45 people, including three children, had been on the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax last thursday. Four survivors originally from the ivory coast and guinea gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. The three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. These pictures show Rescue Workers helping migrants in trouble around the lampedusa coast at the weekend, one of several rescues in recent days. 0ur rome correspondent, sofia bettiza, has been following the story. This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Only four people survived, the three men and a woman from guinea and the ivory coast. They said they were on board a ship with 45 people in total, including three children. They described it as a very small metal boat about seven metres long. They said that after a few hours at sea, the boat capsized and sank, apparently because of a big wave. It threw everybody into the water and they said that only 15 people were weari
my innovation journey starts inland, south of morocco s major cities and mighty atlas mountains, just north of the sahara desert, near the quiet outpost of ouarzazate. this part of saharan morocco is known as the door of the desert. the landscape out here, it s almost like it s from another world. feels like we could be on mars. these plains receive three times the sun as parts of northern europe. ..and are home to a world leading project of staggering scale. this is noor, a solar power station, putting morocco at the forefront of pioneering renewable technology. i m used to feeling small, but this makes me feel even smaller. hello, abed, salam. hello, my friend, salam. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. this is incredible! and lots of sun. lots of sun, yeah. which is what we want for something like this. yeah. this is not an ordinary solarfield. panels with over 7,000 mirrors follow the sun. and i can hear lots of sounds at the moment. it s quite eerie. is that the pan
Ive been to meet the boss of one of them to see whats going on. Good morning. In sport, swansea city sack bob bradley afterjust 11 games in charge. The swans are second bottom of the Premier League. Milder winters and wetter summers have caused a drop in numbers of butterflies and bees according to an audit of our wildlife by the National Trust. And carol has the weather. Good morning. It is a cold and frosty start to the day. There is patchy fog around, some of which will be slow to clear, if at all. We have some sunshine in the forecast and some rain coming in across the north west. I will have more details on all of that in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. We will see you then. Good morning. First, our main story. Middle aged people are putting themselves at risk of Serious Health problems unless they take action to change their lifestyles, according to Health Officials. Public Health England says 80 of 40 to 60 year olds are overweight, drinking too much and not getting enough exercis
By the new ira, a dissident republican paramilitary organisation which is opposed to the peace process. the police have said the data breach was the result of human error, but there are questions, concerns and fears about the potential consequences. live now to tracy godfrey trade union official for the northern ireland public service alliance, also known as nipsa. you have over 40,000 members across the public services and voluntary sector. your members must be worried. i sector. your members must be worried. , , ., . worried. i represent all the police staff members worried. i represent all the police staff members in worried. i represent all the police staff members in the worried. i represent all the police staff members in the psni. - worried. i represent all the police staff members in the psni. they| worried. i represent all the police i staff members in the psni. they are extremely worried and concerned. i would like to correct that remark, we don t do deskjobs, we are
It s really great to have seen these go from out there in the field to here on the table and with the help of technology as well. they taste amazing! technology is giving these farmers a fighting chance to survive and helping cut down the amount of harmful fertilisers used in the fields. climate change affects us all and it s clear that solar and irrigation technology made here could have huge impacts across the world. my deep dive into moroccan tech has already revealed projects worthy of the world s attention. but as more people choose to swap deskjobs for digital ones, cities like marrakech are also attracting remote workers, known as digital nomads. hey! lovely to meet you. how are you doing? yeah, good, thank you. shall we go and have a seat? julie is a digital nomad from belgium who runs