well yorkshire is a home, won't we? well yorkshire is a beautiful place, and i would recommend devon as well. does anyone else in the car— recommend devon as well. does anyone else in the car want _ recommend devon as well. does anyone else in the car want to _ recommend devon as well. does anyone else in the car want to give _ recommend devon as well. does anyone else in the car want to give us _ recommend devon as well. does anyone else in the car want to give us the - else in the car want to give us the wave? were thinking of you. have a safe journey and i wave? were thinking of you. have a safejourney and i hope wave? were thinking of you. have a safe journey and i hope you wave? were thinking of you. have a safejourney and i hope you enjoy wave? were thinking of you. have a safe journey and i hope you enjoy it when you get there. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes after hearing about that ordeal, i suppose you would need a holiday after that. suppose you would need a holiday afterthat. it's suppose you would need a holiday after that. it's right towards the south and east, and i have to say, one feature of this month is how incredibly dry the weather has been across southern parts of england, southern wales, and eastern parts of england two. where there is some

rain in the forecast, the heaviest is going to stay away from those dry areas where we could really do with some rainfall. there are spots of the very best, the wettest weather will be across scotland and northern ireland, and parts of western england and wales. on the radar picture we are seeing are zone of rain that is moving across the highlands, turning right here, but further southwards it is a bit more patchy in nature. the area is quite humid at the moment, so if few missed patches over the high ground. temperatures for the most part in the mid 20s, with top temperatures hitting 28 degrees. will continue a feed of brisk south—westerly wind, the recent further pulses of rain coming going, that is going to be a one night, temperatures 16 to 18 celsius. they could be a little bit of mist around some of the hills in the west. it's going to be bringing

further rain across the north—west of the uk, there will be little rain in the east of england, in the rain is heaviest across west of scotland and northern ireland. a bit of patchy rain for wales, moving across the pennines. a warmer day, with temperatures in the mid 20s, but peaking at 30 celsius across east anglia. looking at the weather picture into monday, the same area of low pressure is with us, that is beginning to ease away, will have these north—westerly winds bringing sunshine and showers, perhaps a little bit of wet weather working across eastern scotland and north—east england stop temperatures do come down out of it across the south—east, but it will still be warm and 25, otherwise high teens to low 20s. through the rest of the week ahead, high pressure stays with us, a lot of dry weather were sunshine, rising temperature is day by day, scotland and northern

ireland with some great weather, there will be some rain at times across the far north—west.

hello this is bbc news with xxxx. hello this is bbc news with me. the headlines... officials in kent declare a major incident, as long queues form for a second day in dover. delays are also being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone, with traffic crawling on approaching routes. a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restart grain exports — russian missiles hit the port of odesa — which is crucial to the deal. rishi sunak takes to the campaign trail as the race to become the next leader of the uk conservatives heats up. he said he was the only candidate telling the truth about taxation.

i will deliver tax cuts, but tax cuts you can believe in. i will make that happen. just an update, we are still waiting for that monkeypox press are from geneva and we will bring it to you as soon as it begins. wildfires are continuing to spread across europe, and severe weather warnings are being issued in america this weekend. parts of china are also set to experience searing temperatures.. mark lobel has this story. and still the heat blazes its path across europe. with nowhere to hide, from spain to italy. translation: honestly, ifeel the heat more from spain to italy. translation: honestly, i feel the heat more than in previous years and i'm trying to cope as best i can.— cope as best i can. across france, the heartbreak _ cope as best i can. across france, the heartbreak that _ cope as best i can. across france, the heartbreak that comes - cope as best i can. across france, the heartbreak that comes with i the heartbreak that comes with discovering your corner of paradise is no more. translation: everything

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matt labelle, bbc news. ——mark lobel, bbc news. pine martens used to be among britain's most common mammals. today, many of us would struggle to identify one — and they're rarely seen beyond the scottish highlands. now they could be making a return to england — on exmoor and dartmoor — 150 years after they were last there. john henderson went to find out more. bison roaming the kent countryside, beavers swimming in the river otter, so what's coming back next? well, it could be these — pine martens. i think a lot of people don't know what a pine marten is because they have been missing from our environment for so long, so a pine martin is a mustelid, which is like a stoat or a weasel or an otter. and this is where 30—a0 could be released if all goes according to plan, dartmoor and exmoor — big spaces for these rarely—seen creatures, partly because they are nocturnal, partly because they love trees. not like you and me!

