:00:25. > :00:27.The British Medical Association has criticised a Government proposal to
:00:28. > :00:30.name GPs' surgeries in England which have a poor record
:00:31. > :00:36.The idea is being considered by the Health Secretary,
:00:37. > :00:38.Jeremy Hunt, who says many people are not being referred
:00:39. > :00:42.The BMA has called on the Government to provide more
:00:43. > :00:45.resources to allow doctors to spend more time with patients.
:00:46. > :00:51.Our correspondent, Nick Beak, reports.
:00:52. > :00:58.Cancer detection rates in Britain are below the European average. The
:00:59. > :01:01.Health Secretary thinks shining a light on how well GPs are diagnosing
:01:02. > :01:08.the disease will improve the picture. A survey for the NHS last
:01:09. > :01:11.year suggested more than one in four people eventually diagnosed with
:01:12. > :01:17.cancer had seen their GP at least three times before being sent to a
:01:18. > :01:22.specialist. One in four cases, that is 80,000 people, were diagnosed by
:01:23. > :01:25.staff in A after the patients or their GPs had missed the symptoms.
:01:26. > :01:30.Now the government is considering giving a red flag on an NHS website
:01:31. > :01:33.to surgeries which are missing too many cases. Those with quick
:01:34. > :01:38.referral times would be given a green rating. The British Medical
:01:39. > :01:40.Association said it would be a crude system which could mean cancer
:01:41. > :01:47.specialists were overwhelmed with patients. It may lead to GPs
:01:48. > :01:52.referring every patient to hospital. That would clog up clinics, it would
:01:53. > :01:56.delay patients in genuine need, if that occurred. This isn't the way to
:01:57. > :02:03.improve care for patients with early cancer. There are wider criticisms
:02:04. > :02:10.today of the government's overall policy on the NHS from within the
:02:11. > :02:14.coalition's own ranks. Stephen Dorrell fears with an ageing and
:02:15. > :02:18.growing population, the NHS could collapse within five years unless it
:02:19. > :02:24.receives a boost in funding. We will not cut spending on the NHS, we will
:02:25. > :02:29.increase it. The coalition has ring fence spending on the NHS but now
:02:30. > :02:33.some Tory and Lib Dem MPs are arguing NHS funding should be
:02:34. > :02:38.increased above inflation, so that doctors can't cope with the extra
:02:39. > :02:41.pressure on the system. Nick big is at the Department of
:02:42. > :02:46.Health, what is the department saying?
:02:47. > :02:50.The government says it has had to take tough decisions to be able to
:02:51. > :02:56.ring fence the NHS budget but at the same time it has improved access to
:02:57. > :02:59.GPs for more than 7.5 million people, and the billions of pounds
:03:00. > :03:09.it has saved is being reinvested in front line services which has helped
:03:10. > :03:13.with the increased burden. Recently we have heard from the likes of
:03:14. > :03:17.Doctor Liam Fox, a former Conservative minister. He is saying
:03:18. > :03:23.that in the future the NHS budget should not be ring fenced. Labour
:03:24. > :03:27.says it is wrong and that at a time when the economy is picking up, the
:03:28. > :03:28.NHS is a department which should receive an above inflation rise in
:03:29. > :03:32.its funding. Thank you. There are reports
:03:33. > :03:34.of fierce fighting around the Iraqi city of Tikrit - which has been
:03:35. > :03:37.captured by Sunni rebels. Government troops have launched
:03:38. > :03:56.an offensive to re-take the city. There are reports of many casualties
:03:57. > :03:59.on both sides. Saddam Hussein's old hometown of Tikrit, government
:04:00. > :04:02.forces mounted a four pronged attack. State media said they
:04:03. > :04:09.completely overrun the strategic city. But they produced no evidence
:04:10. > :04:13.to back their claim. A spokesman for the rebels said it was completely
:04:14. > :04:16.untrue. He said their fighters are still in complete control of Tikrit,
:04:17. > :04:21.after defeating the government assault. Local sources said the
:04:22. > :04:27.troops had pulled back well south of the city. This is what the embattled
:04:28. > :04:31.Shia Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is hoping will turn the tide. Five
:04:32. > :04:37.Russian jets have arrived, the first of about a dozen he has bought. They
:04:38. > :04:39.will still need assembling but military officials said they could
:04:40. > :04:45.be in action in just a couple of days. Nouri al-Maliki is fighting
:04:46. > :04:48.for his political life, too. Many Iraqi leaders think he is not the
:04:49. > :04:52.man to pull the country together. William Hague met him last week. He
:04:53. > :04:57.seems to think so, too, though he can't say so bluntly. There has been
:04:58. > :05:03.a failure in recent years to bring together Iraqi leaders and people
:05:04. > :05:06.out of their sectarian divisions. No one has succeeded in doing that in a
:05:07. > :05:14.rock over the last eight years or so. Clearly -- doing that in Iraq.
:05:15. > :05:19.They need a government where people have a sense of genuine partnership.
