no longer contagious and refuses to take part in next week s presidential debate after it s made virtual. the older brother of the manchester arena bomber refuses to say why he won t co operate with the public inquiry into the attack. and farewell to the queen of the skies as british airways retires its last two 7a7s. and coming up on bbc news. can northern ireland and scotland get themselves in with a chance of playing at a major tournament again? they re in action in their european play off semis later. good evening and welcome to the bbc‘s news at six. almost 3500 people with coronavirus are now being treated in hospitals in england the number of patients being admitted has been doubling every fortnight since the start of september. hospitals that have been quiet over the summer are making preparations for a second wave. some are already dealing with large numbers of covid patients. it s all had a huge knock on effect on other services. new figures reveal that more
refuses to say why he won t co operate with the public inquiry into the attack. and prince william says he wants to bring optimism and positivity to efforts to solve climate change, as he launches a new environmental award with sir david attenborough. hello and welcome. almost 3,500 people with coronavirus are now being treated in hospitals in england. the number of patients being admitted has been doubling every fortnight since the start of september. hospitals that have been quiet over the summer are making preparations for a second wave. some are already dealing with large numbers of covid patients. it s all had a huge knock on effect on other services. new figures reveal that more than 4 million people are currently waiting for routine operations on the nhs in england. half of them have been waiting at least four months. and more than 110,000 people in england have been waiting longer than a year. that s the highest figure since 2008. more than 20,000 cancer patients did
about the arena attack, please? the older brother of the manchester arena bomber refuses to say why he won t co operate with the public inquiry. a warning that animal welfare standards could suffer, under new legislation on trade deals after brexit. and the royal ballet gets ready for its first performance with a live audience in seven months. and coming up on bbc news. could scotland and northern ireland secure the wins that would keep their hopes of qualifying for next summer s european championships alive? england and wales are also in friendly action. good evening. the damage being done to many hospital services in england in the wake of the pandemic is exposed by new nhs figures. more than four million patients are now waiting for routine surgery and treatments. nearly half have been waiting for longer than the official target of 18 weeks. doctors are warning that a second wave of the pandemic, especially during the winter months, could make things even worse. in fact, m
tonight at ten, the pressure mounts still no breakthrough in the talks to get a post brexit trade deal with the eu. the prime minister paused his telephone talks today. he ll travel to brussels later this week to try to find a breakthrough. after today s conversation with the european commission president, the two leaders said the conditions for finalising an agreement were not there, and eu leaders sounded increasingly pessimistic. i d like to be giving more positive news but at the moment, these negotiations seem stalled, and the barriers to progress are still very much in place. with the talks essentially exhausted, what can the prime minister hope to achieve in person that has eluded the negotiators for months? we ll have the latest from both westminster and brussels on the 11th hour rush to find common ground. also tonight. from tomorrow morning, people in different parts of the uk will start to be given their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. the brother of the man
than a million pounds. borisjohnson is expected to head to brussels in the next few days, in a last ditch effort to break the deadlock over a brexit trade deal. talks between the uk and the european union have again failed to produce a breakthrough. ajoint statement issued by the prime minister, borisjohnson, and the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, says. we agreed that the conditions for finalising an agreement are not there due to the remaining significant differences on three critical issues: level playing field, governance and fisheries. we asked our chief negotiators and their teams to prepare an overview of the remaining differences to be discussed in a physical meeting in brussels in the coming days. let s speak to our political correspondentjessica parker. shejoins us now she joins us now from westminster. do we know when because of course there is a council leaders meeting on thursday, presumably before that? yeah, i mean, ithink people on thurs