we have seen it here in the river thames, events not| the river thames, events not take place or people thames. what does this say about our rivers, in europe, and two days day and age? europe, and two days day and ate? ~ ~ ii europe, and two days day and ate? ~ ~ i, i, europe, and two days day and ate? ~ i, i, i, i, i age? we know, at earthwatch rivers have — age? we know, at earthwatch rivers have been _ age? we know, at earthwatch rivers have been historically l rivers have been historically polluted by agriculture and worsened by sewage treatment, at earthwatch we look at two macronutrients, nitrates and phosphates, at low levels in water this is perfectly normal, they are required for plant growth at high levels because algal bloom, they cause increases with the bacteria, lower levels of oxygen and it kills plants and animals in the water. nitrates and phosphates are not harmful to human health but because they come from agricultural run—off and from sewage they are indicative of other things in the water that are harmful to health like e. coli. e. coli and sewage other real concer

this part of the river thames is the title of the area.has been introduced as suitable for swimming, but it is popular for government officials of water companies who seek to earn more money than investing in the wastewater treatment sector. they don't have much. i feel very angry , i apologize for speaking like this, but i want to find the right words to express how i feel about the action of the thames water company in introducing sewage into the water. i am going to tell the river. consumers across the country will have to pay more for their water after the uk's public watchdog issued its opinion on water companies' plans for the next five years. accordingly, the water bill of the subscribers will increase by an average of 21 or 19 pounds. of course, this amount is less than the 32% increase companies. south water company subscribers will see the biggest increase. the company had asked for a 73% increase in the amount of 36 pounds, but this amount was reduced to 44. the troubled water times company was also looking for a 43% increase, b

iamon i am on london's river thames. later we will get the results of thames water, a business which is in more than £15 billion of debt, overseeing a river where the amount of sewage quadruple in the space of a year. good morning from dortmund. ahead of the eur semifinalfor good morning from dortmund. ahead of the eur semifinal for england, good morning from dortmund. ahead of the eur semifinalfor england, we are 20 minutes from the stadium, we thought we would stop at this english pub to get you in the move amongst the fans. some heavy and persistent rain pushing north, behind brighterskies but a lot of cloud and patchy rain and showers in the south—east. and feeling humid. all of the details later. it's tuesday 9th july. a day of mourning is being observed in ukraine after one of the worst russian missile strikes in months. at least 41 people have been killed and more than 160 injured. president zelensky says that russia must be held accountable for the brutal attacks across the country including kyiv�*s main children

today, our destination is central london, following the river thames.wing team and we're also here to pick up another guest rider, dame katherine grainger, former rower, who has five olympic medals, including two golds. katherine, you are joining us today. you're coming all the way to paris. why did you want to get involved? so, i was always going to be in paris during the games. i'm wondering myself! and then, obviously, i know chris very well. there's very rare opportunities you get to actually cycle to an olympic games. it's such an incredible opportunity. and like chris said, there's so many amazing projects that we're kind of aware of but we probably can't highlight and showcase enough, so we're meeting some fantastic athletes who are already speaking out on issues that are so important to them but also, some wonderful venues that really bring to life, like, just how amazing these places are and how we need to protect them and promote them and make sure that our waterways and our cycleways are as good as they can be for everyone. as an athlete, kat

today, our destination is central london, following the river thames.wing team and we're also here to pick up another guest rider, dame katherine grainger, former rower, who has five 0lympic medals, including two golds. katherine, you are joining us today. you're coming all the way to paris. why did you want to get involved? so, i was always going to be in paris during the games. i'm wondering myself! and then, obviously, i know chris very well. there's very rare opportunities you get to actually cycle to an olympic games. it's such an incredible opportunity. and like chris said, there's so many amazing projects that we're kind of aware of but we probably can't highlight and showcase enough, so we're meeting some fantastic athletes who are already speaking out on issues that are so important to them but also, some wonderful venues that really bring to life, like, just how amazing these places are and how we need to protect them and promote them and make sure that our waterways and our cycleways are as good as they can be for everyone. as an athlete, kat

