uk port authorities apologise and say there ll be a review of plans ahead of the easter weekend. hello and welcome. i m ben thompson. we begin in eastern ukraine, where russia s mercenary wagner group claims it s in control of the fiercely contested town of bakhmut. the head of the group unfurled a russian flag at bakhmut s city hall and declared this. translation: this is the private military company s translation: this is the private military company s flag, - translation: this is the private military company s flag, in - translation: this is the private military company s flag, in the i military company s flag, in the legal sense, military company s flag, in the legalsense, it military company s flag, in the legal sense, it is ours. it remains. the commanders who captured the building in the district will carry on and put these flags up. that s a claim disputed by kyiv, which says its forces still hold the town. the wagner chief also paid tribute to the leading russian m
good morning. withjust one month to go until liverpool host the eurovision song contest, i am here to find out about the economic benefits it will bring, and as organisers take over the venue, we have got some other special access. a special trip for rob and lindsay burrow to the coronation street cobbles, as the rugby league legend helps the soap with its storyline on motor neurone disease. good morning. a cold and frosty start for but for many it will be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine, variable cloud, especially in the north west where it will be breezy. the man who shot and killed nine year old schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last year will be sentenced for her murder later today. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a ruthless pursuit to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six week manhunt, as police appealed for informati
in london as predicted harry styles is one of the night s big winners with four awards, including the much coveted album of the year. hello to you in the uk and around the world. let s bring you some breaking news here in the uk first and a committee of mps has been highly critical of the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp. it has, in effect, urged him to consider his position. the digital, culture, media and sport select committee accuses mr sharp of a significant error ofjudgement for getting involved in facilitating a loan to the then prime minister, borisjohnson, at the same time as applying for the chairmanship of the bbc a job ultimately in the gift of the prime minister. mr sharp has insisted he was appointed bbc chairman on merit. he said that while he hadn t told the committee about the loan offer, he had informed a senior government official. and we ll have more on this a little later. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have bee
unnamed groups. more than a hundred people have been detained across the 10 provinces affected by the quakes, with the justice ministry ordering officials to set up so called earthquake crimes investigations units. 0ur correspondent, nick beake, is in gazientep. minor miracles are still happening, even after all this time. a five year old girl rescued in the city of marash. in hatay, seven year old isra freed. cheers and applause ..after 136 hours under the rubble. a woman, five months pregnant, found alive in gazientep, although there s no word on how she and her unborn child are doing. no such joy elsewhere in gazientep. instead, the pain of losing a cousin, who was sleeping here when the earthquake struck. survivors are desperate for whatever they can find, and today, a warning that the world needs to give more to deal with the magnitude of this disaster. what happened here on monday, the epicentre of the earthquake, was the worst event in 100 years in this region. the int
harry styles is one of the night s big winners, with four awards, including the much coveted album of the year. hello and welcome to bbc news. the world health organisation says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 28,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. now rescue efforts are being hampered by a worsening security situation in southern turkey. there have been reports of looting and clashes between unnamed groups. more than a hundred people have been detained across the 10 provinces affected by the quakes, with the justice ministry ordering officials to set up so called earthquake crimes investigations units. 0ur correspondent, nick beake, is in gazientep. minor miracles are still happening, even after all this time. a five year old girl rescued in t