Youre watching bbc news at 9 with me annita mcveigh. The headlines. The government is accused of misusing public funds after coming up with a rescue deal to save the Regional Airline flybe. The duchess of sussex makes her first public appearance since she and prince harry announced they want to step down as senior members of the royal family. Children are treated for skin irritation after a passenger plane dumps fuel over the playground of a school before making an Emergency Landing at Los Angeles International airport. The High Speed Rail link hsz, could divide and destroy Natural Habitats across england, according to a new report by the Wildlife Trust. The roof of a block of flats in slough lands on the pavement after gusts of more than 80 miles
an hour sweep across the uk. Coming up at 9 15 the next step in the impeachment proceedings against President Trump the house of representatives passes its evidence to the senate. And in sport, its fa cup magic for shrewsbury town. A late win
This is bbc news. Im kasia madera. The headlines at 8pm the number of people in england waiting more than a year for hospital treatment hits a 12 year high as nhs staff battle the second wave of the pandemic some hospitals are once again cancelling non urgent treatments. Im in quite a lot of pain. Some days are worse than others. Sometimes ijust go into a spasm. You are just left in a wasteland with no idea whats going on. The uk economys Roller Coaster ride a big rebound over the summer, but signs of another dip as the second lockdown bites. Baby deaths at the countess of Chester Hospital a Maternity Ward nurse is charged with murdering eight children. Separated by a screen
the nottingham care home thats hoping rapid covid tests could make face to face visits possible again. The government gives the go ahead for a controversial new road tunnel alongside stonehenge. And the olympic boxer nicola adams has to pull out of strictly after her dance partner katya jones tests positive for co
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2 a third case of coronavirus is confirmed in the uk the patient is being transferred to an Infectious Disease centre. Meanwhile, chinas ambassador to britain urges countries not to panic about the virus. Hours before hes due to deliver scotlands budget finance secretary derek mckay steps down after sending personal messages to a 16 year old boy on social media. Derek mckays conduct fell far short of what is expected of a minister. Indeed, he offered his resignation to me and i accepted. It was not an option for him to remain in government. An end to automatic release of terror prisoners the government says it wants to change the law within three weeks. And a new record is set by astronaut Christina Koch, whos spent more days in space than any other woman. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with huw ferris. Five changes for englands six nations match against scotland on saturday, including scrum half ben youngs dropp
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Tributes to the actor Chadwick Boseman, whos died of cancer at the age of a3. He starred as the lead in the gound breaking marvel hit, black panther. When he played black panther, it was literally a game changer, man. It was a massive budget movie that he would go to the cinema, i took my kids there and they came out there feeling different, they came out there feeling special. The italian coastguard takes 49 migrants from a rescue ship funded by the artist by banksy. But hundreds remain at sea. Thousands protest in mauritius at the governments handling of a Massive Oil Spill, which threatens the islands marine life. Working well, yeah billionaire entrepreneur elon musk demonstrates a computer chip implanted in a pigs brain, technology, he says, which might ultimately cure neurological diseases in humans. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the la
Get time, back in time as to how we get to where we are, you could go all the way back to january. I would like to go back to the ebola crisis. This is bbc news. The headlines in the ebola west african crisis the Prime Minister will fly to brussels later in what could be which i was heavily involved in as the final attempt to salvage talks pa rt of on a post brexit trade deal. Which i was heavily involved in as part of the department of international, one of the things cabinet minister michael gove says that was clear was that there were the government wants a deal but the eu would need to temper its demands. Vaccines that had not been properly we are going to maintain high progressed, and therefore we had to standards in this country but we are manage the ebola crisis in west also going to be a sovereign country africa in support of the government and we need to be in control of our of sierra leone, very much entirely own rules and regulations, our laws and ways of doing things. The r