Home secretary is that with the coast guard is the government comes under pressure to reduce the number of migrants crossing the channel. British olympic medallist nile wilson, the highest profile male gymnast to speak out about abuse in his sport. The gymnast is still in my opinion its treated like pieces of meat. And new Research Suggests so much ice has melted in antarctica since the mid nineties, it could fill the grand canyon. And coming up in sport on bbc news. Holding his nerve if not quite the trophy american Colin Morikawa wins the us pga championship at the age of 23. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A row is growing over the way school exam results have been calculated in scotland after they were cancelled because of the pandemic. Scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon has apologised, saying the government didnt get the exams results right and will announce tomorrow what it intends to do about them. Pupils in scotland received their results last week a quar
The education secretary Gavin Williams apologises for disruption to exams as the government makes last minute changes to the way stu d e nts last minute changes to the way students are graded. A big fall in the uks coronavirus death toll after england changes the way it calculates the daily figures theyve fallen by more than 5,000. And weather extremes from six days of scorching temperatures for some to lightning strikes and flooding for others. And coming up on bbc news. Super league is forced to postpone two matches due to an outbreak of coronavirus at hull fc following their opening game of the season. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. Three people have died after a passenger train derailed near stonehaven in aberdeenshire this morning. Six others have been taken to hospital. The train was on its way from aberdeen to glasgow when it left the line. 0ne carriage slid down an embankment. Its thought the train may have hit a landslip following bad weather overnight. 0ur
Are eased, despite strong opposition from councils in two areas. But hundreds of thousands of people in glasgow and surrounding areas are now living under new coronavirus restrictions. W and if youre in glasgow if youre in Greater Manchester, how are you reactnig to the latest change in rules . Let me know. You can message you can message me on you can message me on twitter or instagram or e mail me. Borisjohnson is branded heartless by families of coronavirus victims after they say he declined to meet them, despite promising to do so. The government urges businesses to sign up to kickstart, a £2 billionjob scheme for under 24s who are at risk of becoming long term unemployed. And coming up this hour, olympic gold medal boxer, nicola adams, makes strictly come dancing history by becoming the first contestant to compete as part of a same sex pairing. Good morning. After months of home schooling and being away from the classroom, thousands of pupils in england and wales have returned to
At the programme. And its victory for Lewis Hamilton in the tuscan grand prix after a race that was stopped twice after a spate of crashes. More on that at 6 30pm in sportsday. The justice secretary, Robert Buckland, has defended government plans to potentially override elements of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement signed with the european union. The proposal, which would break International Law, would give number 10 the power to change or ignore rules relating to the movement of goods between britain and Northern Ireland. Mr buckland said it was an emergency brexit insurance policy if brussels acted in an unreasonable way by insisting on excessive checks on goods. Heres our chief political correspondent, vicki young. A lots changed since brexit day. Crowds can no longer gather, but once again the arguments are raging about our relationship with the eu. Four years ago, these two former prime ministers campaigned against brexit. Today, they criticised the government for making plans to ov
The government promises to set out which groups will be given priority over testing. And a state of emergency has been declared in the states of florida, alabama and mississippi, after Tropical Storm sally causes devastating floods. Donald trump claims an effective Coronavirus Vaccine could be good to go within weeks, contradicting one of his own Top Health Officials. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Nearly two Million People in the north east of england are facing new local lockdown restrictions from midnight tonight, to try to halt a rise in coronavirus cases. Full details of the measures are still to be announced. They are likely to include earlier closing times for pubs, there may be tougher limits on households mixing, and this is expected to include sunderland, County Durham, newcastle, northumberland, north and south tyneside, and gateshead. Similar restrictions a