To long border delays. We we re we were not expecting her yet. Here she is we were not expecting her yet. Here she is a and coming up, the surprise that took nine months in the making, and thats despite a stay in hospital with covid. Good evening. Nearly four and half Million People in england were waiting to start hospital treatment last november thats a record and yet another shocking indicator of the cost of the pandemic on the nhs and its patients. Behind the numbers are stories of operations postponed and cancer treatments delayed. The Royal College of surgeons described the situation as calamitous. A further 48,682 new cases of coronavirus have been announced today across the uk. A delay in processing data means the daily death figures havent yet been published. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym on how coping with the surge in Covid Patients has affected the health service. The consequences of coronavirus are becoming clearer. Queen Elizabeth Hospital in birmingham temporarily hal
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Reports from russia say police have detained more than 2,000 people at protests in support of the jailed Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny. Large gatherings have been taking place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok and khabarovsk. In the siberian city of yakutsk, protesters braved temperatures of minus 50 degrees. The main demonstration was in the capital, moscow, from where our correspondent Steve Rosenberg reports. In moscow, you can feel the anger. Police had warned people any protests would be broken up, any protester risked arrest. But thousands came to pushkin square to support the kremlin s fiercest critic, Alexei Navalny. Freedom to navalny, they cried. And, russia without putin. On her way to the protest, mr navalny s wife, yulia, was detained by police. So were hundreds of others for taking part in what the authorities called an unsanctioned gathering. For years, the russian authorities
Police break up a Wedding Party with 400 guests being held at a school in north london. Retail sales suffer their largest annual fall on record because of coronavirus with Clothing Sales particularly hard hit. And no time for release the latest bond film is delayed again, dealing another blow to ailing cinemas. And coming up on bbc news, it is hard going for englands bowlers on day one of the second test against sri lanka, despite three wickets forJimmy Anderson. Good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one. One in 55 people had coronavirus last week in england, according to figures released in the last hour. The infection rate has levelled off in scotland and wales, but has increased in northern ireland. The office for National Statistics says the new variant of covid 19 has spread across the uk and now accounts for 60 of new cases. Meanwhile, the government has played down the idea that anyone who tests positive for covid 19 could be given £500 to encourage them to isolate. The su
The latest bond film is delayed again, dealing another blow to ailing cinemas. We start with some breaking news this hour the reproduction number, known as the r value of coronavirus transmission has fallen slightly. Its now estimated to be between 0. 8 and one across the uk. Thats according to the Government Office for science and the Scientific Advisory group for emergencies, or sage as theyre better known. Its first time in over a month the r number has fallen below one and means that on average every ten people infected will infect between eight and ten other people. It comes as official figures also show Coronavirus Infections are still high but are decreasing in most of the country. London and the north east still have the highest rates of infection. Lets talk to robert cuffe, the bbc s head of statistics. Good afternoon. The latter are has emerged in the last little while. A significant drop since the last time we had these figures. What are your thoughts . It is we had these fi