on the rise but the prime minister says there is nothing in the data to suggest england can t go ahead with the final lifting of lockdown. also tonight. police! more than 1,000 arrests, after a week long operation to crack down on gangs who use children to transport and sell drugs across britain. dark matter the most mysterious substance in the universe now scientists have mapped it out. 0ut out of the egg came a tiny, and very hungry caterpillar. and eric carle has died, the man who wrote and illustrated the very hungry caterpillar, adored by millions of children over the decades. and coming up on the bbc news channel, how to stop the online hate. marcus rashford says he received more racist abuse after last night s europa league final defeat. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six pm. the health secretary matt hancock has denied lying to his colleagues and to the public about dealing with covid in care homes saying he s been straight with people throughout the p
police, police! more than 1,000 arrests after a week long operation to crack down on gangs who use children to transport and sell drugs across britain. and pop out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar. and eric carle has died the man who wrote and illustrated the very hungry caterpillar, adored by millions of children over the decades. hello, a very good evening to you and welcome if you justjoined us. i m shaun ley. the health secretary matt hancock has denied lying to his colleagues and to the public about dealing with covid in care homes, saying he s been straight with people throughout the pandemic. yesterday, the prime minister s former special adviser dominic cummings said mr hancock should have been sacked for lying on multiple occasions, but he has hit back, saying the allegations are unsubstantiated and untrue. tonight, he came under more pressure over accusations that he falsely claimed hospital patients were being tested for covid before they
he says borisjohnson was fundamentally unfit for the job but the prime minister defends his record. we ve at every stage tried to minimise of loss of life, to save lives, to protect the nhs and we have followed the best scientific advice that we can. we ll be looking at what lessons have been learned. also tonight. the aftermath of the hillsborough disaster the families anger after three men are acquitted of altering police statements. police arrest five as they investigate the shooting of the black lives matter activist sasha johnson. our special reports on forced adoptions we hear from those who ve lived their whole lives in shadow of shame. covid wasn t going to stop them the manchester united fans in gdansk, hoping for a first major trophy in years. coming up on the bbc news channel. the final comes 22 years after ole gunnar solskjaer s goal helped united lift the champions league as a player. will this be his first european trophy as a manager? good evening an
..and targeting the suppliers bringing misery across the country. this is not a glamorous lifestyle. this is horrendous and violent. and if you get into it, it s very hard to get out of it. distant sirens. good morning, everyone. chatter. it s 4am. 150 officers from kent and two other police forces are taking part in an operation codenamed zeal. part of a huge operation, this one. hopefully, we ll protect some vulnerable people, bring in some drug dealers. so we re going to an address in dartford today as part of a big operation. over a0 warrants being executed over the next day or so, targeting county line drug dealers in kent. a county line is a drug dealing network, often with a city based dealer distributing illegal drugs to smaller towns. fighting it needs a joined up approach. most of the county lines we re dealing with come out of london, so we re leading a three force operation here today. it s us, the met and british transport police. county lines gangs sell their dr
..and targeting the suppliers bringing misery across the country. this is not a glamorous lifestyle. this is horrendous and violent. and if you get into it, it s very hard to get out of it. distant sirens good morning, everyone. chatter it s 4am. 150 officers from kent and two other police forces are taking part in an operation codenamed zeal. part of a huge operation, this one. hopefully, we ll protect some vulnerable people, bring in some drug dealers. so we re going to an address in dartford today as part of a big operation. over a0 warrants being executed over the next day or so, targeting county line drug dealers in kent. a county line is a drug dealing network, often with a city based dealer distributing illegal drugs to smaller towns. fighting it needs a joined up approach. most of the county lines we re dealing with come out of london, so we re leading a three force operation here today. it s us, the met and british transport police. county lines gangs sell their drug