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The fatal stabbing of Elianne Andam on wednesday. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A 14 Year Old Girl and a bus driver have been killed after a coach overturned on the m53 this morning. It was taking pupils to two schools on merseyside when it crashed with dozens of children on board. Eight children were taken to hospital. Two of them have serious injuries. Our Correspondentjudith Moritz is at the scene. Yes, and the two schools involved taking children from a very wide catchment area, hence them being on this motorway so early this morning, they come from as far away as chester, 20 miles or so from here. Its a schooljourney they chester, 20 miles or so from here. Its a School Journey they were chester, 20 miles or so from here. Its a schooljourney they were used to making day after day, but today they never got as far as school, and tonight two families are coming to terms with terrible loss. Its the school run which ended in tragedy. The children on this bus should have been safely on their way to lessons, but they never made it. Just after 8am this morning, in rush hour on the m53 motorway on merseyside, this coach taking pupils to two different schools overturned. All three Emergency Services raced to the scene, including a fleet of ambulances. With so many children on board, a Major Incident was declared. Board, a maor incident was declared. Board, a maor incident was declared. ~ ,. , declared. We understand there were 54 eole declared. We understand there were 54 people including declared. We understand there were 54 people including the declared. We understand there were 54 people including the driver declared. We understand there were 54 people including the driver on 54 people including the driver on the bus, and sadly i can confirm that the driver and a 14 year old Schoolgirl Have died. Two children were taken from the scene to alder hey childrens hospital. 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Trauma support is being offered at both schools, especially for children who were travelling on other buses in convoy with the one who overturned that overturned and who saw the crash happening. The m53 motorway in werewolf has been closed all day whilst the Emergency Service work to recover the bus and find out what caused it to crash. No other vehicle was thought to be involved. This is one of the bridges which runs over the motorway and you can see that Merseyside Police have cordoned it off. They tell us they need to secure the entire area whilst their investigations are continuing. Tonight two families are grieving, and with a large number of children impacted, both physically and emotionally, two School Communities are reeling. Judith, a terrible day on merseyside what is the latest this evening . Terrible day on merseyside what is the latest this evening . Terrible day on merseyside what is the latest this evening . Tonight, we know that at the latest this evening . Tonight, we know that at least the latest this evening . Tonight, we know that at least two the latest this evening . Tonight, we know that at least two of the latest this evening . Tonight, we know that at least two of the know that at least two of the children taken to hospital are still being treated for their injuries. We dont have precise information on how serious their conditions are, but you can see behind me that the m53 motorway remains closed, and Thatis M53 Motorway remains closed, and that is because that bus, and we are some distance from it here, it is in that direction, onejunction some distance from it here, it is in that direction, one junction down, and police are put up a sizeable cold in here because that bus is still in position. The investigation is still ongoing. Mercy site Merseyside Police are working to find out exactly what happened here, and that will continue for as long as it takes, they say, so the road remains closed for now. As it takes, they say, so the road remains closed for now. A 17 year old boy has appeared at Croydon Magistrates Court charged with the murder of 15 year old Elianne Andam, who was stabbed to death on her way to school. The boy who cannot be named because of his age is also charged with possessing a Kitchen Knife in a public place without good reason. Daniel sandford reports. Enough is enough. Lets drop the knife. At the bus stop where Elianne Andam was stabbed to death on wednesday morning, feelings were running high again today. The 15 year old was killed in her School Uniform as she made her way to classes with two friends. With ambitions to be a lawyer, she was described by her family as the light of their lives. Today at Croydon Magistrates Court, just half a mile from the bus stop, a 17 year old boy appeared, charged with her murder, and with possession of a Kitchen Knife without good reason. Because of his young age, we cant legally name the 17 year old. To make the court less intimidating, he was allowed to sit at a desk in the main part of the court, rather than in the dock. When