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Accident & Emergency units are facing collapse unless ushlingent

changes are made. Doctors and managers say a shortage of staff and

ever-rising patient numbers have created a real crisis. Unless we do

something pretty serious over the next six months, the system is in

danger of falling over next winter. We will be asking what changes are

needed to ease the pressure on the A&E network. Also tonight: The ayes

to the right 237. The noes to the left, 316.

More than 100 Conservative MPs show their dissatisfaction with David

Cameron's policy on Europe. A modest and sustained recovery in

prospect at the Bank of England, despite a rise in unemployment. --

say the Bank of England. The Google view of the world. Could

this be the next big step in portable computing?

I'll be asking whether this product, Google Glass is a major advance in

wearal computing, or a serious threat to our privacy.

Who is this gats by. And we talk to the star who has taken on the

challenge of playing the Great Gatsby.

Coming up in Sportsday: Find out if Chelsea can become the first side to

hold both the Champions' League and Europa League titles at the same

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warned that the Accident & Emergency system could collapse next winter

because of unsustainal demand and a shortage of staff. -- unsustainal. A

review of experts, based on data from more than half the A&E units in

the UK say the scale of the challenge was the biggest for a

decade. A&E is the front door of the NHS for

a growing number of patients. Not only for life and death emergencies,

or urgent health problems, but many patients seeking help with coughs

and colds, cuts and grazes. NHS managers say hospitals are now

so busy, they're barely coping and without help, the A&E system could

fail next winter. We could just end up getting very, very large queues

of patients waiting in ambulances outside hospitals, having to wait on

trolleys and in corridors. Hospitals will do all they can to ensure they

treat patients as quickly as possible with the right quality of

care, but if the system is overwhelmed, that is what ends up

happening. Dr Taj Hassan spends his working days constantly on the go,

making sure A&E is running smoothly, seeing one patient after another.

How are you doing? I don't feel very well. How can I help?Patients like

Jaclyn Smith, who has travelled from hall tax to this A&E in Leeds. --

travelled from Halifax. She has seen her GP and had tests done. They are

all saying there is nothing wrong but you know yourself. I have come

to the teaching hospital to get my answers. The intense pressure in A&E

is storing up problems. After seeing how tough it is, junior doctors

don't want to train to be emergency consultants. Emergency medicine as a

speciality is attractive to very junior doctors. When they see the

environment they are working in presently, that puts people off. A&E

departments have been you under steadily increasing pressure. In

England Government figures show the number of people turning up has

almost doubled from 20 years ago. The four-hour target has made it

more convenient. People know they will be seen quickly. Out of doors

GP services changed almost ten years ago and the quality has varied.

Recently the new 111 number in England has sent more people to

hospitals, all adding to the pressure.

That's prompted a review of emergency care in England. The hale

secretary says most A&E departments are coping well with the demand. --

Health Secretary. Of course there are times when there is more

pressure. That's why we have announced big changes this week,

allowing hospitals to be involved in how we spend money to keep people

out of A&E and to keep them use alternatives. It is a very big

change. And, a big challenge, to convince patients it seek help

elsewhere. But -- to seek help. But NHS England and ministers know it is

crucial to reducing the strain on Accident & Emergency.

Branwen is with me now. When we talk about a crisis this coming winter, a

window of six months to make urgent changes. What kind of changes are

they talking about? The real quhal inis this is a problem -- challenge

is this is a problem that has built up over a decade so any changes over

six months will have a limited impact. One thing is to make 111

work better. It has had teething problems. If that is working in a

better state, it'll really make a difference. But the longer-term

problem is giving patients confidence. If they try to get an

appointment with their GP, if they ring out and hours and they have

confidence, that will help. At the moment patients are voting with

their feet and going to A&E and that's one of the things that is

creating real pressure on the system. Thank you very much.

Now, more than 100 Conservative MPs have shown their dissatisfaction

with the Government's approach to the European Union, in a comobs' --

European Union. In a Commons' vote tonight they backed an amendment.

