this is bbc news. we all have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. i'm toby carr and, over the next year, i'm going to kayak in all of the areas of the shipping forecast. man reads: now, . the shipping forecast, issued by the met office on behalf of the maritime and coast guard agency, at 0015 on tuesday, january 11. around every corner, there's something new. gps seems to be switching around where it says it is. it's kind of funny — i've been charging around this bit of sea

a bit like a mad person. i thought it was a brilliant adventure that he was going on but once i started seeing some of his reports of the faroe islands, i suddenly thought, "this is actually quite scary. "what he's doing is probably quite dangerous." the winds gone a bit crazy. the sea is mental. probably be about 6m—high waves. it looks maybe more than that. there are warnings of gales in viking, north utsire, south utsire, 40s. .. the shipping forecast in the uk is the world's first storm warning system. ..southeasterly seven to severe gale nine.

occasionally storms... it covers an area from the south coast of iceland and mid atlantic in the west to the danish coast in the east, right down to the north coast of africa. the funny thing about the shipping forecast is that i think so few people understand its actual meaning or relevance but so many people love it and enjoy listening to it. whilst i was growing up, we had a small boat on the east coast of england. because of that, we'd also grown up listening to the forecast having a real meaning. so, i can't remember ever having not listened to the shipping forecast. my clearest memory of this is listening to it when we were in a gale. we're sitting in the cabin

of the boat, sort of all kind of huddled in, in the rain. so, i've got two days to go. i'm going through all my stuff. it's a bit daunting, cos i've got to get all of this stuff into a kayak, so i'm just trying to go through what i can take, what i can leave. this is a personal locator beacon and it is connected to an international rescue system and do the thing that you hope you'll never have to do, which is push the red button here. so, push the button and, like, a whole fleet of helicopters turns up! it's my first day on the portuguese coast, which is rocky and mountainous and, i've got to say, it's just incredible.

i'm going to start to make my way back round cape saint vincent, and just to see how wild this place is. i'vejust turned into nordfjordeid. you can see some buildings, which i think is skogfjorden? i'm planning to stay here for a couple of days. the weather's meant to be getting worse over the next two days, so... hmm. this mist has descended. sings: # what should we do with a drunken sailor? # what should we do with a drunken sailor? # early in the morning... # tell his family... i'm really happy to be arriving in the harbour in

schiermonnikoog. notjust because it's got a cool name, but it's been a really long day today, actually. my navigation was ok, although i don't have the map for the second section and got a little bit — a little bit lost. we're nearly — nearly 11 hours on the water today. i grew up with a rare genetic condition which my brother also had, and when we were kids, we were often told that we wouldn't live longer than 30 and the life expectancy is quite short. so, i think that obviously puts in your mind a sense of determination to try and get the most out of things. when marcus died, it's difficult for me to say exactly how it affected toby because we didn't talk about what was like to lose someone who had the same

illness as you, and are you looking at your own future? you have a sense of freedom. you can get to places that people can't normally get to, so there's a remote aspect to it, i think, which is appealing. there's also a point of perspective, i think, that being on the water and looking back at the land is quite an interesting way to experience it. behind me, you can see the lighthouse on the tip of the cape. it's the most south—westerly point in mainland europe. i've been incredibly lucky on this journey in each of the places that i've visited that i've met really interesting people and been able to visit some very unusual places and moments like that, where maybe you've made a connection with somebody, are, for me, really special. and so, i got a bit tearful leaving, because ijust think — i don't know.

could i have imagined, when i set out on this journey, that i'd be leaving a small island with the last lighthouse keeper in spain shouting my name and... ..and waving me goodbye? and, you know, there's something about that that's. .. sniffles yeah, it's special. so, anyway, i'm getting a little bit — a little bit emotional. this is where he left for his last kayak, and that was on new year's day.

it was only eight days before he died. he was very ill at this point. and he came downstairs that morning and said to me, "hey, i usually go for a kayak on new year's day, "so i was thinking i could go out." so we helped him carry the kayak down and set it on the beach. it was difficult watching him, in a way, because at a distance, he didn't look ill. he handled the kayak perfectly. it moved around, swaying in between the boats, going where he wanted to go.

