Footballing legend Jimmy Greaves has died. He was 81. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Russias marathon parliamentary election is over, and the authorities insist it was transparent and fair, despite widespread allegations of electoral fraud. According to an Exit Poll quoted by russian media, Vladimir Putins united Russia Party has scored a resounding win but many prominent Opposition Politicians were barred from standing, with some even forced to flee the country. This report is from our correspondent Steve Rosenberg in moscow. Theres something rather odd about a russian election. Polling stations turn into musicals. Buses turn into Polling Stations. We found this one just outside of moscow. They were surprised to see us. And across russia, they have been voting for three days. It looks like a regular election. There are voters and there are parties to vote for, but most Opposition Politicians and activists in other words, the kremlin s most vocal cri
Front line. Are you an nhs Frontline Worker . Or have you or your loved ones experienced delays obtaining nhs treatment . Wed love to hear from you. Get in touch at annitabbc bbcyourquestions new figures show the number of uk workers on Company Payrolls rose by 160,000 last month despite the Furlough Support Scheme coming to an end what they show is unemployment has consistently and continuously fallen for nine months in a row now and record numbers of people are in work. The us has condemned russia for conducting a Dangerous And Irresponsible missile test that it says endangered the crew aboard the International Space station. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Police say it could be weeks before the full picture emerges about sundays explosion outside Liverpool Womens hospital. Meanwhile, details have been emerging about the man who died when the home made bomb exploded in a taxi as it pulled up outside the hospital. Its understood that 32 year old Emad Al Swealmeen was an Asylum
Affecting Northern Ireland and ahead of that something a bit warmer than today across parts of england and wales, but it will get warmer after that and the wind is coming all the way from the tropics, bringing the warmth and a lot of cloud and on those weather fronts, some those weatherfronts, some rain. Could be quite wet across parts of argyll and highland on thursday with some rain threatening Northern Ireland. It looks mostly dry for england and wales and quite cloudy further east, but even with the cloud because the air is coming from the south we have temperatures of 19 in belfast, 21 in east yorkshire. As we move into friday the winds are light for england and wales and threaten fog in the morning for the midlands and south east and that will lift with sunshine coming through. The main rain band is towards the far north west so sunshine for scotland and Northern Ireland and in another very warm day for this time of the year. Thats all from the bbc news at six. So its goodbye fro
To a Third World War. The us says its Deeply Troubled by the conviction in turkey of activist osman kavala, after he was sentenced to Life In Prison Without Parole, on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. For the first time, black Women Artists from britain and the United States win awards at the prestigious venice biennale. Hello, and welcome to the programme. The tech tycoon, elon musk, has struck a deal, worth around 41; billion, to buy twitter. When he assumes ownership at the end of the year, mr musk, whos the worlds richest man, will control a Social Network with 300 million users, including many world leaders. Hes described himself as a free speech absolutist, leading civil Rights Groups to warn against twitter becoming a Breeding Ground for hate speech. Our Technology Correspondent James Clayton reports from san francisco. Elon musk usually tweets cryptic messages, but there was nothing cryptic about his reaction to the news that twitter had accepted his offer. Bu