Continue to get details confirming 21 people have died and a0 people are injured as a rich Rescue Operations are still under way. We can take a look atjohn donis ands report now. In the darkness. Emergency crews are battling to rescue the injured and recover the dead. The bus upturned and crushed by the force of the fall disaster. From up on the bridge, it veered off. You can see the drop. Eyewitnesses say the bus then caught fire when it hit the ground. It happened in the m district on the mainland across the water from venices tourist centre. In a statement on social media, the citys mayor said the scene at the crash site was apocalyptic, and italys Prime Minister expressed her deepest condolences on the bridge. You can see where the bus went through the crash barriers. Investigators are now trying to work out why. Officials are warning the number of People Killed is likely to rise with italian media reporting that several children are among the victims. Jon donnison, bbc news. Live
Good evening. After weeks of speculation we understand tonight that the Prime Minister is going to scrap the plans to build the h52 high speed rail line between birmingham and manchester. He is expected to make the announcement in manchester at the conservative Party Conference tomorrow. Our Political Editor chris mason is there for us now. For the last couple of days, the Government Machine has felt quite low key, even underpowered, from the Prime Minister down, when it has come to the announcements they have had to make but tonight, that looks like it is about to change, not least with the confirmation is widely expected over the last couple of days, of the scrapping of the h52 rail line between the West Midlands and manchester. My understanding is the mayor of the West Midlands, a conservative, we included his views on our reporting of this last night, saw the Prime Minister this afternoon and tonight is distraught. Expect rishi sunak when he sets out his announcement to say that in
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