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| | Four children fall into icy lake as cold spell grips UK |
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Four children are critically ill after falling into an icy lake. They are believed to have been playing on ice in Babbs Mill Park, a nature reserve, near Birmingham yesterday afternoon, but full details of what happened have not yet been released. Temperatures of 1C (34F) were reported in the area at the time, amid warnings of ice and freezing conditions from the Met Office as a cold spell continues to grip parts of the UK. The children were in cardiac arrest when they were pulled from the water and are being treated in hospital, the ambulance service said. Searches continued through the night as emergency services were told six people had been in the lake. But it was no longer a rescue operation - read the latest on the story.
Further warnings about the dangers of ice, and staying away from open water, have since been issued as the Met Office's yellow warnings for ice and snow remains in place until later this evening. But the cold spell is set to continue over the next few days, with further disruption possible, BBC weather presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas said. The conditions have already caused travel disruption, with train delays, motorway accidents and flight cancellations. All flights were suspended at Stansted Airport, and there has been disruption at Heathrow and Gatwick too - here's the full story,and also find out your rights if your flight is cancelled. The freezing temperatures could also cause some travel disruption this morning, Met Office meteorologist Rachel Ayers said - further details are in our report. | | |
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| | Contingency plan preparation as strikes set to hit UK |
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| | Strikes are set to hit the UK over the next few days, continuing over the festive period. The government is coming up with a response as nurses, Border Force workers and train staff are among those preparing to walk out. Ministers are looking at contingency plans, including calling on the military and civil servants to provide cover. These will be discussed in an emergency meeting, known as Cobra, later. Troops will be sent to hospitals as ambulance workers prepare to strike, but despite efforts like this, the scheduled action is expected to cause widespread disruption. Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden has urged unions to call off the "damaging" strikes. But one union, Unison, said "instead of putting plans in place for the strike days, ministers should be concentrating all their efforts on ending the disputes". Read more here. | | |
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| | Mark and Roxanne Hoyle, better known as LadBaby, have plans for an unprecedented fifth Christmas number one single in a row. It involves Band Aid's 1984 hit Do They Know It's Christmas, an all-star cast of musicians (yet to be revealed) and… finance expert Martin Lewis. The YouTube stars will be raising money to help those affected by the cost of living crisis, focusing on The Trussell Trust and the Band Aid foundation. Despite this, Lewis thought they'd confused him with someone else when they approached him for help. Here's more. | | |
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| | | | | | | | When his son was sent to fight in Ukraine, Sergei begged him not to go. "You've got relatives there. Just refuse," Sergei recalls telling Stas, who is an army officer. "But he said he was going. He believed it was right. I told him that he was a zombie. And that, unfortunately, life would prove that."
Sergei and Stas are not the real names of this father and son. We've changed them to protect their identities. Sergei has invited us to his home to tell us their story. "So off he went to Ukraine. Then I started getting messages from him asking what would happen if he refused to fight." | | |
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| | | | Steve Rosenberg | Russia editor | | |
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| | | | | | The four children, who are critically ill after falling into an icy lake, are the main focus of this morning's papers. They are fighting for life, the Daily Express and Daily Mirror report, following the "horror on the frozen lake", the Daily Mail says. Metro headlines on the "race to save" the children, which included members of the public jumping in to help with rescue efforts, the Daily Telegraph says. This story also appears on the front of the Guardian but the paper leads with a government meeting to discuss plans for military staff to cover the upcoming strikes. Drafting them in "won't prevent NHS strike chaos", writes the Times. Meanwhile, England's exit from the World Cup continues to make the headlines. Read the newspaper review in full here. | | |
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| | | | | NHS Hospitals pay £5,200 for one agency doctor's shift |
| | | | | | Italy Three women shot dead in Rome cafe |
| | | | | | Ukraine war Exiled governor reports strike on 'Wagner HQ' |
| | | | | | Royals Take a look at King Charles and Camilla's Christmas card |
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| | These pop stars sing and dance like any other band but things are not as they seem. While K-pop girl group Eternity have racked up millions of views online, unlike most other bands they're avatars, made with artificial intelligence. Could this be the beginning of a new music revolution? Find out here.
Sticking with music, national anthems are something football fans are more than familiar with. Welsh voices filled the airwaves with Yma O Hyd during the World Cup but how much does the tradition of singing still matter to the nation? Listen to the song and take a look at whether Wales still merit the title of land of song.
And finally, England's World Cup dreams ended on Saturday, losing 2-1 to France, but four teams remain. The Argentina, Croatia, France and Morocco semi-final line-up has plenty of intriguing storylines, according to BBC Sport. This is how they could play out. | | |
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| | On this day | |
| | | | 1988 Three trains crash during morning rush hour in south London, killing 35 people and injuring more than 100 others. |
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