today, our destination is central london, following the river thames.ing in to see the british rowing team, and we're also here to pick up another guest rider, dame katherine grainger, former rower, who has five 0lympic medals, including two golds. katherine, you are joining us today. you're coming all the way to paris. why did you want to get involved? so i was always going to be in paris during the games. i'm wondering myself! and then obviously i know chris very well. um, there's very rare opportunities you get to actually cycle to an olympic games. it's such an incredible opportunity. and like chris said, there's so many amazing projects that we're kind of aware of, but we probably can't highlight and showcase enough. so we're meeting some fantastic athletes who are already speaking out on issues that are so important to them, but also some wonderful venues that really bring to life, like, just how amazing these places are and how we need to protect them and promote them and make sure that our waterways and our cycleways are as good as they can be f

yep, it is happening on the river thames, where experts to see how many have recovered from last year'svian flu. it is called swan marking and ijust also love the outfits that they are doing it in. you are all caught up now. see you later. voice—over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. in tecthlore, we go in search of the most exciting innovations around the world. in this series, i'm on a special mission to uncover the technology powering the paris 2024 olympic and paralympic games. how can technology help transform the biggest sports event on the planet? this time, in the run—up to the games, i'm stepping into the virtual olympic venues designed to make paris the most efficient and exciting games ever. i'll map my muscles just like us olympic football captain lindsey horan. i'm joining a pre—games training camp to try out heat training with olympic triathlete champion kristian blummenfelt. .. yes, this is what top—level athletes look like. ..and the robots behind south korea's archers. join me for tecthlor

we're on the river thames here down in henley.have very, stewards. and you have very, very strict dress code in that area. ladies have to have a skirt below the knee. you can't even show your shoulders. men have to have a shirt and tie. in fact, gordon ramsey appeared. i think it was last year in very smart jacket and trousers, but he had a t shirt underneath and they wouldn't let him in. it's incredibly traditional. you'll also notice there are blazers. there are school blazers that you can see because all of the teams come in mainly their school colours. and just here we have a race going on. so this is a coxless four women's coxless four event going on here. there are nearly 800 boats that enter this regatta this year. it's a record number of boats in fact this year the boat that's following behind, as you can see there, that has the umpire in it, it will have members of the teams that are racing and even though this is a very social occasion, it's also a build up to the olympics and the world championships. of course, it's an

it is happening on the river thames, experts looking to see how many have recovered from last year'svian flu. it is called swan marking, and i love the outfits that they are doing it in. you are all caught up now. see you later. voice—over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. competing on a four—inch—wide beam at the beam final at the olympics is so terrifying. it's... the tension in the arena... you can literally hear a bag of chips opening. so you go to the london olympics in 2012 and you win gold for that incredible floor routine. you become the first american ever to win the gold for a floor routine. you go on, you win another gold, you win a bronze. you're the most decorated american athlete at the 2012 olympics. take me back to that 2012 floor routine. i was re—watching the video just before we were talking. and there's a moment where it looks to me you're just about to start, and you almost smile to yourself. mm—hm. how were you feeling in that moment? do you feel nervous? excited? terrified? what's

iamon i am on london's river thames.year. good morning from dortmund. ahead of the eur semifinalfor good morning from dortmund. ahead of the eur semifinal for england, good morning from dortmund. ahead of the eur semifinalfor england, we are 20 minutes from the stadium, we thought we would stop at this english pub to get you in the move amongst the fans. some heavy and

