As fears grow of a Mental Health crisis amongst health workers. Lewis hamilton makes history as he breaks the record for the most formula 1 wins ever the british driver took the title from Michael Schumacher at the grand prix in portugal. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. We start with some breaking news. Hampshire police are dealing with an ongoing incident on board a vessel, south of the isle of wight. The reporting in the last few minutes is that a ship, an oil tanker, the nave andromeda, has reported an alert, it issued a mayday around 9am this morning. It had been due to dock in southampton at10 30am, it had been due to dock in southampton at 10 30am, it left lagos in nigeria on the 6th of october and obviously as an oil tanker it had quite a long journey, but something seems to have happened in the last hours of its Journey Towards southampton. A coastguard helicopter can be seen circling the ship by a website, which tracks the movements of ships around the world. Hampshire
With the stress of battling covid, as fears grow of a Mental Health crisis amongst health workers. And after seven months, ballet dancers return to the stage with socially distanced tutus at birmingham repertory theatre. Good afternoon. If you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. A government minister has defended the decision not to extend Free School Meals to disadvantaged children over the school holidays. This is in england. Brandon lewis said providing support through local councils was the right way to help struggling families Brandon Lewis said providing support through local during the pandemic. Pressure is mounting on the government from many sides, including more than 2,000 doctors who have signed a letter saying england should follow scotland, wales and Northern Ireland in further funding meals outside of term time. Heres our political correspondent, jessica parker. Castle beach cafe in falmouth, cornwall, and owner fiona has said she will make fre
And the moment a music teacher with dementia hears his composition played by an orchestra for the first time. Good morning from Arundel Castle in west sussex, where it is a chilly start to the day. We will be talking to dupont through the course of this morning. The focus for this week will be windy at times, wet at times, but by the end of the week it will also be quite mild. More details in about ten minutes. Its monday the 26th of october. Our top story. A Navy Special Forces unit has stormed an oil tanker off the isle of wight after a suspected hijacking. Seven stowaways thought to be nigerian nationals have been detained after they were reported to have threatened the crew. Andy moore has the latest. Late last night, and the tanker andromeda was back under the control of its crew after what the ministry of defence called a suspected hijacking. 16 members of the special boat squadron, based at nearby poole, were landed on the ship as night fell. Defence secretary ben wallace said.
At the grand prix in portugal. Good afternoon. We start with breaking news this hour. Police are dealing with an ongoing incident on board an oil tanker situated off the isle of wight. The tanker, named in reports as the liberian registered nave andromeda, was due to dock in southampton earlier. Hampshire constabulary said, we are aware and dealing with an ongoing incident on board a vessel which is situated south of the isle of wight. The Maritime Coastguard Agency said it was assisting police and search and rescue helicopters were at the scene. Lets speak to our correspondent, anna oneill. Anna, this story has been developing over the last hour or so. We still only have partial information about what is actually happening on board the tanker, but we do know that a Police Presence and a coast guard presence are in the area . That right, so we know that the nave andromeda, which was built in 2011, departed lagos in nigeria earlier this month, even though it is sailing under a liberian
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is preparing to ask mps to support a new National Lockdown in england to last four weeks. In the commons later this afternoon, hes expected to warn that covid i9 deaths could be twice as high over the winter as they were in the first wave of the pandemic. He will say there is no alternative to the measure, which is due to start on thursday, and to end on the 2nd of december. He is expected to stress that he intends to ease restrictions after a month. From thursday, people will be told to stay at home, except for specific reasons. Pubs, restaurants, gyms and nonessential shops will close. But takeaways will be permitted, and meeting indoors or in private gardens will not be allowed. But you will be able to meet one other person from another household outside in a public place. Labour is supporting the move, but have criticised the delay in bringing it in. Meanwhile, some conservative mps say theyll oppose it. Our Political Corre