0:00:06 > 0:00:09Fire and fury in America, as an explosive war of words erupts
0:00:09 > 0:00:12between Donald Trump and his former soulmate, Steve Bannon.
0:00:12 > 0:00:17Could this be the spat that drives Trump's electoral base away?
0:00:17 > 0:00:23We'll ask Bannon's right-hand man, and a woman from Team Trump 2020.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Another winter, another crisis.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27As the NHS postpones thousands of routine operations,
0:00:27 > 0:00:33is the system itself in a critical condition?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35We have been planning most of the year now
0:00:35 > 0:00:36for the challenges of winter.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39We had a very challenging winter last year as well.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41And actually, the NHS is better prepared than it's been
0:00:41 > 0:00:43for very many years.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47As violence escalates in yet another of Syria's so-called
0:00:47 > 0:00:49"de-escalation zones", we'll hear from inside Idlib,
0:00:49 > 0:00:54the last rebel-held province in the county.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And is there a way of making the cinema work better
0:00:57 > 0:00:58for those with dementia?
0:00:58 > 0:01:03We speak to the actress Carey Mulligan.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Yeah, I do fear it, and I think we all should fear it, you know.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09And I think that's what we need to, er...
0:01:09 > 0:01:11We need to turn that fear into action, you know,
0:01:11 > 0:01:12this is a global issue.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15One in three people will develop dementia of some kind.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Good evening.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Even for a man as combative as Donald Trump, today's statement
0:01:27 > 0:01:30left little to the imagination.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32He denounced his former White House Strategist,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Steve Bannon, as a man who had lost his mind, who had nothing to do
0:01:35 > 0:01:38with Trump or his presidency.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44The President may be playing with fire.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Steve Bannon knows things about him very few others do,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51and he has a powerful base on the right in which to relay them.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54The statement came from the President after the release
0:01:54 > 0:02:00of extracts from a new book - 'Fire and Fury', by Michael Wolff.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02In it, Bannon describes a meeting between Donald Trump Junior
0:02:02 > 0:02:05and a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign as treasonous
0:02:05 > 0:02:08and unpatriotic.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13It looks and sounds like an ordinary Trump spat, but it raises questions
0:02:13 > 0:02:15of whom the Republican base now see as their leader.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19And this in a midterm election year.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21The relationship between Donald Trump and Steve Bannon is one
0:02:21 > 0:02:29of the most curious in modern America.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31If Donald Trump made winning the presidency look
0:02:31 > 0:02:33easy, Steve Bannon - some will tell you -
0:02:33 > 0:02:34was the strategic brain behind the campaign.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37He was also the ideological rump of Trump's 'Make America
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Great Again' strategy, introducing him to those
0:02:39 > 0:02:42on the right who would become a proud and vocal base
0:02:42 > 0:02:48amongst his supporters.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Like many of Trump's advisers, he didn't last the course
0:02:51 > 0:02:54of the transition to power.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57If Bannon was the one person who, rumour had it, was allowed
0:02:57 > 0:02:59in the Oval Office without a tie, he was nevertheless
0:02:59 > 0:03:02unceremoniously fired from his job in the White House last autumn.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04But anyone who thought Bannon would go quietly couldn't have been
0:03:04 > 0:03:07further from the truth.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09He backed Roy Moore for the Alabama Senate race last
0:03:09 > 0:03:13December and is encouraging hard-right candidates to take
0:03:13 > 0:03:16on sitting Republican senators in almost every seat that's up
0:03:16 > 0:03:20for the mid-term elections this November - part of what he sees
0:03:20 > 0:03:22as his broader populist war against the Republican
0:03:22 > 0:03:26establishment.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Bannon remains a powerful force in the alt-right
0:03:30 > 0:03:32news site Breitbart, which could yet turn its editorial
0:03:32 > 0:03:35power against the President.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36The bigger question this schism raises is,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39what happens now to the base?
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Do they stick loyally with their leader, Trump himself,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46or realign with the ideology that brought them to him in the first
0:03:46 > 0:03:51place, the now free agent that is Steve Bannon?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54The spectacular breakdown of communications between the two
0:03:54 > 0:03:57men was inevitably the focus of questions at the daily White
0:03:57 > 0:03:58House press briefing this evening.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Here's Press Secretary Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders
0:04:00 > 0:04:02responding to a question about whether Donald Trump Junior
0:04:02 > 0:04:06had committed treason.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Er, I think that is a ridiculous accusation and one that I'm pretty
0:04:10 > 0:04:12sure we've addressed many times from here before.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15And if that's in reference to comments made by Mr Bannon,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18I'd refer you back to the ones that he made previously on 60
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Minutes, where he called the collusion with Russia about this
0:04:20 > 0:04:22President a "total farce".
0:04:22 > 0:04:25So I think I would look back at that.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27If anybody's been inconsistent, it's been him.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28It certainly hasn't been the President,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31or this administration.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It's been reported that he was furious when these reports first
0:04:33 > 0:04:35came out about what Bannon was quoted as saying.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Is that an accurate depiction?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Er, I think, erm, furious, disgusted would probably certainly
0:04:42 > 0:04:46fit when you make such outrageous claims and completely false claims
0:04:46 > 0:04:52against the President, er, his administration.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54So what's going on here, and where does this
0:04:54 > 0:04:56leave the President?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Raheem Kassam is a close advisor to Steve Bannon and the UK Editor
0:04:59 > 0:05:00of his Breitbart news.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Mica Mosbacher is a campaigner for President Trump who works
0:05:02 > 0:05:11on the Trump 2020 Advisory Committee.