Don't bang on about Europe. Don't obsess about it. Don't talk to

yourselves. So, David Cameron once told his MPs. But today in the

Commons it was clear - many are simply ignoring his advice. They

argued about what wasn't in their own Queen's Speech - a law to

establish a referendum on Europe. The political establishment has

essentially closed ranks over the last 30 years and denied the

electorate a choice. We now have a golden opportunity to right this

wrong. Within the EU, the UK will continue to thrive as a major player

on the world stage. Our economy will be stronger but outside, I believe

the future will be bleak. After the debate, the vote. How many would

publicly express regret at the Referendum Bill that isn't there?

The ayes to the right, 130. That the reaction to the news that alock with

a few Labour MPs and a handful of others, well over 100 Tories had

made their dissatisfaction plain. Over half of Conservative

backbenchers voted for something which they knew, whatever he said in

public, David Cameron really didn't want them to vote for. They believe

that their pressure produced the promise of an in-out EU referendum,

their pressure produced, they believe, a draft bill this week. And

they intend to keep that pressure coming. So what is the next step for

the man behind tonight's vote? keep pushing for legislation.

Because, you know, we said right from the start that there is a deep

public mistrust about politicians making promises. They have heard too

many promises broken before about EU referenda. Today Tory MPs tried

turning the pressure on Nick Clegg when he stood in for David Cameron

at Prime Minister's Questions. This leaflet at him. Was that man an

imposter or a hypocrite? Government, he replied, had already

changed the law to promise a referendum if Europe wanted more

powers. We should have a referendum on Europe when the rules change.

he added. By the way, I think it is a question of when, not if. Every

day of the Prime Minister's trip to the United States has been

overshadowed by the in-out debate. Every day he has insisted that Tory

backbenchers could do as they liked. It is a free vote. It is a free

vote. As I have said I'm very relaxed about that. I don't think

people can read in, anything, really to the scale of that free vote.

is not quite so relaxed at one of his better-known MPs, Nadine

Dorries, formerly of the celebrity youngle, says she wants to stand on

forecast and lowered the inflation outlook for the first time since the

financial crisis struck five years ago. The news was qualified by a

rise in unemployment and figures from the eurozone that showed the

recession there is dopening. Here is our Economics Editor, Stephanie

Flanders. -- is deepening. The Governor of the Bank of England has

had a lot of bad news to deal with in the past few years. But for once,

today, the news from his quarterly press conference was good. Today's

projections are for growth to be a little stronger and inflation a

little weaker than we expected three months ago. That's the first time

I've been able to say that since before the financial crisis. But he

said this was no time for complacency. And our recovery was

still at the mercy of events across the channel. Figures out today

showed the eurozone economy Shah rank overall in the first three

months of the year -- Sri Lanka. -- There is a 15,000 rise in the

broadest measure of unemployment in the first three months of the year.

Employment fell. But more up-to-date statistics were more encouraging

with the number claiming job seekers' allow allowance falling in

April to just under 1. 5 million. Even the bank's new forecasts don't

show the economy getting back to where it was before the crisis until

the end of next year, at which point inflation may still be over 2%. But

in his time at the bank, Sir Mervyn King has presented 82 of these

things. This was his last. So it was also a chance to look back. You

might have forgotten, but the bank's supposed to aim at inflation of 2%.

It managed that exactly, on average, in King's first five years as

governor but since then prices have risen at an average rate of 3.20% a

year. The Chancellor revamped the bank's inflation target recently to

give the next governor, Mark Carney, more room to support the recovery.

But that could also mean inflation stays higher for longer, at a time

when average earnings are growing at the slowest rate in more than a

decade. The economy is weak enough without the Central Bank trying to

bring inflation back to target. Most people would support that, other

than at the point where the fact that inflation is so far above

wages, has been one of the factors holding the economy back. Mervyn

King's team, Aston Villa, escaped relegation last night. Asked about

the new team at the Bank of England, he said he was optimistic. But for

the bank and the recovery, much will depend on events in Europe.

As Stephanie mentioned, the eurozone is now in its longest period of

recession since its creation. France has become the latest country to

suffer, slipping back into recession for the third time since 2008. Its

economy has contracted by 0.20% in the first three months of the year.

It is yet another setback for the embattled President, Francois

Hollande, who took office exactly a year ago.

