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Tonight at Ten: | 0:00:06 | 0:00:07 | |
New evidence of the intense
pressure on the NHS, | 0:00:07 | 0:00:09 | |
as winter takes its toll. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
Ambulances wait in line
outside hospitals, unable | 0:00:12 | 0:00:20 | |
to deliver patients,
because there's no | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
spare capacity inside. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
At the moment, we have no rooms in
the A&E so these patients are just | 0:00:27 | 0:00:32 | |
waiting for beds. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:33 | |
We spent four days filming
in A&E at a hospital | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
in the North-East of England -
one that has some of | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
the best waiting times. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:39 | |
They're marvellous, these two men. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:40 | |
They've never left me. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:41 | |
I know. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:42 | |
I'm in agony. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:43 | |
Staff at North Tees say they're
doing the best they can, | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
but they can't cope with the numbers
coming for help. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
There's not the capacity. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
We don't have the capacity to safely
look after the amount of patients | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
that are coming through the door. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
We'll have an extended
report from North Tees, | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
where the problems are similar
to those in many other areas. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
Also tonight: | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
A court is told that a man who drove
into a crowd of Muslims in London | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
last year was trying to kill as many
people as possible. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:11 | |
A report from Syria,
where the people of Eastern Ghouta | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
have suffered more bombardment,
as the UN meets again | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
to discuss what to do. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
Henry Bolton refuses to step
down as Ukip leader, | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
despite the resignations of 12
senior members of the party. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:27 | |
And Alexis Sanchez has
completed his move to | 0:01:27 | 0:01:28 | |
Manchester United from Arsenal. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
He's likely to be the highest paid
player in the Premier League. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:36 | |
And coming up in
Sportsday, on BBC News: | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
Could Liverpool come
from behind at Swansea to keep | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
up their tilt on a place
in the Premier League's top four? | 0:01:40 | 0:01:47 | |
Good evening. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
And we start with stark new evidence
of the intense strain | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
on hospitals across the UK,
as the NHS struggles | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
to deal with the pressure
of the winter months. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
Medical staff at the University
Hospital of North Tees, | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
in the North-East of England,
say they don't have the capacity | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
to give proper care to all incoming
patients, and the Trust says | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
pressures are 'immense'. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
A BBC News team spent several
days at the hospital, | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
witnessing the problems at first
hand - as our special | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
correspondent, Ed Thomas,
explains in this extended report. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:40 | |
Inside the NHS. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
For the first time this winter,
we have been given full | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
access to a hospital. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
I have worked for the trust for 19
years, I have never known it to be | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
as bad as it is now. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
Over a weekend,
we spoke to patients. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:02 | |
It's supposed to be the best
country in the world. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
We are nowhere near the best
country in the world. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
Progressively getting worse. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:08 | |
Definitely. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:09 | |
I met staff, facing
unprecedented pressure. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
We have no rooms in the A&E
department, so these | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
patients are waiting
here for the next available bed. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:19 | |
How do you describe the NHS? | 0:03:19 | 0:03:24 | |
It just feels like a disaster zone. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:29 | |
It's just completely under strain,
bursting at the seams. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
What is it like being
on the corridor? | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
I think it's a disgrace. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:40 | |
The University Hospital
of North Tees. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:48 | |
It has some of the best A&E
waiting times in England, | 0:03:48 | 0:03:56 | |
but was so full at one point this
month, it had to close its doors. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:03 | |
It's Friday and we are in
the Rapid Assessment Unit. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
I'll do this one. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:06 | |
It used to be the hospital's gym. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:08 | |
It is always hot, it is
because the windows are at the top. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
It is like stepping
off a plane abroad. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:13 | |
That's what it's like,
the heat just hits you. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
Are you comfortable there? | 0:04:15 | 0:04:16 | |
Patients with less severe symptoms
can be sent here instead of A&E. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
Dawn has worked here
for nearly 20 years - | 0:04:20 | 0:04:22 | |
this has been her busiest winter
yet. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
It's exhausting mentally
and physically, trying to keep up | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
with everything we need to do
in the short space of time | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
we have to do it in. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
It can be hard and tiring,
but I do love my job. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:38 | |
We'll get you there. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
Some patients spent
up to six hours here. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
Average waiting times
are not included in | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
the hospital's A&E figures. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
How many trolleys
have you got in here? | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
12. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:50 | |
How many patients? | 0:04:50 | 0:04:51 | |
18. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
How many more to come in? | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
Nine. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:57 | |
Another nine to come in. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
About two hours before
you get your results. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
They don't have the time to look
after patients and do their own | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
jobs and everything. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
It's terrible. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:13 | |
The nurses get really
upset, don't they? | 0:05:13 | 0:05:14 | |
They really do get upset. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
I think the nurses deserve better. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:17 | |
The nurses couldn't do any more. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
