Later today into the death of Ella Adoo Kissi debrah, who was 9 when she suffered a fatal asthma attack in 2013. The coroner will consider new evidence about dangerously high levels of air pollution, mainly from traffic to which ella was exposed. Her mother hopes that it will make legal history by registering air pollution as the cause of death. Shes been speaking exclusively to our environment correspondent, claire marshall. My name is Rosamund Adoo kissi debrah. I am ella robertas mum. Ella was incredibly active. I sometimes worry that we always talk about her being ill all the time. She wasnt always like that. Ella and her family lived in lewisham, just 25 metres from londons south circular. The little girl was breathing air so polluted it broke legal limits. She endured three years of seizures and time in intensive care. Ella coughs. This cough an early sign of the damage being done to her lungs. She was ventilated four times. She suffered greatly. Thats something i cant erase from
That was an accident which had fertility written all over it. As i watched the images over and over againi watched the images over and over again i am still shocked. And the man behind the mask of darth vader weightlifter turned actor dave prowse has died at the age of 85. Good evening. The foreign secretary dominic raab says the government is listening to conservative mps unhappy with planned new covid restrictions in england but that a third spike in cases is possible unless they are approved. The system would replace the lockdown when it ends this week and would place most of england in the two highest levels. A vote is due in the house of commons on tuesday. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. It has been difficult finding cheer in this festive season. In Greater Manchester they have been living under some restriction since the summer and whats more cutting is being placed in tier 3, the highest form of restrictions from next week. If you look at the figures, they seem
Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, says the government is listening to conservative mps unhappy with planned new covid restrictions in england, but that a third spike in cases is possible unless they are approved. The system would replace the lockdown when it ends this week and would place most of england in the two highest levels. A vote is due in the house of commons on tuesday. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Its been difficult finding cheer in this festive season. In Greater Manchester, theyve been living under some form of restrictions since the summer. Whats even more cutting is theyre being placed in tier 3, the highest form of restrictions, from next week. If you look at some of the figures and things like that, if you study it, they seem to have cracked down a bit harder on Greater Manchester in my opinion. Just speaking amongst the people, they seem to be kind of fed up. But some are putting a brave face on it. Theyre
And erupt into flames. Former f1 driverjohn watson said Romain Grosjean had a lucky escape. That was an accident that had, sadly, fatality written all over it. It was appalling to watch. The images, ive watched them again and again and again. Im still shocked by what i watched. And the man behind the mask of darth vader weightlifter turned actor dave prowse has died at the age of 85. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary dominic raab says the government is listening to conservative mps unhappy with planned new covid restrictions in england but that a third spike in cases is possible unless they are approved. The system would replace the lockdown when it ends this week and would place most of england in the two highest levels. A vote is due in the house of commons on tuesday. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Its been difficult finding cheer in this festive season. In Greater Manchester they have been living under some restriction since the summer, a
And a miraculous escape at the bahrain grand prix as the french formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean escapes a huge crash. A deadly attack on farmers in nigeria on saturday was the most violent assault on civilians there this year, according to the United Nations humanitarian coordinator. Islamist militants are suspected of being behind the attack. Many of the victims, possibly more than 100, were tending to crops when it happened. Some are said to have been tied up before being knifed to death. The attack was the city of maiduguri in the North Eastern state of borno. Two separate groups, boko haram and islamic state, are active in the area. The governor of borno state is now asking for more young people to be recruited as vigilantes to help fight the insurgency there. Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the area in recent years. Eyewitnesses have been describing what they saw after the latest attacks. Translation there were six of us in the bush yesterday. We headed back into