Oh. This is the story of a world shattered by bombs a world where the very sky became a threat where terror descended upon cities and transformed people into hunted price. But. The at. Last. The boy on the night of july twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred forty three british Bomber Command launched one of its largest raids against hamburg germany second largest city. The pilot recounted how they had left behind an enormous inferno whose glow they could still see three hundred kilometers away. In one night three hundred fifty thousand homes were destroyed the working class neighborhood of hama brooke was totally demolished all told there were forty two thousand six hundred deaths in what was known as operation gomorrah. An eyewitness noted. I saw roofs lift off into the sky bodies caught fire like tinder the asphalt was boiling are so two women trapped in the top they looked like thrice stuck in the burning wax of a. Handle the air in the shelters have become an breathable for lack
Oh. This is the story of a world shattered by bombs a world where the very sky became a threat where terror descended upon cities and transformed people into hunted price. Cut. The at. Last. The air on the night of july twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred forty three british Bomber Command launched one of its largest raids against hamburg germany second largest city. The pilot recounted how they had left behind an enormous inferno whose glow they could still see three hundred kilometers away. In one night three hundred fifty thousand homes were destroyed the working class neighborhood of hama brooke was totally demolished all told there were forty two thousand six hundred deaths and what was known as operation gomorrah. An eyewitness noted. I saw roofs lift off into the sky bodies caught fire like tinder the asphalt was boiling are so two women trapped in the top they looked like thrice stuck in the burning wax of a. Handle the air in the shelters have become an breathable for lac
The netherlands needed a world cup qualifying miracle. Well let you know if they, france and portugal have made it to russia next year. Good evening. We start tonight with a special report on the surge in deaths from heroin addiction across the uk. Last year, there was a death from heroin or morphine abuse every five hours. The annual cost of drug addiction to society is now more than £15 billion. Heroin and morphine deaths have doubled in five years to more than1,600 in england, wales and scotland, the highest number since records began. Some police and Crime Commissioners have told the bbc they would like to see the drugs decriminalised for personal use. This extended report by our special correspondent ed thomas contains images and details of drug abuse from the start. 0. 2 grams in weight, £10 in money. How long did it take you to get it . About five minutes, if that. You can get it from most backstreets in most villages. Has that taken over you . Yeah. County durham, searching f
Maybe not today. I might opt out of that. The weather is not that exciting. If youre stuck underneath this area of cloud you probably wish it would dance. Many areas grey and rizzoli. That is not moving anywhere fast. Away from those areas, chances of sunshine. Some sunny spells for northern ireland. It will turn murky and drizzly. We will lose the rain from the south. Tomorrow, we will still have cloud around in the north and east. The odd spot of drizzle. The best of the sunshine in the south west. That is where we will have the best of the temperatures were some areas up to 18, and 19. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn is urging Party Activists to dust themselves down and take the fight to the tories, after suffering heavy losses in the local elections. Theresa may has sought to play down talk of a landslide General Election victory. The Liberal Democrats say they would put a penny in the pound on income tax to generate billions more for the nhs and
Maybe not today. I might opt out of that. The weather is not that exciting. If youre stuck underneath this area of cloud you probably wish it would dance. Many areas grey and rizzoli. That is not moving anywhere fast. Away from those areas, chances of sunshine. Some sunny spells for northern ireland. It will turn murky and drizzly. We will lose the rain from the south. Tomorrow, we will still have cloud around in the north and east. The odd spot of drizzle. The best of the sunshine in the south west. That is where we will have the best of the temperatures were some areas up to 18, and 19. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn is urging Party Activists to dust themselves down and take the fight to the tories, after suffering heavy losses in the local elections. Theresa may has sought to play down talk of a landslide General Election victory. The Liberal Democrats say they would put a penny in the pound on income tax to generate billions more for the nhs and