if i was at the top of that, i'd be a little bit like, "hello?!" they'll be right be up the top of that and no problem at all, and they'lljump between and wander around between. they're really good climbers, up and down. pine martens disappeared from the south—west about 150 years ago. we're in a really lovely woodland with lots of... woodland with lots of denning opportunities. they were hunted for their fur, but, more critically, their natural habitats, such as woodlands, were cut down. so, yeah, lovely spot... but the dunford nature reserve in the teign valley, one of the organisations involved in the two moors pine marten project, explains why their reintroduction is so important. our environment is really nature—depleted. we are facing a biodiversity and climate crisis at the minute. it's about creating balanced ecosystems — woodland, wildlife that can all work together and to be balanced and thriving — and pine martens have a really important role to play in that. the reintroduction of pine martens isn't a given, though. consultation is taking place, and widely. and given the proximity to farmland, that includes farmers, though a reintroduction

in the forest of dean went smoothly after they were given advice. and when the pine martens are returned to woods like this, they'll be fitted with tags so their movements can be monitored and they can be tracked. and if the consultation does go well, these already critically endangered species could be released in stages, beginning in autumn 202a. john henderson, bbc news. more now on delays being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone, with traffic crawling on approaching routes. earlier my colleague chris rogers spoke to one such traveller who was stuck in the queue up to passport control at the tunnel. once we reached the terminal, actually it has been quite smooth and great sailing and the staff have been brilliant. however, from leaving junction 12 of the motorway, it took us seven hours

to get to the terminal, which is about two miles, i think, so seven hours and two miles. who's travelling with you? it is two of our friends and three children in the back. how's it going? they've got a little bit fractious, but, actually, they've been very good, i have to say. we've played a few games, they have eaten a lot of food. i'm glad we bought copious amounts of snacks and ipads. john keefe was just saying that the infrastructure isn't there to cope with the growing numbers, but they're working on the infrastructure, with digital identification technology to make the traffic flowing into the port of dover a lot quicker. are you worried, as a family, as someone who travels, about whether this is going to become more and more common? because it doesn't seem to have taken a lot for this chaos. yes, actually, iam. i think, as i said, the process until here was not really the issue, it is the infrastructure of getting

people to the channel tunnel. as we approached, all of the roads in all directions were just nose to tail, people out of their cars playing games at the side of the road. so i think, actually, the infrastructure around the ports, around the channel tunnel, really needs to be looked at, because it's not fair on the locals who currently can't leave their local villages, actually, because they're hemmed in by all of us desperately trying to get on a train we should have caught five hours ago. yeah, a local councillor was telling the bbc earlier today there is now a knock—on effect for the people who live in that area, as well, not just travelling to that area. what would your advice be for any families heading off this weekend your way? go and stay closer by the night before. or sleep in the car park, to be honest, would probably be the best bet — i wish we had! and parkinson talking to chris rogers. clearly sense of humour still intact! rail passengers in the east of england have been warned of disruption to greater anglia train services because of strikes by union staff.

members of train drivers' union, aslef, are striking today and next saturday in a dispute over pay. greater anglia says replacement bus services will not be operating. and a strike by more than 40,000 rail workers will go ahead on wednesday — after the sides failed to reach an agreement on friday. the rmt union confirmed the walk—out will go ahead — it's over pay, working conditions and job security. knock—on effects are expected on thursday, and a separate walk—out by train drivers is scheduled for next saturday. further strikes are expected in august. this is certainly something you don't want to get caught in... a huge bloom ofjellyfish engulfed this boat off the coast of israel. jellyfish migrate in summer months but sea pollution and climate change are said to be the reason for their recent high concentration.

well, how do you follow that? we follow it with click. ok, what's this one? oh, that's nice — that's 70% dark, isn't it? good — you know your stuff! mm—hm. and this one? oh, that's very bitter. i'd go 90%, yeah? yep — you're doing well. now for the big one. there you go. oh, gosh. 0h! oh, that's 100% chocolate, isn't it? oh, that is awful! you did volunteer to be the one

to eat the chocolate. it tastes like tarmac. cocoa is, of course, the main ingredient of chocolate and it does have its impact on the environment, as well as the communities that harvest it. so my question to you is do you think it's possible to create something that tasted like that chocolate without the cocoa? well, you could probably create something that's brown, sweet stuff, but if it doesn't have cocoa in it, it's not chocolate, right? well, i've been to see a man who lives on a boat who's been stirring the pot. material scientist drjohnny drain likes to wonder what things could be made of, whether it's a smartphone screen, the michelin—star restaurant dishes he's created, or wanting to figure out how to replace cocoa. this is the lab on the boat where the chocolate story begins. oh, wow! come on board. thank you. what's this? so, this is some of the ingredients that we started developing chocolate with. kinky salt? kinky salts. what most people don't realise about cocoa in chocolate is that about 70% of it is produced in just two countries in west africa —

