a former metropolitan police counter terrorism detective who secretly filmed models during fake photoshoots has been jailed for three years for voyeurism. a one billion pound shortfall in state pension payments to tens of thousands of women has been branded a shameful shambles by a committee of mps. # likea # like a bat out of hell, i ll be gone when the morning comes. and the singer meat loaf, who recorded one of the biggest selling albums of all time, has died at the age of 7a. and coming up in the film review mark kermode gives his unique insight into this week s films, including one from belfast. and the rest of the weeks big releases in the film review at 5.45pm. welcome to bbc news, i m jane welcome to bbc news, i mjane hill. talks have been held in geneva between foreign ministers from russia and the us about fears that russia could invade ukraine. the us secretary of state anthony blinken said there had been a frank and substa ntive exchange. he also warned of a
a coronavirus vaccination. in a tearful online apology, adele has postponed her entire las vegas residencyjust 2a hours before opening night, blaming covid cases and delivery delays. # like a bat out of hell, i ll be gone when the morning comes.# the rock star meat loaf has died at the age of 7a. with hits including bat out of hell and i would do anything for love, he sold more than 100 million albums across a six decade career. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. in the last hour, talks between foreign ministers from russia and the us over fears that russia could invade ukraine have concluded. us secretary of state anthony blinken said there had been a frank and substa ntive exchange. he also warned of a swift and severe response, and massive consequences if moscow was to invade. but the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said there are no plans to attack ukraine, adding he hoped emotions will calm down. meanwhile, the first members of a 30 strong british military t
and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. from the year before. and separated from their mothers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has ordered an extra 114 million covid vaccine doses for booster programmes over the next two years. ministers say the deals for both pfizer and moderna jabs will future proof the uk s vaccination programme. the deals include access to modified vaccines if they are needed to combat omicron and other variants that may arise. our health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports and a warning that there is flash photography at the start of her report. a year ago today the uk became the first in the world to approve the pfizer covid vaccine. days later margaret keenan was the first person outside clinical trials to get it. since then, 150 millionjabs have been administered in the biggest vaccination effort in uk history. now more than 100 million extra doses of p