People have been killed and nine others injured in a shooting at a school in georgia, 50 Miles North east of atlanta. Police have named a M Year old, colt gray, as being the suspect of killing two of his fellow students, and two teachers, at apalachee high school. One eyewitness who lives across from the school described what he saw. Crazy, like it, it looked like. I didnt really pay attention at first, i was like those sound like they were at school, and i look over and the alarm started going off. The School Alarms and people were going out around the school. Like, they were doing like the drill, the fire drill stuff. I knew something was seriously wrong then. You dont hear about that happening. You hear about it happening all around the world, but it shows that it can happen anywhere, you know . The local sheriff, jud smith, spoke at a News Conference earlier about how the incident will not break the town. I was born and raised here. I went to school in this school system. My kids g
French authorities say at least 12 people, including a pregnant woman, have died after a Boat Carrying Dozens of migrants capsized in the english channel. Around 50 people were rescued in an operation involving boats and helicopters. The french coastguard says the boat got into difficulty off Gris Nez at around 6am local time, and everyone on board ended up in the water. An emergency medical Care Centre was set up at Boulogne Sur Mer. The latest Uk Government figures show the number of people crossing the channel in small boats so far this year is 21,403. Thats more than in the same period last year, but fewer than 2022. But in the first six months of 2024, theres been an 18 rise in the number of arrivals, on 2023, and its now clear more migrants are getting onto each boat. An average of 51, with the vast majority, being young men. From Boulogne Sur Mer in northern france, heres andrew harding. French Rescue Helicopters busy once again today, bringing casualties from the sea to the sho
Hello and welcome to Central London when in two hours we will get that second and final report into the Grenfell Tower Fire disaster in which 72 people lost their lives a little over seven years ago. The inquiry has been running more than six years. The culmination of so much work. And, of course, some key people will look for answers and they include bereaved families, families and friends of the 72 people, the survivors of the fire as well as the wider Grenfell Tower community. I spoke to a survivor who told me that while today is important, it will not represent a point of closure for many people who are looking for action, consequences, accountability and a path towards possible prosecution. Some of the bereaved did not want this public inquiry to be the first step. They wanted a Police Investigation to be the first step. They will wait to hear what the chair of the inquiry will say today which might point possibly towards next steps. We will have many Reports Today and keep you up
Hello and welcoMe to Bbc Hello and welcoMe to bbc news. Hello and welcoMe to bbc news. You oin us in Central London you join us in Central London outside the building where for more than six years the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower Fire has been taking place. More than seven years on from the Grenfell Tower Disaster which claiMed 72 lives. Theirfamily their family and friends are hoping for answers from this report. SoMe of them did not want this public inquiry to coMe first. They wanted a Police Investigation to coMe first because they want accountability and want answers. They are looking for a path towards potential prosecutions as a result of what happened on that night. We will have lots of reports through the day and will bring you up to the moMent when the second report is published at 11 and we expect to hear from the chair of the inquiry. There will be reaction from the groups, the community groups that forMed in the aftermath of the fire. We expect a stateMent from th
Moments when i was away from work were certainly the hardest. How have you recovered from that. Mental health is like going to a physical gym and you need to work on it every day and when you stop you fall out of shape. I work on myself as far as Mental Health is concerned. It has been a hard journey. I am now lucky enough to be in a position where i can run my company delivering Mental Health talks to schools and prisons. To help Raise Awareness of the real life impact of poor Mental Health because i consider myself a strong person and always had done. To see how catechism luckily i fell apart in the wake of the fire the cataclysm of how i fell apart in the wake of the fire it was scary to realise you can go from Sound Mind being competent and confident, a good father and confident, a good father and partner, good firefighter and partner, good Firefighter And Friend to then becoming bad in all those areas. I do not say it lightly, i did become a bad parent, i became a recluse. I surro