tv BBC News at Six BBC News November 25, 2024 6:00pm-6:31pm GMT
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we had the police knocking on the door about midnight saying if you don't leave now, you're going to potentially die. also tonight: tourists rescued from the red sea but two britons are among 17 people still missing after their yacht capsized in egypt. business leaders tell the chancellor tax rises for employers risk cuts to hiring and investment as she defends her budget. and remembering the bestselling author barbara taylor bradford, who has died at the age of 91. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news — can manchester city break their losing run? we've heard from the maanger today as they look to put things right in the champions league. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six.
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a major incident has been declared in northamptonshire this afternoon where severe flooding continues to cause problems. emergency services are rescuing some of the one thousand people cut off in a holiday park as storm bert continues to cause major problems for a third day. 100 flood warnings remain in place, including the severe warning in northamptonshire, meaning there's a danger to life. our east of england correspondentjo black is there. jo. the control rooms for the fire and police service here in northamptonshire have been busy over the weekend and have taken around 850 storm —related calls. you can see over my shoulder a couple of cars that have been abandoned. and just a mile in that direction is billing aquadrome which is technically a holiday park but many people stay on the site for many months of the year living in static caravans and lodges it floods often
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but has been evacuated again. the fire service have told us that they're trying to access some residents on the site but it can be quite difficult because of the water. so they have rescue boats on standby should they need to use them. there's also a community centre which has been up nearby as not everyone has someone to go without friends and family to rely on so they are using that community centre, around 84 people are there this evening. we've also been told that the water, the police said earlier today, with the water levels exceed the 1998 levels when we had devastating floods here. the water has exceeded that big because of the flood defences, the flooding is not so bad. but despite that the authorities are saying that people here northamptonshire really need to be careful about the conditions. my colleague has been looking at the impact of the storm in england.
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you don't need to be in the water. don't go in the water. as the river got ever higher during the day, it left a town almost cut off and split in two with people trapped... all right, but our electrics are gone. ..and businesses like this counting the cost. they make wedding cakes, but for now, they'll have to bake at home. crisis management in a moment is my forte. so that comes with working with wedding cakes. you can't muck up a wedding cake, can you? so you deal with... you roll with the punches and deal with it and then freak out about it once you've fixed it. well, i don't know if you can see, but that bubbling torrent of water over there is the river avon. it's now peaking at its highest level since 2013. somebody here said these are supposed to be one in 100 year events, and they're happening every ten years at the moment. and they're concerned about the people living above these shops. they can't get in or out and they're worried about their welfare. we've got some people up there, which are some flats which are accessed the other side. they're actually trapped. they can't get out. we're just trying to get some resource, 0k? it came up so quickly, many people didn't have time to get out.
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storm bert�*s effects are still being felt across huge swathes of southern and central england. a major incident has been declared and 1,000 people told to evacuate because of a severe warning at billing aquadrome in northamptonshire. i've literally been on there about six months, and this is the second time. for a third day, travel has been very difficult. this school bus was stranded. pupils had to be rescued. some of the worst flooding came when a wall broke in tenbury wells yesterday, sending a wave of water through the town centre. but a tractor created an even bigger one, causing extensive damage. police say they are investigating. the government says it's allocated more money to speed up the delivery of new defences in towns like tenbury, which have been waiting for them for years. in bradford on avon, margaret, who's 90, was another one caught out by the rapidly rising waters. luckily, help was at hand.
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i watched the water creeping up and up and up and up, and finally it was time for me to move. so they came and rescued me, which was very nice. for everyone involved in today's rescue efforts, it's been a long, hard and wet slog. bert mackie, bbc news, bradford on avon. a clean up operation is under way in south wales. many residents whose homes and businesses have been flooded are angry that warnings didn't come soon enough for them to prepare. our next report is from our wales correspondent, hwyel griffith, in cwmtillery. clearing up in cwmtillery, after a night few here will forget. we had the police knocking on the door about midnight, saying if you don't leave now, you're going to potentially die. the deluge of rain brought notjust water but boulders and mud from an old coal tip. as the land above them slipped, china and olivia had to get out.
