hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament. going anywhere nice for your holidays this year? a health minister has some travel tips. travelling is dangerous, and that is why we tell people, don t travel. also in this programme: angry exchanges as labour accuse borisjohnson of breaking the rules. time and again, ministers act like the rules are for other people none more so than the prime minister himself. a charge rejected by ministers. it is based not on fact, but on speculation, . innuendo and smear. and social care reform mps are warned it s not only needed for older people. you can fall down the stairs tomorrow and have a serious brain injury at 30 and need lots of care. all that to come, and more. but first, the battle against covid. the health secretary portrays it as a race between the virus and the vaccine. and, with the spread of what s known as the indian variant, it s not always been clear who s winning. the lifting of some covid restrictions in england
offered some escapism from the virus that s dominated our lives for so long. # here in the dark # inside a hole in my heart.# many hope the way in which this event has been made possible could help to make live entertainment a reality around the world once again. anna holligan, bbc news, rotterdam. # by dancing on my own.# the lead singer of eurovision s winning group maneskin has said he will undergo a voluntary drugs test, after footage from last night s show prompted speculation that he may have been taking drugs. eurovision has released a statement in which it says it s aware of the claims. damiano david and the band have strongly refuted the allegations. they ve now returned to italy where the test will take place. now it s time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. yet more rain spreading east across the uk today. will eventually reach those easternmost areas. a largely dry day as we get onto the evening. within the area of rain, heavy bursts. clearing from
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. at least 12 people have died after a mountain cable car plunged to the ground in northern italy. the cable car takes people from the town of stresa, on lake maggiore, up almost a mile above sea level to the top of the mottarone mountain. two children have been airlifted to hospital in turin. earlier our rome correspondent mark lowen gave us this update on the accident. the latest is that at least 12 people have now been confirmed dead in this tragedy. there are two young children who are seriously injured, they have been airlifted to hospital in turin. it happened after a cable car was reaching the end of its 1500 metre climb from lake maggiore to the italian alps and broke away and plunged to the ground. the images from the scene showed the cable car was virtually destroyed, and it was extremely difficult for rescue workers to get to the scene, because it is a very wooded area and very high as well. one of the rescue vehicles actually
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. at least 8 people have died after a mountain cable car plunged to the ground in northern italy. two children have been airlifted to hospital in turin. the cable car takes people from the town of stresa, on lake maggiore, up almost a mile above sea level to the top of the mottarone mountain. luca gemelli is a travel agent based in stresa, and says both the town and the wider region are very popular with tourists. lake maggiore is in the northern part of italy and is one of the big lakes in the northern part of italy. quite popular with tourists, especially during the spring and summer. and the cable car that we have been talking about where this accident happened, it is a popular destination for people, i assume? it is a very popular destination. before covid it used to carry approximately 100,000 passengers every year. where does it go from and to? cos it is quite high at the end? it goes from basically one of the suburbs of stresa, to
sarah cruddas to try a bit of astrophotography on her smartphones. it was looking up at the night sky as a child which inspired my lifelong love of space. but whereas in the past, capturing images of the night sky required expensive kit, now all you need is the latest smartphone, a bit of luck with the weather and enough time to set up before it gets dark. the latest generation of smartphones have a few low light tricks up their sleeves to make getting those insta worthy night sky photographs a lot easier. i m testing out four of the latest smartphones. we ve got the huawei mate a0 pro. the samsung s21. this google pixel 5. my iphone 12 pro max. and as for this, don t worry about it just yet! because we ll be taking long exposure photographs, the most important extra you ll need is a tripod to hold your phone steady. and the other really important thing is to go find somewhere that doesn t have too much light pollution. you can always have a look online for dark sky recommend