Before 9 30 last night, 18 year old Connor Lapworth and 15 year old Connor Lapworth and 15 year old corey mavin, both from blyth, died of their injuries after that crash. Their families after that crash. Their families are being supported by Police Liaison officers, but police are still asking for anyone with dash cam footage or who witnessed that crash to come forward. Now, in other news, today, millions are set to be on the roads today with the aa saying drivers can expect lengthy amounts of lengthy traffic jams as people travel to be with their families. The met office is warning flying debris and power cuts may disrupt those last minute getaway plans, as meteorologists are predicting wind gusts of up to 70 miles an houn wind gusts of up to 70 miles an hour, hitting parts of scotland and Northern Areas of england. Rail services disrupted as well today , major london stations today, major london stations close for a few days. That includes euston , kings cross, includes euston, kings
hello. i m lukwesa burak. within the past couple of hours, president biden and the republican house speaker, kevin mccarthy, have reached an agreement in principle on a new government debt limit, ending weeks of wrangling. mr mccarthy said there would be historic reductions in spending, and no new taxes or government programmes. democrats and republicans have untiljune 05 to reach agreement to prevent the us government running out of money. this is how mr mccarthy announced the breakthrough. after weeks of negotiations we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do but i believe this is an agreement in principle worthy of the american people. it has historic reductions in spending, consequential reforms that will lift people out of poverty into the workforce, reign in government overreach, no new taxes, no new government programmes, and a lot more within the bill. we still have more work to do tonight to finish all of the writing of it. i do want
counter offensive. the comments come after attacks on dnipro and the wagner group claiming it fully captured the city of bakhmut. the battle there for control has been the longest of the war. the head of russia s wagner mercenary group has announced that its forces have started withdrawing from the ukrainian city. ukraine denies this. now, one of the country s most senior security officials says ukraine is ready to launch its long expected counter offensive against russian forces. oleksiy danilov has been speaking exclusively, to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this is what s left of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control. mercenaries from the wagner group claim they re withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists its forces are still engaged on the ground and the outskirts, as the country s most senior security official told us. translation: we controljust a small i part of
divisive presidential elections. hello, i m lucy grey. british tv presenter holly willoughby has reacted to phillip schofield s admission about a relationship with a younger employee, saying she is hurt. on friday, mr schofield resigned from itv, saying he had lied to cover up the relationship, which he described as unwise, but not illegal . itv has said it investigated rumours of the relationship but both men repeatedly denied it. our correspondent katherine da costa has the latest on holly willoughby s reaction. she s been responding to the news that phillip schofield had had a relationship with a younger man on the show this morning in 2020. and in a statement on her instagram account, holly said. it s taken time you betterjust remind us how big a name tv in tv phillip schofield is, particularly for people watching around the world who may not know him. yeah, that s right. so, he is a household name in the uk. he started out as a children s tv presenter. he went on to hos