Demonstrators whod forced the cancellation of more flights. And a call to ban drivers from using hands free mobile phones after claims theyre as dangerous as hand held ones. Coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, well look ahead to the second ashes test at lords tomorrow. Willjofra archer be the key for england to level the series . Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. The bbc has seen how criminal gangs are targeting children in care, some as young as 12, and using them to work as drug dealers. Vulnerable children are specifically targetted and then sent to work in towns and cities many miles from home. The phenomenon is known as county lines. The police say they are struggling to deal with the scale of the problem. Last night, our special correspondent ed thomas reported on the officers trying to tackle the sale and consumption of class a drugs. His second report, tonight, focuses on the children at the centre of the county lines problem. In care, missing
Carbon free to the uns summit on Climate Change. I feel a ifeel a bit i feel a bit seasick and its ifeel a bit seasick and its not going to be comfortable, but that i can live with. Welcome to bbc news. Police in malaysia say theyve found the body of 15 year old nora quoirin who went missing nine days ago. The teenager was on holiday with her family when she disappeared from the resort. Noras body was found just over a mile from where she was staying, and it has been identified by herfamily. Our South East Asia correspondent Howard Johnson sent this update from the nearby town of seremban. My my apologies, we were hoping to hear the report there, but these are scenes from the island at the time the body was found. We will have his full report a little later in the next 15 minutes, my apologies for that. Thereve been more violent clashes at hong kong airport as police were involved in chaotic battles with pro democracy protesters who had occupied the terminal building. As thousands of d
Irans media are reporting that 120 people have been killed and more than 300 injured in an earthquake with a magnitude of seven point three. The quake hit the border area between iran and iraq, around 30 kilometres south of hala bja. In iraq it has caused extensive damage with at least 16 deaths in the kurdistan region. The quake was so powerful, it was felt as far away as lebanon and turkey. Andrew plant has more. The aftermath of an earthquake here, that struck after dark. For rural villages in the affected areas, the searches beginning in torchlight for any survivors that might be buried in the fallen buildings. The shocks were felt in towns, too. People out for the evening running to safety, finding a way outside, away from the danger, scared there could be more to come. The first reports are that the centre of the earthquake was near the border between iran and iraq, somewhere close to the village of halabja. The Us Geological survey said the epicentre was 20 kilometres south west
A few Saturdays ago, Suzanne and I traveled to the Grant’s Lick area, in the southern part of Campbell County, for a surprise celebration for “Uncle Howard” Johnston’s 95th birthday. Being the