Appealfor information to help find her. We are extremely impressed with the effort, your expertise, your dedication and we hope you find nora. More than a Million People are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits chinas east coast. And off to a flier Manchester City begin their premier league title defence thrashing west ham 5 0. That and the rest of the days sport coming up in half an hour on sportsday. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The billionaire businessman and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, has died in prison in new york. Hes believed to have taken his own life. Epstein once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and prince andrew, and was charged last month with trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. He was due to stand trial next year. From new york, our correspondent nada tawfik reports. Jeffrey epstein extravagant lifestyle saw him party with us president donald trump, wants a math teacher in may have to come of the financier accumulated a fortune that gained him entrance into high society. He was once Close Friends with prince andrew, who will be hosted at vacation with. But his social status his accuser saved max to his lord crimes. For decades epstein face allegations that he sexually assaulted young girls who he hired to give him and other wealthy men massages. He avoided federal criminal charges in 2008 and a widely criticised plea deal that is now under investigation by the department ofjustice. He was arrested again thisjuly in charge in new york what sex trafficking, he was injail awaiting in new york what sex trafficking, he was in jail awaiting trial. In new york what sex trafficking, he was injail awaiting trial. Epstein was injail awaiting trial. Epstein was found unresponsive on the floor of his prison cell in manhattan early this morning. Many are questioning how he couldve taken his own life and the fbi is investigating. Just over two weeks ago, he was found semiconscious and crying with injuries about his neck. His victims say he would have preferred for him to live to face justice. Say they wish he would have lived. Ali watkins is a New York Times journalist who has been covering the case so far. Inc. You very much for being with us. Inc. You very much for being with us. What did you make when you heard of hearing this news . us. What did you make when you heard of hearing this news . I think we we re of hearing this news . I think we were all a little stunned. Thank you very much. This comes right on the hills of thousands of new documents being unsealed in a related case yesterday, working his way through the court system. That just kind of further drew into focus what this world around epstein was brought up this whole story has been come every few days theres a new turn andi come every few days theres a new turn and i dont know any of us were expecting this. Yet, as we heard in oui expecting this. Yet, as we heard in our report there, only a few weeks ago epstein found it in a cell having apparently tried to take his own life. A lot of questions being asked how somebody in a secure unit could have attempted Something Like that. Yes. I think where we are explain right now and we found that Jeffrey Epstein was actually not on suicide watch. He had been placed on suicide watch. He had been placed on suicide watch. He had been placed on suicide watch three weeks ago when he was found in the sale after an apparent attempted suicide, and he was put in a special unit that is designated in the us prison system for people who are at imminent risk of suicide, he was thereby taken off of suicide, he was thereby taken off of that unit onjuly 29. A few days ago, he was moved to a separate cell. Still separate housing facility but no longer under 24 7 surveillance. A lot of questions are not going to be asked this fbi investigation that will get under way. Are now going to be. Investigation that will get under way. Are now going to be. And the Justice Department said this morning they the fbi is looking into the death and in addition to back him prisons and Justice Department at start of own internal, Inspector General investigation looking to how and why jeffrey general investigation looking to how and whyJeffrey Epstein was taken offa and whyJeffrey Epstein was taken off a suicide watch and how this could have been allowed to happen. And of course he was awaiting trial on the sex trafficking charges. There will be people who will be helping to have their day in court and hoping to have these allegations aired. What do we know about the Legal Proceedings now . We know the criminal case against sc specifically is likely dead at this point. Against epstein. Several different avenues this could take. Prosecutors have made it clear in Court Documents here in new york that they were investigating other individuals that were involved in with mr epstein and we know they have been allegations trailing several high profile rich powerful man for years of having been involved in some of his activities. So where the case goes from there, it will be interesting to see how prosecutors handle this. Thank you for joining prosecutors handle this. Thank you forjoining us. Lets get the latest from our correspondent in washington, chris buckler. A lot of talk about the stock which which this news was received. Yes. Shock amongst the victims or alleged victims ofjeffrey shock amongst the victims or alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein shock amongst the victims or alleged victims ofJeffrey Epstein as well. Some of the lawyers have been saying as far as theyre concerned, the truth needs to come out. About what