place on board the ship. there are few official details from the ministry of defence, but it s understood several military helicopters landed heavily armed troops by rope onto the deck of the ship. faced with overwhelming force, the stowaways are said to have surrendered almost immediately. this was a very efficient operation. it only took nine minutes from the word go to the stowaways being rounded up and identified. and, of course, this reflects the training that both the fleet air arm crews and the sbs the special boat service undertake all the time. none of the 22 crew of the andromeda were injured in the incident. the seven stowaways have been detained. andy moore, bbc news. ministers are continuing to insist they will not fund school meal vouchers for children in england during the half term holiday despite calls for a re think from some conservative mps. the government has come under pressure on the issue
an extremely highly proficient professional service, the sbs. very well known in many parts of the world. we re also told that no members of the crew were hurt during this operation. it was authorised by the home secretary and the defence secretary earlier on this evening at the request of the local police force, hampshire police, and presumably in the intervening hours, that operation was planned and eventually executed this evening. it s not clear what happened with those seven individuals, whether they ve since been taken off the tanker and brought ashore or if they re still on board. it all began at 9pm local time here when the crew reported there was some kind of confrontation with stowaways who were on board. they knew the stowawaysbwere there, vut for some reason the stowaways, in the words of the crew, became violent towards the crew, which led the crew to take refuge in a special lock up room on board the ship. the use it to protect
particularly if you know that it only gives you an idea of whether you have it at that moment. but i suppose it highlights the covid haves and have nots again, if you can haves and have nots again, if you ca n afford haves and have nots again, if you can afford it, you can go and have the test but otherwise not. thank you very much. for viewers in the uk, coming up at 11:30am today, we ll be answering your questions on the latest covid 19 restrictions. virologist dr chris smith from cambridge university will be here to answer your questions. you can get involved by sending your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweeting us using the hashtag bbc your questions. the headlines on bbc news. special forces board an oil tanker and detain seven stowaways after a suspected hijacking off the isle of wight. as half term begins for many, ministers insist they won t change their mind on free school meal vouchers over the holidays, saying they re providing help through extra funding to local
this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. here are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. special forces board an oil tanker and detain seven stowaways after a suspected hijacking off the isle of wight. this was a very efficient operation. it only took nine minutes from the word go to the stowaways being rounded up and identified. as half term begins for many, ministers insist they won t change their mind on free school meal vouchers over the holidays saying they re providing help through extra funding to local authorities. we have put in £63 million precisely to support councils to deliver, and i think that is the best way of doing this. a national curfew in spain,
the coordination between our agencies number 10 would have been fully involved in what was going on indeed. this is a good outcome for britain. the drama began yesterday morning as the ship prepared to enter the fawley oil refinery near southampton. seven stowaways, believed to be nigerians, are said to have become violent and made verbal threats to the crew. they retreated to a safe place aboard the ship. there are few official details from the ministry of defence but it s understood several military helicopters landed heavily armed troops by rope onto the deck of the ship. faced with overwhelming force, the stowaways are said to have surrendered almost immediately. this was a very efficient operation. it only took nine minutes from the word go to the stowaways being rounded up and identified. and of course this reflects the training of both the fleet air arm crews and the sbs, the special boat service, undertake all the time. none of the 22 crew of the andromeda were injured in the