and around the world to mark the centenary of the royal british legion. and with less than 10 minutes to go in the fa cup final between chelsea and leicester city the foxes are i nil up. putting them on course to lift the cup for the first time ever. good evening, welcome to bbc news. the doctors union, the british medical association, has voiced concern that the easing of coronavirus restrictions in england is going ahead on monday, while the indian variant is spreading rapidly and many people are still waiting for a vaccine. ministers insist they re acting coolly and calmly , and there s no evidence that the new variety poses a greater risk to health. however, their scientific advisers have warned that the indian variant is more contagious than previous types and, after monday s unlocking, could trigger the biggest wave of infections so far. our health correspondent katherine da costa reports. out on the streets of bolton in greater manchester, this rapid response tea
the front runner in the contest for the conservative party leadership liz truss says she will act on energy bills within a week if she becomes prime minister. her rival rishi sunak says he cannot rule out blackouts this winter if he becomes pm. the uk is facing a genuine emergency on energy, he said. the winner will be announced tomorrow and take office on tuesday. our political correspondent tony bonsignore reports. whoever wins the leadership race and becomes the next prime minister will be walking straight into an economic storm. they face one urgent question before all others what to do about soaring energy bills? rishi sunak has long promised some financial support for everyone, with more on top for especially the most vulnerable. today, liz truss promised that if she wins, help is on the way. i understand that people are struggling with eye watering energy bills, and there are predictions of even worse down the track. and i understand that. and i can say, laura, that
as you say rosemary, hundreds more are strikes by israel. militant targets inside the gaza strip, including command post. inside of mosques. on top of that, as you mentioned, there is a total block eight, a total siege of the gaza strip announced by the defense minister yesterday. no food, no fuel, no water, no electricity going from israel into the gaza strip and, i suppose the idea there is to get the civilian population to put pressure on to the militants of hamas to try to release the hostages. now, a couple of things on that note, of, course if hamas is able to get weaponry, smuggle weapons, bulldozers, and other equipment into the gaza strip, one can only assume that they will be able to get fuel and other supplies in their. the, clearly not offset the kind of supplies that they usually get and it also seems unlikely, certainly at this stage, that there is going to be anything to sway hamas from its current position and it is holding on to as you ve been speaking, we
professional level, i feel immensely proud, but there is something so enormous about what s happened is that it s impossible to comprehend. for most staff, there was a need to ca re for most staff, there was a need to care forfamilies for most staff, there was a need to care for families in distress as well as the patients themselves. how did you feel at the end of your shift? it s really tough. i think when you re working, you just powered through a bit and it s only when you step back and you finish at the end of the day that you realise how upsetting it can be, sorry, dealing with some of these things. it was really tough. the nhs in london has had to cope with two major incidents in the space of less than a fortnight, and just to illustrate the ongoing challenge, they are still treating patients here from the london bridge attack as well as those who came in during the early hours of wednesday morning. many staff have been involved in the emergency response both times. th