:00:00. > :00:00.New figures reveal the worst ever waiting times in A
:00:07. > :00:13.Record numbers waited more than four hours in December.
:00:14. > :00:17.Figures leaked to the BBC show January was even worse.
:00:18. > :00:19.It's not acceptable and it's not what we want.
:00:20. > :00:22.We have planned more this winter than ever before and that planning
:00:23. > :00:26.Most hospitals have managed to cope but, some places
:00:27. > :00:33.We'll be looking at the difficulties in A here and how they do things
:00:34. > :00:39.The government denies abandoning the vulnerable after it stops
:00:40. > :00:44.a scheme allowing unaccompanied children into the UK.
:00:45. > :00:47.I don't really want to keep complaining because he might end up
:00:48. > :00:49.going to me, "if you keep complaining, out you go".
:00:50. > :00:52.Claims a new law to stop so-called revenge evictions by private
:00:53. > :00:59.No career bounce for a generation of young men -
:01:00. > :01:03.they're likely to earn less than their dads.
:01:04. > :01:05.And from sprinting in Rio, to learning to walk in rehab.
:01:06. > :01:08.The team GB athlete injured in a road accident, determined
:01:09. > :01:17.And coming up in the sport, on BBC News:
:01:18. > :01:20.Why its looking like good news for Wales ahead of their Six Nations
:01:21. > :01:22.clash against England on Saturday, with North and Biggar
:01:23. > :01:47.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:48. > :01:50.Record numbers of patients waited for more than four hours in accident
:01:51. > :01:54.and emergency departments in England in December - that's according
:01:55. > :02:00.Only 86% met the NHS target of being seen in four hours or less.
:02:01. > :02:04.And figures leaked to the BBC suggest it was even worse
:02:05. > :02:07.in January, just 82%, the worst-performing month for A
:02:08. > :02:14.The BMA says the prime minister can no longer bury her head in the sand
:02:15. > :02:16.about the increasing pressure on the NHS.
:02:17. > :02:19.The government says the vast majority of patients are seen
:02:20. > :02:25.This report from our Health Editor Hugh Pym.
:02:26. > :02:28.Scenes like this on BBC News this week have highlighted the immense
:02:29. > :02:31.strains being felt right across the NHS.
:02:32. > :02:34.Here at Royal Blackburn Hospital, rated as good by inspectors,
:02:35. > :02:38.some patients waited up to 13 hours in A
:02:39. > :02:45.The latest official figures confirmed it was the worst for waits
:02:46. > :02:51.Today at Hillingdon Hospital in west London, things were a bit calmer,
:02:52. > :02:55.but managers confirm that they have been stretched to the limit.
:02:56. > :02:58.It's been fairly relentless in terms of early December through January.
:02:59. > :03:00.I'm confident that the safety of our patients is being maintained
:03:01. > :03:04.at a high quality, but it's really not a great patient experience
:03:05. > :03:12.for many of our patients using our services and that is what the staff
:03:13. > :03:19.In December in England, 6.2% of patients were treated
:03:20. > :03:22.or assessed in A within 24 hours, the lowest since
:03:23. > :03:29.That was below Scotland, where 92.6% of patients were dealt
:03:30. > :03:34.In Wales, the figure was 81% and the percentage
:03:35. > :03:38.in Northern Ireland was just under 70%, all below the 95% benchmark.
:03:39. > :03:42.In England, the number of patients stuck on trolleys or chairs for more
:03:43. > :03:45.than four hours before a bed could be found was nearly 61,800,
:03:46. > :03:55.It has been a steep climb this year but the thing that has changed
:03:56. > :03:59.the most has been not the 2% or 3% increase in demand but it is the 40%
:04:00. > :04:02.increase in delays moving patients, helping them to get back
:04:03. > :04:07.to their homes and back into the community.
:04:08. > :04:10.Many hospitals like this one are running at 95% capacity.
:04:11. > :04:13.That means they are nearly full, so with more emergency cases coming
:04:14. > :04:16.in, and difficulties discharging some patients back into
:04:17. > :04:24.the community, some of those needing surgery are having to wait longer.