the districtjudge spoke to him, he used his first name only. Wearing Police Issued grey sweat shirt and tracksuit bottoms, the boy spoke to confirm his full name and date of birth. He didnt enter a plea and was driven from court to be held in youth detention, and will appear at the old bailey on tuesday. Eliannes family, who paid an emotional visit to the bus stop yesterday, say their lives have fallen apart. Daniel sandford, bbc news, croydon. An nhs Hospital Trust in nottingham says its going to review its original investigation after it failed to send more than 400,000 digital letters and documents to gps and patients about their care over nearly ten years. It is the second incident in england involving unsent nhs letters uncovered by the bbc this week. Sharon barbour has the details. I saw the story breaking about newcastle. An nhs trust has apologised after it failed to send out 24,000 letters to patients. At the end of the story, they said, could this have happened anywhere else . And ijust thought, yes. At nottingham in 2017, the number of letters and documents not sent was far higher. They found it was a huge issue. A lot of letters had been unauthorised. How many . 411,000. No one at Nottingham Hospitals knew that those letters to gps and the documents hadnt been sent, that they were still here. I thought it would be all right now because the hospital would just, hands up, weve got this problem, we found out about it, we are dealing with it, but that wasnt the case. A serious incident was declared, and some of the most critical cases were dealt with, but the trust says that 390,000 letters and documents remain on their system. Information is absolutely vital to patients themselves, as well as, of course, to the people looking after them. Its totally shocking that that many people have been affected by this problem. For so many years. The health regulator, the care quality commission, have told us they knew nothing about it and are now planning a meeting with the trust. It was assumed that the risk to patients was low. The Reputational Risk was high. And that was repeated again and again. In response to our investigations, the nhs says it now wants all its organisations to check their Computer Systems that send correspondence to patients and gps. The governments told us that its going to work with the nhs and will take action where necessary. Nottingham hospitals say they found no significant harm to patients and confirmed they will now carry out a review of the original investigation, but there are wider fears that more trusts could be affected. This happened in nottingham in 2017, which is one year before it happened in newcastle. If they had gone public and said, look what we did, it wouldnt have happened at newcastle. I would be very surprised if there is only newcastle and nottingham in the whole of the uk. Sharon barbour, bbc news, nottingham. Around a dozen tory mps, including ministers, have complained about home secretary Suella Braverman� s recent speech on immigration and refugees. Some have told the bbc her remarks were offensive, divisive and inaccurate. 0ur Correspondentjessica Parker is in westminster, and jess, is this an usual reaction to a speech by a home secretary . Look, Suella Braverman is known to have strong views about asylum and immigration. Remember, it is, of course, an issue that she and the government are under pressure on, control of britains borders. We have approached her team for comment tonight but this is about the speech she made earlier this week, and complaints have been raised, as we understand it, with the chief whip, the person in charge of party discipline. In that speech she talked about how there are vast swathes of the world where it is extremely difficult to be gay or a woman, but she said that where individuals are persecuted, it is right that the uk offer sanctuary, but went on to say, we wont be able to sustain an Asylum System of simply being gay or a woman fearful of discrimination is enough to qualify for protection. She went on in an interview to suggest that some people purport to be gay in order to try and gain the system, although statistics suggest that a very small proportion of asylum claims are based on sexual orientation. A dozen mps is not a large proportion of the Conservative Party here, but some have told me they feel a certain section of people were being singled out and they want the Prime Minister to have a word with the home secretary. Their concerns probably will be taken to Downing Street about a speech that, remember, number ten itself signed off on. The Charity Barnados says that Tens Of Thousands of children are forced to sleep on the floor each night as their families cant afford to buy a bed. A survey for the Charity Found that more than 1 in 20 children in britain did not have a bed in the past 12 months, while almost one in ten had been forced to share a bed with another family member. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan reports. With the mattress there, and then with the chair there, because some nights id sleep on the chair, and this is what the mattress was on, so it was very cold. For three months last winter, 16 year old ash slept on a mattress in this room with her nine year old sister, while her mum slept on the sofa. Youve got a sore back, youve got a sore neck. Like, you cant really move much of a night time, because the second you move, youve lost all your heat. But also, like, mentally, its draining, because youre not getting the proper sleep that you need. The family couldnt afford to heat their home so gathered in the one room to keep warm. Ashs bed had broken years earlier, so she had long slept on a mattress. Your sleep is, like, its a very important part of your life because without it you dont have the energy to do anything. You get to the point where you just, you arejust miserable. Like, you cant be happy if there is nothing to be happy about. How are we doing, mark . Is it these two that we are getting in . At this charity in leeds, theyve distributed almost 5500 childrens beds since they were set up five years ago. Most referrals come from schools. 2500 beds have been handed out in the past year alone as Cost Of Living pressures stretch family finances. We will provide beds in increasing numbers to provide that immediate support for the families and the children that need that. We will also provide the wraparound support for families as well, because the next time they need a bed, we want their progression to be at a point where they dont need us. We are not a charity that wants to be here, and we dont believe anybody in society actually wants charities like us to be here. Hi, were here from zarach. Weve got your beds for you. The Charity Supports calls from barnardos for benefits to be both raised and changed so that families have more money to buy essentials. Bed poverty is one illustration, i think, of child poverty. Families are having to make very, very difficult choices between heating and eating. They are just about managing, and there is no money for nonessential provisions within the home. Ministers say they are providing households with record financialsupport, but forash, a new bed from barnardos was the most welcome help. It definitely makes a huge impact, not only of how you sleep but how you feel in the morning, because i can wake up in the morning and im not immediately in a bad mood, because im warm and im comfortable. Michael buchanan, bbc news. The time is 6 14. Our top story this evening a 14 Year Old Girl and a School Bus Driver have died after their coach overturned on the motorway in cheshire. And on the motorway in cheshire. Coming up im here where and coming up im here in rome, where it has coming up on bbc news. Olympic gold medallist simone biles will be back in World Competition at the Gymnastics Championships tomorrow. Its after the american took an extended break for the good of her Mental Health in 2021. It was one of the most photographed trees in britain. The much Loved Sycamore by Hadrians Wall in northumberland had stood in this gap for 300 years and then without warning it was felled on wednesday night. A 16 year old boy who was arrested has been released on bail. Now thoughts are already turning to what will fill the void left by the iconic tree. Alison freeman reports. For many it wasntjust a tree it was a special place. I have many memories of the tree with friends from university. With my mum. With my now husband. With my friends. It is sad its not here any more. When i saw it on the Television Last night ijust had a lump in throat. Ijust, i feel like im welling up now. Rao from sweden last visited five years ago with her family who live here. I years ago with her family who live here. �. , years ago with her family who live here. �. , , years ago with her family who live here. �. ,. , here. I didnt really believe it at first. I thought, here. I didnt really believe it at first. Ithought, lets here. I didnt really believe it at first. I thought, lets go here. I didnt really believe it at first. I thought, lets go and here. I didnt really believe it at. First. I thought, lets go and have a look and unfortunately it is true. The idea the stump could produce another tree has been suggested. Experts say it could happen but it would be a challenge. How can a new tree grow out of it . Tree grow out of it . Trees can recover from tree grow out of it . Trees can recover from extreme tree grow out of it . Trees can recover from extreme events| tree grow out of it . Trees can recover from extreme events like this but they will grow differently. So, some trees can produce suckers from the bottom but they become multi stemmed. What was so significant about this tree was its form in the landscape. So significant about this tree was its form in the landscape. 