bairstow hits a sentry as england finds some salvation in sydney to end date three of the fourth ashes test, truly austria by 158 runs and following on from novak djokovic s struggles, another player falls out. i checked tennis player has had her visa cancelled after entering a country on a medical exist and we had the camera to look ahead to the first major football tournament of the year with the africa cup of nations kicking off sunday and that is all on sunday sports day and now it s time for the the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases is anna smith. we will come to you, not to see you again it will have you been watching? i have a film set in one night over a little restaurant called boiling point an starring stephen graham. then we go for a slice of liquorice pizza by paul thomas anderson and finally a film starring benedict cumberbatch called the electrical life of louis wain. tell us about b
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the actor, sir sidney poitier, whose ground breaking films in the 50s and 60s, shone a light on racism and social prejudice, has died. he was 94. he was the first black man to win an oscar, and his ground breaking work paved the way for generations of black artists. his film is reflected in america are struggling with issues of racism and prejudice at the height of the civil rights movement. his impact ultimately transcended the silver screen. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. # in the heat of the night.# sidney poitier s virgil tibbs, a man of authority. i m a police officer. ..intelligence and a steely determination never to back down. the kind of qualities that defined poitier on screen and off. he made his cinema debut playing a doctor, a man of status, something almost unheard of for black performers then. and with roles like an escaped convict in the defiant ones and a struggling husband in a raisin in the sun, he tac
Admissions. so there is still uncertainty about what s ahead, though the nhs is sure that the strain on the front line won t ease off any time soon. hugh pym, bbc news. the government s latest coronavirus figures for the uk show there were 178,250 new infections recorded, in the latest 24 hour period. on average, 180,076 cases were reported per day in the last week. 18,454 people were in hospital with covid as of yesterday. there were 229 deaths, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive test, which means the average number of deaths over the past seven days was 160. the total number of people who ve died with covid now stands at 149,744. on vaccinations, 90.2% of people aged 12 and over have now received a first dose. and 82.8% have been double jabbed.
Of black artists. he received a knighthood in 197a. we ll be reflecting on his impact on hollywood, and civil rights. also on the programme the effects of covid on nhs workers. staff absence was up by a1% in england, after christmas. i think we have to be honest and when we look at the nhs, it will be a rocky few weeks ahead. the hotel where novak djokovic remains in detention in australia. he thanks his fans for their support. the aftermath of days of unrest in kazakhstan. security forces are ordered to shoot to kill protestors. and, the letter that reached its destination, without a surname, or address. and coming up on the bbc news channel jonny bairstow hits a century as england find some salvation in sydney, to end day three of the fourth ashes test trailing australia by 158 runs.
They were up by 41% in the week after christmas compared to the previous week. that s more than 35,000 staff off with covid related sickness each day on average. it means around 4% of staff at acute nhs trusts in england were off due to covid each day during the week ending 2nd january. the health secretary, sajid javid warned that the nhs is facing a rocky few weeks ahead . our health editor hugh pym reports. reinforcements for the nhs front line. military personnel arriving at aberdeen royal infirmary. the armed forces are also supporting hospitals in other parts of the uk including london and the north of england. one reason is staff sickness caused by the rapid spread of the new variant. here at kingston hospital they re having to juggle the staff they have on each shift. in the last few weeks we ve had staff leaving places like theatres and going to help in the emergency departments. luckily, this is something that s quite well rehearsed in this trust.