0:05:11 > 0:05:17First of all, Raheem, take is inside Steve Bannon's mind. You know him
0:05:17 > 0:05:21well, does Bannon really believe that Don Junior's meeting with a
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Russia -- Russian lawyer was treasonous?I think when you look at
0:05:25 > 0:05:31how this book was written, really how any book like this is written,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35the author will have posed certain questions to the interview subjects.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39The interview subject will give answers and some of those questions
0:05:39 > 0:05:44are hypothetical. For instance, with a context such as, if this was
0:05:44 > 0:05:50discussed in that meeting at this time and it went on to do this, does
0:05:50 > 0:05:54it mean it is treasonous and what have you? And people will give
0:05:54 > 0:05:57honest answers to those things. I think that is what happened here, I
0:05:57 > 0:06:02am not sure you're getting the entire context of the conversation.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06But I will say this, Steve Bannon was in the Pentagon during the
0:06:06 > 0:06:11Reagan administration, he is a naval officer, he understands what the
0:06:11 > 0:06:16Russian threat really is. Outside of the sort of media obsession over how
0:06:16 > 0:06:21many Facebook adverts they took out and so on. He understands the Geo
0:06:21 > 0:06:25political threat and he takes that very seriously. So when he remarks
0:06:25 > 0:06:29that these people should not probably have been in Trump Tower
0:06:29 > 0:06:32taking meetings with campaign, senior campaign staff without
0:06:32 > 0:06:36lawyers in the room, Edwards said that that I would say that is a bad
0:06:36 > 0:06:43thing to say.Did he say that the Trump and his son?I wasn't privy to
0:06:43 > 0:06:49what was going on in John Tower at the time, I don't know who learned
0:06:49 > 0:06:52what, when -- Trump Tower. I cannot imagine he would stay silent if he
0:06:52 > 0:07:00knew that was going on. But again, go ahead.A couple of other things
0:07:00 > 0:07:04that would Korea said which you might shed some light on although
0:07:04 > 0:07:07you were not with him throughout the campaign. He said Trump's ultimate
0:07:07 > 0:07:14goal was never to win, was that your understanding? He calls him
0:07:14 > 0:07:19befuddled and horrified, quoting Bannon each time.Yes, I think there
0:07:19 > 0:07:24was a point at which the campaign advisers had sort of conditioned the
0:07:24 > 0:07:28candidate, Trump, to think and believe that he was not going to
0:07:28 > 0:07:30win, he did not have a path to victory. One story that is
0:07:30 > 0:07:39well-known over here is on the weekend of the Billy Bush tape
0:07:39 > 0:07:45weekend, you had the entire team sat around in Trump Tower and the
0:07:45 > 0:07:49President, the candidate back then went around the room saying, what my
0:07:49 > 0:07:56chances? Everybody said, zero, zero, zero.Access Hollywood take?That is
0:07:56 > 0:08:00correct. Bannon said 100% certitude you are going to win. And the
0:08:00 > 0:08:05President did not believe him. Candidate Trump did not believe
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Steve at that time. I think the President has been conditioned
0:08:08 > 0:08:13especially because people were jumping off the boat. The RNC was
0:08:13 > 0:08:18condemning him, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie. Everybody was looping off
0:08:18 > 0:08:22the ship. There was any one person that stood by him and that was Steve
0:08:22 > 0:08:27Bannon.One more on that line, this is out in the book, that Trump never
0:08:27 > 0:08:30wanted to finance his own campaign, that it was Steve Bannon who
0:08:30 > 0:08:35encouraged him to do so and Trump merely loaned money to it, $10
0:08:35 > 0:08:40million, which he then got straight back, is that right?I don't know if
0:08:40 > 0:08:42he got it straight back, I would imagine nobody really wants to
0:08:42 > 0:08:48finance their own campaign. Going into situations where Steve Bannon
0:08:48 > 0:08:51during the campaign, they would double digits down in the battle
0:08:51 > 0:08:55ground states. They knew that they need to spend money, well that, from
0:08:55 > 0:09:01fastest? Going round the country doing big meetings or asking the
0:09:01 > 0:09:05candidate to put his hands and his deep pockets and stump the money up
0:09:05 > 0:09:09himself? I think that is privately reasonable. And it is also
0:09:09 > 0:09:12reasonable way you might not want to do that as a candidate if you been
0:09:12 > 0:09:16convinced by so many people around you you are onto a loser. The good
0:09:16 > 0:09:19thing is, he was convinced to do it, he did spend the money comes Steve
0:09:19 > 0:09:24did work on the campaign and they did when!Thank you for being so
0:09:24 > 0:09:31patient, Mica. I want to to the bottom" from Steve Bannon. What you
0:09:31 > 0:09:34make of some of these quotes that Trump never wanted to win, that he
0:09:34 > 0:09:40was horrified when he did. That Bannon called it broke dipped
0:09:40 > 0:09:45campaign. This man never thought he could be the President.I disagree
0:09:45 > 0:09:51totally. First of all, anointing Steve Bannon at the King's make it
0:09:51 > 0:09:56is a gross over exaggeration. If anything, Trump won because he
0:09:56 > 0:10:02outperformed and outworked 17 candidates. He did over 200 -- 250
0:10:02 > 0:10:07rallies and I have been part of by political campaigns and most
0:10:07 > 0:10:11candidates are very scripted and kept in a bubble. Taiwan has some of
0:10:11 > 0:10:17the best political instincts I have ever seen. He was off script. --
0:10:17 > 0:10:21President Trump has some of the best. Like all campaigns, they're
0:10:21 > 0:10:24what advisers that came and went and they had certain roles at certain
0:10:24 > 0:10:30times. Trump would not have one without Steve Bannon, absolutely.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36You are on the 2020 campaign and before that, you have the midterms.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41Are you worried that Bannon and Breitbart will pit itself against
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Trump now, putting up candidates at the hard right which may make it
0:10:44 > 0:10:48difficult for him to keep the Senate?I don't think Breitbart
0:10:48 > 0:10:56wants to get labelled break news like CNN. The RNC has raised over
