More than half a million people were told to self isolate last week, as the number of people in hospital with covid triples in a month. And the open golf championships return after two years the south african, louis oosthuizen, the early leader at royal st george s. And coming up on the bbc news channel. The rugby league world cup will go ahead in england later this year but reigning champions australia are still yet to sign up. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. Heavy rain and flooding have killed at least 42 people in geramny and dozens more are missing after the worst floods in living memory. Police helicopters and hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to help stranded residents in areas where some homes have been washed away. Parts of belgium, the netherlands and france have also been badly affected. It follows record rainfall in parts of western europe and warnings that there is more to come. Our europe correspondentjenny hill is in one of the worst hit area
more than 70 people have been killed in recent days. new data suggests covid cases in england are at their lowest since august. but there are concerns about a variant first identified in india. the largest tunnelling machine used in a uk rail project starts work under the chiltern hills on the h52 high speed link. jazz music. and, the power of music that is changing the lives of some people living with dementia. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. 12,000 manchester city and chelsea fans will be heading to portugal later this month as porto is confirmed for champions league final. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. new figures have laid bare the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the nhs in england. the number of people waiting for routine hospital treatment has hit nearly five million the highest since records began. as the nhs concentrated on tackling covid, the numbers waiting for treatment for other illnesses soared.
came back on the bbc before moving to itv. it is a fact that he was, of course, such a presence on so many different forms of broadcasting for many years. everything from morning talk shows to the infamous ghost watch, which terrified the entire nation. i think his legacy is that he was able to have informative, intelligent conversation, with people who were anyone from a notable news figure to globalstar. and really managed to get them to open up and reveal a bit more of themselves. he was really a class act at coming up with the right questions, framing it in the right way, and, ithink, allowing the person who was being interviewed, to open up in a form they wouldn t do to any other interviewer. i think the amount of people who i have been reading and seeing talking about, in the last few hours, who have said they had got into journalism and broadcasting because they were inspired by watching something on his show. that is the true legacy of a person, notjust the show they
moment has finally, the moment has come? he: moment has come finally, the moment has come? tie: moment has come indeed. just finally, the moment has come? tue moment has come indeed. just as we were coming to speak to you, there was kick off and as i stand now looking at the big screen. all eyes are now on the big screen in the fan zone. it is starting already. it is starting already. to cheers and the jeers. this has been so much build up, so much excitement and so much nervousness around this game. it is the rivalry we have been speaking about in so many sports and now you can add the football to it, the matildas versus the lionesses. england come into this as the european champions. they are a strong and resilient team, even if they haven t been at their most fluid. but the matildas are riding on a huge wave of love and support. they are everything anyone is talking about all over the country, they are on the front and back pages of newspapers and they are playing to a s