it felt like he was cured, in a way. of course, he wasn't. i was very clear, helping him get in, that if he did capsize or anything happened, then i'd just run in and try and swim and bring him back. bye! but also, that if he didn't come back, that was also 0k because pretty soon, he wasn't going to be coming back anyway. toby said something interesting to me before he died, and that was that, "if you're thinking about doing

"something, now is the time to do it." and i found that really inspiring. i also realised that toby hadn't finished hisjourney and that perhaps, this was something i could do. now, we have the weather reports from coastal stations for 2300. tiree automatic — southwest two, 12 miles, 1,013, rising slowly. stornoway — south by east two, 16 miles, 1,011, rising slowly. the first thing i had to do was kind of learn to ask for help and then, little by little, deciding on, within each of the shipping forecast areas, which one i'd, you know, which one i'd do in what order. ok, let's see what's in here. this is toby's garage. this is where he kept all of his kayaking kit.

well, there's still two kayaks in there, so that's good. when toby went to iceland, he went in this kayak. and when i decided to do the trip, i just thought, "i've got all the kit, so haven't even got that "excuse." what else have we got? little bag of tricks. so, it was a bit of a crazy idea because i'd never been in a sea kayak, and — but i did think, "if toby's "done it, i can do it." which was slightly bad logic because toby had been practising sea kayaking for seven years. it doesn't fit — oh, now, it's in properly. 0k.

i didn't want to take his journey and then do a really bad version of it, but i can do it in my own way. toby started here in southeast iceland and went to faroes, and then across to north utsire, south utsire, fisher, german bight, humber. then he went down to this bit here, the yellow bit — so biscay, fitzroy, trafalgar. and so, what i was left with was all of this — round ireland and round scotland, down as far as tyne in north east england. he basically left me with all the wet and windy bits, which would bejust like him — as a challenge. shannon! it's a lovely rainy, misty, very scottish—looking day. so, we'vejust

rounded the island! yoo—hoo! and now, we're waiting to cross the shipping lane because we've heard on the vhs that a big boat is coming through and we don't want to have to sprint it through there. ship horn blares can't do it. ugh! expecting a bit of swell as we go around the corner, there? i think more a bit of wind. wind, right.

wind — that's why i think it's best to go anti—clockwise... anti—clockwise, yeah. ..so, that we're coming straight into it. into the wind, rather than... ok, but head up! more into the wind! 0k. i can't turn around, though. ok, that's fine — just relax, relax. 0k. relax — longer strokes. right. relax. that's fine. great. well, it was a little bit hairy out there and i wasn't feeling very comfortable and so, we just have come round and come back. due to family commitments and things, i haven't been able to get on the water every weekend and paddle as much

as i'd like, but the point�*s the adventure and trying to finish toby's story. westerly, four or five at first in south. fog patches and showers at first. moderate or good, occasionally very poor, at first. going to meet this guy called rob and essentially, it's sort of this network of sea kayakers. and when they heard my story and, yeah, they werejust keen to help me to get out. oh, look, there's some people with some kayak brackets on their roof. yeah, that must be rob over there. so, the day after tomorrow, i'll be completing it. wow. now i feel, like, quite sad that it's going to finish! yeah. it's been brilliant to get to know people,

and there's this sort of shared love of the sea. it's so lovely, though, that you've done it as a sort ofjoint effort. yeah. a team effort. you'd be very surprised cos i'd never been in a kayak, i'd never been paddling with him. wow! it's amazing, yeah. it's one of those places you feel, you know, "am i really here?" so, definitely the home of the birds here that most humans won't get to, can't get to. it's so lovely to be here. amazing. for me, there's been several different challenges and one of them is, of course, the kayaking itself. and more than that, maybe the logistics — i live in spain.

i've got to fly in to go to these places. i've got to rent a car or have someone put the kayak on the roof, come back months or weeks later to pick it up. so, i'm about to get on the ferry to the shetland islands, from aberdeen to fair isle — the last of the shipping forecast areas. so, i'm feeling quite emotional because it's the last bit. this is the last one of a long, long journey. sobs quietly it's been 5.5 years of a journey.

hello! mama, where are you? do you know what? i'm on the last ferry, going to the last place that we need to go to with the kayak. showers, perhaps thundery in north. good, occasionally poor in north. and the shetland isles — west or southwest, four to six. showers, perhaps thundery. good, occasionally poor. hello. hello! lovely to see you. good to see you. thank you for getting up early tonight.

