Hello and welcome to bbc news. Bushfires continue to ravage the east coast of australia with weather forecasters and firefighters warning that more bad weather is on the way. Residents at risk have been told to leave their homes immediately. At least three people have died and the there a number of casualties could rise. 1300 firefighters supported by water firefighting aircraft are battling thousand that make hundreds of fires. New south wales Officials Say homes have burnt down. 150 homes have burnt down. With me is our News Reporter freya cole, who has experience reporting on bushfires in australia. Today, firefighters in australia will make most of a slight ease in conditions but as we know the threat is farfrom conditions but as we know the threat is far from over. Conditions but as we know the threat is farfrom over. On conditions but as we know the threat is far from over. On tuesday, conditions but as we know the threat is farfrom over. On tuesday, the hot temperatures return a
Not receiving help. The severe warning from firefighters as bushfires continue to ravage the east coast of australia. At least three people have died and there are fears the number of casualties could rise. Weather forecasters say more bad weather is on the way. 1,300 firefighters, backed by water bombing aircraft, are tackling dozens of fires in baking temperatures. Officials in New South Wales say 150 homes have burned down. Ben shepherd joins us from the Rural Fire Service headquarters in sydney. Thank you very much for your time, i appreciate this is a busy day for you. Could you start by bringing us up to date with the latest . We still have some 70 fires burning across New South Wales and more than 40 across New South Wales and more than a0 of them i get to be brought under control. We are talking about a massive area we are dealing with, some 600 or 700,000 hectares of bushland that is a light. So we are having to deal with that ahead of these worsening conditions on tuesday. So
Worth of rain fell in a single day. Welcome to the programme. We will start in australia with those wildfires. And a pretty serious warning, actually. leave your homes for safety or risk not receiving help. The severe warning from firefighters as bush fires continue to ravage the east coast of australia. At least three people have died and there are fears the number of casualties could rise. Weather forecasters say more bad weather is on the way. 1,300 firefighters, backed by water bombing aircraft, are tackling dozens of fires in baking temperatures. Officials in New South Wales say 150 homes have burned down. With me is our News Reporter freya cole who has experience reporting on bushfires in australia. Freya, thank you for being with us. Bring us up to date. Freya, thank you for being with us. Bring us uptodate. There has been some relief overnight on the weather. Firefighters are doing what they can today to get on top of this bushfire disaster but dont get me wrong, the risk is fa
Its already been a busy day on the Election Campaign trail, with less than five weeks until the general election. The conservatives have unveiled plans to train more gps while labour and liberal democrats are focussing on better support for childcare. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. Its enough to raise your blood pressure. You know what its like. Try to get a non urgent appointment with your doctor and you can wait days, sometimes more than a week. Today, the conservatives promised an injection of more gps into the Health Service in england by 2025. The package will deliver 6000 more doctors in primary care and that will lead to 50 million more appointments. I know how frustrating it is when you cannot get a gp appointment fast enough. But hang on a minute what happened to the 5000 gps the conservatives promised at the 2015 election . That target has not been reached. The reality will be seeing these delivered on. Whichever government we have it a few weeks time, we need
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