and i didn't realize that she's buried in kent just down the down the river thames, which is kind of sad right. she died when she was around 21. that's right. and then got buried. and they actually can't find her grave. but they know kind of a general area. she's out. she she she did marry and englishmen named john rolfe and had one son, thomas, who was born england, pocahontas and john rolfe moved back to england. and by the way, she was a big in england. she was the biggest celebrity in london because it was so cool that there was this red indian that had back from from i don't know if they were calling america yet, but had come from america. so it was a very exotic, very exciting for everyone. she did die of disease, of course, nothing. nothing in specific. but her son, thomas came back to to virginia, back to jamestown some years later and rather cleverly had acquired some tobacco seeds from the caribbean and brought them to virginia. and it turned out. it was like the perfect plant for virginia soil at that time. and so the jamestown colony was always on the edge of failure and

and swans on the rivers thames will start getting their annual health check today, as well as being countedd. let's take a look at the tubes now. and there's a good service on the tubes this morning, apart from minor delays on the piccadilly line. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. it is going to be another week of rather changeable weather. for this morning there is a bit of sunshine, but the cloud will fairly quickly increase, and with that, some showery rain, turning heavier as we head through the day. the sunshine this morning burning back any mist patches. cloud increases, the showery rain arrives. there could be some lightning mixed in there this afternoon. temperatures today, 20 celsius, a little cooler than yesterday thanks to the rain and the cloud. these showers will continue through this evening. first part of the night, becoming a little drier. the cloud breaks, some clear spells through the early hours. the minimum temperature dropping down to 12 celsius. the cloud builds back in as we head into tuesday morning. we could see some further rainfirst thing. turning a li

david backroom, bringing the torch down the river thames in london or the queen, flying out of a helicopter georges gisele doing the catwalk in rio for me last night, it was celine dion and the hot air balloon, the lighting of the cauldron, which is one of the most spectacular olympic cauldrons we've ever seen. but it had everything you would've expected on a scale, unlike we have ever seen before. will it become law? the norm for these olympic opening ceremonies? i don't know. it certainly showcase this city even despite the rain and the weather is certainly gave a punch oh manufacturers are great nights of business, but the athletes, we were a bit worried about some of them, it was a long time for them on the river in the pouring rain, but certainly by looking at their social media this morning, they've certainly really, really enjoyed the moment they enjoyed the fact that there were some sporting legends as part of it the likes of zinedine zidane, the french footballing legend, then of course rafah nadal, serena williams, both looking resplendent in red here in a city that has meant so m

thames ahead of the more i pout action of some of these races silvas than the mercedes drive has one events, a record, 8 times his teammate, george russell, when the austrian groaned pre last weekend with hamilton coming home in full i don't feel that explanation. i just feel a lot of love there and it's, it's honestly it's, it's absolutely unbelievable. every, every year we go, it's really high warming and it's pretty massively motivated as well. you know, you get a lot of energy from your smoke, you know, the other interactions you get to have with people. but even like, as i said, you know, when i one races like my 1st race, as i'm coming through one corner where that one kept spinning, and i kept making you just making it through. and i could see the crowd like standing up in the rain a plenty of times out there in this cricket seem hundreds of thousands of them gathering in the indian city of combined to celebrate that country's title. when i'd say 20 well kept the same. taking the trophy through the city on an open, so bus parade. indian based south africa by 7 runs in last sou

thames ahead of the slightly more high proud action of somebody's race that service than the mercedes drive. it has won the events a record 8 times his teammate george russell. when the austrian groaned pronounced weekend with hamilton coming home in full, and i don't feel that expectation. i just feel a lot of love there. and it's, it's honestly it's, it's absolutely unbelievable. every, every year we go. it's really high warming and it's pretty massively motivated as well. you know, you get a lot of energy from your smoke, you know, the other interactions you get to have with people. but even like, as i said, you know, when i one races like my 1st race, as i'm coming through one corner where that one kept spinning, and i kept making you just making it through, then i can see the crowd like standing up in the rain. the hundreds of thousands are pretty friends gathering in the indian city as known by the celebrating that countries title, one of the see 20 well kept same citing the trophy through the city on an open salt bus right in the south africa by 7 runs in last saturdays final e

