look to build on their winning start, hosting wales, who lost their opening match to an ireland side, involved in a clash of the favourites in dublin. start the show. politicians and celebrities beware. the puppets of spitting image are taking to the stage. good morning all. a quiet weekend of weather awaits. good morning all. a quiet weekend of weatherawaits. it s good morning all. a quiet weekend of weather awaits. it s going to be dry for all of us and quite mild as well out there. but we could be chasing cloud amounts around. not that much in the way of significant sunshine. all the details from me throughout the morning. it s saturday 11 february. our top story: nearly 2a,000 people in turkey and syria are now known to have been killed in monday s devastating earthquakes, and there are warnings that help is struggling to get through to some areas. syrian state media says the government has now approved the delivery of emergency aid to rebel held parts of the country, but
and the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful covid vaccines believe the same technology could help transform cancer treatment. we begin in iran, where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital, tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protestors arrested during the past four weeks of unrest. officials say that eight people have been injured and that the situation is now under control, but information is still trickling out of the country. the bbc s azadeh moshiri reports. fla mes flames engulfing iran s notorious evin prison. in the midst of widespread unrest, it is a scene that frightened iranians both inside and outside the country. officials say a riot broke out between inmates. what people saw on social media was fires raging across the compound, and gunshots heard in the distance. scenes of riot police and firefighters rushing to the present did little to calm people
And the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning between 12 and one oclock. The first call to the Metropolitan Police was at 1 15am. The blaze, you can see now there are no flames this stage, just smoke, and you can see the damage done to the building. Lets give you a sense from the images last night from the early hours of the morning. You can get a real sense of the scale of the blaze that was engulfing the building. Lets tell you about who is tackling the fire at the moment. Around 200 firefighters, a0 fire engines, and of course London Ambulance has sent a number of vehicles and medical staff to the scene. 0ur Correspondent is at the scene this morning. Tell us what you can see. Well, you can see the block is still alight. You can see some flames there. You can see the Fire Brigade Hosing down the lower reaches of the building. But the fire service said that this was a blaze reaching from the second floor right up to the 27th floor. Its been a blaze for five hours now. We
Of the building tells this programme he has serious concerns about the recent refurbishment. That raises real questions about the fire safety checks that were in place to stop families getting hurt. Also, firefighters have worked through the night to dampen ablaze, although some parts of the building on the upper floors remain alight. The fire brigade say the tower block is not structurally safe for them to enter in some places. Meanwhile, local people continue to offer help to those left destitute and homeless, this is where the Relief Effort is being co ordinated, and as you can see, there are piles of clothes and toys that people have donated. We have also donated some money, given money to families, darren withdrew £1000 from his account, and we have been giving families £100 just to see them over the next couple of days. Good morning from North Kensington. This morning we are at the Westway Sports Centre on one of their basketball courts. You might be able to hear the traffic, w