the olympic boxer nicola adams has to pull out of strictly after her partner, katya jones, tests positive. and coming up on bbc news, can scotland and northern ireland secure victories which will see them join wales and england at next summer's euros? not for six decades have all four home nations featured at a major tournament. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. we know how tackling the coronavirus pandemic has been an all—out effort for the nhs and its staff. new figures published today show another side of the impact of the pandemic — the number of people facing longer waits for non—covid hospital treatments and operations in england is the highest for 12 years. patients are meant to be seen within 18 weeks of a referral by their gp. but by the end of september, nearly 140,000 people had waited more than a year for non—urgent operations like hip and knee replacements. compare that to a waiting list ofjust over 1,500 — that's what it was in february before the pandemic hit britain. and it could get worse, as some hospitals around the country have started to cut back non—ur

time to tell you that nicola adams and katja jones are to leave strictly come dancing.t of the protocols outlined ahead of the series. this means that they will no longer be able to take part in the competition. in a statement, nicola adams said that she is absolutely devastated that are strictly journey has come to an end so soon. she said that she's had so much more to give and so many people to win this for. a big shame, but we wish her a safe recovery. now it's time for a look at the weather. most of us saw some shine shine today but the clouds has been gathering more recently across the north—west of the country. that was how the weather looked around cumbria through the afternoon. the cloud you can see spilling in here is associated with this area of low pressure, cold front set to move on through the night on this front will have some strong winds on and just ahead of the front, as well, so it will become quite gusty for all of us for a time through the next few hours with the rain really quite heavy as well as it moves across from northern ireland into scotland,

nicola adams said she was "absolutely devastated" to have to leave the show.rce scrutiny due to the treatment of the uighur ethnic minority there. the united nations estimates that at least one million uighurs have been detained in a network of detention camps — and there are widespread allegations of forced sterilisation, forced labour and torture occurring in the province. mounting international concern has led some multinational companies to cut ties with the region. but volkswagen has told the bbc that there is so far no evidence that any of their employees have been through the camps, as our china correspondent john sudworth reports. volkswagen makes more than 4 million cars a year in china. its many factories here now a vital part of its global success story. except for one. in the louden t has found 0pened seven years ago in xinjiang, this plant has found itself at the centre of a major controversy. sharing the vast desert landscape with a network of detention camps that china has built in recent years. images said to show the mass incarceration of xinj

it comes just a day after olympic boxer nicola adams was forced to pull out of the show after her partnere festival of diwali this weekend across the uk. the festival marks the victory of the forces of good over evil and communities get together and pray for peace and prosperity for the year ahead. but how are families coping under the covid restrictions? our correspondent rajeev gupta has been finding out. diwali is one of the most celebrated times of the year for hindus, sikhs and jains. oh, nice! but this year, the coronavirus means that things will be quieter, with families making do with festivities from home. and for some, they may not even be celebrating at all. mum was all about family. that's something piral raja from bolton knows all too well. the cruel reality of the virus has disproportionally affected families like hers. # happy birthday to you.# her mum died just two weeks ago after contracting the virus in the second wave.

of a number of papers to carry pictures of the strictly pair on its front page — olympic boxer nicola adamsorced to exit the programme early after the dancer tested positive for covid. quick look through some of the papers. i've got a feeling if the breaking news story that we are bringing our views over the past few minutes is right, some of those papers are going to be a little bit out of date. rachel, we are hearing that dominic cummings will be stepping down by the end of the air. let's have a look at what the guardian is saying. the tory mps are warning the prime minister to get a grip on the chaos in number ten. as we been saying throughout the day there's been a lot of speculation over whether dominic cummings will step down, will he or onty? according to our editor laura kunz where he spoke into her and he has confirmed that he will be stepping down by the end of 2020. certainly those tory mps getting what they wanted. sort of. from what lara has been reporting, it's the most dominic cummings resignation ever. rumours of my resignation are com pletely rumours of my resignation are c

