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Are you buy yourself . Yes, just me. And, elizabeth 0lsen and Jeremy Renner team up in the thriller wind river. Hear Mark Kermodes thoughts about this, and the rest of the weeks cinema releases, in the film review. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. Hurricane irma has torn across the caribbean, leaving death and destruction in its wake. So far, at least 19 people have been killed, and more than a Million People affected. The massive storm one of the most powerful Atlantic Hurricanes ever recorded is still passing through the carribean, and is forecast to hit the United States over the weekend. And theres another hurricane coming up behind irma in the atlantic. Jose has strengthened to a category four, driving winds of 125 mph. Forecasters warn it could strengthen still further. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is the first journalist to reach barbuda already devastated by irma. The islanders are racing to evacuate before hurricane jose makes landfall. The island of barbuda was once a caribbean paradise. Now it is lost. Hurricane irma has reduced it to rubble. Homes are unrecognisable. The ruins lie scattered, torn and ripped apart. Having survived the worst storm in living memory, and knowing another is on the way, people are exhausted, hungry and just desperate to leave. The whole. The whole. Everybody. Barbuda hasjust gone. What do you do now . I dont know. Im just waiting to get evacuated from here and then im going to come back and try and salvage something and help. I dont know. My whole life is here, so. Were not coping. Were definitely not coping. Everybody will tell you the same theyre not coping. Everyone is in the same situation, and nobody can help one another. Dont worry, were going to get you off the island and were going to get you to safety, and you will be taken get you to safety, and you will be ta ken care of. The Prime Minister has travelled from neighbouring antigua to provide some reassurance. He knows this is a race against time before hurricane jose arrives in just a few hours. We heard him haggling for every boat, helicopter or plane to help with the evacuation. Can it land here, though . But fear starts to spread that not everyone will get out in time. This woman has been told she does not have a place on the next boat. The sheer horrifying scale of the devastation here means barely a building is salvageable. That means that the whole island will have to be rebuilt and the government has already admitted it simply doesnt have the money. The Prime Minister knows hell need to find funds from somewhere. Were hoping that friendly governments and International Partners will step up to the plate and assist us. They should not see this as a form of the Prime Minister and the people of Antigua And Barbuda coming with a begging bowl, cap in hand. This is a disaster, a National Disaster of epic proportions, and we really need external assistance. This is not a want, this is a need. The fragments of peoples lives now lie in ruins. They can only hope that one day they will once again call this island home. But for now, they must leave by any means possible, including this towed barge, and they dont know when they will return. Laura bicker, bbc news, barbuda. Florida is next in line to be hit by Hurricane Irma. Despite being downgraded to a category four storm, warnings have been issued that the hurricane will devastate parts of the state. The department of Homeland Security have said those who havent managed to evacuate the area have to be prepared to be without power and water for days. Thats one of my messages here. Its not a tough love message, its just a message of clarity and honesty. At some point, people are going to be on their own, so to speak, for a period of time. During which the flooding, the rain and the wind bear down on them. And they need to be prepared if they are in that path and having taken some action to get themselves in a less dangerous position to be ready for at least a 72 hour period, that would be my advice, for them to have enough food, water and shelter before the government can get back in. The view from the United States department of Homeland Security. A short time ago, the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, defended the uks response to hurricane. Secretary, borisjohnson, defended the uks response to hurricanelj think the uks response to hurricane. think if you draw a proper comparison between what the french have achieved and what the dutch have achieved and what the dutch have achieved, the british response has been very good. And what were trying to do now is to get those islands back up on their feet. Theyve had a terrible time. But dont forget, weve got another hurricane about to go through, hurricane about to go through, hurricanejose. Hurricane about to go through, hurricane jose. We hurricane about to go through, hurricanejose. We have to make sure that we dont put in, as it were, supplies and kit and bring in more planes at a time when those huge winds are building up again. So, its been an event on a scale i dont think weve had since the 18505. Dont think weve had since the 1850s. You know, two huge category for hurricane is moving through the caribbean in that way. It has, as you know, caused very substantial devastation in the islands, its now going to the tax and kate cross. Florida is in the path of the storm. What youve got is the foreign 0ffice crisis centre, theyve been running for days and days and days now, working to get the messages out to holiday makers, two people on those islands, about what they need to do. And youve also got across government a 1 hmg group now