Scientists from around the world agree the last decade was the warmest on record. Scottish fisherman demand compensation after eu importers refuse to accept deliveries due to long border delays. The next best thing to a session in the gym england on top form despite five months without top class cricket sri lanka give away their home advantage. And coming up on bbc news. Andy murrays appearance at the Australian Open is in doubt hes tested positive for coronavirus and is isolating. He has to wait for Australian Authorities to say hes safe to travel. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Nearly 4. 5 Million People in england were waiting to start hospital treatment last november thats a record and yet another shocking indicator of the cost of the pandemic on the nhs and its patients. Behind the numbers are stories of operations postponed and cancer treatments delayed. The Royal College of surgeons described the situation as calamitous. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym on how
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. The queen says she would have preferred harry and meghan to remain full time royals. Boris johnson visits stormont, to meet members of the newly restored Northern Ireland assembly, after three years of political deadlock there. Whats so great about today is, as i say, that Northern Ireland politicians have put aside their differences, stepped up to the plate, and shown leadership. Five candidates are through to the next round of the labour leadership contest, four women and one man. Storm brendan sweeps into the uk, battering Northern Ireland and scotla nd battering Northern Ireland and scotland with wind of 90 mph. In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc. We will speak to a ship captain who has steered his ferry through some of the most of the storm. At 8pm we will be live in sandringham for the queens statement on prince harry and meghan. And later, we will be taking a look at tomo
Mean for the uks towns. He isa he is a world cup winner and simply one of the best players in the world but for Kylian Mbappe, theres only one premier league team to watch at the moment, good morning. Quite a bit of around today but there will be sunshine as well when we lose the frost and fog from the south, that cloud will be thick enough for drizzle and spots of rain, particularly in the north and west. Ill have more later in the programme. Its tuesday the 21st of january. Our top story prince harry has touched down in canada in the last few hours to rejoin his wife and son. The duke of sussex flew from the uk last night after announcing he had no choice but to step back from royal life. Lets speak to our north american correspondent, sophie long, whos on Vancouver Island. Thank you very much, sophie, go to talk to you this morning. I suppose this is the start of the new life . Yes, dan, i think this is the thursday of the rest of their lives. We understand prince harry has landed a
Stop for the sprinters, theyre not too far away. We have to remember in the 2016 world championships, the mens team finishing sixth and we turned that into a first in the olympics so there is still time for stuff to change. When it comes to the endurance guys that they tend to work on a far shorter training circle dilly cycle than we do but i had to be a lot of head scratching to work out how they are doing so well and how we can implement that. Now, all this week there are fa cup matches for you to enjoy on the bbc. Tonight, its arsenal against portsmouth. The last time the two sides met in the competition was in the 2004 quarterfinals, where Thierry Henry inspired arsenal to a 5 1win. But four years later, portsmouth got to the final and a kanu goal meant pompey had their hands on the trophy for only the second time in their history. This meant european football to fratton park for the first time and they nearly pulled of a famous victory against ac milan in the uefa cup. Portsmouth
Where you can also follow the build up to the lunchtime kick off in the premier league, bournemouth taking on watford, both sides in the relegation zone. Thats all the sport for now. Time for the Weather Forecast with sarah. After a fair bit of fine and dry weather on sunday, Stormy Weather on the cards. Strong, disruptive winds on monday and into tuesday and some heavy rain around at times as well. As we head through the rest of sunday, largely clear skies with a few showers in scotland. Into this evening and overnight, some rain showers working across england and wales but generally clear skies. A cold night with temperatures close to freezing in the north. Frost free towards the south first thing on monday. Starting off on a dry note but there is a storm approaching from the west with lots of isobars indicating its going to be a very windy day, wherever you are. They will pick up. Sunshine for central and eastern parts but heavy rain working in from the west and gales developing. Fu