Hundreds of suspected criminals are arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an fbi run encrypted messaging app that lured them into police hands. We were able to actually see photographs of hundreds of tonnes of cocaine that were concealed in shipments of fruit. And after ollie robinson, a second england cricket player is now under investigation for posting offensive material in the past. And coming up on the bbc news channel, wales have already been out training after arriving at their base in baku last night. Their first game of the euros is on saturday against switzerland. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the last hour, the health secretary matt hancock has announced extra testing with military support for parts of greater manchester and lancashire to help with rising cases of the delta variant, which first emerged in india. The move comes with the same travel guidance currently in place for bolton, which warns people to minimise travel in and out of t
Dozens of major websites offline. And after ollie robinson, a second england cricket player is now under investigation for posting offensive material in the past. Hello, a very warm welcome to bbc news. The health secretary matt hancock has announced extra testing with military support for parts of greater manchester and lancashire to help with rising cases of the delta variant, which first emerged in india. The move comes with the same travel guidance currently in place for bolton, which warns people to minimise travel in and out of the area. Working with local authorities, we are providing a strengthened package of support based on what s working in bolton to help greater manchester and lancashire tackle the rise in the delta variant that we re seeing there. This includes rapid response teams, putting in extra testing, military support and supervised in school testing. I want to encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the tests on offer. We know that this approach can
of life for most pupils throughout the uk as lockdown continues, but there are concerns that many familes still don t have access to the internet, laptops or affordable broadband and are being greatly disadvantaged. fiona lamdin reports on the latest efforts being made to get children the technology they need. i can only read a book. we do not have any wi fi. for angela and brian, this is what home schooling looks like without a laptop or the internet. i cannot see my teacher because i cannot do zoom lessons and i cannot go to school. i need to do my homework for sure because if i do not do my homework then when i go back to school i am not going to know anything about it. internet is important. every day, no wi fi is a stress for me. they have to wait until 9pm, until their dad gets home from work, to use his phone to catch up. it s going to be really hard for those children when they come back to school. the head teacher is really worried. we have about ten families at scho
around, but we still have the lingering after effects from last week? heavy rain, with over 100 flood warnings currently in force. today has been another day where we have seen some snowfall in areas like jersey and the channel islands, also seen in bodmin in south east england and around the murray coastline. for most of us, there is a lot more sunshine to go around. gusty winds again, making of your chilly, and those winds are affecting yorkshire. the showers in the channel islands are tending more towards sleet and rain over the next few hours. a cold feeling day. in aviemore, where we got down to 11 last night, temperatures are likely to stay below freezing all day. tonight, this cloud coming in across eastern scotland and eastern england is going to tend to thicken up, and with that comes the prospect of drizzle by the end of the night, affecting these eastern coastal areas. otherwise, a widespread frost and some icy stretches, particularly where we see some water seepi
hello there. governments around the world should subsidise food and edgy for the poorest members of society to double the cost of living crisis. that s the call from the head of the international monetary fund. she is concerned that if central banks raise interest rates too aggressively to tackle elation, stoked by the war in ukraine, they could cause recessions. she says any financial help from governments must be carefully targeted to avoid making inflation worse. they ought to care for and review who and what to support, to prevent the tightening of financial conditions and the shock but inflation is now causing one confidence, to turn what is still a positive world projection into the recession, you rightly are concerned about. so we say to our members, be very careful how much you spend and what for you stand. there are two priorities. one, the very poor people, segments of society that are now struggling with high food and energy prices. for people for whom this is like