between the us and china, with claims and denials of spying. some of the thousands of victims of the nhs infected blood scandal this afternoon, the long running inquiry into the disaster heard its final evidence. and a man armed with a crossbow who entered the grounds of windsor castle in 2021 has pleaded guilty to a charge of treason. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: we will look ahead to the start of the six nations championship. the first match is here in cardiff between wales and ireland. good evening. lancashire police say they believe that nicola bulley, who went missing while walking her dog last week, most likely fell into the river wyre. a major search for her continues, but no trace of her has been found. the partner of ms bulley has said he will never lose hope but he can not get his head around how she has vanished. danny savage reports. exactly a week on from when nicola bulley vanished, her friends staged a roadside appeal this
the queen was less than a hundred metres away at the time. four days earlier, chail had recorded a video in which he said he planned to assassinate the queen to avenge a massacre in india in 1919 in amritsar, when british troops shot hundreds of protestors dead. he sent the video to family and friends a few minutes before he was arrested. today at the old bailey, he appeared by video link from broadmoor high security hospital and admitted making threats to kill, possessing an offensive weapon, and an offence under the 1842 treason act of intending to injure or alarm the queen. he will be sentenced at the end of march after two psychiatrists have prepared reports for thejudge. reeta. 0k, reeta. ok, thanks, daniel. uk athletics has clarified its position on transgender participation in athletics in the uk. it wants the government to change the law to ensure the women s category is reserved for those registered female at birth. and they re calling for an open category to replace the curre