Flags are lowered over Downing Street and borisjohnson describes captain sir tom as a National Inspiration, and a beacon of hope for the world. The uk variant of coronavirus has mutated again the Health Secretary says hes seen cases of concern in bristol and liverpool. Meanwhile, 80,000 people in england are tested to stop the spread of the Virus Variant from south africa. Scotland is to introduce Travel Quarantines for overseas arrivals and plans are put in place to open scottish schools later this month. Travel disruption in parts of the north of england and scotland as heavy snow brings chaos. Good afternoon. In the last hour, its been announced that captain sir tom moore has died. Captain tom, who was 100 years old, and had raised almost £33 million for the nhs, was taken to hospital earlier this week, with coronavirus. The army veteran, originally from keighley in West Yorkshire, came to prominence by walking 100 laps of his garden in bedfordshire, during the First National lockd
julia james in kent last year. he fought the curse of drugs and booze and now mike helps other, a glimmer of hope, but addiction related deaths keep going up. the first mail professional footballer to come out in over 30 year, what does that say about the beautiful game about the beautiful game and coming up in sportsday, later in the hour on the bbc news channel, there is still everything to play for in the final week of the premier league season. tonight arsenal will try and climb back into the top four. good evening. and welcome to the bbc s news at six. britain s most senior military officer admiral sir tonied are kin says ukraine has guaranteed its is vieful as a nation. he said ukrainians are winning the war, but, as we report now, that doesn t mean the fighting is anything like over. far from now, that doesn t mean the fighting is anything like over. farfrom it. ukrainian forces are have been retaking territory in the north east of the country, in cent day, pushing the
and blackpool s jake daniels becomes the first professional footballer in the uk men s game for three decades to come out as gay. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. could arsenal get the win they needed against newcastle to move back into the champions league places? good evening. britain s most senior military officer has asserted that ukraine is winning the war against russia and has now secured its survival as an independent state. the chief of the defence staff, admiral sir tony radakin, was speaking as the ukrainian army reported making progress in the north. ukrainian forces have been retaking territory around the country s second biggest city, kharkiv, the target of heavy bombardment since the invasion began in february. russian forces are now focusing on the donbas region further south, but they are continuing to meet fierce resistance. we start tonight with a special report from near the eastern city of izyum, known as the gateway to the donbas. our
The bbcs director general, lord hall, says hell go further and faster to tackle the pay gap. He was responding to a letter by high profile female personalities who have called on the corporation to act now. A 20 year old man has died after being apprehended by a Police Officer in an east london shop. Hes been been named by his family as rashanjermaine charles. Prince william and prince harry, have spoken candidly about their relationship with their mother, princess diana, in a documentary marking the twentieth anniversary of her death. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the author and broadcaster, natalie haynes, and rob merrick, deputy Political Editor at the independent. Tomorrows front pages the telegraph says nhs bosses have ordered a review, after warnings that plans to cut down on a e numbers are risking lives. Jeremy corbyns interview today with the bbc is the top story for the metro, which focuses on his denial that