As infections soar in some cities the mayor of greater manchetser warns of a dangerous winter of discontent. Four men have gone on trial over the deaths of 39 vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry in essex. And all aboard for one of the last surviving d day veterans Harry Billinge is honoured with a high speed train in his name. And coming up in sport on bbc news sale sharks say theyre devastated as they miss out on the play offs after six more players test positive for coronavirus. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Pubs, restaurants and cafes that sell alcohol in glasgow, edinburgh and the central belt of scotland have been ordered to close for 16 days from friday to try to slow the spread of coronavirus. In the rest of scotland licensed premises must shut by 6pm and cannot serve alcohol indoors. The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, ruled out a return to full lockdown but she warned that, without swift action, infection rates could return to peak levels by the end o
Hello, im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. It is almost eight years since american journalist james foley was kidnapped by the Islamic State group in syria. He was murdered by his captors. So too were alan henning, david haines from britain, peter kassig, Steven Sotloff and kayla muellerfrom america. Some of them forced to appear in propaganda videos pleading for their lives before they were killed. Today, two of the alleged members of the gang, that were dubbed the beatles Alexanda Kotey and el shafee elsheikh, were flown from an airbase in iraq to the United States. They become the first defendants to be prosecuted in a us court, for the beheadings of the american and british hostages. In all, thejihadist cell was responsible for the murders of 27 people. The ringleader was the former west londoner mohammed emwazi, who appeared as a black masked executioner, the man we knew as jihadi john. He was killed in 2015 in a us drone strike in raqqa. Kotay and elsheikh
The latest bond film is delayed again, dealing another blow to ailing cinemas. We start with some breaking news this hour the reproduction number, known as the r value of coronavirus transmission has fallen slightly. Its now estimated to be between 0. 8 and one across the uk. Thats according to the Government Office for science and the Scientific Advisory group for emergencies, or sage as theyre better known. Its first time in over a month the r number has fallen below one and means that on average every ten people infected will infect between eight and ten other people. It comes as official figures also show Coronavirus Infections are still high but are decreasing in most of the country. London and the north east still have the highest rates of infection. Lets talk to robert cuffe, the bbc s head of statistics. Good afternoon. The latter are has emerged in the last little while. A significant drop since the last time we had these figures. What are your thoughts . It is we had these fi
This is bbc news im kasia madera. The headlines at 8pm. Tougher restrictions in scotland as pubs, restaurants and cafes that sell alcohol across the countrys central belt including glasgow and edinburgh are ordered to shut to slow the spread of coronavirus. Without action, and this is perhaps the starkest warning in todays evidence paper, we are likely to return to the peak level of infections we had in the spring by the end of this month. And, the new Restrictions Mean no unnecessary journeys on Public Transport and face coverings will soon be mandatory when moving around workplaces in scotland. As infection rates soar in some cities there are warnings that some hospitals in Northern England are already seeing admissions levels similar to those back in april. Four men have gone on trial over the deaths of thirty nine
vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry in essex. Two ex british alleged Islamic State militants are charged in the United States over the killing of four american host
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