coordinating with the mod, with dfid, and the response of this government of the crisis. The foreign secretary, boris johnson. The first two of three raf flights has been sent to the caribbean as the government steps up the relief effort to the british 0verseas territories. A ship from the royal fleet auxilliary is now travelling to the British Virgin islands, where a state of emergency has been declared. Nick bryant is in the bahamas, which are facing storm surges of up to 20 feet. The turks and caicos, where the palm trees that usually attract people to these islands reeled under the violent onslaught of Hurricane Irma. A storm people here had been tracking through satellite images, a monster hurricane that has looked terrifying from space. Now a horrifying, on the ground, reality. Picture postcard holiday destinations like the British Virgin islands, pummelled by 160mph winds. This uk territory has now declared a state of emergency. The bahamas is starting to be blasted. The only sightseeing this morning, from the relative safety of the balcony, watching the approaching storm. 0ld imperial buildings that have stood for centuries in this former british colony are braced and shuttered, preparing for the worst. Elton smith had onlyjust finished rebuilding his business from the last hurricane that caused such devastation less than a year ago. This is one of the worst storms in living memory, so, you know, youve got to get as much together as you can and plan for the worst, hope for the best, you know. There are five low lying islands in this archipelago which the authorities are particularly concerned about, which is why the government here has ordered the biggest evacuation in the history of the bahamas. But there are fears already for people who have stayed behind, people who have defied those evacuation orders, people who believe they can ride out this storm. In hurricane hit st martin, this Natural Disaster has been exacerbated by the man made problem of looting. Which is why, in the dutch part of this territory, the streets are being patrolled by troops, who could be helping the relief operation. As for britain, it has a ship loaded with aid off the island of anguilla, but the uk aid effort has been criticised as too slow. Raf planes carrying equipment are now on their way. The constraint is about understanding the situation on the ground. What we dont want to do is rush in with the wrong kind of support, and so from a Military Point of view, its very important that we understand the effects of the hurricane, where is open to us, where can we get into safely, and that is what we have been doing over the past 2a hours. Now we are ready to make the right judgments about where we can most effectively deliver that aid. So far, its small caribbean islands like st barts that have been hit and deluged, but all the time, irma is barrelling towards the american mainland, threatening destruction on a much larger scale. Nick bright, bbc news, the bahamas. The fringes of the storm have already begun to hit cuba. Will grant is in havana. How have they been preparing, will . The preparation feels like it has gone on for days in tube. The whole country has been watching this vast storm approach, little by little, with some trepidation. At least that has given the authority is time to move people out of harms way, by and large. 0ver move people out of harms way, by and large. Over 40,000 tourists were removed from parts of the country in the east, including over 30,000 of them from the resorts on the northern coast, where we think that is going to skirt as it moves along before heading towards florida. Where does cuba get its external help from, will . 0r where does cuba get its external help from, will . Or is it left to its own devices . Well, traditionally, or at least over the past 20 years, its had a lot of support from one as well. But of course, that country has got Economic Issues of its own to say the least. So there is a sort of similarity between left wing and african nations. Inaudiable lets say it is a difficult time in those terms as well. Cuba is a bit more isolated again. And with President Trump in the white house, relations have fallen off a cliff there. So it is going to be a bit more complicated if they need to turn to the International Community foran aid turn to the International Community for an aid operation. Inaudiable will grant inaudiable willgrant in tuba, inaudiable will grant in tuba, our apologies for the quality of the sound. As you can imagine, quite a few things to be doing with out there in havana. 0n the line is Roman Gastesi who is from the Emergency Planning department of munroe country, at the southern tip of florida. Welcome to bbc news, thank you very much for stock tell us, in brief, if you would, what kind of preparations have you been doing and encouraging residents to do too . We have been, thank you for having me, first of all, we have been for the last two 01 all, we have been for the last two or three days evacuating the keys. We do what we call phased evacuation, whether tourists and the visitors go first. Luckily this was right after the labor day holiday. And this is traditionally one of the slowest weeks for vacationing down here. So there wasnt that many vacationers. The left right away. And now the residents have left also. I am and now the residents have left also. Iam right and now the residents have left also. I am right now driving south towards key west. And i still see if you is going north out of the keys i still you is going north out of the keys i still see a few cars. People should leave, it is a very dangerous, big storm. But what kind of risks are people taking if they choose not to leave . Well, we only have three hospitals in the keys, it is 120 miles long, all of the hospitals are closed. We have three ambulances, they gone, no air ambulance. 