that annoys customers like dave and jackie, who monitor pollution levels in the river thames.hink at the moment people will go, well, where's that money going? they'll look at the headlines and go, that sounds like a lot of money going into someone else's pocket. i think what thames water have to do is become a lot more transparent. the bill rises for 2025 onwards, announced today are provisional. a final decision comes in december. right now, neither the companies nor their customers seem very happy. simon jack, bbc news. our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, is here. we colletta smith, is here. are always interested in he these we are always interested in how these things trickle down to our bills. how and when are they likely to change? for bills. how and when are they likely to chance? ., . , ., , bills. how and when are they likely to chance? ., . ,., , , ., to change? for customers it is worth remembering _ to change? for customers it is worth remembering none _ to change? for customers it is worth remembering none of— to change? for customers it is worth rem

>> i'm just tootling my way across the river thames here.ng for me. just in there in that building. i'm going to be to talking him any minute now. don't go anywhere. it's a very exciting show between now and midday. first, the very latest news with sofia. >> bev. thank you. good morning . >> bev. thank you. good morning. from the gb newsroom. at 11:01, your headlines polls are open across britain as millions of people cast their votes to choose the next government. the first voters were up bright and early as stations opened their doors at 7:00 this morning. they'll remain open until 10:00 tonight, giving a chance to around 46 million eligible voters to have their say on who forms britain's next government. a total of 650 parliamentary constituencies are being contested across the uk, but this is the first general election to require photo id , election to require photo id, and voters are being reminded to bnng and voters are being reminded to bring their driver's license , bring their driver's license, passport or other id or risk being tur

azad's body was recovered from the river thames in february after a huge manhunt.e corrosive chemical in a harrowing attack on her and her children, who were aged eight and three. one of the world's greatest tennis champions will say au revoir after the paris olympics. andy murray has announced that this year's games will be his last ever tennis tournament. he was recently denied a wimbledon farewell in the singles after he had surgery on a spinal cyst just a week before the tournament began. in a post on social media, he said that competing for team gb has been by far the most memorable weeks of his career and he's proud to do it one final time. scotland's first minister john swinney, hailed murray as our greatest ever sportsman and the last remaining members of the four tops, whose music helped define the sound of motown, has died at the sound of motown, has died at the age of 88. varne you know that i will you, will you, will you can't help myself because i love you and no one else. abdul fakir, who was often known as duke, was part of the quartette behind a str

the uk centred around london and the belt that travels into london around the river thames, so a hugelator today has said they are actually going to regulate the more heavily and keep a much closer eye on what they are up to over the next six months to make sure that they are doing the best for customers, that they tighten up all of their pipes, effectively, to make sure that those spillages are reduced across the uk, and that they can fulfil those financial functions and don't effectively go bust, which is the biggest concern for a new labour government coming into power here facing a real mess within the water system, here facing a real mess within the watersystem, companies here facing a real mess within the water system, companies saying they can't invest, and companies really struggling to pay more. it is worth remembering that one in five customers at the moment already struggling to pay their water bills each year, so an increase like this although it might not sound very much, when we are talking about customers already in default, it would be a significant increase. and, coll

that annoys customers like dave and jacqui, who monitor pollution levels in the river thames.look at the headlines and go, "that sounds like a lot "of money going into someone else's pocket." i think what thames water have to do is become a lot more transparent. the bill rises for 2025 onwards announced today are provisional. a final decision comes in december. right now, neither the companies nor their customers seem very happy. simon jack, bbc news. we saw him in that report. lets speak to david henderson. he is the chief executive officer at water uk — a trade association representing all of the water and waste—water companies across the united kingdom. welcome to the programme. i know you have just been meeting with the government so i ask you about that meeting in a moment but tell me more about what you think about what ofwat has recommended here. is the head of ofwat _ ofwat has recommended here. is the head of ofwat said, _ ofwat has recommended here. is the head of ofwat said, it _ ofwat has recommended here. is the head of ofwat said, it is _ ofwat has recommended he

