37th London Marathon. A lot of activity trying to get everything ready for the race, which starts at ten oclock. There are 40,000 people expected to take part this year. Also in the sport, chelsea are unstoppable, theyre already top of the Premier League, and now theyre into the fa cup final. A rare sight on the railways this morning as four engines including The Flying Scotsman line up to celebrate the past, present and future of rail transport. And ben has the weather. Good morning. Quite a decent datacom for many of us today. There will be spills of sunshine, but there is a big change for the start of the week. Something much colder on the way. All the details coming up. Good morning, first our main story. Labour is attempting to win over voters ahead ofjunes General Election, with the promise of four extra uk wide Bank Holidays. They would fall on the patron saints day of each of the home nations. The conservatives have responded by saying the british economy would be on a permanen
37th London Marathon. A lot of activity trying to get everything ready for the race, which starts at ten oclock. There are 40,000 people expected to take part this year. Also in the sport, chelsea are unstoppable, theyre already top of the Premier League, and now theyre into the fa cup final. A rare sight on the railways this morning as four engines including The Flying Scotsman line up to celebrate the past, present and future of rail transport. And ben has the weather. Good morning. Quite a decent datacom for many of us today. There will be spills of sunshine, but there is a big change for the start of the week. Something much colder on the way. All the details coming up. Good morning, first our main story. Labour is attempting to win over voters ahead ofjunes General Election, with the promise of four extra uk wide Bank Holidays. They would fall on the patron saints day of each of the home nations. The conservatives have responded by saying the british economy would be on a permanen
The critical government errors which led to many more people contracting covid 19 a damning report from mps. 1,500 jobs are at risk at wh smith after lockdown caused sales to plummet. Scotlands first minister says schools must be prioritised over pubs, echoing englands childrens commissioner. Lets return to our top story. The critical government errors an operation is under way in lebanon which led to many more people to recover the bodies of the more contracting covid 19 than 100 people who are a damning report from mps. Missing after a huge explosion devastated the port area news from the high street of the capital beirut yesterday. The blast killed at least 100 people 1,500 jobs at risk at wh smith after lockdown caused sales to plummet. And injured more than 4,000 others. And coming up. Happier feet there are many more emperor penguins than we first thought, the moment of the explosion happened as new colonies are was caught on camera by a bbc arabic spotted from space. Reporter in
Well hear from a doctor who says her hospital was obliterated but she continued to work through the devastation. Where we had patients who had arrests in the parking lot of the er and emergency doctors were rushing to them, trying to intubate, and we we re to them, trying to intubate, and we were doing cycles of arrests on the patients in the parking lots. As the clear up begins, promises of help flood in from around the world, while aid agencies rush to offer assistance. Wecome to the programme. Only one place to start and thats in beirut in lebanon. The Health Authorities and red cross are struggling to deal with the aftermath of the extraordinary and devastating explosion. Youve seen these pictures by now this is the moment the explosion hit the city. And this shows the scale of the destruction. The port has been flattened and you can see a major grain silo thats been destroyed. These are houses nearby. Beiruts governor says up to 300,000 people are now homeless. Rescue workers are
And coming up in the sport ireland move to the top of the six nations table with victory over the defending champions, wales, in dublin. Hello and welcome to world news today. A rogue soldier has killed 20 people and injured dozens more in a gun rampage in the thai city of nakhon ratchisima. He is still at large. Thai Officials Say the gunman is a junior army officer. He shot a colonel at his Army Barracks and stole weapons, before opening fire first at a buddhist temple, then at the shopping centre. Police have stormed the mall and, in the last hour, weve heard gunfire from inside. Eyewitnesses say two casualties have been brought out of the building. This is the scene live in North Eastern thailand. Authorities have sealed off the terminal 21 shopping centre, as they try to track down the suspect. Jonathan head reports. Panic in a provincial Shopping Mall, as people realised there is a done man inside and they have to run. Panic in a provincial Shopping Mall, as people realise there