We need a proper area
for rapid assessment. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
If the patients weren't here,
where would they be? | 0:05:23 | 0:05:25 | |
Sat in A&E. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
On Saturday, A&E is filling up. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:35 | |
The Rapid Assessment Unit
in the gym is closed. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
Lady out of 12 is going into nine. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:39 | |
And Leanne, the nurse
in charge, must find space. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
Just more patients coming
through the door, more elderly | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
patients, more poorly patients. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
What are your concerns? | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
There's not the capacity,
we don't have the capacity to safely | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
look after the amount of patients
coming through the door. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:59 | |
By 4:00, ambulances
are backing up outside A&E. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:05 | |
Inside, paramedics wait
with their patients. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:13 | |
She's looking after me lovely. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:14 | |
I'm doing well. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:15 | |
I'm in pain, but I'm coping. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:22 | |
Blanche is 83. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:23 | |
And she is struggling to breathe. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:31 | |
They're marvellous, these two men. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
They've never left me. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
I know. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:40 | |
I'm in agony. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:48 | |
She's in a lot of
discomfort and pain. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:55 | |
Being in the corridor is not
where she needs to be. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
We have given her what we can
in terms of pain relief. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
What does she need? | 0:07:01 | 0:07:02 | |
She needs to be seen by a doctor. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
That's it. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
Paramedics told us they waited
with Blanche for an hour. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:12 | |
When you see that lady down
there for an hour... | 0:07:12 | 0:07:17 | |
It's awful. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:18 | |
We don't like it. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
Nobody likes the patients
to be in the corridor, | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
but I physically have no room to put
this lady in. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
I have been down and apologised,
but there is no physical bed | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
to transfer this lady into. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:37 | |
Across the NHS, emergency admissions
are at record levels. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:43 | |
You are doing fantastic. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
What do these mean to you? | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
They are amazing. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
Tenfold, they are amazing. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
Many hospitals are also facing
a major flu outbreak. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
What has this place meant to you? | 0:07:57 | 0:07:58 | |
She wouldn't be here. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
She said herself she thinks
she would be dead if it hadn't | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
been for these doctors. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:07 | |
Here, it means by Sunday, every bed
on every medical ward is full. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:14 | |
We're trying to move
patients from Orthopaedics | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
to create some capacity. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
It's Denise's job to find beds. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
Hello, Denise speaking. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:22 | |
Site coordinator. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:23 | |
To keep patients moving
through the hospital. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
We can always want more
beds and more staff, | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
but you can't go on forever just
using more beds and staff, | 0:08:28 | 0:08:33 | |
we have to look at the other reasons
they come into hospital as well, | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
and is there any other
resources we can use? | 0:08:36 | 0:08:41 | |
Patients that are in
trolleys in corridors | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
are very rare within the Trust. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:48 | |
My concern is that the year-on-year
increase in the acuity of patients | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
and number coming to A&E
is not sustainable. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
We need to transform our care. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
From Friday to Sunday,
the hospital failed to meet its A&E | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
four-hour waiting target. | 0:08:58 | 0:08:59 | |
I'm going to check the floor. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:05 | |
They averaged 85% -
well below the 95% target. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
We are losing a lot of experienced
staff, because they are | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
becoming burned out. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:12 | |
They are realising they can't
keep going like this. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
Just discharge him,
but when you discharge... | 0:09:15 | 0:09:19 | |
It's been nonstop. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:20 | |
We've had that many
people through today. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
We haven't been able
to give them a drink. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
How does that make you feel? | 0:09:24 | 0:09:25 | |
Frustrated and sad, I would say. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:27 | |
Can you go on doing this? | 0:09:27 | 0:09:28 | |
No. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:29 | |
Not just me personally. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:30 | |
I don't think any of us can. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:34 | |
You have had a few more
years than me and I think | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
I've got less to give. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
How long do you think
you can stick it out for? | 0:09:39 | 0:09:43 | |
At this moment in time,
I've probably got | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
about five years left, tops. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
So far, my career has
been four years long. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
I wouldn't say I would do
a long career in the NHS. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
Step back before you sit down. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
With our ageing population,
more patients with complex acute | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
conditions, more nurses leaving
than joining in England last year, | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
many want to know how the NHS
can continue to cope. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:09 | |
Come this time next year,
this will happen again and again | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
and again and again. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:14 | |
And we will see all these
pictures in the news, | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
and the horrendous trolley waits,
and it doesn't seem to change. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:24 | |
I don't understand what you need to
make things better. Lots of | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
questions raised. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:39 | |
In a moment, We'll have a word
with our health editor, Hugh Pym, | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
at the Department of Health
and Social Care. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
But first, let's talk to Ed Thomas,
whose report we've just seen. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
Staff remarkably candid about the
immense challenges they are facing. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
What the impressions you took away?
