and arkansas. in kentucky, early reports indicate one tornado may have stayed on the ground for more than 200 miles causing widespread destruction. this is all that is left of a candle factory in the town of mayfield. more than 100 people were working inside when the tornado hit. while an official death toll has not been determined, governor andy brashear said 50 people are likely dead in his state of kentucky. the state deployed the national guard to heart hit areas. in arkansas, at least one person was killed, dozened injured after a tornado rimmed through a nursing home. in illinois, a tornado cut through an amazon warehouse. please are describing it as a quote-unquote utter disaster. two people are confirmed dead. watches for northern eastern portions of mississippi, northern alabama and eastern tennessee. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar joins us now, allison. that s right, it s been a very destructive past 24 hours. over 30 tornado reports, 150 severe wind reports a
picking up and bringing showers later in the far north. for england and wales, still some rain and drizzle and low cloud around some western hills and coast but further east, not a great deal of sunshine him want to hate all black women . what took them so long? number ten s change in tone and language came three hours after business secretary kemi badenoch said frank hester s comments were racist and there was a space for forgiveness . we ll talk live to the woman who co founded conservatives against racism and a former candidate who says most black people think he s a race traitor to be a tory. also tonight a warning that the increasing privatisation of nhs eye care could see it go the same way as nhs dentistry, with minimal public access to treatment. they say, we re not going to do nhs cataracts, are losing money on them, people pay two go private or we have a loss of provision and that s really the end of the nhs. plus a conversation between this conservative mp and
tribute tonight to those who died and a show of support to the families of the victims that demonstration of gratitude to the police officers who prevented many more lives being lost. first lady jill first lady jill biden blade flowers and stood alongside officials of the vigils among them the police chief whose officers acted so heroically in confronting the shooter appeared our police officers have cried and i have cried with national and the world beer to from your support, we gather strength and the will to gary on and thef our city. speak of the of 9-year-old have said that she was shocked that she will try to pull a fire alarm. both nine years old were also killed as well as adult staff members cynthia, mike hill, the school head katherine koonce whose officials suggested died trying to protect the children. saying that would have been typical of her. she was an absolute champion for her students. her students knew that she was in their corner. we have learned mor
british gas suspends its force fitting of prepament meters following a report that it was imposing them on vulnerable customers. its chief executive, chris 0 shea has apologised. there chris 0 shea has apologised. is nothing that i can 5 can there is nothing that i can say that can express the horror i had when i heard this, when i saw this. it is completely unacceptable, that language is completely unacceptable. the largest ever outbreak of bird flu is now infecting mammals in the uk. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. europe s biggest energy firm, shell, has reported record annual profits of nearly $40 billion in 2022, more than double what it made in the previous year. the profits are the biggest in the firm s history boosted by higher energy prices since the start of the ukraine war. shell has already said it will pay tax in the uk for the first time since 2017 as a result of the government s windfall tax. let s take a closer look at t