0nce ambulances, they gone, no air ambulance. Once the winds hit 45 mph, the police and the fire rescues will not go out. So basically we tell people, if youre going to stay, youre on your own. Dont even dial 911. Dont even try to get help, its not coming, youre on your own. That kind of gets peoples attention. If they can handle it, they can handle it. Some are staying, and if they feel independent enough that they can deal with it, thats what theyre doing. How well rehearsed is drill . Every year, doing. How well rehearsed is drill . Every yea r, we doing. How well rehearsed is drill . Every year, we do this every year. We know injune, from june to november is hurricane season. Here in the tropics. So we Start Talking about it in may, june, july, throughout the season. We do all kinds of drills. 0ur government, they coordinate, as you can imagine, with the state governments, with the federal governments. So its very well rehearsed. People know. People who live down here in paradise, like anything else in life, there is a cost of living in paradise. And of course, out in the atlantic is hurricanejose. Course, out in the atlantic is hurricane jose. Will it course, out in the atlantic is hurricanejose. Will it really be worth people coming back home if joseis worth people coming back home if jose is heading your way too . Well, hurricanejose jose is heading your way too . Well, hurricane jose is jose is heading your way too . Well, hurricanejose is tracking both of us, it doesnt look like its going to affect us. But certainly if it sta rts to affect us. But certainly if it starts coming your way, we have to wait that one out, can be. Its just not worth it here. We are about 5 7 feet above sea level. It is a very flat island. And were looking at ten feet, possibly 12 feet of water. So, you do the maths, its easy, were going to be inundated. We also have two bridges to connect 112 miles. Any one of those bridges can go down, and the connection to what we call the mainland would be cut. So its going to be a long recovery period. And folks know that. So, you know, take a holiday, go visit your family somewhere else on the mainland and spent some time and then wait until the recovery starts to come back home. And when do you leave . To come back home. And when do you leave . Well, thats a good question. We have bunkers that are protected and built, you know, is concrete, very high up, so the water doesnt affect us. We have designed buildings for that. Some of the homes of some of the folks down here that build their homes for that category, they are staying also. We are going to stay and were going to write this without. You are a brave man, but its a beautiful part of the world going to ride this one out. Good luck to you. Thank you very much. The foreign and Commonwealth Office has set up a telephone hotline for british nationals in the region, or anyone concerned about friends of relatives. That number is on your screen , 020 7008 0000. And you can keep up with all the latest on Hurricane Irma on our website at bbc. Co. Uk news. And well find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 40pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are martin lipton, the deputy head of sport at the sun. And, for the first time, helen brand, whos the chief executive of the association of chartered certified accountants. Roger is trying to make me dizzy the headlines on bbc news thousands across the caribbean are left without shelter and power after Hurricane Irma causes widespread destruction. Senior mps here have criticised the goverments aid response to the british 0verseas territories in the caribbean. In florida, 500,000 people have been ordered to hit their homes, with the storm due to hit this weekend. President trump is w011 hit this weekend. President trump is won the hurricane has historic destructive potential. A powerful earthquake has hit mexico. The countrys president said it was the strongest to hit mexico in a century. Sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heresjohn. Good evening, martine, many thanks indeed. Were going to begin with cricket, and only one story here. James anderson became the first englishman to reach 500 test wickets, the fast bowler again underlining his status as one of the greatest bowlers in world cricket. The wicket came in the third and final test with west indies, the visitors with a slim lead after the second day at lords. Joe wilson reports. September test match requires patience. What begins with rain can end in sun. Cricket is stretching the season. Lords needed electricity for the floodlights. There is an alternative source of energy. Ben stokes. In terms of all round cricket talent, stokes looks like the world leader, in front of the Prime Minister. The west indies could have got rid of stokes when he made 24. Costly, because stokes was the only player in this match to actually make batting seemed straightforward. Now, here comes a strange episode. 