just imagining that life there, and you can see the abandoned community and it is all still there to see — the street, the graveyard, the church, the school — just all life, when people walked out 90 years ago. alexander gillies—fergusson, here wearing the cap, as a teenager was one of the first to launch a mail boat from st kilda. his story passing down the generations. when he was 1a, in about 1885, he sent one of these st kilda mail boats with a message in it saying that the winter storms had damaged their stores and that the people on the island were getting very hungry if not getting near starvation. it worked. the message reached help and st kilda was resupplied. their tiny mail boats a unique reminder of a way of life left long ago. lorna gordon, bbc news. a military dog who was shot

and injured during a british special forces raid in afghanistan is to be awarded the animal equivalent of the victoria cross. kuno — who's a belgian shepherd malinois — was on a night raid when he charged through a hail of gunfire to tackle an al-qaeda insurgent. he was wounded in both his hind legs and had to be given life—saving treatment. he'll be awarded the dicken medal later this year. whether now, here is phil. it has been a pretty decent start to what for many is the holiday weekend of course. probably at its best towards the west, because the low that has brought so much in the way of rain and showers of late are still pretty close to the eastern shores, and time we are going to see the