Three teenagers are jailed for the manslaughter of pc Andrew Harper, who died after being dragged behind a carfor more than a mile last august. Thousands flock to beaches on the south coast of england as the uk basksin south coast of england as the uk basks in its third hottest day on record. Temperatures have reached almost 38 degrees at heathrow. And one of britains most acclaimed film directors, sir alan parker, has died at the age of 76. And coming up on bbc news pulling the plug why a rise in infections means fans will no longer be allowed into pilot events to watch live sports. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A further easing of englands lockdown planned for tomorrow has been put on hold because of a rise in the rate of coronavirus infections. The Prime Minister said it was time to squeeze the brake pedal, as he warned the country cannot be complacent. He said Face Coverings will now need to be worn in more places where you come into contact with people you dont
Englands chief medical officer says we may have reached the limits in opening up society, while keeping the virus under control. Also tonight. Three teenagers are jailed for the manslaughter of pc Andrew Harper, who died after being dragged behind a getaway car in a failed robbery. 30 years after iraqs invasion of kuwait, john simpson reflects on a conflict that changed the world. We couldve been anything that we wanted to be. One of britains most acclaimed film directors, im absolutely stunned. And, Glenda Jackson at the virtual baftas, leads the winners celebrating the best of british television. And coming up on bbc news, the government call of permitting crowds into sporting test events for two weeks, including snookers world championship, which started today. Good evening. Tomorrows plans to further ease englands coronavirus lockdown have been put on hold, because of a rise in the rate of infections. Borisjohnson says its now time to squeeze the brake pedal on any further relaxati
Task force and regulators aimed at cracking down on rogue immigration lawyers. A new task immigration lawyers. A new task force announced by the government will bring together regulatory bodies , law regulatory bodies, Law Enforcement and other Government Departments to root out so called dodgy law firms. Departments to root out so called dodgy law firms. In other news, the elections watchdog was targeted by a cyber attack related resulting in what it calls hostile actors gaining access to the publics information. The cyber attackers were able to access copies of the electoral register with the names and addresses of anyone registered to vote between 2014 and 2022. The attackers first accessed the Commission Systems in august 2021. Chief executive sean mcnally apologised to the pubuc sean mcnally apologised to the public and said significant steps have since been taken to improve their it systems. A improve their it systems. A haulage firm thats part of one of the uks largest transport
Letter sent out by Morgan Mclernon to staff which blames post brexit consequent losses for possible redundancies. The for possible redundancies. The Company Delivers goods to every major uk supermarket. The major uk supermarket. The Business Community in Northern Ireland is still waiting for details about the windsor framework, which was signed back in february. The jury in the in february. The jury in the murder trial of nurse lucy letby has been instructed to deliver majority verdicts for the seven women, and four men were told by mr justice goss that hed accept mrjustice goss that hed accept verdicts on which at least ten of them were agreed. Letby is of them were agreed. Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others at the countess of Chester Hospitals neonatal unit. A man who was stabbed in the arm near the British Museum in london this morning had just been waiting in the queue to get in. Police have arrested a male on suspicion of causing grievou
Business owners here. This is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. Here we go, heavy rain, even thunder hitting the bay area for the friday commute and an intense winter storm is pounding the sierra for a second day. The blizzard conditions expected to last until sunday and you can see just what they are dealing with. In fact, this semi Truck Driving slowly through donner pass along interstate 80 through the blinding snow and Hurricane Force winds. And the people who are on the roads arent getting very far. Caltrans cameras show a line of big rigs just parked. Look at them. No cars there. This is at castle peak. Traffic is held for a couple miles east of baxter to the nevada state line because of multiple spinouts. We bring it back here to the bay area. It is a wet friday commute with rain falling heavy at times. Weve even had thunder and lightning. The rain was coming down and the wind was whipping in hercules. This was at highway 4 and interstate 80. The wet weather already caus