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let s turn to south africa were rescue workers have been trying to save people trapped under the rubble of a building. save people trapped under the rubble ofa building. nearly save people trapped under the rubble of a building. nearly a0 of the 75 workers who are on site remain unaccounted for. the structure collapsed in the south african city of georgia on monday. the authorities in the western cape sees seven people are confirmed to have died. the cause of the collapse which happened while the building was under construction is being investigated. the rescue effort includes two people with sniffer dogsin includes two people with sniffer dogs in heavy lifting equipment. the president is called for an investigation into the collapse and assumptions condolences and we can show you the live shot the scene in george where those rescue efforts are continuing in the hope still that people can be found alive under the rubble. we can hearfrom the west cape of south africa. yo ....
out there for some. it s wednesday, the 8th of may. our main story. the parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. in an open letter, they say they re disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force tech companies to make their platforms safer. our correspondent angus crawford reports. i want to know what they ve got to say, and i want them to meet people with lived experience. it s really important to try and understand what ofcom are doing because from the outside they seem to be doing so little, which is ridiculous and frustrating. brianna and molly, their short lives spurring their parents on to try and make the online world a safer place for all children. we showed them posts and pictures, easy to find on social media of self harm, suicide and eating disorders. had you, um. ....
in dealing with the pressure, goal scoring and movements and assisting and dealing with the pressure, he brought everything to the table that we could possibly hope for. britain s geraint thomas remains second overall after stage five of the giro di italia. it ended in a sprint finish in luca in tuscany with frenchman benjamin tomma claiming the first grand tour stage win of his career. it was also the first victory of the year for his cofidis team. thomas finished in the main group alongside overall leader taday pog archer and remains 46 seconds behind the slovenian. rafa nadal insists he s excited to be playing in a tournament that he s won 10 times before, even if he s going into the italian open ranked 305 in the world, he s playing zizou bergs in the first round in rome later in another stop of what s expected to be his final year on tour before retiring. my my feelings are better, in terms of tennis, why not? i am here to try my best and tomorrow it is going to st ....
hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, the mp natalie elphicke has become the latest conservative to defect to the labour party. natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. our chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins me from the houses of parliament henry, was this a surprise? it was a shock. if you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, natalie elphicke would have been nowhere near that list. and i think that was reflected in the faces of conservative mps at prime minister s questions, as keir starmer announced at the start of his question that he wanted to welcome her to the labour side. mps had not noticed her there, and they were expressing to bewilderment to each other. natalie elphicke s announcement will hurt rishi sunak, because she goes for him on an issue that is central to his attempt to recover his political position. she accuses him of fail ....
noon, and a few minutes after that, the party national secretary confirmed that there was only one nominee who had reached the threshold of 100 backers across 20 local branches of the party, and that was john swinney. 0f local branches of the party, and that wasjohn swinney. of course, that wasjohn swinney. of course, that followed the decision last week of our potential rival, kate forbes, to declare that she was not going to contest this leadership challenge with mr swinney. now it isjohn swinney who will be taking over. he has led the party before, from 2000-2004. he has led the party before, from 2000 2004. he resigned after poor election results, but since then, he is a different man, a lot more experienced, 16 years in the cabinet. he says he will govern from the moderate centre left. we expect him to set out more details here at glasgow university in a speech this afternoon of how he might do that. of course, he does need to be elected as first minister. he is no ....