ghana and ivory coast. and there are issues with labour in those parts of the world. at a conservative estimate, it's thought that 1.5 million it's thought that 1.5 million children are on these cacao farms, working with their families predominantly. is this, however, not taking away income from countries that really need it? those countries do need that income and those hard—working farmers need to be supported, but the state of the current cacao and chocolate industry is such that those people are working on $1 or less a day and it's not an equitable trade. i started thinking, "why does chocolate taste like chocolate?" and, you know, when you — if you put your scientist hat on, it's just a bunch of compounds and it's quite complex but, essentially, it'sjust a bunch of compounds. and then thinking, "well, can you make that flavour profile, starting from something that is not cacao beans? "could you start with potatoes or rice?" and what is it made from? well, we can't tell you the secrets of exactly what we do but our hero ingredients are barley — which has this, you know,

rich tradition of being used to make whiskey and beer — and also carob. and we found, using this combination of fermentation and roasting, which is what you do to turn cacao into chocolate, we've taken that principle, that philosophy and turned these ingredients into alt—choc. and that magic of mixing now happens in the lab. talk me through the process. where does it all start? melt the fat, if it needs melting, and then just mix it all in the melangeur. so, it keeps grinding for 48 hours and after that, yeah, we just proceed to temper the chocolate and mould it. that science resulting in a mixture containing 15% less sugar than its chocolate equivalent. ok, that is looking particularly appetising, so i'm going for this first. right, eating on camera is always very messy. mmm! absolutely delicious! but i genuinely wouldn't know that that wasn't cocoa.

amazing. it tastes — i would think that was about 60—70% cocoa. that's what we're aiming at with these ones, yep. yeah. and that is the chocolate that i like. so, my daughter, who loves a kind of cadbury or galaxy milk chocolate, i'm not sure how she'd feel about it but for someone who is into dark chocolate, wow. i genuinely can't tell the difference. what's your price point going to be like? initially, we'll go in at that — that level of luxury, premium dark chocolate, but within two years we aim to have price parity with mass—produced milk chocolate prices. and are you going to produce something which is more like the milk chocolate? we'll do both, and we might even do a white chocolate, ultimately. there are another couple of companies in this space too, but wnwn's bars will go on sale later this year. and they're not only

for humans to enjoy. with no theobromine in it, unlike regular chocolate, you can give a piece to your dog — if you can bear to part with it. mmm. lovely. come on, be honest — how many takes did you need for that? they only let me have one of each chocolate! i believe you. we believe her, don't we, boys and girls? right, it's your turn to close your eyes now. 0k. ok, do that. now, what can you see? um, patterns? yeah. so, when people look at flickering lights through closed eyelids, different people see different things. mm,it's a bit like when you're on a train and the light�*s shining behind the trees and it comes and goes. exactly! now, this is a phenomena — you can open your eyes, by the way, now — this is a phenomena that's been known about for quite a while but now, there is an experience which is part science, part art, part music

and part light that's trying to find out more about how your brain works, and it's pretty trippy. in this building, in this room, i'm about to have an experience. what kind of experience? possibly this kind of experience. what i saw was like a deep sea, so it's like a sea and i'm and i'm walking down these stairs into the water and the water is very blue, and i step in the water to feel the atmosphere and i feel calm. we've all been given blankets. we've been told that we've got to sit back and close our eyes and then, we're going to be bathed in lights and sounds. and apart from that, i have no idea what to expect, so here goes nothing. with this project, we wanted to give people kind of an experience where they, for themselves, recognise the power of their brain in generating everything they experience.

i'm in the dreamachine, a 30—minute sound and light show which you experience with your eyes closed. sounds weird, i know — and i think it's going to be. and, apparently, even though we're all under the same lights, our brains will do different things. some people see shapes and colours, some people, like, just be dreaming or having images of, i don't know, the sunshine or nature or the ocean or colours and rainbows and travelling through space and dimensions. the lights go down, the music comes up and the dreamachine begins. now, the full experience uses strobe lighting, which we can't show you on tv, and which means those who are sensitive to flashing lights will need to do the more gentle version.

