ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing as some people are still thought to be missing, eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation but are describing what happened as a tragic accident . the explosion happened at an applegreen service station in the village of creeslough. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation, a sad sign that the emergency services don t expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was left of the petrol station to see who amongst their friends and relatives may have been caught up in the incident. there were several flats above the garage shop which largely collapse
to the pope emeritus, benedict the sixteenth, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. good evening, welcome to sportsday this monday night i m chetan pathak, coming up on the programme: paying their respects to a football legend thousands of mourners gather in brazil where pele is lying in state. celtic score late to stay nine points clear, denying rangers victory in the old firm derby. and martina navratilva says she ll fight with all she s got after being diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. news from the premier league and an eventful old firm derby in scotland to come but we start tonight in brazil where mourners are continuing to gather to pay their respects to pele, who s lying in state at the football ground of his former club santos. the three time world cup winner died at the age of 82 last week. our south america correspondent katy watson is there for us. we know the brazilian government said there would be thre
conservative party leader and prime minister, saying sunak has what thejob requires. he called rival liz truss s policies a holiday from reality and the government and unions say they re disappointed that p&0 ferries will not face criminal action for the way it dismissed 800 workers without notice in march. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello. thanks forjoining us on this packed saturday sportsday. coming up. after a silver summer, it s a golden ending for keely hodgkinson at the european championships. twisting history great britain s men win team gymnastics gold, and it wasn t even close. to deliver the routines we did to say today under that pressure, i m proud of every one of us. and we ll be injeddah, looking ahead to the rematch between anthonyjoshua and oleksandr usyk. and we ve not forgotten the football. history for harry as he heads spurs top, but could arsenal overtake them in the late kick off? and two red cards and a late goal as rangers drop p