for the murder and attempted rape of zara aleena in east london her family say she was fearless and independent. and a bit of tennis history for britain s heather watson at wimbledon, as she makes it through to the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. it means everything, playing here at home, in front all of you guys. the atmosphere is, is everything and coming up on the bbc news channel. it was cancelled because of covid last september, but finally the test series decider between england and india got under way at edgbaston, with the hosts bowling first. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. he quit his post yesterday, saying in a resignation letter he drop, far too much. two seniorfemale conservative mps, caroline noakes and karen bradleyjoined labour in calling for hiss is spend snrun the party and said there should be a new code of conduct for mps, with the latest from westminster. here is our correspondent nick eardley. this is chris pincher. un
view of events in the uk and around the world in dateline. the conservative party has suspended the mp chris pincher, who stood down from his government role following allegations he assaulted two men at a private members club on wednesday night. he quit his post yesterday, saying in a resignation letter he drank far too much . two senior female conservative mps, caroline noakes and karen bradley, had joined labour in calling for his suspension from the party and said there should be a new code of conduct for mp s. with the latest from westminster here s our correspondent nick eardley. last night chris pincher resigned his government role after allegations that he had grouped two men. he had been drinking here, a private scope in london, with other conservative politicians. he admitted drinking too much and said he had embarrassed himself. we take over the things he had embarrassed himself. we take over the things incredibly he had embarrassed himself. we take over the
Knew so well and where her life was taken, her family and friends will lead a walk to remember her, to be a silent, somber walk. and we will hold her in our hearts. and we walk, as a woman should be allowed to, as a woman should have the entitlement to, and we walk her home. that was zara s aunt ending that report byjune kelly. joining midnight is martin lipton and emma will. joining me tonight. the very first editions of
She had a really big heart. tomorrow, in the neighbourhood zara knew so well and where her life was taken, her family and friends will lead a walk to remember her, to be a silent, somber walk. and we will hold her in our hearts. and we walk, as a woman should be allowed to, as a woman should have the entitlement to, and we walk her home. zahra s and ending that report by jean kelly. now a look at some other stories making the news today. ukraine has accused russia of waging a war on civilians, after at least 19 people were killed by russian missile strikes near the black sea port of 0desa. more than 30 others were injured in the attacks, which severely damaged a block of flats
Tonight. reporter: tonight, outside one hospital in brooklyn, a somber walk. a team of doctors moving a covid victim to a mobile morgue. an increasingly familiar sight in this stricken city. morgue space is filling up. this grim picture outside bellevue hospital. about a dozen of these refrigerator trucks lined up to hold the dead. overnight, the death toll in new york state jumping to nearly 3,000. highest single increase in the number of deaths since we started. reporter: funeral homes overwhelmed. 60% of them in this room are covid patients. reporter: delivering tough news to grieving families. i would love to pick up grandma now and have her on my roof where i can watch her, but i don t have the accommodation to get her right now. reporter: tonight, across america, the national guard building field hospitals in michigan and connecticut. disinfecting nursing homes in georgia. but here in new york, governor andrew cuomo giving the troops