determined that her legacy — of being positive, spreading joy, and raising awareness of brain tumours — will go on. they've been speaking to the bbc�*s rogerjohnson. we really appreciate all the support that we've had and all the comments and all the nice messages that we've had. and it's meant so much to know that laura has meant so much to other people. it's the people that say, i'm going to try and be more laura, i've booked a blood donation. and there's been a few that have contacted us. you gave blood on the day she died? yeah, idid. idid. which was a bit weird, but it was on the calendar and she would have not been impressed if i'd have said that was an excuse for not going. when i went, i did want to tell everybody, i wanted to stand on a table and go, "my daughter died this morning." we're going to just try and do what we can to make her proud of us and to carry on doing the things that she thought were important. it's seeing how many people she's touched and how many people she's changed. and yeah. and the girl that messaged from school yesterday to say that when she was being bullied at school laura always made a point

of including her and being kind to her and years down the line, you know, she's neverforgotten how laura was with her and i would never have known that. and that was such a lovely thing to read. but my first instinct was to run upstairs to tell laura about it. gracie, you'vejust finished your university degree. laura finished hers a year ago. but she completed that start to finish whilst going through treatment. i mean, you must be in awe of that. she just makes everyone look bad, honestly. it was really incredible. but she was really determined. and she wanted to walk down her graduation hall and pick up that certificate. and that was an amazing day, wasn't it? it was the best day. she's just a force of nature. a force of nature.

but to make a difference even continues now. she's no longer here, just explain what she's doing. laura knew that without research, we weren't ever going to improve things and people like us would be in the same position five and ten years down the line. so she wanted to donate her brain so it could be used for research. so that's going to be happening at the end of the week, and that's really hard for us because she's our little girl, but it's what she would have wanted. and if it can benefit other people in the long run, then that's her legacy, isn't it? yeah. she never cried about herself. the only time we ever saw her cry was when we lost another person with this disease. and that would break her heart. but she was never sorry for herself. she actually said that some of the best times in her life had been since she was diagnosed and some of the experiences that she'd had she would never have had without it. and she described it as peaks and troughs, didn't she? she's had such an impact on so many people. we don't want that to go with her, really. we want to continue that on her behalf. she wasn't ever angry. she wasn't ever sad. she never said, why me?

she just said, "right, well, it is me." so let's make everyone know about it. let's make a difference. let's take this and turn it into something good. londoners are being asked to showcase their homes and buildings in this year's open house festival. the annual event gives people the chance to go inside buildings that are not usually open to the public. one person who took up this call last year was kenny orellana — he and his partner built a 3 storey house — themselves — on an old garage plot and wanted to open up their home to show others of what can be achieved. please come in. open house allows people to see places that are hidden away and this is one of them. we wanted to inspire like—minded people and show them how they can in the

house, we wanted to show them it's not so difficult. we started off with a piece of land i had nothing in it and now after the works, we have a three—storey, three—bedroom house with two gardens, one on the roof. we spent about £42,000, we did it because he wanted to own a house in london and house prices are very expensive, this is probably the only opportunity for us to own a house. it took us about four years as we did it ourselves. i am an architect but you do not need to be an architect to do what we did. it is all about trying to learn. we are not trained carpenters or work would make is or whatever, you just need youtube and tutorial. it is a long time to do it but it cost us £100,000 which is a lot cheaper then

a house of similar quality and size in london. it allows you to, it makes a living room much cooler in summer time makes a living room much cooler in summertime and makes a living room much cooler in summer time and keeps you warm during wintertime. we introduce the skylight here in order to get the natural light downstairs in the basement and we also did this skylight here to get some sailor connection with the windows above and also to be able to see outside. open house, it gives you the opportunity because then it gives people the opportunity to see something they wouldn't be able to usually see. it's about people who care for something and they want to share with other people. thank you

for visiting our home. sweden is hosting eurovision next year, which will be the 50th anniversary of abba winning the contest with "waterloo". if you were hoping that could mean a very special reunion gig on the big night, think again. benny and bjorn both poured cold water on that idea during an interview with victoria derbyshire, to mark the anniversary of their avatar show in london. take a look. hello. how are you? we meet at abba studio. it's the one year anniversary of the abba voyage show. it took years to create. you described it as a risk because you didn't know if people were going to come and see digital recreations of you. is it a gamble that's paid off? that's most certainly, yes.

