michael buchanan, bbc news, south london. months, according to estimates from roughly one in 65 people were estimated to have had the virus last week, up from around one in 70 the week before. the small rise is likely due to two newer variants of omicron. a report from the french government has blamed a chain of "failures" for last month's chaotic scenes at the champions league final in paris. it said the events at the stade de france, which included police firing tear gas at some liverpool fans, had damaged the country's image and raised questions about its ability to host major sporting events. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has more details. ten days on from the chaos at the champions league final, the first assessment of the french government on events at the stade de france. it says police asked that signs directing people to an alternative entrance to the stadium be taken down days before the match, and that it would have been desirable to reinstall the signs once a train strike was announced. it also says an u

michael buchanan, bbc news, south london. balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay and jobs. the transport salaried staffs association said if its members on crosscountry, east midlands trains and west midland trains vote in favour of industrial action, it could take place ahead of the commonwealth games in birmingham injuly. travellers on the railways and london underground are facing disruption later this month because of strikes by the rmt, aslef and unite. coronavirus cases have risen slightly in the uk for the first time in two months, according to estimates from the office for national statistics. roughly one in 65 people were estimated to have had the virus last week, up from around one in 70 the week before. the small rise is likely down to the two newer variants of omicron. devon and cornwall police have released new information about the two disabled people who died after their motor boat capsized in devon on wednesday. a third person is seriously ill in hospital. a joint investigation with the marine accide

michael buchanan, bbc news. being cut by almost 5%, to 7.3% according to the government. the maximum rate had been predicted to rise to 12% in the autumn, according to the institute for fiscal studies. while the ifs welcomed the announcement, it said it would "have little of no effect" on most graduates�* repayments. larissa kennedy — president of the national union of students explained the impact of intereset rate cuts. we have course welcome that there is a recognition that the 12% was going to be absolutely eye watering. but to be absolutely eye watering. but to say that 4.3, going upward to 7% is not a change that is going to make an impact isjust is not a change that is going to make an impact is just absolutely not correct. we are in a setting where students and graduates are already struggling at a level we have not seen. we have got more students and graduates than ever needing to access food banks. struggling to make ends meet with event costs, the cost of living rising. this is still astronomical. tal

michael buchanan, bbc news.hows on his world tour. in an instagram video, bieber said he had ramsay hunt syndrome, which affects a facial nerve near the ears. he said he doesn't know how long it will take to recover. as you can see, this eye is not blinking. i can't smile on this side of my face. this nostril will not move. so there's full paralysis on this side of my face. so for those who are frustrated by my cancellations of the next shows, i'm just physically, obviously not capable of doing them. i'll be using this time to just rest and relax and get back to 100% so that i can do what i was born to do. but in the meantime, this ain't it. justin bieber. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. good afternoon. it's quite quiet out there for many, with some lovely sunny spells coming through, and in the sunshine it's feeling quite warm. but there is some cloud and some nuisance rain, accompanied by gusty winds across much of western scotland, turning showery into northern i

michael buchanan, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben. hello.s around. not as many showers further south and some good spells of sunshine. the further south and east you are, mainly dry, sunny spells, just the odd shower. some more showers through wales, northern england. certainly some showers for northern ireland and some heavy ones, even spells of persistent rain in parts of scotland, where we will see wind gusts in the north—west touching 50mph. temperatures just 1a degrees for stornoway, 22 the high in london. through this evening and tonight, some showers will continue. many will fade. we will see some clear spells to take us into the first part of sunday. temperatures around down 10, 11 or 12 degrees. it should be a brighter start than we had today across scotland. some good spells of sunshine elsewhere. still some showers in the forecast, but not as many as we have today. still quite windy, but not as windy as it is today, and temperatures ranging from 1a in glasgow to 21 degrees in norwich. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the hea

michael buchanan, bbc news, south london. to the united states now.l as an attempted coup by donald trump, aimed at overturning the election of president biden. the panel says mr trump summoned the mob and "lit the flame" for the attack as part of a conspiracy to cling to office. the inquiry has been holding the first in a series of primetime televised hearings into the storming of the capitol. mr trump dismissed the claims as a hoax and a witch hunt. nomia iqbal reports from washington. they�* re marching eastbound. it's one of the most documented events in modern history. just want to advise, they're trying to breach and get into the capitol. and new footage shows just how close america came to losing its democracy on january the 6th. this was a highly—produced hearing made for prime—time tv, in which the committee said it would reveal shocking details of what happened. and aware of the rioters' chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment. quote, "maybe our supporters have the right idea." "mike pence," quote, "deserves it

michael buchanan, bbc news, south london.ures" for last month's chaotic scenes at the champions league final in paris. it said the events at the stade de france, which included police firing tear gas at some liverpool fans, had damaged the country's image and raised questions about its ability to host major sporting events. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has more details. ten days on from the chaos at the champions league final, the first assessment of the french government on events at the stade de france. it says police asked that signs directing people to an alternative entrance to the stadium be taken down days before the match, and that it would have been desirable to reinstall the signs once a train strike was announced. it also says an unprecedented influx of people without valid tickets rapidly overwhelmed security controls and that this was the key problem on the night. the report makes five recommendations, including a requirement that fans use electronic tickets in future to reduce the risk of fraud. the r

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'essentials�*)and 36% of respondents said i'm joined now by our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan concerns on the level of worry they had on a regular basis about the rising costs. nine out of ten said, nearly nine out of tend of respondents that they had noticed costs had gone out up, 77% were in the category of very worried or somewhat worried about the impact of those costs and perhaps as you would expect there were people on lower incomes, families with young children, people in particular with disabilities that had the most concerns about it, but this is a very up—to—date snapshot, we have spoken a lot about the impact of the cost of living but the survey took place in the last week of may, first week ofjune so it is almost real—time data coming through from great britain, showing exactly what the impact of these rising prices are on people's budgets and household and what they are doing in response. to household and what they are doing in resonse. ., a, . ., ., ., y response. to macau often do they run surve s response. to macau often do they run surveys about — response. to

here's our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan.decision still stands, so 20 years later had this problem is still ongoing. millions of people have had there, have received the wrong pension for decades because the department has chosen or been unable to fix it. why haven't they fixed it? this is complicated. this pension computer system runs the entire pension system, it has been found not to be fit for purpose by mps. the department for work and pensions are saying they are looking into possible remedies, they are trying to assess the extent of the problem but this computer system was effectively due to be switched off in 2020. it has been going on an ad hoc temporary basis since then one year by year basis. it is high time everybody seems to accept it needs to be replaced but at the moment they know a suitable or an affordable computer alternative. do we have a sense of how many people might be affected by this? that we have a sense of how many people might be affected by this?— might be affected by this? that is art of the might