Scientists from around the world agree the last decade was the warmest on record. Scottish fisherman demand compensation after eu importers refuse to accept deliveries due to long border delays. The next best thing to a session in the gym england on top form despite five months without top class cricket sri lanka give away their home advantage. And coming up on bbc news. Andy murrays appearance at the Australian Open is in doubt hes tested positive for coronavirus and is isolating. He has to wait for Australian Authorities to say hes safe to travel. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Nearly 4. 5 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. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym on how
Has died at the age of 87. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im gavin ramjaun. Lots in store this saturday. A six wicket haul in galle James Anderson stars again for england, in the second test against sri lanka. History for southampton this afternoon they knock the holders, arsenal, out of the fa cup, to progress to the 5th round. And are elfyn evans s hopes of winning the Monte Carlo Rally slipping away, as he loses the lead . Hello and welcome to sportsday. Plenty on the way for you. We start with england in sri lanka, where theyre still in contention after day two of the second test. Six wickets from James Anderson and an unbeaten half century from captainjoe root means england trail by 283 runs, after they finished the day 98 2 in galle. Joe wilson reports. Another day, another year, and whos grinning . Well, england without anderson is still unthinkable. He wasnt sure about this wicket nobody was. It took a review and replays before the spike
Look after patients. The leader of welsh conservatives paul davies has resigned after admitting drinking on the senedd estate, days after a pub alcohol ban was enforced. And the american broadcaster and talk show host larry king has died at the age of 87. Good afternoon. Police in russia have made more than a thousand arrests at protests in support of the jailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny, including his wife, yulia. Demonstrations have been taking place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok and khabarovsk. In the siberian city of yakutsk, protesters braved temperatures of 50 degrees. Mr navalny was arrested last week after he flew back to moscow from berlin, where he had been recovering from a near fatal nerve agent attack in russia last august. On his return, he was immediately taken into custody and found guilty of violating parole conditions. He described it as a trumped up case designed to silence him. The largest gatherings are ongoing in the capital, mo
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