0:10:56 > 0:10:59the $130 million in a nonelection year and 70% from small donors. That
0:10:59 > 0:11:04tells me the base is sticking with him. Look at the rally on the Eve of
0:11:04 > 0:11:09the Alabama elections. He had over thousands of people and several
0:11:09 > 0:11:16waited outside in the rain. Steve Bannon had broken with the President
0:11:16 > 0:11:19of the Roy Moore because the President initially supported Luther
0:11:19 > 0:11:25Strange. We were already seeing a slight braking that relationship.Do
0:11:25 > 0:11:29you think the base now goes with Bannon or does stick with Trump?I
0:11:29 > 0:11:36think it sticks altogether and I think Mica is mischaracterising
0:11:36 > 0:11:41this. If you look at Steve Bannon and bright spot news, it is still
0:11:41 > 0:11:47the only new state into the world and United States that endorses --
0:11:47 > 0:11:53at Breitbart. It only endorses the agenda, and it does not need to be
0:11:53 > 0:11:58an either or situation. You are right when Donald Trump is himself
0:11:58 > 0:12:01on the stump, he has the best political instincts of anybody in
0:12:01 > 0:12:05the best couple of decades, at least to build that base and get those
0:12:05 > 0:12:08people are voting and to the rallies. I don't think you need to
0:12:08 > 0:12:13worry about that. Throwing threats around, calling Breitbart fake news
0:12:13 > 0:12:18if we do not toe the line is silly. We are not on different sides.This
0:12:18 > 0:12:24man has accused the President's son of treason.And the treason, it is
0:12:24 > 0:12:29outrageous. I agree with Sarah Huckabee Sanders.That was not a
0:12:29 > 0:12:33report on Breitbart, that is a comments made by a private
0:12:33 > 0:12:37individual, it you cannot inflate the two.Thank you both very much
0:12:37 > 0:12:39indeed.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42At least 17 hospital trusts are on the highest
0:12:42 > 0:12:44state of alert tonight, as well as two ambulance
0:12:44 > 0:12:51services in England.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53NHS doctors, consultants, emergency practitioners and nurses
0:12:53 > 0:12:56have spoken of the impossible conditions in which they're
0:12:56 > 0:12:59being asked to work - some have called it the most intense
0:12:59 > 0:13:00strain in their professional lives.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02We'll hear later from the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,
0:13:02 > 0:13:06and Chris Cook is here to help explain why the service is coming
0:13:06 > 0:13:07under such pressure.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09First, let's hear from those on the front line themselves.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23When patients have their appointments or their operation
0:13:23 > 0:13:25cancelled, they may
0:13:25 > 0:13:28come back into the surgery a few weeks later because their symptoms
0:13:28 > 0:13:31have gone worse so they may be asking us for additional pain relief
0:13:31 > 0:13:34or some other way of helping them to manage their symptoms until they are
0:13:34 > 0:13:36rebooked.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Another thing that we see is that the hospital administration
0:13:40 > 0:13:43teams are so thinly staffed now that patients are told they'll receive
0:13:43 > 0:13:49another appointment in the post and then that may not happen.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51So they quite often have to try and phone the
0:13:51 > 0:13:54hospital, they leave phone messages, they may leave two or three phone
0:13:54 > 0:14:01messages, but not have a reply back, so they come to us to ask us to help
0:14:01 > 0:14:02them reschedule their appointment.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04We are also getting an increase in winter
0:14:04 > 0:14:05viruses in children, we are
0:14:05 > 0:14:09just starting to see an increase in people with flu so there are many
0:14:09 > 0:14:12different ways in which the winter pressures do affect us in general
0:14:12 > 0:14:18practice.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20It means a complete loss of dignity for patients.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22I think that is the most striking thing that
0:14:22 > 0:14:26I have seen.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Right at this moment there will be hundreds of patients
0:14:29 > 0:14:32being cared for in corridors.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33That means makeshift screens being pulled
0:14:33 > 0:14:36around them for them to try
0:14:36 > 0:14:39and go to the toilet, their results, the screaming, their pain, tears,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41all being heard by everyone around them.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44It's just an impossible place and way to treat patients and look
0:14:44 > 0:14:45after people.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Mistakes are going to happen.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53People are going to be treated inadequately and all we can
0:14:53 > 0:15:04do is just say sorry and apologise, and that's not good enough.
0:15:07 > 0:15:15Between the Christmas and New Year period,
0:15:15 > 0:15:19during an emergency surgery, I saw a very elderly lady who I felt
0:15:19 > 0:15:21that we could not manage in general practice,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24so I felt that she needed to go to A & E.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25And so instantly the anxiety within myself starts,
0:15:25 > 0:15:29because the patient maybe doesn't want to go into A & E, which you can
0:15:29 > 0:15:30understand.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34And you don't want this elderly person to potentially go
0:15:34 > 0:15:37on their own up to a very busy A & E department.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39I know they are always busy and overstretched.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44And then the ongoing consequence of whether she's
0:15:44 > 0:15:48admitted and the pressure that adds on to the hospital,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51or whether she is maybe given some treatment and then
0:15:51 > 0:15:54sent home, but she is home alone, and therefore is she going to get
0:15:54 > 0:15:56any temporary services while she recuperates at home?
