, theirfamilies became shrewsbury, their families became worried shrewsbury, theirfamilies became worriede in was found overturned and partly submerged at the side of and partly submerged at the side of a winding road amid a mountain landscape and the four have been killed. the inquest initially found the cause of death as drowning. we will hear more details today in front of the coroner. we know there is concern about younger drivers in particular, we know that tragically young men are four times more likely to die, all be seriously injured, than other car users. one of the families, the mother of harvey owen, has campaigned for potential changes to the driving licensing laws and the period people have to learn and what they can do after passing their test and she wants a graduated licensing scheme similar to what they have in ireland and australia that limits what people can do and who they can carry in their car. we know driving conditions were bad on that day and families have concerns about the signage and safety measures in place and we will learn more today at the inquest. she famo

from machynlleth to shrewsbury were involved in what is being described as a low—speed collision.ed to stop where they normally stop. it is a fair gradient then from that point down to machynlleth and, from what we can gather, he just slid and he could not stop the train. a multi—agency response was launched with police, firefighters, road and air ambulances, as well as the coastguard helicopter all attending the scene. one man died in the incident. his next of kin been informed and his family are being supported by specialist officers. a further 15 people were taken to hospital with non life—threatening or changing injuries. all other passengers were evacuated safely from both trains. somehow, my body bent the leg of a table and ripped it off its bolts attached to the wall. suddenly, i was on the floor with my laptop strewn ahead of me, wondering what the hell had happened. first minister of wales, eluned morgan, tweeted... in a statement, network rail and transport for wales said the line will remain closed for now and all passengers should check theirjourneys before travelling

to harvey, wilf and jevon, who all went togetherfrom shrewsbury to north wales. loss since, and how hard it has been to come to terms with the circumstances. —— those sons. we then heard from a police crash scene investigator who narrated what he thought happen. we knew the boys were in the car with hugo driving. investigators believe he may have been taking the bend where they crashed a little too quickly. important to note that the speed limit there is 60 mph. there is no suggestion he was doing anything like that. the crash scene investigator suggested the safe speed to take that ben would have been closer to 26 mph. —— that bend. there was no evidence he was speeding and no evidence that wet road conditions with leaves, but those were not contributory, according to the investigator. they are still hearing evidence. thank you. police are warning that organised gangs behind the recent rise in shoplifting are using more sophisticated tactics to steal on a large scale. a bbc news investigation has gained exclusive access to the work of one organisation that track

the league or group stage of a major european competition, thanks to a 2—0 victory over astana in shrewsburydeclan mcmanus got the goals in a famous triumph against the record seven—time kazakhstan premier league champions. there's lots more on that, and all the results from the europa league and the conference league, on the bbc sport website and app. now, the families of footballers in britain affected by a specific type of dementia linked to repetitive head trauma are calling for change to help protect the next generation of players. they've written to the uk government, asking for anyone who has played contact sport to be checked for the disease when they die. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has this report. and bird's swerving shot puts mansfield ahead. kevin bird was a mansfield town legend, a no—nonsense defender who played for the stags a50 times. loved, loved football. thought he was a really lucky man to play football for a living. bird's underneath it. 12 years ago, sue started to notice changes in her husband. diagnosed with alzheimer's and depression, he'd gone from a lov

the review follows multiple health care scandals, such as the maternity crisis at shrewsbury and telforded babies died and where some units had not been inspected for a number of years. the government has said it's taking steps to root out poor performing inspections. it's ordered two further reviews, one of which will look into patient safety at six key health organisations, including at the coc. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. there's a warning that the uk is facing another energy crisis because of its high dependence on gas for heating and power. the energy crisis commission says the country is dangerously unprepared, despite repeated shocks over the last 50 years. the commission wants the government to increase investment in home energy efficiency, to accelerate the roll—out of electric heat pumps, and to be more ambitious on renewable generation. the train operator, northern, has announced that its withdrawing live prosecutions against passengers for using railcard discounts for peak—time services. it will apply to all cases where the original fare was less than £12. the mother of a wo

