Made her feel. They kept her up all night, right? introduction of the methamphetamine. We know, from ms. Ross, that in march of 2020, mr. Floyd was seen for a drug overdose. She described how he felt in that instance. She said, his whole body hurt. His stomach hurt. We know, based on, again, from ms. Ross, that he was clean and sober for some time while they were in quarantine. We know that ms. Ross, again, described taking, about a week before, a similar pill to the one that they had, back in march. Kept her up, again, all night. Right? she says she felt like she was going to die. We know, again, from ms. Ross, that those pills were purchased from maurice hall. She described going to a hotel, while mr. Floyd went into the hotel, she was on the phone with him. She heard maurice hall s voice. We know mr. Floyd was with maurice hall on may 25th, 2020. We heard, from the store clerk, christopher martin. He described mr. Floyd as being high. His responses were delayed, right? he may have b
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.
who was in charge of the man who carried out the fatal attacks at fishmongers hall in london has told an inquest that he had no indication he was being deceived by usman khan. but he admitted there had been some prison intelligence that khan might return to his old ways . daniel sandford has more. the disastrous consequences of allowing a recently released, high risk convicted terrorist travel alone to london. the battle on london bridge, with usman khan, who had just stabbed two people to death. saskia jones and jack merritt had been involved with learning together, a prison education organisation whose events khan had been attending. khan had been a difficult prisoner, involved in violence against other inmates and radicalisation. he had improved his behaviour but there was intelligence suggesting that he might go back to his old ways. the inquests into the deaths of saskia jones and jack merritt have heard that it was usman khan s probation officer, ken skelton, who auth
launched to raise money to build a memorial in st paul s cathedral to those who ve died as a result of coronavirus. costing £2.3 million, it would be the first new structure of its kind inside st paul s for 150 years. charlotte wright reports. for centuries, st paul s cathedral has been a place to reflect on significant international events, which is why campaigners say it s a fitting site for this, a covid memorial. designed by an architect who himself lost his mother during the pandemic. there are now over 100,000 other families who will have gone through that same sense of dislocating anguish. and, for us, i think a memorial could not be more important. the plan is to build the memorial here at the north door, the site of a porch that was bombed during world war ii. and visitors will walk through to an area of reflection, where there will be a digital book of condolence and they can call up entries, including photos and epitaphs. more than 7,300 names have already been up
eileen had never met. hello, eileen. diane was her telephone friend throughout the pandemic and today they were able to meet face to face at last. i think it makes a big difference that somebody cares. how much difference having someone you could talk to? terrific. we ve had a good laugh, haven t we? we just realised that we at the same sense of humour i think and i would tell her tales and it would make her laugh, so i would tell her some more and i would stop you. just worked out really well. eileen has been on her own since losing her husband but there s many like her and age uk has lottery funding to maintain the telephone service. we found we had a lot of people volunteer to wanted to do it you have been furloughed and a lot of customers wanting to come on board who needed some extra support, so that is how the project snowballed. and those like diane who volunteered with the telephone service found the rewards flowed both ways. it must have been important to you as well