for the murder and attempted rape of zara aleena in east london her family say she was fearless and independent. and a bit of tennis history for britain s heather watson at wimbledon, as she makes it through to the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. it means everything, playing here at home, in front all of you guys. the atmosphere is, is everything and coming up on the bbc news channel. it was cancelled because of covid last september, but finally the test series decider between england and india got under way at edgbaston, with the hosts bowling first. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. he quit his post yesterday, saying in a resignation letter he drop, far too much. two seniorfemale conservative mps, caroline noakes and karen bradleyjoined labour in calling for hiss is spend snrun the party and said there should be a new code of conduct for mps, with the latest from westminster. here is our correspondent nick eardley. this is chris pincher. un
Review edition. What a year it has been. Trump was that victory, the rise of Populist Movements, the migrant crisis, wars across the middle east and the possibly of a new cold war in europe. Our top team area new cold war in europe. Our top team are a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, an iraqi journalist and thomas. In britain across europe and in the United States it has been eightjewish year. The brexit vote, Donald Trumps factory, political turmoil in france, and elsewhere. All have shown countries divided within themselves. Scotland, post Industrial Areas of northern even though the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incompetence of of. Trump and clinton voters often seem to belong not just trump and clinton voters often seem to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the United States. How significant has 2016 bean in terms of these Major Political events . The deep divisions betwee
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And a recreation centre. there are now more than 1200 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the uk, the uk health security agency says. that figure is the highest in the world and today the world health organization says cases have tripled across europe and called for urgent action. steve wright in the afternoon is coming to an end. the dj told his listeners he would be leaving his show in the autumn. david sillito reports. leaving wogan house today it was a moment for steve wright. what had begunin moment for steve wright. what had begun in 1981 on radio1 moment for steve wright. what had begun in 1981 on radio 1 and had been part of radio two was being dropped. steve wright in the afternoon is finally coming to an end. ., , afternoon is finally coming to an end. . , . afternoon is finally coming to an end. . , ., , end. that s the way it goes, sometimes end. that s the way it goes, sometimes people - end. that s the way it goes, sometimes people want -
Mixed bag for the parties. in england, the conservatives have lost control three flagship london councils. the liberal democrats and the greens have also made gains across england, and counting has begunin across england, and counting has begun in those council elections. all of the councils are out in scotland and wales, and in northern ireland. voters there are electing members to the stormont assembly. that could be a very big result, when we have everything in. let s look at the state of play for the parties in england. just to remind you, 76 of 146 councils declared. the number of councillors for labour, up 33, tojust over 1200. for the conservatives, a loss of 120. the lib dems have gained 58 councillors. independents have not gained anything. they are on 40. the greens have added 23. bringing the total to 39. the picture as we heard