the staffordshire residents having to put up with a stink. they want action from the landfill operators. and coming up on the bbc news channel, tonight needs to be the night for arsenal can the gunners turn their season around in the europa league? we ll also be live at old trafford. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. first came the grenfell tragedy, then the realisation that thousands of other buildings around the country had similar flammable cladding. a new fire safety law comes into force today, but campaigners argue it does nothing to help leaseholders whose homes have dangerous cladding and are having to bear the huge cost of removing it from properties they bought in good faith. the government has set up a £5 billion fund to help pay towards the costs but only for the tallest buildings others are now being offered loans. tonight home secretary priti patel says the new law will make properties safer in the future. sarah corker reports. who should pay
support for the government programme on covid because it looks quite normal but no one knows the answer to the big question, how long will it go on for? a moment of british skiing history. from the dry slopes of lancashire to the mountains of austria, dave ryding wins britain s first ever alpine skiing world cup gold medal. good morning. a quiet one out there. high pressure still with us and that means a lot of dry weather. a lot of cloud making it feeljust a little bit colder with the winds strengthening into the far north west of scotland later on. all the details coming up shortly. it s sunday the 23rd of january. our main story: the foreign office says it s uncovered a plot by moscow to install a pro russian leader in ukraine, amid increasing tension over a possible invasion. the kremlin has sent tens of thousands of troops to the ukrainian border in recent months. moscow has accused the uk of spreading disinformation . our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. am
will leave millions of families struggling in 2022 according to a leading think tank. england and manchester city footballer, raheem sterling, says society must never let its guard down over racism in the game. we tend to address it for that period, you know, that five days of that week and then normally we brush it up under the carpet, things are all fine now. we will be looking at life after brexit. claims of sleaze and rule breaking in westminster and the significance of peppa pig. that is the year in politics. welcome if you are watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister borisjohnson has defended the decision not to impose restrictions to tackle the current spike in coronavirus infections in england saying that the omicron variant is obviously milder than the delta strain. he also has reiterated his call for people in the uk to come forward and get their boosterjab saying people are far more likely to get seriously ill if they ve not been boosted. spea