That specially constructed carriages are used to enable passengers to stay upright. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 30 five this mornings reviewers are katy balls, Political Correspondent for the spectator and journalist and broadcaster shyama perera. West Midlands Ambulance service says six people have died in a serious crash on one of birminghams main roads. A seventh was critically injured. Several vehicles are believed to have been involved. Officers have described the scene as very difficult and upsetting. The road, belgrave middleway, is expected to be closed throughout the day between islington row and bristol street. Our reporter ian palmer is here to tell us more. We know the crash happened around ten minutes past one this morning at the entrance to the underpass at the middle way. Underpass at the middle waym underpass at the middle way. In the first car, a man and a woman, the vehicle suffering extensive damage but astonishingly the pair managed to get
Iam here i am here to guide you through five extraordinary moments from history. We will need a South African judge who took part in the truth and can see a show in reconciliation committee. And we will hear from a british scientist about the smog that used to engulf britain. We start with one of the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. During 1968, communists in North Vietnam launched a huge surprise offensive across South Vietnam with the support of local guerillas, the vietcong. This is one of the members of the vietcong which fought american and South Vietnamese forces in the city. They have been forced back to part of the northern side of the river dividing the city. The americans and their allies cannot drive them out without destroying the city. Translation the american bombardment was very heavy. We hid underground. When we came out, it was like standing on the moon. Com plete was like standing on the moon. Complete destruction. That is how fierce it was. Of course, facing deat
The the mix of sun and cloud relative humidity at 78 percent right now and there is a satellite radar picture. Might be a little shower down in sussex county, delaware but were not seeing anything happen here except increasing clouds throughout the day. 87 degrees our high. Seventy our low. We do expect some showers, late probably, more likely after midnight, but, probably after dark. So there is a look at your fox cast for today and weve got some unsettled weather in the seven day forecast ahead right now a look at traffic with bob kelly who is on vacation, so we will start off with this look at the the vine street expressway eastbound the off ramp to i95, weve still got some construction going on there. So that takes out the right lane and that will definitely slow you down as the morgue goes along. We will check in with the burlington bristol bridge, scheduled for that opening up at any moment. Not yet but it will happen, and then on 422 after arm and hammer boulevard we have an acc
In england are not accepting new adult nhs patients. And the unmistakeable voice of football for 50 years, john motson, says hes hanging up his sheepskin coat and microphone in may. I did my first ever commentary for Bbc Television from this very gantry, and in those days nobody had heard of the internet, although i can vouch for the fact i did say once upon a time, its in the net. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Andy murray says hell be back challenging for grand slams in 2018. Hell miss the rest of the season to recovers from a hip problem. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. One of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic has been battering the caribbean islands of antigua, barbuda and anguilla causing major damage. The category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts of up to 225 mph is now heading towards the British Virgin islands, puerto rico and then may hit florida by the end virgin islands, puerto rico and then may hit florida by
And the unmistakeable voice of football for 50 years, john motson, says hes hanging up his sheepskin coat and retiring next year. I did my first ever commentary for bbc tv from this very gantry and in those days, nobody had heard of the internet, although i can vouch i did say at the time its in the net. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. One of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic has been battering the caribbean islands of antigua, barbuda and anguilla causing major damage. The category 5 storm, with sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts of up to 225mph, is now heading towards the British Virgin islands, puerto rico and then may hit florida by the end of the week. Airports have closed on several islands and people have flocked to shops for food, water, and emergency supplies before taking shelter. French ministers says its already caused major damage in french run saint martin and st ba rts. In st martin, government buildings, the most sturdy there, have been de