good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after weeks of intense earthquake activity in the south west of iceland, this volcano finally erupted late last night. the length of the crack you can see here is more than two miles long. the eruption is close to the fishing town of grindavik, which was evacuated last month, though so far the lava seems to be flowing away from it. for now, the eruption is not expected to halt international air travel as it did in 2010. our correspondent nick beake joins us from near the town of vogar at the edge of the exclusion zone now. sophie, it s absolutely freezing here, but you can see that the volcano tonight is illuminated, and all through the day, we got a glimpse of the power of this force of nature. as you say, there is no immediate risk to life. that is certainly what the authorities are saying here today, and the direction of the lava seems to be moving away from the built up areas, but certainly they are not taking anything for
Decision in the last couple of days. Mr grove has been a close ally of course of the Prime Minister rishi sunak and he served under a number of Prime Ministers, theresa mae and borisjohnson, alongside mrjohnson boris johnson, alongside mrjohnson he borisjohnson, alongside mrjohnson he was one of the leaders of the campaign to leave the eu. His decision of course comes as more than 70 conservative mps have announced that they are leaving rather than fight the election in july. Now, this is our understanding, laura ginsbergs understanding, laura ginsbergs understanding that michael gove will not stand as an mp. Laura goons. This newsjust breaking come not stand as an mp. Laura goons. This news just breaking come of that michael gove the long serving can Cabinet Minister is not going to stand as an mp at the upcoming General Election injuly. He was elected in 2005 and of course well known as a minister for a number of different things. Hes the levelling up different things. Hes the levell
A man died this morning after being attacked by two dogs in staffordshire yesterday. The uk doesnt currently recognise The American Bully Xl as a breed, so the breed needs to be defined before any legislation can be introduced. Its not been confirmed what type of dogs were involved in yesterdays attack. A man was arrested on suspicion of having dogs out of control, and then further arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Leigh milner has the story. This is the scene where a man was attacked by two dogs yesterday afternoon just outside a property on main street in stonnall near walsall. Members of the public try to help him. Many have been left shocked by what happened. figs to help him. Many have been left shocked by what happened. 5 a shocked by what happened. As a villaaer shocked by what happened. As a villager and shocked by what happened. As a villager and a shocked by what happened. As a villager and a little shocked by what happened. Is villager and a little place like this we d
well, we are watching live pictures outside manchester cathedral, for the funeral of sir bobby charlton. we can now hear from the funeral of sir bobby charlton. we can now hearfrom our correspondent, ollie foster, who is there right now. a very sombre moment there is the funeral cortege, the coffin of sir bobby charlton, enters manchester cathedral for a bobby charlton, enters manchester cathedralfor a private bobby charlton, enters manchester cathedral for a private ceremony. bobby charlton, enters manchester cathedralfor a private ceremony. he passed away on october 21, one of the most celebrated and one of the most prolific goal scorers for manchester united and, of course, for england, sir bobby charlton, who scored 249 times for manchester united over the course of a 758 game career for them. united over the course of a 758 game careerforthem. more united over the course of a 758 game careerfor them. more than united over the course of a 758 game career for them. more
the bottom of how big an impact this is having on the market, what impact it might have on household bills as well and whether for example smaller suppliers might be able to absorb these soaring costs of wholesale gas. but as you say there is this knock on effect we are starting to see now affecting large parts of the economy, the closure of those two fertiliser plants is really quite major because they produce an awful lot of carbon dioxide used across the food and drink sector in terms of preserving food and packaging, but also on the meat production side of things as well carbon dioxide is used as a stunner before animals are slaughtered, so yes, an awful lot to take into account and i think this is a cross government effort now as well, the department for the environment, food and rural affairs and rural affairs also, environment, food and rural affairs and ruralaffairs also, it environment, food and rural affairs and rural affairs also, it says, monitoring the situation. it seems