tell the bbc they feel abandoned the government says it s doing all it can to help those still there. more than £200 million of money earmarked to help children catch up after covid lockdowns hasn t been spent the finding of a bbc investigation. and the aim was to receive 105 cards for his 105th birthday but this world war two veteran who now has more than 4,000 and counting. and coming up on bbc news, the latest from the world snooker championship. robert milkins and jack lisowski aim to follow in the footsteps ofjohn higgins and secure their place in the next rounds. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one. the former strictly come dancing head judge len goodman, has died at the age of 78. he had been diagnosed with bone cancer and passed away on saturday at a hospice in tunbridge wells in kent, surrounded by his family. the dancer and choreographer became a judge on the first show in 2004 and continued as head judge until his final appearance in 2016.
welcome to the programme. exactly six months ago, vladimir putin ordered his army to invade ukraine. it was a decision that not only unleashed the biggest war in europe since world war ii, but it also turned the world on its head. thousands of ukrainians and russian soldiers have been killed in the fighting. today, in ukraine, it is independence day. normally, there would be parades and celebrations marking 31 years of freedom from soviet rule. but not today, it s not safe. and in the past 6 months, russia has clawed away at ukraine s freedom. this was the map of ukraine on february 24th. russian backed separatists already held significant territory in the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and moscow controlled the annexed crimean peninsula. this is how things stand now. russian forces control large parts of the south of the country, all of the luhansk region and continue to make advances in donetsk. but there is still the threat of danger, everywhere in the country and
7,000 extra hospital beds this winter including in pop up sites the nhs in england unveils its plans to cope with expected pressures. and the shortlist is announced for hosting next year s eurovision song contest seven uk cities are in the running. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. a drought has been declared across more than half of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can impose stricter measures over how we use water at home and at work. a drought is defined by a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up over time. the four stages are normal, prolonged dry weather, drought and severe drought. eight areas have been moved to the third stage, including devon and cornwall, solent and south downs, kent and south london, herts and north london. as well as east anglia, thames, lincolnshire and northamptonshire, east midlands. in the wake of low rainfall and high temperatures, water c
len goodman, has died at the age of 78. he had been diagnosed with bone cancer and passed away on saturday at a hospice in tunbridge wells in kent, surrounded by his family. the dancer and choreographer became a judge on the first show in 2004 and continued as head judge until his final appearance in 2016. today his fellow judges, the show s presenters, and many of the contestants have paid tribute to him as our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba reports. let s lizo mzimba reports. hearfrom our head judge, le goodman. let s hearfrom our head judge, len goodman. iii let s hear from our head udge, len goodman. , ., ., ., , goodman. if you don t get four tens for that i m goodman. if you don t get four tens for that i m going goodman. if you don t get four tens for that i m going to goodman. if you don t get four tens for that i m going to go goodman. if you don t get four tens for that i m going to go home - goodman. if you don t get four tens for that i m going to go ho
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