week when their small boat capsized, the bbc has been hearing from the family and friends of one of victims. maryam nuri mohamed amin was a 2k year old kurdish woman, from northern iraq. she was trying to reach the uk, to be with her partner. lucy williamson has more details. she left to start a new life with her fiance. video from her engagement party less than a year ago still stored on her relatives phones. maryam nuri mohamed amin tried several times to get a visa to join her partner in the uk, before deciding to surprise him by trying to get there another way. she was messaging him when the boat began to lose air. in northern iraq, the anger of the family showed through their grief. her mother and sister, inconsolable. translation: going to britain is very difficult, she tried to get to l britain legally twice. she went to the british embassy but the process
a massive crowd for the women s barbarians match. that s all the sport for now. don t forget it s the second round of the uk snooker championship in york. ronnie o sulivan is currenly taking on robbie williams and it s williams who has the advantage. he leads four frames to two and needs just two more for victory, it s live on bbc two and the website. that s bbc.co.uk/sport i will be back with more in an hour. you are watching bbc news. as officials in france continue to try and identify the victims of this week s mass drownings in the channel, the bbc has been hearing from the family and friends of the first person known to have died. maryam nuri mohamed amin was a 24 year old kurdish woman from northern iraq and was trying to reach the uk to be with her partner.
i love being on test match special, and hopefully in time i ll get that chance to do it again. michael vaughan s hopes for a return to the airwaves rest with his employers. it is his hope that he will have a role in helping to repair the damage done to cricket by this racism scandal. we put the remarks made by michael vaughan in that interview to azeem rafiq, but he declined to comment. a kurdish woman from northern iraq has become the first person from this week s boat disaster in the channel to be identified. 24 year old maryam nuri mohammed amin was among 27 people who died while attempting to reach the uk. mark lobel has more. 24 year old maryam nuri mohammed amin from northern iraq, the first named victim in the biggest loss of life by drowning in the channel in many years. in herfinal hours,
who cross the channel. lucy williamson reports from calais. the road between paris and london is getting colder. the political distance a little wider each day. here in the migrant camps, caught between the two governments, they know what it takes to bridge the channel and what the risks are if you fail. two days ago a boat capsized, killing 27 people. tonight the first victim was named as 24 year old maryam nuri mohammed amin from iraqi kurdistan. her fiance said he was messaging her as the dinghy began to lose air. herfather, mourning her death in irbil in northern iraq, spoke to the bbc. translation: from germany she went to france, and in france she got into this slaughterhouse. the whole world talks about europe is a place that his calm, that is pleasant.
of incidents on the network, a high volume of faults. about 711,000 customers have had their power supply interrupted at some time, but we ve restored supplies to 43,000 of those customers already. on this farm near st asaph in north wales, a shed roof blew down, damaging cars. and the bad weather also affected itv s i m a celebrity, which had to be pre recorded. a yellow weather warning for high winds across central england, scotland, wales and northern ireland remains in place until six o clock this evening. emily unia, bbc news. as officials in france continue to try and identify the victims of this week s mass drownings in the channel, the bbc has been hearing from the family and friends of the first person known to have died. maryam nuri mohamed amin was a 24 year old kurdish woman from northern iraq and was trying to reach the uk to be