the boys — from shrewsbury — were in a car which was found upisde down and partially submerged near porthmadogspondent hywel griffith joins us now from caernarfon. this happened last november? yes, that was when the four friends, harvey, hugo, jevon hirst and wilf fitchett set off for a weekend in north wales in the beautiful mountains. theirfamilies last north wales in the beautiful mountains. their families last heard from them on the sunday when they did not return home on the monday, the alarm was raised and police were called and a search began. sadly, on the tuesday, the ford fiesta they were travelling in was found upturned in a ditch and submerged in water off the side of a country road. the inquest today will establish the circumstances, what led up to the deaths and potentially what can be learned. we know one family, the mother of harvey owen, has campaigned since losing her son, trying to introduce changes to young drivers and the rules around what young drivers can do and she has spoken to us on this programme about the idea of a graduated driving licence where potentially young d

lots of red skies, such as here in shrewsbury in shropshire.. the sun is up now so you may have missed it. beautiful pictures have been coming in. today we keep the hazy sunshine. it will be dry. very different from how it was yesterday. it will also feel colder. then it is all change into next week. i will come to that in a moment. they said this morning. quite breezy towards the north sea facing coasts. elsewhere the winds are light. hazy sunshine. cloud taken from the west. claudia in northern ireland, may be some patchy rain putting into north—west scotland. lots of sunshine. staying dry. eight to 11 celsius north to south. 14 in the south, south—west of england, because we have an approaching weather front. because we have an approaching weatherfront. that because we have an approaching weather front. that will push some outbreaks of rain across wales and into central england, the midlands, by tomorrow morning. clear skies for comet watchers towards the north—west of england, parts of south—west scotland and north—east scotland and norther

then there's the downgrading of shrewsbury�*s cctv network. the council. but in future, those cameras will still roll but no one will be watching in real time. we have had multiple break—ins over the years. you know, to know that there is not someone manning it, looking at the cctv, is a worry. the council says it has to make savings. here and across the country, councils will continue to investigate ways to keep their budgets on track. how does a council save over £270 million in the next five years when it's already had to save almost three times that amount in the last 14 years? that's the challenge facing leeds city council, which has to make more savings than almost any other council in the country. one of the things it's planning to do is hand back the lease on this place, thwaite watermill, one of the last working watermills in the country. they've already increased council tax, introduced more car parking charges. they're proposing to cut around 300 full—time jobs this year, when they've already lost over 3000 jobs. all of this as they

a crash that killed four teenage boys from shrewsbury, who drowned in an overturned car, could have beeno the government raising concerns about newly qualified drivers being able to carry passengers. hugo morris, harvey owen, wilf fitchett, and jevon hirst died when their car left a rural road in snowdonia while they were on a camping trip last november. our wales correspondent hywel griffith has more. the sharp, sweeping bend where last november, four lives ended suddenly when a car left the road. 16—year—old jevon hirst, harvey owen and wilf fitchett, both 17, and 18—year—old hugo morris, were college friends who'd come to north wales for a weekend in the mountains. when the boys didn't arrive home, a search was launched. their car was eventually spotted overturned in a flooded ditch two days after it had crashed. the conditions on that day were wet, there were leaves on the road, but a crash investigator told the inquest that the accident had been avoidable. he believed the driver, hugo morris, had been going around the bend too quickly and lost control, even though he well below the

all four boys — who were sixth form college students from shrewsbury — drowned.orrespondent, hywel griffith reports. the sharp, sweeping bend where last november, four lives ended suddenly when a car left the road. 16—year—old jevon hirst, harvey owen and wilf fitchett, both 17, and 18—year—old hugo morris were college friends who had come to north wales for a weekend in the mountains. when the boys didn't arrive home, a search was launched. their car was eventually spotted overturned in the flooded ditch, two days after it had crashed. the conditions on that day were wet. there were leaves on the road, but a crash investigator told the inquest that the accident had been avoidable. he believed the driver, hugo morris, had been going around the bend too quickly and lost control, even though he was well below the speed limit of 60 miles an hour. harvey owen's mother told the inquest her son had been flourishing in life, loving music and playing his guitar. she believes young drivers shouldn't be allowed to carry passengers of the same age and wants licensing laws c