Yes, that is right, it was | 0:10:51 | 0:10:55 | |
incredibly difficult to get into
that hospital to tell that story. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
But once we did, we were struck by
how open and frank and honest | 0:10:58 | 0:11:05 | |
nurses, consultants, health
consultants were, they wanted to | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
tell their story. The stories you
just heard tonight, they were just a | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
snapshot of a particular moment
inside the hospital. They were | 0:11:13 | 0:11:18 | |
representative of our time there.
People who are tired and frustrated. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
And importantly, the pictures you
have just been watching, the | 0:11:21 | 0:11:28 | |
ambulances outside A&E, the patients
queueing up in the corridors, they | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
match what clinicians have told us
up and down the country this winter. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:37 | |
But the one thing to take away from
all of this was how incredibly hard | 0:11:37 | 0:11:41 | |
the nurses and doctors were working
inside that hospital to keep | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
patients safe, despite winter
pressures. Many thanks once again. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:51 | |
Straight to Whitehall and the
Department of help. The Prime | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
Minister has already acknowledged
the immense challenges in the NHS. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:59 | |
Tubing more evidence like this is
likely to bring a change, a change | 0:11:59 | 0:12:04 | |
of approach or policy? The official
line tonight is that the Government | 0:12:04 | 0:12:09 | |
did put more money into the NHS in
England over two years in the budget | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
is more for this winter's pressure
but nobody here is denying the | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
images we saw maybe typical of
hospitals around the country. A&E | 0:12:16 | 0:12:23 | |
units and a real strain,
difficulties finding beds and start | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
feeling the pressure. It will add
momentum to a debate around | 0:12:26 | 0:12:31 | |
Whitehall about the long-term
funding needs of the NHS. Jeremy | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
Hunt, the Secretary of State, has
already called for a 10-year funding | 0:12:34 | 0:12:38 | |
plan. His department is under
pressure on another front tonight, | 0:12:38 | 0:12:42 | |
but the calculation of A&E
statistics for the key four our | 0:12:42 | 0:12:46 | |
waiting time benchmark. The BBC has
become aware is smaller but of | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
trusts, possibly more, have been
adding data from minor injuries set | 0:12:50 | 0:12:55 | |
at centres run by other providers
into their data to perhaps make | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
their performance look better and
the Watchdog react into that has | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
called for explanations from NHS
leaders. Labour is putting pressure | 0:13:02 | 0:13:06 | |
on the Government to provide answers
as well. And embarrassingly for | 0:13:06 | 0:13:11 | |
everyone in government and the NHS,
it could well be that the biggest in | 0:13:11 | 0:13:16 | |
NHS in England at hospitals going
back over a year or more may have to | 0:13:16 | 0:13:21 | |
be recalculated. Many thanks once
again. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
The trial has started of a man
accused of driving a van | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
into a group of Muslim worshippers
outside a mosque in North London. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:32 | |
Darren Osborne, who's 48,
denies the murder of Makram Ali, | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
and attempting to kill nine others. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:38 | |
The prosecution says he was trying
to kill as many people as possible, | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
in an act of terrorism -
as our home affairs correspondent, | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
Daniel Sandford, reports. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:49 | |
The pandemonium on a summer night
in North London after a large box | 0:13:49 | 0:13:53 | |
van smashed into a crowd
of worshippers at speed, leaving | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
them strewn across the pavement,
some with life-changing injuries. | 0:13:55 | 0:14:01 | |
And leaving 51-year-old
Makram Ali dead. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
Today, his family were at
Woolwich Crown Court to watch | 0:14:04 | 0:14:10 | |
as 48-year-old Darren Osborne,
from Cardiff, went on trial. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:15 | |
Jonathan Rees QC for the prosecution
said Osborne had deliberately driven | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
into a group of Muslims,
trying to kill as many as possible. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:23 | |
The prosecution say Darren Osborne
became enraged after a BBC drama | 0:14:23 | 0:14:28 | |
about sexual abuse by Pakistani men
in Rochdale, and by the attacks | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
on London and Manchester. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
His partner said he was a ticking
time bomb who followed | 0:14:33 | 0:14:40 | |
on Twitter Tommy Robinson,
the founder of the | 0:14:40 | 0:14:42 | |
far-right group the EDL. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:43 | |
The day before the attack,
