the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of people who looking for better economic prospects and are prepared to work in the uk s illegal drugs trade. albanians account for at least one third of the 38,000 people who ve crossed the channel to england this year, according to the latest government figures. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says he was approached by recruiters for the uk drugs trade in a dunkirk migrant camp. translation: they offered me lots of things - - to pay for thejourney, to give me a job, but i wasn t interested. they asked me four or five times. this is where the albanian migrant trail begins. small towns like laknas marked by absence the shuttered houses and empty ca
through the south east during friday night. in two saturday, for much of saturday, high pressure will bring a fine day and it stays fine for the south east on sunday but the next batch of wet weather a lovely day on saturday, a lot of sunshine, sunday turns wet and windy across scotland, northern ireland but it stays fine for part two of the weekend across the south. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at ten on the 6th of october. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former trade minister, lord digbyjones, and rachel cunliffe, who s senior associate editor for the new statesman. and the energy theme is followed in the i
all children in london aged between i and 9 will be offered a polio booster vaccine after more traces of the virus are found in the capital s waste water. four days of extreme weather is forecast in england and wales. it comes as environmental groups say some rivers are starting to dry up seriously impacting wildlife. saying he the former football trail continues. # the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the 1978 classic, the snowman, has died, aged 88. many families are falling behind on their gas and electricity bills, with the total owed by consumers to energy suppliers tripling since last september. a survey of 2,000 people for u switch suggests almost a quarter of households owe an average of more than 200 pounds to their provider. it comes as ministers are due to hold talks with the energy companies tomorrow about the impact of sharply rising bills. yesterday experts predicted the average household energy bill would reach 4000 200 pounds a year by j
meant that he could not serve in the way he should. england s women train ahead of the biggest football match of their careers preparing to take on germany in tomorrow night s euros final. the first middle of the day went to a team england at the commonwealth games. johnboy smith coming first that enough men s t 53 54 marathon. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. police have issued cctv images of a man they want to question over the death of a nine year old girl, who was fatally stabbed in boston in lincolnshire, on thursday. two people previously arrested in connection with lilia valutyte s death, have also been released. our reporter, phillip norton, reports from boston. this is the man police want to talk to in connection with the murder of nine year old lilia valutyte. the images were released this morning by lincolnshire police. the force also confirmed that two people previously arrested in connection with the child s murder have been released without
the wheelchair marathon. we ll have all the latest live from birmingham. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. we start with breaking news in the past few minutes, lincolnshire police have confirmed they ve arrested a 22 year old man on suspicion of murder, following the death of nine year old lilia valutyte in boston. we ll be hearing from officers shortly. they from officers shortly. will be holding a press conference they will be holding a press conference where we ll be getting more details about the investigation and the arrest, following the death of lilia valutyte. this is what we are waiting for, this is where the officers should appear. earlier, the force had been circulating photographs of a man that officers want to speak to in connection with lilia s desk and we now know that a 22 year old man has been detained in boston in lincolnshire, today, previously two people had been arrested without charge. we listen in. ., ., ., arrested without charge. w