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pallab ghosh, thankj next generation. fascinating - insight. pallab ghosh, thank you.itor that. closer to home, let's find out what the weather is doing with carol kirkwood. hello again, we have had showers this morning particularly across wales and the south—west of england. the weather front responsible for that will still be with us. it's moving north and east woods, the dregs of yesterday's weather front, and then another one coming in across the north west introducing heavy showers for northern ireland and western scotland. you may well hear the odd rumble of thunder from those too. in between those two areas, a lot of dry weather, some sunshine, areas of cloud floating around at times but it will feel quite warm in the south—eastern corner. we could reach 28 degrees today. pressure across the north—west where we are looking at 15 to about 18 degrees. through this evening and overnight, everything pushes into the north sea. we will have clearer skies for a time but then further showers come in across northern ireland and also western scotland, accompanied by breez
pallab ghosh, thankj next generation. fascinating - insight. pallab ghosh, thank you.itor that. closer to home, let's find out what the weather is doing with carol kirkwood. hello again, we have had showers this morning particularly across wales and the south—west of england. the weather front responsible for that will still be with us. it's moving north and east woods, the dregs of yesterday's weather front, and then another one coming in across the north west introducing heavy showers for...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.station may have to stay there for at least eight months. sunita williams and barry wilmore have already spent two months in space after a planned eight day mission ran into technical problems. so when and how will these astronauts get back to earth? they were meant to be back on earth for the olympics, but had to get into the spirit on the international space station without knowing when they will be back. we've had an absolute blast pretending to be olympic athletes. three, two, one. they launched injune on a test to see how the spacecraft performs. it was meant to last eight days, but issues with the thrusters on their boeing starliner mean they are now stuck. the question is, can they return safely on that same spacecraft, or come back on a rocket owned by rival company spacex, planned for february? that is not without risk. their spacesuits are not fit for spacex flights and they would have to return unsuited. let's go forward into starliner. a decision is expected at the end of t
pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.station may have to stay there for at least eight months. sunita williams and barry wilmore have already spent two months in space after a planned eight day mission ran into technical problems. so when and how will these astronauts get back to earth? they were meant to be back on earth for the olympics, but had to get into the spirit on the international space station without knowing when they will be back. we've had an absolute blast pretending to be olympic...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.e international space station — may have to stay there for at least eight months. sunita williams and barry wilmore have already spent two months in space after a planned eight day mission ran into technical problems. here's reeta chakrabarti. they were meant to be back on earth for the olympics, but had to get into the spirit on the international space station without knowing when they will be back. we've had an absolute blast pretending to be olympic athletes. three, two, one. they launched in june on a test to see how the spacecraft performs. it was meant to last eight days, but issues with the thrusters on their boeing starliner mean they are now stuck. the question is, can they return safely on that same spacecraft, or come back on a rocket owned by rival company spacex, planned for february? that is not without risk. their spacesuits are not fit for spacex flights and they would have to return unsuited. let's go forward into starliner. a decision is expected at the end of the mon
pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.e international space station — may have to stay there for at least eight months. sunita williams and barry wilmore have already spent two months in space after a planned eight day mission ran into technical problems. here's reeta chakrabarti. they were meant to be back on earth for the olympics, but had to get into the spirit on the international space station without knowing when they will be back. we've had an absolute blast pretending to be olympic...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news.orts or navtej johal has more on one of the people on the vessel, jonathan bloom ——jonathan bloomer, the chairman of morgan stanley on the chairman of morgan stanley on the art. well among the people missing after the sinking of the superyacht the bayesian off the coast of sicily after that violent storm is jonathan bloom. is jonathan bloomer. he is the chairman of the investment bank morgan stanley international. he's believed to be good friends with mike lynch, the british tech entrepreneur. mr bloomer, his wife, judy bloom, was also on the boat at the time and is among the missing. in the last few moments. i've conducted an audio interview with his brother, jeremy bloom. his twin brother. i've conducted an audio interview with his brother, jeremy bloomer. his twin brother. he did not want to go on camera, but in this audio interview, which you're about to hear, he confirmed to me that mr bloomer is his brother, that he was on the boat and that he learned of the news just yesterday.
