Beyond mid february. Buy now, pay laterfirms face stricter controls following fears over young shoppers debts. A Court In Moscow is due to decide shortly whether to jail president Vladimir Putins leading critic, Alexei Navalny. Also coming up heavy snow hits parts of Northern England with the met Office Warning some Rural Communities are at risk of becoming cut off. This morning. Door to door tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African Coronavirus Variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant and find every case. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 people over the age of 16 will be swabbed to find the true extent of the new variant. Theres no
and as you can hear, the bells of st paul s are pealing and will be pealing continuously for four hours to mark this momentous occasion. our other main headlines this lunchtime: it s 100 days since russia launched its full scale invasion of ukraine. and on the second day of the first test at lord s england are bowled out after another disappointing display with the bat. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one from st paul s cathedral where a service of thanksgiving honouring the queen s 70 years on the throne has been taking place. prince charles is representing the queen who withdrew from the event after experiencing discomfort during yesterday s platinum jubilee celebrations. we understand that the queen is watching the service at home. it s the first major royal event prince harry and meghan have attended since stepping back from official duties. our first report today is from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. a service of thanksgiving at st paul
hello. this is bbc news. let s get the sport. good afternoon. england s new s era under ben stokes and brendom mccullom got off to an excellent start against new zealand in the first test at lords. debutant matthew potts making test cricket look easy with three wickets in the opening session. but it was an old familiar face james anderson who got england off to the best start. two early wickets including this brilliant catch from bairstow. anderson and broad both were left out of england s tour to the west indies but both returned with take wickets. but the man of the morning is matthew potts. he got his first wicket in his first test match over dismissing new zealand captain kane williamson. he added another two and leaving new zealand going into lunch 39 for 6. not all plain sailing for england though. spinnerjack leach has been ruled out of the test with symptoms of concussion after taking this tumble trying to stop a boundary. england have brought in matt parkinson as a c
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matthew potts had a debut to remember. he took four wickets in his first test match. james anderson got four wickets too, making a statement in his return to the squad after being omitted from the west indies tour, alongside stuart broad, who got the other wicket. england are 55 without loss in response. not all plain sailing for england, though. he s bowled beautifully, but potts left the field mid over with an injury. earlier, spinnerjack leach has been ruled out of the test with symptoms of concussion after taking this tumble trying to stop a boundary. england have brought in matt parkinson as a concussion substitute he will bat and bowl. chelsea s antonio rudiger willjoin european champions real madrid on a free transfer this summer. the 29 year old will sign a four year contract with the spanish side. the german international had been a key part of chelsea s side sincejoining in 2017, making 203 appearances in all competitions and won the champions league, europa leagu