andy gill, bbc news, wirral.ate of civilians in the iraqi city of mosul, where government forces are trying to drive out so—called islamic state. the united nations has warned of a terrible loss of life and the us—led coalition said it was behind an airstrike which is believed to have killed dozens of civilians last week. our middle east editorjeremy bowen is in western mosul. thousands of people have arrived and have walked out of those parts of mosul still controlled by islamic state, and it's a big area, in the last couple of days and they've arrived really with just the clothes they're standing arrived really with just the clothes they‘ re standing up arrived really with just the clothes they're standing up in and maybe a few spa re they're standing up in and maybe a few spare odds and ends. they need food, they need water, they need chocolate. it's a massive humanitarian challenge and it's not nearly as big as one that may be coming, literally coming down that road in the next weeks, from where the black smo

andy gill, bbc news, wirral.pened after the pentagon confirmed that american—led coalition fighter jets struck a location in the iraqi city of mosul where many civilians were killed. us central command says iraqi military requested the attack against islamic state militants. tim allman reports. day after day, the exodus from mosul continues. thousands of people have fled the violence as a battle rages for control of the city. plumes of smoke rise above the rooftops, s strikes and shelling taking a heavy toll. now the us military has acknowledged coalition aircraft at a location in the west of mosul, and it may have been civilians who paid the price. both the iraqi military forces in the us coalition have acknowledged that there was an air strike and possibly hundreds of casualties will stop we are waiting to see what the results of the investigation are. we know that there have been many, many families that have been impacted by this tragedy, and that there are a large number of injured, a large number of deaths.

andy gill sent this report.owerful the explosion was — one building housing three businesses totally destroyed. this is what it looked like before last night. the blast was heard up to six miles away. an almighty bang, but as well as the bang there was pressure as well, i felt a lot of pressure, my window was shut, i thought initially it was in the house, i've ran around like a maniac for a minute, looking round obviously to see if my house is still in tact and stuff like that. the sound of the building blowing up was captured by a car's dashboard camera. what was that?! two people were taken to a trauma unit in liverpool with serious injuries. 32 others were treated at hospitals in wirral and chester. there's a multitude of injuries that have happened, but the two patients that have gone through to the major trauma unit at aintree, they have significant injuries. this has clearly been a huge explosion, powerful enough not only to bring down the main building and scatter debris for hundreds of yards, but also to

andy gill, bbc news, wirral. the explosion happened. many thanks forjoining us this morning, adam. tell us what you saw and heard. we were driving through when we heard the explosion. it turned out we we re heard the explosion. it turned out we were probably about 500 yards away. at first, i had no idea what it was. but i saw someone running from that direction, saying that there has been an explosion, and one of the buildings has been destroyed. so, we headed over that way because i thought, well, so, we headed over that way because ithought, well, i so, we headed over that way because i thought, well, i am a trained firstaid, so i thought, well, i am a trained first aid, so i i thought, well, i am a trained firstaid, so i may be i thought, well, i am a trained first aid, so i may be able to do something to help. as we pulled up, we saw bricks and glass and rubble everywhere. so i went running over to see if i could do anything, and a police officer stopped me. i presume he was off duty, he certainly was not in

andy gill, bbc news, wirral. in the area when the explosion happened, and a little earlier he told me what he saw. we were driving through when we heard the explosion. it turns out we were probably about 500 yards away. at first, i had no idea what it was. but i saw someone running from that direction, saying that there has been an explosion, and one of the buildings has been destroyed. so we headed over that way because i thought, well, i am a trained first aider, so i may be able to do something to help. as we pulled up, we saw bricks and glass and rubble everywhere. so i went running over to see if i could do anything, and a police officer stopped me. i presume he was off duty, he certainly was not in uniform, and he asked me to run into some of the houses that were nearby and had been hit, to see if there was anybody inside. what did you find? thankfully, i did not find any people, there was nobody in them. but all the houses, the front doors were completely blown in. and inside each of the houses, it was jus

andy gill, bbc news, wirral. government will publish a significant part of its brexit legislation on thursday, a day after theresa may formally tells brussels that britain intends to leave the european union. the great repeal bill will give ministers the powers to change some aspects of current european laws, without needing the approval of parliament. our political correspondent mark lobel is in our london newsroom. we know that a lot of people are not terribly happy about the way this bill is being put forward. why is that? that's because ministers will be given the power to translate parts of this eu law that's turning into domestic law by themselves without the full scrutiny of parliament. and so a committee of lords and a former attorney general wa nt reassu ra nces lords and a former attorney general want reassurances from the government probably as early as thursday when the plans for this process a re thursday when the plans for this process are being published that ministers just won't change laws at wil

joining me from ellesmere port is our news reporter andy gill.—— when a factory makes a car like the astra, the union official told us which is not clear is whether the factory here is likely to get the new generation of astra in 2018 but more or less likely under the new french owners under. . —— general motors. they wa nt to under. . —— general motors. they want to keep production here in britain. els near port employers just under 2000 people —— ellesmere port. it is an important employer for this part of the world notjust here but right into cheshire and in two parts of wirral and merseyside. —— into parts. these are highly skilled jobs. many thousands ofjobs exist in the supply chain dandelion. —— gallon down the line. the question is wherejob —— gallon down the line. the question is where job losses will fall. the boss of the new owners has said the future of vauxhall is in their hands and it is based on their performance. the way to keep jobs their hands and it is based on their performance. the way to keepjobs is to be at the right level

andy gill sent this report. the scale of the devastation shows just how powerful the explosion was.ing three businesses totally destroyed. this is what it looked like before last night. the blast was heard up to six miles away. i heard miles away. iheard an miles away. i heard an almighty bang, at as well as the bang there was pressure as well, i felt a lot of pressure. i originally thought it was in the house. i ran around like a maniac looking around, stuff like that. the sound of the building growing up was captured by a car‘s dashboard camera. “— was captured by a car‘s dashboard camera. —— blowing up. two people we re camera. —— blowing up. two people were taken to a trauma unit in liverpool with serious injuries. 32 others were treated in hospitals in wirral and chester. there is a multitude of injuries that have happened with the two patients who have gone through to the major trauma unit. they have significant injuries. this has clearly been a huge explosion, powerful enough not only to bring down the main building and scattered debris for hundreds of yards, but also to punc

round after he saw off the challenge of luxembourg's gilles muller, winning in straight sets 6—3, 6—4 and will next play france's adrian mannarino. andyplaying in miami but had to withdraw because of injury. he's now unlikely to be fit for great britain's davis cup tie against france next week. his brotherjamie has revealed that the world number one has a tear in his elbow and needs rest. we already knew about the injury but not the severity. the scotsman had hoped to return for the start of the clay court season in about three weeks time. 0n the wta tour, world number one angelique kerber is through to the quarter—finals of the miami 0pen. the number one seed breezed past japan's risa ozaki in straight sets, the german winning 6—2, 6—2 and she'll next play either venus williams or svetla na kuznetsova. karolina pliskova is into the last eight after the czech beat her compatriot barbora strycova in straight sets. pliskova sailed through the first set, losing just one game. she had more of a match on her hands in the second, losing her serve twice before going on to win it 6—4 and she'll face mirjana lucic—baroni in the quarter—finals.