As englands opener is ruled out of their next two matches with a hamstring injury. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Chaos, confusion and Communications Problems hampered the efforts of Emergency Services to help victims of the London Bridge attacks. A senior London Ambulance Service Manager told the inquest that it took too long to reach some of the victims, more than three hours after the attackers had been killed. But he also praised ambulance crews who volunteered to go into a potentially dangerous area despite the possible risk to themselves. Eight people died and nearly 50 were injured in the attacks injune 2017. Our correspondent Richard Lister is at the old bailey. What more was said today . One of the Big Questions of this inquest is why it took so long for medical teams to get into borough market. We got some of the answers today. One was that police kept them out because they we re police kept them out because they were concerned there were still attackers on
Long delays meant long delays treating some of the injured during the London Bridge attacks. Iran says it is reaching a limit on its stockpiling of uranium. Residents of lincolnshire are warned of more rain and flooding this week. Terrific thunderstorms are forecast and if that river gets any more water, it will burst its banks again. So andy murray tells the bbc he is pain free ahead of a return to competitive tennis at the doubles at queens club. Candidates for the tory leadership except for the candidate Boris Johnson have been taking questions from journalists ahead of the next round of voting which takes place tomorrow. David levenson says he is backing rory stewart to be the next leader of the tory party david liddington. The labour partys deputy leader says the hearts of the labour members are remain. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Come on boris come on the only glimpse youll get today. Minders driving the favourite into parliament. Borisjohnson doesnt want to talk
Says tackling the pandemic is his it doesnt change reality. First priority as the countrys joe biden will be the next president of the united states, number of cases hit 10 million. And donald trump will be leaving we have to come together to heal the soul of this country, the white house. So that we can effectively address this crisis as one country. And 25 years after the disability mr biden is already adopting discrimination act, why many the trappings of power disabled people still cant access getting briefings, more security what they need. And filling out his team. Pfizer says its Covid Vaccine offers 90 protection against the virus as cases in the us pass 10 million. Also in the programme in the state of georgia, joe bidens win was razor thin, so what does that mean for two Pivotal Senate races that will decide the balance good evening, and welcome to the bbc news. Could this be the news weve of power in washington . All been waiting for . Preliminary results suggest and the fut
Well be asking how likely it is that a vaccine might be available by the end of the year as we report on the continuing pressure on the nhs. We visit a Hospital Trust in derby where nearly 600 staff are currently off sick or self isolating because of coronavirus. In America President elect biden appoints a Coronavirus Task force and strikes a notably different tone to the president on face coverings. Please, i implore you, wear a mask. Do it for yourself. Do it for your neighbour. A mask is not a political statement. And a quarter century after the uks landmark disability rights legislation many young people tell us they still cant lead independent lives. And in sport later on bbc news. Non League Oxford city hope to seal their place in the fa cup second round if they can get past League One Northampton town. Good evening. The worlds leading scientists have expressed their delight along with a strong note of caution following the news that a vaccine against coronavirus has proved 90 ef
Onto this any longer than hang onto this any longer than necessary but to keep it as long as the Scientists Say that it has to be there. Chris, thank you. Dont go away. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Youre watching a bbc news special. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments globally and here in britain. Were expecting the uk news briefing by downing street in the next few minutes. Chris mason is here. Chris, we were talking about some of the messages government is giving out, trying to prepare people for what might be a long haul. What are the statistics saying at the moment . A new set of statistics being published every afternoon, and they are always bleak. A total in the uk of 1228 patients have died after testing positive for coronavirus, that was the figure at 5pm last night. That was up 209 on the
previous 2a hours. In terms of deaths that was the second biggest day on day rise we have seen in this pandemic in the uk, 21 higher than t