ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing as some people are still thought to be missing, eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation but are describing what happened as a tragic accident . the explosion happened at an applegreen service station in the village of creeslough. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation, a sad sign that the emergency services don t expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was left of the petrol station to see who amongst their friends and relatives may have been caught up in the incident. there were several flats above the garage shop which largely collapse
hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the perfect start england get their rugby union world cup campaign going in record breaking style against fiji. hardened on target again for manchester city, who cook top tonight in the premier league. could this be the perfect weekend for max verstappen? he s claimed pole for the japanese grand prix, where he could retain his world title. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. as far as opening games to a world cup campaign go, they really don t come much better than england s. earlier today, they blew away fiji, scoring 1a tries in a record breaking victory in new zealand. they won 84 19, extending their record winning streak in test matches. jo currie reports. the year long covid delay means these players have had a long wait for this moment. england s red roses are expected to bloom at this world cup. fitting, then, that they get their campaign under way in eden. for emerging fiji, a first ever appearance at the to
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a massive explosion has severely damaged the strategically important road and rail bridge connecting occupied crimea to russia. the un nuclear watchdog calls for the urgent protection of the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine after shelling cuts its external power. ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland police say it appears to have been a tragic accident . protests continue in iran and around the world as three people are killed in the country. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. , hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the perfect start england get their rugby union world cup campaign going in record breaking style against fiji. haaland on target again for manchester city, who go top tonight in the premier league. could this be the perfect weekend for max verstappen? he s claimed pole for the japanese grand prix, where he could retain his wo
32 it should be 5 0, 6 0. And with 3 1, 3 2 ina it should be 5 0, 6 0. And with 3 1, 3 2 in a couple of minutes. That is football. When you miss chances, sometimes these situations can happen. And we missed too many chances to kill the game. Leicester city rekindled some of that 2016 magic, to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 at the king power stadium. Jamie vardy opened the scoring for the foxes with a delightful chipped finish, before riyad mahrez made it 2 0 at the break. Harry kane scored his 16th goal of the season to bring spurs back into it, but leicester holding on for the win, which takes them up to ninth. Spurs, meanwhile, withjust the one win in five in the league. Things are going good. The manager says we are still a work in progress, which we all agree with. And wejust progress, which we all agree with. And we just have to make sure that we work hard for him, and take what he says on the Training Field and ta ke he says on the Training Field and take it into the games. We will