Could have here in the uk. Also tonight. The army is out on the streets of myanmar as the military stage a coup months after losing an election. The fake covid Test Certificates with a negative result being sold online. And taking on one of the uks toughest races despite an unexpected medical diagnosis. And coming up in sport on bbc news its transfer deadline day for clubs up and down the country well have the latest, including the man set to join champions liverpool. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six. Urgent testing is to start in parts of england as the south african strain of coronavirus has been detected in 11 of the cases there is no known link to the country. Its raised fears that the variant is now being transmitted within the community. Door to door testing will be carried out in the affected areas of london, the West Midlands, hertfordshire, kent, surrey and merseyside. Health officials are confident the vaccines will work against the South African Variant but pr
A torch a few days before the official opening of the Winter Olympics as its going ahead despite 0lympics as its going ahead despite the four boycotts and strict covid i9 restrictions. We start with tensions on the ukraine border. Russia has been locked in a Military Standoff with ukraine, and weve now seen the first Major Movement of us forces in response. Some 2000 troops will be sent to poland and germany, and 1000 troops already in germany will go to romania. Heres The Pentagon Spokesman making that announcement. The United States stands shoulder to shoulder with our nato allies. The Current Situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato s eastern flank. President biden has been clear that United States will respond to the growing threat to europes security and stability. I want to be very clear about something. These are not permanent moves. They are moves designed to respond to the current security environment. Moreover, these forces are not going
A torch a few days before the official opening of the Winter Olympics as its going ahead despite 0lympics as its going ahead despite the four boycotts and strict covid i9 restrictions. We start with tensions on the ukraine border. Russia has been locked in a Military Standoff with ukraine, and weve now seen the first Major Movement of us forces in response. Some 2000 troops will be sent to poland and germany, and 1000 troops already in germany will go to romania. Heres The Pentagon Spokesman making that announcement. The United States stands shoulder to shoulder with our nato allies. The Current Situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato s eastern flank. President biden has been clear that United States will respond to the growing threat to europes security and stability. I want to be very clear about something. These are not permanent moves. They are moves designed to respond to the current security environment. Moreover, these forces are not going
Meeting was held. The medical director, ian harvey, gave a verbal report. He said external reviews had not highlighted any individual as being linked to the deaths and that the trust was ready to draw a line under the issues. The chief executive, tony chambers, said hed met lucy letby and her parents to apologise for what had happened. A statement Written By Letby was read out detailing how hard the past few months had been for her. The meeting decided lucy letby would return to the Neonatal Unit after the paediatricians had written a Letter Apologising to her. This is the letter they sent lucy letby, signed by all seven of the paediatricians in the unit. Against their wishes, they apologised for any inappropriate comments that may have been made, going on to say, we are very sorry for the stress and upset you have experienced in the last year. Though the paediatricians feared being reported to the regulator, they kept going, pressurising executives to call the police, something the tr
Humidity tomorrow as the Wind Shifteds into the south west, still feeling warm when get the sun out, so it looks like a stormy night ahead, as we gradually head through the weekend, that low pressure pulling further away, High Pressure is being allowed to build to the south, so fewer showers on saturday and sunday, more dry windows of weather but with this winds in the north and west a few shower, it will be warmer on the east coast of scotland tomorrow and on sunday, still 2a, scotland tomorrow and on sunday, still 24, 25 but scotland tomorrow and on sunday, still 2a, 25 but really batten £the hatch, nasty weather tonight. Still 2a, 25 but really batten £the hatch, nasty weather tonight. Thats it. You can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website, but the news continues here on bbc one, as we welcome to a Special Edition of Northwest Tonight where we also welcome viewers watching around the uk. Guilty nurse lucy letby is the most prolific baby killer in modern times. S