could last for months. and to the daily mail and their campaign to have a memorial to the victims of the pandemic constructed in st paul s cathedral. it says its readers have donated more than 60 thousand pounds to the idea. finally to the times which leads on claims that the government could be on the verge of scrapping social distancing rules from the 21st ofjune. the from the 21st ofjune. telegraph also showing the pictures the telegraph also showing the pictures at old trafford. however its main story is on the claims made by state tv in a ran that britain could be about to pay for hundred million pounds to secure the release of nazneen radcliffe. the million pounds to secure the release of nazneen radcliffe. of nazneen radcliffe. the foreign office is strongly of nazneen radcliffe. the foreign office is strongly denied - of nazneen radcliffe. the foreign office is strongly denied the - office is strongly denied the report. luciennejoe, let s start us off. joe, you
for all the good you have done. in the name of god, go. cheering but as some tory mps rally around the prime minister tonight, we ll be trying to guage the level of threat to his premiereship. also tonight. england s plan b covid measures are being dropped completely. work from home ends today, face coverings are no longer required from the end of next week. inflation soars to its highest level in almost 30 years, driven by rising food prices and energy bills, and there are warnings of worse to come. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, after last night s drama, england prepare to face australia again in the final of netball s quad series at london s copperbox. good evening from downing street, on a dramatic day in westminster as the prime minister fights for his political life in the face of intense pressure over parties held here during lockdown. for the second week in a row, borisjohnson faced calls for his resignation at prime minister s questions, among them from
our response. at least one person is killed as russia bombs ukrainian cities overnight minutes after its self imposed ceasefire ended. few expected the ceasefire to hold in any way. it was announced by russia in the first place and russia was never going to engage. but there is still heavy shelling coming down from the russian side. tens of thousands of orthodox christians in ethiopia celebrate christmas at churches in the historic town of laleebella for the first time since the conflict in tigray began in 2020. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. he also defended his economic policies as being deeply conservative . our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been listen to
many of you look in the same couple of days. i know many of you look ahead in the same couple of days. i know many of you look ahead to - in the same couple of days. i know many of you look ahead to 2023 i in the same couple of days. i know. many of you look ahead to 2023 with apprehension. many of you look ahead to 2023 with apprehension- many of you look ahead to 2023 with apprehension. should he be nervous? we can feel apprehension. should he be nervous? we can feel the apprehension. should he be nervous? we can feel the public apprehension. should he be nervous? we can feel the public looking - apprehension. should he be nervous? we can feel the public looking at - apprehension. should he be nervous? we can feel the public looking at us i we can feel the public looking at us again we can feel the public looking at us again and we can feel the public looking at us again and we won t let up. he doesnt again and we won t let up. he: doesn t seem it. look at the
now on bbc news, the right to die. normally my day begins by changing my t shirt. it s soaking wet from the sweat from the nightmares. i wake up most mornings saying, not another day. as a person suffering from mental illness, i and other people are invisible. no one recognises us. they are embarrassed by mental illness, and that s. the stigma is vast. if medical assistance in dying had been available, back during those times where things were really, really low, like, there was no hope, i wouldn t be here today. i would have died thinking i had a depression that would never go away. if canada doesn t delay maid for mental illness, i would feel like. ..that we re disposable. i ll speak on behalf of those who don t have a voice, those who are frightened to have a voice. i hope i m speaking for them. it s the one thing i believe i have to do, to advocate for the mentally ill and advocate for a proper way for assisted death for the mentally ill. around the world, there are con