are also off the shelves. in new york, the singer r kelly is given a 30 year sentence for sexually abusing women and children. and on day three of the championship, britain s andy murray and emma raducanu are both out of wimbledon. and coming up on the bbc news channel: late wickets help england s women s cause in their one off test with south africa, but they have just one day left to salvage a result. welcome to bbc news at ten. leaders of the nato defence alliance have declared russia to be a direct threat to their security, and said that ukraine can count on nato s support for as long as it takes. today s words, at the leaders summit in madrid, mark a significant beefing up of nato s approach. a quick reminder about the importance of nato here. the north atlantic treaty organization is a military alliance between 30 member states founded in 1949, whose members agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. nato is now on track to comprise 32 countries, as
A new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhea and iron deficiency anemia may be the earliest signs of colorectal cancer among people under 50.
cancer and its symtoms. it is the fourth most common cancer and the second biggest cancer killer. the deborahjames fund, which has raised over £7 million, was established to raise money for new treatments in particular personalised, targeted drugs. our medical editor fergus walsh has been to meet one patient taking part in a trial of a new experimental medicine. i m leading a normal life, doing things that i didn t think i d do again. i feel very lucky. richard condie from surrey was diagnosed with bowel cancer seven years ago. it s since spread to his liver. i was told i had about 12 months to go. we ve beaten that. in october, he started on an experimental immunotherapy at the royal marsden hospital. the drug, given as a weekly infusion, directs natural killer cells in his immune system to target the cancer.
tonight at 10: the scale of the omicron crisis is revealed, as new figures suggest one in every 15 people in the uk was infected in the run up to new year s eve. no more pcr tests to confirm a positive lateral flow result in england and wales, to help ease pressure on labs, if there are no symtoms. but fears remain, for hospitals. potentially of greatest concern, case rates are now rising rapidly among the older and more vulnerable, including doubling every week among those over 60, with the obvious risk that this will continue to increase the pressures on our nhs. but the prime minister insists the current level of covid restrictions in england is helping take the edge, off the omicron wave. also tonight. novak djokovic has his visa revoked to play in the australian open.