Correspondent frank gardner. Homs is roughly halfway up the country, it is under government control, it is a fairly major city. This is a Military Academy near the centre of town were Officer Cadets were graduating. Theirfamilies had come to watch them. It was supposed to be a proud moment. The Syrian Defence minister was attending the ceremony, but when it entered he left ten minutes later this multiple drone attack came out of nowhere. It was clearly at carefully planned and precisely targeted attack which is making a lot of people rather curious as to how this could have happened because there is no precedent for this amongstjihadist precedent for this amongst jihadist groups, well, precedent for this amongstjihadist groups, well, a small precedent, in 2017, but it has been a very long time since anyone done anything like this. These are multiple drones, believed to be iranian made. The iranians are the allies of the Syrian Government regime. Nevertheless, the Syrian Government has
Won the rutherglen and Hamilton West by election, in whats being seen as a key test of the partys ability to regain seats in scotland. Its candidate Michael Shanks secured just under 18,000 votes, more than double the total for katy loudon of the snp, who came second. The poll was triggered by the removal of the former snp mp Margaret Ferrier after she broke covid lockdown rules. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon was at the count. Michael shanks, Scottish Labour Party, 17,000. Cheering. This was a stunning victory, widely forecast but not with a swing as big as this. It forecast but not with a swing as big as this. ,. ,. ,. , as this. It is time for change. That chan. E as this. It is time for change. That Change Cannot as this. It is time for change. That Change Cannot come as this. It is time for change. That Change Cannot come fast as this. It is time for change. That Change Cannot come fast enough. | as this. It is time for change. That Change Cannot come fast enough. But one
Over 100 empty homes forjust £1. Houses like these. I will look at whether this is one way we can solve the housing shortage and i will take you inside some of the houses. And in sport from the farm to the curling sheet. Great britains men beat switzerland in their opening match. Tea m team gb won silver four years ago, but this is a new team, all of them farmers. Theres black and then theres one of the blackest substances known to man. What can vantablack be used for . Well tell you later. And we have the dark lord himself on the weather forecast. We can bring a bit of colour to your forecast. Lots of frost and sunshine to begin with, but rain and hill snow on the way. All the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story a committee of mps has said there is a pervasive lack of trust among disabled people in how their welfare claims are assessed. The commons work and Pensions Committee said reports by private contractors were riddled with errors and quality targets had b
Local lockdowns are being introduced in three more areas of wales this weekend, the capital cardiff, swansea and clanethly. Itll mean close to half the welsh population, around 1. 5 Million People will now be under much tighter restrictions. 0ur correspondent, Hywel Griffith reports now, from cardiff. Weve got to come to a decision by sunday. The logistics of lockdown can be painful. Leigh and her grandson, corey, cant decide how theyll cope. It all depends on how long this covid lockdown lasts. They live separately, and so from sunday evening cant be under the same roof or leave cardiff. Other relatives live in places already under lockdown, so theyll all be cut off. Its a travesty, isnt it . Ill be honest with you, i think its going to have a lot of psychological effects. I think its going to bring in a lot of loneliness, and i really am not looking forward to the second wave. I think its going to be twice as bad as the first wave. They endured the first time, but knowing that corona