i am clear that our children s education is precious, and they deserve to be in school today, being taught. the day also saw action by thousands of university lecturers, civil servants, and train and bus drivers. we ll have the details. also tonight. in memphis, national and local leaders pay tribute to tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after a beating by police. one of the biggest theatres in the north of england cancels all its shows from the end of march, after losing all of its funding from arts council england. martial waits. rashford, and finished off by fred. and two goals in three minutes ensure manchester united are heading to wembley. and coming up on the bbc news channel, jofra archer is on target for england. six wickets for him on his return as they salvage some pride in south africa. good evening. as many as 500,000 workers have been on strike today across the united kingdom, in the biggest single day of industrial action in over a decade. marches
it. george floyd. as many as half a million workers go on strike, across the uk, the biggest day of industrial action, in over a decade. the funeral of the controversial australian cardinal george pell begins in sydney shortly. the fbi search president biden s home in delaware as part of their investigation into his handling of classified documents. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the us, where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police, has taken place. the us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, tennessee. following tyre nichols s death, five officers, all of them black, were charged with murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was over
the invesco qqq legacy classic is back on tnt. that was fun! if you re wondering why we re tired this morning oh, wait, are we on the air? yep! how are you guys doing? it was an awesome game. i feel energized by stuff like that. you were the last holdout. in alabama, there s a whole thing in the fourth quarter, everyone holes their fours up, because you don t leave the game in the fourth quarter. he does not live when he fans leave the game. i cannot leave early. it s like in my soul. and you were the first to go. i was like, we ve got to go. so much fun. thanks, boss, for going to the game. we had fun last night. thanks for joining us. good morning, everybody. that was a knicks/lakers game. we ll talk a little bit more about that. but now we have to get to the news, because there is a lot going on. today, tyre nichols life will be celebrated in memphis as the city prepares for his funeral. authorities also say that even more videos are set to be re
thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. ee you at the end of tomorrow thanks john for joining us this evening. tomorrow morning, the family of tyre nichols, the 29-year-old who was fatally beaten by police on january 7th, played nichols to rest at the mississippi boulevard christian church. vice president kamala harris plans to attend, along with current biden administration officials and former mayors keisha lance bottoms and mitch atlantic. reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. tomorrow night, we will speak with reverend sharpton about how the nichols family and people across the country are grieving in this moment, and what justice can this case looks like. for tonight, sharpton, nichols family, and their attorney benjamin crump are gathered at the historic in memphis to discuss how authorities continue to respond to nicole s death. we learned yesterday that in addition to the five former police officers who were arrested last week on
run. plus, more than 12 million people are facing ice storm warnings as the deep south gets hit with a deep freeze. hundreds of flights cancelled, roads covered with ice. it s made traveling dangerous and it s contributed to at least six deaths. but we begin in memphis where starting an hour from now, the funeral for tyre nichols will attempt to take the focus away from the horrific images of his brutal death, and instead honor his life and the man his mother called a quote, beautiful soul. mourners have begun to arrive right now at mississippi boulevard christian church, less than 20 miles from where the 29-year-old lived and died. his death, the latest rallying cry for a nation sickened by watching the same images play out on police body cameras again and again. the fact that george floyd s brother and breonna taylor s mother will attend today s funeral, underscoring the sad truth that past calls for change have gone unfulfilled. reverend al sharpton was asked earlier t