0n batting seemed straightforward. Now, here comes a strange episode. On 60, stokes was out. Except, look at the front foot of fast bowler gabriel. No ball. There you go, ben, youre back in. Two balls later, hes out again. Identical, except that this time, dont worry, yourfront again. Identical, except that this time, dont worry, your front foot was fine. The relentless, but got rid of moeen ali for his fifth wicket. Instead of the innings ending, my win had to watch the west indies stretch their lead. Stuart broad enjoying himself. Not so enjoyable for the bowler. And then it was his turn. Just after 5 15pm, James Anderson reached his everest. Bowled him if you could choose a way to reach 500 test right wingers, you would select Something Like this. Kraigg brathwaite utterly dismissed, and nobody has done more with that ball over a career for england. Dan anderson. Van anderson. England would go on and ta ke two anderson. England would go on and take two more with its late on. Anderson getting another, his 501st. They lead by 22 runs with seven wickets in hand. Celtic will look to continue their Unbeaten League run under manager Brendan Rodgers as they return to action in the scottish premiership tonight following the international break. Theyre at new douglas park to take on hamilton, who are fourth. Some suspect defending allowed Scott Sinclair to double celtics advantagejust sinclair to double celtics advantage just before the half hour mark. A win would lift them above aberdeen in the table. Jurgen klopp says there is no issue with midfielder phillipe coutinho, after leaving him out of liverpools squad to face Manchester City tomorrow. He scored as brazil beat ecuador 2 0 in a world cup qualifier last week, but is still returning to full fitness following his back injury. He came in yesterday, accepted 100 the situation, it wasnt even that i have to Say Something about it, its just the situation. And now i really think we all should use the situation, we have a wonderful player in our squad who wants to get fit and who wants to play for this club. You know, nobody knows how long he will play for the club, sometimes we want to send players away and sometimes players think about their future also, that the normal situation, so theres absolutely no problem. Yes, im really completely fine with the situation. Chris froome stands on the brink of history after safely negotiating todays 19th stage of the vuelta a espana. He maintained his lead, and remains on course to become only the third man to win the Tour De France and vuelta in the same year. It was a day for the breakaway today, with belgiums Thomas De Gendt taking the win. Froome finished alongside his rivals in the peleton. With two stages remaining, one largely ceremonial, he leads Vincenzo Nibali by one minute 37 seconds. If he comes through tomorrows stage, then he will become the first man to win both grand tours in the same season since 1978. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more in the next hour. John, thank you, see you later. And as if the destruction in the caribbean wasnt bad enough, an earthquake has hit mexico, its being described as the worst there in a century. At least 34 people have been killed. It had a magnitude of eight, and struckjust off the Pacific Coast to the south of the country. Buildings shook in the capital, mexico city, hundreds of miles away. The tremor is reported to have lasted about a minute. Sarah campbell has more. A Bowling Alley in chiapas, the closest state to the quakes epicentre. This is a country used to earthquakes, but not of that magnitude. 600 miles away, the tremors rocked mexico city. Frightened, some people preferred to stay outdoors. Many can still remember the earthquake of 1985 which was similar in magnitude, and which killed around 10,000 people. Translation it was horrible. I never felt anything so scary in my life. It was small at first, but then it started shaking a lot and it felt like we were getting thrown around. It was terrible. As pictures have emerged from the most severely hit areas, the death toll has continued to rise. The fear is there may be more shocks to come. Translation so far, there have been 65 aftershocks. The strongest was magnitude 6. 1. However, its possible that over the next 24 hours we could see a shock thats as strong as the earthquake. In less than a minute, juchitans town hall was reduced to rubble, and at least 17 of its citizens were killed. Daylight has revealed the extent of the devastation, and the huge effort which will be required to rebuild. Sarah campbell, bbc news. A review of the criminalJustice System in england and wales has found bias and discrimination in its treatment of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. The inquiry, commissioned by the government and led by the labour mp david lammy, raises particular concerns about the treatment of young people. The report calls for some prosecutions to be dropped, if suspects complete a drug or alcohol rehabilitation programme. Elaine dunkley reports. Noel williams was 11 when he first got involved in gangs. Hmp isis in south east london. Theres no hope in the system, yeah. Theres no hope in the system, yeah. There are more than 600 inmates, 70 of those behind bars here from an ethnic minority background. Not getting out, keep getting stopped and searched because im black. According to todays review, the criminal Justice System according to todays review, the criminalJustice System is stacked against them. I get looked at, the preconceptions, stuff like that. Only serving six years for drug offences, but believes he is also being punished because of the colour of his skin. Ive been in position and met people in the past ive beenin and met people in the past ive been in prison. Ive met people in the past who have got less times on me for the same crime, a shorter sentence. According to the laming review, statistically, the uk is worse than america when it comes to locking up people of ethnic minority backgrounds. When were describing groups of young ethnic minorities in particular lack, the term gang is used. Swathes of young people who may not necessarily be serious gang members. They may be affiliated, loosely affiliated, to a gang. They may live in a gang neighbourhood, they may