Could have here in the uk. Also tonight. The army is out on the streets of myanmar as the military stage a coup months after losing an election. The fake covid Test Certificates with a negative result being sold online. And taking on one of the uks toughest races despite an unexpected medical diagnosis. And coming up in sport on bbc news its transfer deadline day for clubs up and down the country well have the latest, including the man set to join champions liverpool. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six. Urgent testing is to start in parts of england as the south african strain of coronavirus has been detected in 11 of the cases there is no known link to the country. Its raised fears that the variant is now being transmitted within the community. Door to door testing will be carried out in the affected areas of london, the West Midlands, hertfordshire, kent, surrey and merseyside. Health officials are confident the vaccines will work against the South African Variant but pr
Our reputation within europe and the rest of the world would be that we are quite weak and indecisive. Manufacturing is all about getting the fine details right. If only they could precision engineer a solution to brexit. Phil mackie, bbc news, smethwick. Time for a look at the weather. Heres darren bett. The prospects look better for this weekend. We have cloud bringing with it grey skies and rain and drizzle but further north the cloud is breaking up and we are seeing some sunshine and showers. We can see the mixture on the satellite. The cloud is being pushed down toward southern parts where it will stay damp for much of the afternoon. We have showers further north where temperatures are pretty much where they were yesterday but it is a chilly day across southern areas. We could get one or two showers at old trafford later. The showers become fewer overnight and the wind direction changes. Most places become dry. It will be cooler than last night. We are drawing down some cooler air
They have already lost a wicket. We some people were joking that at least england didnt lose any wickets in the morning. Have some plate at least. England well, it only took about 5 for australia to make the breakthrough with Craig Overton, may need a bit more of a helping hand from Mother Nature if they want the nightwatchman, dismissed for 5. To regain the ashes. Thanks, ben. England have since snuck on to 55 2 and nick has all the weather in theirfirst innings. Hows the weekend looking . Rory burns and joe root are at the crease. The weather is getting into the itll be a near Impossible Task for england to win this match now weekend mood. Over the weekend it is the best they can probably hope for is a draw and hope to regain settling down, the focus coming up the ashes in the deciding match plus what is in a name . Quite a lot at the oval next week. Ifa its after steve smiths double plus what is in a name . Quite a lot if a storm is on the way. The met century in the first innings f
4000 critically endangered snails are being released back into the wild after a successful Breeding Programme at chester zoo. And coming up in sport british cyclist chris froome is in intensive care with multiple fractures, after a high speed crash. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Conservative mps will get their first chance to vote for the person they want to see lead the party and the country this morning as the first round of voting in the conservative leadership contest gets underway. At least one of the ten candidates vying to be our next Prime Minister will be knocked out of the race. Tory mps will hold a private ballot, with contenders needing a minimum of 17 votes to carry on. Voting in secret will start in the house of commons this morning at around ten oclock with a result expected to be announced by the 1922 committee at around one oclock this afternoon. Further ballots will then be held next week, with the two most popular mps moving to a run off of tory part