50 it significant about this tree was its form in the landscape. So it could never look form in the landscape. So it could never look the form in the landscape. So it could never look the same . Form in the landscape. So it could never look the same . It form in the landscape. So it could never look the same . It would i form in the landscape. So it could i never look the same . It would never look the same never look the same . It would never look the same and never look the same . It would never look the same and it never look the same . It would never look the same and it would never look the same . It would never look the same and it would also never look the same . It would never look the same and it would also take two, 300 years. Look the same and it would also take two, 300 years two, 300 years. Weve had four seasons in two, 300 years. Weve had four seasons in one two, 300 years. Weve had four seasons in one day two, 300 years. Weve had four seasons in one day here. Two, 300 years. Weve had four seasons in one day here. Doesl two, 300 years. Weve had four i seasons in one day here. Does this make it a particularly hostile environment for a tree to grow in . It is. This is one of very few trees in this landscape and it isnt easy to replace trees like this because of the restrictions around adriennes wall and getting trees to establish in a hostile environment like this is difficult. Hadrians wall. I like this is difficult. Hadrians wall. , ,. , wall. I feel really upset for the photography wall. I feel really upset for the Photography Community wall. I feel really upset for the i Photography Community because wall. I feel really upset for the Photography Community because a lot of beginners choose this spot because of beginners choose this spot because it gives you the Rule Of Thirds because it gives you the Rule Of Thirds it because it gives you the Rule Of Thirds. It gives you everything you need thirds. It gives you everything you need for thirds. It gives you everything you need for a thirds. It gives you everything you need for a good photograph. The fact it is due need for a good photograph. The fact it is due north, the Northern Lights sit right it is due north, the Northern Lights sit right behind it when they kick off, the sit right behind it when they kick off, The Milky Way sits around the tree, off, The Milky Way sits around the tree, it off, The Milky Way sits around the tree, it almost hugs the tree in the winter tree, it almost hugs the tree in the winter months and it isjust beautiful. You can get a more tranquil beautiful. You can get a more tranquil and beautiful place. Forensics officers were on site today taking samples from the stump. A 16 year old boy was arrested yesterday and he has now been bailed and police are continuing to investigate how and why this happened at this beautiful spot. Alison freeman, bbc news, northumberland. Now a look at some other stories making the news today. A Firearms Officer who killed a man during a failed Prison Breakout in north london more than seven years ago will face misconduct proceedings. Jermaine baker was shot dead as he tried to help free two convicts while they were being transported to court in december 2015. Nine days of disruption on the rail network has begun, caused by a long running dispute over pay and conditions. Rail passengers are facing delays and cancellations today as members of the aslef Train Drivers Union start an overtime ban. Full Strike Action is taking place tomorrow and next wednesday, when very few services will be running across 16 rail companies. A third presenter has been suspended from gb news following laurence foxs comments about a female journalist. Calvin robinson has been taken off air, having expressed support for his colleague dan wootton, who didnt intervene when fox launched into a sexist tirade about ava evans. At least 50 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a Suicide Attack in pakistan. The blast happened near a mosque in the south Western Balochistan province as people gathered to celebrate the birth of the prophet muhammad. Officials in Balochistan Have declared a State Of Emergency. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The veteran Democratic Party senator Dianne Feinstein has died at the age of 90. She was the oldest and longest serving member of the us senate. A passionate advocate of gun control and gay marriage, she was the first woman to be elected to the Upper Chamber from california. Boxing, and tyson fury and 0leksandr Usyk are to fight to unify the four heavyweight titles. The fight will take place in saudi arabia but a date hasnt been confirmed. Fury holds the wbc belt while ukraines usyk holds the wba, wbo and ibf titles. There hasnt been an undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999. A State Of Emergency has been declared in new york after torrential downpours triggered flash floods, turning streets into rivers. In some places more than 10 centimetres of rain fell in just a few hours. From new york, heres nada tawfik. A morning of chaos in new york as torrential rain caused flash flooding. Commuters became trapped as major roads and expressways turned into rivers. New york officials declaring a State Of Emergency warned residents the situation was dangerous and Life Threatening urged them to stay home. I lifethreatening