this is bbc news with the latest headlines. an amber warning for extreme heat has begun in england and parts of wales. it is pretty extreme, it is unprecedented temperatures to see sort of a0 degrees forecast for the uk, so that is a0 celsius, 104 fahrenheit, and it is something we've not seen before. thousands of firefighters continue to battle wildfires across europe — many people have died from the intense heat. police repeat warnings about cooling off in open water after the body of a 16—year—old boy is recovered from salford quays. the five remaining candidates for the conservative party leadership will battle it out in their second tv debate later.

a cargo plane carrying weapons has crashed in northern greece, killing all eight people on board. translation: there were flames, we were scared, a lot of cars came| but they could not approach because there were continuous explosions. hello, good afternoon. an amber warning for extreme heat has come into force for most of england and parts of wales, ahead of record temperatures forecast for the coming days. the alert will extend to southern scotland from tomorrow — when the warning in parts of england will rise to red. it comes with predictions of record temperatures of up to 41 degrees celsius. our correspondent jon donnison reports. an amber heat warning for much of the country, so what better to do than limber up for a half marathon?

runners in london's richmond park undeterred, with hydration the order of the day. stayed cool yesterday by drinking lots of water all day. we are wearing as little clothing today as possible. we've got a support group who's going to feed us water and sweets along the way as well. wearing a cap and putting sun cream on and, yeah, just staying hydrated. on bournemouth beach this weekend, they're expecting 100,000 visitors, with people here seemingly unconcerned about the extreme heat forecast in the coming days. i wouldn't say i'm worried, no. i'lljust make sure, because we'll be back in the harbour by then, so hopefully it'lljust be lots of shade to sit in. i am from romania and my country, the summer is summer. 43, 47, now it's 37, so i'm ready! one of the hottest places this weekend has been sheffield, but temperatures could rise a further five degrees by tomorrow.

a little bit anxious about it, to be honest. we've got two big dogs and trying to make sure... but we've made sure we've got loads of fans, looking at how people in other countries cope with it. so we've got blackout curtains, we've got aircon. so it's cost quite a bit of money. can i put a hat on you, my lovely? because the sun's very hot. doctors say the elderly and vulnerable need to take particular care, but the government insists the health service is prepared and this morning, the deputy prime minister rejected the idea of closing schools. i mean, look, we're coming to the end of the school term anyway but i think making sure young children get the education they need is really important — particularly after the pandemic. forecasters say this has already been the most sustained heatwave in 50 years and the worst is still to come. jon donnison, bbc news. detectives recovering the body of a 16—year—old teenage boy in salford quays have

reiterated their plea for people to be careful about getting in large bodies of water to cool off. emergency services were called to the scene in greater manchester on saturday evening following reports of someone getting into difficulty while out swimming with friends. meanwhile, in west yorkshire, police are continuing to search for a man who entered a reservoir last night. he was last seen in the ardsley reservoir between wakefield and leeds. wildfires are continuing to spread in southern europe as the heatwave there intensifies. crete and croatia are the latest places where fires have broken out and more people have been ordered to evacuate their homes in france. in spain and portugal, more than 300 people are thought to have died from the heat. bethany bell reports from malaga in southern spain. almost 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. when we arrived there, a new fire had just broken out in the woods. helicopters keep circling this area,

trying to put out the fires and you can see just how close they've got to the built—up areas. all of these villas along here have been evacuated because the fire is just too close for comfort. 0n the road, we met sharon, who's from england. she lives nearby with her daughter valentina. their home is safe but they were out trying to round up pets and animals who were left behind when their owners fled. we're here to help, you know, see if anyone needs any help evacuating. especially the animals, a lot of animals get left behind. frightened, yes, when we first saw the fire yesterday because we thought it was coming to our house and we were just shaking, petrified, because we have a lot of animals in our house as well and we just thought, oh, no, we've got to evacuate them. what are we going to do with the horse? two horses, the sheep, dogs. we were very frightened. fires have also caused widespread destruction in south—western france, where more people have had

to leave their homes because of the blazes. translation: it's an especially difficult summer. _ we are dealing with very considerable drought due to insufficient rainfalls over the winter and spring, an especially dry month of may and we now have particularly high temperatures, as you can currently feel. with the hot weather set to continue, southern europe remains on high alert. bethany bell, bbc news, malaga. in south—western france, more than 14,000 people have been evacuated from the popular tourist region of la gironde. 0ur europe correspondent jessica parker reports. the road there heads up to the village of cazaux which has been evacuated and residents are hanging around this area and at an evacuation centre nearby as well, hoping to get the chance to dash back into the village under escort in order to feed their animals that they left behind, for example. we've talked to people who want to get back and see

