And the challenges ahead. Im being listened to and we climate activists are being listened to. But that doesnt mean that what we are saying is translated into action. Good evening. The government says its seriously concerned about the fairness of a trial in which a british teenager was found guilty of lying about being raped by a group of men in cyprus. 12 israeli men were arrested but then freed when the woman retracted her statement about the attack in ayia napa lastjuly. The woman, who cant be identified, said police had forced her to say shed lied about the attack something they deny. The Foreign Office has described the case as deeply distressing and says it will raise the issue with the cypriot authorities. Jon donnisons report contains flash photography. When these Legal Proceedings began, the young british woman at the heart of the case was a victim making a complaint of rape. She came to court today to be found guilty of making a false statement about what the law in cyprus sa
Prince harry played against singapore polo club, captained by the charitys ambassador and his friend nacho figueras. Prince diana pioneered efforts to challenge the stigma around the disease in the 1980s, and england have beaten colombia 2 1 to reach the semi finals of the womens world cup goals from lauren hemp and Alessia Russo helped the lionesses come from behind after colombia had taken the lead. England will now face the lead. England will now face co hosts australia on the 16th of august and fragments of meteors that could be as small as a grain of sand and travelling at 130,000mph will light up the sky tonight. Shooting stars. The annual summer meteor shower has been active since july and continues until the 24th of august, but it will reach its peak tonight. The royal observatory of greenwich is recommending watching the fireballs between midnight and 5 30 am. When Light Pollution will be at its lowest. This is will be at its lowest. This is gb news on tv , on digital radio, g
One thing is for certain there is more chance of Nadine Dorries being spotted in her constituency. Then there is the lot us agreeing on anything. Lot of us agreeing on anything. And of course we want to know your views as well. Please do get in touch emailing get in touch by emailing gbviews gbnews. Com. But before the starts, its your the chaos starts, its your saturday night news with Aaron Armstrong. Armstrong. Very good afternoon to you. Very good afternoon to you. Lets or evening i should say. Lets or evening i should say. Lets get you up to date with the headlines from the gb newsroom. The six people who died after their boat got into difficulties in the channel this morning afghan morning were all afghan men. Thats french thats according to french prosecutors whove said the majority migrants on majority of the migrants on board, some children , board, including some children, were afghanistan along with were from afghanistan along with several from sudan. A criminal several from
Embarrassed us around the world. Not worthy to hold that office. And snow in spain leaves hundreds of drivers trapped in their cars as roads are blocked and madrid airport remains closed. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Breaking news from our world correspondence just in the last couple of minutes. Royal correspondent. Buckingham palace at has announced that the queen who is 94 and the duke of edinburgh who is 99 have today received their covid 19 vaccinations. These were administered at windsor by a doctor in the royal household. The decision to release the news was made by her majesty and there will be no additional comment. So it isjust a one line statement really thatjonny dymond has brought us that they have received their covid 19 vaccinations. The queen has remained at windsor instead of moving to sandringham due to the tier 4 restrictions. These are library pictures clearly of an event that took place before we were in the pandemic and people with facemask and all the rest of it
With many major hospitals in the capital under unprecedented pressure there is an urgent need to free up beds. This hotel in south london is preparing to take on a small number of homeless or vulnerable Covid Patients from Kings College hospital, while they continue their recovery. The first is expected later today. The hospitals lead for social care says it has been successfully used for non Covid Patients. We know there is a demand for more of this hotel beds to be set up in order to ease the pressure on the nhs, we hope by starting small we can up scale in order to meet demands of the trust. Londons declared a major incident, with more than 7,000 Covid Patients in the hospitals and admissions approaching a thousand a day, staff say this yea rs a thousand a day, staff say this years winter pressure is off the charts. It really is unprecedented, in terms of the number of patients that require intensive care, being put on a ventilator at one time, and most hospitals have reached, have