a woman arrested following a fire at sutton in south london, in which four young boys died, has been bailed the 27 year old, who was arrested on suspicion of child neglect, will return to a south london police station in mid january. the uk s top civil servant steps down from running an inquiry into downing street parties because of an event in his own office. the british socialite, ghislaine maxwell, who denies sex trafficking charges in the united states, has told the court she won t be giving evidence. and, aston villa s match against burnley is the latest premier league game to be postponed due to coronavirus. that leaves just one match due to take place in the premier league today with leeds united facing arsenal. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. as concern grows about the spread of the 0micron variant, in the past few minutes the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has declared a major incident in the capital. it means a greater pooling of resources between local
at sutton in south london, in which four young boys died, has been bailed. the 27 year old, who was arrested on suspicion of child neglect, will return to a south london police station in mid january. aston villa s match against burnley is the latest premier league game to be postponed due to coronavirus. that leaves just one match due to take place in the premier league today with leeds united facing arsenal. and, after a] 0dudu bows out of tonight s strictly final, will it be rose and giovanni orjohn and johannes who win the glitterball trophy? good afternoon. there s a warning that tougher covid restrictions may need to be brought in very soon in england to avoid hospital admissions potentially peaking at around 3000 a day, as cases of the 0micron variant surge. the comments appear in leaked minutes from a meeting of the government s scientific advisory group for emergencies. leading infectious diseases expert professor neil ferguson says the situation looks precarious
foster who is in israel. here in the uk. the home office has earmarked at least £700 million to manage the arrival of migrants on small boats until 2030. the projections flew under the radar yet officials published them online last week, as home secretary james cleverly flew to rwanda to sign a new treaty to, quote, stop the boats . they predict the channel crossings could continue up to 203k. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman has more from downing street. it s been the government s mantra for the last three prime ministers, although that does not actually take you back that far in time, given the turmoil in the conservative party, but rishi sunak very much made it his own, at the start of this year he set out five promises for the year ahead and one of them was, in his words, to stop the boats. now, he was dealt a very significant setbackjust a month or so ago when the supreme court ruled that his plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda was in its current for
that fighting is focused further down the strip now on the southern city of khan younis, where israeli military leaders believe that some of the senior members of hamas are still hiding out and they are moving more closely into that city of khan younis. we ve also heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu overnight saying that some members of hamas are now starting to surrender. you will remember there was a vote at the un security counciljust was a vote at the un security council just a was a vote at the un security counciljust a couple of days ago and diplomats at the united nations now say that the general assembly is likely to vote on tuesday on another call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. according to the qatari prime minister. remember, they were the key broker who helped to negotiate that weak long pause last month. the opportunity for a renewed ceasefire is narrowing. and a seniorfigure in the hamas movement has also issued a threat to israel that n