pallab ghosh, bbc news.orts or navtej johal has more on one of the people on the vessel, jonathan bloom ——jonathan bloomer, the chairman of morgan stanley on the chairman of morgan stanley on the art. well among the people missing after the sinking of the superyacht the bayesian off the coast of sicily after that violent storm is jonathan bloom. is jonathan bloomer. he is the chairman of the investment bank morgan stanley international. he's believed to be good friends with mike lynch, the...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news. and before we go.. chicamacomico banks fire and rescue officials say this home collapsed due to rough waves from ernesto. the category 2 hurricane, which is some 600 of miles off shore approaching bermuda, has created dangerous conditions on the us state's coast. there is more on all of this shows we have covered in this bulletin on the abc news website or the bbc news app. that is it from here in washington for the moment. do stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we're into fine settled spell of weather now, just in time for the weekend, and we should see a lot of sunshine on both saturday and sunday, especially across england and wales. winds light in the south, always a bit fresher further north. that's because scotland is closer to this area of low pressure over iceland, but the azores high, bringing plenty of sunshine and lighter winds to england and wales. but it will be quite a cool start to saturday morning. cool and fresh, with temperatures in single digits out of towns and cities. but t
pallab ghosh, bbc news. and before we go.. chicamacomico banks fire and rescue officials say this home collapsed due to rough waves from ernesto. the category 2 hurricane, which is some 600 of miles off shore approaching bermuda, has created dangerous conditions on the us state's coast. there is more on all of this shows we have covered in this bulletin on the abc news website or the bbc news app. that is it from here in washington for the moment. do stay with us here on bbc news. hello there....
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here's pallab ghosh.is promotional video made 15 years ago. its italian makers showing off its sleek design and luxurious interiors, all of which are now under the sea. the bayesian is one of the largest sailing yachts ever built, 56m long, and it has the second tallest sailing mast ever built at 72m. its sails would have been down overnight, but some experts have said that because the mast was so tall, it might have caught the high winds just like a sail, and they speculate that this might have helped tip the vessel over. they also wonder whether the yacht�*s keel, which is a flat blade sticking into the water for balance, was retracted and so affected its stability. reports from the survivor was that the sinking happened in a matter of minutes. we now have reports from the divers that the vessel is pretty much intact, so that very much hints at extreme winds on a rather large sized rig causing the vessel to keel over and then most likely start taking on water, which would then lead to a very fast sinkin
here's pallab ghosh.is promotional video made 15 years ago. its italian makers showing off its sleek design and luxurious interiors, all of which are now under the sea. the bayesian is one of the largest sailing yachts ever built, 56m long, and it has the second tallest sailing mast ever built at 72m. its sails would have been down overnight, but some experts have said that because the mast was so tall, it might have caught the high winds just like a sail, and they speculate that this might...
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palla b pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.with a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine. police are trying to trace the sweets — which as many as 400 people may have received as part of food parcels. it's believed criminals may have packaged the drugs as sweets to avoid detection. more coming up on bbc news, more on all of our websites, or on the apple of course, thank you for being with us, we are back soon. hello there. temperatures have come down somewhat, particularly across the south, to what we had at the start of the week. but it's by no means going to be cold for the next few days, but it will be a bit more unsettled as this area of low pressure starts to work its way in as we head through tonight across scotland, northern ireland and then eventually the clouds thicken for northern and western england and also wales, with an increasing breeze. further south, it will be mostly dry with clear skies, variable cloud, and where we have any cloud cover then around 15 degrees the overnight low, but it will be milder fur
palla b pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.with a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine. police are trying to trace the sweets — which as many as 400 people may have received as part of food parcels. it's believed criminals may have packaged the drugs as sweets to avoid detection. more coming up on bbc news, more on all of our websites, or on the apple of course, thank you for being with us, we are back soon. hello there. temperatures have come down somewhat, particularly across the...