365 days in power. Exactly a year ago, Francois Hollande became French

President. This is the trailer for a new film about his presidency, but

his poll ratings have fallen faster than any previous French leader. And

today, on the anniversary, France was declared back in recession. !

People are leaving France. I don't think a good President lets people

leave. Every day we have to deal with it. Yes, it is a reality.

was out of the country today but vote remembers blaming him for

unemployment at nearly 11%. -- but voters are blaming him. And for

failing to deliver growth and jobs. On the campaign trail, he had come

to a steel plant where Furnesses are facing closure. He promises to do

everything to keep them open but they have been mothballed and

workers have accused him of a broken promise. Nothing happened. He made a

nice-sounding promise. We waited but he did nothing. He pulled the wool

over our eyes. The in country, consumer confidence has collapsed,

with the public reluctant to spend. An indication of the scale of the

problem here is the sharp decline in household spending. France has seen

the largest drop in almost 30 years. And even after the steep decline in

car sales last year, they're car sales last year, they're

car sales last year, they're expected to fall 8% this year. A

year ago, in torrential rain, Francois Hollande came to power,

promising to make growth, rather than austerity the priority in

Europe. He has won allies but real Europe. He has won allies but real

Europe. He has won allies but real change has proved difficult.

majority of the French have not changed. It is the same with Mr

Holland. They blame it on the economy. We are in a recession for

the first time. Dash-macro the third time. Of course he does his best to

repair the damage of ten years of Conservative policies. More and more

French people understand France needs to become competitive. The

question is whether Francois Hollande can become a reforming

president or whether he is too weak and indecisive.

A series of car bombings has struck Shia districts in the Iraqi

capital, Baghdad. Police say at least 18 people were killed. Ten

people died and 14 were wounded when two car bombs exploded in the

ethnically mixed northern city of police has apologised for the delay

in this dash-macro in securing subjected girls as young as 11 to

appalling abuse, approaching them on the Cowley Road and getting them

addicted to drugs and drink. We know that for years, police, social

workers and others miss opportunities to protect them. One

of the seven men convicted, Akhtar Dogar, was arrested twice on

suspicion of rape and sexual assault after complaints by two of the

girls. That was 2006. His brother, Anjum Dogar and another of the

defendants were also arrested on similar charges. Each time, the

victims felt unable to continue and the cases were dropped. The Crown

Court and service is also reviewing other cases that were not proceeded

with. -- the Crown Prosecution Service. It wasn't that we did not

try. I think what we were doing was responding case-by-case, and it

wasn't until the end of 2010, into 2011 that we started to join up the

dots and see the bigger picture. Where were the mist of that unity

is? All six of the victims in this case were known to social workers.

Five spent time in careful stop all of the girls ran away but one was

reported missing to the police 126 times in 15 months. One of the

victims told me social workers and police did little to help her mum

find out what was happening. It is scary to think that she was alone

doing that. People who are supposed to be helping would not help her.

She never gave up and that is why I am still here now. These days in

Oxford, police and social workers work together to try to prevent

street exploitation. Child protection campaigners say that

catastrophic failures in this case show why adults need to listen to

troubled teenagers. It is really important that parents,

professionals and frontline staff have a really good understanding of

how sexual exploitation and abuse can affect children and young

people, how it can affect their behaviour. We need to recognise that

these are children and young people in need, in need of care and in need

of protection. It is the job of the serious case review to examine why

the girls were failed for so many years.

The coalition government says it is extremely concerned by the

possibility of price-fixing by major oil companies which would have put

up the price of petrol at the pump. Officials of firms including Shell

and BP were raided by officials from the European commission who say they

are worried that companies may have colluded in reporting distorted

prices for more than a decade. The next big step in mobile

computing, according to the internet giant Google, is a computer

integrated into a pale spectacle frames. The new Google glass product

allows the wearer to take pictures and search the web on the move,

combining the visible information with a view of the world around

Gathered in San Francisco, the software developers helping Google

to conquer new markets. All eyes are on anyone involved in the firm's

biggest new idea, a wearable computer. So far, all the work on

Google glass, which aims to deliver the internet onto a screen wearing

light glasses, has been done inside Google. Now developers have been

asked to create apps to turn this into a product that consumers might

actually buy. We are going to find more ways to use it. Right now we

are in the phase of discovering what we can do. Just when smart phones

came out. Here is my first go. I am seeing a screen, quite a big screen,

it looks like a 20 inch plasma in the distance. You can see what I am

seeing on this camera. I control it by the voice. OK, glass, take a

picture. There is a picture of the cameraman, not very good picture but

never mind. Get directions to the golden gate bridge. It is going to

take a bit of time to find those directions, but I am getting them in

my eye and I will get spoken directions. Head north-west.Take a

picture. This product is a long way from

being in the hands of consumers and already concerns are being raised.

