andy moore, bbc news, cheshunt.hree and a half tonnes of explosives and dozens of guns, have been found at eight sites, belonging to the basque separatist group eta. it follows their decision to hand over all their weapons, ending more than a0 years of violence, in which over 850 people were killed. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet, reports from the french basque city of bayonne. arms caches uncovered. french police carry the weapons away. eight hidden dumps surrendered by eta. three tonnes of explosives, 120 guns. tonnes of explosives, i20 guns. today, in the basque region in france, a peace rally. they also wa nt to france, a peace rally. they also want to see proof on the big screen. a video of an arms dump encircled by volunteers. basque civil society played a key role, persuading eta to give up its guns. there were decades of car bombings, assassinations. in eta's bloody campaign for basque independence. eta's file was finally handed over at city hall from civil society to international witness

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firefighters were called to the newgrange care home in cheshunt early this morning. people have been taken to hospital. i'm joined on the line now by darryl came. he is the chief fire service officer. the crew is still working ha rd officer. the crew is still working hard here to ensure that we can get the last two members of the public out of the property. as you can imagine there's an investigation going on. we are working closely with the police and amblin service to make sure that we can secure as much evidence from the scene as possible —— ambulance service. u nfortu nately, two possible —— ambulance service. unfortunately, two people are deceased as a result of the incident. if the fire out? the entire property has been affected by the fire. we need to make sure that every element of that fire is out before we can leave the scene. but the first thing, most importantly, is to remove the unfortunately deceased people with as much dignity as possible. the operation there very much ongoing? can you tell us how it started? as you can imagine, there's a thorough inve

andy moore, bbc news, cheshunt. now it's time for the travel show..ing up on this week's travel show. i meet the people who are cleaning up the canals of bangkok. you've got so much rubbish. we are searching for a secret side to new york city. this view is incredible. and heading to italy to taste some of turin's finest chocolates. wow. hello and welcome to the travel show. coming to you this week from the capital of thailand, bangkok. it's a vibrant city packed with sparkling temples, skyscrapers and night markets, but it's also home to some of the most congested roads in the world, and getting across the city through the tuk tuks in the traffic is a bit of a nightmare — but i'm here to find out what is being done to take the people off the frantic streets and on to the city's waterways. first built over 200 years ago, bangkok's huge network of canals crisscross the city. this is thailand, bangkok, the venice of the east where water is then everyone's way of life. over the years, some of the canals, or klongs, as they're called here, were filled in,

service confirms two people have died and 33 have been rescued after a fire at a residential home in cheshuntaid on to deal with any possible disruption to services around the grand national because of a strike. rail workers are staging a 24—hour stoppage because of disputes about staffing and driver—only trains. all the latest for you at ibm. —— 5pm. now on bbc news, snooker player ding jun—hui is a superstar in china. in this documentary, we follow ding with behind—the—scenes access as he plays in guangzhou at the china championship. if you want to know what it is like to be a sporting icon in a country with more than a billion people, ding junhui can tell you. there is the sense of national pride when you win a major tournament. there is the media attention — everyone wants to speak to you — a vast television audience watches every match to play. you get invited to glamorous events. your adoring friends are always thrilled to meet you. social media needs to be kept updated, with nearly five million people following you. there is also knowing that your success has helped spark a snooker rev

firefighters were called to the newgrange care home in cheshunt early this morning.of people were taken to hospital. earlier i spoke to darryl keen, the chief fire officer for hertfordshire, and asked him what was happening at the scene. the crews are still working hard here to ensure that we can get the last two members of the public that we re last two members of the public that were involved in the incident out of the property. there is a thorough investigation going on. we are working closely with colleagues in the police, the ambulance service to make sure that we ensure that we secure as much evidence to be seen as possible and make sure that we understand exactly what happened there. at this point in time, our thoughts are with the families of the people who were involved, the two people who are deceased as a result of the incident. is the fire itself now out? there is still dampening down going on. a fire this significant, the whole property has been affected by the fire, there is a huge amount of damage to the property and we need to make sure that every ele

