There is now a Large Multi Agency rescue and recovery operation in place. Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott says he is in contact with local authorities. He described the incident as an unthinkable tragedy. There are no reports of injuries to the ships crew. It was on its way to colombo in sri lanka. The white house says federal agencies are on hand to offer support if its needed. This is where it happened. Baltimore is in the eastern state of maryland, and the Francis Scott key bridge crosses the Patapsco River. The bridge is a key Transport Route in the city and traffic is being diverted throughout baltimore. Here is Baltimore City fire chief, james wallace. So, at approximately 0140 hours this morning our 911 centre dispatched a call to the Baltimore City Fire Department for report of a water rescue in the Patapsco River in the area of the key bridge. As units were responding and they began to receive numerous calls indicating multiple people in at the water. At some point during that c
from a night out in nottingham have been named as barnaby webber and grace kumar. they were both 19. a man in his 50s was also stabbed to death and his van was then driven into another group of people, leaving one critically injured. a 31 year old man is being held on suspicion of murder. our reporterjo black is in nottingham. two teenagers killed with no real understanding as to why. barnaby webber and grace kumar were both students at nottingham university. they died in the attack along with a third man in his 50s. the city mourns together, unable to comprehend what s happened. i ve lived here all my life and i ve got a connection with the city and ijust. i kind of want to be, i don t know, here with other people my age. vigils have been held overnight for those killed. right now, our hearts, thoughts, prayers go out to those especially who have lost loved ones. in a statement, nottingham university said it was shocked and devastated and that its thoughts were with those af
a coroner rules that 14 year old nasar ahmed died as a result of an allergic reaction to his school lunch his mother says he could have been saved. police figures show that more than 2,500 weapons were seized in schools in england and wales over the past two years, including swords, axes and air guns. chelsea will be crowned premier league champions if they beat west brom at the hawthorns this evening. it s 5:00pm. our top story: the national health service says it is responding to a major cyber attack which has affected hospitals and doctors surgeries across england. 16 nhs organisations have been hit. it has problems with phone networks and has led to a number of organisations having to divert emergency patients. among those affected are barts trust in london, the lister hospital in stevenage, nhs sites in blackburn, blackpool, and nottingham, and cumberland infirmary in carlisle. this is the message that appears on the screen when an nhs member of staff tries to use thei
under the paris climate agreement. president trump will make an announcement in the next few hours, but he s facing mounting pressure from the eu and china, to help the world cut greenhouse gases. the boss of british airways parent company, has defended the airline s handling of the recent computer failure, that left passengers stranded around the world. i think the team at british airways has done everything possible to get ba back flying a full schedule as quickly as possible and tickets for the manchester bombing tribute concert, sell out in just 20 minutes. it s five o clock, our top story is that the brexit debate has moved back to the heart of the election campaign, with both labour and the conservatives insisting they offer the best approach to the upcoming negotiations. in a campaign speech in north yorkshire, theresa may said britain could look forward to a brighter future outside the eu. she insisted she had a clear plan for the future unlike labour. jeremy corbyn
for the rest of the season, as a result of the knee injury he suffered during his club s premiership defeat by saracens at the weekend. tuilagi s latest setback comes after eddie jones confirmed that he would have been part of his international plans. it was frustrating for him. he s a good kid. he really wants to play well for leicester and for england, and he was just coming back into some form. you could see he s getting his power back a bit, so it is enormously frustrating to him. for us, he s a player we would love to have in the camp, but if he is not there, we just get on with it. paralympic champion kadeena cox has defended her decision to take part in the channel a programme thejump, describing her life as a ticking time bomb . uk sport today suspended her funding while she takes part in the show in which participants learn to ski jump and both cycling and athletics medical teams have advised her against it. on social media this evening, cox said her diagnosis o