my next process was, what do i need to pack? don t show any sort of indication that i m leaving. and my thought was to write a note. so i wrote a note to my mum, told her how much i loved her, how much i appreciated what she had done for me. i didn t want her to worry about me, i didn t want her to worry about herself. and saying goodbye really. i wrote that note 20 minutes before i left. ileftaround. ..midnight. first night it was raining quite a lot. i left pitch black, journey was quite a while. i didn t really know where i was going. i was just following road signs. i would mostly travel at night time, just for my own safety. and sleep as little as i could and in as illuminated areas as i could. sleeping on the street was all right. it wasn t too cold. i had a good, warm jacket. i had my skateboard. i had money for food. so i was walking down the street when i saw a big pharmaceutical van. first when he stopped, i was a little bit worried, because i was thinking what kind
reaches the third round of the world darts championship. good morning from the cotswolds. this is a reindeer herd, we are surrounded by christmas trees. today is less windy than yesterday, some rain in the forecast and some snow largely in the hills of the north east of scotland but at lower levels in the northern isles. all of the details throughout the programme. it s friday the 22nd of december. our main story. the czech republic has declared a national day of mourning tomorrow after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 at a university in prague. police say the gunman was a 24 year old student at charles university and was later found dead. police were already looking for the gunman, after they discovered his father s body hours earlier. our eastern european correspondent sarah rainsford reports. the centre of prague was suddenly transformed into a major crime scene. armed police rushed towards a university building as a gunman stalked the corridors there. at this poin
after days of negotiations. it does not call for a ceasefire and leaves israel in control of monitoring aid deliveries. but the united arab emirates, which sponsored the resolution, says it can make a real difference for palestinian civilians. the united states and russia were the only two members of the secuirty council to abstain. the united states ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, spoke after the resolution was passed here s some of what she had to say. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but today, this counseled provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access. and to create the conditions for sustainable cessation of hostilities. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, spoke after the resolution was passed. he says despite the diplomatic pressure, nothing seems to be changing i
and which festive favourite is the christmas number one? and coming up on bbc news. we ll be at villa park where sheffield united are the visitors on a night when victory can take aston villa top of the premier league. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last hour, the united nations security council has passed a resolution to address the continuing conflict in gaza and the appalling conditions faced by around 2 million people there. it follows days of argument at the un in new york. the resolution calls on asians to create the conditions for the cessation of hostilities and the unhindered delivery of assistance to gaza calls on nations. the resolution the uae has put in blue this morning responds to the calls for a sustainable cessation of hostilities and a massive scale up of humanitarian aid. often in diplomacy, the challenge is meeting the moment in the world we live, not in the world that we want, and we will never tire in pushing for a full humanitarian
it s one of the deadliest attacks by a lone gunman in europe this century. police are still trying to establish a motive. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in prague. bells toll. a nation paused today, to remember the victims of an attack people here can t make sense of, that has brought pain and suffering. church bells rang out across the czech republic, to mark the moment. to honour those killed when a student attacked his own university, shooting in the corridors and classrooms. so far, we know three of the dead, including a teacher who was 49. here at the faculty attacks some have person #58 connections to the victims. a friend of these women survived by locking herself into a classroom to hide. she cowered done the table. i saw her yesterday, i felt sorry for her, she was still shaking. images from a bodycamera show the police hunt for the gunman, inside charles university. at this point the 24 year old was prowling the corridors above. we are told most of his victims