happened at his parties. What happened at his parties. What happened whenever it was alleged he was involved in procuring under age girls essentially for sex and trying to force them into having sex with some very prominent individuals. So they say they will push ahead with civil cases and they will do their best to get what they describe as the truth out there. What a great deal of political fallout of this as well. Jeffrey epstein was an individual who was so well connected, he knew the goods, he held party for the rich and famous, including donald trump, who he has been picked or with any number of occasions. And indeed, at one stage President Trump described him asa one stage President Trump described him as a great guy who like beautiful women like him, although he did say that epstein like some of those women a little younger than others. That is a comment that is come back to hot President Trump although in recent days, he has been doing his very best to distance himself from those comments and from Jeffrey Epstein. As many others have as well. We have had already some Court Filings from a related but separate civil case that is taking place. In those, a number of very prominent individuals were mentioned, for example, there is a mentioned, for example, there is a mention of the duke of york, prince andrew, which suggestions that he groped somebody, that has been firmly denied by Buckingham Palace who have said it is categorically untrue, but you do get the sense that this is not going to die down with Jeffrey Epstein that this is not going to die down withJeffrey Epstein dying, there is going to be an attempt to push things very strongly and partly that is the response to that case a decade ago when he made a plea deal that saw them him serving just over a dealer injail, whenever it seems that the defects were investigating cases, was of Something Like 36 alleged underage girls. Cases, was of Something Like 36 alleged underage girls. Just cases, was of Something Like 36 alleged underage girls. Just a yearin alleged underage girls. Just a year injail. Alleged underage girls. Just a year in jail. Thank you for filling in the background for us. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 30 and 11 30 this evening in the papers our guestsjoining me tonight are martin lipton, chief Sports Reporter at the sun, and jane merrick, whos the policy editor at the i. National grid says it will learn the lessons, after nearly a Million People across england and wales, were affected by yesterdays power cut. The companys confirmed to the bbc, that the simultaneous failure of two power stations, wasnt the result of a cyber attack. The regulator, 0fgem, has demanded an urgent report into what went wrong. The supply failure left thousands of train passengers stranded, homes up and down the country without electricity, and Ipswich Hospital lost power when back up generators failed. Ben ando has more. It was the biggest and most disruptive power failure in over a decade. Major stations, in chaos, passengers stranded or trapped, traffic controls inactive and a large nhs hospital without power. One of the many caught on electric trains that went dead was lily winin. The power cut off and i was sat in a carriage by myself and the storm had started outside, so all of the rain was coming onto the windows and it was pitch black and then we all started to sit together to try and piece together what was going on, because no one could really understand and the announcements were failing because of the lack of power. And then we all had to walk to the very end of the carriage in the pitch black, going through a tunnel. After four hours, lily and her fellow passengers were led along the tracks to the nearest station. At Ipswich Hospital, the main power cut was followed by a failure in emergency back up generators, but hospital managers say essential equipment was able to keep working on batteries. So what went wrong . Two generator plans, one a gas fired power station in cambridgeshire, the other a large wind farm in the north sea failed almost simultaneously. To protect the rest of the network, power was cut to certain areas. A double failure has happened before, in 2008, but with far less impact. So why so much worse this time . The Energy Regulator has asked for an urgent report. We need to do a detailed technical examination of the event and we will be sending that report through to 0fgem and we will build that analysis over the coming days and weeks as we review it. And then, off that, i am sure we will learn lessons and want to review how this works to avoid some other significant impacts in future. National grid could now face a fine of up to 10 of its annual turnover. But some argue that years of underinvestment by successive governments is partly to blame, leaving the uk with a Power Network that works fine, most of the time, but is exposed when the unexpected happens. That was ben ando reporting, and a little earlier, ben updated us on the situation at Kings Cross Station which was one of the worst hit stations in london. This evening, things are becoming back to normal as far as they can. I had a look a short time ago and of the 18 departures scheduled from kings cross in the next hour, four have been cancelled. So the majority are running and the majority of people are able to complete theirjourney. But i think in the aftermath of what happened yesterday, there are two words that have come to the fore, one is resilience, the other is impact. When it comes to resilience, people are asking why have two power stations or two Power Generators gone down, what happened then . Was to cut power to people to cut power to businesses