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our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has more. millions of years ago. each layer of this rock face in the garvellachs captures a snapshot of the planet's distant past. scientists have now dated fragments of the rock, and shown them to be from the only place in the world to have a detailed record of how our planet plunged into the most severe and prolonged ice age in our history. these tiny grains prove beyond any doubt that the garvellachs are the best and most complete record of a critical period in our history called snowball earth — when, for 80 million years, pretty much the entire planet was covered with ice. if we wind back the calendar hundreds of millions of years, we see that scotland was in a completely different place, because the continents have moved over time. it was south of the earth's equator, and had a tropical climate until it — and the rest of the planet — became engulfed in ice. but then, something remarkable happened. after the melting of the snowball, we suddenly start to get bona fide modern—looking animals
our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has more. millions of years ago. each layer of this rock face in the garvellachs captures a snapshot of the planet's distant past. scientists have now dated fragments of the rock, and shown them to be from the only place in the world to have a detailed record of how our planet plunged into the most severe and prolonged ice age in our history. these tiny grains prove beyond any doubt that the garvellachs are the best and most complete record of a critical...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news. first of all, has scotland, that part of scotland always been the focus of this kind of research and why? focus of this kind of research and wh ? , ., ., focus of this kind of research and wh ? ,., ., , focus of this kind of research and wh ? , ., , why? good evening. yes, scotland is alwa s why? good evening. yes, scotland is always been — why? good evening. yes, scotland is always been a _ why? good evening. yes, scotland is always been a classic _ why? good evening. yes, scotland is always been a classic locality - why? good evening. yes, scotland is always been a classic locality for- always been a classic locality for this since the 1960s and 1970s for one thing that i was never done was to take these trucks directly and so, we did not really know which we were looking at until this most recent study reported that the layers to show that we had a continuous record not only in glaciation and put covering the entire glaciation itself and 60 million years of these rocks. looking at
pallab ghosh, bbc news. first of all, has scotland, that part of scotland always been the focus of this kind of research and why? focus of this kind of research and wh ? , ., ., focus of this kind of research and wh ? ,., ., , focus of this kind of research and wh ? , ., , why? good evening. yes, scotland is alwa s why? good evening. yes, scotland is always been — why? good evening. yes, scotland is always been a _ why? good evening. yes, scotland is always been a classic _ why? good evening....
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here's pallab ghosh.al video made 15 years ago. its italian makers showing off its sleek design and luxurious interiors, all of which are now under the sea. the bayesian is one of the largest sailing yachts ever built, 56m long, and it has the second tallest sailing mast ever built at 72m. its sails would have been down overnight, but some experts have said that because the mast was so tall, it might have caught the high windsjust like a sail, and they speculate that this might have helped tip the vessel over. they also wonder whether the yacht�*s keel, which is a flat blade sticking into the water for balance, was retracted and so affected its stability. reports from the survivor was that the sinking happened in a matter of minutes. we now have reports from the divers that the vessel is pretty much intact, so that very much hints at extreme winds on a rather large sized rig causing the vessel to keel over and then most likely start taking on water, which would then lead to a very fast sinking. but aren't
here's pallab ghosh.al video made 15 years ago. its italian makers showing off its sleek design and luxurious interiors, all of which are now under the sea. the bayesian is one of the largest sailing yachts ever built, 56m long, and it has the second tallest sailing mast ever built at 72m. its sails would have been down overnight, but some experts have said that because the mast was so tall, it might have caught the high windsjust like a sail, and they speculate that this might have helped tip...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.re than two centuries ago — in which around 250 people died — but now the wreck of the earl of abergavenny has been granted special protection meaning divers can visit the underwater site and look but not touch. the ship had set sail for china carrying many chests of silver bullion when a storm drove her into a sandbank off the coast of weymouth. her captain was the brother of the famous poet william wordsworth, who went on to express his grief in his poetry. thanks for watching newsday. in a few minutes we'll be back with business today where we will be talking about the economic consequences of the political situation injapan and a preview of numbers about the chinese economy see you soon. hello there! wednesday was a cloudier and fresher feel for most of us, but east anglia still clung on to some sunshine and some heat. 26 celsius was the high on wednesday afternoon in parts of suffolk. but the story will continue to change for thursday. under this influence of low pressure, some we
pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.re than two centuries ago — in which around 250 people died — but now the wreck of the earl of abergavenny has been granted special protection meaning divers can visit the underwater site and look but not touch. the ship had set sail for china carrying many chests of silver bullion when a storm drove her into a sandbank off the coast of weymouth. her captain was the brother of the famous poet william wordsworth, who went on to express his grief in his...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news. thank you for that.srael gaza border now. those are live pictures. these talks have been going on. we had a joint statement from the us, egypt and qatar. the three countries which act as mediators say... president biden says adl is much closer than it was three days ago but it is not yet there. all parties to the conflict have been called to allow a polio vaccine campaign to take place. we will stay across everything going on involving those talks and bring it to you here on bbc news. so do not go away. hello there. and over the weekend, there will be some more sunshine at times. very quiet weather over the weekend. not too much changing from one day to the next. many places will remain dry. this was the picture earlier today. that weather front has moved to the south of us. we are seeing more cloud coming into northern parts of scotland and that is where we see the showers. but there was not too much cloud in the midlands today, lovely and warm in the sunshine. last night, we saw some big differences in
pallab ghosh, bbc news. thank you for that.srael gaza border now. those are live pictures. these talks have been going on. we had a joint statement from the us, egypt and qatar. the three countries which act as mediators say... president biden says adl is much closer than it was three days ago but it is not yet there. all parties to the conflict have been called to allow a polio vaccine campaign to take place. we will stay across everything going on involving those talks and bring it to you...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.britain's railways has increased by more than 50% in the past two years, according to a new survey by the british transport police. the minister for violence against women and girls described the figures as upsetting. 0ur correspondent, nick eardley, has more details. doors beep. put your bags on the floor. this is the moment when edgar junior was arrested by british transport police last year. the 50—year—old had sexually assaulted a woman on a train. he admitted it and was sentenced to 20 months in prison. but new figures show that this is far from an isolated case. british transport police figures show an average of 31 reports a day involving violent crimes against women or girls. the number being reported has jumped 50 in just two years. reports of sexual harassment have more than doubled in the same period, with sexual assault reports up 10%, too. most women and girls have experienced incidents of sexual harassment and other types of non—contact sexual offending on the transport n
pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.britain's railways has increased by more than 50% in the past two years, according to a new survey by the british transport police. the minister for violence against women and girls described the figures as upsetting. 0ur correspondent, nick eardley, has more details. doors beep. put your bags on the floor. this is the moment when edgar junior was arrested by british transport police last year. the 50—year—old had sexually assaulted a woman on a train. he...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.nita williams and barry wilmore have already spent two months in space after a planned 8 day mission ran into technical problems. rita chakrabarti has this report. they were meant to be back on earth for the olympics, but had to get into the spirit on the international space station without knowing when they will be back. we�*ve had an absolute blast pretending to be olympic athletes. three, two, one. they launched injune on a test to see how the spacecraft performs. it was meant to last eight days, but issues with the thrusters on their boeing starliner mean they are now stuck. the question is, can they return safely on that same spacecraft, or come back on a rocket owned by rival company spacex, planned for february? that is not without risk. their spacesuits are not fit for spacex flights and they would have to return unsuited. let�*s go forward into starliner. a decision is expected at the end of the month and in the meantime, nasa says both astronauts are doing great and, as veter
pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.nita williams and barry wilmore have already spent two months in space after a planned 8 day mission ran into technical problems. rita chakrabarti has this report. they were meant to be back on earth for the olympics, but had to get into the spirit on the international space station without knowing when they will be back. we�*ve had an absolute blast pretending to be olympic athletes. three, two, one. they launched injune on a test to see how the spacecraft...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news.t to offer support to survivors of last month's stabbing attack. he held private meetings with the families, and spent time with front line emergency staff and other members of the community affected both by the stabbing — and the disorder that followed. danny savage reports from southport. there was a warm welcome for the king in southport today. his first stop was to look at the messages and tributes left outside the town hall since the awful events here last month. he then signed a book of condolence after a meeting with some of those injured in the attack. among them wasjohn hayes, who was stabbed when he tried to intervene. what was it like to meet the king? fabulous. it was lovely to meet him. and ifound him quite engaging, quite easy to talk to. i think most people said the same. it was lovely. does it mean something when he comes here to hear first hand himself about what happened, rather than second or third hand? absolutely. i mean, i think he only arrived in balmoral yesterd
pallab ghosh, bbc news.t to offer support to survivors of last month's stabbing attack. he held private meetings with the families, and spent time with front line emergency staff and other members of the community affected both by the stabbing — and the disorder that followed. danny savage reports from southport. there was a warm welcome for the king in southport today. his first stop was to look at the messages and tributes left outside the town hall since the awful events here last month....
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pallab ghosh, bbc news.ceres, a company specialised in shipwreck research, surveying and salvage based in normandy. good to have you with us. take us through some of the challenges these divers are facing at the moment. pardon, excuse me? tell divers are facing at the moment. pardon, excuse me?— divers are facing at the moment. pardon, excuse me? tell us about some of the _ pardon, excuse me? tell us about some of the challenges _ pardon, excuse me? tell us about some of the challenges that - pardon, excuse me? tell us aboutj some of the challenges that divers will have down there as they try to get to the ship. in will have down there as they try to get to the ship-— get to the ship. in fact, the divers are in clear _ get to the ship. in fact, the divers are in clear water. _ get to the ship. in fact, the divers are in clear water. we _ get to the ship. in fact, the divers are in clear water. we are - get to the ship. in fact, the divers are in clear water. we are not - are in clear water. we are not diving
pallab ghosh, bbc news.ceres, a company specialised in shipwreck research, surveying and salvage based in normandy. good to have you with us. take us through some of the challenges these divers are facing at the moment. pardon, excuse me? tell divers are facing at the moment. pardon, excuse me?— divers are facing at the moment. pardon, excuse me? tell us about some of the _ pardon, excuse me? tell us about some of the challenges _ pardon, excuse me? tell us about some of the challenges that -...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news.gen first author and geology phd researcher at ucl earth sciences. he explained to me what these rocks tell us about the snowball earth period. a record of what is known as noble earth and this is a glaciation as basically covered the entire planet in ice. so, if you can imagine from looking from outer space onto the planet it looked like a snowball. this glaciation we don't know how old it is. our new data, our new age constraints, confirmed that it is part of a glaciation that lasted between 720 million years and 660 million years ago. that is a 60 million years ago. that is a 60 million years ago. that is a 60 million year time span. if you put that into perspective, that is the same amount of time between us and the dinosaurs. so, it is an incredible amount of time for the earth to be nearly completely encased in ice.— earth to be nearly completely encased in ice. earth to be nearly completely encasedinice. ., i, encased in ice. and you can only see what ou encased in ice. and you
pallab ghosh, bbc news.gen first author and geology phd researcher at ucl earth sciences. he explained to me what these rocks tell us about the snowball earth period. a record of what is known as noble earth and this is a glaciation as basically covered the entire planet in ice. so, if you can imagine from looking from outer space onto the planet it looked like a snowball. this glaciation we don't know how old it is. our new data, our new age constraints, confirmed that it is part of a...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news.plain what you are looking at in these rocks and what it tells you? in these rocks and what it tells ou? , , you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, — you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland. a _ you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record _ you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record of— you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record of what - you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record of what is - of scotland, a record of what is known as noble earth, and this is a glaciation that basically covers the entire planet in ice. so, if you can imagine looking from outer space at the planet, it would look like a snowball. this glaciation in scotland, we do not know how odd it was previously so our new data, new age constraints confirm that is part of a glaciation that lasted between 720 million years ago and 600 and million years ago. that is a 60 million years ago. that is a 60 million timespan for a snowball earth. he
