also tonight. in india, officialfigures of deaths from covid are said to be massively under reported, as the country fights against a new surge. growing evidence that the lockdowns have damaged the language skills of young children in england. an image of the queen back at work in herfirst official engagement since the funeral of the duke of edinburgh. he s away from courtois and he scores! what a start for chelsea! and chelsea took an early lead in their champions league semifinal against real madrid. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, middle sunday is no more from next year, as the all england club announce plans to play on through wimbledon. good evening. the pressure on the prime minister borisjohnson shows no sign of easing. he s facing renewed questions about the funding for renovation work at his downing street flat. mrjohnson s former adviser dominic cummings has claimed that the prime minister planned to get secret donations to pay for the work. but
to the people of northern ireland marking the country s centenary and praising the continued peace as a credit to its people, upon whose shoulders the future rests . hello, a very good afternoon to you. if you have justjoined hello, a very good afternoon to you. if you havejustjoined us, you re very welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has said that social distancing the advice to stay at least a metre away from others stands a good chance of being scrapped onjune 21st in england. that s the date when the remaining legal rules on social contact are due to end, and when it s hoped that the last closed sectors of the economy will open. borisjohnson also said today that while some foreign travel may resume after may 17 we have got to be sensible . i m joined now by our politicial correspondentjonathan blake. a lot of this had been trailed in newspapers over the weekend, we are in a local election period, good years, positive news from the government s point of view,
on the investigations in texas and in blackburn. also today. nadine dorries, the culture secretary, freezes the bbc s licence fee for two years. she claims it s to help household budgets and not a political attack on the corporation. we simply could not justify putting extra pressure on the wallets - of ha rd working households. following the volcanic eruption on the pacific islands of tonga, the anxious wait for news of the extent of the destruction. and, one of the great wartime mysteries who betrayed the family of anne frank to the nazis? a new investigation offers an answer. i m coming up on the bbc news channel, the australian open is under way in melbourne but the men s british number one, cameron norrie, is dumped out in the first round. good evening. two teenagers have been arrested today in manchester as part of inquiries into a hostage taking incident at a synagogue in texas on saturday. the attacker was a british man, named as malik faisal akram from blackburn, w