the helicopter came down in a field near boroughbridge. the pilot has not yet been identified and there were no passengers. in dublin — the taioseach leo varadkar has said his country has opened up ‘another dark chapter‘ in its history — following new discoveries about illegal adoptions. the government has revealed 126 people had their adoptive parents registered as their birth parents. leo va radkar apologised to those affected — and said the findings could be the tip of the iceberg. more discussions have been held in rome to try to avoid another italian general election. it's reported the country's prime minister—designate, carlo cottarelli, has abandoned efforts to form his own interim administration, to focus instead on a renewed attempt to put together a coalition involving the populist five star movement and the right—wing party, the league. let's get the latest from our europe editor in rome, yesterday we were talking about the turmoil and the

the helicopter came down in a field near boroughbridge.ot has not yet been identified and there were no other passengers. speaking at the scene of the accident, superintendent dave hannan, of north yorkshire police, said they were working to establish the cause of the crash. today at 1:23pm emergency services we re today at 1:23pm emergency services were called to this location where were called to this location where we had reports that a helicopter crashed in a field behind us. when we got here we found the helicopter had crashed and was on fire. u nfortu nately i had crashed and was on fire. unfortunately i can report one person, the pilot, is deceased in the helicopter. and we're working with the accident investigation branch, the air accident investigation branch and civil aviation authority to establish the cause of the crash and who the pilot may be. the emergency services ourselves and the ambulance and fire service all attended as did air ambulance and we have secured the scene and we will be working through the night with those o

the location of the crash we think is near boroughbridge. were no passengers in the helicopter. and so far the police have not identified the pilot. the investigations are still going on. but they have confirmed in the past few minutes that the pilot of the helicopter died in the crash, with no one else on—board the helicopter itself near boroughbridge. any more matt, i will bring it to straightaway. and with that, let's bring you up—to—date with the other headlines. the russian journalist arkady babchenko, reported murdered in ukraine, appears to be alive and well. the ukrainians say his death was staged to expose russian agents. the grenfell tower inquiry hears of a grandfather who sacrificed his own life to shelter six people in his top—floor flat. the transport secretary severely criticises the rail industry over the introduction of new timetables. and in sport, most are will be fit for the world cup, say the egyptian fa. his shoulder injury is expected to only keep him out for three weeks. novak djokovic chitch through to the third roun

the helicopter came down in a field near boroughbridge.tified and there were no other passengers. the transport secretary, chris grayling, has attacked the rail industry over the introduction of new timetables, accusing it of collectively failing passengers. the new schedules have caused widespread disruption across parts of the network. mr grayling said the difficulties faced by travellers had been "wholly unacceptable". sse has become the last of the "big six" energy companies to announce early summer price rises. there will be a near 7% average increase in gas and electricity bills. this will mean an average £76 per year rise for over two million customers. the company said the price rise was the result of increasing costs "largely outside" their control. officials in belgium have said a man who shot dead three people in the city of liege yesterday, had already murdered a fourth person the night before. prosecutors said they were still trying to establish a motive, but are treating the incident as an act of terrorism. our europe corresp

the helicopter came down in a field near boroughbridge. there were no other passengers on board.rs are women by 2020. let‘s get the weather with phil avery. lots of weather warnings about. somebody has been listening, it a lwa ys somebody has been listening, it always worries me (i) things quite tricky at the moment across the southern half of the british isles. there could be scenes like this over the next 24 to 36 hours or so. so we are keeping a very close eye on proceedings indeed, as indeed are the met office, because they have issued an amber warning, their second level of warnings, for these thunderstorms forced you might not have seen them yet but there is a pretty good chance you will. 0n through the afternoon they drift away through the west, not getting that far north. you noticed that overnight it is dry for the most part, still quite close for scotland and northern ireland. you have had a great run of weather and that will continue for today. however, scotla nd continue for today. however, scotland and northern ireland, watch out, because all the scenes you have seen