A man died this morning after being attacked by two dogs in staffordshire yesterday. The uk doesnt currently recognise The American Bully Xl as a breed, so the breed needs to be defined before any legislation can be introduced. Its not been confirmed what type of dogs were involved in yesterdays attack. A man was arrested on suspicion of having dogs out of control, and then further arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Leigh milner has the story. This is the scene where a man was attacked by two dogs yesterday afternoon just outside a property on main street in stonnall near walsall. Members of the public try to help him. Many have been left shocked by what happened. figs to help him. Many have been left shocked by what happened. 5 a shocked by what happened. As a villaaer shocked by what happened. As a villager and shocked by what happened. As a villager and a shocked by what happened. As a villager and a little shocked by what happened. Is villager and a little place like this we d
The Prime Minister has said the government will ban the american xl bully dog by the end of the year. The breed has been blamed for a series of attacks on people in recent years. Rishi sunak s announcement comes after the death of a man in staffordshire yesterday who was set upon by two dogs thought to be of the bully breed. A 30 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Phil mackie reports. Another victim of the American Bully Xl. Ian price, a 52 year old local businessman, who was killed outside his home last night. This was the aftermath of the attack, which involved two dogs. Although neighbours did their best to pull them off, his injuries were so severe he couldnt be saved. We heard police cars and sirens and thought. Then another one, then another one. And then i came to the gate to have a look, and, you know. There was, like, ten, 12 police vehicles. For a while there was concern more people could be hurt. It happened just after children had been let out of t
The number of dead is rising in a landscape that has been transformed, devastated. This is what is left after more than 250 times. The average monthly rainfall came down in just 2a hours and cascaded onto derna. Entire neighborhoods swept away as two dams on the outskirts of the city failed. A catastrophe hit libya. A huge catastrophe. May god accept the victims. We pray for their families. Despite the scale of the destruction, the hunt for survivors goes on. Some International Help is arriving. These dogs are part of a spanish rescue Team Involved in a search against the clock. Weve been working all day on the buildings that have been completely destroyed by the dams bursting. The scale of destruction in the city is devastating, with a huge number of buildings damaged and victims missing. Thats why we were working as hard as we can. People survey the little thats left with a sense of disbelief and with questions. Why werent residents warned the storm was coming and given time to escap
Up to shore more than 100km away. Heres one survivor whose home was destroyed by the flooding. Translation the flood came and completely washed away l the valley, destroying everything around it. My life before was stable, everything was 100 good i had my house and my family, but now there is nothing, there is no life any more. Earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent lina sinjab, who gave us the latest. It is really a devastating situation, day in, day out, people are still shocked with the traumatic experience they have lived, with the loss that they have had, you know, everywhere around people are looking for bodies of their beloved ones, some families are counting, like, Tens Of Members of theirfamilies have disappeared or confirmed dead. Imagine you are sleeping in your bed and floods and the waters sweep you away into the water, this is really terrible, you know. The storm hit the city of derna, and because of the floods and the rain, you know, two dams collapsed, breaki
But thousands ofjobs are at risk. In the last few hours, a bbc team in derna in libya have seen for themselves the terrible impact of the floodwaters that have washed much of the town into the mediterranean sea, and killed thousands. Its now five days since the disaster that hit derna, which is in eastern libya, along the coast from the libyan capital tripoli and the city of neghazi, and the city of benghazi, towards the egyptian border. Today, our colleagues found little evidence of much international assistance. Correspondent anna foster and team saw the extent of the devastation, and heard the fears over a lack of basic supplies and the likelihood of disease spreading. Heres the report shes just sent us. Even by night, dernas recovery teams dont sleep. As darkness falls, another body is carefully pulled from the ruins, wrapped and taken to a waiting ambulance. It is a scene that has now been repeated thousands of times. I cant describe it, when you see peoples death. Maybe when you