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i'm terrified because i don't know what the situation, the house is going to be like when we come back. we've just owned the house out, so this is literally less than a month old and it's ruined. it will take days to clean up this street. but what really worries the residents is what's happening up there behind their houses. an inspection is being carried out right now on an old coal tip where this landslip seems to have started. tina and herfamily had to evacuate too, leaving behind their cat, pippin. reunited this afternoon, they had to fully take in the damage to their home. we were just trying to scramble and get things upstairs and, yeah, save what we could. it was just madness. it's not something you expect to happen, the mountain come down behind you, so it's really scary. in pontypridd's storm, bert brought an all—too—familiar sinking feeling. hit hard by floods four years ago, defences were put in but couldn't hold back the river yesterday. gareth has bad news
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for his customers. firstly, myself, iwouldn�*t bring my car down here. it's not a safe place to leave your vehicle, is it? i mean, so you've got to try and explain that to customers now. and like i said, i don't know where to go from here. with 200 properties here flooded, some feel they've been failed again. warnings were issued, but too late for many. an investigation has been promised. well, there will be lessons we need to learn. we learnt lots of lessons last time we've put that investment in, but obviously that is something we will have to investigate further. in the wake of storm bert, there'll be weeks of repairing and rebuilding, as well as wondering whether more could have been done to protect these communities. hywel griffith, bbc news, cwmtillery. and our climate and environment correspondentjonah fisher is in pontypridd for us. it feels like floods are becoming more severe — are they? 0f
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of course winter storms are nothing new but the science is very clear that as temperatures rise here and globally more moisture is absorbed into the airso globally more moisture is absorbed into the air so one degree rise in temperature means 70% more water in the atmosphere. —— a 7%. that means more intense storms and wetter winters. looking back at last year that was the eighth wettest winter on record. and the santas have been looking back at that and looking at the details of it and they say that that was made four times more likely by greenhouse gases, mostly the burning of fossil fuels by greenhouse gases, mostly the burning of fossilfuels being put into the atmosphere by humans. now all the signs and indeed all the signs that we are observing around the world are that temperatures are going to continue to rise for some time globally. so were all going to have to get much more used to living with these kind of storms and also
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preparing for how we're going to live in the future and equip ourselves and protect our homes from wetter winters and intense storms. two britons are thought to be among 17 people who are missing after a tourist boat sank in the red sea early this morning. the boat had set off on a five—day diving tour yesterday from port ghalib. 28 people have been rescued so far. our correspondent sally nabil joins us from the capital cairo. what more do we know? the latest we haveis what more do we know? the latest we have is a statement issued by the governor of the red sea who said that rescue operations are still under way to try to find 16 people who are missing including for rejections. he said that there were no technical errors behind this incident and that the boat carrying the tourists who are safe, initial reports suggest bad weather may have been a factor. they quoted stories
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told by the survivors as saying that the boat was hit by a huge wave overnight which caused it to capsize. we understand that investigations have already begun to try to find out what exactly happened. for british people were amongst the tourists on board. two of them are amongst those missing in the 28 people had been sent to hotel in a very important location for the egyptian tourism industry, a popular destination for european tourists go there to die. so the question is not just about the reasons behind the incident but the repercussions that it could have on the tourism sector in egypt. it could have on the tourism sector in e: t. , ., ~ it could have on the tourism sector in e. t. y ., ~ _, the chancellor rachel reeves has been addressing senior busines leaders who've criticised her plans to increase taxes on employers, warning that it could mean cuts to hiring and investment. at the annual confederation of british industry conference, rachel reeves said she wouldn't be coming back for any more money from them following the tax rises
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in the budget and said she hadn't heard any alternatives to sort of the country's public finances. here's our business editor simonjack. the government dangled pro—growth, pro—business promises. but the chancellor's first budget contained a £25 billion rise in new business taxes and big pay rises for some workers. which companies here today are finding hard to swallow. it's not a great start. from a business perspective, it seems that everything is now on the shoulders of business. they've had to bear the burden. do you accept that businesses do have broader shoulders and should bear more burden of fixing public finances? . , ., , . ., finances? that is a difficult one. i think they're _ finances? that is a difficult one. i think they're willing _ finances? that is a difficult one. i think they're willing to _ finances? that is a difficult one. i think they're willing to play - finances? that is a difficult one. i think they're willing to play their| think they're willing to play their part but— think they're willing to play their part but not too much. and those attendin: part but not too much. and those attending heard _ part but not too much. and those attending heard concerns - part but not too much. and those attending heard concerns echoed| part but not too much. and those - attending heard concerns echoed back from big business owners including
