Floods left many people homeless. For many local residents, it was a break from the flood clean up. Alasdair gill reports. Christmas in fishla ke has not been cancelled, at least the local fair hasnt. And its a warm and welcome respite from Flood Recovery for the villages residents. As you can see, its very full and very busy because of the determination here within fishlake to rebuild what we had and to do our best to keep it alive. 11 days ago, much of thorninghurst farm was under water. Today looks a lot better, but the hidden cost is huge. Farmer steven gilliard reckons hes looking at a bill of around £250,000. Contamination now, fuel burst, central heating tanks out the village. All that fuels flowed to me. And now sat all over the grassland, which we need to graze and were pedigree breeders, were now going to vaccinate for diseases which you you could get from flooded grazing land. Who pays for that . Looking at me at this moment. Community spirit here is what is getting people
A lorry driver accused of causing the deaths of 39 migrants found in a lorry container in essex has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assist illegal immigration. Maurice robinson from craigavon in Northern Ireland was not asked to plead to 39 charges of manslaughter which he also faces. The bodies of the people from vietnam including children, were discovered last month. Daniel sandford reports. The discovery last month of 39 dead people from vietnam in the back of a lorry in essex led to a Huge International investigation into a suspected people smuggling gang. This morning, mo robinson, the 25 year old lorry driver from Northern Ireland arrested at the time, appeared by video link at the old bailey and pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to assist illegal immigration. He is also accused of 39 counts of manslaughter but, at this stage, he has not been asked to say whether he pleads guilty or not guilty to those charges or a charge people trafficking, or one of money laundering. Mo
Plaid cymru is promising a £20 billion investment in what it calls a green jobs revolution for wales. Launching its election manifesto, the partys leader, adam price, said there would also be major investment in rail and bus services, a new offshore wind farm, and three tidal lagoons to generate electricity. He also talked about his ambition for an independent wales. Heres hywel griffith. Once, these valleys powered britains industrial revolution. Now, the rhonddas coal mines have become museums. Post industrial wales is a place struggling with its political identity, where some sense an opportunity. Plaid cymru sees this brexit election as a chance to sell its vision. Although most people here voted to leave the eu, it wants wales to remain, as an independent nation. We want to be at the heart of europe, on our own terms, in our own right, standing proud. The partys manifesto calls for another referendum on eu membership. It also pledges thousands ofjobs from Green Energy Projects li
That is why the who stated it was a variant of interest. As far as whether it causes any more severe disease, the evidence so far is it probably isnt. Although we are seeing more cases of infection, although there are more infections are occurring in england than a year ago, we are actually seeing substantially fewer hospitalisations, so the balance of evidence as at his not going to be causing a large amount of hospitalisations unless Infection Rates go very high. Paul hunter. Now on bbc news it is The Travel Show, Winter Wonderland adventures. Hello, and welcome to a Special Edition of The Travel Show covered in ice, snow, and that special kind of magic, as much of the world prepares to celebrate christmas, and also the end of another year. We spent most of 2023 on the road, so its a great opportunity to be at home to recharge and look back at some of our favourite Winter Adventures here on the programme. So without further ado, lets jump straight in and remember the time when ade he
hello, and welcome to a special edition of the travel show covered in ice, snow, and that special kind of magic, as much of the world prepares to celebrate christmas, and also the end of another year. we spent most of 2023 on the road, so it s a great opportunity to be at home to recharge and look back at some of our favourite winter adventures here on the programme. so without further ado, let s jump straight in and remember the time when ade headed to finnish lapland not to meet santa claus, but a rapper who s keeping his language alive with music. huskies howl. ade: finnish lapland is as close as it gets to a winter wonderland. more than one million tourists come here each year in search of the northern lights, santa, and his reindeer. the sami are the indigenous people who live in this part of the world from northern norway, sweden, finland, and the far north part of russia. there s around 6,000 samis left in this part of finland, and here, they re known as the inar