but what i felt and i what i saw, even though my eyes were closed, was really unexpected. even though the strobes are only white light, through my eyelids, i saw a kaleidoscope of colours. this is my best attempt to show you the kind of things that i experienced and, along with intricate swirling and sparkling patterns, there was even something that looked a bit like i was flying through clouds. my brain seemed to take its best guess at what was going on, based on the light signals that it was getting. because the brain is not actually getting any structured visual input, it's just white light, it'sjust flickering white light, the brain is trying to make sense of it somehow and it's very hard for it to make sense of what's going on, so it makes up a lot of stuff, it makes up stuff that is, i think, very closely related to the underlying wiring of the brain. after the experience, we're invited to try and record

what we saw in drawing or using particle simulators, but it was talking about it with my producer romana where we could best record our different experiences. i think the thing that was most amazing immediately was all the colours that i saw. i had loads of colours... right. ..whereas you... just the blues and reds. yeah. chuckles. no, i really enjoyed it because i usually don't switch off easily and here, i very much switched off. do you think you have no choice because your senses are being overwhelmed, so for people who can't do it in... in calm situations, if you do the opposite and overwhelm people's senses, they have no choice but to go into almost a defensive meditative state? i think, yeah, because it's really hard to for me to enter that state when i don't have mental chatter, but my mental chatter was gone. but then, i was also not sleeping—sleeping, so it was — i guess what they say with different brain wavelengths...

oh, yeah. ..i'd love to see actually, which one was i on? and it turns out that romana was spot—on. we use a number of different frequencies in the dreamachine of the flashing light but the frequencies that are most effective are ones that are around ten hertz, ten cycles per second, because that's a similar frequency to what we call the alpha rhythm in the brain. one of the things that's happening in the dreamachine is that your brain is syncing to the frequency of the light. the dreamachine was, for me, calming but fascinating. and through thousands of drawings from participants, plus an accompanying online perception census, anil is hoping to learn more about how and why each of us experiences the world differently. the patterns that people see and the colours that people see, the movement that people see — that's very, very tightly linked to the organisation — the wiring, if you like — of the visual cortex in the brain. and it seems that what's happening is that by the strobe light activating the visual

cortex in a situation where it's not expecting to be activated because your eyes are closed, deep—seated aspects of the wiring of the brain itself kind of surface into our experience. we see reflections and shadows of the brain looking at itself. you felt like you were flying? did you really feel weightless? not really. i think my brain was just trying to make sense of what was going on, based on the signals that it was getting. and everyone has a different experience. they do, and that's why they're trying to get as many people involved as possible, so the dreamachine is leaving london this weekend and then going on to belfast and to edinburgh after that. anyway, that's it for the shortcut of this week's click. the full—length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer. in the meantime, i'm going to try and make lara feel like she's flying. 0k, and i'm going to feed spencer some more chocolate.

hello come about. well, we have seen some pretty big weather contrasts across the uk today. the weather has been rather grey with some heavy rain into belfast earlier on today but it has not been like that everywhere and across parts of south—east england it has been another sunny day and there has been some high cloud and serious cloud there over the skies of hampshire and it is been dry and that the theme that has been repeated earlier this month. in hampshire there has been no really measurable rain at all thus far this month and others of his rain in the focus will be little if any of it reaching southern and eastern england, may be just a few drops at best, and the

ring continues. have you for the highlands and western isles putting its way eastward so we get the rain arriving in orkney as we go through this evening and then further southwards the rain a little bit more patchy nature of those brisk south—westerly winds will continue, dragging in some pretty humid and warm airand dragging in some pretty humid and warm air and temperatures tonight no lower than 18 celsius for so many of you and we start off on that low, one note. sunday pretty high temperatures but otherwise the low pressure same as you got today will continue to bring some positive rain. bit of rain working at wales, north midlands, peaks of the pennines it a deft and in south—east of that feature across the east midlands, east midlands, east anglia, south—east england, quite a hot day, temperatures 30 celsius

warmer for many of you and the cards aberdeen high of 2a compared to the high teens. still on the cards, westerly winds bringing in which sunshine and showers, westerly winds via some slightly cooler there, to produce dropping across the board, high teens low 20s across north—western areas east anglia and the south—east still pretty warm and 25 but not the 30 will have tomorrow. beyond that high fish are england and wales, another week ahead, lots of dry weather with sunny spells, temperatures rising day by day, scotland and northern ireland will see some dry weather, some sunny spells but at times so the weather systems which will bring some thicker cloud and little rain to north—western areas of the uk, particularly towards the end of the week. that's today's weather. bye for now.

this is bbc news, with the latest headlines. officials in kent declare a major incident, as long queues form for a second day in dover. delays are also being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone, with traffic crawling on approaching routes. russian missiles hit the port of odesa — a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restart grain exports turkey says russia has denied responsibility. rishi sunak takes to the campaign trail as the race to become the next leader of the uk conservatives heats up. he said he was the only candidate telling the truth about taxation. i will deliver tax cuts, but tax cuts you can believe in. i will make that happen.