he hired a large van. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
That Saturday evening,
Darren Osborne came | 0:14:46 | 0:14:48 | |
here to his local pub, | 0:14:48 | 0:14:49 | |
the Hollybush, and the prosecution
say that witnesses remember him | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
writing on a piece of paper,
and then becoming increasingly loud | 0:14:52 | 0:14:54 | |
and abusive about Muslims. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:58 | |
The prosecution say that
after the attack, a misspelled note | 0:14:58 | 0:15:00 | |
was found in the cab of the van
Osborne hired. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:04 | |
Part of it reads... | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
The prosecution say that this
pro-Palestinian march may have been | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
Darren Osborne's original target,
but when that didn't prove | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
viable, he instead started
looking for mosques. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:37 | |
Their case is that it was an act
of terrorism designed to intimidate | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
the Muslim community. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:41 | |
Daniel Sandford, BBC News. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:46 | |
The head of the Army -
General Sir Nick Carter - | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
has warned that the armed forces
might struggle to respond to future | 0:15:49 | 0:15:51 | |
threats, without further investment. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
Speaking this evening,
he highlighted Russia, | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
which he said posed the most complex
threat to the UK from another state | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
since the end of the Cold War. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:05 | |
Sir Nick also underlined the threat
to the UK from cyber attacks, | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
as our defence correspondent,
Jonathan Beale, reports. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
Russia is building an increasingly
modern and aggressive military. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:15 | |
Already tested in battle in Syria,
using weapons Britain | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
would struggle to match,
like long-range missiles. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:21 | |
In Ukraine they have been
using unconventional | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
warfare, electronics,
cyber and misinformation. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:29 | |
And they are even on manoeuvres
on Europe's doorstep, | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
with large-scale exercises
near Nato's borders. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
Enough to worry the head
of the British Army, | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
who tonight gave this
rare public warning. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
I believe our ability to pre-empt
or respond to these threats will be | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
eroded if we don't match up
to them now. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:49 | |
They represent a clear
and present danger. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:53 | |
They are not thousands
of miles away. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
They are now on Europe's doorstep. | 0:16:55 | 0:17:00 | |
The UK is already seriously
outnumbered - Russia has | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
more than 2500 tanks,
among them the most | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
advanced in the world. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:10 | |
In contrast, Britain has fewer
than 300 and the UK's Challenger | 0:17:10 | 0:17:13 | |
tank, here on an exercise,
is now over 20 years old. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:19 | |
This intervention by the head
of the Army is as much an appeal | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
for more money for defence
as it is a warning about | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
the threat posed by Russia. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:29 | |
Over the next ten years,
the Ministry of Defence needs | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
an extra £20 billion to modernise
the Armed Forces and without that | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
money, they could face another
round of brutal cuts. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
So how does Britain's
defence spending compare? | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
Last year its budget
was £35 billion. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:44 | |
While Russia's was £44 billion. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:49 | |
But the UK is still part of a Nato
alliance who together spent | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
£657 billion, including a US defence
budget of £443 billion. | 0:17:53 | 0:18:00 | |
This is not only about Russia,
it is also about our European allies | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
and the United States. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
We need to show to our Nato allies
that we are taking Russia seriously | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
and that we intend to maintain
ourselves as a serious | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
military power. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
The Defence Secretary has
sent his top brass into battle | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