it comes just a day after 0lympic boxer nicola adams was forced to pull out of the show after her partnern need fundraiser is celebrating a0 years on bbc one tonight. events will look a bit different this year of course , but that hasn't stopped stars including kylie minogue, cher and the nation's favourite pe teacherjoe wicks from taking on an epic challenge. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito has more. it began in 1980. the first children in need nationwide tv telephone. welcome to this year's bonanza extravaganza! it raised just over £1 million. welcome to this year's bonanza extravaganza! it raised just over £1 million. and three, two, one, let's go! start up! a0 years on, joe wicks alone has talked that with his 2a hour work—out, in a year in which children in need's schemes and charities are facing new covid related challenges. keep it going! loneliness, isolation, issues around safety and of course, the big issue around mental health and well—being. now there's a bit of pressure on you because whatever money you're at the end of five questions will go to children in need. and ton

the olympic boxer nicola adams and her dancing partner because your gels are been forced to pull outted positive for coronavirus. here is sarah campbell. well, the good news is that katya is asympomatic but the new rules state that any couple which tests positive does have to withdraw from the competition. so for nicola who is currently self isolating, her time on the dance floor is done and she says she is devastated. they were of course the first same—sex couple to dance in strictly‘s history so it is disappointing on that front. but this comes despite the fact as viewers will know as they are told every week that they are have been huge efforts to adhere to covid—19 guidelines. the dancers are in bubbles and they are social distancing and according to the executive producer today, the rest of the cast is unaffected. the show will continue as normal on saturday. but for them and the millions of people who are watching every week, they will be hoping that nicola and katya wil be the first and last couple who have to exit due to covid. china has condemned the mass resignation of pro—

in a statement, nicola adams said she was devastated that her strictlyjourney came to an end so soons are occupied across the country — 983 are with covid—19 patients. however the number of people with the virus being treated in intensive care is lower than earlier peak. lockdown restrictions in northern ireland are due to end at midnight on friday but it's not clear what happens next. the stormont executive is in political deadlock about whether hospitality and other small businesses should be allowed to reopen. peter mccleery runs the sugarcane cafe and bistro in comber. hejoins me now. good afternoon. what is your understanding of what is going to happen? we are left in limbo at the moment because we really don't know. the restrictions were meant to end tomorrow. still here we are, not knowing what is going to happen. tomorrow. still here we are, not knowing what is going to happenm must be very frustrating for you? very frustrating for us and all the staff and morale is very low in hospitality at the moment. we just feel our industry is on the brink. we are coming to the christma

it also pictures boxer nicola adams and her dance partner katya jones, who have to pull out of strictlylike the scientist's termination, avoiding the scientific terminology, bashit avoiding the scientific terminology, bash it on the head. what? the scientist in charge of the covid—19 terminology, use the terminology would not expect, saying it would bashit would not expect, saying it would bash it on the head. how much do you like a cheeseboard at christmas? it's a nice thing. do you think you would use more packaging if your cheese was packaged as a square block or a rectangular block? more, if it were rectangular. i don't think there's any difference, to the size of the cheese. you wouldn't think so but apparently christmas, we are now going to see more cheddar sold in a rectangular lump, tesco has found that changing the traditional shape of cheese saves a huge amount of plastic packaging. also the manager of cheese buying at tesco says that chunkier packet sizes make cutting, grating and slicing simpler, i don't how that works. but i have had the thing when you have the rectangle of

asymptomatic pack as well, we were hearing with the strictly come dancing that katia jones and nicola adamsthe cull of minks in denmark and people who have done the genetic sequencing found that through the genetic sequencing of that particular, are some of the cases of that particular virus, there has been a mutation which means the shape of the virus has changed and the concern is that the vaccines which have been produced at the moment are against the prevalent strains at the moment, particularly spike protein, but the mink mutation affects at spike protein. this is ongoing life science and i know that i cross the scientific community, there is a lot of concern and focus on this at the current time so we have to wait and see. it is a problem that viruses do mutate, viruses do change their shape over time and that is why we continue to have flu vaccines every year because it is about what are the prevalent strains. this is not something totally fine off the pitch, it is actually something that could have been expected and itjust something that the scientist and neurologist are having to w