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worryingly, the house where she lives is pretty close to the river thames. >> yeah .o you keep an eye >> yeah. so, do you keep an eye out? and we're going to keep you updated on, hopefully the safe finding of that little girl yudin, this morning. we will we will keep you posted . moving on. will keep you posted. moving on. though, a 17 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after two children died during a ferocious knife attack yesterday. >> nine other children were injured. six of them are in a critical condition after sustaining stab wounds, and also two adults are very seriously injured. to joining us now at the scene is gb news reporter sophie reaper. sophie. morning. this is the morning after the day before , can you tell us what day before, can you tell us what the mood is like there this morning ? morning? >> well, good morning to you both. this is a community now in mourning of course. it's the first week of the summer holidays. it was a taylor swift dance and yoga class. it holidays. it was a taylor swift dance and yoga cl

the group river action raised concerns injune about e.coli in a stretch of the river used for the henley. the opening ceremony kicks off at 6.30 this evening. if anyone knows what the build—up is like it's long jumperg reg rutherford. he took gold at london 2012 and has high hopes for team gb at this games. across all the sport i thinks we are going to do incredibly well. but i just look at athletics in particular and before london, of course, we win three gold medals in one night and it becomes a real big night of golds on a single night of athletics. but i now look at team gb and i can see medals coming out from lots of different places. travel now and let's see how the tubes are looking. there's no service on the overground between hackney downs and chingford. and are severe delays on the dlr. now onto the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. as we head towards the end ofjuly and the weekend is starting to look and feel a little more like summer today. it's largely dry, plenty of sunshine, and it's starting to feel a bit warmer. so a bright start this morning, we will see some cl

. >> in my constituency, thames water has pumped sewage into the river evenlode for over 2600 hours inhe last year , thames hours in the last year, thames water was allowed by ofwat to withdraw £7 billion in dividends, yet now wants to jack up my constituents bills. i welcome the water bill in the king's speech, but with the prime minister, agree with my constituents and me that the system is broken, and will he now commit to scrapping ofwat and replacing it with a tougher regulator that will finally put people and planet ahead of water company profits ? company profits? >> yes, but can i welcome the honourable member to his place and thank him for raising this important issue in relation to water? and customers should not pay water? and customers should not pay the price for the mismanagement by water companies, and we have already announced immediate steps to put water companies under tougher regime. and the minister for water will meet the bosses of failing companies to hold them to account for their performance . to account for their performance. after 14 years of failure. with our

people like dave and jackie, who are thames customers and monitor pollution levels in the river.le will go, "well, where's that money going?" they'll look at the headlines and go, that sounds like a lot of money going into someone else's pocket. the bill rises for 2025 onwards announced today are provisional. a final decision comes in december. right now, neither the companies nor their customers seem very happy. simon jack, bbc news. the new health secretary wes streeting has launched an independent investigation into the state of the nhs in england. mr streeting says since he started in his new role a week ago — he had learned that some aspects of the running of the nhs were worse than expected. he told the bbc why the investigation was needed.> he told the bbc why the investigation was needed. i believe that sunlight is the best disinfectant, and in order to have the right long term plan for the nhs, to get the right diagnosis is going to be crucial if we're going to find the right prescription. when many patients, and staff, and health experts have been spelling out for a whi

people like dave and jackie, who are thames customers and monitor pollution levels in the river.ling. i mean, i think at the moment, people will go, where is that money going? they look at the headlines and go, that sounds like a lot of money going into someone else's pocket. the bill rises for 2025 announced are provisional. a final decision comes in december. right now, neither the companies nor their customers seem very happy. simon jack, bbc news. you can found out how much water bills are expected to rise in your area by going on the bbc website. thousands of prisoners could be released early in an attempt to tackle overcrowding in jails in england and wales. it's one of a number of measures expected to be announced tomorrow by the justice secretary, shabana mahmood. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has said he was "pretty shocked" at the scale of the situation and claimed the previous government was "reckless". our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha can tell us more. prisons in england and wales are in crisis. they're struggling to cope with the growing population. a