:04:25. > :04:27.Even cancer patients like Martin are affected by delays.
:04:28. > :04:30.Until this year, that has been very rare as hospitals prioritise cancer
:04:31. > :04:35.treatment even during the busiest weeks of winter.
:04:36. > :04:38.His operation was cancelled minutes before it was due to take place.
:04:39. > :04:41.He has now had the surgery and he says it was a
:04:42. > :04:47.Very anxious to go through all that again,
:04:48. > :04:58.Your mind is going overtime, it really is.
:04:59. > :05:05.December's A performance figures in England were poor but NHS
:05:06. > :05:10.documents leaked to the BBC suggest they were even worse in January.
:05:11. > :05:13.It's clear that hospital staff are working at full stretch.
:05:14. > :05:16.Winter is far from over and the intense pressure seems
:05:17. > :05:25.Let's talk to our health correspondent Dominic Hughes
:05:26. > :05:30.We've been running stories all week about the strain on the NHS
:05:31. > :05:33.and the difficulties for patients and staff, is there any light
:05:34. > :05:42.at the end of the tunnel, any sign things will improve?
:05:43. > :05:49.That's right. At the Rochdale infirmary they have set up an urgent
:05:50. > :05:54.care centre to offer the people of Rochdale an alternative to going to
:05:55. > :05:59.A, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The work they do in the
:06:00. > :06:03.community is to avoid unnecessary admissions. But that is far from
:06:04. > :06:08.true across the country. We have been hearing, as we head towards
:06:09. > :06:13.summer and spring, are we likely to see any relief in the pressures on
:06:14. > :06:19.A, not if last summer is anything to go by. Those pressures seem to be
:06:20. > :06:24.existing 12 months a year across the health and social care system. We
:06:25. > :06:28.have had a growing number of calls from the Doctor's union and the
:06:29. > :06:33.Royal colleges of medicine, from the Local Government Association, for
:06:34. > :06:38.extra funds to try and address the growing difficulties that are being
:06:39. > :06:43.experienced across the health and care sector. But there is little
:06:44. > :06:47.sign ministers in England, at least, are being swayed by those growing
:06:48. > :06:52.difficulties. Back to you. Dominic, thank you.
:06:53. > :06:54.An independent report has concluded unsafe construction at schools
:06:55. > :06:57.in Edinburgh was the fault of the council and the
:06:58. > :07:01.It says it was just luck that no one was killed when a wall at one
:07:02. > :07:03.primary school collapsed just over a year ago.
:07:04. > :07:06.It was one of 17 schools which were then closed after safety
:07:07. > :07:08.concerns and over 8000 pupils were affected.
:07:09. > :07:11.Spread across an entire city, 17 schools closed for months,
:07:12. > :07:21.Nine tonnes of masonry blown to the ground at Oxgangs Primary,
:07:22. > :07:27.a question of timing and luck that no one was killed.
:07:28. > :07:32.The bad memory is fading for the Mackle family,
:07:33. > :07:38.It's a lot quieter in the playground than it used to be.
:07:39. > :07:40.You have faith that people who are building public
:07:41. > :07:42.buildings are doing it to an acceptable standard.
:07:43. > :07:50.You know, when I'm asked the question, is this building safe.
:07:51. > :07:54.Explaining why thousands of pupils were disrupted for months has been
:07:55. > :08:00.Its conclusions, safety failings weren't the result of how
:08:01. > :08:02.the buildings were financed, but instead, poor
:08:03. > :08:07.Crucial materials were poorly-fitted or missing,
:08:08. > :08:12.and the problems were much wider than one rogue bricklayer.
:08:13. > :08:14.It was also a failure of inspection and oversight.
:08:15. > :08:18.When this school was being built, one of the architects raised
:08:19. > :08:20.concerns with the contractor about the way the walls
:08:21. > :08:25.He told the enquiry those concerns were ignored,
:08:26. > :08:28.and they were powerless to do anything about it.