urged them to stay home. ,. , lifethreatening urged them to stay home. ,. ,. ,. , home. I am issuing a State Of Emergency home. I am issuing a State Of Emergency for home. I am issuing a State Of Emergency for new home. I am issuing a State Of Emergency for new york home. I am issuing a State Of Emergency for new york city | home. I am issuing a State Of Emergency for new york city based on the Weather Conditions and i want to say to all new yorkers, this is time for heightened alertness and extreme caution. ,. ,. ,. J, caution. Every one of the citys subwa s caution. Every one of the citys subways was caution. Every one of the citys subways was impacted caution. Every one of the citys subways was impacted with caution. Every one of the citys subways was impacted with Services Suspended on 17 lines in brooklyn where gushing water inundated the tracks and turned stares at the Grand Army Plaza station into a waterfall. Low lying areas here were already saturated by days of steady rainfall and an additional seven inches are expected in some parts of the region. Remnants of Tropical Storm 0phelia. Take a look at the flooding of this basement. Its the same across many low lying areas. Here within an hour this morning they got up to three feet of water. These chairs were completely covered. New york city Emergency Services are responding to calls of people trapped in flooded basements and so far six people have been rescued. No deaths have been reported. The water has begun to recede in some areas but with the downpour expected to continue into saturday relief will be slow. Nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. Next week, voters go to the polls in an important by election in rutherglen and hamilton west. Theyll be choosing an mp to replace Margaret Ferrier of the Scottish National party, who was removed by her constituents after she broke covid lockdown rules. The labour leader sir keir starmer has been there today, hoping his party can win it back from the snp. From there, nick eardley reports. This contest not far from the centre of glasgow is an illustration of a crucial tussle come the next General Election. Yes, there are lots of candidates standing here, and all of the focus is on the battle between labour and the Scottish National party. Are labour reviving in races for westminster seats in scotland . The contest has come about after the former mp, who was elected on an snp ticket, acknowledged that she had broken the covid rules by getting a train from london to glasgow when she had covid, and when she knew she had covid. She has pleaded guilty to that but what has done for her politically is what is known as a recall petition, the first one in scotland, with folk here demanding a by election. I was adhering to the covid rules. Me and my partner couldnt see his dying grandmother, and they are out breaking rules. Its kind of like a slap in the face. To be honest, id be more than happy if Margaret Ferrier had stood again. In her circumstances, i would probably have done the same thing. Id have wanted to bolt for home. If youve got the virus, stay in. Dont go out. Well, she should know better. Than us, and she broke the rule. So, she deserves not to be there. The Political Landscape appears to be changing in scotland, and that matters, wherever you are in the uk. The Scottish National party has had a long period of dominance, but after the arrest of the former first minister, former snp leader nicola sturgeon, and the arrest of her husband, who used to run the party, could things be shifting . When labour last won a General Election back in 2005, they won 41 seats in scotland. They currently hold just one. But could they be about to make inroads again . And what are the issues that really mattered to people here . I mean, right now, The Cost Of Living is obviously through the roof, and its pretty much impossible to. To just live. The Cost Of Livings dreadful. This country is going downhill. Notjust scotland, i mean britain. Its terrible. We dont seem to be taken care of our own people. Thats right. 0ur pensioners, our soldiers, doctors, nurses. These are all people that keep the place going, and yet they dont care. They really dont care. In truth, labour has to win this by election to just begin to prove that they might be able to mount a comeback in scotland. After all, they won this seat back in 2017 underjeremy corbyn. Its also true, though, that from keir starmer� s perspective, the keys to Downing Street might just be jangling around in communities like this in and around glasgow and edinburgh, where the party hopes it could pick up up to a dozen or more seats come the General Election. And thats why the results of this by election will be pored over to give an insight into how well or not labour is doing. 0ur Political Editor chris mason there. And you can find a full list of all the candidates standing in the by election on the bbc news website. Europes bid to regain the ryder cup got off to a dream start as they stormed into a 6. 5 1. 