well, artistically, definitely, yeah. why do you say artistically? because we achieved more than we could ever hope for. you know, see the first preview and realised that the audience actually connected to what was on there. not like not like watching a movie, but as if we were actually there. where do you want to take the show next? maybe one replica in in north america and maybe one in asia. there are talks, but nothing tangible yet. i have to say i'd like to go to australia. it would feel good to come back there and say thank you australians for supporting us from day one. which artists or bands do you know have been to see your show? oh, lots of them. i know that barry gibb has been there. there must be lots of them thinking,

wow, can i do this? do you think it will be a different experience if it was amy winehouse or whitney houston or prince? tricky, right? how do you deal with that? because everyone knows that they're not around anymore. so what would they say themselves about doing this? we can say yes or no to everything. so this is chat gpt, which obviously you will know about if i put in here. write a song in the style of abba. verse one... i thought i had it all with you by my side. but then you walked away and my heartjust died. i searched for you in every crowd. i hear you calling out my name. but you're not there. it's so unfair. i'm lost in this endless game.

i would say that that's crap. eurovision will be here in sweden next year. 50 years, as you know, you don't need me to remind you. since you won it with waterloo. there is already a clamour for the four of you to reunite on stage in person, not the avatars. you want to make a bet? are you considering it? no. seriously? no way. why? well, i don't want to. and if i don't want to, they won't go. it's the same for four of us. someone says no, it's no. and, yes, that's how it work. you want to go? no, no, no, ithink so. it could celebrate 50 years

of of abba without us being on stage. so you definitely won't get on stage to sing. but would you walk on stage together, the four of you? not me. so that means that that's a no, then. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. it's been a quiet week of weather and this quiet, dry weather will continue as we head into the bank holiday weekend. some sunshine for many parts of the country through the rest of today. there are some areas of cloud developing underneath that high pressure and that high pressure is keeping it dry. but around that, the breeze is changing direction and it means northern and eastern areas, maybe a little cooler than yesterday with the highest temperatures focused more towards the southwest, 22 or 23 will be quite pleasant and most places will see the sunshine to end the day. there is a bit more cloud though developing in the midlands for a while and also across northern ireland. but some clearer skies will develop in many parts of the country

overnight and the winds will be light. so it could turn quite chilly first thing on friday morning, particularly across eastern scotland. temperatures not far away from freezing, perhaps heading into tomorrow. sunny start for many. we will see cloud coming into the northwest of scotland. a few spots of light rain or drizzle here and the cloud will build up inland across many other parts of the uk and spread out a bit across the far south of england and through the english channel. it may well stay sunny, but it will be quite windy and there'll be a chill on that wind as well that will take the edge off the temperatures. but for many parts of the country away from here, probably a little bit warmer than today, 20 degrees in the central belt of scotland through the midlands and also in the northwest of england. high pressure building in across the uk for the start of the bank. holiday weekend does get eroded though for a while. across the north that weather front, some stronger winds coming into scotland and northern ireland bringing more cloud, a little bit of light rain or drizzle in the northwest, some buildup of cloud for northern

england and north wales. sunnier skies further south and the winds will be lighter as well. probably the temperatures will peak on saturday, 22, 23 degrees, but it will be cooler in scotland and northern ireland behind that weak weather front not bringing much rain that moves away. and as the high pressure builds back in across the uk, that cooler air will move its way southwards. so if we look at some forecasts for sunday and monday and the radio one big weekend continues in dundee, it will be cool but less cool i think on monday. and still dry, temperatures in northern parts of the uk may recover a bit on monday. the same can't be said for the south because it will be turning cooler here by bank holiday monday. still dry with more sunshine.

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