which would be a breach of the uk data privacy code designed to protect young people. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has denied claims he failed to follow covid testing advice during the early days of the pandemic. thousands of whatsapp messages leaked to the telegraph show mr hancock was advised in april 2020 to test everyone going into care homes. but a message reportedly from mr hancock to an aide said he would rather commit to just testing those going into care homes from hospitals. lord bethall was a junior minister in department of health and social care back in 2020. this morning, he was asked whether matt hancock should have taken the advice of the chief medical officer to test everyone going into care homes. no, ithink no, i think the key phrase here is this is obviously a positive step. it was absolutely crystal clear that we wanted to test everyone who went into social care. that was the ambition. gettin
calling the allegation defamatory. sight loss charity guide dogs says it s had a record number of people volunteering to raise puppies following a bbc story that highlighted a a shortage of dogs. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. officials in greece say at least 36 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash. a cargo train collided with a passenger train near the city of larissa in the thessaly region. conditions for the rescuers are described as very difficult. the army has been mobilised to help and dozens of fire and ambulance staff are at the scene. stephanie prentice reports. it s been described by local authorities as a powerful collision and a terrible scene. while passengers said the crash felt like being in an earthquake. translation: we heard a big bang. it was ten nightmareish seconds. we were turning over in the wagon till we fell on our sides and until the commotion stopped. and there was panic, cables everyw
by unionist thinkers, commentators, strategists, that the best way to secure the union, the best way to secure the union, the best way to secure northern ireland s place in the uk as the unionists to be involved in the government of northern ireland. so, in the short term maybe they might be thinking of electoral consequences if they are seen to compromise too quickly buy more hardline groups for example on the other hand the strategy to protect the union in the long term, that could be a calculation and play too. ., ~ that could be a calculation and play too. . ,, , ., let s return to the news about that train crash in greece in the north of greece. officials say at least 36 people have been killed, dozens injured when a cargo train and a passenger train collided. let s speak now to a journalist at the scene in larissa, elli kasholi. you are very close to where the rescue effort continues. describe what is happening.
translation: it was chaos. tumbling over, fires, cables hanging, broken windows, people screaming, people trapped. these people are the lucky ones. fire officials say the first two carriages of the train completely disintegrated in the crash. the next two were derailed entirely. how two trains travelling in opposite directions came to directly collide will be the next issue officials will tackle. for now, theirfocus is on recovery, and as morning breaks in greece, the hope is that the light will bring survivors with it. earlier i spoke to elli kasholi, a journalist at the scene in larissa. so, behind me you can see the rescue team. as far as i can see, they are trying to remove a big piece of steel right now. it is kind of upside down. they are trying to remove