welcome to bbc news. more now on the news that a massive earthquake has killed more than 500 people in turkey and syria, and i canjoin my colleague for more. welcome to all of you watching on pbs and around the globe. we are bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour. a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern syria and also south eastern turkey. official figures say officialfigures say more official figures say more than 650 people have been killed, that figure will rise. the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8 struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep. buildings collapsed, hundreds of miles away. there were also reports of many of the casualties in northern syria, across the border. the tremor was also felt in lebanon, gaza, jordan, cyprus and iraq. turkey has declared a state of emergency. syria s government, meanwhile, has also held an emergency meeting in order to decide how they will respond. witnesses from
action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walk out in england. we are still hopefully on track and getting waiting lists below a year at the end of march. the more strikes we have, the more challenging that becomes. at the moment, ourstaff challenging that becomes. at the moment, our staff are working incredibly hard to get the waiting lists down. let us know how the strikes are affecting you and do you support them? you can get in touch with your thoughts on this story and the rest of the days news by contacting me on twitter @annitabbc or using the hashtag #bbc your questions we re bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour a powerful earthquake which has struck northern syria and south eastern turkey, killing more than 640 people. the tremor had a magnitude of seven point eight, and struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep but buildings collapsed hundreds of miles away, and there are also reports of many casualtie
Good morning. There are just six days to go until the General Election and we have bought the sofa to scotlands ancient capital, dunfermline. What does the politics mean for the money in our pockets and how does that affect how people vote in six days time . We have come to meet local voters and local businesses to find out what it means for them. Matt is also here with the weather. Good morning. Iam in the grounds of Dunfermline Abbey finding out what place it plays in the towns history. Brighter and fresher conditions on the way and that lasts into the weekend. I will tell you what that means for you in 15 minutes. We are in the historic surgery of dunfermline in the kingdom of fife. Let me set the scene will be here all morning with the sofa talking to voters and politicians about the issues that matter to them six days ahead of the General Election. You will see in the background, lars, a historian. Youll be teaching us about Robert The Bruce who is buried here. Also this was home
surrey police say her body was found in a property on school grounds along with her husband george and seven year old daughter lettie yesterday morning. detectives have launched what they describe as a thorough investigation. they don t believe anyone else was involved and they re not looking for anyone else. they have reported the deaths to the coroner, which would be usual, but officers will be visible in the coming days to offer reassurance. epsom college has around 850 students. fees are more than £42,000 for those who board here, or £28,000 for day pupils. the college, which was founded in 1853, was named the best independent school in 2022. the chair of the board of governors said.