0:15:56 > 0:16:00So it's one of the dilemmas we face on a daily
0:16:00 > 0:16:03basis, not just over the winter periods, where obviously the demand
0:16:03 > 0:16:14increases, but I think throughout the year.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18When an elective operation is cancelled it has
0:16:18 > 0:16:20a lot of implications on
0:16:20 > 0:16:23everyone.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28In a hospital environment, a person going in for an elective
0:16:28 > 0:16:31operation will probably have to have a preoperative assessment.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34They will need to have a preplanned programme if they need to be got fit
0:16:34 > 0:16:37before an operation.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42And so therefore, cancelling an operation
0:16:42 > 0:16:47means that everything will have to be repeated, but it also has
0:16:47 > 0:16:50significant impact on the individual.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51So taking a young person
0:16:51 > 0:16:53for example, who say, has a scar that needs
0:16:53 > 0:16:59revising, and also has a
0:16:59 > 0:17:02lot of psycho-social effects related to that scar, it therefore
0:17:02 > 0:17:05means that they will have to put their life on hold most probably
0:17:05 > 0:17:06for 1-2 months.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Because they had planned for their life to move on
0:17:08 > 0:17:12after they had their operation, and that has an impact for both young
0:17:12 > 0:17:18and old.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Just some of those working with patients in the NHS every day.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25And for transparency we should mention that alongside his day job
0:17:25 > 0:17:27one of the contributors - Dr Amar Mashru - has previously
0:17:27 > 0:17:30campaigned against the government on health matters and is a member
0:17:30 > 0:17:37of the Labour party.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Now - Chris Cook is our policy editor, and he has charts to explain
0:17:40 > 0:17:42why the service is under such a strain now.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47Give us the big picture first of all?
0:17:47 > 0:17:52The thing to get your head around is this not about the NHS doing less
0:17:52 > 0:17:56than it used to, it is doing more than ever yet not keeping up with a
0:17:56 > 0:18:00wave of demand. This graph shows hospital admissions going back to
0:18:00 > 0:18:05the late to thousands. About 1 million per quarter to about 4
0:18:05 > 0:18:09million per quarter. That's the gap you can see, a rise of roughly 40%
0:18:09 > 0:18:15since Gordon Brown left office. Hospitals, and not just hospitals,
0:18:15 > 0:18:20social care systems and GPs, haven't been able to keep up in recent years
0:18:20 > 0:18:24with this rising tide. They have not been able to build in the capacity
0:18:24 > 0:18:29they need. And for example, another graph showing you why, if you look
0:18:29 > 0:18:33at the amount hospital has been spending in the last four years on
0:18:33 > 0:18:36things like new buildings, renovating existing buildings and
0:18:36 > 0:18:42new equipment, there have been big declines in the last four years. 10%
0:18:42 > 0:18:47down on new-builds, 20% down on improving buildings, 50% down on new
0:18:47 > 0:18:51equipment. We are not putting money into expanding the pipeline, not in
0:18:51 > 0:18:56hospitals, not in social care, not in GPs so we can cope with this ever
0:18:56 > 0:19:09rising demand.When you put it like this it looks like it is all about
0:19:09 > 0:19:11money. Is it?Money is a necessary but not sufficient part of the
0:19:11 > 0:19:14answer to the problems in the NHS. You must remember that there are
0:19:14 > 0:19:16things like recruitment which have lead times. We have a problem at the
0:19:16 > 0:19:19moment getting and keeping staff, not just because of the referendum
0:19:19 > 0:19:22result which means it will be hard to recruit people from the EU, but
0:19:22 > 0:19:26if you put many, capital into equipment and all that stuff you
0:19:26 > 0:19:30also have to fund the people to work on it. You can't just build the kit
0:19:30 > 0:19:35and not stuff it. So you must have the money in the right places. As
0:19:35 > 0:19:42well. That's the challenge, it means having lead times.Thank you Chris.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Well, earlier, I spoke to the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,
0:19:45 > 0:19:49and asked him if he recognised a National Health System in crisis.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I think a crisis is when you have adverse
0:19:51 > 0:19:54circumstances and you don't have a plan to deal with those
0:19:54 > 0:19:55challenges, and that's not the case.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56In fact the opposite.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59We have been planning most of the year now for the challenges
0:19:59 > 0:20:02of winter.
0:20:02 > 0:20:08We had a very challenging winter last year as well.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10But are there highly challenging circumstances on the
0:20:10 > 0:20:11front line?
0:20:11 > 0:20:20Absolutely.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23And I think, the thing I'd like to say is, a very
0:20:23 > 0:20:25very big thank you to all NHS staff.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Not just from me but from the whole country because I think we are
0:20:28 > 0:20:31incredibly proud of the efforts they are going to to keep patients safe,
0:20:31 > 0:20:33working well beyond the call of duty.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37You are saying a big thank you to NHS staff.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40They are saying, I will read out the following, Richard
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Fawcett, senior doctor in emergency medicine,"
0:20:41 > 0:20:42I personally apologise to
0:20:42 > 0:20:44the people of Stoke for the third World conditions."
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Dr Taj Hassan, president of the Royal College of emergency
0:20:47 > 0:20:49medicine: "We are seeing conditions people have not experienced in their
0:20:49 > 0:20:50working lives."