that their cat is ok. but the situation, firefighters tell us, is pretty changeable at the moment. i mean, you can't see any smoke here right now. but yesterday, for example, when we were near the evacuation centre, one moment, the skies were clear, the next, there were large plumes of smoke coming out in the distance. this morning, we've seen two canadair water bombers going across the sky, heading in towards the direction of the village. and this area is very popular with holiday—makers. and something that's happened is lots of campsites have had to be evacuated. so some people have been camping out in other areas after having to abandon that village or that area, staying in the evacuation centre as well. some are hoping to be able to get back into those campsites in order to retrieve their belongings. we spoke to a family earlier who'd had to abandon their caravan there, who are hoping to get back and retrieve that at some point. so a lot of people kind of hanging around here waiting for news. but as i say, what the firefighters

tell us is that things are pretty changeable. and it's notjust this fire here, which is along this kind of popular stretch for holiday—makers, where there's forests and beaches as well. but there's another blaze further inland. and what we're told is that over 10,000 hectares of forest have been burnt through in the last week. so firefighters continuing to tackle those blazes. and there's concern as well because the temperatures here are pretty hot and they're set to get to around a0 degrees by tomorrow. the conservative party leadership race is heating up, with another tv debate this evening between the five remaining candidates — rishi sunak, penny mordaunt, tom tugendhant, kemi badenoch and liz truss. penny mordaunt has been challenged on what she did about transgender self—identification when she was in the equalities office, but she says the contest is being dragged down by toxic politics.

0ur political correspondent tony bonsignore reports. she may not be a household face — yet — but in less than two months, penny mordaunt could be our next prime minister. her rapid rise — she's now one of the front runners to reach the final two — is unsettling some of her political opponents. they're questioning her views on transgender issues, claiming she's too woke to be party leader. but today, the former defence secretary hit back. we all know what's going on and as i say, this is the type of toxic politics that people want to get away from. the poor british public have a month of this to go. they've got a month of us choosing their prime minister. questions also remain over whether some of the five remaining candidates have the experience to lead the country — a point made this morning by a prominent backer of the foreign secretary, liz truss. we're not electing a leader of the conservative party that has

two years to build their reputation. we are electing someone who will be prime minister on day one. so you need to know, when they had power and authority in government, what did they do with it? what did they get, what did they achieve? what were their main beliefs? what did they drive through? for other candidates such as tom tugendhat, their relative lack of experience is part of their pitch. what i'm in this race for is to make sure that we get a clean start in the united kingdom. look, we've got to return to service. we've got to have the government returning to the service of the people, we've got to have the party return to the service of its members. what we really need now is we need a leader who has a vision for the united kingdom who's able to deliver on that vision. for all the candidates, the former chancellor rishi sunak is the man to beat, in this round of voting at least. but once the final two are decided by mps, by this wednesday, it will be up to party members to decide — a reason so many of them will be tuning in to tonight's debate. tony bonsignore, bbc news.

let's take a look at this now with our political correspondent, ben wright. these tv debates, how important are they, do you think? the? these tv debates, how important are they. do you think?— they, do you think? they are when it is a really open _ they, do you think? they are when it is a really open contest _ they, do you think? they are when it is a really open contest like - they, do you think? they are when it is a really open contest like this. - is a really open contest like this. there's an assumption that rishi sunak, the former chancellor, is the frontrunner, and his support among mps is solid and likely to grab enough to guarantee him of the spots in the final run—off that goes to the party membership over the summer. there is, though, really open fight at the moment for second place. a few days ago, it looks like penny mordaunt, who came second in the ballot last week, the most recent ballot we had, had all the momentum but i think that has flagged a bit. she has a lot of work to do tonight to try to regain some of that energy that i think was behind her campaign a few days ago. liz truss, who was in third in the second round of voting, i think had a pretty poor debate, the consensus