:08:29. > :08:30.The fact that there were different contractors,
:08:31. > :08:33.different subcontractors, and the same faults turned up
:08:34. > :08:36.in the schools and in other schools in Scotland,
:08:37. > :08:40.where we found five walls collapse in the last four years.
:08:41. > :08:43.It says that this is something which isn't just here
:08:44. > :08:51.Inspections of all types of public building are underway
:08:52. > :08:59.The question posed, should others be doing the same?
:09:00. > :09:04.The government has insisted it's not abandoning vulnerable refugees,
:09:05. > :09:06.despite a decision to wind up a scheme allowing unaccompanied
:09:07. > :09:10.350 young people, mostly from Syria, have been offered sanctuary
:09:11. > :09:15.The Home Secretary Amber Rudd said the programme risked
:09:16. > :09:17.encouraging people traffickers, and that it would be
:09:18. > :09:29.Here's our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford.
:09:30. > :09:38.Stranded at a hospital in Athens, this man is an Afghan refugee, 17
:09:39. > :09:42.years old. Without any other family, he wants to come to Britain and was
:09:43. > :09:53.being helped by the charity, Safe Passage. But now the government says
:09:54. > :09:57.the charity will only take 150 more. It is really hard for me to achieve
:09:58. > :10:05.my aims, to achieve my goals. Because here, there isn't a perfect
:10:06. > :10:11.school or perfect college for the refugees. 200 boys and girls were
:10:12. > :10:15.brought to England... It was the transport of the 1930s but saved
:10:16. > :10:18.thousands of Jewish children from the Nazis, that inspired the
:10:19. > :10:24.government to take in more of the day's child refugees from Europe. I
:10:25. > :10:31.am a refugee and I came to England at the age of six. Among those saved
:10:32. > :10:36.in the 30s was Lord dubs, who pushed to get the law amended. Today he
:10:37. > :10:40.told me the government had broken its promises. When something calls
:10:41. > :10:46.for humanitarian action, and when, as I believe, the majority of people
:10:47. > :10:51.support the humanitarian action, the government have behaved shamefully
:10:52. > :10:55.by saying we don't want any more. It is disappointing and I don't think
:10:56. > :10:59.they should have done it. Those who want to help more child refugees,
:11:00. > :11:02.including the Archbishop of Canterbury, said the government was
:11:03. > :11:07.going back on commitments it made last year. But ministers say,
:11:08. > :11:10.there's no point in inviting thousands of children here, if the
:11:11. > :11:16.local councils, who will have to look after them, cannot cope. These
:11:17. > :11:22.are children who need looking after over a period. When we access them,
:11:23. > :11:26.it is not job done, it is making sure we work with local authorities,
:11:27. > :11:31.that we have the right safeguarding in place and that is why we engage
:11:32. > :11:34.with the local authorities. But the Home Secretary was warned that if
:11:35. > :11:40.the refugee children are not helped now, they will try to make their own
:11:41. > :11:44.way to Britain. They are heading back to Calais, back to Dunkirk,
:11:45. > :11:50.back to the danger and in the arms of the people traffickers and the
:11:51. > :11:53.smugglers, the exploitation, abuse and prostitution rings and back into
:11:54. > :11:57.the modern slavery that this Parliament and this government has
:11:58. > :12:01.pledged to end. There are tens of thousands of refugee children in
:12:02. > :12:05.limbo in Europe, but the government prefers its other schemes for
:12:06. > :12:09.settling vulnerable refugees from the camps nearest to Syria.
:12:10. > :12:12.Four men convicted of sexually abusing young teenage girls
:12:13. > :12:14.in Rochdale are facing deportation to Pakistan.
:12:15. > :12:18.The men, who were part of a child grooming ring in the town,
:12:19. > :12:21.An immigration tribunal upheld the government's decision to strip
:12:22. > :12:28.But the four men can still appeal against the decision.
