them joint bottom of the premier league. and it s another cold day to day across southern and eastern parts of england, with some dense fog lingering for some in the north and west. more cloud and gradually turning milder. i ll have all the details here on breakfast. it s sunday 22 january. our main story: labour is calling for an investigation into claims made in the sunday times that the chairman of the bbc helped borisjohnson to secure a loan of £800 thousand just weeks before he was recommended for the position at the corporation by the then prime minister. richard sharp, whosejob involves upholding the bbc s independence, has denied any conflict of interest. a spokesperson for mrjohnson said he had never sought or received any financial advice from mr sharp. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. richard sharp was appointed as the new chair of the bbc injanuary 2021. he was chosen by the culture secretary and the prime minister, then borisjohnson. the sunday ti
by president volodymr zelensky. hello and welcome to bbc world news. police in the us say a gunman is on the run after a mass shooting in los angeles. at least ten people, five men and five women, have been killed ten others have been wounded, some critically. the attack happened at a dance venue in monterey park around seven miles east of los angeles city centre. the motive for the attack remains unclear. emma calder reports. celebrations turned to tragedy. a gunman opened fire at this lunar new year celebration. thousands had attended the event, which had drawn to a close when witnesses say a man turned a semi automatic weapon on the crowd. i had my head phones on at the time, but i did hear some sounds going off and i was like, are those fireworks? i was sad, i thought we were missing fireworks. and then i knew for a fact it was not fireworks when i heard the helicopters, up above, because we never get helicopters around here. preliminary police reports suggest the suspe
out of lockdown will take time, and will depend on the data. all the modelling suggests there is going to be a further surge, and will find the people who either have not been vaccinated or where the vaccine has not worked, and some of them will end up in hospital and, sadly, some of them will go on to die. you ll be breaking the law the warning to sports coaches and faith leaders who have sexual relationships with 16 and i7 year olds in their care. needing more research the debilitating effects of long covid leaving patients suffering for months with no sign of a cure. i , the city, itjust hits you from nowhere, it is so unpredictable. such long term disabilities, and the effect such long term disabilities, and the effect of such long term disabilities, and the effect of that is awful, harrowing. after a journey through space of 4.6 billion years, the meteorite that fell to earth. ..in cheltenham. and coming up on bbc news, more than 100 coaches in gymnastics have b
family are racist. this thing about what colour will the baby be, or how dark will the baby be, i m guessing and hoping it was just a dumb question. nomadland and rocks lead this year s bafta nominations with much more diversity in the shortlist for the awards and after a journey through space of 4.6 billion years the meteorite that fell to earth near cheltenham. i thought we would not see another fall likely in the uk of any sort, and to realise that it was such a rare type it was really an amazing moment. good afternoon. england s chief medical officer has told mps that coming out of lockdown too quickly would lead to a substantial surge in infection. professor chris whitty said an accelerated easing of restrictions would be dangerous as there are still a lot of vulnerable people who are not yet protected by the vaccine. he also said things could turn bad quickly if the process is rushed. our health correspondent jim reed reports. it s the most important, perhaps the
About 1,800 space rocks plow into Earth' 's surface every year. Most remain hidden or don't have particularly odd stories to share. But some are downright