Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Two people have been released on bail after police removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes from a Funeral Directors in hull. Detectives say theyre investigating a truly horrific incident and families are understandably distraught and heartbroken. Theyve had more than 1,000 phone calls from concerned members of the public. 0ur correspondent nick garnett has been speaking to one of the families affected. My mum was a beautiful, loving person. Would give Anybody Anything she had. Susan stone was 78 when she died. Herfamily paid for her to be cremated, but now theyve been told it never happened. They cremated my mum the same day, or the next day, waiting for a slot. But obviously she didnt get cremated. Heartbroken. Anger. Disgraceful. Humberside police are still searching this building owned by legacy Funeral Directors and others the company owns. 120 officers are involved and police say they found 35 bodies and what they think are human
Surf is up. Hello and welcome to todays verified live. Downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the Conservative Partys biggest donors about the mp diane abbott. The guardian reports that during a Business Meeting in 2019, frank hester said diane abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. Mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude. Mr hester has issued a statement saying that at the meeting in question, he said he abhorred racism. Diane abbott has also released a statement responding to his alleged comments. She said. Government ministers have faced questions from the media and they called his comments unacceptable but stopped short of calling them racist. Well, its clear that what he said was inappropriate. He has, as i understand it, apologised for those remarks. I think the Critical Point here is i dont think what he was saying was a gender based or a race based comment, b
From the United States according to cbs news, President Biden will be the 2024 Presumptive Democratic nominee after winning the georgia primary and amassing the 1,968 delegates needed to win the nomination. Former President Donald Trump is expected to clinch the republican nomination tuesday night, as well. Im joined now by our north america correspondent david willis. It was never really in doubt that biden would secure the democratic nomination, but what happens now that its official . Well, theres a saying here, steve, that its all about the maths. And of course, these candidates need the required number of delegates to secure their partys nomination 254 democratic delegates were up for grabs tonight in three separate primaries, and our Partner Network here in the United States, cbs news, is indicating Thatjoe Biden has won the primary in the state of georgia, which pushes him over the line he needed 1968 delegates in order to clinch the democratic nomination. And as i say, that doe
From vesselfinder. Com. The news comes as the un continues to warn that massive Aid Shortages have left gaza on the brink of famine. If successful, other ships will follow as part of an International Maritime effort. Israel says it welcomes the creation of a maritime corridor and that it is facilitating the transfer of aid to gaza while its forces continue to fight hamas. The us charity behind the open arms mission is world central kitchen, a non profit devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. Earlier my colleague, Sumi Somaskanda spoke to its founder, chefjose andres. Wanna ask you, open answers on its way, 200 tons of food and medicine as we mentioned, getting aid to people on the ground has been difficult so whos going to distribute the aid and how . Whos going to distribute the aid and how . Well, i want to remind everyone aid and how . Well, i want to remind everyone that aid and how . Well, i want to remind everyone that they i aid and how . Well, i want to i
A spokesman for the uk Prime Minister rishi sunak says comments allegedly made by major conservative donor frank hester about the mp diane abbott were racist and wrong, but he was rightly apologised for the offence caused. The Guardian Newspaper claims frank esther said miss abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot frank hester. He has admitted he was rude about her in a private meeting five years ago but insisted his comments had nothing to do about her gender or skin colour. Miss abbott has reported him to the parliamentary liaison Investigations Team which was set up after the murder of another mp, jo cox, in 2016. She said, to and frightening. She said the comments were worrying and frightening. Chris mason has the story. Diane abbott is a political pioneer. First elected nearly a0 years ago, she was the first black woman mp. Whatever else happens after this, i think nobody can take this moment away from the black community. What did happen after tha