5 lead over a shellshocked United States in rome. 0ur Sports Correspondent andy swiss is at the marco simone course. Welcome to on the outskirts of rome. What a day it has been for europes golfers. Theirfans came here hoping to see Something Special and they certainly got it. It was the morning rush hour in rome, a 6am stampede as fans charged to the first tee for that unique ryder cup atmosphere. The americans are here, full of themselves, but there are more europeans, we are louder, we are better, and we are going to win. They have all the noise, we have good they have all the noise, we have good play they have all the noise, we have good play. Well talk with our shots good play. Well talk with our shots. �. ~. Good play. Well talk with our shots. �. ~. Shots. But that american confidence was soon silenced. Shots. But that american confidence was soon silenced. Representing was soon silenced. Representing euro e, was soon silenced. Representing europe. John was soon silenced. Representing europe, john rahm was soon silenced. Representing europe, john rahm and was soon silenced. Representing europe, john rahm and tyrrell i europe, john rahm and tyrrell haiion hatton i cheering roared on by theirfans it was europe who showed the way in spectacular fashion. Europe who showed the way in spectacularfashion. filth europe who showed the way in spectacular fashion. Europe who showed the way in spectacular fashion. And spectacular fashion. Oh my word and insirjohn spectacular fashion. Oh my word and Inspirjohn Rahm spectacular fashion. Oh my word and Inspirjohn Rahm got spectacular fashion. Oh my word and Inspirjohn Rahm got back spectacular fashion. Oh my word and Inspirjohn Rahm got back the spectacular fashion. Oh my word and Inspirjohn Rahm got back the first. Inspirjohn rahm got back the first point as the Hosts Apostrophe hopes of regaining cup got off to a spellbinding start. Hosts hopes. 0nce rory mcilroy showed his pinpoint precision, europe had won all four opening matches for the first time in ryder cup history. Come the afternoon there was more ioy come the afternoon there was more joy for europe from the magnificent matt fitzpatrick. Even roy battle roy could only applaud. The us had their chances but could only tie the other matches. Even rory mcilroy could only applaud. For the hosts, a day of emotion and elation. Yes, europe leading 6. 5 1. 5. What an extraordinary day for them. The us did not win a single match all day. The ryder cup doesnt end here until sunday so there is still plenty of golf to come but for europe it is some start. What a weekend ahead. Thanks very much. Lets take a look at the weather now. Heres tomasz schafernaker. It is still pretty warm and some people feel like it is an october heatwave. I feel a bit awkward heatwave. Ifeel a bit awkward in my clothing here. Heatwave may be in spain and france, but we will be feeling the warmth here. Some parts of the country still on the cool side but this weekend it is certainly the headline. The autumn one, a bit of humidity with some rain at times. Autumn warmth. This air will be coming Overfrom France and widely across the Country Temperatures will exceed 20 degrees. But not immediately. This is the early hours, fairly quiet, chilly in the glens of scotland, temperatures in bigger towns and cities between seven and 10 celsius. A bit of a mixed bag tomorrow. We are expecting some warmth and sunshine but on the other this area of low pressure will sweep in and bring some cloud and rain. Initially to parts of northern wales, perhaps northern ireland, certainly irish sea coast, and quite a strong breeze. Gale force winds blowing through the irish sea saturday afternoon. Anywhere from north of scotland, mostly along the north sea coast and certainly down to the south and South East It is going to be warm and sunny with temperatures up to 20 celsius. If you are out saturday night, you can see where the rain is. A trail front across the North West Of England and towards the west of wales into sunday. This Weather Front here separates The Cooler Air Mass in the north from that really warm Air Mass Thatis North from that really warm air mass that is going to be across parts of england. Up to 24 celsius in london. This doesnt happen very often in london. It has happened more frequently in the last few years with the warming climate, something we would expect, but look at this outlook. In the middle of summer we had that dreary, wet weather, cool weather at times, now we are in october and temperatures are a bit more like august. Even in the north, nothing to be sniffed at, 18 celsius at some point next week for belfast and edinburgh. Autumn warmth is on the way but i would not necessarily call it a heatwave. Back to you. Thanks, tomasz. And thats bbc news at six. It is hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. Rose smells success in rome, the englishman ended a great first day for europe at the ryder cup. Well be live in france ahead of scotlands match tomorrow, but could the all blacks go out of the world cup early . They play tonight in a must win game