and high rollers competitors from around the world take part in the annual cheesey contest in gloucestershire. good evening. the labour leader has pledged to stop the chaos and rebuild the country in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as waffle, saying it contained not a single plan for the future. we ll have more about the prime minister in a minute, but first, here s our political editor chris mason on keir starmer s speech. a man waiting, waiting for his moment, waiting, he hopes, to be prime minister. if you have ever wondered what this man is all about, today was his attempt to give you an answer. ., ., ., ,., answer. the leader of the labour pa , answer. the leader of the labour party. keir answer. the leader of the labour party, keir starmer. part
And the health secretary, jeremy hunt, are chairing a meeting of the Emergency Response committee, cobra, this morning, to discuss the handling of the cyber attack, which hit parts of the Nhs In England and scotland on friday. Dozens of hospitals in england and scotland have been forced to cancel some operations and appointments today, and some gp surgeries are still experiencing problems as staff begin a new working week. Lincolnshire hospital said all tests, and routine surgeries have been cancelled. Meanwhile microsoft said governments around the world should treat the attacks as a wake up call blaming them for storing data on Software Vulnerabilities which could then be accessed by hackers. Its thought over 200,000 computers have been affected worldwide with russia hardest hit. In the past half hour the National Crime agency has tweeted this saying if youre a victim of ransomware do not pay theres no guarantee that access to your files will be restored. Here, security minister ben
More money into the nhs . Theresa may is accused by labour of being in denial about the scale of the problems facing the nhs in england this winter. Following the death of a seven year old in york, a teenage girl has been charged with murder. Into smith that is the record breaking goal. And kelly smith, britains first female professional footballer, is to retire after a record breaking career. Coming up in sportsday at 10 30pm bbc news, the second of the league cup semifinals and southampton take an early lead in the first leg against liverpool on the south coast. Good evening. In his first formal News Conference since being elected, donald trump has rounded on americas intelligence agencies. Hes suggested they might have been responsible for reports that russia had gathered Compromising Information about him. The President Elect denied that he was in any way beholden to russia, and he repeatedly criticised some Media Organisations for spreading what he called fake news. With just nine
The Football World pays tribute to the former england manger Graham Taylor whos died suddenly aged 72. And we speak to the writer of la la land the man whos brought the art of the musical back to hollywood. And coming up in the sport on bbc news west hams star player Dimitri Payet wants to leave and is refusing to play for the club this weekend. But the manager says he wont be sold. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A former mi6 officer has gone into hiding after being named as the source of the latest allegations against President Elect donald trump. Christopher steele produced a dossier last year which included the allegations that mr trump had been caught in compromising financial and sexual activities. The allegations are unproven and americas cia, which has acknowledged the existence of the dossier, says it has made no judgement about its credibility. Heres our security correspondent Gordon Corera on the british connection. The murky world of intelligence gathering
In some areas. Tributes to the former england Football Manager graham taylor, whos died at the age of 72. And we speak to the writer of la la land the man whos brought the art of the musical back to hollywood. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, west hams star player Dimitri Payet Goes On Strike and demands a transfer, but the club say they wont sell him. Good evening. Donald trump seems to be at odds with some of his key Cabinet Nominees on some of the vital questions facing the new administration. His choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, has strongly endorsed the work of the Us Intelligence Community Hours after it was criticised by the President Elect. And generaljames mattis, nominated for defense secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato and of being a threat to europe in contrast to mr trumps wish for much closer ties with President Putin. Our correspondent nick bryant reports from washington. A week before inauguration day, its usually an