to persuade the Chancellor
to give him more money, | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
but they are competing with other
demands and other departments | 0:18:19 | 0:18:22 | |
and defence may not be
the top of the list. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:24 | |
Jonathan Beale, BBC News. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:32 | |
For five years, the Syrian suburb
of Eastern Ghouta has been | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
the target of endless attacks
by President Assad's forces, | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
and some 400,000 people in the area
are now suffering what the UN says | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
is a humanitarian crisis. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:45 | |
Eastern Ghouta is one of several
'de-escalation' zones in Syria, | 0:18:45 | 0:18:51 | |
formed as part of an attempted truce
between government forces - | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
backed by Russia -
and Syrian rebels. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
Despite that, the bombardment
continues, and the UN | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
Security Council is meeting tonight
to address the situation, | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
as our correspondent,
Nawal Al-Maghafi, reports. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
Eastern Ghouta is
a suburb under siege. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
Airstrikes have become
a daily occurrence here. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:15 | |
Racing from emergency to emergency,
there seems to be no | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
end to the violence. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
And when half of the population that
lives here are children, | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
it's them who suffer the most. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:32 | |
Mahamoud, just three years old,
survived the attack unhurt. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:36 | |
His brother was lost in the rubble. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:44 | |
Altogether, eight civilians
were pulled out of the | 0:19:48 | 0:19:52 | |
remains of their homes. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:56 | |
They survived this attack,
but they can't escape the siege. | 0:19:56 | 0:20:03 | |
Surrounded for the past five years,
the UN has recently described | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
Eastern Ghouta as the epicentre
of suffering in Syria. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:12 | |
For almost 400,000 people,
that means daily misery, | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
with little food, winter
temperatures, and heavy bombardment. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
Once the dust settles,
the children are sent out | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
to search for firewood. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:27 | |
This woman has lost one child
to this war, and she's | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
struggling to feed the others. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:35 | |
Eastern Ghouta might be 20 minutes'
drive from Damascus, | 0:20:35 | 0:20:38 | |
but food is 15 times more expensive
than the capital. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:44 | |
TRANSLATION: I have six children. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:45 | |
How am I meant to feed them? | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
I can't even afford
to buy them bread. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
All they have is a mouthful each. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:52 | |
They never get full. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:53 | |
Have mercy on us! | 0:20:53 | 0:20:58 | |
In an attempt to escape
the shelling, Abu Brahim has made | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
this abandoned building his home. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
With no windows, he's chosen to face
the cold than the bombs. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:07 | |
His two boys exposed
to the chill of winter. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:12 | |
TRANSLATION: When it comes to food,
we can't afford to buy that much. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
We eat day by day. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:19 | |
We can't afford to buy wood,
so we burn whatever we can find. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:23 | |
I burnt most of my belongings
that I took with me | 0:21:23 | 0:21:26 | |
when we were displaced. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
No aid has been allowed
into the area since November. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:33 | |
Without vital supplies,
tens of thousands of children face | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
the threat of malnutrition. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:40 | |
As the attacks continue,
the Syrian and Russian governments | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
say their forces only attack
Islamist rebels in the area. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
For many children here, they've been
born into this brutal siege, | 0:21:48 | 0:21:52 | |
and if something isn't done soon,
it's all they will | 0:21:52 | 0:21:54 | |
ever come to know. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:58 | |
Nawal Al-Maghafi, BBC News. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:02 | |
In a new front in the Syrian
