affecting in the city of mocoa in the sounth of the country. sangita myska reports. urged on by soldiers, people living in the city of mocoa run for their lives. there is no time to collect possessions, because this is what s coming. deadly mudslides have engulfed parts of southern colombia, submerging homes, businesses and people. over 150 are dead, and hundreds more are injured. as rescuers continue the search for survivors, the president today declared a state of emergency across the region. unusually heavy rains flooded the mocoa river, bursting its banks and those of three tributaries. it created what eyewitnesses called an avalanche of mud that has pulled buildings apart, devastating towns and leaving residents amazed and appalled in equal measure. as families continue to flee, the emergency services pick their way through the debris in treacherous conditions. the red cross have tonight warned that the death toll is likely to rise. earlier i spoke to bogota based journa
important landscapes? i cannot see a worse place for the tunnel to come out where it is. also coming up, how people with dementia are using music to help them cope with their condition. it makes you feel good to play, because they are not worried whether you play the wrong note or nothing, which happens quite a bit anyway. and butterfly expert and enthusiast matthew oates takes us on a tour of the cell. no less than 46 of the 59 species in the uk have been found here. that is mega. plans to re route the tunnel at stonehenge have seen since serious opposition, not least from the woman who farms the tunnel will go. so far, she has refused to speak out publicly. until now. stonehenge is one of our top tourist attractions. that noise is the a303, the main route from cornwall to london. about 2a,000 vehicles a day on this road, going up to 30,000 a day in the summer, that s not good for road users, it is not good for local residents, and it is not good for the setting of this worl
a landslide in southern colombia has left more than 2000 people dead. than 200 people dead. police and rescue teams are at the scene but their efforts are being hampered by poor weather conditions. the local governor has called the situation in the southern city of mocoa an unprecedented tragedy. sangita myska reports. urged on by soldiers, people living in the city of mocoa run for their lives. there is no time to collect possessions, because this is what s coming. deadly mudslides have engulfed parts of southern colombia, submerging homes, businesses and people. as rescuers continue the search for survivors, the president today declared a state of emergency across the region. unusually heavy rains flooded the mocoa river, bursting its banks and those of three tributaries. it created what eyewitnesses called an avalanche of mud that has pulled buildings apart, devastating towns and leaving residents amazed and appalled in equal measure. as families continue to flee, the
a year have benefited from the help to buy housing scheme in england. our business correspondent joe lynham has the details. but for the government s help to buy scheme, lina hannon and her husband would have needed an additional five to ten years before they could afford their own place in harrow. she does worry, though, that some high earners were also allowed to use the scheme. it does bother me a bit that some people that didn t really need the scheme use the scheme. but, to be fair, i think that the fact that the scheme was able to help people like me, and i know that a lot of people benefited from this scheme, it makes me feel happy. introduced four years ago to encourage house building and help mostly first time buyers get on the ladder, 250,000 properties have been bought using the help to buy schemes. but research suggests that existing homeowners from wealthy households have benefited as well. using official data, research found that around 4,000 households in engla
possessions, because this is what s coming. deadly mudslides have engulfed parts of southern colombia, submerging homes, businesses and people. over 150 are dead, and hundreds more are injured. as rescuers continue the search for survivors, the president today declared a state of emergency across the region. unusually heavy rains flooded the mocoa river, bursting its banks and those of three tributaries. it created what eyewitnesses called an avalanche of mud that has pulled buildings apart, devastating towns and leaving residents amazed and appalled in equal measure. as families continue to flee, the emergency services pick their way through the debris in treacherous conditions. the red cross have tonight warned that the death toll is likely to rise. dimitri o donnell is a journalist based in bogota. very good to see you. it sounds like there s a huge rescue operation under way but it sounds like the ha rd est under way but it sounds like the hardest thing for the military p