a 27 year old woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after two sets of twin boys, aged three and four, died in a house fire in south london last night. wales announces tighter coronavirus restrictions with the return of social distancing and nightclubs shut after boxing day. chancellor rishi sunak is meeting peak business groups who say hospitality firms need financial help as omicron cases cause economic hardship. and, railfares will go up by almost 4% the government says the hike is to pay for further investment in infrastructure. the television presenter aj odudu has pulled out of tomorrow night s strictly come dancing final after suffering an injury. good afternoon. the liberal democrats have called their victory in the north shropshire by election a watershed moment for british politics, after the party overturned a conservative majority of 23,000 winning by nearly 6,000 votes. the prime minister is facing questions about his political future,
and hundreds line the streets in southend to pay tribute to the conservative mp sir david amess, who was stabbed to death last month. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. back in the frame. is mauricio pochettino the long term answer for manchester united and will he leave psg mid season? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has defended his plans for reforming social care in england, as mps prepare to vote on his proposals tonight. borisjohnson called his plan incredibly generous and said it would help tackle what he calls a long standing social injustice over cost. the government unveiled its proposals in september, which include an £86,000 cap on personal care costs. but an amendment to the plan said support payments from councils will not count towards the cap. charities have warned it will mean some of the less well off will be unfairly hit. it s thought some backbench tory mps could rebel when they vote la
this point. why did this happen? how did this happen? who did it and why. hello, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york. horrible tragedy. good day, everyone. i am trace gallagher in los angeles and for john roberts. the details are horrendous. if you have children in the room, you might not want them seeing something so horrific. seen witnesses say was marked by bodies flying through the air. chilling video from the city of waukesha s own facebook live stream showing the speeding suv speed past the crowd of onlookers. witnesses said they couldn t believe they were saying. the suv plowing through families. sandra: the suv drives through the crowd. members of the band looking on in horror. mass confusion erupts as people scream to get out of the way. five people dead and dozens wounded. the chaos and carnage leaving locals shocked. that was the worst thing i ve ever seen. hit a whole crowd of kids. kids involved. my mom was trying to help one of them. one of the kids
enforcement are on the scene, a man hunt is underway. casey stegall is joining us by phone, he rushed to the site of this shooting reunification site in arlington, texas. casey, give us some sense of what it has been like for parents as they reunite with their children who were in the school at the time of the shooting. casey: you can imagine. i just spoke with a guy literally a few minutes ago, he said his daughter is a sophomore. he was parking in the parking lot because the traffic is so bad. he was going to hoof it to the performing arts center. not far, just a stones throw away from the high school itself. that has been identified as the official reunification center and that is where once the official all-clear is given and the students are able to board the buses and leave the property, they will be brought to this location so they can be reuniified with their parents. they want to put the right kids with the right people after a security incident like this. they wou
john: president biden joking with his age and memory a short time ago and at any moment now, the white house expected to brief reporters as the president s allies rush to his defense following the devastating special counsel report. and with that, we begin a monday afternoon of what promises to be a very busy week. hello, john roberts in washington. buckle, sandra, here we go again. sandra: welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. america reports . democratic lawmakers are in full damage control mode after the big week last week and many are turning attention away from the report to focus on the president s record. john: voters are far from convinced a second term is the best way forward. overwhelming 86% of voters say the president is too old to serve another four years. sandra: so right to peter doocy live at the white house. what is the biden team doing to counter growing concerns about the president s age. they told us last week this was coming and we saw it