:12:29. > :12:30.Private tenants in England are being unfairly evicted
:12:31. > :12:33.from their homes and now some leading MPs are also claiming
:12:34. > :12:37.a new law to protect them isn't working.
:12:38. > :12:39.The law was introduced to stop so-called revenge evictions,
:12:40. > :12:42.people being thrown out because they'd complained about
:12:43. > :12:46.In response to a Freedom of Information request to hundreds
:12:47. > :12:52.55% said they had stopped no such evictions.
:12:53. > :12:54.26% recorded no figures on the problem.
:12:55. > :13:08.Radio 1's Newsbeat reporter Dan Whitworth has more details.
:13:09. > :13:14.Damp, mould, faulty electrics and broken windows and boilers that
:13:15. > :13:18.don't get fixed when it's cold. They are classed as category one hazards,
:13:19. > :13:24.in other words, they are so bad, they pose a risk to health. They are
:13:25. > :13:28.things that Leeds City Council housing inspectors that are all too
:13:29. > :13:34.familiar with. This is private rented accommodation? People paying
:13:35. > :13:38.to rents, making complaints and nothing happening and they could be
:13:39. > :13:42.under revenge eviction is? That is why they are not coming forward to
:13:43. > :13:50.make a complaint. He is talking about people like 27-year-old lives.
:13:51. > :14:00.Lights not working? The whole wall is full of damp. This whole area is
:14:01. > :14:04.damp. It is the whole wall. When I came here, I didn't want to move in,
:14:05. > :14:09.because I saw the state of the front door. I don't want to keep on
:14:10. > :14:16.complaining, because he might say to me, out you go. What are you worried
:14:17. > :14:21.about? Being on the street. You are worried about being on the street?
:14:22. > :14:28.Yes, I have been on the streets and it is not nice. I am going to start
:14:29. > :14:37.crying... Sorry. He is horrible. Sorry. It's all right. So that is
:14:38. > :14:42.obviously why you don't want to complain too much, because that is
:14:43. > :14:46.the only option to you? Government figures suggest around 1 million
:14:47. > :14:52.Private rented properties in England, don't meet its own decent
:14:53. > :14:58.homes standard. This is the kitchen. What is that? MPs who help hold the
:14:59. > :15:02.government to account, same rogue landlords are avoiding their
:15:03. > :15:05.responsibilities. Is this law working? Clearly not. I cannot
:15:06. > :15:10.believe there are that number of authorities where no one has been
:15:11. > :15:13.the subject to a revenge eviction. The government says revenge
:15:14. > :15:15.evictions are red, and thanks to its new law, councils have all the
:15:16. > :15:22.powers they need to stop them. Record numbers of patients
:15:23. > :15:36.waited more than four hours in A Coming up, I am alive at FA
:15:37. > :15:37.headquarters at Wembley as more pressure is applied to the National
:15:38. > :15:49.sports governing body, a year to go until the winter
:15:50. > :15:52.Olympics starts in North Korea, we bore me the stars that hope to make
:15:53. > :15:57.it a best ever Winter games for Team GB.
:15:58. > :16:01.More now on the pressures on the NHS, and the possible
:16:02. > :16:02.long term solutions to its seemingly
:16:03. > :16:09.There have been many calls this week for the government to give it more
:16:10. > :16:11.money and match the funding in some other European countries.
:16:12. > :16:14.Branwen Jeffreys has been to Germany where spending on health
:16:15. > :16:17.is the highest in Europe, to look at the strengths
:16:18. > :16:24.Doctors on the walk round, they never worry
:16:25. > :16:32.Germany has almost three times as many as the UK.
:16:33. > :16:34.One day after the operation, I can walk...
:16:35. > :16:37.For George, that means almost no waiting.
:16:38. > :16:42.In England, patients wait several months.
:16:43. > :16:46.For George, it's been just a few weeks since the decision was made.
:16:47. > :16:49.The doctor said to me, I have to decide when I want
:16:50. > :16:54.Normally, it takes three or four weeks
:16:55. > :17:09.All of this paid for by health insurance,
:17:10. > :17:11.14% of George's salary, split between him and his employer.