firefighters were called to the newgrange care home in cheshunt early this morning. to hospital. our correspondent andy moore is at the scene for us. we can speak to him. what can you tell us about what has happened there? firefighters were called here at ten to six this morning and they were confronted with a very fierce fire, leaving from end to end of this care home. you may be able to seat in the alleyway behind me. that fire within the roof space, it was spreading to the roof space, it was spreading to the first floor. 35 residents there, elderly and infirm. many of them will take users and all those residents had to be helped out of the burning building. we heard from the burning building. we heard from the firefighters that some of them had to be carried on the shoulders of firefighters down ladders and they were brought up to the street heard and helped by the local people. darryl keane is the chief fire officerfor people. darryl keane is the chief fire officer for hertfordshire and this is what he told us. the first grey sweater right when faced with a very

firefighters were called to the newgrange care home in cheshunt early this morning.r of people were taken to hospital. our correspondent andy moore has more details. firefighters were called here at 5.50am this morning and they were confronted by a fierce blaze, raging in the roof space from end to end of this fairly modern, substantial building. there are 35 residents here, they are elderly and infirm. many of them are wheelchair users. firefighters had to manhandle many of those residents onto their shoulders and then down on ladders. the residents were brought out into the street here, some of them in chairs, they were in their nightclothes and they were covered in blankets and clothing, anything to keep them warm. residents say it was a fantastic response by the emergency services. a big fire incident close to my house. the rescue team are near. it's been challenging this morning, trying to do the rescue work. they have managed to recue about ten people. a lot more, i think, in there. the fire has got up to four buildings, as you can see from the video. that is j

andy moore, bbc news, cheshunt. now it's time for enter the dragon.er player ding junhui is a superstar in china. in this documentary, we follow him with behind—the—scenes access as he plays in guangzhou at the china championship. if you want to know what it's like to be a sporting icon in a country with more than a billion people, ding junhui can tell you. there is the sense of national pride when you win a major tournament, there is the media attention — everyone wants to speak to you — a vast television audience watches every match to play. you get invited to glamorous events. your adoring friends are always thrilled to meet you. social media needs to be kept updated, with nearly 5 million people following you. there's also knowing that your success has helped spark a snooker revolution in china — the next generation of stars has been inspired to play because of you. and a new type of snooker luxury club is starting to open. it's the night before the start of the china championship. the world's top players and officials are gathering in the lobby o

andy moore, bbc news, cheshunt. the broadcaster brian matthew has died. he was 88.and welcome to this week's edition of sounds of the ‘605. afterjoining the bbc in the 1950s, he became best known for presenting sounds of the sixties, on radio 2, for more than 25 years. a strike by rail workers disrupted travel to the grand national on one of the biggest days of industrial action in the current wave of disputes over staffing and driver—only trains. members of the rmt at merseyrail, arriva trains north and southern walked out for 2h hours, with further stoppages not being ruled out. merseyrail said it transported around 12,000 people to aintree for the grand national, compared with 18,000 last year. a 14—year—old boy has appeared in court in northern ireland accused of trying to buy a submachine gun and ammunition from the dark web. he arrived at the magistrates court. the schoolboy who can't be identified because of the sage was arrested here at the riverside park on thursday. the detention came after several weeks of what was described as a proactive police investig

we believe that to be new grange care home in cheshunt in hertfordshire. the pictures we have at the moment. we have reporters finding out exactly what has happened there but you can see from those images that a fierce fire has taken hold it up emergency services are there, the fire brigade at the scene. we have reports at this stage that two people have been killed in that fire at new grange ca re killed in that fire at new grange care home in hertfordshire. our correspondent andy moore will be here ina correspondent andy moore will be here in a few moments with the latest on the situation there. swedish police say a man arrested in stockholm after yesterday's fatal lorry attack is almost certainly the driver, and a 39—year—old man from uzbekistan. four people were killed and 15 injured when the lorry crashed into the front of a department store. police have also confirmed that a "suspicious device" was found inside the truck. our correpondent dan johnson reports. after yesterday's horror there is calm, stillness and sadness in stockholm. people have come

more than 30 other people also had to be rescued, at the new grange care home in cheshunt.uthor macro, i will speak to the author of scarlet thomas about to switch to writing for children and her a world hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are the broadcasters penny smith and charlie wolf. good evening. a quick look at some of those front pages. borisjohnson‘s decision to cancel his trip to russia as well as liberal democrat mps here. the sunday times says britain and america are preparing to accuse russia of complicity in war crimes in syria. the sunday telegraph says vladimir putin will be told to pull troops from syria and drop support for president assad in a uk—us plan being spearheaded by mrjohnson. the independent says the european parliament's chief brexit negotiator wants theresa may to consider a plan to help british people who want to keep their eu citizenship. the sunday mirror's leads with a story about the former spice girl mel b. and the observer leads with a story about len mcclusky, the leader of

