you to come in for a moment, i know you ve just this moment come up from what looked like dante s inferno down there. what, in fact, is it like? i think it s absolute hell, because men are working knee deep in liquid slurry, trying to dig out the kids from the school. where did you first hear about the tragedy? i heard bbc news. in northern ireland, we covered the worst days of the troubles. this is the reality of belfast today. bombs in the city centre. so much disruption, so many explosions. from time to time, you forget that it s become part of everyday life. ..and its hopes for a brighterfuture. an historic agreement for peace in northern ireland has been reached within the past few minutes. we can see pictures now from stormont, where the leaders of the eight parties which have been involved in the talks, together with the prime ministers of the united kingdom and the republic of ireland, are announcing details of an agreement which is intended to end nearly 30 years of conflict a
of a real disaster that had happened in a village not farfrom where i lived. it s now feared that nearly 200 lives were lost when the coal tip at aberfan near merthyr tydfil slid forward today. it engulfed an infant school and a row of houses. and still it goes on the never ending search for the bodies of the men, women and children who are buried down here beneath the slurry and sludge. and it attracted rescuers from well, all over wales, in fact from england as well they re streaming across the severn bridge from bristol, offering their services. and bill, if i can ask you to come in for a moment, i know you ve just this moment come up from what looked like dante s inferno down there. what, in fact, is it like? i think it s absolute hell, because men are working knee deep in liquid slurry, trying to dig out the kids from the school. where did you first hear about the tragedy? i heard bbc news. in northern ireland, we covered the worst days of the troubles. this is the reality of
and it attracted rescuers from well, all over wales, in fact from england as well they re streaming across the severn bridge from bristol, offering their services. and bill, if i can ask you to come in for a moment, i know you ve just this moment come up from what looked like dante s inferno down there. what, in fact, is it like? i think it s absolute hell, because men are working knee deep in liquid slurry, trying to dig out the kids from the school. where did you first hear about the tragedy? i heard bbc news. in northern ireland, we covered the worst days of the troubles. this is the reality of belfast today. bombs in the city centre. so much disruption, so many explosions. from time to time, you forget that it s become part of everyday life. ..and its hopes for a brighterfuture. an historic agreement for peace in northern ireland has been reached within the past few minutes. we can see pictures now from stormont, where the leaders of the eight parties which have been involved in
i know you ve just this moment come up from what looked like dante s inferno down there. what, in fact, is it like? i think it s absolute hell, because men are working knee deep in liquid slurry, trying to dig out the kids from the school. where did you first hear about the tragedy? i heard bbc news. in northern ireland, we covered the worst days of the troubles. this is the reality of belfast today. bombs in the city centre. so much disruption, so many explosions. from time to time, you forget that it s become part of everyday life. ..and its hopes for a brighterfuture. an historic agreement for peace in northern ireland has been reached within the past few minutes. we can see pictures now from stormont, where the leaders of the eight parties which have been involved in the talks, together with the prime ministers of the united kingdom and the republic of ireland, are announcing details of an agreement which is intended to end nearly 30 years of conflict and which have cost more than
up from what looked like dante s inferno down there. what, in fact, is it like? i think it s absolute hell, because men are working knee deep in liquid slurry, trying to dig out the kids from the school. where did you first hear about the tragedy? i heard bbc news. in northern ireland, we covered the worst days of the troubles. this is the reality of belfast today. bombs in the city centre. so much disruption, so many explosions. from time to time, you forget that it s become part of everyday life. ..and its hopes for a brighterfuture. an historic agreement for peace in northern ireland has been reached within the past few minutes. we can see pictures now from stormont, where the leaders of the eight parties which have been involved in the talks, together with the prime ministers of the united kingdom and the republic of ireland, are announcing details of an agreement which is intended to end nearly 30 years of conflict and which have cost more than 3,000 lives. agreement. the impossib