pallab ghosh, bbc news.plain what you are looking at in these rocks and what it tells you? in these rocks and what it tells ou? , , you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, — you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland. a _ you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record _ you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record of— you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record of what - you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record of what is...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news.ries of fresh walkouts every weekend from the end of august until november. just to be clear, this dispute is separate to the long—running row over pay, which does look like it could soon be resolved, after a new offer from the government this week. katy austin is at king�*s cross. katy. this is quite confusing. why are these train drivers striking? this specifically affects lner, which is one of the publicly —controlled operators. three months of weekend strikes on the way in the autumn effecting a lot of travel plans of it goes ahead. the union says this is about what it calls a breakdown in industrial relations. it accuses management bullying and persistently breaking agreements such as around rosters, separate as you say to the wider national pay dispute on which train drivers are about to get a vote following a new offer. for its part, lner told us it was surprised and disappointed. adding there had been recent constructive conversations. it said they keep trying to end the disput
pallab ghosh, bbc news.ries of fresh walkouts every weekend from the end of august until november. just to be clear, this dispute is separate to the long—running row over pay, which does look like it could soon be resolved, after a new offer from the government this week. katy austin is at king�*s cross. katy. this is quite confusing. why are these train drivers striking? this specifically affects lner, which is one of the publicly —controlled operators. three months of weekend strikes on...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.heir time there. sunita williams and barry wilmore launched into space injune for a mission expected to last eight days — they've been in space for more than two months after the spacecraft that took them there — boeing's starliner — faced technical issues that halted their return to earth. nasa says it is undecided if the pair can return on starliner or whether they'll need to wait eight months to catch the next flight. it was one of britain's worst—ever maritime disasters, more than two centuries ago, in which around 250 people died, but now the wreck of the earl of abergavenny has been granted special protection, meaning divers can visit the underwater site and look but not touch. the ship had set sail for china carrying many chests of silver bullion when a storm drove her into a sandbank off the coast of weymouth. her captain was the brother of the famous poet william wordsworth, who went on to express his grief in his poetry. this vessel is a unique little capsule of the east indi
pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge.heir time there. sunita williams and barry wilmore launched into space injune for a mission expected to last eight days — they've been in space for more than two months after the spacecraft that took them there — boeing's starliner — faced technical issues that halted their return to earth. nasa says it is undecided if the pair can return on starliner or whether they'll need to wait eight months to catch the next flight. it was one of britain's...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news.sh has been found in california. scientists want to understand why. the silvery, 3.6 metre long orfish, which looks understand why. the silvery, 3.6 metre long or fish, which looks a bit like a snake, serpent, was found floating dead on the ocean surface. of the san diego coast, this is the 20th time that has been known to wash up in california since 1901. experts are now studying the fish to try to understand why it came to the service, when it normally lives in the depart of the ocean where light can't reach. we also need to know what that means for the health of the oceans. lucy gray will be here with you next, have a good weekend. you're watching bbc news. we are moving into a quiet couple of days for the weather which is good news, the weekend isjust days for the weather which is good news, the weekend is just around the corner and one or two showers coming in from the north—western areas but overall it'll be a dry weekend with some sunshine at times. we are seeing more sunshine a
