it is hundreds and hundreds of people that have come through and that number is now about 600 homes destroyed in this area. relieved and grateful the victims of ghislaine maxwell have been speaking after she was convicted of grooming girls to be abused byjeffery epstein her family say they can t accept the verdict. joe biden has again told president vladimir putin that the us and its allies will respond decisively if russia does not de escalate tensions on his country s border with ukraine. and are you getting ready for your new year s resolutions? we ask are they really a good thing? before we move to today s news, let s go back to that light show in the new zealand capital auckland as new zealanders welcome in the new year. it isa it is a light show and that is because there are no fireworks this time. the traditional. hang on, there are fireworks. i was misinformed. the information was that would be no firework because i didn t want crowd to gather and there would
after being stabbed in separate incidents in london. 30 teenagers have been killed in the capital this year the highest figure since 2008. you can carry knives in london. this is what happens when knives are carried. cannot. we all want to tackle knife crime. relieved and grateful the victims of ghislaine maxwell have been speaking after she was convicted of grooming girls to be abused byjeffery epstein her family say they can t accept the verdict. joe biden has again told president vladimir putin that the us and its allies will respond decisively if russia does not de escalate tensions on his country s border with ukraine. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. new figures show staff absences caused by covid at nhs acute trusts in england rose by more than 40% in the week to boxing day. hospitals in northampton, sheffield and rotherham have temporarily suspended visiting due to the high number of 0micron cases. an average of more than 25,000 health workers were off
of the delta variant. the british study also showed that vaccines can work well against omicron, reducing the need for hospital treatment. wildfires rip through parts of colorado in the united states destroying hundreds of homes and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate the area. mourners in south africa have been paying their respects to the late archbishop desmond tutu. hello and welcome. before we move to today s news let s go to pyongyang and that firework display by the taedong river. this is in the city s central square. north korea has yet to officially report any confirmed covid 19 cases, though analysts have questioned whether that is possible. two years of near total isolation have had a severe impact on the country s economy but as always, they are putting up an impressive show for the new year. not that we are showing that you right now. we are looking at pictures of the kim family. we can see the size of the crowd that has gathered, though. there was a fi
were transformed into a giant stage as it finally got to celebrate the start of a covid delayed year as uk city of culture 2021. radio: good morning. happy saturday. - this is rachel cusk. i hope you have had some caffeine in you already because today is going to be a very big day. the start of a summer weekend in coventry. but this is no ordinary saturday. today, the whole city will become a giant stage to mark the start of a big year as the uk city of culture. stay with us all day because we re going to make sure that you not miss a moment of this. coventry. it s been a long time coming. coventry won the honour back in 2017, way back before covid 19 forced their artistic director to change all her plans. you see the track, its down here. because we can t be bringing audiences together in large numbers or even participants, we ve had to think very differently. for a start, what is about to take place on these streets has had to be kept a complete secret. one of you is not fr
0k, we re going to take you straight to colorado where a press conference is being held regarding those wildfires that have ripped through the state. we wildfires that have ripped through the state. ~ . , , . the state. we are fully expecting this to be 500 the state. we are fully expecting this to be 500 or the state. we are fully expecting this to be 500 or more the state. we are fully expecting this to be 500 or more homes i the state. we are fully expecting l this to be 500 or more homes that have this to be 500 or more homes that have been this to be 500 or more homes that have been lost. the fire burnt in an interesting have been lost. the fire burnt in an interesting dynamic with mosaics. you can interesting dynamic with mosaics. you can see interesting dynamic with mosaics. you can see how the wind and topography drove the fire in certain directions. topography drove the fire in certain directions, devastated some neighbourhoods and blocks and left som