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mcvities. it from big business owners including mcvities. , ., ., , ., mcvities. it is hard to understand the case for _ mcvities. it is hard to understand the case for investment. - mcvities. it is hard to understand the case for investment. no - mcvities. it is hard to understand| the case for investment. no group mcvities. it is hard to understand - the case for investment. no group of --eole hit the case for investment. no group of peeple hit with _ the case for investment. no group of peeple hit with a _ the case for investment. no group of people hit with a £25 _ the case for investment. no group of people hit with a £25 billion - the case for investment. no group of people hit with a £25 billion tax - people hit with a £25 billion tax bill are likely to say thank you but the size did catch me off—guard and businesses had warmed to the overtures of keir starmer and rachel reeves, their pro—business messages but the reaction of summer between disquiet and dismay with many thinking that that all elusive growth seems further away than before. �* ., growth seems further away than before. �* . ., ., ., before. i've heard a lot of feedback but had not — before. i've heard a lot of feedback but had not heard _ before. i've heard a lot of feedback but had not heard many _ before. i've heard a lot of feedback l but had not heard many alternatives. the chancellor was an defensive mood but insisted that she had little choice and she made a promise that the crowd will not forget. i’m choice and she made a promise that the crowd will not forget.— the crowd will not forget. i'm not cominu the crowd will not forget. i'm not coming back _ the crowd will not forget. i'm not coming back with _ the crowd will not forget. i'm not coming back with more _ the crowd will not forget. i'm not| coming back with more borrowing the crowd will not forget. i'm not. coming back with more borrowing or more taxes. and that is why at this budget we did wipe the slate clean to put public finances and public services on a firm footing and as a result we will not have to do a budget like this ever again. we are auoin to budget like this ever again. we are going to create _ budget like this ever again. we are going to create 1000 _ budget like this ever again. we are going to create 1000 new - budget like this ever again. we are going to create 1000 new jobs. - budget like this ever again. we are i going to create 1000 new jobs. some going to create 1000 new “obs. some sectors are ploughing _ going to create 1000 newjobs. fine sectors are ploughing ahead with investment and welcome promised planning changes. if we
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investment and welcome promised planning changes-_ planning changes. if we can get a ”lannin planning changes. if we can get a planning system _ planning changes. if we can get a planning system that _ planning changes. if we can get a planning system that allows - planning system that allows investment to move much more quickly that will— investment to move much more quickly that will make a huge difference to economic— that will make a huge difference to economic growth for the country. the leader of economic growth for the country. leader of the economic growth for the country. tie: leader of the opposition conceded that the last government had neglected business. the that the last government had neglected business. that the last government had neulected business. ., ,., ., , neglected business. the labour party are not 'ust neglected business. the labour party are notjust repeating _ neglected business. the labour party are notjust repeating many - neglected business. the labour party are notjust repeating many of - neglected business. the labour party are notjust repeating many of the . are notjust repeating many of the mistakes which we made in government, they're doubling down on them and combining them with an unprecedented raid on business. there is no point mejust complaining about labour when it was obvious that we conservatives lost the confidence of business. although she did not commit _ the confidence of business. although she did not commit to _ the confidence of business. although she did not commit to reversing - the confidence of business. although she did not commit to reversing the l she did not commit to reversing the tax rises. some sectors like renewables were positive about the future but of majority members said that they would reduce hiring and cut investment. a group still licking its wounds. police have arrested a 22—year—old man on suspicion of attempted murder after an eight—year—old girl and herfather were seriously injured in a shooting in west london. luxmy gopal can tell us more.
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the eight—year—old girl and her father were in a car on a quiet street in north kensington when the shooter opened fire. his injuries are described as potentially life changing. further girl, she is in a stable condition for the per mother and two—year—old sibling were also in the car at the time but they were unhurt. a witness described seeing a man shooting directly into a car and firing multiple times at close range. a lot of the residents that i spoke to today said a particular source of concern for them what they do not know if this was a targeted or random attack. i asked the police to clarify but they were not able to. they did say that the 22—year—old man that they arrested on suspicion of attempted murder remains in custody. officers say they acknowledged the traumatising effect it has had on the local community and the leader of kensington and chelsea council said
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it is beyond belief that a child has been caught in the crossfire of violence on the streets of london. the police say that they are going to stay in the area to provide reassurance to the local community if they can. luxmy, the director of nursing at the hospital where lucy letby killed seven babies and tried to kill seven others said she had good intentions despite failing to escalate concerns about the nurse. alison kelly denied being dismissive of doctors' worries about unexplained deaths on the unit in 2016. judith moritz reports. it is lucy letby who is serving life. but that does not mean there are not questions for those in charge. alison kelly was in charge of more than 1000 nurses there. she was the first to give evidence today, and to be pushed and why doctors who had been trying to raise the alarm about letby had not been
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taken seriously. it had been previously alleged alison kelly had created a fearful atmosphere. i am very upset by that. it is not something that is in me as a nurse, as a senior leader. do you think there is any possibility things had become so acrimonious, doctors versus nurses, with new_ acrimonious, doctors versus nurses, with new backing —— with you backing the nurses, _ with new backing —— with you backing the nurses, that 1423 00:16:23,857 -->
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