Eight different people. Well speak to someone who received an organ transplant from Jemima Layzell, whose parents say they are proud of her special legacy. And, on track to do the double can chris froome add the vuelta a espana title to his Tour De France victory earlier this year . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. At least 1a people have been killed and more than a Million People have been affected by the destruction wrought by Hurricane Irma as it barrels through the caribbean. Millions of people are still under threat. The storm one of the most powerful Atlantic Hurricanes ever recorded was over haiti yesterday and caused widespread damage in the British Virgin islands overnight. Cuba is the next country in its path. Its due to hit the island later today. Irma is then expected to make landfall in the United States over the weekend. Jon donnison has the latest on the destruction across the region. Hurricane irma is proving to be relentless. The british territory of the turks Caicos Islands among the latest places to be hammered. The wind has dropped, but only slightly. This was the moment irma passed over the British Virgin islands. And this is what it left in its wake. The major warning was when a skylight was blown off of our roof. And you could just hear the wind blasting through the upstairs of the house and, at that moment, you thought the roof might go. That was the warning to get the hell downstairs into the basement, the most secure part of the building. A state of emergency has now been declared. All of us have been affected by irma, and some more than others. Apart from the structural damage, there have sadly been reports of casualties and fatalities. I am truly heartbroken by this news. My thoughts and prayers are with each and every one of you. These pictures, from the capital, show the extent of the damage. Viewed from space, irma looks almost serene but at 400 miles wide, its massive and it is now heading north west to cuba. There, people are doing what they can to secure their homes and bracing themselves. Translation look at the state of the houses that people have here and you will realise the magnitude of the hurricane. What will happen to the town . What will happen to the people . Translation i do feel fear. How can i not feel it . What really worries me is that it will take the whole roof away. Just north, in the bahamas, they have also been getting ready for what could be a direct hit. People have been stockpiling fuel and food. Hurricane irma has already left a trail of destruction across the caribbean. The island of st martin which is made up of french and dutch territories is one of the worst affected areas. Dutch troops are now on the streets to try to maintain order. The red cross says 1. 2 Million People have already been affected and that that figure could rise to 29 million by the end of the weekend, when the storms due to hit florida. There, 7,000 National Guard have been brought in to help, with the National WeatherService Warning large parts of the state could be left uninhabitable for weeks, or even months. With a storm surge of up to three metres expected, half a Million People have taken to the roads, after being ordered to leave their homes. Two days after Hurricane Irma first hit land, the worst could still be to come. And another storm, jose, is sweeping in from the atlantic. Jon donnison, bbc news. The fringes of the storm have already begun to hit cuba. Will grant is in havana. The next few hours will be crucial . What is the trajectory and which parts of the island is it most likely to hit . We think it will touch the eastern tip of the island, dumping a lot of rain there as it comes through. And run almost parallel to cuba as it sweeps along the northern coastline, again bringing with it the potential storm surges of several feet. So it is extremely worrying for communities living along the northern coastline. And that is where a lot of tourists we re and that is where a lot of tourists were as well because that is where the big results are, so a big evacuation operation to get them out as well. This is not the first time authorities in cuba have dealt with hurricanes. They pretty well prepared, would hurricanes. They pretty well prepa red, would you hurricanes. They pretty well prepared, would you say . Hurricanes. They pretty wellprepared, would you say . They are, as much as one can be prepared for a storm of this size. Yes, cuba has a good track record when it comes to disaster preparedness. This isa comes to disaster preparedness. This is a militarised country. The Civil Emergency authorities went around house to house, people do read the state run newspapers and baywatch state run newspapers and baywatch state run tv and they tune into state run tv and they tune into state run radio so they get information from the government. When it comes to evacuation, they are by and large response. There is are by and large response. There is a better response in cuba compared to elsewhere in the caribbean. You mentioned tourists, what is the situation, are they moving out of areas in danger or are they leaving cuba altogether . Well, to begin with, thousands were caught up in this and a lot of them very worried, particularly