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for humanitarian agencies, after five major non governmental organisations suspend their work in afghanistan. we ll have a look at the front page of the papers in a moment but first, some other stories to bring you. police say a tenth person has died as a result of a huge explosion at a block of flats injersey early this month. kathleen mcguinness, who was 73, lived next to the building in st helier which was destroyed in the blast. about 3 billion litres of water are lost every day through leaks in england and wales, according to the latest figures from the industry regulator. now to help tackle the problem, scientists have developed miniature robots that crawl through pipes to patrol our water supply network. our science correspondent, victoria gill, reports. the water company here in essex has detected a leak, but to find its location and fix it, they will need to dig through a complex maze of pipes. basically, we have a nine inch cast iron water main that runs dow ....
cup, the premier league returns. on a busy boxing day with the leaders arsenal looking to go eight points clear of manchester city if they beat west ham. it s going to turn much colder for many as this boxing day, showers around as well, which could turn wintry towards north western areas. all of the details throughout the programme. it s monday the 26th december. our main story. police are appealing for information after a gunman shot dead a 26 year old woman in merseyside on christmas eve. four other people were injured in the shooting in the lighthouse pub in wallasey. merseyside police said it did not believe the victim was targeted. judith moritz reports. late on christmas eve, the lighthouse pub was full of people counting down the minutes towards midnight. it was a lively scene, butjust before 12:00am the pub s neighbours heard a particularly loud noise. i was in bed and i was on phone and i heard a bang, bang, bang, bang fourtimes. i waited, because i thought i ....
of all time, kathy whitworth, has died at the age of 83. she won a record 88 ladies professional golf association titles. hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was targeted by ukrainian drones during the night. russia says it shot down the drones, but that three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the base is host to long range russian strategic bombers, the type of which have launched numerous missiles strikes on ukraine. from moscow, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. caught on cctv. an explosion at a russian airbase. russia says it shot down a ukrainian drone but that three russian soldiers were killed. engels airbase is deep inside russian territory, hundreds of miles from the ukrainian border. the base hosts long range bombers which are believed to have ....
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of living crisis bites? hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was targetted by ukrainian drones during the night. russia says it shot down the drones, but that three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the base is host to long range russian strategic bombers, the type of which have launched numerous missiles strikes on ukraine. from moscow, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. caught on cctv. an explosion at a russian airbase. russia says it shot down a ukrainian drone but that three russian soldiers were killed. engels airbase is deep inside russian territory, hundreds of miles from the ukrainian border. the base hosts long range bombers which are believed to have launched missile attacks against ukraine. state tv reacted to the news with a familiar warning t ....