Edwin poots is what the leader of the democratic unionists party in northern ireland. And coming up and a half an hour, foreign correspondence joined a half an hour, foreign correspondencejoined me a half an hour, foreign correspondence joined me to give an outsider view of events in the uk. Stay with us for dateline london at 7:30 p:m. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson is said the new variant of coronavirus could make a serious disruption to tackle the coronavirus and relaxing restrictions. Speaking earlier, the premise reset the second vaccine dose for over 50s would be accelerated to keep ahead of the virus. Cases of the indian variant have more than doubled in a week with over 1300 cases and most in england. The government says there is no the variant causes more severe disease or is more a visit to the vaccine but it may be more transmissible. 0ur medical editor explains. This is one way of keeping a lid on the indian variant. Surge testing in formby, merseyside,
mounting calls for key workers to receive priority forfuel where it is available. are you an essential worker? and if so, should you get priority for fuel ambulance workers, care staff, medics, supermarket workers let me know @vicderbyshire or email victoria@bbc.co.uk. a 36 year old man is charged with the murder of sabina nessa, a teacherfound dead in south london more than a week ago. the government will take over the running of train operator southeastern, after what it calls a £25 million breach of its franchise agreement. us singer r kelly is facing life in jail after being found guilty of exploiting his superstar status to traffic women and children for sexual abuse. also coming up. we all have our secrets, we just didn t get to yours yet. and coming up, as the premiere of the latest bond film no time to die finally takes place tongiht in london we ll talk to a daniel craig lookalike and lucy fleming, the niece of bond creator ian fleming. good morning. the army is on
impressive for earlyjuly, 17 19. we finished the day with persistent rain across in northern ireland. that s going to be affecting northern ireland through the evening, then spread into parts of central southern scotland, northern england and western parts of wales as we go through the night and into tomorrow morning. not a desperately cold night, temperature is around 9-13 to cold night, temperature is around 9 13 to start the weekend. here s the chart for the weekend. saturday, we ve got this hawk of weather system pushing slowly eastwards across the country, a bit more breeze on it than today. we ll see one when the front stretching from yorkshire down towards cornwall with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. that pushes slowly southwards and eastwards. east anglia and the south east staying dry until the evening then sunshine and showers for many although northern parts of scotland more in the way of persistent rain and cloud through the day. the winds lightest year, more of a
anniversary of taking hong kong back from britain and claims the territory now has true democracy. ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. good afternoon. borisjohnson is facing calls to suspend one of his mps who s alleged to have groped two men. chris pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after admitting he had drunk far too much at the carlton club, the conservative party members club in london. labour have questioned why he s being allowed to sit as a tory mp. they say it shows the conservative party is mired in sleaze and scandal. our political correspondent iain watson reports. are you drowning in sleaze? after striding the world stage, borisjohnson is back in britain and the spotlight has moved on to problems in his party, one
that three year old madeleine mccann disappeared. what one local resident told the police she saw a decade ago is now reported to be a significant part of the investigation. and the camera that makes this bionic hand more versatile than any before it. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has made an unparalleled attack on eu politicians and officials, accusing them of trying to influence the result of the general election. just minutes after she d had an audience with the queen at buckingham palace, theresa may said the eu s position on brexit had hardened. her comments came after the european union s chief negotiator, michel barnier, warned that it was an illusion to think the brexit process could be painless. labour has accused mrs may of using brexit for political gain. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. what was on her mind with that raise of the eyebrows? not just the formalities of revving up for an election. which she, remember, was not o