seven! seven! tributes pour in for the former head judge of strictly and king of the catchphrase, len goodman, who s died aged 78. he had no understanding ofjust how big he was, how much people loved him. in my own house we still never use the word seven, we say seven differently. he changed a whole number for so many of us. how a third of government money for extra school tutoring after the covid lockdown still hasn t been spent. and with just under two weeks until the coronation, a bbc poll suggests less than a third of18 21i year olds want the monarchy to continue. and coming up on bbc news: the draw for the sixth round of rugby league s challenge cup will take place shortly on the bbc. 16 teams go into the hat to see who will play whom in the ties in may. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the head of the un has called on the security council to do all it can to pull sudan back from what he called a catastrophic conflagration which could engulf the whole re
And the health secretary, jeremy hunt, are chairing a meeting of the Emergency Response committee, cobra, this morning, to discuss the handling of the cyber attack, which hit parts of the Nhs In England and scotland on friday. Dozens of hospitals in england and scotland have been forced to cancel some operations and appointments today, and some gp surgeries are still experiencing problems as staff begin a new working week. Lincolnshire hospital said all tests, and routine surgeries have been cancelled. Meanwhile microsoft said governments around the world should treat the attacks as a wake up call blaming them for storing data on Software Vulnerabilities which could then be accessed by hackers. Its thought over 200,000 computers have been affected worldwide with russia hardest hit. In the past half hour the National Crime agency has tweeted this saying if youre a victim of ransomware do not pay theres no guarantee that access to your files will be restored. Here, security minister ben
Has described the blast as a barbaric act. Police say they are working to establish exactly what happened. We are currently treating this as a Terrorist Incident, until we have further information. This is clearly a very concerning time for everyone. On breakfast this morning, we will bring you the latest from the scene, and reaction to what could be the uks worst Terror Attack since the 7 7 london bombings. Good morning, it is tuesday 23 may. The news we are waking up to this morning an explosion at a Concert Venue in manchester, packed full of children and families, has claimed the lives of at least 19 people. Theresa may has paid tribute to the victims, and will chair a meeting of the governments Emergency Committee later this morning. The metro mayor of manchester, andy burnham, has called it a terrible night for our great city. We will be getting a further statement from andy burnham at around 7 30am this morning. We will be live with louise at the scene in a moment, but first let
Talks begin today to take britain out of the european union, well be there live throughout the morning. And while the politicians are talking, iam and while the politicians are talking, i am at Smithfield Markets in manchester to find out what businesses want from the negotiations. As Police Release the first pictures from inside the charred remains of Grenfell Tower, a nationwide minutes silence will take place this morning to remember those who lost their lives. In sport, the american Brooks Koepka equalled the Tournaments Lowing lowest winning score to take his first major. And carols got the weather. Today, for many of us, hot and sunny. Temperatures peaking around 33 celsius in the south. In the north, at different story. There is a Weather Front producing thick cloud and some drizzle. I will have more in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. One man has been killed and eight people have been taken to three separate hospitals after a van drove into a crowd of pede
Community apart. In the past few minutes the Deputy Assistant commissioner of Scotland Yard said the attack was an attack on london and all londoners. Barry cavan free is at the scene. You can see the police cordoned just behind me, the police cordoned just behind me, the police vans and all the officers have been here since the early hours. The local community here in Finsbury Park, extremely upset and worried, some of the people ive been speaking to, telling me they cannot believe it happened on their part, where they live. Home secretary amber rudd describing this asa secretary amber rudd describing this as a Terrorist Incident, you can feel in the community here are the anger and shock from all of the residents and everyone. Barry caffrey reporting. A nationwide one minute silence will be held at am this morning to remember the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire. It comes as police said they will give a revised figure for the number of people presumed dead, which currently stands a