the premier league approve a £4 billion takeover of chelsea football club by a consortium led by la dodgers co owner todd boehly. manchester united and england. marcus rashford s debut book wins stock prizes. we ll be talking to the co author at 8:45pm. good evening. welcome to bbc news. there are more questions for the government tonight over behaviour in downing street during covid lockdowns. for the first time, insiders who attended gatherings there have told the bbc that parties were routine and they would arrive at work to find bins overflowing with empty bottles from the night before. they say staff sat on each other s laps at a leaving do in november 2020, where the prime minister has now been pictured, and that security guards were laughed at when they tried to stop one party from taking place. borisjohnson s spokesman says he takes the accusations very seriously . the prime minister remains under pressure over his attendance at the leaving party a year and a half
Says addressing the risks of the technology should be a global priority. Lets head to the bbc sport centre. Were starting with the Cricket World Cup because it looks like ngland are making an early exit englands campaign at the Cricket World Cup is all but over after a heavy eight wicket defeat by sri lanka. The defending champions reached 45 for no loss before the wicket of dawid malan began a miserable slide. Joe root ran himself out for just three ben stokes managed 43. But they were all out inside 3a overs. Sri lanka eased to victory jos buttler s side are not mathematically out, but they need to win all of their remaining matches, including against unbeaten hosts india on sunday, and hope an unlikely set of results go their way. It was never for a it was neverfor a lack it was never for a lack of effort, it was never it was never for a lack of effort, it was never for it was never for a lack of effort, it was never for a it was never for a lack of effort, it was neverfor a lack it
Good afternoon. And we start with a developing story this lunchtime police in the us state of maine are hunting a gunman after a Mass Shooting thats left at least 16 people dead and dozens injured. Police are warning that robert card, a ao Year Old Army reservist, is at large, armed and dangerous. Its the deadliest such attack in the United States this year. The shooting happened in lewiston, a small city of about 38,000 people, which is now in lockdown businesses have been told to close and people to stay at home. 0ur correspondent simon jones has the latest. Running for safety after the latest Mass Shooting in the us. A Bowling Alley and a restaurant targeted last night, full of families. 0ne mother said she had to lay on top of her daughter to protect her from the bullets. Another person spoke of the panic at the Bowling Alley. Just a normal night of bowling and i dont know where hejust came in, there was a loud pop. Ijust put it down the lane and i slid basically into where the pin
Into bangkok airport and rushing to meet it on the tarmac, as i mentioned, with ambulances coming around, we have lines of them treating people at a makeshift Field Hospital that was set up on the tarmac. The airline has released a statement. Thats a Brief Overview of what we know so far but there are a lot of live updates on the bbc website. We have heard from passengers and crew members who said this was the worst turbulence they have seen in their 30 year career. You can find all of that here on the bbc live page. Courtney bembridge there. Now we can return to the uk Blood Scandal because the government and ministers have confirmed the first full compensation to victims, interim payments of £210,000, will be paid within 90 days for the most urgent cases. Early on i spoke to a man who represents 1500 victims and their families to get his reaction to the details laid out. The families to get his reaction to the details laid out. Details laid out. The Immediate Reaction is details lai