and nowadays, you ve got something called a calculator, and these are just marvellous things. anybody that gets one of these, it does all the work for you. in other news. the investigation into the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel continues police are questioning a former drug dealer, who was the intended target of the attack. a think thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that a catastrophe is coming this winter , unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. search and rescue operations are under way in eastern ukraine, after russian missile strikes killed at least 20 people. and coming up this hour. we hear the remarkable story of the 66 year old man running inside a nine foot dragon costume in shropshire. good morning from denbigh high school in luton. we are here all day finding out how pupils at the school have got on in their gcses. like many others across their gcses. like many others across the country, tho
Lets return to the issue of small boats crossing the channel from france to england and yesterday was another grim milestone as five people died trying to get across hours after the British Parliament passed legislation designed to deter such journeys. French Officials Say 112 people were on board the overcrowded vessel. A new law in britain aims to send people arriving on small boats to rwanda to have their asylum claims processed. The deaths in the channel are not an isolated incident. Yesterday alone, there were reports of migrants dying in other parts of the world trying to reach another country by boat. We heard from the uns Migration Agency that at least 21 people died off the coast of djibouti. 23 are still missing on the so called Eastern Migration Route between the middle east and africa. On the same day, the Tunisian Coastguard said they retrieved the bodies of 19 migrants who had been trying to reach italy. The un has called crossing the mediterranean the deadliest route for
but to check before leaving home. in other news, there ll be more travel disruption tomorrow as well as an unprecedented four days of strike action begins. there ll be two 48 hour strikes on tuesday and wednesday and then again on friday and saturday this week. a leading charity which supports people with asthma and lung conditions says it s growing increasingly concerned about the amount of damp and mould in rented homes. asthma uk says young children are particularly at risk and it s seen an increase in people concerned about the impact on their health from poor housing. the charity also worries the cost of heating is adding to the problem. now onto the all important weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good morning. we saw some snow last night here s stratford and bermondsey as recorded by our weather watchers. still plenty of lying snow out there as we head through the rest of the morning and some very icy stretches, too. so there is a met office weather warning in place