28/12/2016 BBC News

Health officials say more than 80% of people in England aged

between 40 and 60 are either overweight, inactive,

Public Health England says their lifestyles are greatly

increasing their risk of diseases such as diabetes.

Our Health Correspondent Robert Pigott has more details.

Aged 41 and weighing 22 stone, Lee was told by his seven-year-old

son that he loved him even though he was fat.

Since August, when he changed his diet and began to exercise,

It was a case of, should we just order a pizza tonight?

We had food in but we couldn't be bothered cooking it.

I think you just become a bit lazy and a bit drawn out

There are many people in Lee's position.

Almost 80% of women aged 40-60 are either overweight, obese,

physically inactive or drinking more than official guidelines.

Among men, almost 90% fall into the same category.

Among the potentially devastating outcomes of this accumulation

It has doubled in this age group in the last 20 years and already

costs the NHS in England an estimated ?14 billion per year.

We are ageing as a population but too many of us are ageing

The reason why we are seeing this increase in chronic

diseases such as cancer, stroke and heart disease is in large

part because of behaviours which are adopted in the 40-60 age period.

For example, still smoking or not getting enough physical activity,

or perhaps drinking too much alcohol.

The big impact, of course, is that this is going to put a huge

To get the message across, in March Public Health England

launched a health quiz as part of its One You campaign.

It says more than 1 million people have now taken the quiz

and now have a route map to change their lives.

One woman has died after up to 20 vehicles were involved in dozens of

collisions on the A40 near Witney in Oxfordshire. Brown a dozen people

were hurt. The road has been closed in both directions. -- around a

dozen people were hurt. Search and rescue teams are looking

for the crew of a fishing boat which sank off the coast

of Kent last night. One person was found clinging

to the hull this morning, but it's Dover Coastguard is

co-ordinating the operation. Our Correspondent

Simon Jones is there. What's the latest, what are they

telling you about the search, Simon? Well, the alarm was raised in the

early hours of this morning when a passing boat saw this tab sized

fishing vessel and one of the crew members standing on top of it. It is

thought he had been like that for several hours. He was airlifted to

hospital and is now being given treatment. He was able to tell the

emergency services that two of his colleagues were missing. A huge

search has been taking place throughout the course of the

morning, we have had two lifeboats from Ramsgate taking part as well as

a search and rescue helicopter. I understand in the last few minutes a

team has been flown over from Belgium where the fishing vessel is

from, consisting of two divers and also a doctor. Those divers are

going to attempt to go underneath this upturned vessel to see whether

the two other crew members are there. At this time of year, the

temperature is around nine or 10 degrees. As each hour passes, hope

is fading. If they were wearing the right equipment, the Coast Guard

here tell me they could potentially survive in the water for several

hours. Certainly they are keeping up the search and also keeping hope

that they will be able to find these missing crew members. Simon, thank

you. Simon Jones, there. Almost 300 nail bars have been

visited by immigration officials in recent weeks in a renewed bid

to crack down on illegal More than 70 shops are likely

to face fines, and more than a dozen vulnerable people were identified

as being at risk of modern slavery, A nail bar in south London,

one of 280 across the country raided in recent weeks to tackle

the modern-day slave trade. The aim is to find people living

under forced servitude but also Three people were arrested

at this business, all The nail bar industry is the latest

to be targeted by the Home Office As a result of the raids,

68 businesses were warned they could be fined for immigration

offences, 97 arrests, and officers identified 14

potential victims of slavery. Many of them are brought

here illegally and then forced into servitude to pay off massive

debts to the traffickers. Rarely do we see people kept

in dungeons or anything like that but there is always

a control element over them. They have been

deceived to come here, controlled by traffickers, families

may be threatened back home. It is those circumstances

we have to overcome to encourage about experiences and help bring

the traffickers to justice. Another raid on another

south London nail bar. Two were arrested here and will be

deported, a third may have been forced to work

here and is being investigated. The government says modern

slavery is a barbaric crime and it is sending a strong message

that it won't be tolerated. NHS hospitals have made

more money than ever Figures from 89 health trusts

across England suggest ?120 million was raised

from parking fees last year. Patient groups have criticised

rising parking charges and the Department of Health said it

expects Trusts to put concessions in place for disabled people,

carers and shift workers. The Israeli Prime Minister,

Benjamin Netanyahu, has intervened to delay a vote on building hundreds

more settlement homes Last week, the UN Security Council

called for an end to Israeli settlements on occupied land, a

decision that unusually wasn't vetoed by the United States.

Our Middle Correspondent Yolande Knell joins us from Jerusalem.

What do you make of this move by Benjamin Netanyahu? Well, it's a

very significant move. This was expected to be the first approval of

new settler homes, around 500 of them, since the very controversial

UN Security Council resolution which the Palestinians have warmly

welcomed and which Israel says it completely rejects. It called it

disgraceful, shameful and absurd. Originally, the head of the

municipal committee, the head of this Jerusalem committee, had said

that he planned to press ahead as scheduled with a vote on these

settlement construction is. We were told by a committee member as the

vote was cancelled earlier this morning that actually it was the

Prime Minister himself who had made the call, ask them not to strain

relations with the Obama administration at this particular

time ahead of a crucial speech that US Secretary of State John Kerry is

expected to make ahead of the conflict. It is of course the

busiest time of the year for retailers and the message to consume

is all around us on advertising hoardings, buses and television.

But there are warnings the raw materials used to make the things

Last year around 60% of the goods we threw away ended up in landfill

Every year, nearly 19 tonnes of raw materials are used to make

But only 5% of the raw material value can be re-used.

So, campaigners are calling for new thinking about how goods

are designed to ensure they last longer, as our correspondent

Out with the old to make way for the new.

When something breaks or is outgrown, it usually ends up here.

A throwaway culture means we keep on buying.

But that takes its toll on the environment.

And on the supply of raw materials that manufacturers use.

At this company they make bikes for children.

It's been a busy time of year, good news for the balance sheet.

But the business is looking to the future where the bikes

We think raw material prices will be such that bicycles become

The frame and forks are the heart the bicycle, so we started there.

Stainless steel has been chosen for its durability,

and because it doesn't even need painting.

Instead of selling the bikes, they will rent them instead.

And when a child grows, they will exchange the model for a bigger one.

Having foreseen this challenge coming in the future

around raw materials, this is a threat to children being

able to afford to access cycling, that is pretty devastating.

And what we're working on here is seeking an alternative

solution that is ready in place for when that time comes.

So this is our head office on the Isle of Wight.

We have just over 100 people who work at the foundation.

It's a way of thinking being championed by the world

record-breaking yachtswoman, Dame Ellen MacArthur.

Her charitable foundation promotes a circular economy

and believes its principles can apply to everything from washing

When you set foot on a boat and you take that boat

around the world, you take with you everything

Because you know 2,500 miles away from land,

I suddenly realised that our global economy is no different.

It's entirely dependent on resources we have once

in the history of humanity and yet we are using them up.

So the economy itself, the way it functions,

This new set of wheels is both circular in design

Tomos is the first child to test the new technology.

I'm a great fan of buying things that last a long time,

If they get the pricing right and they are affordable

for everybody, then I can see it being quite a good model.

Companies including Google, Nike and Renault are already buying

But consumers will also need to change their habits

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