Joined the search operation. Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. This is an absolute tragedy today in the channel, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected. What we now really need to see is the french stopping these unseaworthy and overcrowded vessels getting into the channel in the first place, and a joint channel security zone. Charities supporting refugees say they have heard calls for ch
kinross, but another good scattering of showers, some heavy and thundery. very similar tomorrow otherwise, showers fewer and farther between, less sharp in nature, windy, but not as blustery as today. this is the satellite picture, low pressure very much dominant, pushing further eastwards as we head through the rest of the weekend, and looking towards the south west on sunday night where more rain is approaching those a lot of the showers will tend to fade away. some clear spells around, shahriar pics of in, are plenty of cloud around northern ireland, approaching western skilled at the end of the night. temperatures down to 1a and 16 celsius. plenty of cloud around for many areas. should break up and we ll see some brightness in spells of showers develop dodge showers. largely dry across parts of east anglia where it will tend to be brightest, and highest hero of 23