conflict, Turkey has | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
intensified its military
offensive against Kurdish forces | 0:22:04 | 0:22:10 | |
in northern Syria,
despite the negative diplomatic | 0:22:10 | 0:22:14 | |
reaction around the world,
including the US Government. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:16 | |
The Turkish Government says
that the operation will continue | 0:22:16 | 0:22:18 | |
until every terrorist
is "cleansed from the region". | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
Our correspondent,
Mark Lowen, is in Hatay, | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
on Turkey's border with Syria. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:30 | |
Despite the criticism I mentioned,
is there any sign that Turkey will | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
change the kind of operation it is
mounting? Absolutely no sign at all, | 0:22:33 | 0:22:39 | |
it is ploughing ahead despite this
pretty dreadful weather. Turkey is | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
that the first Turkish soldier has
been killed in the clashes. Kurdish | 0:22:43 | 0:22:48 | |
activists say around 20 civilians
have been killed by Turkish as | 0:22:48 | 0:22:50 | |
strikes although the Turkish
government says that is nonsense | 0:22:50 | 0:22:54 | |
propaganda. The risk is growing for
those living in the border regions | 0:22:54 | 0:22:59 | |
in southern Turkey. We went to a
town close to here which saw an | 0:22:59 | 0:23:04 | |
incoming rocket blamed on the
Kurdish militia in Syria, we saw | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
shattered glass on the ground and
mangled corrugated iron and I spoke | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
to be some are they Syrian refugee
killed in that rocket strike, as he | 0:23:11 | 0:23:17 | |
drove with the coffin of his father
towards the Syrian border he said, | 0:23:17 | 0:23:21 | |
"We have escaped the terror of the
Assad regime in Zim yet only to be | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
met by the terror of the Kurdish
militants." -- in Syria. President | 0:23:25 | 0:23:32 | |
Erdogan, when questioned by the US
about the length of the operation, | 0:23:32 | 0:23:37 | |
said it was not a maths equation,
how long have you been in Iraq and | 0:23:37 | 0:23:41 | |
Afghanistan? The only approval he is
interested in is the 50.1% of the | 0:23:41 | 0:23:48 | |
voters he will need here to be
re-elected next year. Thank you for | 0:23:48 | 0:23:53 | |
the latest from Hatay. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
The leader of Ukip, Henry Bolton,
is resisting the growing | 0:23:55 | 0:23:56 | |
calls for his resignation
following a controversy | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
about racist comments made
by his former girlfriend. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:06 | |
No fewer than 14 party spokesmen
and women have now resigned, | 0:24:06 | 0:24:08 | |
calling on Mr Bolton to step down,
but he's insisted he'll put | 0:24:08 | 0:24:11 | |
an end to what he calls
"factional infighting". | 0:24:11 | 0:24:13 | |
Live to Westminster
for the latest with our political | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
correspondent, Leila Nathoo. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:20 | |
To those in his party who want him
to walk away, fighting talk from a | 0:24:20 | 0:24:25 | |
leader determined to stay where he
is. I will not be resigning as party | 0:24:25 | 0:24:30 | |
leader. Instead, a provocative
message setting his sights on Ukip's | 0:24:30 | 0:24:35 | |
warring body that backed a vote of
no confidence in him last night. It | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
is now time to put an end to the
factional infighting that has been | 0:24:39 | 0:24:42 | |
going on within the party for some
time and to remove those who have | 0:24:42 | 0:24:46 | |
been part of that. In a single
phrase, it is time to drain the | 0:24:46 | 0:24:51 | |
swamp. It was Henry Bolton's
relationship with Jo Marney that | 0:24:51 | 0:24:55 | |
triggered this latest turmoil. He
says it is now over after she had to | 0:24:55 | 0:25:00 | |
apologise for sending racist text
messages. For many in Ukip that is | 0:25:00 | 0:25:05 | |
not enough. 14 senior members have
resigned from their posts in protest | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
at his reluctance to step aside. We
should be a party that is talking | 0:25:08 | 0:25:14 | |
about Brexit, putting the case for
this country to come out with no | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
deal, if we don't get a good deal,
but all that has been lost because | 0:25:17 | 0:25:22 | |
of the spectacle of his private
life. He does not have the | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
confidence of the party, he cannot
operate even vaguely successfully as | 0:25:25 | 0:25:31 | |
a party leader. He never had much of
a mandate and he now should go. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:38 | |
Henry Bolton is Ukip's third new
leader in less than 18 months. He is | 0:25:38 | 0:25:42 | |
now pushing for a no ball, something
welcomed by one of the biggest names | 0:25:42 | 0:25:47 | |
in the party. Ukip does not change,
it will not exist in 18 months. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:53 | |
Emerging from this seafront hotel
with such a defiant message, Henry | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
Bogdan laid down a challenge to his
colleagues, it is time for reform to | 0:25:56 | 0:26:01 | |
overcome divisions -- Henry Bolton.
But his bullish approach, at odds | 0:26:01 | 0:26:06 | |
with what so many want to do here,
risked making things far worse. You | 0:26:06 | 0:26:11 | |
are a member? I was, not any more.
