karen lewis, who lives in dymchurch, witnessed a taste of their amateurism.tent, obviously because their behaviour was very erratic and the way they were directing the boat up the slipway. they didn‘t seem very competent at all. it was the powell family who led this smuggling ring. two brothers, george and alfie, and their father leonard, today jailed for a total of 21 years. this was a gang who ran out of fuel, couldn‘t work radios or navigate at night. yet still tried to charge migrants £6,000 each, to cross. in the end they were trapped by what the judge called their "alarming amateurism," but also by the natural dangers and human security measures of the english channel. coming up at 6:00 breakfast withjon kay and steph mcgovern. but first on bbc news, the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show. coming to you this week from the sunny thames riverside will stop this is the perfect place to watch the world go by. also a great place to catch up on some of our recent adventures here in the travel show stop here‘s a of what‘s coming up. i‘m actually

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in dymchurch.c has found that there are no less than 39 different sets of rules for plastics recycling across the uk. now the government is considering changing the guidelines to make it easierfor us, and crucially, boost domestic recycling rates. here's our science editor, david shukman. to recycle or not to recycle. lucy milligan tries to get it right under the gaze of her mother carol. plastic comes in many different forms, and the labels about recycling aren't always clear — if there are any. this one hasn't got anything on it. this one which, to me, is exactly the same, something that i use week in, week out, it says on the back here that it's not recyclable. so am i supposed to guess, or do ijust put it in the green bin as rubbish, or do i put it in the blue bin and then risk it being not right and it being contaminated? one problem is that the arrangements for plastic recycling vary massively across the country. there are different coloured bins for collecting it and different rules for the

karen lewis, who lives in dymchurch, witnessed a taste of their amateurism. they were directing the boat up the slipway. they didn‘t seem very competent at all. it was the powell family who led this smuggling ring. two brothers, george and alfie, and their father leonard, today jailed for a total of 21 years. this was a gang who ran out of fuel, couldn‘t work radios or navigate at night. yet still tried to charge migrants £6,000 each, to cross. in the end they were trapped by what the judge called their "alarming amateurism," but also by the natural dangers and human security measures of the english channel. singing‘s supposed to bring many benefits — making you feel calmer, happier and more positive. but a worldwide project to get people to sing together has even higher ambitions — to promote global peace. the one day one choir initiative began a few years ago with just a handful of choirs taking part, but has grown to involve singers from across the globe. today is world peace day and we sent our correspondent rich preston to find out more about the project

our correspondent duncan kennedy is in dymchurch in kent.tretch of coastline, used by the public all the time but this is the exact spot that the smugglers tried to bring their migrants assure. they only succeeded once but you are right, thejudge only succeeded once but you are right, the judge did only succeeded once but you are right, thejudge did today only succeeded once but you are right, the judge did today described them as alarmingly amateurish, with all the mistakes they made and that they paid scant regard to the saved and —— safety of those migrants. this is the gang who tried to turn the english channel into a highway of illegal migration. and this is three members of the gang meeting in a pub car park in kent, discussing their nextjob. ajob like a pub car park in kent, discussing their nextjob. a job like this. a pub car park in kent, discussing their nextjob. ajob like this. it is made 2016, their boat is heading to dymchurch, en route to france. but near calais, these french police pick up the migrants as they weighed out to p

karen lewis, who lives in dymchurch, witnessed a taste of their amateurism.m very competent, obviously because their behaviour was very erratic and the way they were directing the boat up the slipway. they didn't seem very competent at all. it was the powell family who led this smuggling ring. two brothers, george and alfie, and their father leonard, today jailed for a total of 21 years. this was a gang who ran out of fuel, couldn't work radios or navigate at night. yet still tried to charge migrants £6,000 each, to cross. in the end they were trapped by what the judge called their "alarming amateurism," but also by the natural dangers and human security measures of the english channel. now on bbc news, our world. sings in arabic. hello. very mixed weather for this weekend, some improvements on the way for next week. for all of us it will be quite a chilly weekend on the way. storm bronagh has been battling scandinavia recently. the cooler showery airstream we add following thatis showery airstream we add following that is being replaced by all this cloud tha