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as a matter of urgency. jane nickerson says that two thousand swimming pools are coming to the end of their lifespan and unless they are refurbished or replaced, the nation s success in aquatic sports is at stake. here s our sports correspondentjoe wilson. marshall street baths were built for victorian london, preserved, improved, and still used. exceptional. the big picture is bleak. swimming pools everywhere desperately need refurbishment or replacement, say swim england. it s the thing that keeps me absolutely awake at night. we know that by the end of this decade we could lose 40% of our pool stock. that is 2000 swimming pools. put that in context, that s millions of people that will lose out doing this wonderful activity which is brilliant for everybody. covid has accelerated the decline, especially with local authorities under huge financial pressure. over 200 pools which closed in england alone during the pandemic have not yet reopened. and yet in the summer, all ....
inquiry and his own mps. also on the programme tonight. a plane carrying military equipment arrives in ukraine to help bolster defences as tensions with russia continue to rise. the impact of the pandemic on front line nhs staff the nurse who s moved to the other side of the world after suffering what she calls complete emotional burn out. and the man who was trapped for more than 50 hours underground in the breacon becons after a caving accident returns the scene coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, we ll head live to cameroon following the death of eight people in a stadium crush at the africa cup of nations. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the metropolitan police has launced an investigation into allegations of multiple parties at downing street and in whitehall during lockdown to establish whether coronavirus rules were broken. the prime minister has welcomed the decision saying he s willing to speak to detectives and ....
than that and really only the odd spot pushing south with the weather front overnight but what this will do is start to break up and push away the big sheet of cloud that has been keeping things so grey and cold over the last few days. having said that, where we see breaks in the cloud overnight, that could allow a touch of frost to form, so a chilly starting tomorrow but for england and wales i can promise more in the way of sunshine, not necessarily clear blue skies but we will call it patchy cloud and sunny spells and something a little lighter. northern ireland and scotland turning cloudy and wet and windy too with gusts in excess of 50 mph for exposed spots but with more of a breeze across the uk and more sunshine and the air turning over wee lewd lose the stagnant cold and see highs between eight and 11 degrees and it will be mild but has the low pressure passes through the uk we will see severe gales for the northern isles as we ease through thursday and cloud ....
could be published soon. despite earlier suggestions it would be delayed because of the investigation. foreign secretary, liz truss, says she will be visiting ukraine next week, as tension with russia grows there. she warns a russian invasion would be a massive strategic mistake. the uk economy will grow more slowly than expected this year, as it recovers from the covid pandemic, according to the international monetary fund. and john lennon s afghan coat is going up for auction but only as a digital token. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news. the metropolitan police has launched an investigation into allegations of multiple parties at downing street and in whitehall during lockdown to establish whether coronavirus rules were broken. the prime minister has welcomed the decision saying he s willing to speak to detectives and hopes it will draw a line under the matter. the head of the metropolitan police, dame cressida dick, revealed this morning that the investigation w ....
also tonight. a plane with us military equipment arrives in ukraine to help bolster defences as tension with russia continues to rise. the pandemic s toll on frontline staff and the nurse who s so burnt out she s moved to the other side of the world. and the man trapped undergound for over 50 hours when caving in the breacon becons, returns to thank his rescuers. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel roy to the rescue. hodgson replaces ranieri as watford appoint the former england boss in a bid to stave off relegation. good evening. downing st and whitehall find themselves the subject of police investigation tonight, after the met said it was now looking into the claims of multiple parties there during lockdown potentially breaking covid rules. borisjohnson, who s been under severe political pressure over the allegations, welcomed the decision saying he s willing to speak to detectives and that he hopes it will draw a line under the matter. the metrop ....