Been more than 2200 buildings have been destroyed and others have been been destroyed and others have been damaged at a cost of 6 billion been damaged at a cost of 6 billion. But far more devastating than any material loss is devastating than any material loss is the loss of precious lives, loss is the loss of precious lives, of loss is the loss of precious lives, of mothers, fathers, grandparents, sons and daughters, wives that can never be replaced. Now, we are engaged in the difficult work of searching for survivors, reuniting of searching for survivors, reuniting separated families and identifying the remains of those and identifying the remains of those we and identifying the remains of those we have lost. There are now those we have lost. There are now 470 those we have lost. There are now 470 Search And Rescue workers now 470 Search And Rescue workers and 40 search dogs combing workers and 40 search dogs combing through the hundreds of burned combing through the hundreds of burn
For these soldiers from second battalion, the parachute regiment, anything could be waiting behind this door. I have always wanted to join the army, ever since i can remember. There was nothing else i really wanted to do. Experience in places like iraq and afghanistan has taught the british army that entering a building in a Conflict Zone can be extremely dangerous. I know ive got great faith in my team, because were all highly trained professionals. And basically trusting the man in front of me and behind me to do theirjob at a very high level. Colchester in essex is home to the elite 16 air assault brigade, the british armys Global Response force, specially trained and equipped to deploy by parachute, helicopter and air landing ready to be sent anywhere in the world at a moments notice and able to perform a wide variety of roles, from warfighting. Explosion. To providing humanitarian assistance. As a result, the troops here, like the soldiers of 2 para, are constantly training. Briti
Officials are worried about landslides and major flooding. The last Tropical Storm to hit california was in 1939, over 80 years ago. This map shows the predicted path this storm might take. As of early friday, the centre of the hurricane was located roughly 400 miles, thats 615 kilometers, south of mexicos southern edge. President joe biden spoke about the preparations underway. I also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hilary, which has the potential to bring significant rain and flooding to southern california. Fema has prepositioned personnel and supplies in the region, and they are ready to respond as needed. I urge everyone, everyone in the path of the storm, to take precautions and listen to the guidance of state and local officials. Were tracking multiple wildfires in canada as the country faces what is being called its worst fire season on record. Fires in the kelowna region of British Columbia and 1200 miles or 2000 kilometers north in the countrys North
They didnt think it appropriate to go the police at that stage. Instead, the hospital asked the Royal College of paediatrics and child health to look at what had been going on in the unit. In november, the college called for the hospital to conduct a thorough external, independent review of each unexpected neonatal death. But the deaths werent investigated fully. Was this a cover up . I dont know how youd define a cover up but to us the. The evidence in front of us was quite clear it felt that they were trying to engineer some sort of narrative or way out of this that didnt involve going to the police. And if you want to call that a cover up then, thats a cover up. There were deaths and near deaths, which could not be explained, and were unexpected. And thatjust does not happen on a neonatal unit. But unfortunately, there was a concern about how it would look. So the reputation of the organisation and protecting that reputation was a big factor in how people responded to the concerns r
But its the truth both of your parents were born in italy, werent they . Yes. Was it an italian household culturally growing up . Its a good question. I would say both parents assimilated very concretely and quite deliberately with scottishness and scottish culture, but they also came over very young. My mum was three years old. An italian speaking three year old with an italian mother and scottish father. Um. Came over to scotland and, er. Was sort of banned from speaking italian quite quickly. It was considered to be detrimental to her education and all sorts of things. We know better now. So my mum lost most of her italian, um. And it was a very scottish upbringing from that moment forward. And my dad, he came over when he was kind of ten or ii. Came over without his parents. Had a rough time, you know, adjusting to such a different culture. It was a good, healthy mix. But as far as mealtimes go and food, we were italian all the way. You mentioned you started playing the violin at t