have been incorrectly labelled with that term, they end up receiving harsher sentences. At Brixton Police station, shaquille is taking part in a rehabilitation scheme called divert, which helps offenders find training and employment. Youd be surprised, im surprised that ive seen people as young as 11 or 12, smoking weed on the street. He says poverty is the root cause. In certain places where you go to, peoplejust root cause. In certain places where you go to, people just grow up with a mentality, down on the battlefield. As a young person, to get involved in crime is just a better your circumstances. The lammy review has more than 30 recommendations for change. Proposals include removing identifying information about ethnicity when cases are passed from police to prosecutors, so racial bias does not influence charging decisions. And not declaring criminal records for minor offences when applying forjobs. Criminal records for minor offences when applying for jobs. criminal records for minor offences when applying forjobs. I am labelled, 100 . If when applying forjobs. I am labelled, 100 . If i go for a job andi labelled, 100 . If i go for a job and i show them my criminal history, record, whatever, theyll be like, yeah, this person cant have the job. The government says it is committed to making a fairer britain a reality. Reviews and recommendations are a start. Now actions are needed to reform the character and culture of parts of the criminal justice character and culture of parts of the criminalJustice System. Elaine dunkley, bbc news. A 13 Year Old Girl who died from a brain aneurysm has helped a record eight people, including five children, through Organ Donation. Jemima layzell, from somerset, died in 2012, her parents said she was clever, compassionate and creative and would have been very proud of her legacy. Jon kay reports. Ready . Yes. Dear mum, happy birthday. It was just before her mums Birthday Party five years ago that jemima suddenly collapsed. A girl who has everything. She had an aneurysm that had never been diagnosed. Doctors tried to save her life, but her parents were told it was impossible. Wed seen the scans, and there was such a huge shadow on the left side of her brain, she would never, ever recover. By chance, jemima had spoken to her parents about Organ Donation just a few days before she collapsed. When she died, they felt they had to follow the schoolgirls wishes. She did specifically say that she wanted to be an organ donor. Yes. Sophie, how did that help you then make the decision when you knew that she wasnt going to survive . It made that decision so much easier. You know, its like an automatic thing, yes, absolutely, because thats what her wishes are. Five years, onjemimas family have now been told that her organs, including her heart, lungs and kidneys, have helped more people than any other single donor. What kind of comfort does it give you to know that there are eight people out there whose lives have either been saved or changed byjemima . Thats hugely comforting, and it is exciting to know that life is continuing because of her. Her legacy, her name, will continue because she hasnt died in vain. Freddie is one of those jemima saved. He had been givenjust weeks to live before he received her liver in a transplant. This week, he started secondary school. His familys message thank you but thatjust doesnt seem enough, because youre grateful that they actually stuck to jemimas wishes and let her donate her organs which allowed our child to live, but for our child to live, their child had to die. So its really tough, but we can never be thankful enough. This month, the two families will meet for the first time at a charity ball organised injemimas memory. Her parents know that not everyone would make the decision they did, but with more than 6,000 people waiting for transplants, theyre now campaigning for more of us to register as donors. Jon kay, bbc news, somerset. Lets get the weather, with nick miller. Hello. We are still dodging some downpours this evening, but some of us downpours this evening, but some of us will be turning drier as the evening goes on, although overnight we will keep a feed of showers coming into northern ireland, western scotland, north west england and wales and parts of south west england. Many central and eastern parts of the uk eventually will turn dry with clear spells around. This is where we are likely to see the lowest temperatures. Some rural spots dipping down into single figures. The start of the weekend, from the word go in the west. Prolonged downpours running into north west england. Elsewhere, after a sunny start, cloud is going to build and showers break out. Widespread showers into the afternoon. Into the evening, Western Areas will turn dry and sunny for a time. Windy in the west and south in particular. A cool weekend, temperatures in the mid to upper teens. On sunday, outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards across the uk, and further blustery showers following on behind. