Emergency Evacuation Order and a there were volunteers here all Night Stuffing Sandbags like this and forming human chains, to bring the bags down now near to the embankment, where a section of the River Bank had subsided and there was a danger according to the mayor of that River Bank collapsing completely at the water rushing through into the town of nysa where we are now. You can see the wall of sandbags and the river behind. They have plugged the gap and in fact the River Water Level has begun to fall back. It seems according to the authorities that the immediate danger has passed. They are prepared if the Water Level rises again. There is talk of another problem with the Embankment A little further up but after a dramatic night lots of helicopters in the skies, lots of sirens and huge numbers of volunteers to bring these sandbags to the spot to try to protect their town. It does seem like this morning The Sun has come out and people are more hopeful, that perhaps the worst has pas
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good morning. it is the start of the meteorological some this thursday. the weather this week is looking settled. at times there will be some cloud. there will also be some sunshine. mostly dry. but also at times a chilly breeze in the far and east of england. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 29th of may. our main story. turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power after winning the country s most important election in years. mr erdogan appealed for national unity as he celebrated victory last night over his opponent kemal kilicdaroglu, who declared the result unfair. our correspondent aruna iyengar has this report. cheering. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god, islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t ev
as he hailed what he called productive talks with his political rivals. this as the clock ticks towards a deadline to avoid missing a payment on the us government s loans. the government is set to hit its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion next week, raising fears it could run out of money to pay its bills without a deal to increase the debt ceiling . joining me now is danni hewson, head of financial analysis at aj bell. do you think investors are happy to take president biden at his word that no matter how difficult these negotiations get, no matter how much they go down to the wire he will somehow ensure there is no default? i think investors are increasingly nervous as we get further down to the wire and we have seen markets lose about 2% this week as that clock counts down. at the moment i think investors do assume that politicians will not want to tank the us economy. there is some kind of agreement will be reached before it reaches a point of defaulting on debt becaus
calling the allegation defamatory. sight loss charity guide dogs says it s had a record number of people volunteering to raise puppies following a bbc story that highlighted a a shortage of dogs. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. officials in greece say at least 36 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash. a cargo train collided with a passenger train near the city of larissa in the thessaly region. conditions for the rescuers are described as very difficult. the army has been mobilised to help and dozens of fire and ambulance staff are at the scene. stephanie prentice reports. it s been described by local authorities as a powerful collision and a terrible scene. while passengers said the crash felt like being in an earthquake. translation: we heard a big bang. it was ten nightmareish seconds. we were turning over in the wagon till we fell on our sides and until the commotion stopped. and there was panic, cables everyw