in defence of ryan giggs at the former footballer s trial, on assault and coercive behaviour charges. and we re injeddah, as antonyjoshua fights this weekend to regain his heavyweight titles. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: there s a crushing defeat for england at lord s, as south africa go one up in the test series. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. there have been more warnings about serious pressures on the nhs this coming winter. in a letter to ministers, the nhs confederation which represents employers in the health service says the uk is facing a public health emergency because people are having to choose between heating and eating this winter, due to soaring energy prices. the government says it s giving millions of the most vulnerable households £1,200 to help with higher energy bills. but it comes at a time when nhs services are already under intense strain. our health editor, hugh pym, is here. hugh. yes,
it shocked me a little bit. more trouble at liverpool city council. another government commissioner moves in after a damning report. sir alex ferguson testifies in defence of ryan giggs at the ex footballer s trial on assault and coercive behaviour charges. finland s prime minister takes a drugs test after a video of her partying raises concerns. another sparkling evening at the european championships in munich, with a british gold and silver in the men s 200 metres. coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, the brazilian midfielder casemiro s heading to manchester united. a fee of around £50 million has been agreed with real madrid. good evening. a former british member of the islamic state terror group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in america. el shafee elsheikh was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria and became known as the beatles because of their english accents, a name given to
perhaps into scotland. but here is where we are starting to see the cold air. 3 7 in northern scotland and central areas, further south of the front, we stilljust hang on to double digits. it is not going to last, the front sinks steadily south. not that much in the way of rain on it as it does say but it will open the back door for those temperatures to fall away and that cold, arctic air to be really quite a dominant feature. on friday, quite a dominant feature. on friday, quite a quiet start. there will be some sunshine around. wendy with gail s unexposed north and east coast. sunny spells but a notable noticeable difference on friday, feeling quite cold. as we going to saturday, the wind will fall lighter so we could see our first widespread frost for the start of the weekend. lots of sunshine on saturday but the potential for some lots of sunshine on saturday but the potentialfor some rain lots of sunshine on saturday but the potential for some rain on sunday. and col
needs urgent mental health treatment after being held in iran for five years. and, a piece of art that only exists digitally sells for a record breaking $70 million at auction. hello and welcome. president biden has told america that better days lie ahead after a year of lockdown and loss following the coronovirus pandemic. in his first primetime televised address since his inauguration, mr biden said the country would have enough supplies to vaccinate the entire adult population by the end of may. he said he hoped people would be able to celebrate independence day onjuly 4th with theirfamilies. but he also reminded people of the dark days behind them. i ve told you before, i carry a card in my pocket with the number of americans who have died from covid to date. it s on the back of my schedule. as of now, total deaths in america, 527,726. that s more deaths than in world war i, world war ii, the vietnam war and 9/11 combined. here s the bbc s david willis. this was, as you m