26/08/2017 BBC Weekend News


26/08/2017

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Eight people have died and four others have been seriously

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injured after the minibus they were travelling

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in was involved in a crash with two lorries on the M1 motorway.

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It happened on the southbound carriageway near Newport

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A five-year-old girl is among those who have

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been taken to hospital - police say she has 'life

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The two lorry drivers have been arrested, one of them on suspicion

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of driving while over the alcohol limit.

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The minibus carrying around a dozen people,

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many believed to be from the same family, was travelling

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Also involved in the accident, two large trucks.

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Images suggest the minibus was crushed between the two huge

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lorries and broken up into at least two pieces.

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It happened in the early hours on the M1 motorway southbound

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carriageway between junction 15 for Northampton and junction

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14 for Milton Keynes, and caused huge delays

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Fresh marks on the road reveal the desperate attempt

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The six men and two women who were killed were all travelling

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in the minibus, as were four others who were seriously hurt,

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All but one have life-threatening injuries.

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Both lorry drivers have been arrested on suspicion of causing

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One is a 53-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent,

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and the other is a 31-year-old man from Worcestershire,

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who is also being held on suspicion of drink-driving.

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Police say some of the victims may not have been from the UK.

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Some of those involved were visiting the UK from India.

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We're working to keep the families abroad informed.

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The scene facing officers who attended was complex

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and the recovery operation was particularly challenging.

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Tragically, eight people have lost their lives.

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It's our duty to establish what happened.

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The M1 motorway, one of Britain's busiest sections of road,

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was closed here for ten hours on a bank holiday weekend

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that was always going to see high levels of traffic with people

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visiting friends or family or major events

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like the Notting Hill Carnival or the British MotoGP at nearby

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Both lorry drivers remain in custody.

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It is not known if the driver of the minibus is among the dead.

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Exactly what caused this devastating crash remains under investigation.

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This evening the two lorry drivers remain in custody while doctors will

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be fighting to save the lives of those including the little girl with

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life-threatening injuries. The police investigation is likely to

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focus on ---cam evidence, talking to witnesses, possibly even mobile

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phone records and markings on the road. That evidence is unlikely to

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emerge for quite some time, possibly until court proceedings are

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completed. Scotland Yard says a man

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who attacked police officers close to Buckingham Palace last night

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drove directly at a police car before reaching

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for a four-foot sword. The 26-year-old man

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from Luton, is said to have shouted "God is great"

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as he launched his assault, Concerned tourists looked

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on after reports of a terror incident at one of the country's

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most high-profile destinations. London's Metropolitan Police say

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that around 8:30pm last night a blue Toyota Prius was deliberately driven

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into a marked police car in a restricted area

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near Buckingham Palace. The car stopped and when officers

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went to investigate they were attacked by a suspect

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with a four foot sword. CS gas was used as

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part of the arrest. And during the struggle

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the individual repeatedly shouted The individual was quickly

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brought under control. He's a 26-year-old male

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from the Luton area. I'm glad to say he is now in custody

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at a central London police station. Detectives believe this

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was an isolated incident, but confirmed there are searches

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going on at an address We now know that three police

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officers were injured No members of the Royal Family

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were present in the palace at the time, and an official has

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confirmed it is business as usual Two of the officers involved have

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been treated in hospital and have There is heightened security

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across the capital over the bank holiday weekend,

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particularly for events like the Notting Hill Carnival,

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where a ring of steel has been promised to protect people

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from a Barcelona style attack. Meanwhile, police are still

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appealing for information Spain's King Felipe has joined

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a march in Barcelona to denounce last week's terror attacks that left

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15 people dead. He joined thousands of demonstrators

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who carried banners with the slogan They held yellow and red flowers -

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the colours of Barcelona. The King's the first Spanish

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sovereign to take part in a rally since the monarchy

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was re-established in 1975. Two men have died after their tiger

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moth biplane crashed The historic plane came

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down near Compton Abbas Police said the pilot

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and his passenger were The Air Accident Investigation

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Branch has been informed. Hurricane Harvey has hit the Texas

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coastline with winds It's the most powerful storm

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to hit the US mainland The high winds have caused dozens

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of injuries with some residents feared to be trapped

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in collapsed buildings. Tens of thousands of homes

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are without power and there are warnings of flooding

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in several areas. Our correspondent James Cook

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is in the city of Corpus Christi. He has an update for us. We're only

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just beginning to understand the impact of hurricane Harvey. So far

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thankfully no reports of deaths, but people are still going door to door

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and checking on friends and neighbours in damaged houses like

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this one. At the same time, the torrential rain is now moving

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inland, meaning the authorities are having to deal with the problem of

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flooding as well as the damage from vicious storm. Are you in here? This

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is what a category four hurricane means in reality. Searching in the

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wreckage to find out if your neighbour is dead or alive. It seems

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that Dan did get out in time. But others like Judy stayed to ride out

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the storm. Did you sleep? Know I sat there in my shaking bed waiting for

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my roof to come off. And then about 10:30pm or so it quietens down.

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There is a tree in my yard, and Betty's house is all gone. On the

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shore front of Rockport where the eye of this monster storm swept

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ashore, these men who live in their boats are lucky to be alive. Were

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you in your post last night during the storm? Yeah. How was that?

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LAUGHTER No brains! This is a really poor

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neighbourhood and a lot of people here say they simply don't know how

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they will now rebuild their lives. This is what they endure through the

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night, 130 mph winds that left nearly a quarter of a million homes

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and businesses without power. It was the strongest hurricane to strike

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Texas since 1961. It's still too early for a conference of assessment

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of the damage but it will be costly. What's your worst case scenario

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here? Harvey, that's about as worst-case scenario for a community

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the size of Victoria. We have never seen a forecast for that kind of

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localised brain. It is the most dangerous forecast we have ever

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seen. And the danger is not over yet. The storm is moving inland,

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dumping huge amounts of rain. In Houston the flooding has begun and

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the forecast is that it will get a lot worse. This disaster is still

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unfolding. James Cook, BBC News, Corpus Christi in Texas.

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Sport now - and in rugby league, Hull FC have won the Challenge Cup

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for the second successive season, after beating Wigan Warriors in

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In the Wembley sun, Rugby League's day to shine.

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No club has won the couple more times than Wigan, but it

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Cup holders against record holders, an intriguing contest. Again that

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could turn on something as small as the bounce of a ball. Wigan were the

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first to read it right, John Bateman with the opening score. The lesson

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then, don't let it bounce. Fetuli Talanoa didn't, and Hull were ahead

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at half-time. On the other wing, Mahe for no, he will leave Hull at

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the end of the season. Here he was leaving his legacy. The narrowest

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gap was all he needed for his second try. The gap on the scoreboard

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growing just a little wider. Still, Wigan have a proud Wembley heritage.

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Joe Burgess's try adding extraordinary late drama. Just a

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minute left and it was Burgess again who thought he had won it, only for

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the referee to call a forward pass. Inches in it, but for Hull it was

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enough. On Rugby league's biggest stage, once again it was the Black

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and Whites who shone the brightest. Adam wild, BBC News.

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Reigning World Champions England have the chance to win back to back

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women's rugby World Cups tonight - as they face New Zealand

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New Zealand are the number one ranked side in the World and have

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England go into the match this evening with just one change

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to the side that beat France in the semi-finals.

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There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel,

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