Against ukraine on saturday. Nearly 2000 covid cases in scotland have been linked to people watching euro 2020 football matches. Dozens reported dead in canada as the heatwave continues. Police in vancouver report 130 sudden deaths. Most are heat related. And coming up at 8:30pm, a look at the night sky. We ll be speaking to one of the shortlisted candidates from the royal 0bservatory s astronomy photographer of the year competition. A us court has quashed bill cosby s conviction for sexual offences. The 83 year old actor and comedian has served more than two years of a 3 10 year sentence at a state prison near philadelphia. He had been founding guilty of drugging and molesting x basketball player andrea constand and has served over two years in prison. Ken belkin is a criminal defence attorney in new york. This is his reaction. Whatever happened between mr cosby and ms constand, i can t say, but i didn t think it was fair for him to be retried and for them to admit five witnesses who
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minds, that s for sure. yes, i ve headed a lot of footballs as well, so there is a worry. but i feel fine, my brother feels fine and we are ploughing an awful lot of money into it and hopefully, we can come up with some solutions. throughout february, bbc sport is celebrating the achievements of lgbt+ athletes and the impact they have made beyond the realms of sport as part of lgbt+ history month. jason collins made basketball history eight years ago, when he came out as the first openly gay player in the nba. precedent barack precedent ba rack obama precedent barack obama said to me my actions will have a positive impact on someone that i might not ever meet in my lifetime president. and i don t, that is really cool. i never really thought about that. and i thought. i didn t want to be the first. this is something that i have guarded since i was 13, 1a years old. i constantly had to wear a mask. thinking, ok, i can t say this because i don t want someone to pick up o
studies reveals two thirds of people recently infected with omicron say they have had the virus before. pcr tests of about 100,000 volunteers in the react study also showed that1 in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. the uk and us threaten sanctions against russia, if president putin decides to invade ukraine. and in northern ireland, proof of covid 19 status to enter bars, restaurants and cinemas will be scrapped later today as restrictions begin to ease. and also coming up this hour.. the siblings who have been separated while in the care system calls for a new law to keep them together. i m ben brown live in downing street. the official inquiry into gatherings at downing street and in whitehall during lockdown is believed to be complete and could be submitted to number 10 within hours. it s understood the senior civil servant, sue gray, has evidence including photographs and whatsapp messages, and wants the report to be published in full. borisjoh