up the mangled wreckage to try to find survivors. some who escaped watched on in shock. |translation: ten, 15 people fell| on me when the accident happened and everything was haywire. i hurt my hand. and also the back of my neck. sirens. more than 200 ambulances attended the scene and more than 100 additional doctors were mobilised. they worked through the night to try to rescue those trapped inside the carriages and get them to nearby hospitals. it s not immediately clear what led to the derailment of the first train and why the second didn t manage to stop in time. india has one of the largest and busiest train networks in the world, but accidents are common despite successive governments investing hundreds of millions of pounds to improve infrastructure. indian prime minister narendra modi said he was distressed by the incident and his thoughts were with the bereaved families, tweeting, rescue ops are underway at the site of the mishap and all possible assistance is bein
news, the headlines. anger at the treatment of fans at the champions league final in paris. the match is delayed andsome supporters claim they were tear gassed and prevented from entering the ground. real madrid win the match, after a 1 0 victory over liverpool. the spanish football side take the title for a record fourteenth time. heavy fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to capture the city of severodonetsk. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following the texas elementary school shooting as the parents prepare to bury their children. legendaryjockey lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. now on bbc news it s time for click. this week, we will catch up with an olympic superstar hoping to help women exercise smarter. i m trying to run for a gold medal here, b
few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 1948 at the age ofjust 12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the youngest jockey to win the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, piggott remained a shy, softly spoken man. how hard do you have to work, in fact? well, it s pretty hard work. you know, all day long, i and at night sometimes. at five foot eight, he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname the long fellow. but his much imitated style in the saddle earned him the championjockey s title some 11 times. the success, though, was followed by scandal. good evening. the headlines at six o clock. lester piggott has been sent to jail for three years. - in 1987 piggott was jailed for tax evasion and stripped of hi
which disappeared from a dry clea ners which disappeared from a dry cleaners after it had gone bust, has gone that back been found. the dress has been won by her grandmother in 1870. so much happening in the sport. high time to cross to the bbc sport centre for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with karthi gnanasegaram and hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: wales against england is heading for a cracking conclusion in the six nations. two goals in two minutes for liverpool could derail totttenham s title hopes. and great britain beat croatia to force their way in to the fed cup group two play offs. it is a very busy day. we will get to the premier league in a moment but we really do have to start with a cracking game in the six nations between wales and england. england are the defending grand slam champions and are on a record unbeaten run. but as the game enters its final stages, it s tight at the principality stadium, as tim hague reports. wales at home to en