ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing as some people are still thought to be missing, eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation but are describing what happened as a tragic accident . the explosion happened at an applegreen service station in the village of creeslough. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation, a sad sign that the emergency services don t expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was left of the petrol station to see who amongst their friends and relatives may have been caught up in the incident. there were several flats above the garage shop which largely collapse
energy bosses warn that the government s plan to cap the price of electricity produced by older renewable facilities is risky. hello and welcome to bbc news. ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing, as some people are still thought to be missing. eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation, but are describing what happened as a tragic accident . the explosion happened at an applegreen service station, in the village of creeslough, yesterday afternoon. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation a sad sign that the emergency services don t expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was lef
Switch shares up about 24 this afternoon. Well look at whether that treasury move could help juice the market for ipos coming up. Meanwhile, the new blade runner sequel hits theaters this weekend were going to look at whether this film can revitalize the struggling box office. Lot of fingers crossed in hollywood here as they bring Harrison Ford back one more time. Well see. Good luck. Hope it works. Lets begin today with a jobs report, though. Eyeopening number hs this morning. Our senior economics reports Steve Liesman joins us from austin with a breakdown of those numbers. Steve . Reporter yeah, bill, you had to cast your eyes down on this number here. But whats happening right now is people are really throwing out the weak number on the top line and looking to the details of the report and they find strength here. Let me show you what theyre talking about here the top line number minus 33,000 quite a bit below the 80,000 estimate you have the revisions to the prior months which were
In the past few minutes, Thames Valley police have confirmed the death of the singer George Michael. His publicist said he passed away peacefully at home. The singer, who was 53, launched his career with wham in the 1980s and continued his success as a solo performer. South Central Ambulance service attended his home in goring in south oxfordshire. Police say there were no suspicious circumstances. He was 53 and as many people will know he had launched his career with wham along with Andrew Ridgeley in the 19805 along with Andrew Ridgeley in the 1980s and went on to even greater success as a solo 1980s and went on to even greater success as a solo performer. Hes often spoken quite widely of his relationship, rather difficult relationship, rather difficult relationship, with his father, saying he had to fight his demons. Well we can speak now on the phone to the music critic for the daily telegraph, neil mccormick. Hello, neil. Hello. Goodness, what news for Christmas Day it is very sho