the opening ceremony kicks off in liverpool. some breaking news. authorities in southern india authorities in southern india say at least twenty one people died when a tourist boat capsized in the state of kerala. they said the double decker boat overturned in the middle of a river trapping many people. five of the dead are reportedly children. eyewitnesses said there were nearly fifty people on board. some of those rescued are said to be in a critical condition. several are still missing and the casualty figure could increase. it s not immediately clear what caused the boat to overturn. i m joined now by our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan in london. i know that information is coming fast and fluid and this is a developing story what can you tell us of this point of what is happened? us of this point of what is hauened? ., , ,, , happened? according to eyewitnesses, dozens of tourists happened? according to eyewitnesses, dozens of tourists were happened? accordin
the opening ceremony kicks off in liverpool. we begin in southern india where authorities say at least twenty one people died when a tourist boat capsized in the state of kerala. they said the double decker boat overturned in the middle of a river trapping many people. five of the dead are reportedly children. eyewitnesses said there were nearly fifty people on board. some of those rescued are said to be in a critical condition. several are still missing and the casualty figure could increase. it s not immediately clear what caused the boat to overturn. our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan has been monitoring events from london. according to eyewitness, dozens of tourists are returning to the town in the southern indian state of catalonia, and they were crossing the estuary for the river meets the arabian sea and it is a mangrove area, forest area. and according to the eyewitnesses, the boat, it is a double decker boat and a lot of people were on the ground as well as o
hello, and welcome to morecambe. cheering. ..as thousands of street parties and community events are taking place across the country. over the next 90 minutes, we ll be criss crossing the uk and dropping in on some of those celebrations. many of the parties are being held in celebration of yesterday s coronation of king charles iii and queen camilla. some people are taking the opportunity to spend the day getting to know their neighbours and building community spirit, and others are simply enjoying a get together on the bank holiday weekend. well, i m here in the lancashire seaside town of morecambe, which is hoping to host the longest street party for the coronation in the uk, more than 500 picnic tables cascading along the seafront. and we think around 10,000 people will be taking part. i ll be hearing from many of them throughout the programme. and we ll also be live at parties and events across the uk. we ll be with paddle boarders at bude in cornwall who ll be celebratin