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another day, another record. more than 93,000 new cases of coronavirus recorded in the uk in the past 2a hours. a fire in south london in which four young boys died. a 27 year old woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect. cancelled by covid manchester united is just one of several premier league teams that won t be playing this weekend. and the tv presenter aj 0dudu is forced to pull out of tomorrow s strictly final after tearing a ligament in her ankle. and in sportsday at 6:30 on the bbc news channel. england endure another difficult day in the ashes, with victory in the second test looking increasingly unlikely. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. borisjohnson says he takes personal responsibility for the conservatives crushing defeat in the north shropshire by election. the liberal democrats overturned a huge conservative majority of almost 23,000 and won by nearly 6,000 votes. the shock result follows a torrid week for the prime ministe ....
on the same day as a record number of reported positive covid cases. four brothers two sets of twins die in a house fire in south london no one else was present when firefighters arrived. covid hits the football season a string of matches are called off because of illness among players and staff. and as a] odudu pulls out of this weekend s strictly, we look at the most diverse final in the show s history. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. england have a huge task to avoid going 2 0 down in the ashes series. they will resume on day three on 17 2, a56 runs behind. good evening. borisjohnson is facing questions from within his own party about his leadership style after the conservatives crushing defeat in the north shropshire by election. the liberal democrats overturned a huge tory majority of almost 23,000 and won by nearly 6,000 votes. mrjohnson said he took personal responsibility for the result, but also blamed a constant litany of stuf ....
week was 0.4% cases. as the cases climb and the holidays collide with covid exha exhaustion. we are in a war now between the delta variant and omicron variant as to who will become king of the hill. how quickly is the virus doubling in terms of its proportion? with delta, it was doubling every couple weeks, this seems to be doubling every few days. it s pretty clearly more transmissible. there is a lot of moving parts to this very, very fast-moving epidemic here in the united states, and i think we have to take it very seriously. we re going to try to curtail the spread of omicron very seriously, and at the same time, we re trying to educate people that we re going to have to live with covid. there maybe other variants down the road and we ll have to adjust what we re doing along the way. we begin with our brand new cnn poll. the numbers are bleak, beyond bleak for the president and for his party as we now count the days to the midterm election year and the mi ....
to hold mark meadows in contempt for refusing to cooperate. a new weapon in the fight against covid, the possible game-changing antiviral pill. could it prevent severe disease and protect against the omicron variant? cuomo ordered to return millions: the news about the disgraced new york governor and the $5.1 million he made off his pandemic memoir. holiday shipping deadline: still haven t gotten that gift out? well, all you need to know to make sure your presents arrive on time for christmas. and american kindness: neighbors turning the mayfield fairgrounds into a place to find help for those who lost everything. who lost ever this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with the most heartwrenching witness accounts we have heard since that once-in-a-century outbreak of tornadoes across america s heartland. in kentucky t ....
to hold mark meadows in contempt for refusing to cooperate. a new weapon in the fight against covid, the possible game-changing antiviral pill. could it prevent severe disease and protect against the omicron? cuomo ordered to return millions: the news about the disgraced new york governor and the $5.1 million he made off his pandemic memoir. holiday shipping deadline: still haven t gotten that gift out? well, all you need to know to make sure your presents arrive on time for christmas. and american kindness: neighbors turning the mayfield fairgrounds into a place to find help for those who lost everything. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with the most heartwrenching witness accounts we have heard since that once-in-a-century outbreak of tornadoes across america s heartland. in kentucky tonight, the state is in a rescue-and-recovery mo ....