:17:12. > :17:21.Germany's health system is convenient but expensive.
:17:22. > :17:23.And that worries doctors, so in order to save money
:17:24. > :17:26.in the long term, they are putting more effort now and more time
:17:27. > :17:29.with patients into convincing them to stay healthy.
:17:30. > :17:33.It's a lot of time to convince him, to try another way, but it would be
:17:34. > :17:37.better to lose ten kilograms of weight to solve the problem
:17:38. > :17:40.with his diabetes and hypothalamus instead of taking pills.
:17:41. > :17:44.You have the time now under this system? Yeah.
:17:45. > :17:47.Doctors here in the Black Forest have been given a financial
:17:48. > :17:51.incentive to make patients healthier overall by joining up care.
:17:52. > :17:56.Many parts of the NHS are trying to do the same.
:17:57. > :18:01.Here, there are cheaper gym sessions, cooking lessons,
:18:02. > :18:03.a music group, it's subsidised by health insurance
:18:04. > :18:10.As a result, they're spending 6% less on looking after patients.
:18:11. > :18:12.So I asked the health manager running it all,
:18:13. > :18:16.why isn't the rest of Germany worried about cost?
:18:17. > :18:21.Yeah, the economy runs so well in Germany, so the social health
:18:22. > :18:24.institutions and insurance firms have no problems.
:18:25. > :18:30.But everybody knows it's just a question of time.
:18:31. > :18:36.It may result in five years, or it may result in 8-10 years,
:18:37. > :18:43.The rolling countryside of Thuringia, hundreds of miles
:18:44. > :18:46.north-east of the Black Forest, villages where there are more
:18:47. > :18:51.There is more money in the German system, but that doesn't mean
:18:52. > :18:56.Here in what they call Germany's Green Heart,
:18:57. > :19:02.they have a terrible shortage of GPs, and it's because of that
:19:03. > :19:09.that they're finally to begin to really change the way they work.
:19:10. > :19:11.Many doctors still work alone in Germany, but here,
:19:12. > :19:24.Doctors simply can't meet all the needs of their ageing patients.
:19:25. > :19:27.We don't have relatives, and the doctors have to make home
:19:28. > :19:34.visits, and there is often not enough time in the do that.
:19:35. > :19:39.That's why we were able a few years ago to make home visits.
:19:40. > :19:42.A visit from the nurse keeps these older patients well.
:19:43. > :19:48.Germany's population is one of the fastest ageing in the world.
:19:49. > :19:51.They have the money now to make the changes needed in the future.
:19:52. > :19:56.Branwen Jeffreys, BBC News, Thuringia.
:19:57. > :19:59.There's more pressure on the Football Association tonight
:20:00. > :20:03.They've passed a motion of no confidence in its leadership
:20:04. > :20:05.and have called on parliament to step in and reform
:20:06. > :20:10.Our Sports Editor Dan Roan is at Wembley for us.
:20:11. > :20:16.Now we've had this vote at Westminster, what happens now?
:20:17. > :20:24.Today's debate may have been attended by fewer MPs than are
:20:25. > :20:27.needed for a full-scale match, but it represents a ramping up of
:20:28. > :20:31.pressure on the National sports governing body. It comes after years
:20:32. > :20:35.of frustration from the critics for what is a slow pace of process, when
:20:36. > :20:42.it comes to governance reforms, many are upset by the lack of diversity
:20:43. > :20:46.and independence. They are worried about a perceived dominance by the
:20:47. > :20:50.Premier League, its wealth and power, following various footballing
:20:51. > :20:58.failings by the England team, but off field scandals and mishaps as
:20:59. > :21:01.well. The past represents the beginning of a lobbying process
:21:02. > :21:03.which could lead in footballing terms to the nuclear option, actual
:21:04. > :21:05.legislation, forcing the FA to act. We believe now that
:21:06. > :21:07.legislation is the only way That was the recommendation
:21:08. > :21:12.of the last three chairman of the FA to the Select Committee
:21:13. > :21:15.to save the FA Cup reform itself, the turkeys won't vote
:21:16. > :21:18.for Christmas, there has to be external pressure and external
:21:19. > :21:28.action on legislation to achieve it. The government says it is prepared
:21:29. > :21:33.to legislate if its tactic of threatening funding cuts to the FA,
:21:34. > :21:37.if they don't reform by the end of March, doesn't work. The FHM and
:21:38. > :21:40.Greg Clarke says he will step down if he fails to convince government
:21:41. > :21:46.and his own councillors to change. It doesn't have any clout, today's
:21:47. > :21:49.vote, but it does represent another attack on the FA.
