From attempting such crossings. Well have more about the bill shortly, first lets go to wimereux near calais our correspondent tom symonds is there yes, jane. You can see the weather is very calm today. The sea is flat, there is plenty of visibility in the skies are relatively clear. It is perfect whether, as People Smugglers and migrants would see it, for crossing the channel to get to the uk, and that is what has been happening, several launches of boats from beaches. This is normally uncovered sand when the tide is out. That was what happened here earlier this morning, watched by a bbc team. A boat was launched, and people tried to get onto it, large numbers of people, about 110 or 112 tried to climb onto the boat. The police were here in attendance. What happened next was a fight between some of the migrants and some of the police. 0ur reporter Andrew Harding watched what happened. Theres a real battle going on on the beach here. Must be more than 100 migrants trying to get to the
These are some of the latest pictures from our team there. Joining us now on the line, the bbc s tom symonds who has been in calais in Northern France this morning. Lets start with what has happened in the last few hours and those deaths. What more do we know . Were ustt in deaths. What more do we know . Were just trying to deaths. What more do we know . Were just trying to work deaths. What more do we know . Were just trying to work this deaths. What more do we know . Were just trying to work this out. Deaths. What more do we know . , just trying to work this out. They were perfect conditions for the channel. Flat seas and very clear visibility. A large number of boats have tried to get away. There were three potentials crossing is that it started. We think that it was at wimereux which is between boulogne and calais, where the migrants both live and try to escape to get to the uk, we have some details of those. The people who have died in the incident. There will be questions about w
up their campaigns out across the country. let s take you through some of todays key events: rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head in their second live tv debate later facing questions from voters on sky news in grimsby this evening. will either man change tack, or will it be more of the same? we ll be discussing all of that during the course of the day. and the green party launches its manifesto promising to raise taxes on higher earners and the wealthy to help fund 50 billion a yearfor the nhs and social care. also today: the cost of living is always important, and we ve just had figures out this morning showing that the uk economy failed to grow in april after particularly wet weather affected consumer spending. the office for national statistics recorded no growth for the month, which was in line with economists expectations. nevertheless it will be disappointing for the conservatives. here is hannah minna. the green party are pledging to mend what i call brok
People and we took them out. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. The row between Alexis Sanchez and his Arsenal Team Mates that leaves the players future at the club increasingly uncertain. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. There are concerns about the future of more than 4000 people who work at Vauxhall Plants in the uk after the business was bought by a french car company. Psa which already owns peugeot and citroen has agreed a deal to buy vauxhall in britain and 0pel in germany forjust under £2 billion. Vauxhall has two factories in luton and Ellesmere Port and many morejobs rely on the plants. The business secretary, greg clark, says hes cautiously optimistic about their future. 0ur Transport Correspondent Richard Westcott reports. Its a deal to create a european car making giant. Second only to vw in the scale. But big deals can come at a price. Fears the new setup could leave thousands of uk jobs vulnerable. The new boss sought to calm nerves. I trust my vau
Has a right to control who enters oui has a right to control who enters our country and to keep out those who would do us harm. Security services explain how theyve prevented 13 potential Terror Attacks in the past four years. In france, pressure grows for Francois Fillon to withdraw from the president ial race, but former Prime Minister alainjuppe says hes not prepared to step in. And 30 years after the zeebruge ferry disaster, relatives, survivors and rescuers return to remember the 193 people who lost their lives. Its five oclock. Our main story is the question over the future of thousands of vauxhall workers in the uk, following the news that the business has been bought by the French Motor Group Psa, which owns peugeot and citroen. Vauxhall has two factories, in luton and Ellesmere Port, and many morejobs rely on the plants. The business secretary, greg clark, told the commons that psa would honour its commitments to the workforce. And the head of psa said he had confidence in the