at least 32 people have been killed and 150 others injured, in a blast in the pakistani city of peshawar. the kremlin has dismissed as a lie a claim by borisjohnson that he was threatened by vladimir putin before the russian invasion of ukraine. new research suggests uk bosses are reluctant to hire over 50s, preferring younger workers. ministers and nhs leaders have announced plans to provide hundreds more ambulances and thousands of hospital beds in england by next winter. £1 billion of existing funding is being allocated and there are also measures to try to reduce the number of patients who turn up at a&e and then stay overnight. but there are questions about how the extra resources will be staffed, and some health experts warn the proposals will be undermined by a burnt out workforce. 0ur health correspondent, katherine da costa, has the details. right, hi, how are you? i m rishi, nice to see you. after weeks of unprecedented strain on the nhs, and criticism over rec
and back at last after being delayed by the pandemic we speak to the creator of line of duty about covid challenges and the brand new series. and coming up on bbc news: as rachel blackmore makes history as leading jockey at the cheltenham festival, she is beaten by the horse she didn t choose in the gold cup, minella indo. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the leader of the scottish conservatives at holyrood, ruth davidson, has called for nicola sturgeon to resign as first minister, saying it was clear she misled parliament. a majority of the committee investigating the scottish government s handling of harassment claims against alex salmond is understood to have voted last night that she didn t give them accurate information. a spokesman for nicola sturgeon has accused the committee of peddling baseless smears. the final report is due to be published on tuesday. nicola sturgeon says she stands by every word of her evidence. our scotland editor sarah smith re
scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon faces growing calls to resign after a committee of msps concluded that she misled them. the army s new specialist unit designed and equipped to fight the wars of the future. sunday is census day, the compulsory survey painting a picture of the population. for the first time sexuality is included. and coming up in sport on bbc news: rachel blackmore makes history as the cheltenham festival s top jockey, but she s beaten in the gold cup by minella indo. good evening. continental europe is preparing for a third wave of coronavirus amid a surge in new cases and a shortage of vaccines that can reduce the spread of the disease. large parts of france are going into lockdown again tonight amid a sharp rise in cases. only 8% of the population has been vaccinated. switzerland is extending its restrictions. poland, where the surge is being driven by the variant from southern england, is going into partial lockdown. the german chancellor angela m
rishi sunak says he acted pretty decisively when the former conservative party chairman, nadim zahawi, was found to have broken the ministerial code. labour has called on the prime minister to clarify exactly when he became aware that mr zahawi had paid a penalty to hmrc. this morning, the prime minister addressed the issue of nadhim zahawi at a q&a session in county durham. what i ve done is follow a process, which is the right process. - integrity is really important to me. all of you guys want to see that government is run properly, . that it s run with integrityl and there is accountability when people don t behave the way that they should, | or if something doesn t go right, and that s what we ve done. - i asked the adviser to get to the bottom i asked the adviser to get to the bottom of i asked the adviser to get to the bottom of it i asked the adviser to get to the bottom of it and i asked the adviser to get to the bottom of it and on i asked the adviser to get to the