the parish council made the decision to pull out after thames water dumped raw sewage into the riverne. joining me to discuss this is chalfont saint giles councillor karen dixon . karen, this is near karen dixon. karen, this is near me in my neck of the woods because i live on the harts bucks border, so i'm very familiar with chalfont saint giles. how badly does it smell? >> it has been really, really difficult from them. i'm not a pansh difficult from them. i'm not a parish councillor from saint giles. i'm a parish councillor from the village just next door, and i think our neighbours are having a torrid time. it's affecting the centre of their village, their library. it's coming in through windows, so it's very unpleasant going in through windows. >> what do you mean? >> what do you mean? >> the stench is just coming in through windows. so they're having a torrid time . having a torrid time. >> and what have you said to thames water about it? because clearly this situation can't go on. we've had problems haven't we, in recent months and years about sewage. i know about the issues l

at my constituency, thames water has dumped sewage into the river for more than 2006 dowas in the lastping 0fwat and replacing it with a tougher regulator that will finally put people and planet ahead of water company profits? can i welcome the — of water company profits? can i welcome the honourable i of water company profits? can i welcome the honourable member to his place and thank him for raising this important in relation to issue water. customers should not pay the price for the mismanagement by water companies. we have already announced immediate steps to put water companies under tougher regime and the ministerfor water companies under tougher regime and the minister for water will meet the bosses of failing companies to hold them to account for their performance. after 14 years of failure, with our river sand beaches, it falls to this government of service to fix their mess of the failure of the last 14 years. i welcome the prime minister to his place. many young trans people and their families are extremely concerned about the restrictions on puberty blockers implemented by

people like dave and jacqui, who are thames customers and monitor pollution levels in the river.nds "like a lot of money going into someone else's pocket." the bill rises for 2025 announced onwards are provisional. a final decision comes in december. right now, neither the companies nor their customers seem very happy. simon jack, bbc news. it's one week since the general election, and as labour digests its huge successes, the party's also reflecting on the upsets it suffered. there were a couple of surprising losses for labour and some where majorities were slashed, in part due to dissatisfaction with its position on the war in gaza. one of those who narrowly held on to her seat was the mp for bethnal green and stepney, rushanara ali. she told the bbc she faced unprecedented levels of abuse, including death threats. she's been speaking to our political correspondent leila nathoo. shame on you, rushanara ali! i don't know how you show your face, you're disgusting! election day at a polling station in bethnal green, east london. a week on, at her party's local office, and the retu

raw sewage overflowing into rivers and streams, mounting leaks from piping and crumbling and failingmes water, a company which serves 16 million people in london and the thames valley. beneath the surface it's also suffering financially and today's figures are far from reassuring. the company did make a profit before tax over the past year ofjust over £157 million, but that was dwarfed by a major increase in debt from just under £14 billion a year ago to £15.2 billion. and although it does have £1.8 billion worth of ready funding, thames says that's only enough to keep it going until may next year. speculation has been mounting that if thames can't find new investment, it might have to be taken over by the government, something ministers say they want to avoid. why on earth should billpayers pay twice? they've already paid for 1h years through their bills for a water service that in many parts of the country, theyjust haven't been getting the idea. on top of that, we then take taxpayers' money to bail it out. frankly, is for the birds. it's not going to happen. for these hardy swimme