is, during the last tv debate on friday and she needs a strong showing, i think, friday and she needs a strong showing, ithink, to friday and she needs a strong showing, i think, to reassure her backers in parliament that she is the right person to go through to the right person to go through to the run—off. and it is a really tough fight between tom tugendhat and kimi boudhanath, who are also in this. it is a surprisingly volatile race still so i think a good performance could set one of the candidates in light and might seal them a place in the final two, but a bad performance could knock off somebody who at the at the tosin. is a after this, what — at the at the tosin. is a after this, what is _ at the at the tosin. is a after this, what is the _ at the at the tosin. is a after this, what is the wider - at the at the tosin. is a after - this, what is the wider timescale? you've got the first of which is happening now, the process of tory mps whittling down the runners and riders to two. there will be a vote on monday, a third round of voting, where the five we have now are cut

down to four, then it will be three and then to and we will have the final two by wednesday and then over the summer, those final two candidates will tour the country, going around conservative party associations, trying to win over the mentorship. think back to 2019 when there was a very crowded field actually at this stage in the contest and it was not until the fifth round of voting that we had the two names, borisjohnson and jeremy hunt, and in the last round of voting, the fifth round, if i can remember rightly, jeremy hunt leapfrogged michael gove byjust two votes so you know, the order that people are in the list of preferences can change right up until the last moment. just preferences can change right up until the last moment.- preferences can change right up until the last moment. just talk to us a bit about _ until the last moment. just talk to us a bit about that _ until the last moment. just talk to us a bit about that wider, - until the last moment. just talk to us a bit about that wider, crucial l us a bit about that wider, crucial wider conservative party membership which is in the end the defining electorate or selectors in this context, who are they and what are their views? we don't even know

exactly how many of them there are, i've seen different estimates, anything from 160,000, to 200,000.i anything from 160,000, to 200,000. i talk to a professor of politics who is a real expert on the conservative party a day or two ago and he gave me the figure of 175,000 as the latest estimate but i don't think we have had fresh figures from conservative central office for a while which is why there are all of these numbers bandied around but the truth is, it is a very small number of people who are going to choose the next prime minister, it is tory activists, who are predominantly in the south of england, relatively old slice of the electorate, and they tend to be, according to the professor, concentrated in relatively safe tory seat so i think thatis relatively safe tory seat so i think that is a sense of the demographic. i am not sure the conservative party are representative of the nation at all but they have an absolutely crucial, the crucial decision to make about taking the next prime minister who will be imposed by early september. {131 minister who will be imposed by early september.— minister who will be imposed by early september. of the key point is, ou

early september. of the key point is. you can _ early september. of the key point is. you can be _ early september. of the key point is, you can be the _ early september. of the key point is, you can be the frontrunner- is, you can be the frontrunner amongst mps but still not win among the wider party membership. yes. amongst mps but still not win among the wider party membership. yes, and in a wa the wider party membership. yes, and in away--- for— the wider party membership. yes, and in a way... for the _ the wider party membership. yes, and in a way... for the tory _ the wider party membership. yes, and in a way... for the tory party - the wider party membership. yes, and in a way... for the tory party and - in a way... for the tory party and the turmoil it is in right now, the government that is 12 years old, looking to refresh itself while it is still in office, in a way, the worst outcome for it would be to end “p worst outcome for it would be to end up with a leader and prime minister who had not been the first choice of mps but was the first choice of the party membership and that can happen and the race in front of the party membership can change the contest dramatically, look back to 2010, sorry, 2005, when david davis was considered the frontrunner but once david cameron started to take his campaign out to the membership, he rapidly emerged as their top choice. so this can twist and turn and surprise at various stages from now, it is not a settled content at all. and i'm not going to ask you who you think is going to end because it

would be too difficult a question, even you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news... an amber warning for extreme heat has begun in england and parts of wales. thousands of firefighters continue to battle wildfires across europe — many people have died from the intense heat. police repeat warnings about cooling off in open water after the body of a 16—year—old boy is recovered from salford quays. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. good afternoon, we start with golf. you have to go back to 2014 for the last time rory mcilroy won a major. but he has a share of the lead on the last day of the open championship at st andrews. he and victor hovland got their final round under way a short while ago. ben croucher is there for us. he is not behind me, they filled me,

