our correspondent fiona trott has more details. take a look at this.t used to live ten kilometres down in the pacific ocean. what scientists at newcastle university have found is that there are chemicals inside that were banned in the 19705. doctor alan jamieson joins us, what does that mean for u5? joins us, what does that mean for us? it means some of the most remote marine habitats on earth are contaminated with chemicals entirely man—made, which i think is quite a sad story really. what kind of chemicals are you talking about? we found chemicals that were introduced in the 19305 and 405 for various industrial applications. they were accidentally released but eventually when it was realised they would never degrade in nature, they were banned in the 19705. unfortunately they don't ever disappear, they keep passing from animal to animal, going through the food web. in the deep sea, the deep sea derives its food and energy from the surface layers. it all ultimately sinks. once it sinks to the deep sea there is nowhere left for it to go so it accumulat

fiona trott is therefore as now. 0ver fiona trott is therefore as now. over to you.urity for this planned hospital visit because we understand the convicted killer was taken here by taxi yesterday afternoon. that is not unusual, he is a category d prisoner now but he and the prison officers he was with were vulnerable and we know the officers were threatened with a gun and knife. secondly how did people on the outside know exactly where he was so they could plan this armed ambush. wanted by police, shaun walmsley is described as highly dangerous, a murderer, who should not be approached. the police hunt has brought officers here, the walton area of liverpool. a house and a car were searched late last night, less than two miles from where he escaped. it happened at the aintree university hospital yesterday afternoon. walmsley had an appointment. as he left, masked men threatened the prison staff with what is believed to have been a gun and a knife. police believe the men escaped in this car which is now being examined bya this car which is now being examined by a fore

fiona trott, thank you very much., cressida dick. we have had reaction from the family ofjean charles de menezes, you may remember, who was shot by armed officers injuly 2005 after being mistakenly identified as after being mistakenly identified as a terrorist suspect. cressida dick commanded the operation from the met‘s headquarters, but exonerated of any blame at a trial, jean charles de menezes' relatives reacted with anger to her pointment. they have been speaking to bbc brazil. cousins said the announcement was offensive to the memory ofjean charles de menezesment they said cressida dick was in charge of the operation which an innocent man was killed and her actions were at least incompetent. 0urfamily is actions were at least incompetent. our family is disappointed that she has been aponted for an important role at a time when there are many more threats to pick security in the form of terrorism. what are the guarantees that more people won't be killed by the police in london? they revealed that the family wrote

getting into a car with prison officers outside aintree university hospital. 0ur correspondent fiona trottas here for an appointment and when he was coming out the prison officers who accompanied him were threatened by masked men. 0ne put a gun to his head and another had a knife at his neck. they only had a bat on to defend themselves and that is raising questions this afternoon. was there enough security for the hospital visit and how did people on the outside know exactly where this prayer was. —— this prisoner. wanted by police, shaun walmsley is described as highly dangerous, a murderer, who should not be approached. the police hunt has brought officers here, the walton area of liverpool. a house and a car were searched late last night, less than two miles from where he escaped. it happened at the aintree university hospital yesterday afternoon. walmsley had an appointment. as he left, masked men threatened the prison staff with what is believed to have been a gun and a knife. today merseyside police are appealing for the public‘s help to find the prisoner. there will be lots of peopl

our correspondent fiona trott has been following events at the hospital and says there are still manyintment, we understand. when the prison officers came out with him, they were ambushed by two masked men. it meant the prison officers we re men. it meant the prison officers were threatened with a gun and a knife. they had baton to defend themselves. so questions being raised about whether or not there was enough security for this hospital visit particularly because we understand that the convicted killer was taken here by taxi. now, he had been moved from a category a toa he had been moved from a category a to a category b prison, but still questions being raised about that this afternoon. also, how do people on the outside know exactly where this prisoner was. wanted by police, shaun walmsley is described as highly dangerous, a murderer, who should not be approached. the police hunt has brought officers here, the walton area of liverpool. a house and a car were searched late last night, less than two miles from where he escaped. it happened at the aintree university hospital yesterd

fiona trott has been following events. coming out the prison officers who accompanied him were threatened by masked men. 0ne put a gun to his head and another had a knife at his neck. they only had a baton to defend themselves and that is raising questions this afternoon. was there enough security for the hospital visit and how did people on the outside know exactly where this prisoner. wanted by police, shaun walmsley is described as highly dangerous, a murderer, who should not be approached. the police hunt has brought officers here, the walton area of liverpool. a house and a car were searched late last night, less than two miles from where he escaped. it happened at the aintree university hospital yesterday afternoon. walmsley had an appointment. as he left, masked men threatened the prison staff with what's believed to have been a gun and a knife. today merseyside police are appealing for the public‘s help to find the prisoner. there will be lots of people who will have been in the vicinity at the time. i'm really app

in a moment, we'll speak to our correspondent fiona trott in merseyside.to sarah bishop, in wolverhampton. and there have been tragic consequences to this. yes, we still have had no official identification on this woman that was hit by the falling debris, but you can see behind me what hit her, you canjust about make out in that clump of fluorescent jackets, on about make out in that clump of fluorescentjackets, on the ground, below the starbucks coffee sign, a big piece of wood. about three foot 1'. we believe that is what hit her on the head. the ambulance service said she was struck and suffered severe trauma to the head and was confirmed dead at the scene. we still have had no official identification on this woman, the police still trying to reach her relatives. it seems now you can see behind me that piece of wood that hit this woman in this freak, tragic accident, is being taken away for forensic analysis. the health and safety executive have been here as well, no doubt wanting to find out exactly where it came off and under what circumstances. tonig

police have now found the gold volvo they believed he escaped in. 0ur correspondent, fiona trott is outsideee university hospital where he escaped from yesterday. this is where that happened yesterday. he was taking here for an appointment at the hospital. the police say that about three o'clock in the afternoon, this car arrived, two masked men came out of the car. 0ne armed with a knife, one armed with the firearm. the threat in the police staff and was forced to hand over shaun walmsley. as you have here, the car was found. it was found in the adams crescent area of the city, about a three minute drive from here. it is believed the car was waiting here for about 90 minutes before the incident. the police are trying to see if there are any cctv pictures around the hospital grounds which will maybe help them identify the people involved. as you say, shaun walmsley described as a highly dangerous man who should not be approached. the police are continuing to appeal for information on his whereabouts. he is white, six feet tall, so build and blown here. he was last seen wearing dark trousers

we've also been speaking to our correspondent fiona trott, who's at new brighton on merseyside whereave been reports of injuries and travel disruption. it is still choppy on the mersey at the moment. we are looking out towards the port of liverpool, which is closed. we have had gusts of 100 mph. that is why, it is a safety reason, there is no business there today. the whole of the coastline has been battered, as you know. really there is a lot of travel disruption in the north—west region. at manchester airport there are some cancellations today. iceland air flight was trying today. iceland air flight was trying to come in to land earlier at the airport. the pilot had to declare an emergency. it took a couple of attem pts emergency. it took a couple of atte m pts to emergency. it took a couple of attempts to land that plane. so, cancellations there today. cancellations on the isle of man, too. on the trains there are cancellations, disruptions or local regional services. also the west coast main line. but on the roads, the north—west motorway policing unit is asking people not to tra