, gentle river, good river, good evening, ladies gentlemen, maybe morning, or maybe night?then ji, just ji, we agreed, do you remember? george and george and harris were so worn out yesterday that they sleep without their hind legs, and montmorency even without their front legs. oh, what a wonderful day it was yesterday, bright, dazzling sun, picturesque shores, fresh, murmuring water, and... of course, we became friends, and then our boats, obedient to the oars and rudder, like a pair of snow-white swans, sailed after each other, but all this disappeared, only the fog remained, who are you talking to there, are you talking to yourself? i'm going to sleep. on the right side on top, oh, you are beautiful like roses, your sleep is carefree and deep, what. sweet dreams, the breeze blows through you. oh, raise your light eyelashes and look at the blue sky. oh, dear ones, who are you dreaming about? we are before you on eve, you, beautiful as fairies, will hear our humble voice. oh , quickly give us the fire of your wonderful eyes, we are defenseless before you, let your judgmen

raw sewage overflowing into rivers and streams, mounting leaks from piping, and crumbling and failingtrouble at thames water, a company which serves 16 million people in london and the thames valley. but beneath the surface, it's also suffering financially and today's figures are far from reassuring. the company did make a profit before tax over the past year ofjust over £157 million, but that was dwarfed by a major increase in debt from just under £14 billion a year ago to £15.2 billion. and although it does have £1.8 billion worth of ready funding, thames says that's only enough to keep it going until may next year. speculation has been mounting that if thames can't find new investment, it might have to be taken over by the government, something ministers say they want to avoid. why on earth should bill payers pay twice? they've already paid for i4 years through their bills for a water service that in many parts of the country, theyjust haven't been getting. the idea on top of that, we then take taxpayers money to bail it out, frankly, is for the birds, it's not going to happen. for

this looks like a normal day on the thames, doesn't it? >> it really does. actually would probably mistake it for a normal day in the thames. but i think obviously france comes with all these big monuments and they think everybody's going to be impressed by. and i actually saw a really nice image. i think it was of a basketball court. and you could see the eiffel tower in the background. and i think they've relied on these key monuments so much that everybody's going to be so wowed by seeing the eiffel tower in the background that they haven't bothered to kind of invest or plan on anything else, but it's the olympics. like, why would you not? this is the best stage to basically showcase how amazing your country is . we see amazing your country is. we see amazing your country is. we see a bit of a competition every time it's new year's eve, and you see all the images from all over the world. everybody wants to do it bigger and better and they're like, yeah, just come and see the eiffel tower. it's just any other, any other friday we had, we had, we had a real

this looks like a normal day on the thames, doesn't it? >> it really does. i actually would probably mistake it for a normal day in the thames. but i think obviously france comes with all these big monuments and they think everybody's going to be impressed by. and i actually saw a really nice image. i think it was of a basketball court. and you could see the eiffel tower in the background. and i think they've relied on these key monuments so much that everybody's going to be so wowed by seeing the eiffel tower in the background that they haven't bothered to kind of invest or plan on anything else, but it's the olympics. like, why would you not? this is the best stage to basically showcase how amazing your country is . we see amazing your country is. we see amazing your country is. we see a bit of a competition every time it's new year's eve, and you see all the images from all over the world. everybody wants to do it bigger and better and they're like, yeah, just come and see the eiffel tower. it's just any other, any other friday we had, we had, we had a re

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— and i know there's a lot of concern with the things that are going into the river at the moment —rders by hackney downs park and install a new structure, from tomorrow until the fourth of august. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. well, after quite a mild, muggy night, today is a warm summery day. in fact, a hot day with plenty in the way of sunshine and high pressure remaining in charge for the time being. there may be a few patches of mist and fog clearing this morning but plenty of sunshine, some fair weather cloud bubbling up into the afternoon. it stays dry, and temperatures climbing up to the high 20s, to 30 or 31 degrees in some spots this afternoon with those southerly winds. a fine evening to come, clear skies and another mild and muggy night with more in the way of cloud building in the early hours. holding up at around 15 to 18 degrees, so it might be a difficult night for sleeping. looking ahead to the weekend, late on saturday and saturday night we are expecting them to arrive in from the west. saturday through t