The government has apologised to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire at the Public Inquiry. The apology came as it admitted a series of failings in overseeing Building Safety in the years leading up to the disaster that claimed 72 lives. Our correspondent tom symonds reports. The aftermath of worst fire in british history. Within a day the government announced a Public Inquiry into this disaster. Now, nearly four and a half years later, there is an apology. The department is deeply sorry for its past failures in relation to the oversight of the system that regulated safety in the construction and refurbishment of high rise buildings. It apologises to the bereaved residents and survivors of the fire for such failures. But those who escaped the fire described this statement as deeply offensive. I believe there were a series of 999 calls, effectively, to the government, that they chose not to act on. There were repeated fires. You know, knowsley heights, Garnock Court and, in 2009, lak
A british teenager who was attacked by a crocodile while on holiday in zambia is recovering in hospital in london. The 18 year old said she was very, very lucky to be alive. She was White Water Rafting with friends on the Zambezi River near the Victoria Falls when the crocodile bit her leg and tried to drag under the water. Our correspondent has the details. Its not many people who can say theyve escaped from a crocodile attack. But Amelie Osborn Smith has done that on a trip to zambia. She says her foot was in the croc s mouth. When the accident happened, i fully accepted the fact that i was going to lose my foot. 0k. I accepted that and i said to my friends, its fine, ive lost my foot. Im still alive. Crocodiles on the zambezi can grow to 18 feet long. Amelie had been rafting with friends when she somehow ended up in the water. A number of people jumped in to save her. People say that you see, like, your life flash before your eyes, but you dont. You just think, how do i get out of t
And the cars of the two leaders touched as they jostled for position. Ah, i mean, i dont know, ive been racing here a long time but that was definitely. That was incredibly tough. I tried to be as sensible and as tough as i could be out there but also sensible. With all my race experience over the years, just keeping the car on track and staying clean, it was difficult, but we persevered, as a team, weve had all sorts of things thrown at us. I didnt quite understand why All Of A Sudden he hit the brakes quite heavily, and then i ran into the back of him. And then he moved on so i didnt understand exactly what was going on. I got a message afterwards that he was going to let us pass so it was a bit confusing. With just under three weeks to go until christmas, towns and cities around the world are beginning to put together nativity scenes. Normally you might expect a few hand carved models but on the Spanish Island of gran canaria, theyve opted to make sculptures out of sand, depicting t
was in a technical recession in the second half of 2023. let s speak to carsten brzeski, global head of macro for ing research. let me put back to you. what we learn from these figures about the health of the eurozone? we learn from these figures about the health of the eurozone? health of the eurozone? we learn that the euro health of the eurozone? we learn that the euro zone health of the eurozone? we learn that the euro zone economy - health of the eurozone? we learn that the euro zone economy is . that the euro zone economy is growing. on the back of the mild winter weather, we have had a bounce backin winter weather, we have had a bounce back in construction activity. we also saw that other things i do in better than expected. it is good for the euro is good for the eurozone economy. in the fourth quarter of last year growth was revised down. it does not mean that we are completely out of the woods yet. we are going to see growth this year, but it will be a poor gro