the prime minister s former chief adviser, dominic cummings, hits back he denies being involved in leaked text messages between borisjohnson and the businessman sirjames dyson. the wales manager and former manchester united player ryan giggs is charged with assaulting two women. the long strain of the pandemic on care workers, who ve spent the past year trying to save patients and protect their own families. and coming up on the bbc news channel: england face france in the final of the women s six nations who ll take the title? and what s next for the future of the tournament? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it s the most widespread miscarriage ofjustice ever seen in the uk 39 former postmasters and mistresses wrongly convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting have been cleared by the court of appeal. they were prosecuted after a faulty computer system installed by the post office showed large amounts of money disappearing from their branches. some
ryan giggs has been charged with assaulting two women. and care workers reflect on the effect of the pandemic on their personal mental health. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel chelsea, spurs, now arsenal. fans gather outside the emirates stadium calling for change, after the collapse of the european super league. good evening. the healthcare system in india is collapsing under the pressure of a surging second coronavirus wave with hospitals full, patients left untreated for hours, and supplies of oxygen desperately inadequate. the country of 1.4 billion people the second highest population in the world now has more daily cases than anywhere else since the pandemic began. it s set a global record for two days running in the past 2a hours, it s seen 330,000 new cases. over 2,000 more people have died in the same period with severely ill patients being turned away from hospitals, which have no more room. india s second wave has accelerated rapidly i
could the emergency services have done more to save lives after the manchester arena bombing? a report is due out shortly. the migrant crisis in kent the home secretary visits dover and manston to see for herself what s happening there. and why soaring energy bills mean many swimming pools and fitness centres could be forced to close this winter. i ve been going, what, ten years or more. peter has been coming 16. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it s crunch time in the t20 world cup group stages as pakistan dig deep to claim a vital victory over south africa to avoid elimination. good afternoon. within the last hour, interest rates have gone up by three quarters of a percentage point the biggest increase for more than 30 years. it pushes the base rate up to 3% as the bank of england tries to control inflation. it s the eighth rise in a row, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. meanwhile, the bank has also warned the uk could be on course for its longes
interest rates have gone up by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest increase for more than 30 years. it pushes the base rate up to 3%, as the bank of england tries to control inflation. it s the eighth rise in a row, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. meanwhile the bank has also warned the uk could be on course for its longest recession since reliable records began, over a century ago. our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. it is the biggest interest rate rise in a third of a century. the cost of living has been rising at its fastest rate for a0 years for global reasons but the bank of england is trying to prevent runaway inflation from becoming embedded in the domestic economy. these are big changes, they have a real impact on people s lives, so why are we doing it? and why are we doing it now when so many people are already struggling with higher energy and food prices and other bills? quite simply we are increasing the bank rate bec