Anyone returning to the uk from switzerland, the Czech Republic and jamaica from saturday will now have to quarantine for m days. The uk records the highest number of new covid cases for almost three months, but hospital admissions and the death rate remain low. Well be looking at why. And hurricane laura one of the strongest to ever hit the Us Gulf Coast is now battering louisiana as it moves inland. Coming up on bbc news, Manchester Uniteds paul pogba tests positive for coronavirus. That means no nations league, but will he be ready for the start of the premier League Season . Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A 29 year old white supremacist has been told he will die in jail after murdering 51 worshippers at two mosques in new zealand last year. Brenton tarrant filmed his attacks and streamed it all live on social media. The judge called tarra nts actions inhuman and said he had shown no mercy. Outside the court, relatives of the dead celebrated as he was jailed. Shaim
A black man several times. And so close but yet so far James Andersons mission for 600 test wickets continues as england look to secure victory in the final test against pakistan. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The life chances of a generation are at stake. Thats the warning from borisjohnson whos made a direct appealfor students to be back in the classroom after the disruption of lockdown. Scottish students are already back well have more from glasgow in a moment but children in england, wales and Northern Ireland will be returning over next couple of weeks. Teaching unions are worried they need more staff, extra teaching space and a clear plan b if theres a spike in coronavirus cases. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Filling the seats is going to be a keyissue filling the seats is going to be a key issue for the government. Theyve made it a priority thing though is a moral kids back to school full pop you might have seen senior ministers in classrooms in rec
Protests erupt in the us state of wisconsin after video Footage Shows Police shooting a black man several times dozens of people are feared trapped beneath a five story good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon says her government is in the final stages of consulting headteachers on the plans for students and teachers to wear Face Coverings in corridors and communal areas. Face coverings are already required at three schools in edinburgh, strathspey and inverness as part of efforts to tackle the spread of coronavirus. Our scotland correspondent Alexandra Mackenzie reports. Pupils arrived at James Gillespies high school in edinburgh this morning. A memo was sent on friday saying that from today, all adults and pupils must wear Face Coverings indoors whilst moving around between classes. I think it is a great idea. For the children coming back into school, it has been quite a shock being such a large group of people again, after being in isolation f
But this is the aftermath of the catastrophic bushfires that have ravaged New South Wales. And in the village of balmoral, the devastation is everywhere. The prime minister, scott morrison, appeared for the first time today after fierce criticism of his holiday in hawaii. It is quite humbling as you, you speak to families and speak to individuals, you speak to the volunteers, and you see the best of australia on every single occasion, and that is what we are seeing here again. Russell has been a volunteer firefighter for again. Russell has been a volunteer firefighterfor six again. Russell has been a volunteer firefighter for six years and was out with his team trying to control the blaze in the village when his own house was burned to the ground. It wasnt until this morning when i came back, because we couldnt get backin came back, because we couldnt get back in because it was too dangerous, so when i came back this morning, to check the chickens, i then had a look at the property, an
While the duke of edinburgh spent a second night in hospital receiving treatment for a pre exisiting condition. And coming up in half an hour on bbc news, amol rajan takes a look back at a year dominated by the power of social media, in review 2019 the media year. Hello, good afternoon. A six Year Old Girl has opened a pack of Tesco Christmas cards to find a message saying they were packed by prisoners in china being forced to work against their will. Tesco says its stopped production at the factory while it investigates. Greg mackenzie reports. Ready . Uhhuh. It was six year old schoolgirl florence widdecombe whod sat down at home to write out her Christmas Cards to her friends and family when she discovered one of the cards had already been written out. We were writing in them and about on my sixth or eighth card, there was. Somebody had already written in it. There was a message which read, we are foreign prisoners in shanghai, china, forced to work against our will. Please help us