the group had been on their way to kelso races. our correspondent david cowan sent this report. some of the men who survived this said today they felt lucky to be alive. 23 of them were on board the private minibus, heading from midlothian to the kelso races. tyre marks showed where it swerved off the road. a group of men who had been on the minibus gathered today at a bowling club back in newtongrange. some of them clearly still in a state of shock. none of them would be interviewed, but they wanted to thank two groups of people the members of the public who stopped here and offered first aid, blankets and cups of tea, and the emergency services who dealt with the aftermath and ferried them en masse to hospital. aged between 2a and 75, many of the group were regulars at this community run pub in the close knit former mining village of newtongrange. i know my neighbour, across the road from me, he got out hospital last night, he was concussed. i know his father in law. he w
that they should be seeded has not been granted. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. theresa may is here in brussels this lunchtime for a crucial summit of eu leaders, after surviving yesterday s confidence vote of conservative mps. the prime minister has come here looking for concessions that will help sell her brexit deal. in particular, she wants a promise that the plan to prevent checks at the irish border known as the backstop will only be temporary. it s a key issue for her tory critics who forced last night s ballot. the eu leaders gathering here right now have made it clear they won t renegotiate the deal itself, but the bbc has seen the draft conclusions of this summit which suggest they will try to offer new assurances about the backstop, as our correspondent adam fleming reports. safe in herjob, for now, theresa may has sped to brussels to secure tweaks to the brexit deal. first stop, a meeting with the irish prime minister. the focus is on the b
hospital beds in england were almost full last week, with the usual winter pressures, still to come. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may is here in brussels for a crucial summit of eu leaders after surviving yesterday s confidence vote of conservative mps. the prime minister has come here looking for concessions that will help sell her brexit deal in particular, she wants a promise that the plan to prevent checks at the irish border, known as the backstop, will only be temporary. it s a key issue for her tory critics who forced last night s ballot. the eu leaders gathering here right now have made it clear they won t renegotiate the deal itself, but the bbc has seen the draft conclusions of this summit which suggest they will try to offer new assurances about the backstop as our correspondent adam fleming reports. safe in herjob, for now, theresa may has sped to brussels to secure tweaks to the brexit deal. first stop, a meeting with the irish prime minister
it s 5 o clock. our main story is the prime minister s visit to brussels, to try to win extra assurances, to save her brexit deal. but at the meeting of eu leaders, president macron of france told reporters that the withdrawal agreement can not be renegotiated. the main sticking point is the arrangement for the irish border, if a trade deal is not eventually agreed, a guarantee known as the backstop. there are fears that the uk could be permanently bound to eu rules, under the current plans. let s cross to brussels and join my colleague ben brown. so theresa may is meeting the eu leaders at the moment here in brussels. the first working session of the government she will meet with them for dinner later. at the end of that dinnerand for dinner later. at the end of that dinner and the other 27 metres will together, discuss brexit, in a room which doesn t include the british prime minister. they will be talking about the future of their relationship with the united kingdom, with
byay it is surrounded chemical manufacturing companies. up next, find out why so many residents have left, and what one company is doing to preserve its history. this area here at one time or at least 50 or 60 homes better. everywhere you see driveways was homes. the once thriving african american community of mossville is disappearing as big industry moves in and long-term industries move out. a third-generation resident takes us on a tour of his old neighborhood and shares efforts to preserve memories of mossville. our family was a close-knit family. my grandmother lived across the street my brother lived here. she had a sister who lived next door. my older sister lived around the corner. my next oldest sister lived in the back. this family was here. when i was small, you could come over here and go to the back door, and if no one was home and our needed a cup of sugar, tiny sunflower, quick, go there, walk in the kitchen, get what you had an go back home. andwere taught