at least 18 people are now known to have died, as storms and tornadoes ripped through the united states, causing vast devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed over people who were listening to a heavy metal band. the storms came a week after a tornado devastated a town in mississippi. sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction. two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas, tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the volume of itjust seems rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of double doors and ploughed through my house. out of my front door, which had steel bars in front of it. several people have been killed, dozens injured, in this state alone. the governor declared a state of emergency. today has been a very hard day for the state of arkansas. bu
cloud, particularly in the west. one or two showers. most places should see a decent amount of sunshine. while the temperatures do not look spectacular, given the sunshine it will not look too bad. into the start of april it will slowly through the weekend become drier and brighter. good news. thanks, ben. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. michael vaughan is cleared of using racist language towards a former yorkshire team mate after a panel decided that on the balance of probabilities, the charge wasn t proven. wimbledon s u turn it lifts the ban on russian and belorussian players for this year s championships a decision one ukrainian politician has called immoral . maybe not the title decider of r
manchester united move to within a point of the champions league places after marcus rashford sent them on their way to a convincing win over nottingham forest. we have heavy rain sweeping in from the south west, pushing north east through the day. behind it we see a return to sunshine and showers but wherever you are, it will be windy. good morning, everybody. it s wednesday the 28th of december. our main story: relatives of a 23 year old man stabbed to death on the dance floor of a birmingham nightclub have described him as their best friend . cody fisher, a non league footballer and school sport coach, was fatally injured on boxing day, as greg mackenzie reports. 23 year old cody fisher was in the prime of his life, but his life was cut short, stabbed to death on a dance floor ofa birmingham nightclub on boxing day. described by his family as a best friend, the semi professional footballer and sports coach was fatally injured at the crane nightclub in digbeth. police beli
Welljust a few months out from the olympics in paris. Earlier, i spoke to olympic bronze medalist beth tweddle. And began by asking how positive the silver was in the lead up to this summers olympics . It isa it is a Huge Positive result. The team will be really pleased with that. We had a mixture of experience and a mixture of youth, and they all handled the pressure. Yes, we cannot ask any more of that team today. Obviously it was a team result, but looking at individual performances, we have got to single out a number of people, becky downie and also Alice Kinsella as well. Alice kinsella as well. Becky downie, Alice Kinsella as well. Becky downie. An Alice Kinsella as well. Becky downie, an obviously Alice Kinsella as well. Becky downie, an obviously disappointed after yesterdays competition, she went for a more difficult routine and did not quite pay off. Came back out today to prove that absolutely she can do that routine. And went out and produced a huge score for the team, and