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to avoid being captured. the head of scotland s state run ferry network has told the bbc that rising passenger numbers, more intense storms and a lack of new vessels have combined to cause a deterioration in the service. robbie drummond s comments will pile more pressure on the scottish government over the botched purchase of two ferries which are under construction but are years late and millions of pounds over budget. our scotland editor james cook has that story. please ensure you have all your belongings with you. thank you for travelling with caledonian macbrayne. scotland s ferries are in hot water. they keep breaking down and someone has bungled the building of boats to replace them. but what does that mean for the islanders who rely on the service? we set off on a journey to find out. first stop, the isle of arran, in the firth of clyde, where getting to the mainland can be a struggle, even in an emergency. so, that was me, having had a mini stroke at the weeken ....
the right decision, it was the wrong decision. a, , ,, ., decision. more pressure on the scottish government decision. more pressure on the scottish government over - decision. more pressure on the i scottish government over ferries decision. more pressure on the - scottish government over ferries as the head of the network said services are deteriorating. to her majesty, tuck in. cheers. and a feast fit for a queen, preparations in full swing for the platinumjubilee. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we ll be in paris. tens of thousands of liverpool fans are in the city ahead of their match against real madrid. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the care regulator has ordered an nhs trust to make significant and immediate improvements to its maternity services to ensure the safety of women and babies. an independent inquiry has already been ordered into the maternity care offered by nottingham university hospitals nhs trust. yesterday, the senior ....
in his leadership following reports into lockdown parties in downing street. pressure on the scottish government over fairies as a fat head of the network says services are deteriorating. a feast fit for a clean, preparations and pulsing for next week and s platinum jubilee celebrations. a feast fit for a queen, preparations and pulsing for next week and s platinum jubilee celebrations. hello, welcome to bbc news. texas is where we began this hour. police say it was the wrong decision to delay entering the classroom in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. salvador ramos who was 18, barricaded himself inside the room, shooting 19 children and two teachers. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as the local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning into anger. here s our north america editor, sarah smith. the police broke windows at the school to get children out after the shooting, carrying som ....
tonight at ten, police in texas admit failures in tackling the teenage gunman who killed 21 people in america s latest mass shooting. unbearable grief for relatives of the victims, after officers waited more than an hour before storming the classroom, where their loved ones died. for the benefit of hindsight, where i m sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. there s no excuse for that. america s biggest gun lobby, the national rifle association, is to go ahead with its annual convention this weekend, in texas. also tonight. major failings in maternity services force the regulator to intervene at an nhs trust in nottinghamshire. hundreds trust in nottinghamshire. of thousands displaced a 1 hundreds of thousands displaced and 1 million children face malnutrition after severe drought in somalia. more pressure on the scottish government over ferries, as the head of the network says services are deteriorating. and the slice of ....
How are you? good, thank you. how are you? christina hasn t been so lucky. first, her localferry on south uist was cancelled for repairs, then the north uist boat crashed into the pier. cancellations, disruptions, timetables being changed and moved. there s no end in sight. how can this get fixed? it s not going to be this year. it s probably not going to be the next ten years. bad weather and more passengers are part of the problem but really, calmacjust needs new ferries, including the two being built in this scottish government shipyard, millions over budget and years later, while the service gets worse. overall reliability, if you take the weather and technical together then, yes, that has deteriorated, despite our best efforts. and despite the promise of calmac when you were bidding for this contract in 2016 that it would improve? that is correct. the average age of the fleet is now 23 years old and over a third of our vessels are actually passed their expected lifetime, so that i ....