Someone to ban it from being used by drivers and casinos say it should

not be used there. There is one question in peoples minds, is this

cool or it creepy? I think it is creepy. Creepy cool technology.

you worried I am recording a video right now? It would be creepy if I

didn't know, yes. I wouldn't want to talk to you! Take a picture. You are

talking to your glasses, that is hilarious! This blogger told me he

had hardly taken the glass off since he got it a month ago. This is a

better way to live online. Doing things with the computer without

touching it. That really changes your relationship with technology.

In a really big way and we are just starting to get a taste of it.

Technology enthusiasts believe wearable computers will make our

lives better. Many privacy campaigners don't like what they

tonight with the great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the

lead role. It is one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the

summer. Arts editor has been talking to the start about the challenge of

playing one of the most famous characters of 20th century

literature. The timeless glamour of the original Sunset strip. France's

code is all, a sunset play Mac for the rich and famous. But -- back in

1924 a young fun loving camp -- couple moved to escape the

Hellenistic attractions of New York city. But F Scott Fitzgerald found

the contagion is just as irresistible. He continued his love

affair with booze. And he wrote a novel, The Great Gatsby.

Appropriate, then, that the latest movie version of his jazz age

classic should open this year's Cannes Film Festival. Gatsby is a

mysterious, aloof millionaire, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Who

acknowledges taking on such an iconic literary character is a risky

business. It is in a way, a recipe for disaster. For me, I looked at it

as an incredible character to take on, something that was subtle in its

approach but had so much power and depth and meaning in every single

line. It is like an amusement park. Shall we? Gatsby represents the

dubious values of the emerging nouveau riche of 1920s America. This

tasteless ostentation is designed to woo Daisy Buchanan, a married member

of the money elite. I don't think she has foresight, I think she lives

very much in the moment. When she is with Gatsby, I think she believes

they will be together. The film has been criticised for obscuring

Fitzgerald's elegant and sensitive prose with roller-coaster camera

suite and a dizzying cocktail of camera effects and bop music.

are going out to see it and buying the book. Fitzgerald had to suffer a

much crueller and more ill informed... People don't do their

homework all the time, ill informed criticisms. Excessive, extravagant,

showy, superficial, these portray the world that Fitzgerald --

describe the world that Fitzgerald living memory is, several parts of

the UK have had to enjoy more sleet and snow. Several inches fell on

high ground as a far south as Devon last night. Snow in May is rare but

not unheard of. Experts say that in 1979 it snowed across England and

Wales for four consecutive days. Chelsea have won the Europa league,

beating Benfica 2-1 in the final in Amsterdam. They left it to action

time to score the winner. -- extra time. Chelsea 's path through the

continent's lesser club come petition is not necessarily the one

champions of Europe would have wanted. Their fans needed little

reason to celebrate after another turbulent season. While the English

club bid to become the first side to hold the rope and champions league

crown is simultaneously, their opponents were desperate to end a 50

year wait for any European title. Benfica were unlucky not to take the

lead. Chelsea's all-time record goalscorer Frank Lampard went close

to adding another. Interim manager Rafa Benitez will never be popular

with Chelsea's fans, but the sense is that he may have gained their

respects with another former Liverpool man broke the deadlock.

Fernando Torres, keeping his feet and his composure to put his side

one up. The lead did not last long. Benfica were handed a penalty. Oscar

Cardozo made no mistake. With extra time and penalties looming,

Branislav Ivanovic provided a happy ending to Chelsea's long campaign.

The defender's stunning injury time header, delivering yet another

trophy. Despite playing their part in the match, injured captain John

Terry insured he was kitted up to share in the glory. Chelsea, the cup