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines Hurricane Irma continues its path of destruction across the carribbean with widespread devastation on several islands. Thousands of people have been left without shelter and power. The government has been criticised by senior mps for its response in offering help to the british citizens in the British Virgin islands. Three raf flights have been despatched to the caribbean. In florida, half a Million People have been ordered to leave their homes with the storm due to hit their this weekend the rest are hunkering down. President trump has warned that it has historic destructive potential. A powerful earthquake has hit southern mexico and killed at least 34 people. The countrys president said the tremor was the strongest to hit mexico in a century. More now on Hurricane Irma. Diana, you have an interesting story to tell about how you are trying to help the people in the British Virgin islands. Tell us more. Hello. We are currently having donation centres set up island wide to help out our sister islands. We have had some communications with bvi, and we hear that most of it is destroyed. We are hoping to get people over there in boats and maybe by aeroplane if the airport is cleared, but we are having a difficult time getting across there. How will you manage to land if there is so much destruction on the island . They are telling us that there are certain helicopter pads, but we dont have information, we arejust helicopter pads, but we dont have information, we are just trying to get information and donations for 110w. Get information and donations for now. It is almost impossible to get information from them and to them to know where they are and if they are safe. And we are trying to get information as well on hurricane jose, which is on its way. information as well on hurricane jose, which is on its way. I think you are about six hours sailing time from bvi . Sailing takes a lot more time, but we have motor yacht that can reach their the same day and come back the same day to take provisions, food, water, medical supplies, Hygiene Products and possibly sleeping bags and cops, because most of the buildings are either without roofs or they are com pletely either without roofs or they are completely demolished. either without roofs or they are completely demolished. I know that puerto rico wasnt hit head on, but has sustained a lot of damage. It sounds like a selfless thing for you all to be doing when your own country has been affected. All our effo rts country has been affected. All our efforts are going to everyone who has been affected, so we are just getting donations in, as much as we can, and then once we have some assessment of all of the damage and all of the islands, then we will start getting things out everywhere. Pa rt start getting things out everywhere. Part of puerto rico did get hit really ha rd, part of puerto rico did get hit really hard, so we have been in communication with them to try to see if they need clothing or construction materials, water, food, any type of other supply. We have a pretty big fleet of boats, and we have a really big collaboration between so many organisations here, i cant even begin to start listing them, because i could be here for hours. But we are definitely focused on helping everyone out, notjust a specific island. It is definitely good to hear that after all of the bad news, thank you for your aid effort and for talking to us. In other news a woman has been sentenced to six years for trafficking underage girls in newcastle with a gang of mainly asian men, who gave them drugs and used them for sex. Carol ann gallon, who is 22, is the only woman among 18 people convicted as part of operation sanctuary. Peter harris reports. From the age of 17, carol ann gallon took girls to parties attended by men. She knew theyd be abused. One girl was only 13 and in care. That girl had thought gallon was a friend. She said what went on affected her beyond imagination. That a man had sex with against her will and that gallon told her her family would be chopped to pieces if she said anything. The court heard about gallons life of deprivation and neglect. She had an incredibly troubled upbringing, her barrister said. This is a classic example of the abused becoming the abuser and the groomed becoming the groomer. She herself potentially was a victim. Jailed for more than six years for trafficking girls for sexual exploitation, a tearful gallon shouted, i love you, dad, from the dock. Her dad shouted at the judge that the sentence was cruel. Also jailed today was abdul minoyee. He raped a woman taken to his house by gallon. The woman, though 22, had a learning disability. Gallon told her shed be safe and left. Then minoyee struck. The court heard another woman was separately assaulted by minoyee. He got 15 years. All bar one of the 18 convicted for the operation shelter investigation into grooming have now been sentenced. In all, theyll serve around 150 years. Tonight, a tribute from the chief constable to the girls who came forward. Ijust hope this gives them some degree of help in coming to terms with what they have had to endure. And they can reflect that justice has been served, because it hasnt served good and proper, and those individuals who did what they did. Today the court heard today from the very first of those to go the police about the grooming in 2013. When i realised other girls were going to houses where this type of thing was happening, she said, i couldnt let it go on any longer. The un has called for urgent action to end the recent surge in violence in myanmar. The Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai says her fellow peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi should do more to protect the Rohingya Muslims fleeing the Ethnic Violence in the region. The unhcr estimates that more than a quarter of a Million People have sought refuge in neighbouring bangladesh in the past two weeks. Our correspondent Sanjoy Majumder is there and sent us this update. These are the latest wave of Rohingya Refugees crossing the borderfrom bangladesh Rohingya Refugees crossing the border from bangladesh into Rohingya Refugees crossing the borderfrom bangladesh into the myanmar. There has been a huge spike in the numbers of people coming in. There are a lot of women here, families. A little baby