and cut power to hospitals or to railways . What is clear is that when using renewables, it is not always easy to immediately ramp up more generating capacity. The other question people are talking about is impact. Why is it that even though power was restored by half past six, for the rest of the night and well into today, there have been huge problems on the railways and one thing has become clear. There is a new fleet of trains from kings cross where i am now. They do not react well when power is cut. They get stuffy and get hot and have not got windows that passengers can open, conditions inside get quite difficult. And also, in certain circumstances, it is impossible, even when power was restored for the driver to restart the train, it has to involve an engineer or a fitter coming got to do that. And that i think it is certainly something about the department for transport who specified the trains and the Train Operating Companies will want to look at. Lets get more on this with nigel harris, whos managing editor of rail magazine. He joins us via webcam from lincolnshire. Thank you for being with us this evening. Just to pick up on some of what ben was saying there. A lot of people asking how does the failure of two Power Generators mean people getting stuck on trains . Network rail has got standby generators and all of this big signal boxes and control centres, so the technically system stays lie. As soon as the main power goes off, the generators kick in so they technically system stays clear. If we had a 100 diesel railway, then the railway would just continue, but of course we havent in our main lined as overhead electric, and the southern railway, third rail electric them if you pull the plug on that, the railway would need its own power stations. Too energised 25,000 votes overhead wires. So if you lose the power, the network just stops, you wires. So if you lose the power, the networkjust stops, you literally unplug the national network. How unusual and of the event do you think this was or something that has been troubling people as a possibility in the Rail Industry for a while . I guess he gets. Ive edited railfor 25 a while . I guess he gets. Ive edited rail for 25 years a while . I guess he gets. Ive edited railfor 25 years next a while . I guess he gets. Ive edited rail for 25 years next year. I cannot recall, one other instance where there was a power failure like this but it was very regional. Nothing on this scale. The idea that you get a power outage that takes out the quarters of our main line, it is just outrageous. The National Grid should not be so like a resilient terms of having reserve online that you lose two power stations and the whole system seems to just collapse. If the railway was so. To just collapse. If the railway was so. We will be having a very different interview. Do you think the rebel industry will be lobbying the rebel industry will be lobbying the Energy Industry to Say Something needs to be done about this and this is what we would suggest . Im sure the points will be made. But for goodness sakes and she didnt need the railway. It is affected when Million People. It tech hospitals, hundreds of thousands of homes, with the fifth biggest economy in the world, we cannot have our Main National power system so poorly resilient. It just will National Power system so poorly resilient. Itjust will not National Power system so poorly resilient. It just will not work. National power system so poorly resilient. Itjust will not work. Is there a break though to be done as well by the railways and the Train Operating Companies . We heard that some people and their situations stuck on trains had their lives made somewhat worse by the way the trains themselves are set up for example. Those new units working on tinsley, which the government designed a specified, lets be clear, do seem to have an issue when the power goes off and are very sensitive and that will be looked at urgently. Maybe the Rail Industry can specify the trains are not the department for transport. That is a question that needs asking. And that is want to ask. With individual trains breaking down, then certainly we spent too long rescuing the trains but when the whole network goes off, and every electric train stops, then there is nothing you can do until that power comes on. Lets take a second just to salute the thousands of railway men and women who also had a terrible day is today trying to do their best to keep people happy, fed watered and comfortable while they sat on those trains. They did a hell of a job. Absolutely. Dealing with pretty cross people. A final thought. We hurt even though the power was back on, the knock on effect inevitably will last sometime. Why is that . It isjust like in aviation. When there is a problem, all the flight stop. It is such a busy network, all the trains come all the people, the day after 01 come all the people, the day after or in the wrong place to sign on duty for thejobs or in the wrong place to sign on duty for the jobs they want to do or need to do. It takes a good couple of days to get everything back in the right order and right place and working in the right sequence to rebuild that very complex timetable. 100 Million People we carry. Now 1. 6 billion, the system is under intense stress. When it collapses like this commit takes a little while to get it back. Indeed. Thank you, nigel for joining it back. Indeed. Thank you, nigel forjoining us. Well meanwhile there has been more disruption for travellers today after heavy rain and strong winds led to the temporary closure of the west coast mainline between england and scotland and the cancellation of several ferry services