To help Small Businesses trying to survive the pandemic. 100 in his 100th test match. What a player england Captainjoe Root marks his 100th test with 100 of his own. They cant because the vice chair is here. I take charge and the Parish Council meeting in cheshire that went viral. And coming up on bbc news three months after it ended the six nations begins again well look ahead as england start the defence of their title. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Almost half the uk population 32 Million People should be vaccinated against coronavirus by may. The government says it expects all adults over the age of 50 as well as the clinically vulnerable and those working in health and social care to have received their firstjab by then. The uks medicines regulator says the latest Research Shows side effects from all three vaccines are minor and dont last long. As cases continue to fall, politicians are divided over how soon restrictions should be lifted. Heres our medical edito
we ll be live with our deputy political editor and our business editor and asking how the government can pay for its committments without cuts in public spending. also this lunchtime: manchester crown court hears how a nurse accused of murdering babies on a neonatal ward tried to kill a premature baby girl on two consecutive night shifts. after the latest russian attacks on ukraine, nato says sending air defence systems there is a top priority. and a bbc investigation shows how displaced families in syria are begging for money on tiktok, which then keeps a big slice of the proceeds. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s preparations for the t20 world cup continue in canberra, testing their credentials against the hosts australia in the second of their three match series. good afternoon. in the last hour, the prime minister has said she ll absolutely stick to her promise not to cut public spending. she was speaking at the first prime minister s questions since last
Good evening. Donald trump has become the first us president , former or current, to stand trial in a criminal case after appearing in court in new york. Hes accused of falsifying his Business Records to disguise a Hush Money Payment made to the former adult film star, Stormy Daniels, shortly before the 2016 election. Mr trump has pleaded not guilty and was his usual defiant self outside court, claiming the attack was an assault on america, and repeating unsubstantiated claims that the trial is a witch hunt against him. Our north america editor sarah smith reports. Its become a well rehearsed ritual Donald Trumps performance on his way to court. But this time its very different. The first criminal trial of a former president , and it comes with a possible prison sentence. Just look at his face. He seems drained of all his usual bombast, while insisting he is the victim of a conspiracy to derail his president ial campaign. This is political persecution. This is a persecution like never
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kissing a colleague, in breach of social distancing guidelines. he says he s let people down and is very sorry, after the sun newspaper published images of him and his aide, gina coladangelo embracing in the department of health. borisjohnson is standing boris johnson is standing by borisjohnson is standing by his health secretary, saying he considers the matter closed. but labour is calling on mr hancock to resign. and there more questions this evening, about how mrs coladangelo, initially hired by mr hancock himself, was then appointed last september to her current position, on the board of the department of health. our deputy political editor, 0ur deputy political editor, vicki young is at westminster for us this evening. matt hancock has become one of the most prominent politicians in the government during this pandemic, frequently making the case for severe restrictions on all our lives. he has been leading the fight against covid and of course it has been a toughjob. against