Get in touch on twitter, its Annita Mcveigh or bbcyourquestions. Ole, ole, ole, ole three days of mourning begin in argentina to celebrate the life of the football legend Diego Maradona. Fans are paying their respects to the footballer, whose body is lying in state in the president ial palace this is the scene live in buenos aires. Donald trump pardons his former National Security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about russian interference in the american elections of 2016. And coming up this hour. Three months on from the disputed election in belarus, weve a special report on the leader of the opposition, svetla na ti kha novs kaya, as part of the bbcs 100 women series. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. People living in england will soon find out what restrictions theyll be living under when the nation wide lock down ends next week. In the nex
Will want to cry. I know how harsh this sounds. I know how unfair it is, but this virus is unfair. The netherlands bans passenger flights from the uk, as it detects its first case this is bbc news, the headlines of the new covid variant surging through southern england. Auk a uk government sources there will millions of people in england and wales are told be no post brexit trade deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom unless there is a substantial shift from brussels over the next few days. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Millions of people in england and wales are waking up to new, tougher lockdown restrictions. At midnight london and large parts of the east and south east of england were put into a new category of tier 4 with an order to stay at home where possible. Similar restrictions came into force for all of wales at midnight. Plans to relax restrictions over the Christmas Holiday have now been abandoned for those in the new tier, who can no longer spend any of th
Great western rail changes its timetable and stops selling advance tickets, sport now, and a full round up after a covid outbreak among staff. From the bbc sport centre. The level of new Coronavirus Infections in wales could be twice good afternoon. What was previously thought after a delay in reporting more former Rugby Union Players thousands of positive tests. Havejoined legal action against the games authorities more former Rugby Union Players for alleged negligence. Havejoined legal action against the games authorities its after nine recently retired International Players came forward accusing them of negligence to say theyre suffering permanent brain damage over head injuries. Caused by repeated blows to the head. 0ur sports news correspondent Chris Mclaughlin has more. This is something we were expecting, these nine former players and the legal firm representing them sometimes we didnt even have a loaf of bread in the house. Its have today officially embarrassing to say, but we
President trump will face impeachment proceedings this week for the second time accused of inciting the storming of congress. And a special report from south africa following the people committed to saving one of the worlds most endangered and trafficked creatures the pangolin. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Whether you are watching here in the uk oraround the whether you are watching here in the uk or around the world. Englands chief medical officer has given a new warning that the nhs could soon be overwhelmed by the spread of coronavirus. Professor chris whitty said if the rate of infections continue, the pressure on hospitals will lead to avoidable deaths, as doctors struggle to deal with the number of patients. Hes appealed again for people to stay home, saying the new variant of the disease is spreading rapidly across the country, leaving some areas facing the most dangerous situation anyone can remember. The British Government is rolling out rapid flow tests to all areas of engl
Attack inquiry resumes, we talk to the man who tried to save the youngest victim, saffie roussos. And risking temperatures of up to minus 70 to scale the worlds second highest mountain the team talk of their relief at making it safely back. And coming up on bbc news england and wales women are without their managers, as phil neville and jayne ludlow both step down. Neville has been confirmed as the new inter miami manager. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Daily cases of coronavirus have fallen by almost a quarter across the uk in the last week, showing that the current lockdown is having an effect. But the number of people admitted to hospital continues to rise. Ten hospital trusts across england have reported having no spare Critical Care beds, despite extra capacity being added. We start tonight on the front line of the battle against the pandemic. Clive myrie reports from the Royal London Hospital on the huge challenges facing the team there, and how patients and the