the 6.8 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in the atlas mountains, around 45 miles south of the popular tourist destination marrakesh. tremors were also felt in the capital, rabat, some 350 kilometres away. president biden said he s deeply saddened by the events. china s president xi has also sent a message of condolence. charlotte wright has this report. collapsed buildings and rubble strewn streets. the aftermath of a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8, leaving many hundreds dead across morocco. this is one of the country s biggest cities, marrakesh, a popular tourist destination, and 45 miles from the epicentre. as emergency workers pick their way through the debris, there are reports of families still trapped and many more injured. the floors were violently shaking, the walls were shaking, things were falling off shelving. i just didn t even know what to think. i then went into slightly more open space, in my main bedroom, and just collapsed to the floor,
residents were being evacuated, a number of people were being treated for a range of injuries. the fire broke out in the middle of the night. andy moore is our correspondent and he s at the scene. just for the viewers joining us, bring us up to date on exactly what is happening. well, this fire broke out just over four is happening. well, this fire broke outjust over four hours ago according to the london fire service. they said it was burning from the second to the 27th floor of this tower block. you can see it has diminished slightly now because most of the block has burnt out, most of the combustible material has caught alight and burnt out and be fire is steadily diminishing hour. he might be able to see the hoses on the base of the building. the one on the left is from an automated hydraulic platform. 0ver is from an automated hydraulic platform. over one hour ago we saw one person at a windowjust behind that platform we saw that person briefly, and then we hope they w
and extended duration breathing apparatus have been working in extremely challenging and very difficult conditions to rescue people and to bring this major fire under control. the building contains 120 flats. residents have been describing the horrifying scene they woke up to. residents were at the window, help me. help me. you can see the fire going into the last room that they re in and just engulfing their whole apartment. the met police have set up a casualty bureau for concerned friends and family members. the phone number is: 0800 0961233. hello. good morning. this is north kensington in london and behind me about 250 meters away is grenfell tower or in fact what remains of g re nfell tower. tower or in fact what remains of grenfell tower. you can see perhaps in the bottom left of your picture water from the fire service from the emergency services still, still being projected on to the tower. this is what, eight hours after the fire began. certainly eight hours after
regular petrol or diesel car. bbc scotland s lisa summers got behind the wheel in edinburgh. this is biobutanol which we re making here in belgium. it s the world s first ever of this type of fuel produced by whisky residues. you can feel the excitement. it was five years ago that scientists based here had an idea to turn the wastage from whisky into fuel. lisa, ready to make history? thanks, martin. i honestly have no idea how this happened, but they ve asked me to be the first person in the world ever to drive a car powered by whisky residue. let s give it a go. we have movement! a low key start to a journey with huge potential. that s because this biofuel works in any ordinary petrol or diesel engine. it s pretty good. just drives like a normal car. nice and smooth. it s a simple concept and it started here at the lab in napier university. makign whisky, you get the sugar from the barley and ferment that to make the whisky. so the remaining barley, this stuff is called d
the pride parade in london today. the event will mark 50 years since homosexuality was partially decriminalised in england and wales. for the first time in the event s history, a rainbow flag will be projected on to the palace of westminster. just ahead of the weather, it it finished in a drawer, 15 15, which means the test finished in a drawer. shaping up to be a decent weekend. plenty of dry weather to come. less cloud in the north with more sunshine but we do have this weather front approaching the hebrides, orkney and the far north west of scotland. elsewhere, more sunshine than yesterday, north wales as well, so than yesterday, north wales as well, so feeling warmer. it will be bright with strong sunshine and pretty warm as well, though not as hot as yesterday. overnight the weather front makes further progress the central scotland and northern ireland. it will be a day or so before we lose the humidity. it looks set to be worn one across england and wales, of sunshine a