When did you cancel your membership? | 0:26:11 | 0:26:17 | |
Last week on that basis. To be
honest with you, it is a failing | 0:26:17 | 0:26:22 | |
party now. I was a Ukip man but now
I'm afraid, no. They won't get my | 0:26:22 | 0:26:30 | |
vote unless they get themselves into
gear. It is now up to Ukip members | 0:26:30 | 0:26:34 | |
to decide his fate but yet another
fractious episode is damaging for a | 0:26:34 | 0:26:39 | |
party struggling to define its
message and its role. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:44 | |
A brief look at some of the day's
other other news stories. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
Two men have been jailed
for at least 34 years | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
after being found guilty
of murdering the businessman | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
Guy Hedger in an attempted burglary
at his home in Dorset last April. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
Kevin Downton and Jason Baccus
committed burglaries | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
to fund their drug habits. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:57 | |
A third man, Scott
Keeping, was acquitted. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:02 | |
Police have arrested a man who's
thought to be the father | 0:27:02 | 0:27:05 | |
of eight-year-old Mylee Billingham
who died after being | 0:27:05 | 0:27:07 | |
stabbed on Saturday night. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
54-year-old Bill Billingham
is in a critical condition | 0:27:10 | 0:27:12 | |
after he was found with a stab wound
in his stomach. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:18 | |
A leading manufacturer
of ejector seats, | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
Martin-Baker Aircraft Limited,
has admitted breaking | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
a health and safety law
in connection with the death | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
of a Red Arrows pilot. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham
died in 2011 when he was thrown | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
from his jet while it was
on the ground at RAF | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
Scampton in Lincolnshire. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:34 | |
Sentencing will take
place next month. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:37 | |
Our correspondent
Danny Savage reports. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:41 | |
This is the Red Arrows Hawk jet that
Sean Cunningham was ejected from. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:46 | |
Unknown to him, the ejector seat
was in an unsafe position and went | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
off unexpectedly with the plane
on the ground. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:53 | |
The 35-year-old, whose life's
ambition was to be a Red Arrows | 0:27:53 | 0:27:57 | |
pilot, could have survived
but the parachute on the seat | 0:27:57 | 0:28:00 | |
failed to deploy. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:01 | |
He crashed back down,
still strapped to the seat, | 0:28:01 | 0:28:03 | |
and died from his injuries. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:07 | |
The Red Arrows are based here at RAF
Scampton in Lincolnshire. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:11 | |
This is where Flight Lieutenant Sean
Cunningham was fatally injured | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
back in November 2011. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:18 | |
His inquest heard that
an over-tightened nut and bolt | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
on his ejector seat stopped
the parachute from working properly. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:25 | |
The manufacturers of that seat,
Martin-Baker, knew about the issue | 0:28:25 | 0:28:28 | |
and told some air forces but not
the Ministry of Defence. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:33 | |
So the engineers here
were unaware of the issue. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:37 | |
Flight Lieutenant Cunningham's
sister, mother and father | 0:28:37 | 0:28:39 | |
were in court today to hear
the guilty plea. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:42 | |
This has been a long
ordeal for them. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:47 | |
We welcome the conclusion
of the coroner which confirmed | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
what we knew all along,
which is that Sean was blameless. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:56 | |
A director of Martin-Baker,
John Martin, seen here | 0:28:56 | 0:28:57 | |
second from the left,
today admitted breaking | 0:28:57 | 0:29:00 | |
health and safety law
on behalf of the company. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:03 | |
One former senior RAF officer
believes this incident | 0:29:03 | 0:29:05 | |
has changed attitudes. | 0:29:05 | 0:29:08 | |
They are an outstandingly good
company and what went wrong | 0:29:08 | 0:29:11 | |
would have hurt them deeply as well. | 0:29:11 | 0:29:13 | |
They have learned a terrible
amount from this. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:19 | |
Martin-Baker ejection seats
are still fitted to Red Arrows Hawks | 0:29:19 | 0:29:21 | |
and all RAF fast jets. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:24 | |
The company says their equipment has
saved the lives of thousands | 0:29:24 | 0:29:27 | |
of aircrew over many decades. | 0:29:27 | 0:29:28 | |
Danny Savage, BBC News, Lincoln. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:31 | |
The Chilean player Alexis Sanchez
has completed his much-anticipated | 0:29:36 | 0:29:38 | |
move to Manchester United
from Arsenal and is expected | 0:29:38 | 0:29:41 | |
to become the highest-paid player
in the Premier League. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:46 | |
He is reported to earn £500,000 per
week. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:48 | |
Let's join our sports editor,
Dan Roan, who's at Old Trafford | 0:29:48 | 0:29:51 | |
with the latest tonight. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:55 | |
Fuelled by booming broadcast deals,
Premier League finances have seen to | 0:29:55 | 0:29:59 | |
be in a different planet for years
but the remarkable Alexis Sanchez | 0:29:59 | 0:30:02 | |
deal takes it to a whole new level,
revealing much about the desperation | 0:30:02 | 0:30:07 | |
that Manchester United feel as they
tried to claw back lost ground | 0:30:07 | 0:30:11 | |
against arch rivals and runaway
league leaders Manchester City, the | 0:30:11 | 0:30:15 | |
power and influence of football
agent and the amount of money that | 0:30:15 | 0:30:18 | |
is swilling around the English game.
