that bombshell recording. president trump pressuring georgia s election chief to find enough votes to overturn biden s victory. did the call break the law? and the unprecedented effort to challenge the electoral college results leaving the republican party divided. the uk blocking extradition of wikileaks founder julian assange to the u.s. our nbc news exclusive with assange s fiancee. on his life in hiding. the best diets for 2021 to keep that new year s resolution. and the dramatic water rescue caught on camera we talk to the hero rescuer tonight. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and happy new year it s good to be back with you tonight i what we all hope to be a year of recovery from the pandemic. alarms are sounding this evening about the slow pace of vaccinations, doses distributed but not yet in people s arms across the country many of the most vulnerable left confused and frustrated as they wait their turn for shots. tonight officials
also on the programme. reforming the social care system in england more details emerge of the £1.7 billion to be raised by a new levy. in england, scotland and northern ireland, university staff go on strike over pay and pensions students say their education is being damaged again. efforts continue to restore power to the tens of thousands of people in parts of england, scotland and wales who have spent a fifth night without electricity after storm arwen. and why the welsh government says there are too many second homes in wales, and that action is needed. and coming up on the bbc news channel: johanna konta announces her retirement from tennis but tells the bbc she plans to remain in the sport in some capacity. welcome to bbc news at six, which comes from cardiff today from the new headquarters of bbc wales. mark drakeford the first minister of wales has been in talks this afternoon with the cabinet minister michael gove and the first ministers of scotland and north
the act or bala says he did not pull the trigger of the gun. the women s tennis association suspends all tournaments in china amid concern for peng shuai, the chinese tennis player who accused a top official of sexual assault. the government outlines more details of its ten year plan to reform the social care system in england, including £300 million investment to help people live longer independently. tens of thousands of people face a sixth night without power following outages in scotland and the north of england caused by storm arwen. array collective! array collective is the winner of this year s turner prize. borisjohnson has not denied reports that christmas parties were held in downing street last year, but he insisted that no covid rules were broken. at prime minister s questions, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, accused mrjohnson of hypocrisy for ignoring the rules that he d imposed on everyone else. the bbc has spoken to a source who attended a downing street
we can all play a role. we ll have more on the situation here in wales and across the uk. also on the programme. reforming the social care system in england more details emerge of the £1.7 billion to be raised by a new levy. efforts continue to restore power to tens of thousands of people in parts of england, scotland and wales who ve spent a fifth night without electricity after storm arwen. why the welsh government says there are too many second homes in wales and that action is now needed. and the art installation depicting a traditional irish pub, named as the winner of this year s turner prize. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. a busy night in the premier league with six matches, including the merseyside derby between everton and liverpool. welcome to bbc news at ten, which comes from cardiff tonight, in the new headquarters of bbc wales in the heart of the welsh capital. during the day ministers from scotland, northern ireland, england and wales hel
specialist motor manufacturing sector which is the biggest in the world. i spent hours listening to the porridge like sound of the biggest engines as i put my foot down and burned away at speeds i would not confess to my protection officers. i only tried two electric vehicles. an extraordinary wheeled rabbit hutch which was so tiny you could plug it sideways and i tried the first tesla for sale in this country. it expired in the fast lane of the 40, i m sad to say. they ve got a lot better. a few years later i tried to get london motorists to go electric and we put charging points around the city. i must confess they were not a soaraway success and stood forlorn like some piece of unused outdoor gym equipment. ten years after that, the tipping point has come. uk sales of evs are now increasing at 70% a year. in 2013 we are ending the market for internal combustion engines ahead of other european countries and that companies are responding. nissan has decided to make an enorm