In belfast, a man In hIs 30s has been taken to hospItal after he was serIously assaulted durIng dIsorder there. HIs condItIon Is descrIbed as serIous and polIce are treatIng the IncIdent as a racIally motIvated hate crIme. PolIce offIcers also came under sustaIned attack. Petrol bombs, masonry and brIcks were thrown towards polIce. Petrol was also poured over a Land Rover and set alIght. Lyndsey telford has thIs report. What started as a protest became a powderkeg ready to explode. Anger turned to hatred, hate turned to vIolence, and vIctIms targeted In whats been descrIbed as sIckenIng acts. The owner of a cafe seen here barrIcadIng hIs door. Just all I wanted, really, In that moment was to save my staff and I had customers InsIde. So I wanted to run from Back Door and was keepIng shoutIng, run, run, run, and I was holdIng on the door. I dont want anybody to get Injured. The damage wIll be about between 15 and probably around 20 grand. The damage here Is bad, but for others Its devast
I want to thank my amazing team, my family that made so many amazing sacrifices for me. And Beaming Biles after struggles with her mental Health Superstar american gymnast Simone Biles takes bronze on the beam. In other news. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says scotland will remove most of its remaining covid restrictions from Monday Face coverings in indoor public settings will continue. This change is significant and hard earned. The Sacrifices Everyone has made over the past year and a half can never be overstated. Coronavirus Cases continue to fall in the uk, but deaths have risen to 138 the highest reported daily figure since march 17th. Borisjohnson meets the Opposition Leader of belarus after one of the countrys athletes at the olympics sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy. Sprinter tells the bbc why she did it. I want people to stop being afraid, i want them to speak out because when there is pressure its really important not to keep silent. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc N
Lets cross now to the scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who is making a virtual statement to msps she is set to reveal whether her government will lift most legal Covid Restrictions. I will set out a number of mitigation conditions. I will summarise the key points from new guidance being published today on arrangements for the start of The New School year. Let me start by summarising todays statistics. The total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 1016 which is 8. 1 of all tests. There are 406 people receiving Host Tokyo and 61 people receiving Host Tokyo and 61 people receiving Host Tokyo and 61 people receiving Intensive Care which has won more than yesterday. Sadly nine further deaths were reported over the last 24 hours taking the total number of registered is death and the daily definition to 7952. As always i want to convey my sincere condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one. I can also report that 4,014,000 212 people have now received a first dose of v
Of vaccInatIon to enter InDoor places such as restaurants, theatres, and gyms. And curIosIty dIdnt kIll the cat, but It dId stop a major league baseBall Game. Well meet the felIne that brought a new York Yankees game to standstIll. Hello, and welcome. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has denIed the fIndIngs of a fIve Month InvestIgatIon by the States Attorney General that found he sexually harassed multIple women, IncludIng senIor employees. Rejected the fIndIngs. The fIve Month Probe found that Governor Cuomo vIolated federal and state laws whIle creatIng a ClImate Of Fear In the workplace. Two senIor democrats us senate majorIty leader, Chuck Schumer and senator kIrsten gIllIbrand, both New York democrats have called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resIgn. Heres a lIttle of what the Attorney General had to say. The Independent InvestIgatIon has concluded that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multIple women and In doIng so, vIolated federal and state law. SpecIfIcally, the InvestIgat