United may not have had to pay a fee | 0:30:18 | 0:30:23 | |
for this signing but it is certainly
not a free transfer. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:28 | |
Sanchez has scored an absolute
beauty! It is talent like this that | 0:30:28 | 0:30:34 | |
has persuaded Manchester United to
make Alexis Sanchez the best paid | 0:30:34 | 0:30:38 | |
player in Premier League history.
The striker remarkably set to earn a | 0:30:38 | 0:30:42 | |
report that half £1 million a week
after his protracted transfer from | 0:30:42 | 0:30:49 | |
Arsenal was finally completed. More
akin to a movie trailer than a | 0:30:49 | 0:30:54 | |
signing announcement, United howled
at his arrival with a carefully | 0:30:54 | 0:30:57 | |
orchestrated video on their social
media tonight. The rest of the game | 0:30:57 | 0:31:01 | |
left to marvel at a deal the like of
which British football has never | 0:31:01 | 0:31:05 | |
seen before. The money side of it is
absolutely huge, it is absurd in | 0:31:05 | 0:31:12 | |
some people's eyes. Our football is
worth this? Arsene Wenger a couple | 0:31:12 | 0:31:18 | |
of days ago said it would not be
long before a player earns £1 | 0:31:18 | 0:31:23 | |
million a week. With midfielder
Henrikh Mkhitaryan heading to | 0:31:23 | 0:31:25 | |
Arsenal as part of eight swap deal,
United may have avoided paying a | 0:31:25 | 0:31:29 | |
transfer fee for centres but with
his agent reportedly pocketing £50 | 0:31:29 | 0:31:34 | |
million, the full cost of the zoning
could turn into a staggering £180 | 0:31:34 | 0:31:39 | |
million. -- of the signing. Jose
Mourinho made clear his admiration | 0:31:39 | 0:31:44 | |
earlier this month. The only word I
can say is the same with everybody | 0:31:44 | 0:31:51 | |
says, a phenomenal player. Apart
from that, Arsenal player. Not any | 0:31:51 | 0:31:54 | |
more, megarich Manchester City have
been the favourites to sign him but | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
even they were scared off by the
money involved and it instead United | 0:31:57 | 0:32:01 | |
to won the race for his signature
and they must now hope he is worth | 0:32:01 | 0:32:04 | |
it. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:06 | |
Many tributes have been paid
to the former England football | 0:32:06 | 0:32:09 | |
captain Jimmy Armfield,
a member of the 1966 | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
World Cup winning squad,
who's died at the age of 82. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:15 | |
Sir Bobby Charlton said
he was "the most honest and genuine | 0:32:15 | 0:32:17 | |
gentlemen I had the good
fortune to meet". | 0:32:17 | 0:32:20 | |
He spent his entire career
at Blackpool, playing more | 0:32:20 | 0:32:22 | |
than 600 games for the club. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:26 | |
Armfield later became a manager
and a highly-respected | 0:32:26 | 0:32:28 | |
pundit for BBC Radio. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
He was recently asked how he'd
like to be remembered. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:34 | |
Somebody asked me once, they said,
when you see yourself now, | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
don't you wish you'd have had
all the television programmes | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
they have, you know,
when you were playing? | 0:32:41 | 0:32:43 | |
And I thought about it for a minute. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
And I said, I'm not so sure, really. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:48 | |
I said, it's probably
better to let them think | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
I was a half decent player! | 0:32:51 | 0:32:56 | |
Jimmy Armfield, who's
died at the age of 82. | 0:32:56 | 0:32:59 | |
Here on BBC One it's time
for the news where you are. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:14 |