The uk is in the grip of a cauliflower shortage. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. An interim report from air accident investigators says the footballer Emiliano Sala had been exposed to harmful levels of Carbon Monoxide before a fatal plane crash over the channel. The report says it is likely the pilot David Ibbotson was also exposed to the gas, potentially reducing his ability to fly the aircraft. The footballer was flying from france to cardiff when the plane crashed. 0ur correspondent wyre davies has the story. The death of Emiliano Sala, atjust 29 years old, and in such tragic circumstances, shocked the footballing world. The Argentine Centre forward had just signed for cardiff from nantes and was on his way tojoin his new team in the welsh capital. While trying to woo him, he had been flown between the cities in private jets, the last flight, after he had signed, was in a single engine turboprop, at night, and in poor weather, shortly after take off from nantes, in an audio m
The billionaire businessman and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has died in prison in new york. Hes believed to have taken his own life. Epstein once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and Prince Andrew, and was charged last month with trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. He was due to stand trial next year. Earlier we got reaction from the New York Times journalist, ali watkins, who has been covering the case so far. We were all stunned. This comes on the heels of thousands of documents being unveiled on a related case and it has been working its way through the court system. It ruin to focus what this was. Every few days there isa what this was. Every few days there is a new turn this and nobody expected this. As we heard in that report, only a few weeks ago epstein was found in his cell having a p pa re ntly was found in his cell having apparently tried to take its own life and questions are being asked about how somebody in a secure unit could have
Hawaiis Attorney General has announced an investigation into why the islands Warning Siren didnt sound at the height of the emergency. Questions are also being asked about whether power to the island should have been cut. For more, heres our correspondent in hawaii, sophie long. This is what remains of lahaina. Cars abandoned as people ran and jumped into the sea to escape the flames. Homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. President biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say its not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. Im frustrated. People are. Were all together. Were one family, we need to take care of each other. No ones feeding everyone. Theyre traumatised. Theyre upset. No ones giving hugs. They need mental help. What do you need from me . To hear people in the same pants since the fire on thursday. Kids in th
For calais said people who have had traumatic experiences, to house any human being in Something Like the Bibby Stockholm is inhumane, to try to do so to this group of people is unbelievably cruel. The conservative deputy chairman, said they should expletive off. Your reaction . Get in touch. 15 Asylum Seekers have spent their first night aboard the Bibby Stockholm in dorset. 20 have refused to get on and have launched legal challenges. Ministers want to move hundreds more there this week. The home office has announced a unit to stop potential Immigration Fraud by lawyers encouraging false claims by Asylum Seekers. Staff in the Immigration System are being trained to spot potential Rogue Lawyers who may be coaching Asylum Seekers to help them stay in the uk. Its exam results day for pupils across scotland. More than 140,000 who sat their nationals, highers and advanced highers will receive their grades. The funeral of the irish singer Sinead Oconnor will be held near dublin this mornin
Shocked by news of his death. His brother, edward, who was 23, had recently graduated from the university of st andrews. The pilot, gareth morgan, had done more than 10,000 flying hours, 9,000 of which were on seaplanes. The pilot had collected mr cousins and members of his family from an exclusive waterfront restaurant and was heading back to rose bay on Sydney Harbour shortly after take off, the plane plummeted into the water. Investigators say it quickly sank and there were no survivors. These are people who have come out on holiday to visit australia in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. And for this to happen to them in a place like that is nothing more than just tragic. It could take months to work out how and why a routine sightseeing trip could end in utter disaster. Air crash investigators have begun their work. Their task wont be easy. The wreckage of the seaplane has been submerged in more than a0 feet of water. And although these idyllic bays and inlets are geogr