The prime minister s former chief adviser, dominic cummings, hits back he denies being involved in leaked text messages between borisjohnson and the businessman sirjames dyson. The wales manager and former manchester united player ryan giggs is charged with assaulting two women. The long strain of the pandemic on care workers, who ve spent the past year trying to save patients and protect their own families. And coming up on the bbc news channel: england face france in the final of the women s six nations who ll take the title? and what s next for the future of the tournament? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. It s the most widespread miscarriage ofjustice ever seen in the uk 39 former postmasters and mistresses wrongly convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting have been cleared by the court of appeal. They were prosecuted after a faulty computer system installed by the post office showed large amounts of money disappearing from their branches. Some went to pr
And the harry potter films, has died of cancer at the age of 52. In the us, graphic police footage shows an officer shooting dead a 13 year boy, who appeared unarmed when he was killed. Covid infections across all parts of the uk fall to their lowest levels since the autumn. Just keep your head down a little bit. And we have a special report from ukraine, where tensions build as russian troops gather along the country s eastern border. Coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel delight for dan evans. The british number one comes from a set down to seal his place in the semifinals of the monte carlo masters. Good evening. Final preparations are being made tonight, for the funeral of the duke of edinburgh tomorrow at windsor castle. The archbishop of canterbury, who will play a key part in the service, has spoken of what he called an anguished moment for the queen. Justin welby told the bbc that the queen, as a grieving widow, now found herself in the same position as millions of
Hello. I m shaun ley. Welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk s leading commentators, uk specialists and the foreign correspondents filing and blogging to audiences back home from the dateline: london. This week: embarassment for boris johnson over who originally paid for his wallpaper, but does it really deserve the days of headline coverage devoted to it? and the world rallies to india s aid, but is it too late to halt the virus deadly course? joining us to discuss those questions. Ashis ray, indian foreign correspondent who s reported from london since the 1970s. Steve richards, uk political commentator who s even turned hisjournalism into a successful stage performance. And with me here in the studio, lyse doucet a canadian whose passports must be thick with immigration stamps by now, having reported from so many parts of the world. No wonder she s our chief international correspondent. Lovely to see you again, lyse. And good to have you with us, steve and
now, on bbc news, it is dateline london. hello. i m shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk s leading commentators, uk specialists and the foreign correspondents filing and blogging to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week: embarrassmentfor borisjohnson ove rwho originally paid for his wallpaper, but does it really deserve the days of headline coverage devoted to it? and the world rallies to india s aid, but is it too late to halt the virus deadly course? joining us to discuss those questions: ashis ray, indian foreign correspondent who s reported from london since the 1970s. steve richards, uk political commentator who s even turned hisjournalism into a successful stage performance. and here in the studio with me, lyse doucet a canadian whose passports must be thick with immigration stamps by now, having reported from so many parts of the world. no wonder she s our chief international correspondent. lovely to see you aga
details emerge about the scale of british government lobbying involving former prime minister david cameron. another record number of new coronavirus cases in india, the latest daily figure crossing the 150,000 mark. thousands of people on st vincent take shelter as volcanic ash rains down. the easing of lockdown in england, nonessential shops will reopen tomorrow for the first time in more than three months. hello and welcome to bbc news. a service of remembrance is being held at canterbury cathedral today in memory of the duke of edinburgh. it will be led by the archbishop, justin welby, he is also expected to officiate at the funeral next saturday. 0nly officiate at the funeral next saturday. only 30 people, thought to be the children of the duke and other close family, will be able to attend that service. the duke of sussexis attend that service. the duke of sussex is expected to fly in to cash in from america, but his wife, the duchess of sussex, has been advised by doct