maria, who is 84, is in constant pain because of swollen feet and ankles. she's endured months of delayed nhs appointments. in august, her daughter told me what they were going through. you just can't get through to people, it's answer phones, you're just banging your head against a wall most of the time. but now, after eight months, it's still not resolved. one appointment was cancelled, apparently because of a lack of medical staff. i'm very, very frustrated that my mum has not got the quality—of—life. she can't do anything, and she's just suffering. and i don't like to see anybody suffer, and i don't see why she should be suffering all this time. suman works in intensive care and is also a representative of the royal college of nursing, which has done a report warning that the nhs has been so stretched in recent months, there could be serious problems ahead. we are really concerned that because we've had quite a bad winter last year, and we've not r

the royal college of nursing says the nhs is going into the challenging winter months "on the back foot ministers disagree, as our health editor, hugh pym, explains. maria, who is 84, is in constant pain because of swollen feet and ankles. she's endured months of delayed nhs appointments. in august her daughter told me what they were going through. you just can't get through to people, it's answer phones, you're just banging your head against a brick wall most of the time. but now, after eight months, it's still not resolved. one appointment was cancelled, apparently because of a lack of medical staff. i'm very, very frustrated that my mum has not got the quality of life. she can't do anything and she's just suffering. and i don't like to see... nobody likes to see anybody suffer, and i don't see why she should be suffering all this time. suman works in intensive care. he's also a representative of the royal college of nursing, which has done a report warning that the nhs has been so stretched in recent months, there could be serious problems ahead. we are really concerned that, because

yes, the college of occupational therapists, royal college of nursing have been looking at this, i was this was related to the pressure sores that can come from flying. an eight hourflight, someone flying. an eight hourflight, someone sitting in an airline shelf which is not suitable for your body, it will not be pleasant. i have done it, it was pretty horrific for my son. he said, to get to the ground, i will put up with it. that is what we did. you mention frank gardner, he has pleaded, i am in total solidarity with justin thomas he he has pleaded, i am in total solidarity withjustin thomas he has also had support from others. there we re also had support from others. there were other people who take a different tack. some people might be offended by these, but some on here says, this was pathetic. they say it was attention seeking. so it was a choice that he either was resigned to sit on something unsuitable for him or dragged him across the floor. perhaps he is making a point, why not? that when you see on the screen, times that by ten that goes on on screen, times that by ten that

suman works in intensive care and is also a representative of the royal college of nursing, which has that the nhs has been so stretched in recent months, there could be serious problems ahead. we are really concerned that because we've had quite a bad winter last year, and we've not really had much respite in the summer months, and we are now heading into winter. this is the concern that we have. and the reason is that the workforce is a key issue for nursing in particular, so we have 42,000 nurses vacant posts in england, alone. 0n the three key waiting time targets, a&e, routine operations and cancer treatment, 16 out of 131 trusts in england missed everyone over the year, and in northern ireland it was every one in five, and in scotland, three out of 1a boards missed the targets. in wales, five out of seven. some hospitals did meet most of their targets over the whole year like north tees and hartlepool. managers say they are constantly looking at ways to improve things, for example, putting on extra clinics of there are surges in patient referrals. so is hitting the target achiev

suman works in intensive care and is also a representative of the royal college of nursing, which hasblems ahead. we are really concerned that because we've had quite a bad winter last year, and we've not really had much on the three key waiting time targets, a&e, routine operations and cancer treatment, 16 out of 131 trusts in england missed everyone over the year, and in northern ireland it was every one in five, and in scotland, three out of 14 boards missed the targets. in wales, five out of seven. some hospitals did meet most of their targets over the whole year like north tees and hartlepool. managers say they are constantly looking at ways to improve things, for example, putting on extra clinics of there are surges in patient referrals. so is hitting the target achievable? at senior levels of the nhs in england there is now a review under way to see if the targets might be rewritten to reflect the different ways patients are treated. ministers have said they will look seriously at any proposals that nhs leaders come up with. the department of health covering england said more p

we‘ll have the detail and reaction, and we‘ll be talking to the head of the royal college of nursing.

we have seen a letter going to the prime minister from many of the royal medical and nursing collegesut wet as well. yes, it is set to get much windier once again, we have seen a brief lull in the winds through the night, but they are set to strengthen over the coming hours. england, wales, southern scotland with the greatest chance of travel disruption, adding in heavy rain as well, it is unpleasant this morning, there is no way to gloss over it. let me show you the expected wind speeds. we will focus on that's first of all. winds of over 70 mph on the isles of scilly, we can see that on southern and western coast, though strong winds move south eastwards and then by the end of the morning, lunchtime, northern england and southern scotland, damaging winds potentially up to 70 mph, if not a little more in spots. as i said, rain to go with it as well. let's look at where it has been falling, pushing in from the south—west. it would be hard to avoid this morning. most favoured in northern scotland. the rain will be on its way. heavy burst of rain to the west. this is where the strongest