heathrow saw the highest number of cancellations, followed by gatwick and manchester. there were also reports of thousands of passengers stranded in airports overseas. tenerife airport set up camp beds to assist stranded passengers. in the last hour, the air traffic control service nats says their systems are operating as normal after the technical fault was fixed and they re working to clear the backlog of flights. they added that an investigation has started to understand the root cause of what happened. this report from our transport correspondent, katy austin. the august bank holiday descended into flight chaos, with hundreds cancelled yesterday and more today. we are still at rome airport trying to get home, we have been here since 11.30 yesterday morning. it s now been more than 2a hours. we boarded ourflight last night and then were told to get off the flight because the aircrew have been flying for too long. our flight has been scheduled for this afternoon but there a
the deputy prime minister is expected to make a house of commons shortly. we will bring that when it happens but first sport. there are european football qualifiers this evening. more on those in a moment. but first the hosts for next year s euros germany are going through some managerial strife. hansi flick was sacked after germany lost 4 1 at home to japan in a friendly they qualify automatically next year as hosts. but the pressure s on to find a new manager to lead the side, at their home tournament in nine months time. germany have only had two managers in the last 17 years, and their fa is stepping up the search, with several big names in the frame. they will approach the former bayern coach who is out of a job and someone who has not had a full time coaching position in 15 years but was a sporting director of the fa. whether they are interested we do not know, coaching a team at the euros and leaving again because he wants to pursue a career at club level. that
are we bring you news and interviews on bbc news. we begin with the latest from morocco. teams in morocco are battling to reach people still trapped in rubble following friday s earthquake. nearly two and a half thousand people are known to have died. four nations britain, spain, qatar and the uae are now sending aid. the epicentre was to the south of marrakesh, along the high atlas mountain range. the struggle to get through roads blocked by boulders has led some villagers to keep digging by hand. 0ur middle east correspondent is in the atlas mountains and sent this report. don t lights up the destruction in this village. morocco s most remote hill site has become encampments for survivors. this lady has lost contact with her son who fled the village to get help. she was already grieving, her husband had been sick and died before the earthquake came. translation: we and died before the earthquake came. translation: translation: we are staying in the street, i translatio
as a 21 year old man is charged with escaping from wandsworth prison in london last week, an inmate has been stabbed there. the man is in a critical condition and was taken to a major trauma centre after the london air ambulance flew to the prison to help. in london, the hugely popular elizabeth line underground service has proved to be missing the mark when it comes to reliability. figures show that nearly one in 10 trains were cancelled from around mid july to mid august giving it the worst rail figures in the country. transport for london apologised for what it said were a number of recent issues . in the past six days alone, there have been problems due to a signalfailure, overhead line problems, a faulty train. the trades union congress is under way in liverpool. the tuc announced that its reporting the uk government to the united nations watchdog on workers rights over its new strikes law. the government says the bill will help maintain a basic function and minimu
hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. rescue teams in morocco are battling to reach people still trapped underneath rubble following the earthquake which struck the country on friday night. nearly two and a half thousand people are now known to have died, but many remote areas remain hard to reach and cut off to rescuers. four countries the uk, spain, qatar and the uae are now sending aid. the epicentre was to the south of marrakesh, along the high atlas mountain range. the struggle to get through roads blocked by boulders has led some villagers to dig by hand. tom bateman reports. dawn lights up the destruction in this village. morocco s most remote hillside have become encampments for the survivors. this lady has lost contact with her son who fled the village to get help. she was already grieving, her husband had been sick and died before the earthquake came. translation: we are staying in the street, i f