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and crew did manage to escape the aircraft before it was engulfed in flames. injapan officials say at least 48 people and died in many others trapped beneath rubble after monday's powerful earthquake. will stay with that story in japan because 48 people are now known to have died in monday's earthquake. the countries prime minister says rescue teams are facing a race against time to find survivors still trapped beneath the rubble. the quake that measured a magnitude of 7.6 hit the province of noto. my correspondent reports from the epicentre. sirens this is a race for survival. rescu...

despite a ban on the ivory trade — we have special investigation. and the undercover prince — how william took to the streets of london this week, selling the big issue magazine for the homeless. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the game of golf under threat. bbc news channel, the game of golf underthreat. phil bbc news channel, the game of golf under threat. phil mickelson among players suspended from the pga tour for taking part in the saudi backed liv golf event. good evening. two british men who were captured by russian forces while fighting for the ukraini...

When weather alerts are issued warning of a risk to life, this is what they mean. we just happened to be driving along the a22 in east sussex when we came across it. a tree on the edge of the ashdown forest, blown over and into the road, and on to two passing cars. driving along, got halfway along to here. and as we passed, that tree fell completely across the pair of us. damaged the van severely, the other van. i managed to avoid most of it. itjust took my bumper off and my light out. shook me up really bad. i ran over to see if i could help, but they were trapped in there. two people were ta...

Mark easton, bbc news, birmingham. police have recovered the bodies of two people from round four lake in devon after a boat capsized. 0fficers said a large—scale search missing specialist equipment had taken place after the boat capsized near 0kehampton yesterday afternoon. maritime accident investigators say two people who were missing were disabled. 0ne two people who were missing were disabled. one of few people rescued from the boat is in a critical condition in hospital. children in care have reported being groomed and sexually assaulted in homes run by a company making large profits f...

An increase of 2 million on last year. colin paterson, bbc news, salford. regular trains are returning to the dartmoor line in devon for the first time in almost 50 years. from today, great western railway services will run between 0kehampton and exeter. it's part of a government scheme to restore abandoned railway lines. john maguire reports. when the railway arrived in 0kehampton, the town threw a huge street party to celebrate. that was 150 years ago. the next century saw crowds gather for other important occasions — to name trains and to send the town's sons off to war. and even the line...