those on the smaller islands off the northern coast of cuba. A mixture of a response by the cuban cuba. A mixture of a response by the cu ban authorities, the cuba. A mixture of a response by the cuban authorities, the involvement of the travel agents and of the embassies of the respective countries tourists were from has removed the vast majority from that area, they understand, bringing them either to havana or the other parts of the country on the southern coastline, away from where the storm will hit. But in terms of trying to leave the country, if they have not left already, they will find it very difficult. We understand the state run Aviation Company has been told to ground all flights so they will not get out easily if they have not done already. Thank you very much indeed from havana. Lets talk about the british aid effort. The royal navy has delivered its first aid. 0ne plane took off this morning, with another two expected to go, taking marines and engineers to the caribbean. The Prime Minister has arrived back at downing street, to chair an emergency cobra meeting to discuss the response to irma. It comes amid criticism that the uk hasnt responded quickly enough to the disaster. Duncan kennedy reports from raf brize norton. The first raf flight left at lunchtime, a name ourjourney to the caribbean is the response of the crisis gets under way. The loading operation at brize norton included tents, water and medical supplies. 30 pallet loads at first, with more to come. Everything from ready made meals to an Industrial Refrigeration unit. Around 70 Royal Marines are also on board, with a range of skills and experience of working in disaster areas. The base commander rejects claims that britain has been slow to respond. Its very important that we understand the effects of the hurricane, where is open to us, where we can get to safely and thats what we have been doing over the past 2a hours. So now we are ready to make the right judgments we can most effectively deliver that aid and we will do that as quickly as possible. The french have already established a base on guadeloupe and its military operation seems more advanced. British naval helicopters have been in anguilla working off a Navy Auxiliary vessel, but its the speed and scale of britains input thats been criticised today. What we definitely need to see is a sustainable, if not continued and permanent commitment to support the development of anguilla. At present, we have had precious little support of significant quantities and we need that now. But britain says it has responded as rapidly as possible. And is now offering more than £30 million of help. The fact is, we had a royal naval vessel in the region because we knew the hurricane was coming. This is hurricane season. And in fact, we are always prepared. This is one of a number of rafjets heading to the region. In all, there will be Something Like 300 Royal Marines on the ground over the space of the next two or three days. But even when they arrive there, no one is fully clear yet what their operational role is going to be and where they can get to. The race to get help to the people of the caribbean now involves operations from more than a dozen countries. Lets cross to our correspondent matthew thompson, whos outside the foreign and Commonwealth Office, in central london. We know there is a meeting of cobra, the emergency committee, this afternoon, amid some criticism that the british relief effort has been too slow. Yes, that is precisely right. Yes, a number of criticisms levelled at the government by Baroness Amos who used to work for the un organising humanitarian relief, criticising the speed of the governments response. And we have heard from labour mps. Criticising the level of preparedness the government has had to this crisis. We have seen a response from the government to thatjust now. The cobra meeting has now started. So the Prime Minister is in the Cabinet Office behind me, it is the second in two days, it is today it was chaired by the defence secretary sir michael palin. And we havejust been told by them that foreign secretary Boris Johnson been told by them that foreign secretary borisjohnson is not here, he said the hurricane had caused great devastation to many of the British Overseas Territories, islands like anguilla and the turks Caicos Islands and they are sending a Foreign Office team helping there. And it is worth mentioning the Foreign Office has set upa mentioning the Foreign Office has set up a helpline for anybody who might be concerned or affected by that disaster. And the number for that disaster. And the number for thatis that disaster. And the number for that is 0207 008 0000. The foreign 0ffice helpline number. That is 0207 008 0000. The Foreign Office helpline number. Thank you very much. From the foreign and Commonwealth Office in london. Ronald jackson is executive director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency who is in charge of coordinating the aid effort for islands affect by Hurricane Irma. He joins me on webcam from the capital of barbados, bridgetown. Give us an initial sense of your estimate of the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma. Well, what i can say, it is certainly significant