It said its treating several people. About 50 others were assessed at the scene. Police were called to the m53 motorway in the wirral near liverpool just after eight oclock, when the incident happened. The road has been closed ever since. Chief superintendent Graeme Robson confirmed that a girl and the driver were killed. Emergency services were called to report of an overturned bus on the m53 Atjust After8am this morning. We can confirm that the bus was a school bus taking pupils to west kirby and calder Grammar Schools on the will. We understand there were 5a people, including the driver on the bus and sadly i can confirm that the driver and a 14 year old Schoolgirl Have died. Two children were taken from the scene to alder hey childrens hospital. 50 of the children were taken to an Emergency Training centre where they were medically assessed. And eight of those children have been taken to the Countess Of Chester and arrowe Park Hospitals. Our thoughts and condolences are very much w
Coming up in bbc news, 4 0 after a morning session with the afternoon for is under way. Good afternoon. A school coach full of children has overturned on the m53 motorway in merseyside. Its understood the coach hit the central reservation during rush hour this morning. Fifty patients are being assessed at the scene and a Major Incident has been declared. The coach was carrying pupils to two separate Grammar Schools. 0ur correspondent yunus mulla is close to the scene now on the wirral. Yunus, whats the latest . Im just a short distance away from the scene of this accident this morning, just a few hundred yards over my shoulder is the m53 motorway close to Junction Five. It was about eight oclock this morning that North West Ambulance service described this as a Major Incident. It involved a school bus, which ended up on its side. We understand there was a collision of some kind. That bus had pupils from two schools in west kirby, west Kirby Grammar School and Calday Grange Grammar Scho
Police say at least 52 people were killed there, with another 50 were injured. Police suspect it was a Suicide Attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. Earlier this month, at least 11 people, including a prominent muslim leader, were injured in an explosion in the same district mastung. These are the latest pictures from balochistan, pakistans largest province. The region has suffered mutiple attacks from groups including the Pakistani Taliban and Islamic State group. And dozens of people are trapped beneath a mosque near the city of peshawar. The injured have been taken to peshawar to be cared for. Live now to our correspondent saher baloch in islamabad. We have two attacks, do we know if they were coordinated . We have two attacks, do we know if they were coordinated . Well, we do not know anything they were coordinated . Well, we do not know anything about they were coordinated . Well, we do not know anything about the not know anything about the coordination betwee
at least 45 people have been killed at a refugee camp in rafah. the authorities in papua new guinea now say more than 2,000 people were buried by a devastating landslide in a remote village. the fbi says it is investigating the sale of hundreds of treasures that could have been stolen from the british museum. hello, i m ben brown. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories. the general election campaign is in full swing, and the labour leader sir keir starmer made his first big speech of the campaign. he s told undecided voters in the conservative held seat of lancing that they could trust labour because he s changed the party permanently. he said it will deliver stability if it wins power. he added labour would carry out a 100 day review of the country s national security, examining the threats it faces. throughout the programme, we ll be hearing from a series of political leaders, but we ll start with the labour leader, who s been speaking to our political ed
Also this hour, how Climate Change is transforming the british garden. They will be looking at new techniques because of rising temperatures. And looking for love online one rhinos search for a partner on the dating app tinder. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The labour party has switched its Election Campaigning to the nhs today pledging to give a bigger pay rise to nhs staff in england if it wins The General Election. Labour says it would scrap tuition fees and Restore Bursaries for Student Nurses and midwives which are due to end in august. The party says it would end the current 1 cap on Wage Increases, in part because nhs staff had been undervalued, Overworked And Underpaid by the government. Labour says. And it says its policies would be paid for by reversing Corporation Tax cuts. The party says a Labour Government would also introduce tougher rules to ensure that Staffing Levels in hospitals are safe. The Shadow Health secretary, jon ashworth, said the money was ther