The rower Katherine Grainger is made a dame by the queen. Schatz. And coming up in the sport on bbc news asenal will have to make Champions League history tonight, if they are going to overturn a four goal first leg deficit against Bayern Munich at the emirates. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Facebook has been strongly criticised after a bbc investigation found it is still failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. After a series of Sexually Suggestive pictures and comments were reported to the social networking site, more than 80 of them still remained online. The nspcc described facebooks response as appalling. Facebook says it takes the matter extremely seriously and is continuing to improve its system of removing such content. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. The rules are simple. Facebook says it removes nudity or Sexually Suggestive content. But our investigation last year found paedophiles using secret groups to swap obscene i
Taken a dramatic turn, with poachers slaughtering a rhino for its horn at a Wildlife Park in paris. A coroner has ruled that the singer George Michael died of Natural Causes, including heart and liver disease. Its 5. 00pm. A very good afternoon to you. Our top story is that the government is facing another defeat in the House Of Lords over its plans for britain to leave the european union. Peers are due to vote this evening on an amendment to the brexit bill, calling for parliament to be given A Meaningful Vote on any final deal. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is at westminster. The lords and ladies have been debating this throughout the day. How was it looking as far as they are concerned and the government is concerned . Remember that have already inflicted a defeat on the government over the rights of the eu citizens and this has been debated already House Of Commons and their was heated debate but there was no damage, no defeat inflicted on the government. That is no
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Or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. And can you answer the big question why we can get on planes and trains and sit next to each other wearing a mask but cant do it in a theatre . Lockdown restrictions continue to be eased around the uk beer gardens reopen in scotland, in wales the five mile travel restriction is lifted, and in Northern Ireland nail bars and tattoo parlours can reopen. As people worry about getting and keeping a job, the government promises 30,000 traineeships to get young people in england into work. Delays in cancer diagnosis or treatment because of the coronavirus pandemic could lead to tens of thousands deaths in the uk, according to research seen by bbc panorama. Coming up in the next hour campaigners call for all Sexual Violence cases dropped because of the so called rough sex defence to be reviewed. And ennio morricone, one of hollywoods most iconic film score composers, had died at the age of 91. A £1. 5 billion government rescue package has been announced for the
The iranian general Qasem Soleimani violated international law. And cuts and closures for two giants of the british high street boots and john lewis say more than 5,000 jobs are at risk. Welcome to you to outside source. The who has appointed two former heads of states to lead an independent probe into the Global Response to the coronavirus pandemic. Former new zealand Prime Minister helen clark on the left and the former president of liberia Ellenjohnson Sirleaf on the right will head the inquiry. Theyll look at how the who handled the pandemic, and how countries, governments and Health Services did too. The who has faced criticism, most notably from the us, that the organisation was slow to respond. Earlier, the who chief said everyone must look in the mirror. This is a time for self reflection, to look at the world we live in and to find ways to strengthen our collaboration as we Work Together to save lives and bring this pandemic under control. Joining us from auckland is the co ch