That specially constructed carriages are used to enable passengers to stay upright. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 30 five this mornings reviewers are katy balls, Political Correspondent for the spectator and journalist and broadcaster shyama perera. West Midlands Ambulance service says six people have died in a serious crash on one of birminghams main roads. A seventh was critically injured. Several vehicles are believed to have been involved. Officers have described the scene as very difficult and upsetting. The road, belgrave middleway, is expected to be closed throughout the day between islington row and bristol street. Our reporter ian palmer is here to tell us more. We know the crash happened around ten minutes past one this morning at the entrance to the underpass at the middle way. Underpass at the middle waym underpass at the middle way. In the first car, a man and a woman, the vehicle suffering extensive damage but astonishingly the pair managed to get
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Already with more than a day to bat to save the series. Also in the next hour. Hailed as a triumph of modern design engineering, the worlds steepest Funicular Railway opens in switzerland, climbing an incline so steep that specially constructed carriages are used to enable passengers to stay upright. And in half an hour, dateline london reflects on the movement in brexit talks, and asks whether the election of a democrat in alabama really is a blow to donald trump. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Six people have died after a multi vehicle crash on one of birminghams main roads the Lee Bank Middleway at the junction of bristol road. A seventh person is critically injured. Officers have described the scene as very difficult and upsetting. The midlands today reporter Bob Hockenhall in birmingham gave us the latest. Clearly a very difficult scenes are oui clearly a very difficult scenes are our staff to deal with, to have so many casualties. Clearly the first job is to find out who i
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Get the face. The interview was recorded as part of the today programmes guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. Coming up later politics europe at 2 30 p m. Six people have died, and a seventh is in a Critical Condition, after a car crash in central birmingham. Six vehicles were involved in the collision, which happened just after one oclock in the morning, at an entrance to an underpass just south of the city centre. Four others needed hospital treatment. Police described the scene as very difficult and upsetting. Tom burridge reports. Horrific and upsetting is how the Emergency Services described the scene. Horrific and upsetting is how the Emergency Services described the scene. This black taxi flipped onto its side. The driver and a couple on board all died. Next to it, the mangled remains of another car. Police are now investigating how the vehicles collided with such force, killing many of those on board. Ive spoken to the officers on the scene, the officer in charg