he's right here. how have they started? ,., ., ., ., ., , ., started? good afternoon. yes, we are at the home — started? good afternoon. yes, we are at the home of— started? good afternoon. yes, we are at the home of golf, _ started? good afternoon. yes, we are at the home of golf, at _ started? good afternoon. yes, we are at the home of golf, at st _ started? good afternoon. yes, we are at the home of golf, at st andrews, . at the home of golf, at st andrews, and rory mcilroy and viktor hovland have completed their first two holes in level par so they are both still 16 under parand in level par so they are both still 16 under par and have a share of the lead at st andrews. rory mcilroy arrived at the course are looking very relaxed as he chases a fifth major and a second claretjug, his last coming back in 2014, looked a bit more tense on the first tee but both he and viktor hovland safely negotiated it, and they are making their way behind me down the third as we speak. we have already seen some low scoring today so the challengers from behind will have to do lots of chasing if they are to catch the two who are way in front at the minute.— catch the two who are way in front at the minute. ~ ., , ., i. ., at the minute. who else have you got oure es at the minute. who else have you got your eyes on. — at the minute. who else have you got your eyes on, anyone _ at the minute. who else have you got your eyes on, anyone competing - at the minute. who else have you got your eyes on, anyone competing with| your eyes on, anyone competing with those two? ., ., ,, those two? cameron smith, the australian. _ those two? cameron smith, the australian, is _ those two? cameron smith, the australian, is best _ those two? cameron smith, the australian, is best placed - those two? cameron smith, the australian, is best placed at - those two? cameron smith, the australian, is best placed at thej australian, is best placed at the moment, he led after two rounds but

his platter went ice cold yesterday, and of the challengers from behind, the likes of scottie scheffler and dustinjohnson, the likes of scottie scheffler and dustin johnson, they the likes of scottie scheffler and dustinjohnson, they haven't really kicked on so far but cameron smith has picked up a shot at the third today. he is now three behind the leading duo. but there are low scores, barely a breath of wind in the sky, saint andrew is fairly defenceless against the elements right now although they have tried to tuck away some of the pin positions in tricky positions. but looking at the leaderboard, we have seen the likes of abraham ancer already shooting seven under to move into a big gaggle of players on 11 under and jordan spieth and adam scott and dustinjohnson all there, scott and dustin johnson all there, as is the scott and dustinjohnson all there, as is the olympic champion, zander schauffele. but to mark your card, i think this could go right to the wire. the 17th, one of the most notorious holes in golf, has seen lots of bogeys all week but then we come to the 18th and we have seen eagles there already so the 72nd could be where it is all won and lost and we

have got about three and half hours before we know, rory mcilroy and viktor hovland tight at the top. lots to look forward to and we will checkin lots to look forward to and we will check in with you later. next to old trafford where india will soon start chasing 260 to win the deciding one dayer against england at old trafford. england batted first and after scoring 12 from the first over lost bothjonny bairstow and joe root for ducks in the second as mohammed siraj cahrged in. captainjos buttler led the england fightback, passing 50 for the 32nd time in 0di cricket on his way to a top score of 60. but with his departure, england's hopes of passing 300 went. bowled out for 259 with 4.1 overs left as yuzvendra chalal picked up the last two wickets. hardik pandya took 4—24. india are currently 9—0 in the second over.

manchester united have in the last few minutes confirmed their third summer signing. they've reached an agreement with dutch club ajax for the defender lisandro martinez. it's understood the fee will be around £57 million. the defender�*s arrival will see him reunited with former ajax manager, and now current united boss erik ten hag. to the the united states where day 3 of action at the world athletics championships is under way. it was an early start in 0regan for the marathon runners. these are live pictures you're seeing — shumi dechasa who represents bahrain in the lead. but two time 0lympic medallist galen rupp is the second fastest american in history, he's had his injury problems but is one of the contenders here. you can watch that on the bbc sport website and iplayer.

that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. investigators in northern greece have warned people living near the site of a plane crash to stay indoors because of fears the aircraft was carrying toxic material. the flight, which came down on saturday, was transporting a cargo of weapons from serbia to bangladesh. all eight crew members were killed. 0ur balkans correspondent guy delauney has more. this is all that is left of the soviet—era cargo plane that crashed near kavala in eastern greece. it was going to make an emergency landing at the city's airport but it didn't make it that far. local people saw the antonov an—12 on fire as it descended. then they heard a series of explosions after it hit the ground. all eight crew on board died, and locals felt they had had a lucky escape. translation: i wonder how it did not fall on our houses, - because it came from over there.

