burying more dead in india, as the rampant covid outbreak prompts further offers of help from the international community. after a police community support officer is murdered, detectives search woodland in kent. and the noxious neighbourhgood dump kicking up a stink for thousands in stafford hsire. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we are down to one table at the crucible. the semifinals of the world snooker championship are just getting under way. we will be live in sheffield. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has insisted he will comply with the investigation by the electoral commission into how the renovation of his downing street flat was paid for. speaking on a visit to a school in central london, the prime minister said the public had other priorities, and there was nothing to see here. but he declined to say whether he would publish the findings of a second investigation by the new adviser on ministerial standards. labour s sir kei
and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m austin halewood. coming up this evening: tonight needs to be the night for arsenal. can the gunners turn their season around in the europa league? and i am here at old trafford as manchester united hope to win their semifinaljinx against roma. concerns grow for the amount of inactive young people as a result of lockdowns over the last year. and darkness doesn t stop play in birmingham. a new league helps cricketers keep playing while observing ramadan. this is great for a lot of us, and wejust want to this is great for a lot of us, and we just want to spread the wealth that everyone can experience at this. we are just really proud of what is going on, it is good to be part of this. spread the word. welcome to the programme. we ve had two brilliant games in the champions league, but tonight it s the turn of the europa league to take centre stage. manchester united host roma in
the staffordshire residents having to put up with a stink. they want action from the landfill operators. and coming up on the bbc news channel, tonight needs to be the night for arsenal can the gunners turn their season around in the europa league? we ll also be live at old trafford. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. first came the grenfell tragedy, then the realisation that thousands of other buildings around the country had similar flammable cladding. a new fire safety law comes into force today, but campaigners argue it does nothing to help leaseholders whose homes have dangerous cladding and are having to bear the huge cost of removing it from properties they bought in good faith. the government has set up a £5 billion fund to help pay towards the costs but only for the tallest buildings others are now being offered loans. tonight home secretary priti patel says the new law will make properties safer in the future. sarah corker reports. who should pay
after a cool start, another very warm one, the low 20s celsius, cold air making inroads across the northern half of scotland. unfortunately the cold air wins out towards the end of the week. it will be colder for all areas with overnight frost returning and it will stay cold as well as we head on into the easter week. but with high pressure largely dominating for the end of the week, although it will turn colder, particularly by friday it will stay largely dry with some spells of sunshine. spells of sunshine. that is something. that s all from the bbc news at six hello and welcome to sportsday. it s all go at grassroots level, but as sport returns in england, what damage has been done over the past 12 months. will this become a regular sight in world cup qualifiers, fifa say they won t clamp down on the protests against alleged human rights abuses in qatar. and after breaking covid protocols, three wales players are thrown out of the squad. also coming up in the programm
already getting a sense of what the two sides will argue in this, one of the most high profile, potentially consequential cases, in recent american history. and the giant ship wedged across the suez canal for nearly a week has at last been freed. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: hal robson kanu and two other wales players are thrown out of the squad for breaking covid protocols. good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. within the last hour, the prime minister has urged caution, as restrictions start to be rolled back in england. borisjohnson has warned that as a third wave of covid infections builds in europe, it is inevitable that we will see more cases and deaths here in the uk. but the easing of lockdown in england starts today, with groups of six people or two households of whatever size able to meet in parks or private gardens. outdoor sports facilities like tennis courts can open, along with outdoor team sports, but peo