seven! seven! tributes pour in for the former head judge of strictly and king of the catchphrase, len goodman, who s died aged 78. he had no understanding ofjust how big he was, how much people loved him. in my own house we still never use the word seven, we say seven differently. he changed a whole number for so many of us. how a third of government money for extra school tutoring after the covid lockdown still hasn t been spent. and with just under two weeks until the coronation, a bbc poll suggests less than a third of18 21i year olds want the monarchy to continue. and coming up on bbc news: the draw for the sixth round of rugby league s challenge cup will take place shortly on the bbc. 16 teams go into the hat to see who will play whom in the ties in may. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the head of the un has called on the security council to do all it can to pull sudan back from what he called a catastrophic conflagration which could engulf the whole re
More than three months after the terrorist attack which killed 22 people. Englands cricketers look set to wrap up the series against the west ind yaz. Theyre chasing 107 for victory in the third test. and the Diplomatic Options considered to ease the north korea crisis, in date line london at 4. 30pm good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Hurricane irma is continuing to sweep its way across the caribbean, en route to the us coast, leaving a path of devastation. Cuba is the latest island to be hit. The category four storm it was category five, the highest, but has eased slightly made landfall off the North Eastern coast overnight bringing strong winds and heavy rain. Communities have lost power and communication is becoming increasingly difficult in more remote areas. The bahamas have largely been spared after the storm changed course. This is irmas trajectory. Have been told to evacuate. Theres another hurricane approaching the care lean, jose has strengthened to a category four, driv
This is bbc news. The headlines. The government promises the nhs whatever it needs to tackle the coronavirus as the uk sees the biggest one day jump and coronavirus as the uk sees the biggest one dayjump and confirmed cases. 273 people have tested positive here. 16 Million People in northern italy are placed in quarantine because of the virus. The number of people to have died in italy has shot up to 366, the highest figures outside china. A, there we go. In other news, the Prime Minister meets victims of flooding, announces hes doubling flooding, announces hes doubling flood defences funding, come into fa ns flood defences funding, come into fans not turning up when viewed lee
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“p the foreign office say they have set up a crisis centre that is operating 24/7. the prime minister hasjust chaired yet another meeting of the cobra committee, the contingency committee. there have been seven of those so far since this crisis began. i havejust been those so far since this crisis began. i have just been talking to a former senior british diplomat for the bbc s newscast podcast coming out shortly and he was emphasising in a situation like this the foreign office faces a balance of risks that 0ffice faces a balance of risks that inevitably there is criticism that not enough is being done. at the same time there will be a concern within the foreign office that if you do the wrong thing and do it too quickly, that could be very grim. so a real trade off therefore diplomats and the ministry of defence to try and the ministry of defence to try and weigh up. it is clearly occupying a lot of time among senior figures at the top of government, and clearly politically the pre