two people died and 33 others has to be rescued at the newgrange care home in cheshunt this morning.orwegian police say they have found a "bomb—like device" in central oslo, and a suspect is being held. swedish police say they're increasingly certain that the uzbek man they've arrested is the one who carried out yesterday's attack in stockholm, but they believe others may also have been involved. workers at three rail companies have been taking part in a 24—hour strike on the day of the grand national race. the action, involving southern, merseyrail and arriva rail north, is part of a dispute over staffing and the role of conductors. an lead the author i will speak to the author scarlett thomas about her switch to writing for children and the creation of a fictional world full of magic and danger. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcasters penny smith and charlie wolf. good evening to you both. before we speak to them, let's have a look at some of those front pages, starting with boris johnson's some of those

two people died and 33 others has to be rescued at the newgrange care home in cheshunt this morning. police say they're increasingly certain that the uzbek man they've arrested is the one who carried out yesterday's attack in stockholm but they believe others may also have been involved. officials in paris say french police have found dozens of guns and hundreds of kilograms of explosives, after the basque separatist group, eta, revealed the locations of its arms dumps. earlier, eta passed details of the sites to the authorities, under its promise to completely disarm. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with mejohn watson. the headlines this evening: one for arthur wins the grand national — the first scottish trained winner since 1979. the league leaders chelsea lead bournemouth in the race for the pl title. sergio garcia shares before we leapt at the top of the masters. great britain are out of the davis cup. beaten on the clay by france. 0n the shanghai tarmac, hamilton sta rts 0n the shanghai tarmac, hamilton starts on paul. —— pole. the grand national at a

the blaze started at the newgrange care home in cheshunt early yesterday morning, causing part of theeople. local authorities are working with the nhs to arrange alternative accommodation for the residents. more than 20 thousand people, including princes charles, william and harry, will gather in northern france today to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. thousands of scottish and canadian troops died in four days of fighting in the battle of vimy ridge. our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. a battlefield then, covered with symbolism today. vimy ridge, a place of bravery, death and victory. the fighting to take the ridge only lasted four days, but this was just part of the price paid by allied troops. overall, the arras campaign saw 300,000 casualties. the battle of arras saw over 4,000 men killed and wounded on average, which gives it a higher daily casualties rate than any of the other famous battles, somme or passchendaele. so it was one of the most intense and brutal campaigns the british army fought. these are scenes from the battlefiel

more than 30 other people had to be rescued, at the new grange care home in cheshunt. us up to date with the latest. well, firefighters were called here at ten to six this morning to find a fierce blaze raging in the roof space from end to end of this care home. the residents are elderly and infirm, many are wheelchair users. they had to be rescued by the firefighters. they we re rescued by the firefighters. they were carried down ladders and then brought out into the street here in chairs, some of them. they were covered in blankets and clothes, anything to keep them warm. 30 residents have been found alternative accommodation, three have been taken to hospital, two have been taken to hospital, two have been taken to hospital, two have been taken to a community hospital. they were suffering from minor injuries and the effects of breathing in smoke. thank you. workers at three rail companies have been on strike today, affecting racegoers heading to the grand national. members of the rmt union at merseyrail which services aintree, as well as arriva rail north and southe

fire service confirms two people have died and 33 have been rescued after a fire at a care home in cheshunt of the grand national

starting with the tubes, the overground has minor delays between liverpool street and cheshunt. closed. we have got full details and a map of the closures on twitter. go to @bbctravelalert. and the a10 remains closed from stoke newington common, following a stabbing yesterday. so, after a glorious weekend, let's see how the weather is looking today. here is georgina burnett. good morning. well, i hope you made the most of the warm weather yesterday. we got above 25 degrees celsius. but today, as a cold front brings some cooler air in, it is going to be feeling quite a bit more chilly. but we do have some sunshine to look forward to, so a bright start to the day. decent sunny spells this morning, but we will see that cloud building as we head into the afternoon, and maybe one or two light but very isolated showers. temperatures getting up to about 15 degrees celsius, so a good 10 degrees below where we were yesterday, and a bit of a breeze as well. as we head through tonight, we are seeing some clear spells. mainly dry, though there are one or two showers around. lows of about fi