just a week away from the new school term for most state schools in england, the government has said more than 100 of them will have shut some buildings immediately because of the danger of crumbling concrete. why so last minute? the department of education said today, this may come as a shock and is likely to cause disruption. that sounds like a lesson in stating the obvious. we ll be speaking to an expert about the danger of aereated concrete panels, the shadow education secretary and a headteacher. also tonight: today was the deadline for afghans on the government s resettlement scheme to leave hotel accomodation in the uk. we ve spoken to some who are still there. a former mp has objected to being named by an academic as the descendant of a slaving family. joining us are two experts in slavery the academic in question and a historian from oxford university. and the prime minister plans to criminalise possession of nitrous oxide otherwise known as laughing gas by t
as a category 3 storm. at least two people have died due to driving accidents in wet conditions, and more than 450,000 are without power across florida and georgia. florida s governor, ron desantis, warned 1.5 million people to evacuate tuesday night, but not everyone chose to leave. rescue efforts are widespread. officials say dozens were pulled to safety in a small motorboat in a coastal town where knee high waters covered streets. fire and rescue workers are searching for those in need. 0ne boat rescued 75 people so far. governor desantis said there has been significant damage and crews are working to respond. idalia has moved on from florida their wake a path of destruction, and air the wind ripped down walls with ease, some homes all but hollowed out, leaving storm surge to pour in, washing away the everyday trappings of life. i everyday trappings of life. i don t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis the impact of the climate crisis anymore, just loo
an abandoned building. there might be two options here. it might be illegal connection, or it might be other heating devices which they are using, because we are told that at the time when the fire started, they didn t have electricity. so it might be any other options between the ones ijust mentioned in terms of the cause of the fire incident itself. but our investigating team, they are on site. they will be starting to conduct that fire investigations as soon as we are done with our search and recovery operation. authorities are saying the building had been unoccupied but was hijacked by people who apparently were homeless. the fire officers said they are still unclear as to the reason behind the fire, what caused the fire, but it started early in the fire, but it started early in the morning, about 1:30am at local time. emergency services say the fire has completely gutted the building. it looks this is no longer a recovery of people who have survived, but recovery of thos
it s a high tech building an abandoned building. they might be two options here. it might be illegal connection, or it might be other heating devices which they are using, because we are told that at the time when the fire started, they didn t have electricity. so it might be any other options between the ones ijust mentioned in terms of the cause of the fire incident itself. but our investigating team, they are on site. they will be starting to conduct that fire investigations as soon as we are done with our search and recovery operation. our reporter samantha granville sent this update from the scene. i m standing outside the apartment building injohannesburg that caught fire last night and the air here is still ashy and the building is still smoking. firefighters are still trying to make their way in for search and rescue operations. we ve learned that the city owns this building but it has been abandoned for quite some time. people have been moving in during the cold wint
were mostly undocumented immigrants. the head of the emergency services injohannesburg says it s currently unclear what started the fire. this is a hijacked building, an abandoned building. there might be two options here. it might be a legal connection, or it might be other heating devices they are using, because we were told that at the time the fire started, they didn t have electricity. it might be any other options between the ones ijust mentioned in terms of the cause of the fire incident itself. but our fire investigating team, they are on site, they will be starting to conduct that fire investigation as soon as we are done as we are done with our search and recovery operation. straight to johannesburg now. the authorities continue to search that building in the centre of the city. we did get an update from officials in the last hour. they described this as a tragedy of monumental proportions, and it is believed that there were people squatting in that building. the au