:21:50. > :21:52.If you're a man, and you were born after 1980,
:21:53. > :21:54.you'll be lucky to earn as much as your dad.
:21:55. > :21:58.That's according to new research that suggests so-called
:21:59. > :22:00.'Millennial men' will earn a total of ?12,500 less than
:22:01. > :22:02.their fathers by the time they reached 30.
:22:03. > :22:05.Women, by contrast, have moved into higher paying roles.
:22:06. > :22:12.Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy has the details.
:22:13. > :22:19.Question, how do you put a spring into the step of a generation that
:22:20. > :22:26.supposedly has it all? Except the jobs and wages enjoyed by their
:22:27. > :22:34.parents. These are the so-called millennial 's, born between 1981 and
:22:35. > :22:37.2000, whose ups have apparently outnumbered the Downs. Four young
:22:38. > :22:43.men especially, the truth is, they are the first to fall behind the
:22:44. > :22:49.previous generation. Take match, he is 24, and 19-year-old Ben. They
:22:50. > :22:52.have found rewarding jobs with Oxygen, but admit they can't match
:22:53. > :22:57.their parents. My dad managed to get himself a well
:22:58. > :23:01.earned job, and he has been in it his whole life, whereas I have had
:23:02. > :23:05.to go through 4-5 job is to get a job that I am happy with.
:23:06. > :23:11.I think it is something that needs to be looked into. It is harder for
:23:12. > :23:13.us if we want to aspire to and be as successful as our parents, it sets
:23:14. > :23:19.us off on a slow start. To give you an idea of how tough it
:23:20. > :23:23.is, take a look at this. There has been a 40% decrease in young men
:23:24. > :23:28.working in manufacturing, 45% rise in the number of young men working
:23:29. > :23:33.in low paid jobs like retail. Overall, they have learned something
:23:34. > :23:39.like ?12,000 less from the generation that came before them. It
:23:40. > :23:44.is the disappearance of high skill, high paid jobs of the past that have
:23:45. > :23:47.driven these changes. The report today says women have bucked the
:23:48. > :23:52.trend, moving into better jobs. But what about the parents of millennial
:23:53. > :23:56.men? Should young men be earning more than their parents?
:23:57. > :24:02.In this day and age, you would have thought so, really. Yeah. It is
:24:03. > :24:06.opposed to get better. Everybody expects kids to do better
:24:07. > :24:11.than the previous generation, don't they?
:24:12. > :24:15.Many believe today's young people are over rewarded in life, but it
:24:16. > :24:22.seems millennial can sometimes mean minimal.
:24:23. > :24:25.They're two of Britain's best sprinters - James Ellington,
:24:26. > :24:27.a two-time Olympian - and Nigel Levine, a 400m specialist
:24:28. > :24:31.But last month, they were involved in a road accident,
:24:32. > :24:37.their injuries were described as 'career threatening'.
:24:38. > :24:39.They're now back in the UK, receiving treatment,
:24:40. > :24:41.and one of them, James Ellington, has been speaking
:24:42. > :24:48.James Ellington is one of Britain's's finest sprinters,
:24:49. > :24:53.but today he's learning to walk again.
:24:54. > :24:56.Three weeks ago, Ellington was involved in a head on collision
:24:57. > :25:05.as a passenger on a motorbike during a training camp in Tenerife.
