good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the actor, sir sidney poitier, whose ground breaking films in the 50s and 60s, shone a light on racism and social prejudice, has died. he was 94. he was the first black man to win an oscar, and his ground breaking work paved the way for generations of black artists. his film is reflected in america are struggling with issues of racism and prejudice at the height of the civil rights movement. his impact ultimately transcended the silver screen. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. # in the heat of the night.# sidney poitier s virgil tibbs, a man of authority. i m a police officer. ..intelligence and a steely determination never to back down. the kind of qualities that defined poitier on screen and off. he made his cinema debut playing a doctor, a man of status, something almost unheard of for black performers then. and with roles like an escaped convict in the defiant ones and a struggling husband in a raisin in the sun, he tac
labour says the prime minister still has serious questions to answer over the refurbishment of his downing street flat. england battle back on the third day of the fourth ashes test asjonny bairstow hits an unbeaten century in sydney. a letter has made its way to a care worker in northern ireland without having his actual address on it itjust contained his life story instead. we ll hear more from the letter s recipient. hello and welcome to bbc news. new figures reveal a sharp leap in covid related absences in the nhs in england. according to the latest data, on average over 35,000 staff at acute nhs trusts in england were off due to covid during the week ending two january. this is an increase of al% on the previous week, but some regional authorities showed much higher absences than the national average. north west england reported an 85% week on week increase in absences in the last few minutes it has been announced the army will help the ambulance service in the north
tolls as big bands chimes ring out around the signalling a year that s new, raise a glass, turn up the volume and welcome 2022. $5 turn up the volume and welcome 2022. , , ., , 2022. as we share this midnight moment and 2022. as we share this midnight moment and imagine 2022. as we share this midnight moment and imagine all - 2022. as we share this midnight moment and imagine all that . moment and imagine all that still to come let s relish the magnificent things we achieved in 2021. we rallied around our nhs heroes as they rolled out the vaccination and we stood beside our three lions, heads raised and proud, united together as a nation. we won 121i together as a nation. we won 124 paralympic metals, one of the greatest halls we ve ever seen and our star, and morata raducanu one the us open, she s only 18. we saw the return of live events and re claim companionship and camaraderie tom daly brought home gold and still found time amid a party cup 26 convened in glasgow a
it is hundreds and hundreds of people that have come through and that number is now about 600 homes destroyed in this area. relieved and grateful the victims of ghislaine maxwell have been speaking after she was convicted of grooming girls to be abused byjeffery epstein her family say they can t accept the verdict. joe biden has again told president vladimir putin that the us and its allies will respond decisively if russia does not de escalate tensions on his country s border with ukraine. and are you getting ready for your new year s resolutions? we ask are they really a good thing? before we move to today s news, let s go back to that light show in the new zealand capital auckland as new zealanders welcome in the new year. it isa it is a light show and that is because there are no fireworks this time. the traditional. hang on, there are fireworks. i was misinformed. the information was that would be no firework because i didn t want crowd to gather and there would