Chemical blast climbs to 112. Theres fears toxic chemicals are leaking into the area. Plus. Im in india, where the government pledged to construct separate toilets for girls in government schools. Coming up. Well see how the production is going, and why its important for Girls Education we start with a breaking news story. We are getting reports that an indonesian plane with 54 people on board has gone missing. Officials say it lost contact with air traffic control. Lets speak to our correspondent on the phone from jakarta. What more are we hearing about this plane, and the people on board . Well, the plane was supposed to land four hours ago, and there was no report of the game. It was on the way to a town, a small town through to the Papua New Guinea border, and this is in a remote part of indonesia. It lost contact 15 minutes before, in a mountainous area, officials in the region say the weather was very bad. Theres no report of the plane landing in any other small airport in that p
Fears of contamination from large amounts of sodium cyanide stored in the chinese warehouse that blew up this week. The premiere League Champions chelsea are thrashed by manchester city. Jordan spieth attempts to join the alltime greats by winning his third major of the year. The word from syrian activists is at least 110 people have been killed by Government Air strikes, which targeted a rebelheld town. The activists say more than 300 were wounded in the attack on a crowded market in douma, which is just outside of the capital damascus. Syrias air force confirming that it did carry out the air strikes in douma and in a nearby area. We have the latest. Reporter the opposition is calling it a massacre. Dozens killed and wounded. Douma is a rebel stronghold. It regularly comes under attack. The airraids targeting a marketplace. What we understand is after the first strike people gathered at the site of the explosion, and they were trying to help evacuate the people when more raids were c
And i came very close to taking my own life at that point. I didnt really see a way out. If youre a student and you gamble do get in touch with us this morning. Some say its to supplement their income. And more mixed messages on whether or not its safe to drink when youre pregnant. Researchers say the government advice to totally abstain is based on weak evidence, but they then stress it doesnt mean its safe to drink. Well try and find out what it means. Get in touch with us this morning with your thoughts. Hello. Welcome to the programme were live until 11. Throughout the programme the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always were really keen to hear from you. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today one of the governments key pieces of legislation on brexit has passed its first test in the commons. The ayes have it. The Europ
Its tuesday the 12th of september. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The cost of living has risen again, blamed on the higher cost of imported goods like clothes and shoes. Its now back at the peak of 2. 9 it last hit in may this year. Our Business Correspondent ben thompson is here to explain. Ill let you talk us through the latest figures. Inflation is the cost of living, it shows how quickly things dont work the price of things dont work the price of things is rising. It has hit 2. 9 . Todays figure was expected to come ina todays figure was expected to come in a little lower than that. Why are prices rising so quickly . It is a cost of imported things, issues, household goods. All of those sorts of things. They are more expensive because after we voted to leave the eu, the value of the pound fell which means things we import from overseas are more expensive. It is the first indication we are getting all those things we buy from overseas are adding to the overall cost of things that we