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Doctor Nick Scriven, president of the society of
0:20:52 > 0:20:55acute medicine "The position is as bad as I have ever known."
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Tracey Bullock, another one, chief executive,
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Tracey Bullock, another one, chief executive, mid-
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Cheshire hospitals, who says, I am 34 years in, and I
0:21:01 > 0:21:02have never seen anything like this.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Shall I ask that again.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Is this a crisis?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Well, as I say, I don't dispute their experiences.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09It is very, very tough on the front line.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12But if you just look at what we are coping with this
0:21:12 > 0:21:14year, compared to one year ago, around 3000 more
0:21:14 > 0:21:17people going every single day to our A & E departments...
0:21:17 > 0:21:24You are happy to say that we planned to
0:21:24 > 0:21:26cancel 55,000 operations or postpone, you are
0:21:26 > 0:21:28happy to say that that was part of the plan?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Let me explain exactly what the plan was.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32So this time last year, what we ended up
0:21:32 > 0:21:35doing because we had extreme pressures, is cancelling a lot of
0:21:35 > 0:21:36operations the day before.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40But just because you're not cancelling them
0:21:40 > 0:21:44with 24 hours' notice doesn't mean that this is a step in the right
0:21:44 > 0:21:46direction, this means you have a systemic crisis,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48you have a massive chronic gap between your needs and
0:21:48 > 0:21:49your resources.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53You recognise that, don't you?
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Well I think there is a resources issue, which we can talk
0:21:57 > 0:22:03about, but it is really important to recognise that this time of year,
0:22:03 > 0:22:05creates pressures in health systems all over the world.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07So they had a terrible winter in Australia.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Which was our summer...
0:22:08 > 0:22:10But it's not just about this time of year, Health
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Secretary.
0:22:12 > 0:22:20Three years ago as you know, in October 2014 200,000 people
0:22:20 > 0:22:23were in that group category waiting more than 18 weeks for
0:22:23 > 0:22:24treatment.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27You will know well that by the end of last year, that number
0:22:27 > 0:22:28had doubled, 400,000 people.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30So this is not something that just happens
0:22:30 > 0:22:31over Christmas or over winter.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33This is the direction the NHS is heading
0:22:33 > 0:22:34in.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Well, let's look at the longer-term performance.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41Because in the five years that I have been
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Health Secretary, we have an NHS that is doing 5,000 more operations
0:22:44 > 0:22:45every single day.
0:22:45 > 0:22:52The accident and emergency departments in our country
0:22:52 > 0:22:55are seeing 2,000 more people every single day within the four-hour
0:22:55 > 0:22:56target.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58We have more doctors, or nurses, and an independent report
0:22:58 > 0:23:04published in the middle of last year said that in most major disease
0:23:04 > 0:23:05categories outcomes have dramatically improved.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08You were hitting your A & E targets in July of 2015.
0:23:08 > 0:23:0995% of patients dealt with within four
0:23:09 > 0:23:11hours.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12You haven't met that target since 2015.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Is that wrong?
0:23:13 > 0:23:14No, that is correct.
0:23:14 > 0:23:22But that is not the entire measure of the performance of
0:23:22 > 0:23:23the healthcare system...
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Does the target not matter, tell me if these targets
0:23:26 > 0:23:28are out of date and we can get rid of them.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Of course it matters but in that period there are 7000 people
0:23:31 > 0:23:34alive today who would not be alive if we had had the cancer survival
0:23:34 > 0:23:36rates of 2012.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40You set these targets and you are missing them.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42If that's the last time you reached the
0:23:42 > 0:23:45target which was July 2015, where are we now with that?
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Well I will tell you exactly where we are.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53We are treating more people than we ever have in our history
0:23:53 > 0:23:55within the four-hour target.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58But with the 95%, because you used to publish this on
0:23:58 > 0:24:00a weekly basis and now we don't see it.
0:24:00 > 0:24:06You will know that figure.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08What is that figure now as a percentage.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10No, we published it on a monthly basis.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12But let's just look at the last published data.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Next week we will have the data for the
0:24:15 > 0:24:17whole of December but if you look at the November
0:24:17 > 0:24:18data let's just look at
0:24:18 > 0:24:20specifically the issue you raise of A & E.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24The data from November shows that every day in fact the number of
0:24:24 > 0:24:26people we are treating compared to seven years earlier is 5000 more,
0:24:26 > 0:24:27within the four-hour target.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29It also shows that more than half the
0:24:29 > 0:24:33hospitals in the NHS are performing better on A & E than one year
0:24:33 > 0:24:34previously.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36It also shows...
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Those numbers don't match, I'm just asking
0:24:37 > 0:24:41you for a percentage so we can let the public understand how they
0:24:41 > 0:24:44compare.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Why won't you tell me what the percentage is?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50And is not my target, it is your target.
0:24:50 > 0:24:56Because we don't have a number to publish.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58There is no number that I'm sitting on but
0:24:58 > 0:25:01I'm not telling you, as you know what happens is the data is
0:25:01 > 0:25:04collected across the system once a month, and that data is then
0:25:04 > 0:25:07validated and it will be published next week and I don't know what that
0:25:07 > 0:25:09number will be, just as you don't know.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12So are you happy for me to tell these people, whether it is
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Richard Fawcett, Taj Hassan, Nick Scriven, Tracey Bullock, chief
0:25:15 > 0:25:17executives, experts in their field, that everything is going according
0:25:17 > 0:25:18to plan?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20That you are reaching targets, that there isn't a crisis,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22that there is no systemic problem with the way
0:25:22 > 0:25:24the NHS is funded or is
0:25:24 > 0:25:25working right now?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Can you tell that to front line staff?
