Hiroshimas trees became a symbol of survival. Hello and welcome to witness history. With more remarkable moments from the past as told by the people who were there. Today, we present five of our most memorable recent stories. Coming up, how hiroshimas trees became a symbol of survival. Plus, revealing the truth about a civil war trustee in el salvador. The algerians who fought with france against independence. And the man who invented the revolutionary prosthetic leg. But first, with a remarkable global effort to create coronavirus vaccines, we look back at a previous world changing vaccination breakthrough. In 1955, a group of scientists led by doctorjonas salk announced the discovery of the first polio vaccine that saved millions from death and disability. His son, doctor peter salk, spoke to us about his fathers extraordinary achievement. Back in the 1950s, people were overjoyed at the fact that here isa vaccine that is going to protect us from this terrible, frightening illness. Po
More now on the current covid outbreak here one of the highest infection rates in the country is in surrey, where every Hospital Mortuary is now full and almost 200 bodies are being stored in a temporary morgue. Other local authorities have told the bbc they expect to open similar facilities soon. Our home editor, mark easton and cameraman, james anderson, were given access to the emergency surrey site located at a former military hospital. This is the cold conclusion of a pandemic out of control. An emergency body Storage Facility has been assembled in woodland in surrey. With hospital mortuaries almost overflowing, the countys dead are brought here. 20 more body bags unloaded today. To respect the dignity and sensitivities of the dead and theirfamilies, were not showing the bodies but i can tell you that in this fridge, there are around 50 body bags, among 170 bodies currently stored here. These racks are expected to be full in just a few days. Around half the body bags stored here a
Moments before this image was captured, this man injected a 92 year old with a fake covid vaccine. He claimed to be from the nhs. And then administered a jab in the arm, what has been described as a dart like instrument, charged £160, took the money from the lady and then disappeared. And just to add insult to that injury, then reattended several days later to try to solicit an extra £100. So this has been a horrendous experience for the victim. Its not known what was injected into the pensioner, but a hospital check found her unharmed. This is an absolutely disgusting crime. Its utterly unacceptable, assault, fraud and it will not be tolerated. We will do everything we can to try to track down and catch this person before they carry out this offence on anyone else. Its thought over £22 million has been lost to covid related scams. These images show a makeshift Laboratory Set up in a kitchen in west sussex. Fake covid cures had been made and sold to people in america and france. But
Ouis. Lets take a look at one of our sport stories today. Its fa cup third round weekend when smaller clubs get the chance to line up and potentially upset premier league sides. Earlier today that happened when crawley town beat leeds united 3 0 and injust under an hour, non League Marine get the chance to knockout tottenham hotspur. Richard askam is at Marines Ground and has been talking to former liverpool and marine youth player, jason mcateer. Welcome player, jason mcateer. To the marine arena. It is cold welcome to the marine arena. It is cold and wet but it isnt going to dampen the spirits at all. Such a huge occasion. I am joined byjason mcateer who played for this club and went on to play for liverpool. Thanks forjoining us. Put into context for us, somebody who knows this club well, how big a day versus four marine. It is massive, for the players is a great opportunity to players is a great opportunity to play against some of the greatest players in europe. From that aspect, i
Further north, colder at 4 6c but at least some sunshine. Frost developing early in the night before the weather fronts come back in from the atlantic bringing milder air on wednesday and more cloud and outbreaks of rain eastwards to most of the uk. The rest of the week looks largely dry. Last week these temperatures were around 1 ac, this week will be much milder. This is bbc news, the headlines the nhs is facing the worst crisis in living memory, according to englands chief medical officer. Chris whitty says hospitals could soon be overwhelmed leading to avoidable deaths. It comes as asymptomatic testing in the uk is ramped up and more than half a Million People over the age of 80 are invited to Mass Vaccination Centres with the government pledging vaccines for the rest of the Adult Population before next winter. Rescue teams in indonesia have found the black box flight recorders of the boeing passenger plane that crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff. 62 people were on board. P