allegations are and what questions have yet to be answered. did you switch off your lights in the last hour? up to a million people are paid to use less electricity to avoid blackouts. and manager frank lampard is sacked by everton after just a year as the team faces relegation. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. no stopping novak djokovic chasing a record extending tenth title in melbourne he cruises into the quarter finals of the australian open. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. rishi sunak has asked his independent ethics adviser to look into the tax affairs of the conservative party chairman and former chancellor nadhim zahawi. the prime minister has resisted calls to sack mr zahawi but says, clearly, there are questions that need answering. mr zahawi paid a penalty believed to be around £5 million to the tax authority hmrc for unpaid tax while he was chancellor. mr zahawi says he made a careless error and is confident he has acted prop
everything, to investigate the matter everything, to investigate the matter fully. but labour says mr zahawi s position is untenable and he should be sacked immediately. also tonight. the choice of richard sharp as chairman of the bbc is to be investigated following allegations that he helped organise a loan for borisjohnson shortly before his appointment. alexa, kitchen lights alexa, kitchen li-hts off. alexa, kitchen lights off. a scheme that pays households in england, wales and scotland to cut their electricity use in exchange for discounts on their bills has gone live for the first time. deux, trois, quatre, cinq. and coming up on the bbc news channel: everton s managerial merry go round continues frank lampard is sacked after less than a year in charge of the toffees. good evening. there are clearly questions that need answering about nahim zahawi s conduct. that s the prime minister s view about the colleague he appointed as chairman of the conservative party an
social media star. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it s bumper weekend of football with one of the highlights being the manchester derby in the premier league with plenty at stake for both united and city. good evening. the manchester city footballer benjamin mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, after a six month trial at chester crown court. jurors failed to reach verdicts on two other cases, meaning he will now face a re trial later this year. another man was also found not guilty of three counts of rape relating to two teenagers. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, reports. and it came to mendy! oh, what a clearance. he was the millionaire footballer who had the world at his feet. but what now for benjamin mendy? it s a brilliant strike from mendy. cleared of the majority of charges against him, but facing a retrial on two others a jury couldn t decide upon. so, come to the darkness. mendy lived
but turning hotter again in the south east. temperatures could reach 30 degrees, but certainly not looking at the temperatures we started the week with. thank you, sarah. that is the news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. the news continues here on bbc one as now it is time to join news continues here on bbc one as now it is time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. good night. hello there. here is what s coming up hello there. here is what s coming up for you. it is lift off for the lionesses once again. a look back at last night s victory and ask where they can improve ahead of their women zero semifinal. we will also head live to oregon where she defends her world tighter later this evening. and in the last stages, he is still on top of the tour de france, but there has been bad news for chris froom mac. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening, the england head coach sarina wiegman
says his symptoms are mild and he s taking medication. no ordinary telescope scientists will for the first time be able to just detect smashing together of neutron stars. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. liz truss says the treasury s policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades. she s rejected concerns that the tax cuts she s promised would increase inflation. liz truss and her rivalry she sunak are now sitting out there pitches to win over the party membership. this report from iain watson contained some flashing images. her pitch to party members is that she would hold an emergency tax cutting budget, and she s not only attacked recent decisions taken by her colleagues, but has distanced herself from previous administrations. when i sat at that cabinet table, i opposed the national insurance rise before it happened, and i tried to stop it, because i thought it was a mistake. we have had a consensus of the treasury, of economists, of the financial t