pallab ghosh, bbc news.sh has been found in california. scientists want to understand why. the silvery, 3.6 metre long orfish, which looks understand why. the silvery, 3.6 metre long or fish, which looks a bit like a snake, serpent, was found floating dead on the ocean surface. of the san diego coast, this is the 20th time that has been known to wash up in california since 1901. experts are now studying the fish to try to understand why it came to the service, when it normally lives in the...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news. fascinating story.ame to the surface when it normally lives in the deep part of the ocean where light cannot reach. imagine being in the sea and seeing that pop up. let's take a look at the weather. hello there. we're moving into a quieter couple of days of weather, which is good news because the weekend is just around the corner. there'll be one or two showers coming into northwestern areas, but on the whole it's going to be a dry weekend for us with some sunshine at times, and we're seeing more sunshine across the southern half of the uk today. and it's not as windy here as it was yesterday. we saw this weather front take cloud and rain southwards overnight. if we look to the north, more weather fronts arriving. the winds are picking up and this is where we're seeing more cloud and a few showers as well. and that's going to limit the temperatures in the north west of scotland. highest temperatures again reaching the mid 20s across southeastern parts of england. it's windy in the north west of scotland
pallab ghosh, bbc news. fascinating story.ame to the surface when it normally lives in the deep part of the ocean where light cannot reach. imagine being in the sea and seeing that pop up. let's take a look at the weather. hello there. we're moving into a quieter couple of days of weather, which is good news because the weekend is just around the corner. there'll be one or two showers coming into northwestern areas, but on the whole it's going to be a dry weekend for us with some sunshine at...
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here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh.n the world and also one of the most mysterious. why was stonehenge built and what was it useful? what we do know is that the giant outer stones are probably sourced locally from england. the inner blue stones are from wales, and we now know that the central altar stone is from north—eastern scotland and not from wales, as once thought. the irony is that the discovery was made by a young welshman. he still remembers being brought to the site as a one—year—old in 1992. i brought to the site as a one- ear-old in 1992. , one-year-old in 1992. i remember cominu one-year-old in 1992. i remember coming with _ one-year-old in 1992. i remember coming with my — one-year-old in 1992. i remember coming with my dad _ one-year-old in 1992. i remember coming with my dad and _ one-year-old in 1992. i remember coming with my dad and being - one-year-old in 1992. i remember coming with my dad and being on| one-year-old in 1992. i remember. coming with my dad and being on his shoulders and looking over
here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh.n the world and also one of the most mysterious. why was stonehenge built and what was it useful? what we do know is that the giant outer stones are probably sourced locally from england. the inner blue stones are from wales, and we now know that the central altar stone is from north—eastern scotland and not from wales, as once thought. the irony is that the discovery was made by a young welshman. he still remembers being brought to the site as a...
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pallab ghosh, bbc news.f all the rest of it. we are talking about it later with - on top of all the rest of it. we are talking about it later with an - talking about it later with an expert, so we will find out even more. still to come on breakfast... we'll hear from the olympic champion, nathan hales, who stayed cool in a parisian heatwave — and won team gb's first shooting gold medal in 12 years. he's joining us at 7:50. i hope he has not left the medal at home. i still don't get over the thrill of seeing a medal on an olympian, whatever colour, they are so special and we will see him later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london and welcome to viewers in the south east. a nine—year—old girl, who was killed after being hit by a bus in bexleyheath, has been named by police. ada bicakci was struck on watling street on 3rd of august and died in hospital. the bus driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury through dangerous driving and drug—
pallab ghosh, bbc news.f all the rest of it. we are talking about it later with - on top of all the rest of it. we are talking about it later with an - talking about it later with an expert, so we will find out even more. still to come on breakfast... we'll hear from the olympic champion, nathan hales, who stayed cool in a parisian heatwave — and won team gb's first shooting gold medal in 12 years. he's joining us at 7:50. i hope he has not left the medal at home. i still don't get over the...