energy bosses warn that the government s plan to cap the price of electricity produced by older renewable facilities is risky. hello and welcome to bbc news. ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing, as some people are still thought to be missing. eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation, but are describing what happened as a tragic accident . the explosion happened at an applegreen service station, in the village of creeslough, yesterday afternoon. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation a sad sign that the emergency services don t expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was lef
hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the perfect start england get their rugby union world cup campaign going in record breaking style against fiji. hardened on target again for manchester city, who cook top tonight in the premier league. could this be the perfect weekend for max verstappen? he s claimed pole for the japanese grand prix, where he could retain his world title. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. as far as opening games to a world cup campaign go, they really don t come much better than england s. earlier today, they blew away fiji, scoring 1a tries in a record breaking victory in new zealand. they won 84 19, extending their record winning streak in test matches. jo currie reports. the year long covid delay means these players have had a long wait for this moment. england s red roses are expected to bloom at this world cup. fitting, then, that they get their campaign under way in eden. for emerging fiji, a first ever appearance at the to
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a massive explosion has severely damaged the strategically important road and rail bridge connecting occupied crimea to russia. the un nuclear watchdog calls for the urgent protection of the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine after shelling cuts its external power. ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland police say it appears to have been a tragic accident . protests continue in iran and around the world as three people are killed in the country. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. , hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the perfect start england get their rugby union world cup campaign going in record breaking style against fiji. haaland on target again for manchester city, who go top tonight in the premier league. could this be the perfect weekend for max verstappen? he s claimed pole for the japanese grand prix, where he could retain his wo
Stories. Hello and welcome to sportsday with karthi gna nasegaram. The headlines this evening in complete control england force the follow on as west indies continue to struggle. Mourinho hails his teams class, calm and consistency as they score four again. And rodgers tests out his Academy Graduates as they take on kilmarnock and come away with a win. Also coming up in the programme england start the defence of their eurohockey title well have the action from the netherlands. And ahead of next weeks World Championships in glasgow, we look at how british badminton are hoping to change some minds following the complete funding cut that followed the rio olympics. Theres an awful lot to bring to you, including all of the reaction to todays premier legaue games, but we are going to start at edgbaston, where england are in complete control of the first test against west indies. They have forced the tourists to follow on. Lets go live tojoe wilson, who can get us up to date with west indies
Stories. Hello and welcome to sportsday with karthi gna nasegaram. The headlines this evening in complete control england force the follow on as west indies continue to struggle. Mourinho hails his teams class, calm and consistency as they score four again. And rodgers tests out his Academy Graduates as they take on kilmarnock and come away with a win. Also coming up in the programme england start the defence of their eurohockey title well have the action from the netherlands. And ahead of next weeks World Championships in glasgow, we look at how british badminton are hoping to change some minds following the complete funding cut that followed the rio olympics. Theres an awful lot to bring to you, including all of the reaction to todays premier legaue games, but we are going to start at edgbaston, where england are in complete control of the first test against west indies. They have forced the tourists to follow on. Lets go live tojoe wilson, who can get us up to date with west indies