and may be catastrophic, if you put it in the local context of the countries that were affected. Certainly, those countries that would have been in the eye of irma oi would have been in the eye of irma or very close, the north east quadrant. So much of the British Overseas Territories sustain the tremendous amounts of damage. The island of barbuda, anguilla, the British Virgin islands and now we have established communication with turks Caicos Islands and they have indicated there is damage, to what extent they are now trying to get out on the ground to do an initial situation overview of what that looks like. But all along the corridor including the french and dutch overseas territories, they have all sustained massive amount of losses to housing and building infrastructure, utilities. In some insta nces, infrastructure, utilities. In some instances, critical facilities such as hospitals, police stations and emergency shelters. And what you are able to do to help amid so much destruction . Well, it is a challenge. The island presents lizards logistical challenge in terms of being able to get there quickly and to move between these islands. It is the same challenges experienced in the dutch and french territories, moving between islands especially love port facilities are damaged and pulling alongside and off loading relief supplies and personnel, where runways are impacted all the towers, the Traffic Control tower was damaged. It poses a problem to fly into these islands. Some of them do not have the kind of airstrip to take larger planes. That is something we are grappling with at the moment. We are making headway into these islands and also preparing to deploy assets and personnel into turks Caicos Islands and working closely with our collea g u es islands and working closely with our colleagues from the uk. To share some of the responsibilities between anguilla and antigua and the British Virgin islands, my apologies, as we try to assist as many people as we can until the additional personnel, out of the uk. In britain, there has been criticism from some quarters of the speed of the reaction of the british governments. The government say it has been swift and they have given £30 million, but are you satisfied with the british response to this disaster . Well, i can say to you that the guard ships stationed here attended to the needs quickly in anguilla. I cannot speak to the expected plans from the home office, but what has been here on the ground moved in very quickly and got in to anguilla early yesterday after the passage and provided support. And from the local team, they have been in contact from when we started our briefing meetings and they provide the support they have available at this point in time. So what has been on location in the caribbean moved into place quickly and really set about assisting us with the operations, attending to the needs of anguilla and providing Additional Support to get to the others as best as possible by what is available in the region at this time. What are the region at this time. What are the needs in anguilla and elsewhere . What sort of things to people need right now . We have seen people who have lost everything almost. Absolutely. That sums it up, however, you have to prioritise needs and the essential first need would be temporary shelter. Roof cover, tempi shelter facilities. Water. Food. And we get into Psychosocial Support because a lot of persons would have been traumatised by having to face such an extensive pounding over a matter of hours. So you have to look at that as an immediate priority. Then we move from there into looking at some of the early recovery requirements. But first, addressing the water supply needs, temporary roof cover, temporary shelter, and counselling. Thank you very much for being with us, you are really busy soi being with us, you are really busy so i will let you go. Whenjackson, from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, in charge of coordinating the aid effort for those islands hit by Hurricane Irma. Thank you very much for your time. You are welcome. As we were saying, the foreign and Commonwealth Office has set up a telephone hotline for british nationals in the region, oi anyone concerned about friends of relatives. That number is on your screen. 0207 008 0000. And you can keep up with all the latest on Hurricane Irma on our website at bbc. Co. Uk news. The headlines on bbc news Hurricane Irma continues its trail of destruction through the caribbean. At least 14 people have been killed and a million affected. The Prime Minister is chairing an emergency cobra meeting this afternoon, as raf flights are loaded to deliver aid to the victims. A review of the criminalJustice System in england and wales finds discrimination in the treatment of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. And in sport. A brilliant performance from ben stokes, this time batting, as england fightback in the deciding test against the west indies. Philippe courtinhos been left out of liverpools squad against Manchester City tomorrow. The midfielder missed the start of their premier League Campaign with a back injury, amid interest from barcelona. 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