07/01/2017 BBC Weekend News

The NHS in England have denied claims from the British Red Cross,

that there's a "humanitarian crisis" in its hospitals.

Latest figures show A departments have had to shut their doors

to patients more than 140 times in December because

The Red Cross - which helps patients return home from hospital -

is calling for more government money.

But NHS England say plans are in place to cope

with additional demand, and that talk of a humanitarian

Our Health Correspondent Smitha Mundasad reports.

Winter pressure on accident and emergency - nothing new.

But the Red Cross says the strain on hospitals in England amounts

The charity claims social care cuts mean patients are being sent home

without the right support so they end up back in A

Red Cross volunteers support NHS staff and say they've seen patients

Some, who don't receive the care they need to get washed,

even some who have fallen and not been found for days.

A staff recognise the problems too.

The pressures on the NHS and especially in emergency care

are particularly intense at the moment.

But what is more concerning is the number of patients who have been

managed within four hours and then the delays to admission

into the hospital bed base which unfortunately are very,

very significant and our staff are working under some pretty

And sometimes they just can't manage.

Figures from NHS England show that overflowing A departments had

to close their doors to new patients more than 140 times

Compare that to the same month in 2015 and it's up more than 60%.

No, I think that's an overstatement at this stage.

Clearly, demand is very high and it's higher

than it has ever been, but we have the most comprehensive

plans in place that we ever had, but it is very difficult

The death of two patients on emergency trolleys

at Worcestershire Royal Hospital are being investigated.

One of them had waited 35 hours for a bed.

The Department of Health says it's providing billions more each year

Beds are actually not quite as full as they were this time last year.

But everyone in the Health Service knows things could get worse

It's emerged that the man accused of shooting dead five people

at an airport in Florida yesterday had a history of mental health

problems - some of which followed military service in Iraq.

Esteban Santiago, who's 26, was arrested after opening fire

on people in the baggage reclaim area of Fort Lauderdale airport.

Our Correspondent, Jonny Dymond, reports.

As shots rang out in Fort Lauderdale's

terminal 2, the area around the runway became the nearest thing

Some lay on the ground to protect themselves.

The gunman is believed to have brought a weapon out of his checked

He loaded, fired, reloaded, fired again, then gave himself up.

The subject is being interviewed by a team of FBI agents

and Broward Sheriff's Office homicide detectives.

In custody, a young man, Esteban Santiago.

A 26-year-old military veteran with a history

He'd served in Iraq and come back, a relative said,

He'd said the government was controlling him.

The individual did walk into our Anchorage office in November.

He came in and spoke with FBI agents at that time.

He clearly stated that he did not intend to harm anyone.

However, his erratic behaviour concerned FBI agents that

As the police locked down the airport, rumours swirled back

But it was just one gunman, a badly disturbed man with training

Talks aimed at averting a strike by London Underground

workers are being held are the conciliation service ACAS.

Members of the RMT and TSSA unions are due to walk out for

24 hours on Sunday evening, causing travel chaos for

They're in dispute with the company over staffing levels

Dozens of people have been killed in a car bomb in the northern

The bomb went off in a busy market in the rebel held town, which lies

It's a key staging post on the supply route for rebel

groups, and has been fought over by a number of factions

A mutiny by the army in Ivory Coast has spread

to the commercial capital, Abidjan.

Gunfire has been heard inside a military camp

There have also been shootings overnight in other towns.

The mutiny began early yesterday in the north of the country.

The US Department of Homeland Security says it

will increase protection of the country's voting mechanisms

It follows a report by intelligence officials accusing

Russia's President Putin of trying to boost Donald Trump's

The president-elect has described the claims

as a "political witch-hunt", and said no voting machines

But President Obama said that America's political

The Russians intended to meddle, and they've meddled.

I'll be honest with you George, one of the things I am concerned

about is the degree to which we've seen a lot of commentary lately

where there are Republicans, or pundits, or cable commentators,

who seem to have more confidence in Vladimir Putin

than fellow Americans, because those fellow

With all the sport, here's Mike Bushell

It may have come off his knee, but Wayne Rooney has equalled

Bobby Charlton's all time scoring record for Manchester United.

Goal number 249 came early in the FA Cup third round

Anthony Martial made the goal after 7 minutes,

with a stunning burst of speed into the box and a decent

cross which came off Rooney's leg and looped in.

So a big moment, 13 years after Rooney joined United and among

those giving him a standing ovation, Sir Bobby Charlton himself.

It's now 2-0 with Martial drilling in a second.

Sir Andy Murray will play world number two,

Novak Djokovic, in the final of the Qatar Open today.

Murray is on a run of 28th wins in a row, on the ATP Tour,

and another title and victory over his main rival,

would be the ideal preparation for the Australian Open,

We played at the end of last year. The ultimate goal was to find a way

to win the match. Maybe at the beginning of the year

you are focusing a little bit more on yourself, and how

you are playing, and how you want to play, moving

into the Aussie Open, rather than just solely

focusing on the outcome. The chairman of UK Anti-Doping,

David Kenworthy, says he is very disappointed by the information

given to a parliamentary select committee by cycling

chiefs last month. Sir Dave Brailsford was one

of the British Cycling and Team Sky figures who answered questions

on anti-doping, including a medical package delivered

to Sir Bradley Wiggins. Kenworthy described information

given to the Culture, Media and Sport Select

Committee as extraordinary. Britain's badminton players

were left stunned last month when UK Sport cut their funding completely

ahead of Tokyo 2020. It followed a first Olympic medal

for the sport in 12 years. In the coming weeks they will

attempt to overturn that They were superb. Winning Olympic

bronze in Rio was supposed to be the catalyst for future badminton

success. No one predicted UK sport would cut all their funding. To

receive that information was getting. It almost felt like our

medals were snatched away from us. Without any support at all from UK

sport, our programme will take a severe hit. Lots of players will

have to leave and stop playing. Badminton is the most played racket

sport in the UK, but UK Sport base their funding model on who they

think will win Olympic medals they are not sure about badminton. This

board believes they can overturn the decision in the next month. We have

a really strong case. We have players who in the last 12 months

have won Olympic medals, world tour titles, super series titles, the

biggest events in our sport where we are competing regularly and beating

the best in the world. Commonwealth champions missed out on a medal in

Rio, which could have been crucial to the UK Sport decision. The pair

have consistently mixed it with the world's elite. Something these

rising stars aim to follow. Without the UK Sport funding, it will be

virtually impossible for those that Milton Keynes at the norm to make

the jump to the Olympics. Individually we have the potential

to win medals in Tokyo. Everybody should have the opportunity to reach

their goals and dreams. I've had my time. I got to go and achieve what I

did. I feel like it's been a waste. Don't just go from support to

nothing. Give these guys a chance. Now it's almost like Mount Everest.

But we are willing to climb it. We are going to fight this until the

very end. The battle begins later this month with UK Sport insisting

they will give badminton a fair hearing and the opportunity to earn

a reprieve. An update from Old Trafford, 40 minutes gone in the FA

Cup third-round tie and it still Manchester United 2-0 Reading.

You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

The next news on BBC One is at 5:20pm.

Good afternoon. It's a benign weather story across the UK. But

it's great for most of us. This was a weather watcher's photographs sent

earlier. The dew on the grass in Cumbria. Some sunshine, this was

sent from Derbyshire, the tops of the hills. But the sunshine is

fairly limited as you can see from the satellite picture. In a

north-east of Scotland and they few glimmers across northern England.

Further south, the remnants of a weather front across Devon and