it was full of smoke. it had a noise i can't describe and went over the mountain. it passed the mountain and turned and crashed into the fields. there were flames. we were scared. a lot of cars came but they couldn't approach because there was continuous explosions. the clean—up has been complicated. emergency workers are concerned the plane was carrying hazardous materials, with firefighters saying they felt their lips burning as they worked at the crash site. translation: instability| in the field was observed. in other words, intense smoke and heat as well as a white substance that we don't recognise. a special armed forces team has to inform us of what it is and whether we can enter the field. the plane took off from serbia. the country's defence minister said it was transporting a shipment of arms to bangladesh. he denied there was any connection with the war in ukraine, although he confirmed that the plane was operated by a ukrainian company.

guy delauney, bbc news, ljubljana. in other news, a video's emerged on social media of a british man, thought to have been taken captive by pro—russian forces in eastern ukraine, appealing for help. john harding is understood to have been captured in may in the besieged city of mariupol. in the video, he urges borisjohnson to use any influence he has with president putin — otherwise, he says, he faces the death penalty. the head of britain's armed forces says russia has lost more than 30% of its land combat effectiveness since the war in ukraine began in february. speaking to sophie rayworth on bbc 0ne's sunday morning programme, admiral sir tony radakin said he estimated that 50,000 russian soldiers had either died or been injured in the conflict. and he said that nearly 2,000 russian tanks have been destroyed, while nearly 4,000 other armoured fighting vehicles have been

taken out of action. but admiral radakin said that moscow would remain a threat to world security for decades. the important piece for president zelensky, what do his own people want? and his own people are incredibly determined that they are going to fight back with russia, that they want to restore their territory. and the more that russia does these hideous acts of terrorism and attacks ukrainian civilians and commits war crimes that it's been doing, such as rape and attacking children, the more it strengthens the resolve of the ukrainian population that they're going to keep on fighting russia and restore their territory. and what our role is, is to support the ukrainian choice. what about president putin? what about pressure on him? could he be toppled, regime change? so i think some of these... some of the comments that he's not well or that actually, surely somebody�*s going to assassinate him or take him out, i think they're wishful thinking.

for us as military professionals, we see a relatively stable regime in russia. we see that president putin has been able to quash any opposition. and then we see a hierarchy that is invested in president putin. and so nobody at the top has got the motivation to challenge president putin. and that is bleak. that's why the challenge of russia is going to endure way beyond 2022 and 2023 and 2024. this is going to go on for a long time. and what are you talking about in terms of longer term, decades? so potentially decades in terms of russia as a threat. we were clear about that in our big review last year. i think it's now been amplified by russia's invasion into ukraine. and then you're seeing the response by the international community, whether that's the g7, you're seeing the military response

with the nato summit. the government have announced all state—funded schools in england will have a defibrillator by summer 2023. many schools already have the devices however the government says it aims to fund around 20,000 more kits. it follows a campaign by the parents of oliver king, who died when his heart stopped in a swimming lesson in 2011. his dad markjoined forces with football pundit jamie carragher to campaign for schools to have defibrillators. they both spoke to bbc breakfast earlier. a monumental day for the foundation and everybody that has supported us from day one. it is absolutely fantastic. from day one. it is absolutely fantastic— from day one. it is absolutely fantastic._ very i fantastic. emotional? very emotional. _ fantastic. emotional? very emotional. you _ fantastic. emotional? very emotional. you know, - fantastic. emotional? very emotional. you know, wel fantastic. emotional? very- emotional. you know, we have fantastic. emotional? very— emotional. you know, we have worked hard and tirelessly and thenjamie came on board. morning, mate, how are you? shill came on board. morning, mate, how are ou? �* ., are you? all good, man, delighted for ou are you? all good, man, delighted for you and — are you? all good, man, delighted for you and the _ are you? all good, man, delighted for you and the family, _ are you? all good, man, delighted for you and the family, mate. - are you? all good, man, delighted for you and the family, mate. and| for you and the family, mate. and 'ust for you and the family, mate. and just pushed _ for you and the family, mate. and just pushed us _ for you and the family, mate. fific just pushed us along. for you and the family, mate. and just pushed us along. jamie, - for you and the family, mate. and just pushed us along. jamie, what was it about _

