a former met police officer, david carrick, who was one of the uk s most prolific sex offenders has been sentenced to a minimum of 30 years. grant shapps is appointed to the new role of energy and net zero secretary, in a mini cabinet reshuffle. police investigating the death of the epsom college head teacher believe she and her daughter were shot dead by her husband who then took his own life. and the women s cycling team from afghanistan who escape the taliban in search of olympic glory. and coming up on the bbc news channel, former yorkshire bowling coach richard pyrah withdraws from the disciplinary process related to allegations of historical racism at the county cricket side. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. more than 5,000 people are now known to have died after yesterday s devastating earthquakes that hit turkey and syria. many more have been injured, as thousands of buildings collapsed. the homeless are now having to endure freezing temperatures wit
prepayment customers go unused. i ll have the details. in sport, how manchester city face more than 100 charges of breaching of financial rules, which could see them fined, docked points or even relegated from the premier league. good morning. it isa it is a gold and a frosty start to the day in the southern half of the country. some mist and fog patches, some of which will be slow to clear. then we will see some sunshine. in the north, a milder start, cloudier with patchy rain in the west. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, 7th february. more than 4,000 people have died after two major earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria. the rescue effort has continued throughout the night, although freezing temperatures, snow and rain have hampered the search for survivors. dozens of countries, including the uk, have promised to send help. azadeh moshiri reports. it s a race to save lives that includes the smallest ones. syria s voluntary civil defen
obese when she died at the family home in october 2020. and bp announces record profits of £23 billion, more than double that of the year before. and, the great british fighting plane, one of the most famous from world war two, known as the mosquito, could soon fly again in the uk thanks to a group of volunteers. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. more than five thousand people are now known to have died after yesterday s devastating earthquakes that hit turkey and syria. many more have been injured, as thousands of buildings collapsed. the homeless are now having to endure freezing temperatures without shelter, as rescue teams and local residents scramble to free others trapped in the rubble, with some people being heard crying out in pain for help. the uk hasjoined dozens of countries in promising aid for turkey s gaziantep province, near the epicentre of the quakes. with more, here s richard galpin. almost 36 hours after the huge earthquake struck this region, survi
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we ll be speaking to a disaster response expert live in the programme. the desperate search for survivors is continuing for a second night across a vast area of southern turkey and northern syria after two major earthquakes devastated the region on monday. at least six thousand people are known to have died, but with so many feared trapped under the rubble, the death toll will climb further. we ll be talking to an aid worker on the ground and will look at the scale of the devastation in just a moment. but first lets go through what happened. the first earthquake on sunday had a magnitude of 7.8, the epicentre was in turkey s gaziantep province. there have been almost 30 other shocks in the region, all powerful enough to magnify the damage. a second major earthquake struck 130km north of the first. rescue efforts continue across the region. this is the scene live. this is gaziantep, this is the live shot, it s just after ten in the evening locally. it s expected rescuers will