bumper profits for the owner of british gas centrica more than a billion pounds this year as household bills keep rising. right on time! and from the railway children to the wombles and doctor who bernard cribbins has died at the age of 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we ll be in birmingham ahead of the commonwealth games and we ll look at what threat germany pose to england in the final of the women s euros. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. you the commonwealth games 2022 opens here at the alexander stadium in birmingham injust two hours time. this huge space seats 30,000 people, and although we don t entirely know the themes of the opening ceremony you do get hints of how they want to celebrate birmingham, with a mock canal and brickwork heralding its industrial past, and graffiti and skateboard ramps celebrating its gritty present. and we ve also been told to watch out for exactly how the royal guests arrive. 0rganisers say it s the bigges
West brom sack manager tony pulis with the club just one point above the premier League Relegation zone and without a win since august. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The deadline set by zimbabwes ruling party for president Robert Mugabe to resign passed this morning with no response from the head of state. His party, zanu pf, has now begun discussing the impeachment of the embattled leader, calling him a source of instability, and blaming him for the countrys economic problems. In a speech to the nation last night, mr mugabe defied expectations and made it clear he had no intention of stepping down, despite intervention from the military last week. Ben brown is in the capital, harare. When Robert Mugabe went on Television Last night with that address, there was a real expectation across the country that he was going to resign and when he didnt there was shock and disbelief, and real anger as well. Today zanu pf, his party which has already sacked him as leader, is
Calls increase in the us to take down confederate statues because of their connnections to slavery. Residents of poole vow to protect a statue of the scouts Founder Robert baden powell, whos accused of racism. Police fear it could be a target for demonstrators. Jk rowling reveals she has experienced Domestic Abuse and sexual assault, in an essay explaining her views about gender. And, one zooms the queen uses the Video Conferencing app to thank carers for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. Interesting listening to all your tales and stories, and im very impressed by what you have achieved already. Im very glad to have been able to join you today. Hello, good afternoon. In the next half hour, well bring you the daily downing street briefing, to be led today by the Health Secretary, matt hancock, who will give an update on the first weeks figures from the new nhs test and Trace Programme in england. The numbers show of the more than 8,000 people who tested positive for covid 19
Some conservative mps say its causing too much damage to the economy. Calls increase in the us to take down confederate statues because of their connnections to slavery. Jk rowling reveals she has experienced Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault, in an essay explaining her views about gender. And even her majesty now uses zoom the queen thanks carers for their work during the coronavirus pandemic to mark carers week. Its been interesting listen to all your tales and stories, and im very impressed by what you have achieved already. Im very glad to have been able to join you today. And in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, as premier league clubs meet to rubber stamp the return to action next week, losses of £1 billion are revealed across the division. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The dramatic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on cancer care has been revealed, with new figures showing a huge fall in the number of people in england being assessed by a specialist