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described the chaotic scenes at wembley stadium during the euro 2020 final this summer as a source of national shame . around 2000 people without tickets managed to get into the stadium as england took on italy. the report s author, baroness louise casey, said the behaviour of a minority of england supporters was notjust disgraceful but also recklessly endangered lives. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. appalling disorder on a day of national shame the damning findings of the investigation into the scenes that marred england s biggest match since 1966. many fans left terrified after being caught up in the chaos. today, the woman whose report lays bare the gravity of the mayhem at wembley told me it was fortunate that no one died. well, i think what happened was a very near miss and that near miss would be a significant loss of life or injuries probably on a scale that, sadly, we saw at hillsborough. so, i think the benefit of it being a near miss is, actually, ....
spending watchdog alec baldwin says he does not feel guilt over the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the set of his film, rust. ifeel that, that, someone is responsible for what happened and i can t say who that is but i know it s not me. if you want to get in touch this morning, you are very welcome. @vicderbyshire [email protected] thousands of people are still without power in parts of scotland and northern england, a week after storm arwen battered the uk. 15,000 properties are waiting to be reconnected in the north east and north west of england as well as the north east and south of scotland. the situation has been declared a major incident by durham county council which has called for more resources to support residents. and in scotland, the army has been drafted in to help the recovery effort in aberdeenshire. tim muffet has this report. aberdeenshire council put out an urgent request for military help. that help has now arrived. around ....
politico writes, judge jackson quote described the actions of donald trump and others as a key driver of what would ultimately become the violent assault that left 140 police officers injured and four members of the mob dead adding quote jackson termly referred to trch s remarks when she described the goal of those leading the january 6th rally. she said their efforts deliberately stoked the flames of fear and discontent and explicitly encouraged attendees to go to the capitol to fight for one reason and one reason only, to make sure the certification of the election did not happen. her remarks follow commentary from a different federal judge last month who described one january 6th offender as, quote, a pawn in a game directed and played by people who should know better, the president and his allies in government. together, those rebukes ramp up calls for justice and accountability at this point seem to only be delivered by the january 6th committee. in the wake of sig ....
from what we do know there s a significant number of mutations, perhaps double the number of mutations that we have seen in the delta variant. and that would suggest that it may well be more transmissible and the current vaccines that we have may well be less effective. so are we heading for a return to tough travel restrictions? paul charles is ceo of the travel consultancy the pc agency. 20 months into the crisis, this must feel like deja vu for the industry do travellers have more flexibilty and financial protection this time round? i think they do, there is no doubt travel firms have become much better at offering refunds or alternatives in terms of switching flights but this feels like we are going backwards at a time when things were improving. airlines were back to 60 or 70% of what they were flying pre pandemic, tour operators and travel agents were seeing bookings return to around 80% of what they saw before the pandemic and hotels were starting to fill a roo ....
and coming up on the bbc news channel. with the ashes less than two weeks away, australian batter tim paine is taking a break from all forms of cricket and pat cummins replaces him as captain. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the health secretary sajid javid has told mps there is huge international concern about a new highly mutated variant of covid 19, which could pose a substantial risk to public health. no cases have yet been detected in the uk, but flights from six southern african countries have been suspended. the world health organisation is meeting in geneva to discuss the situation. our first report is from our health correspondent katharine da costa. the correspondent katharine da costa. emergence of a complex the emergence of a new highly complex variant in southern africa has sounded alarm bells around the world. so far most cases have been identified in one province of south africa where it appears the variant may be driving a new wave of ....