0:25:27 > 0:25:28You're putting words into my mouth.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30I'm asking you a question.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Well you are putting words into my mouth.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34What I am telling you is, there is extreme
0:25:34 > 0:25:35pressure on the front line.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37We are incredibly grateful for the hard
0:25:37 > 0:25:39work that those doctors and nurses and many other people are doing.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41And you are asking for that money from
0:25:41 > 0:25:43the Prime Minister, from the Chancellor, are you?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46I am asking for money and I've been given money.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49That is why in the last budget I got an extra £2.8 billion.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51We are going to need more money going forward of
0:25:51 > 0:25:53course, but let me say this.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54It isn't just about money.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55It's also about manpower.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57You won't have the manpower if people think that they
0:25:57 > 0:26:01are in a crisis and they are not able to work in the conditions that
0:26:01 > 0:26:02they are being given.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Well I'll tell you how we get the manpower, Emily,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07we get the manpower by training more doctors and nurses.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09It is going to take time, it takes seven years to
0:26:09 > 0:26:11train a doctor, three years to train a nurse...
0:26:11 > 0:26:14You've got somebody who said they've been working on this
0:26:14 > 0:26:15for 34 years.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18What do you say, Bye bye to them because they say it's
0:26:18 > 0:26:20the worst crisis they have ever seen?
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I say to them thank you for the amazing work you are doing.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Please bear with us.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27We are trying as hard as we can to train up more
0:26:27 > 0:26:29doctors and nurses to get into the system.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31And if voters in England or patients who have had their
0:26:31 > 0:26:34operations put back, or front line staff who have expressed their
0:26:34 > 0:26:36frustrations need to find somebody accountable for what they are facing
0:26:36 > 0:26:38right now, who is that person?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Is it you, or is it Simon Stevens of NHS
0:26:40 > 0:26:42England?
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Well, ultimately I am accountable for the treatment of
0:26:45 > 0:26:46every patient in the NHS.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49I am the Health Secretary.
0:26:49 > 0:26:57And to people who have had their operations delayed,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00because of the winter pressures that we are now facing, I apologise,
0:27:00 > 0:27:02because I recognise that it is a very, very
0:27:02 > 0:27:04big deal if you need a
0:27:04 > 0:27:07hip replaced and you are happy to wait longer.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Jeremy Hunt, thank you.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14The war in Syria is heading towards its eighth year with no
0:27:14 > 0:27:17definite end in sight - though some believe the government's
0:27:17 > 0:27:19new assault on the last entirely rebel-held province in the country
0:27:19 > 0:27:21could prove the beginning of the end.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Idlib, in north west Syria, has been in the hands of rebel
0:27:24 > 0:27:26groups since near the beginning of the conflict.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Tens of thousands of civilians and fighters from former rebel
0:27:28 > 0:27:30strongholds including Aleppo, Homs and Daraya
0:27:30 > 0:27:31were evacuated there.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36But an attack in the far south of the province
0:27:36 > 0:27:38by government forces, backed by Russian planes,
0:27:38 > 0:27:40could suggest the regime has fresh aspirations to reclaim control.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41Here's Mike Thomson.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46And I should warn you that his film contains distressing scenes.
0:27:46 > 0:27:55This has been life for the past two weeks for the people of Southern
0:27:55 > 0:27:56Idlib.
0:27:56 > 0:28:03And the bombing by Syrian government forces is carrying on.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Today marks the 15th day of the continuous onslaught
0:28:05 > 0:28:09by Syrian warplanes, mainly against the
0:28:09 > 0:28:14southern and eastern Idlib countryside.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17We've had more than 250 aerial raids.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20So far, 57 people have died and 200 civilians have been
0:28:20 > 0:28:21injured.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24I can distinctly hear the buzzing of the regime's aeroplanes
0:28:24 > 0:28:26pounding the area with bombs while doing this interview
0:28:26 > 0:28:31with you at this very moment.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34And it seems it's the very young who are suffering the
0:28:34 > 0:28:40most.
0:28:40 > 0:28:49The majority of those casualties are innocent civilians.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Just yesterday, a massacre committed saw more than 12 civilians killed,
0:28:51 > 0:28:57the majority of which were children.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Hunger and cold compete with bombs and bullets as causes of misery
0:29:00 > 0:29:10here in this hugely overcrowded province.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14We fled the heavy bombardment in Aleppo, leaving our
0:29:14 > 0:29:15homes behind,
0:29:15 > 0:29:17only to face the same terrible scene here in Idlib
0:29:17 > 0:29:18of bombardment and destruction.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19Where else can we go?
0:29:19 > 0:29:22We're living the same nightmare each day, alone and scared
0:29:22 > 0:29:31for our children.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Idlib's population has been swelled by the arrival
0:29:33 > 0:29:38of thousands of civilians and fighters from other areas of Syria,
0:29:38 > 0:29:41as more and more rebel territory has fallen to Government forces.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42Now, Idlib is in the firing line.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Idlib is in a strategic location that's on
0:29:45 > 0:29:53the border with Turkey.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55It is the main area that supplies coming
0:29:55 > 0:29:57through Turkey pass through in order to be
0:29:57 > 0:29:58deployed in the rest of
0:29:58 > 0:30:02the rebel-held areas in Syria.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04And therefore, if the regime cuts off the
0:30:04 > 0:30:06supply lines through Idlib, then it can significantly weaken rebels
0:30:06 > 0:30:07across Syria.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Infighting between rebel groups, some of whom are
0:30:09 > 0:30:14extremists, has weakened them further.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17After a long struggle, an alliance led by the formerly Al-Qaeda
0:30:17 > 0:30:24linked Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, now dominates.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26It is accused of carrying out the numerous
0:30:26 > 0:30:30war crimes.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32These war crimes include the summary killings of civilians,
0:30:32 > 0:30:39especially activists.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40Human rights defenders.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Beheading and the stoning of women.