here, sleeping out in the open. And over there, you can see they are cooking their evening meal. It is already their evening meal. It is already the early part of the evening, and there are no tents, no shelters, because this is outside of the refugee camps, so because this is outside of the refugee camps, so they are living out in the open. Many of these people have endured tremendous hardship to get here. They have also gone through incredibly traumatic experiences. This family are from just across the board. It has taken them several days to come here. Tell me what happened to your village. The soldiers, they came, and burned oui the soldiers, they came, and burned our homes and fight. We are very afraid. We are running quickly. We came in bangladesh by boat. It was very difficult. We have no anything, no eat. Sanjoy majumder reporting from banya daesh. A schoolboy , who smuggled his fathers shotgun and 200 rounds of ammunition into his school, has been given a six year custodial sentence. Warwick crown court heard that the 15 year old , who cant be named because of his age , was seconds away from opening fire at higham lane school in nuneaton, but changed his mind and dialled 999 instead. The court was told the call handler averted disaster by questioning the boy and instructing him to dismantle the gun. Kevin reid reports. The 15 year old boy appeared at Warwickshire Justice centre today flanked by both parents. The court heard he had been suffering from severe depression and a social anxiety disorder when he decided he wanted to harm someone. It resulted in him going to school fully equipped for a mass shooting. It was here onjune 13th that the boy walked into his school, apparently normally. But concealed in his trousers he had a 12 bore Double Barrel shotgun belonging to his father. He also had a balaclava, a set of earplugs and a knife. Whilst in the school he got out of the first lesson and began loading the gun. He then started to put in the earplugs, but at that point, he suddenly had what he later described as a change of heart and called the police where he confessed all. Thejudge said a moment separated pupils and staff from being the subject of a terrible event, a shooting that would have taken a dreadful place in truly wicked crimes committed in this country. On the School Website today, the headteacher said. The teenager has never been in trouble before and was led to the dock for sentencing. He will now be treated for his Mental Health issues. As he was led away, his mother sobbed whilst being comforted by his father. Drivers on the m6 motorway northbound have been stuck for hours after a tanker crashed, spilling thousands of litres of chemicals across the carriageway. Firefighters have been on the scene trying to contain the incident. Our reporter gillian dummigan brought us up to date with the latest. As you can see, the southbound is flowing freely but the north east are complete gridlock, and that is because if you lookjust up their past the police car, there is a tanker which has crashed. It has shed a load of about 18,000 litres of chemical, thought to be corrosive, although nobody yet knows quite what it is. They did fly in an expert by helicopter to try to identify it. Two people are hurt, not thought to be seriously injured, but the effect on the traffic here has been catastrophic. There have been people stuck in this its one oclock this afternoon, in fact i was talking to somebody who has heard he had moved two miles in five hours. We have seen people walking down the hard shoulder. The southbound carriageway is moving freely, but all the roads around are still completely gridlocked, police are still asking people to stay away from this area if they can. Next, a treat for all railway fans and the child in all of us. Were about to show you whats thought to be the biggest model train set in the country. Its at miniature worlds at wroxham in norfolk, where the trains come in all shapes and sizes. Mike liggins has been along to have a look. An a4 class Steam Locomotive glides in its way into the station. A Virgin Trains intercity speeding to somewhere in england. If it is efficiency you want but what not try mainland europe. And for speed, the bullet train injapan is as fast as they come. Welcome to miniature worlds. Where are we know . We are in england. This is one of our larger layouts. What is this a blue one . That is the a4 mallard. The fastest steam train in the world. Stopped in the station. Yeah. Its busy in england today on the railways. It is but at the end of the day you have to remember network rail dont come here. No strikes. No engineering works. Whats this . That is a class 153, i think. Costing £500,000 there are 14 layouts, 100 trains and 10,000 model people. It is all computer controlled and operated by two engineers. It is a full time job, you are always cleaning something or fixing something. If something derails or goes wrong i am they are fixing it. If something gets dirty i am cleaning it straightaway. The train sets operate efficiently all day. Butjust like the real railway, things do occasionally go wrong. That kind of pales into insignificance. 0h there has been a nasty accident. But everybody seems to be fine. Happily, you can have a go with some of the sets, drivers range in age from three, this is jasper, to robert who is, a bit older, shall we say. Did you ever have a train set . Yes, i sold it to buy a car. It must have been a good train set then. I had a lot of train sets. The attraction opened three years ago and is hoping to reach 100,000 visitors by christmas. It is sometimes said no one knows how to run a railway in this country. 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