:25:06. > :25:08.When I was on the floor, and there was blood everywhere,
:25:09. > :25:10.I looked at my leg, and my leg was in pieces.
:25:11. > :25:15.I lost six pints of blood, so I was laying there thinking
:25:16. > :25:17.to myself, what the hell is going on?
:25:18. > :25:22.This was the x-ray of his right tibia...
:25:23. > :25:25.Ellington's surgeon described the injury is as career threatening.
:25:26. > :25:28.He suffered an open fracture of his right leg, a broken left
:25:29. > :25:35.ankle and damage to his pelvis, and an eye socket.
:25:36. > :25:37.The crash was so horrific, I don't most people would've
:25:38. > :25:42.When I was laying in a hospital bed in Tenerife, and I see my team-mates
:25:43. > :25:44.come to visit me and stuff, they looked pretty emotional.
:25:45. > :25:49.Because I knew that I was lucky to be alive.
:25:50. > :25:52.2016 was Ellington's best year to date.
:25:53. > :25:55.He competed against the likes of Usain Bolt at the Rio Olympics.
:25:56. > :25:57.Four years earlier, he auctioned himself on eBay
:25:58. > :26:01.just to fund his journey to the London games.
:26:02. > :26:04.Ellington will need all that determination and more if he's
:26:05. > :26:07.to complete what would be incredible return to the track.
:26:08. > :26:14.What is your outlook for your future as a sprinter?
:26:15. > :26:18.Being an athlete and a determined person, I think this
:26:19. > :26:21.is going to be something that I will want to come back from.
:26:22. > :26:24.Imagine that, being on the track after what you have been through.
:26:25. > :26:28.I know, I know, it's crazy. But I believe I can do it.
:26:29. > :26:31.That belief is familiar to Ellington, but success now
:26:32. > :26:38.has a new perspective. David Ornstein, BBC News.
:26:39. > :26:55.Yesterday it was lovely to the west. 11 degrees with sunshine almost
:26:56. > :27:00.feeling like spring. Today, the cold air that has been sitting across the
:27:01. > :27:04.East Coast has seeped west. More cloud and disappointing in west
:27:05. > :27:09.Wales, a high of four through the afternoon. We will keep the cold
:27:10. > :27:16.field tonight, and easterly breeze with the potential to drive in more
:27:17. > :27:20.showers. It will only be a cold one as well with temperatures falling
:27:21. > :27:24.below freezing in more rules spots. Tomorrow, we start with the risk of
:27:25. > :27:29.showers, maybe icy surfaces first thing in the morning. The best
:27:30. > :27:34.brightness in western areas, but you will be lucky if you see that much
:27:35. > :27:39.sunshine, maybe across the Cornish foot, Pembrokeshire with sunshine,
:27:40. > :27:42.but not one, 4-5 at the best. Yet again, across the Norfolk coast,
:27:43. > :27:47.temperatures will struggle around one degree. Add on the wind, not
:27:48. > :27:54.very pleasant. In Northern Ireland, the Lake District and into Scotland,
:27:55. > :28:02.not too bad, sunshine but with showers across the Northern Isles in
:28:03. > :28:06.cabin seem -- Aberdeenshire. -10 in northern Scotland, and towards the
:28:07. > :28:12.night, more enhanced showers of snow. If few centimetres to higher
:28:13. > :28:16.ground, a heavy dusting in lower levels on Saturday morning, don't
:28:17. > :28:20.get too excited, kids, the snow showers turned to rain as we go
:28:21. > :28:25.through the day on Saturday. It will be a cloudy and cold day in
:28:26. > :28:30.north-west Scotland and Northern Ireland. Fancy a change for Sunday?
:28:31. > :28:31.Think again, I'm afraid. Cloud and grey, still disappointingly cold.
:28:32. > :28:45.Don't shoot the messenger. New figures reveal the worst waiting
:28:46. > :28:46.times in ten two departments in England.
:28:47. > :28:49.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me.
:28:50. > :28:50.And on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.