0:30:44 > 0:30:50And also, basically passing unlawful sentences
0:30:50 > 0:30:52throught their courts, that do not need any
0:30:52 > 0:30:53international standards.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Idlib's civilians haven't taken this lying down.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Over the last year, there have been street protests
0:30:57 > 0:31:03against HTS's diktats.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Local radio station Fresh FM has joined the
0:31:05 > 0:31:07rebellion against HTS's rule, defying their ban on playing music
0:31:07 > 0:31:15and using women presenters.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17But the station's founder fears that if
0:31:17 > 0:31:19President Assad's forces succeed in overrunning the province,
0:31:19 > 0:31:22his rule might be even worse than that of the
0:31:22 > 0:31:27extremists.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49If Assad's forces take over all of Idlib, will your radio
0:31:49 > 0:31:54station keep broadcasting?
0:31:54 > 0:31:55No, no.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01With the nearby Turkish border currently
0:32:01 > 0:32:06closed to refugees, the
0:32:06 > 0:32:11burning question facing civilians desperate to escape Idlib is, where
0:32:11 > 0:32:13to go?
0:32:13 > 0:32:16If there was an attack on civilians, they have nowhere to
0:32:16 > 0:32:23flee.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24They can't go to government-controlled
0:32:24 > 0:32:25areas out of fear of
0:32:25 > 0:32:27reprisals and attacks against them.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29At the same time, they can't cross into Turkey.
0:32:29 > 0:32:30So this would be another humanitarian disaster.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32If it reaches that point, Turkey must open
0:32:32 > 0:32:35its borders to these refugees, or people fleeing the violence.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Yesterday, two hospitals in the far south of Idlib were hit by air
0:32:38 > 0:32:39strikes, further hampering the ability
0:32:39 > 0:32:41of doctors to cope with the
0:32:41 > 0:32:46growing number of casualties.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49A shortage of staff and medicines compounds problems caused by damage
0:32:49 > 0:32:53to equipment and buildings.
0:32:53 > 0:33:01But it's what might happen if government forces
0:33:01 > 0:33:02overrun the province that
0:33:02 > 0:33:03worries some even more.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06This is a real source of concern for the entire world.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Because if the regime succeeds in its sinister
0:33:08 > 0:33:13offensive, it will commit crimes against humanity in Idlib.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18Even worse, if the borders are sealed, there
0:33:18 > 0:33:22will be a total annihilation of more than two million people living here.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24It's yet unclear whether President Assad has
0:33:24 > 0:33:29the strength to retake the
0:33:29 > 0:33:31whole of this last rebel-held bastian, though even if he does,
0:33:31 > 0:33:41many years of insurgency involving various rebel
0:33:41 > 0:33:44looks likely to follow, Before rebuilding this shattered
0:33:44 > 0:33:46country can truly begin.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Carey Mulligan has told Newsnight about her fear
0:33:48 > 0:33:50of developing dementia in old age after she lost her
0:33:50 > 0:33:51grandmother to the illness.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54The actress is a spokesperson for the Alzheimer's Society
0:33:54 > 0:33:56and was speaking as a number of cinemas have started welcoming
0:33:56 > 0:34:00dementia patients and their carers to separate screenings.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Staff are specially trained, and cinemas keep the house lights
0:34:03 > 0:34:06up, and the volume low, for the benefit of the audience.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Will this tempt an often immobile section of the community
0:34:08 > 0:34:10to get more out of life?
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Or is there a danger it might marginalise them even more?
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Stephen Smith went to the movies.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Welcome, everybody, to East Dulwich Picture House
0:34:24 > 0:34:30and to Alzheimer's Society and Southwark Dementia Action
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Alliance dementia-friendly screening today.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Today, we have White Christmas, which is very
0:34:34 > 0:34:35appropriate for this time.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38And we hope you're really going to enjoy it.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41We've got the wonderful Bing Crosby and some lovely other amazing actors
0:34:41 > 0:34:46to entertain us today.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50You may have had your fill of mince pies and musicals by now,
0:34:50 > 0:34:52dear viewer, but an outing to the pictures like this can be
0:34:52 > 0:34:57a rare treat for elderly people with mental health issues.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00So Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and friends are top of the bill
0:35:00 > 0:35:02for this screening, which is especially for those
0:35:02 > 0:35:07with dementia and their carers.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Here, they have the house lights up a little for their audience.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12The volume, not too high.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16And a break for refreshments halfway through the main attraction.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21Would you like a mince pie, sir?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Do you like the film today?
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Yes, I didn't mind it but, er, I've got my mind working on some
0:35:27 > 0:35:30stuff I've got to do at home when I get back.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32You liked the dancing, didn't you, Betty?
0:35:32 > 0:35:33Eh?
0:35:33 > 0:35:34You liked the dancing on the film.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Oh, yes.
0:35:36 > 0:35:41Dancing's dancing, isn't it?
0:35:41 > 0:35:44You used to like to do ice-skating.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47I used to do a lot of it, ice-skating and everything.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Well, it's our first outing out to the cinema...