the bbc understands the service carrying passengers west from shrewsbury failed to stop at a passingernment borrowing to £16.6 billion last month, one of the highest september figures on record. it comes as the chancellor, rachel reeves, prepares for next week's budget. she has already warned that she will have to make tough decisions on tax and public spending, as she looks to fund a number of priorities. but, earlier today, the international monetary fund raised its growth forecast for the uk economy, saying it is set to accelerate. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david is here to look at what it all means. dharshini. .. it's a stark reminder of the challenges we face. billions of pounds of public money are spent every month, for example on education, benefits and roads ? but in the last six months, we ve overspent. spending does typically exceed the governments income, so a shortfall, a deficit ? this blue line —?was predicted, funded by borrowing. but the overspend means the actual deficit? this red line is higher. it's nearly £7 billion more than expected in the spri

the review follows multiple health care scandals, such as the maternity crisis at shrewsbury and telfordmber of years. the government has said it's taking steps to root out poor performing inspections. it's ordered two further reviews, one of which will look into patient safety at six key health organisations, including at the cqc. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. here in the uk, a labour mp is seeking stricter controls on smartphones for teenagers. josh macallister says children need stronger protections in place up to the age of 16, including a ban on phones in schools. his private members bill has won the backing of education unions, parent campaigners and the current childrens commissioner for england. here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. handing phones over to be locked away for the school day. the secondary in widnes is phone free from this term. for the year 11s, it's been a big mental shift. i used to be dead het up about how i looked around people, how everything perceive me. i don't have it on me, so i don't know what's happening with it, what's going on. i basically don'

playing in shrewsbury as their ground is too small, they made this place their own. 13 minutes left.y. joe lynskey, bbc news. the premier league weekend starts tonight at the king power stadium, it�*s an east midlands derby as leicester manager steve cooper goes up against his former side nottingham forest. cooper spent just over two years at the city ground, getting forest back into the premier league for the first time in over two decades, but was keen to play down any emotional reunion talk. it�*s just now all about the work with he club here and the players here and it doesn�*t matter who we play now, that�*s completely where where my focus is and that�*s enough to consume me and my mind and the staff�*s mind. the play—offs for next years women�*s european championship start later. scotland, wales and northern ireland are all involved in the first round. all of them are playing the first legs away. the scots are in budapest to face hungary, northern ireland are in croatia. wales are unbeaten under rhian wilkinson and looking to qualify for their first major tournament, they are i

he'd been a housemaster at shrewsbury. he went to rugby.interview. he couldn't understand it. and then somebody said to him afterwards, well, we had a cut off date of 49 and you were 55. you know, you didn't look 50. he was still playing cricket and even legal. well, i mean, it was legal in 1980 something or other, wasn't it? you know, nowadays i don't mention my age on my cv, but i did opens, you know, that absolutely dates me. it's as quaint as doing the school certificate was for my aunts, you know, which is like malory towers. >> oh, well, it's depressing . it >> oh, well, it's depressing. it really is depressing. picture that you paint, really is depressing. picture that you paint , folks, but we that you paint, folks, but we have to leave it there. charlotte eagar and jess gill, thank you for debating that. let us know at home your thoughts on all of that. would you try to hide your age from your cv, and have you experienced some age discrimination? >> it's funny you saying is it legal? and of course it's not legal. but when you're in

