About 50 people were rescued, and some were taken to hospital in a serious condition. A number of people were seen being carried off the lifeboat on stretchers when the vessel docked in dover. French Officials Say six people have died. The mp for calais gave us this update. Around 65 to 70 people were on these boats, 50 people were rescued by the french authorities, five people were found dead at sea, one died at the hospital. And we are still missing ten people. The home secretary Suella Braverman posted this message on social media, saying her thoughts and prayers were with those affected by the tragic loss of life. She is expected to chair a meeting with Border Force Officials later today. On thursday, 755 people crossed the channel, the largest daily figures so far this year. And more than 100,000 have made the journey since the crossings began in earnest in 2018. Once again, the channel, one of the most dangerous and busiest Shipping Lanes in the world, has proved to be deadly for
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Says the era of paying big sums to the eu is coming to an end. Good morning, everyone. Its thursday. We got a lot going on today. Glad youre with us. We got a jam packed hour for you, culminating later on in the day with the interview that geoff c Geoff Cutmore has with Vladimir Putin. Markets are trading modestly higher. The ftse 100 up 0. 1 . Benefiting from the weakness of the pound in the triggers of the article 50. Xetra dax up 0. 21. Cac 40 higher to the tune of 0. 1 . A fairly quiet session. Lets look at some sectors driving us higher today. What were seeing is that oil and gas is leading, when it comes to the sectors, because were seeing another day of increases for the oil price. The third day in a row. Financial services, Construction Material doing better. On the down side, autos, real estate, and telecoms slightly underperforming. Lets get back to our top story. Theresa may is set for another battle in parliament, this time to push through her great repeal bill. A piece of
By the end of this century. We start with the global race to find a vaccine to halt the pandemic. Here in the uk, scientists at Oxford University say the vaccine theyre developing appears to be safe and does trigger an immune response. The uk government has already ordered 100 million doses of it. Here is the bbcs fergus walsh. Three, one, three, one, one, nine, seven. So much is riding on this. Could the oxford vaccine help end the coronavirus pandemic . More than 9,000 volunteers have received the jab in the uk among them these frontline nhs staff in newcastle. Ive seen what covid can do. The sort of severity of some of the cases has been quite upsetting at times, so i really wanted to try and help get rid of this disease. Unfortunately, me dad fell ill with covid, and was admitted here for eight days. And i think, once its been that close to home, it makes more of a difference. You feel like you want to do your bit. Vaccines work by training the immune system to recognise and rememb
Welcome to bbc news. Im mike embley. Our top stories hopes grow for a covid 19 vaccine after every volunteer involved in atrial at Oxford University shows an immune response to the jab. They are extremely promising, because these are the type of responses that we believe will be associated with protection. President trump says he will send more federal Law Enforcement officers to deal with protests. Local Officials Say its an abuse of power. In thejohnny depp libel case, his ex wife amber heard says she was afraid the Hollywood Star was going to kill her. And polar bears under threat from Climate Change why they could be extinct by the end of this century. We start with the global race to find a vaccine to halt the pandemic. Here in the uk, scientists at Oxford University say the vaccine theyre developing appears to be safe and does trigger an immune response. The uk government has already ordered 100 million doses of it. Heres the bbcs fergus walsh. 3131197. So much is riding on this.