Hello, im rich preston, youre watching verified live three hours of breaking stories, and the truth behind them. Rescue teams in morocco are battling to reach people still trapped under rubble following the earthquake that struck the country on friday night. Nearly 2,700 people are now known to have died, but many remote areas remain hard to reach and cut off to rescuers. Four countries the uk, spain, qatar and the uae are now sending aid. The epicentre was to the south of marrakesh, along the high atlas mountain range. The struggle to get through roads blocked by boulders has led some villagers to dig by hand. Tom bateman reports. Dawn lights up the destruction in this village. Morocco s most remote hillsides have become encampments for the survivors. This lady has lost contact with her son, who fled the village to get help. She was already grieving. Her husband had been sick and died before the quake came. Translation we are staying in the street. L i feel bad for my son. His dad pas
British high street chain wilko has collapsed, leaving the future Of Thousands Ofjobs in doubt. All of the 400 Stores Across the uk will close by early october, the gmb union has said. It means redundancies now look likely for all 12,500 staff at the family owned business. Peter ruddick is outside a wilko store in merseyside. Why has it been so difficult for them to come up with a deal . We heard one was in the offing, but that has fallen through. Essentially the man who rescued hmv has not been able to repeat the trick, it was not commercially viable to make the deal happen. He was in for around 300 stores we believed and that was reportedly taken it down to 200 and then 100 and that has not been possible and a lot of supplier and landlord trust has been burned during the process were welcome has been getting into trouble and it appears to be those suppliers wanted confirmation of their debts would be cleared that they would have the money they owed paid back to them in full. Before t
Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres mimi. Hello from the bbc sport centre. We start with football and a big night for wales, who have travelled to riga. They need a win to revive their euro 2024 qualifying campaign. Manager rob page is under pressure. Him and his side have faced criticism after winning only one of their last 13 games. Nations games and things like that, when youre doing that as well, maybe some of them results didnt come off but the experience and things that some of the players got and then games is betterfor us going forward. Both england and scotland are in Pole Positions in their Euro Qualifier groups 7 scotland maintaining their 100 winning record, with last weeks win over cyprus. Whilst england top their group after the draw with ukraine. They will play in a friendly, which celebrates the 150th anniversary game, to mark the First International fixture between both sides at hampden park tomorrow night. Despite the match being a friendly
Hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. Rescue teams in morocco are battling to reach people still trapped Underneath Rubble following the earthquake which struck the country on friday night. Nearly two and a half thousand people are now known to have died, but many remote areas remain hard to reach and cut off to rescuers. Four countries the uk, spain, qatar and the uae are now sending aid. The epicentre was to the south of marrakesh, along the high atlas mountain range. The struggle to get through roads blocked by boulders has led some villagers to dig by hand. Tom bateman reports. Dawn lights up the destruction in this village. Morocco s most remote hillside have become encampments for the survivors. This lady has lost contact with her son who fled the village to get help. She was already grieving, her husband had been sick and died before the earthquake came. Translation we are staying in the street, i feel bad for m