just pushed us along. jamie, what was it about oliver's _ just pushed us along. jamie, what was it about oliver's story - just pushed us along. jamie, what was it about oliver's story that - was it about 0liver�*s story that made you feel like you had to play a role in all of this?— role in all of this? well, it was obviously _ role in all of this? well, it was obviously a — role in all of this? well, it was obviously a really _ role in all of this? well, it was obviously a really sad - role in all of this? well, it was obviously a really sad story - role in all of this? well, it was| obviously a really sad story but role in all of this? well, it was - obviously a really sad story but you know, _ obviously a really sad story but you know. as _ obviously a really sad story but you know, as mark will tell you with the statistics, _ know, as mark will tell you with the statistics, it— know, as mark will tell you with the statistics, it is not the only child a person— statistics, it is not the only child a person that we live throughout this country with a lack of defibrillators and certainly in schools _ defibrillators and certainly in schools as well, so it was not just oliver's _ schools as well, so it was not just 0liver's story there's lots of stories— 0liver's story there's lots of stories up and down the country but the real_ stories up and down the country but the real driving force of me getting involved _ the real driving force of me getting involved was the enthusiasm of mark to change _ involved was the enthusiasm of mark to change the legislation and use the sadness and pain of himself and his family. — the sadness and pain of himself and his family, that they have gone through— his family, that they have gone through and try to use it in a positive _ through and try to use it in a positive way to help other kids in the future — positive way to help other kids in the future. as you know yourself, you have — the future. as you know yourself, you have dealt with mark a few times, — you have dealt with mark a few times, his _ you have dealt with mark a few times, his enthusiasm is infectious and if_ times, his enthusiasm is infectious and if he _ times, his enthusiasm is infectious and if he wants you involved in something helping it is very difficult _ something helping it is very difficult to say no so i'm delighted for him _ difficult to say no so i'm delighted for him and his family and the work that they— for him and his family and the work that they have put in over those ten years. _ that they have put in over those ten years. and — that they have put in over those ten years, and also delighted for every family— years, and also delighted for every family in_ years, and also delighted for every family in this country who now has

had their— family in this country who now has had their minds put at ease that if something — had their minds put at ease that if something unfortunate happens, like happened _ something unfortunate happens, like happened to mark's son 0liver, in school, _ happened to mark's son 0liver, in school, fingers crossed they are going _ school, fingers crossed they are going to — school, fingers crossed they are going to be ok because of the legislation that has gone through. jamie carragher, and mark king, father of oliver kane. —— 0liver king. the former wales rugby captain, ryanjones, has revealed he's been (tx viz still) jones diagnosed with early—onset dementia at the age of 41. he won 75 caps for wales between 2004 and 2014, and also played in three tests for the british and irish lions. speaking in a newspaper interview, he said he felt like his world was falling apart after the diagnosis. objects from a royal shipwreck are "comparable, if not better" than the mary rose, according to conservation experts. the discovery of the gloucester, which sank off the coast of norfolk in 1682, almost killing a future king, was made public last month. now items removed from the wreck have been sent to york for restoration. debbie tubby reports.

in an undisclosed location 200 miles away in york, an aladdin's cave. artefacts dating back more than 340 years all discovered off the norfolk coast now being conserved. i get very excited by the stuff from the gloucester because it is a sort of range of material that you don't normally see. one of the rare finds is a pair of leather shoes. york is one of only two places in the country that has the expertise to preserve these. with the gloucester, we're actually looking at very unique artefacts from a certain class of people, really, it is probably things that were being used by the crew, things that were being used by the royal passengers. near the gas rigs, beneath the surface of the north sea, lies the gloucester. the two norfolk brothers who discovered the wreck have slowly been recovering the future king of england, the duke of york's items, now transported in freshwater to the city of york. we have this rather splendid weight.

it is metal, sort of copper alloy, probably heavy leaded. small, but if you feel that... oh, wow, that is heavy. it's very heavy. the items, which were preserved in an oxygen—free environment, will then be dried and cleaned. most of the items recovered so far are small enough to fit into plastic containers like this, so it can be transported and treated here. the larger items will be put into tanks like this. this is one of the horn combs that we found. as you can see, it is quite a large comb but we think it may be used for wigs or even possibly horses, we are not honestly sure. also we had a quite small comb that was found, which is in lovely condition, actually. i willjust get it out. it is a double—sided nit comb. we have gone through iron stain removal with a very specific type of acid. once that's done, we're going to test different methods of drying the combs out,

so it could be solvent drying, air drying, orfreeze—drying.