Sheffield. Indian Authorities Say a signal problem was likely responsible for the countrys worst train crash in decades. 275 people were killed in the accident and another 1200 were injured when a passenger train hit a stationary Freight Train before derailing and striking a second passenger train. Prime minister Narendra Modi has vowed to punish anyone found responsible for the immigration minister has told gb news its wrong for migrants to demand better Hotel Accommodation while waiting for their asylum claims to be processed east. Its after a protest was sparked in london by migrants being asked to sleep four to a room. Speaking to camilla tominey, Robert Jenrick said the government will never put their interests above the british public. He also said sharing hotel rooms is necessary to get value for taxpayers money. Members whether these are migrants who have said they are destitute, theyve said that they have absolutely nowhere to stay, no friends, no family, no money, and the tax
Property developers. Also victory for bristol city after the club beat Manchester City in the efl cup last night. Bristol citys chairman, steve lansdowne, says he feels vindicated for sticking with manager leejohnson after their struggles last season. And a car park in leicester, where the body of king iii was unearthed five years ago, has been protected as a nationally importa nt archaeological site. Good morning. Its thursday, 21st december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister has expressed deep gret at the departure of her first secretary of state, damian green. But said his actions fell short of the conduct expected of a cabinet minister. Theresa may sacked her close colleague and friend after an inquiryfound her close colleague and friend after an inquiry found he had breached the ministerial code by making inaccurate and misleading statements about pornography found on his Office Computer in 2008. Downing street said there wont necessarily bea stre
Across the health service. That is a flavour of the front pages. We can dip into some of those. Digby, jeremy hunt is after a promotion . That is a statement of the obvious, isnt it. People go into politics to be Prime Minister and any politician who tells you they dont is not often telling you they dont is not often telling you the whole truth. Yes, they want to change society and change their country but they do want power. Im not at all surprised. Im not passing judgment on whether he would be good or not, but im not surprised that he would be on the move. There are two ways, he will be in the bars and the corridors and he will be saying, if i was to suggest imight be, will be saying, if i was to suggest i might be, would you support me, thatis i might be, would you support me, that is a manoeuvre, the concept of, oh, what a good idea. The other thing, if you notice what they are saying the headline, the Health Secretary is on the move, claims cabinet colleagues. If you also wa nted
Headed today. Its still fun at the zoo. Rain or shine. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking exactly when were going to see the rain today. Good morning, chuck. Hey, molette and adam. Weekend finally here and for better or worse youre going to start out your weekend with a full deck of cloud cover this morning. The good news is i think our weather will be improving as the weekend wears along. But storm team 4 radar early on your saturday now showing mostly cloudy skies and hit and miss chances for rain out there. At any point you could be hit with a drop. Already light rain here. Thats going south along 270. Again, not expecting a complete washout today. But do remember that rain drops will be part of it. Out the door temperatures in the 60s and 70s. What youre doing this morning, hit and miss showers. Temperatures are going to stay in the low 70s. Rising to only 80 degrees today. Well get more into the details of tomorrow in a few more minutes. Thats right. Thank you very
The gates for a private ceremony. The zoo is celebrating its giant pandas first birthday with all kinds of activities today. D. C. s most famous panda bao bao is celebrating a milestone. Zachary kiesch is live at the zoo with a look at the party. Hey, zach. Reporter hey, good morning. It is a party here. Check out the media behind me. They are here to celebrate the first birthday of bao bao. It is a big, big deal. As you remember maybe just a year ago bao bao was about as big as a stick of butter. Lets take a peek at bao bao today. About 44 pounds. Heres why this is such a big deal. Bao bao is only the second panda born at the zoo to reach their first birthday. Shes grown up from about a stick of butter to more than 40 pounds. Bao bao means precious, means treasure. Of course today i think is an example of that as we see all the media out here celebrating whats happening today. Coming up later in the show, were going to talk about an and gent traditional chinese ceremony that took plac