I saw the name diya and i said, ok, will pause for one night only so its famous bongs can ring in, this has to be a nigerian family, most likely a british minority the new decade in london. Family, so i went to look and liverpool extend their lead at the top of premier league for gabriel diya on google, after beating wolves and then i saw the twitter account, and when i clicked on the twitter more on that and the rest account, i saw this picture of the days sport and i saw my friend right beside him, and immediately in sportsday at 7. 30. I was just broken. I was broken, i was upset, i was sad, i was weeping. And i was angry. I was really angry, no, this cant be happening to someone so close to home. A group of former labour mps who lost their seats in the election good evening. Have called for fundamental change the governor of new york, at the top of the party. In a letter to the andrew cuomo, has called the knife attack at a jewish celebration observer, the group in new york state w
This is terrorism. It is domestic terrorism. These are people who intend to create mass harm, mass violence. President trump has urged people to come together to fight, confront, and eradicate the scourge of anti semitism. Also tonight. As bushfires in australia worsen sydneys famous new year fireworks display will go ahead despite calls for it to be cancelled. We meet the uks first paramedics trained to prescribe in an effort to ease pressure on the nhs. And englands cricketers have lost the first test against south africa in centurion. Good evening. The governor of new york andrew cuomo has called the knife attack at a jewish celebration in new york state domestic terrorism. Five people were injured, two of them critically, during a hanukkah gathering at the home of an orthodox rabbi. A man has been arrested. In recent weeks, police have stepped up patrols in jewish neighbourhoods, following a series of anti semitic hate crimes. Our washington correspondent Chris Buckler reports. Mem
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
Rushing towards us over the hill, and basically, every minute it was probably another kilometre closer. Eventually, it just hit probably another kilometre closer. Eventually, itjust hit our fence and we were there at the house. The government approves the takeover of uk defence and aerospace specialist cobham by an American Company. A man who confronted the fishermongers hall attacker with a narwal tusk describes his deep hurt that he couldnt save the two people who died. Prince philip spends the night in hospital in london, to be treated for whats being described as a pre existing condition. And coming up in half an hour, lucy hedges rounds up some of the travel shows best adventures from 2019. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Emergency services in austrialia have described conditions as catastrophic as hundreds of fires burn across the country, threatening every major city. Firefighters in New South Wales issued the highest possible warning, telling some people its now too late
Good afternoon. The family behind the British Defence company, cobham, has criticised the government for approving a £4 billion take over by an american firm. A merger between the dorset based manufacturer and Us Private Equity Group advent was agreed injuly, but it was delayed over National Security concerns. Late last night, the business secretary, andrea leadsom, who announced the decision late last night, said it had been taken in conjunction with defence chiefs. Lady cobham said the announcement had been cynically timed to avoid scrutiny. Our Business Correspondent Katy Prescott reports. One of the uks oldest defence companies. A pioneer of air to air refuelling, cobham started life in the 1930s as a flying circus. For the last few months, the government has been grappling with whether to allow its sale to the American Private equity firmed advent. The daughter in law of the founder has been critical. She says this is a deeply disappointing announcement and one cynically timed to