will play champions league football next season. eddie howe s side claimed the point they needed to secure a top four premier league finish with a goalless draw against relegation threatened leicester whose top flight fate is no longer in their own hands. katies gornall was at st james park. well, a little over a year and a half ago newcastle united were relegation fodder. but the saudi led takeover of this club has turbo charge them and they are now back among europe s elite for the first time in 20 years. in truth there was a party atmosphere from the start here at the same is park. inside there was a sea of flags and banners. and you can understand why newcastle fans felt confident. they knew they needed just a point against second bottom leicester to be sure of qualification. but in truth, they made really hard work of it they dominated possession against the side, they had multiple chances, they hit the woodwork three times but leicester packed their defence. they had mo
have a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies. the taliban are celebrating the first anniversary of their return to power in afghanistan but not everybody is cheering, especially women and girls. here as flash floods hit cornwall, the text alerts that will give you a direct warning about severe weather and other life threatening events. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the uk has become the first country to approve what its manufacturers are calling a next generation covid vaccine. the uk s medicines regulator has approved a new version of moderna s coronavirus vaccine the first to target both the omicron variant as well as the original strain of the virus. ministers say the vaccine will now form part of the autumn booster campaign. our medical editor fergus walsh is here with more details. this is the start of a new era of covid vaccines. until now, they ve all been designed against the original form of the virus which emerged in wuhan in china at the end 2019. t
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against a bill in parliament this week to boost police powers against protesters. they should ve been allowed to protest, to have their vigil, to come together in peace and i was very disturbed to see the police action. i think it was wrong and i m pleased it s now going to be reviewed. the foreign secretary makes another call for the immediate release of british iranian nazanin zaghari ratcliffe after she faces new allegations of anti government propaganda in court. authorities in the republic of ireland recommend temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, after a report of four new cases of blood clotting incidents in adults who d had the jab in norway. and it s the music industry s biggest awards night of the year the grammys. they re being held at a virtual ceremony in los angeles. the home secretary is asking her majesty s inspectorate of constabulary to look into the policing of last night s vigil in clapham common. the vigil was in memory of sarah evera