Snowmail: Beichuan's tragedy

Incredibly powerful images out of China's earthquake-hit region lead the programme tonight. Lindsey Hilsum has the story of a young mother rescued alive after 124 hours in the rubble, to the surprise of her traumatised 10-year-old daughter.

Powerful aftershocks have set off more landslides, and fears of flooding have caused panicked stampedes among survivors.

Lindsey also reports on what has happened to the traumatised children of Beichuan middle school, where 1,000 pupils died this week. She films a powerful reunion between an aunt and her young relative - in China, where the one-child policy ruled for many years, aunts and uncles and cousins are often close family.

Despair in Burma

And the reporter who's been in Burma for the past two weeks for Channel 4 News has sent a deeply moving report. Deep in the cyclone-hit region, he's seen hundreds of people lining the roads, peering desperately into cars for aid; spoken to families with very sick children, in urgent need of food and medication.

All evidence that belies the junta's claims that the need for emergency aid is over - though they have been taking diplomats on a tour of the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy delta

Mizen parents' compassion

The parents of Jimmy Mizen, who was stabbed to death at a bakery the day after his 16th birthday, have, in the midst of their own grief, displayed great generosity and compassion, speaking at their son's funeral in south east London.

Barry and Margaret Mizen have called for people to show more kindness to each other; asked for local people not to harass the family of Jimmy's killer; and spoken out about their belief that politicians do not have the solution to the violent street crime that has claimed so many young teenagers' lives.

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