Grandson trapped in Beirut (From This is The West Country)

Grandson trapped in Beirut

9:26am Wednesday 26th July 2006

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A WORRIED Burnham couple are praying for the safety of their ten-year-old grandson who is stuck in Beirut as the violent conflict in the Middle East rages on.

Ashcott Drive's Tony and Edna Moore told the Weekly News youngster Michael and mum Nayla could "hear the bombs going off from their house" as Israel attacks parts of Lebanon.

"They can hear the bombs going off from their house."

Grandmother Edna Moore

Daughter-in-law Nayla took her son out to see her family earlier this month, but they were not among the 180 Britons evacuated from the Lebanese capital on the Royal Navy's warship HMS Gloucester on Thursday.

For the full version of this story pick up Wednesday's Weekly News.

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