Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Two people have been released on bail after police removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes from a Funeral Directors in hull. Detectives say theyre investigating a truly horrific incident and families are understandably distraught and heartbroken. Theyve had more than 1,000 phone calls from concerned members of the public. 0ur correspondent nick garnett has been speaking to one of the families affected. My mum was a beautiful, loving person. Would give Anybody Anything she had. Susan stone was 78 when she died. Herfamily paid for her to be cremated, but now theyve been told it never happened. They cremated my mum the same day, or the next day, waiting for a slot. But obviously she didnt get cremated. Heartbroken. Anger. Disgraceful. Humberside police are still searching this building owned by legacy Funeral Directors and others the company owns. 120 officers are involved and police say they found 35 bodies and what they think are human
Are known to have died but hundreds still remain unaccounted for. Search teams are checking through the rubble of burned out buildings and vehicles. Many people were forced to run into the sea, to escape the flames. An official review has been ordered into whether residents were given sufficient warning about the fire. It appears some early sirens never sounded. There are also questions over the speed of the emergency response. From maui, heres john sudworth. Videos of the disaster continue to emerge. This one shows lahainas residents huddled in the water the only place of refuge they could find as the smoke and ashes from their burning town rained down upon them. Hundreds are still listed as missing. The Authorities Say temperatures here reached 1,000 degrees. The task of both finding and identifying the bodies will take time, according to hawaiis governor, himself a trained doctor, speaking to us media. They will find ten to 20 people per day, probably, until they finish. And it is p
Know we must ask ourselves and all of our allies, what more can we do, what more ammunition can be provided, what extra production can we invest in, what weapons do we have to help the ukrainians in this fight . And we have been discussing this today. And there is the question about what we can do in terms of medium and longer range missiles. I make this point, because it is a sovereign decision for every country, but in terms of what britain has done, i know what we have given to the ukrainians has helped them resist this appalling invasion and fight back against russian aggression. In ukraine itself, Russian Forces are advancing in the east, and many who live there are packing their belongings, and moving away. Ukraine says its forces are holding on, but in the Donetsk Region, several villages have been captured after invading forces took the town of avdiivka, and there are fears more settlements could follow. James waterhouse has been to meet families living just behind the frontlin
has voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in women s elite races if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty. as the conflict in ukraine continues the new head of the british army tells his troops they should be prepared to fight in europe once again . it s two hours until voting closes in the final round of parliamentary elections in france, with president emmanuel macron facing an alliance of left wing parties. good afternoon. the transport secretary says it s not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a stunt, saying it s for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an act of self harm . the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to sow division in society. here s our political correspondent, damian grammatic