i think we are in shrewsbury there. lots of people throwing them out now.were thinking! it keeps you - thinking? i don't know what they | were thinking! it keeps you busy. thinking? i don't know what they - were thinking! it keeps you busy. as thins were thinking! it keeps you busy. as things stand. _ were thinking! it keeps you busy. as things stand, recycle _ were thinking! it keeps you busy. as things stand, recycle like _ were thinking! it keeps you busy. as things stand, recycle like this - were thinking! it keeps you busy. as things stand, recycle like this is - things stand, recycle like this is funded by the local authority but from april, the onus will shift to the manufacturers. the government's hope is that pollutants will begin to pay. that is everything, paper, plastic, aluminium, all funded by the manufacturers. it always comes at a cost, whenever we see progress. for class for example, it will be a cost of around 9p for a 500 meant —— millimetre bottle. some manufacturers are fed up with this cost as we found as we spoke to a cordial maker in

last night, that didn't happen, and the train from shrewsbury continued until the crash.e signalling issues on the cambrian track in the past. the weather yesterday may have been a factor too. weather yesterday may have been a factortoo. earlier on, weather yesterday may have been a factor too. earlier on, there were warnings about extremely slippery conditions on another part of this rail line stop trains were warned to reduce speed. the collision resulted in a huge emergency response. ivan couldn't believe what he was witnessing in his village. the whole valley was glowing with blue lights flashing. aha, the whole valley was glowing with blue lights flashing.— blue lights flashing. a worrying site in such _ blue lights flashing. a worrying site in such a _ blue lights flashing. a worrying site in such a normally - blue lights flashing. a worrying site in such a normally tranquil| site in such a normally tranquil place. site in such a normally tranquil lace. . , site in such a normally tranquil lace. , , ., ., , place. yes, in very soon afterwards, then all the — place.

from machynlleth to shrewsbury were involved in what is being described as a low—speed collision. coming from newtown side failed to stop where they normally stop. there is a fair gradient then from that point down to machynlleth and, from what we can gather, he just slid and he could not stop the train. multi—agency response was launched with police, firefighters, road and air ambulances, as well as the coastguard helicopter all attending the scene. one man died in the incident. his next of kin been informed and his family are being supported by specialist officers. a further 15 people were taken to hospital with nonlife—threatening or changing injuries. all other passengers were evacuated safely from both trains. somehow my body bent the leg of a table and ripped it off its bolts attached to the wall. suddenly i was on the floor with my laptop ahead of me, wondering what the hell had happened. first minister of wales, eluned morgan, tweeted, in a statement, network rail and transport for wales said the line will remain closed for now and all passengers should check theirjourneys

allowed investigators to start working out what went wrong here last night, as the service from shrewsburyhe train coming in the opposite direction. they were moving at low speed but passengers felt the full force of the impact. somehow, my body bent the leg of a table and ripped it off its bolts attached to the wall. suddenly, i was on the floor, with my laptop strewn ahead of me, wondering what the hell had happened. the trains were carrying more than a0 passengers. one was killed, 15 others had to be rushed to hospital. ifan couldn't believe what he was witnessing in his village. the whole valley was just glowing with blue lights flashing. a worrying side in such a normally tranquil place? —— a worrying site in such a normally tranquil place? yes, and very soon afterwards then, all the helicopters landing. there was one air ambulance and two coastguard helicopters landed in the field with all the paramedics and all the kits coming out into police vehicles to take them down incident scene. so what went wrong? one of these trains should have stopped at a passing place further up the track

scenes in shrewsbury... as the new saints make history by becoming the first welsh league side to win a match in the main draw of a european competition. a cloudy day out there today. more sunshine leading into the south later on. although whether details throughout the programme. —— all the weather details. it's friday the 25th of october. the king has urged commonwealth countries to "commit" to learning the lessons of the past at the opening of a meeting of the organisation's leaders in samoa. some members of the 56 nation group, made up mainly of former british colonies, want a discussion about reparations for slavery. our political editor chris mason reports leadership involves very many things. this is the samoan welcome. some commonwealth members want the uk and others to compensate for the impact of slavery. there was a debate the king referred to here. in the broadest terms, none of us can change the past but we can commit with all our hearts to learning its lessons and to finding creative ways to wr