:05:20. > :05:24.They are facing a lethal threat. It is a threat that is poised to tear
:05:25. > :05:32.Iraq apart because at that Isis and its Sunni allies get to Baghdad.
:05:33. > :05:37.Given the recent offences by the government side, is there any sense
:05:38. > :05:42.at all that they are gaining ground? It is really hard to say overall. I
:05:43. > :05:46.would say they have put a lot into this offensive in Tikrit, precisely
:05:47. > :05:50.to give a symbolic sense that they are on the march back and ready to
:05:51. > :05:58.push the rebels all the way back to where they came from, through the
:05:59. > :06:01.country's second city which fell without much of a struggle. Since
:06:02. > :06:06.then the rebels have taken large amounts of territory between that
:06:07. > :06:11.city and almost to the gates of Baghdad to the North. They have also
:06:12. > :06:15.taken the most of a province to the West and border crossings there and
:06:16. > :06:19.so on. You could say that all of the Sunni parts of the country, not all
:06:20. > :06:25.of them, there is still some fighting going on, have been taken,
:06:26. > :06:27.and the rebels are slowly nibbling their way towards Baghdad,
:06:28. > :06:31.especially in places we don't talk about Bury much, including a
:06:32. > :06:37.province around the north-eastern parts of the country -- very much.
:06:38. > :06:45.It is close to the Iranian border. The general impression is that the
:06:46. > :06:48.rebel side is coming in, it has been pushed back here and there but the
:06:49. > :06:51.government is yet to make a counter offensive which looks like
:06:52. > :06:55.strategically pushing them back all of the way they came and taking over
:06:56. > :06:59.the Sunni areas. Many people are asking, what with victory mean? A
:07:00. > :07:05.lot of Sunni people have thrown in their lot with the rebels because
:07:06. > :07:08.they have deep-seated grievances and crushing them all will have huge
:07:09. > :07:12.consequences for this country's future. Thank you.
:07:13. > :07:14.The Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, has played down suggestions that
:07:15. > :07:17.Labour's policy review co-ordinator, Jon Cruddas, is frustrated with
:07:18. > :07:21.In a speech that was secretly recorded, Mr Cruddas said that
:07:22. > :07:24.innovation and creativity were losing out in favour of small policy
:07:25. > :07:34.Prince Charles is said to have tried to influenced the last
:07:35. > :07:36.Labour Government's policies by pushing for more grammar schools
:07:37. > :07:39.and expressing opinions on other pressing political issues, according
:07:40. > :07:46.Our political correspondent, Louise Stewart, is here.
:07:47. > :07:58.What do we know about these conversations? We know that David
:07:59. > :08:02.Blunkett, former Education Secretary, has opened to a Radio 4
:08:03. > :08:05.documentary and within that he says he had conversations with Prince
:08:06. > :08:08.Charles, in which Prince Charles spoke about grammar schools. It is a
:08:09. > :08:13.controversial issue. David Blunkett would explain it was not holiday to
:08:14. > :08:16.expand grammar schools and Prince Charles said he did not support that
:08:17. > :08:23.and thought they should go back to a different time put up it is not just
:08:24. > :08:26.David Bunker, another two former ministers have said that Prince
:08:27. > :08:30.Charles spoke to them about issues he was interested in, whether it
:08:31. > :08:36.was, entry or GM crops. They said he tried to give his personal opinion
:08:37. > :08:43.-- whether it was complimentary medicine. I think it is
:08:44. > :08:47.interesting, because we know he sent letters to some of Tony Blair's
:08:48. > :08:51.former minister 's, we don't know the contents of them, they have not
:08:52. > :08:55.been published. Critics question whether the future King of England
:08:56. > :08:59.should be giving his opinion on personal issues, and there is a fine
:09:00. > :09:01.line between personal opinion and political lobbying. Louise, thank
:09:02. > :09:03.you. At least ten people have died
:09:04. > :09:11.after an appartment building that was under construction
:09:12. > :09:13.in the southern Indian city Operations are still underway
:09:14. > :09:17.to try and rescue people who The BBC's Yogitha Limaye
:09:18. > :09:27.reports from Mumbai. Searching through the debris for any
:09:28. > :09:30.signs of survivors, this is what remains of a 12 story apartment
:09:31. > :09:32.block that came crashing down on Saturday evening. It was still being
:09:33. > :09:41.built and those inside Saturday evening. It was still being
:09:42. > :09:50.some were pulled out Saturday evening. It was still being
:09:51. > :10:01.This is only the latest in a long list of
:10:02. > :10:04.for better regulation of construction in the country.
:10:05. > :10:08.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
:10:09. > :10:33.Let's get you up-to-date with the weather for the week ahead. This
:10:34. > :10:36.weekend has been very mixed, from one extreme to the other. Lots of
:10:37. > :10:40.downpours and thunderstorms yesterday. A bit better today.
:10:41. > :10:45.downpours and thunderstorms week ahead will be quite subtle, a
:10:46. > :10:47.lot of dry weather, lots of sunshine around. As we head towards Wednesday
:10:48. > :10:49.and Thursday the temperature is