0:35:49 > 0:35:50Pardon?
0:35:50 > 0:35:53It was the first time we've come out to the cinema, isn't it,
0:35:53 > 0:35:54together, for a few years?
0:35:54 > 0:35:56So we're sort of seeing how it goes.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59We're hoping everything is going to be good and that Mum
0:35:59 > 0:36:01will enjoy coming and singing the songs from back then.
0:36:01 > 0:36:02I remember.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Someone with plenty of experience of the movies, and a family
0:36:05 > 0:36:07connection to dementia, is the actor Carey Mulligan.
0:36:07 > 0:36:08What does she make of these screenings?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10I think it's amazing.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13I think, you know, the Alzheimer's Society did a survey
0:36:13 > 0:36:16recently and found that 67% of the people who were surveyed said
0:36:16 > 0:36:18they didn't feel part of their community any more
0:36:18 > 0:36:19when they had dementia.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22And I think, you know, there's no reason for these lovely
0:36:22 > 0:36:24pleasures to be taken away when you have dementia.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26It can be a very safe, lovely environment, and a very
0:36:26 > 0:36:29stimulating environment for someone who has dementia.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32So being able to come to a cinema, and for carers to be able
0:36:32 > 0:36:34to bring their loved-ones to the cinema, is
0:36:34 > 0:36:35a really great thing.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39The actor lost a beloved grandmother to the illness.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Does she fear for her own health in the long term?
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Yeah, I do fear it.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47And I think we all should fear it, you know.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50And I think that's what we need to...
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Er, we need to turn that fear into action, you know,
0:36:52 > 0:36:55this is a global issue.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58One in three people will develop dementia of some kind.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00In our country, one...
0:37:00 > 0:37:04every three minutes, one person develops dementia.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07There's over 850,000 people in our country living with it.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10And everyone knows someone who's going through that.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13And so I think we should all be aware of it.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15We should all be thinking about how we can conquer it.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17And that's sort of how I see it.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21I am afraid of it, and that's why I want to do something about it.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Back in South-East London, is there a risk that screenings
0:37:24 > 0:37:26like this one could actually intensify the isolation of elderly
0:37:26 > 0:37:31people with mental illness?
0:37:31 > 0:37:34The cinema should be a part of the local community and people
0:37:34 > 0:37:36living with dementia are part of that community, and there should
0:37:36 > 0:37:37be an offer for them.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40People don't have to come to those screenings.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42We've had some people that have come to the dementia-friendly screenings
0:37:42 > 0:37:44and then felt perfectly comfortable in the cinema environment.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47They know the staff and they'll come to other screenings.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49And equally, anyone can come to the dementia-friendly screenings,
0:37:49 > 0:37:52you don't have to be living with dementia to do so.
0:37:52 > 0:37:59But those adaptations are there in place,
0:37:59 > 0:38:01and there's the cheaper ticket price, free carer places, and free
0:38:01 > 0:38:04coffee and biscuits, to kind of hopefully help encourage
0:38:04 > 0:38:06a bit of social interaction before and after the film.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Taking her mum to the screening, Em is grateful that the staff
0:38:09 > 0:38:11and other patrons are more patient than they might be
0:38:11 > 0:38:16at a regular showing.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18We've been to Jailhouse Rock, which she really loved, like Elvis.
0:38:18 > 0:38:19She knew the songs.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20Did she join in?
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Yeah, yeah.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24And her favourite was Singin' in the Rain, it has been.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27And then whenever she brings it up that we went there and we saw
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Singin' in the Rain, that's the one...
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Oh, she remembers that?
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Yeah, she always tells people that she went to a place and she saw
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Singin' in the Rain.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39We're scrupulously nonjudgemental, of course, but films that get people
0:38:39 > 0:38:42with dementia and their carers out of the house, it might
0:38:42 > 0:38:50just be a feel-good hit.
0:38:50 > 0:38:57Steve Smith. Let's take you through the front pages. The Times has that
0:38:57 > 0:39:02same book extracts that we started with, Tony Blair warned Trump that
0:39:02 > 0:39:07the UK may have spied on him and a suggestion by Michael Wolff Mr Blair
0:39:07 > 0:39:12might have been angling as an adviser to Mr Trump in the Middle
0:39:12 > 0:39:13East in the White House administration.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17The Daily Telegraph has farmers to be paid for improving public access.
0:39:17 > 0:39:23And the financial Times has a picture of the leaders of Hungary
0:39:23 > 0:39:27and Poland, defiant amid EU sanctions threat on immigration
0:39:27 > 0:39:30policies. That is almost it for tonight.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Given recent precedent, who would dare predict
0:39:32 > 0:39:33what 2018 has in store?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36But one thing we can say with happy certainty is that it
0:39:36 > 0:39:39will give us a Royal wedding.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40Harry and Meghan, take note.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43The best wedding photos of 2017 have just been announced -
0:39:43 > 0:39:45at least, according to the wedding planners Junebug Weddings.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Over 9,000 pictures from around the world were entered
0:39:47 > 0:39:49into the competition, and we leave you tonight
0:39:49 > 0:39:50with the pick of the lot.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Goodnight.
0:39:53 > 0:40:02# Lets get married to... # I love you and I want to stay with
0:40:02 > 0:40:05you.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09# Lets get married...
0:40:09 > 0:40:12# Let's get married...
0:40:12 > 0:40:21# Let's get married...
0:40:22 > 0:40:26# Come on, Darling, please take my hand.
0:40:26 > 0:40:35# Come on, Darling, please take my hand.