no problem, no problem! all done, all good. is all your stuff in a kayak? yeah. how does it feel to be here? yeah, pretty amazing! a place i never thought i'd come to, i think. and so nice for you to come and to do it and to be able to finish with you guys, as well, yeah. thank you. i think that feels very special. trying not to cry... sniffles it feels really emotional, to be honest, because it's been a long journey. i don't really want it to end, to be honest. yeah. but at the same time, i kind of need to complete it. mmm. doesn't feel like we're finishing something. yes, like... to me, it feelsjust like one of the trips we would do with tobe, so... yeah, he's not here, it'd be better if he was. it's more like bringing up memories, you know, and, yeah, sort of going back in time a little bit. yeah. like, in the beginning, it definitely felt like toby's and i stepped into his drysuit for the first time

and put his stuff on and it felt really weird. and, like, kind of like i was pretending. and did you feel like you grew into it, as well? yeah! like... it's sort of gone from something that's definitely toby's project to something that's now mine and toby's project. yeah. 0h! that was brilliant! thank you! and i think in a way, in the paddle today, it's felt like he's been there with us. yeah. you manage, you manage.

here is the weather forecast for the inshore waters of great britain and northern ireland, valid for the following 24 hours, issued by the met office at 0500. so, there's an emotional connection to the shipping forecast. it's possibly one of the most unemotional pieces of broadcasting but, to me, it connects me to toby and marcus and this sort of family that i've lost. the whole of this has really helped me to process or deal with grief. i've also developed this love of the feeling of being in a sea kayak, the feeling of being on the water, surrounded by nature, that today it looks like this but tomorrow, it'll look completely different, the water, the light, the — whatever nature's here. and often, when i come back from the trips, you know, i want to give him a call and say, "i've done this "amazing kayaking thing and i saw a seal and... tearfully: "..it was

just beautiful". so sometimes, it's hard, but it is beautiful mostly and i'm really glad i've done it. dover, south battle — southeast four or five. mainly fair, moderate or good, occasionally poor. and that's the end of the shipping bulletin. wherever you are tonight, either on ships large or kayaks small, whatever your voyage, whatever your destination, take care. godspeed.

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good evening. the fairly grey, gloomy but largely dry theme to the weather continued on friday and for many of us, it will continue through the weekend as well. not everywhere — we've got a few showers moving in on sunday. that marks the start of something a little bit clearer into next week. but certainly, the next 2a hours or so, most of us keeping this blanket of cloud. this is how we're going to start saturday morning — a few clear spells across northern and western scotland. it's here that we'll have some mist and some fog around through the first part of the day, slowly clearing away, and then there'll be some sunshine across the north and west of scotland but elsewhere, any sunshine in short supply once again. it'll feel rather cool under that cloud in the east — around 8—10 degrees — whereas further west, we could see 12—111. through saturday night, some clear spells again in the north but then we'll start to see some of these showers working in through the early hours of sunday across western scotland

and northern ireland, too. ahead of that, another fairly cool night. frost—free as we start remembrance sunday. temperatures down to 4 or 5 degrees for some in the east. so, sunday, then. many central and eastern parts of england keeping quite a bit of cloud, some brighter spells. as showers move their way in from the northwest, pushing across northern england and wales, a return to some sunshine by the end of the afternoon for much of scotland and northern ireland, so a marked change here compared to what we've seen of late. a bit milder than saturday, so we're looking at about 10—15 degrees. moving on into monday, and that's when this clearer air mass starts to move in behind this cold front, sinking its way south, so a different feel to the weather — at last — as we head through monday. early cloud and perhaps a few showers — that's the remnants of that cold front in the south first thing — clearing away. winds coming in from a different direction now, in from the north or the northwest. perhaps a little bit more cloud across parts of scotland and northern ireland but certainly, england and wales much more sunshine

than we've seen of late. still relatively cool — around about 10—15 degrees. moving through to tuesday, then. well, high pressure with us but this frontal system may just move in from the east, so a bit of uncertainty about the detail on this. but potentially on tuesday, parts of eastern england could see a bit more cloud, a few showers around as well. but for much of the uk, i think another predominantly dry and settled day. temperatures between about 10—12 degrees for most of us, so a little bit cooler and fresher than it has been.

live from london. this is bbc news. the us charges three men in connection with an alleged

iranian plot to assassinate donald trump, and iranian—american journalist masih alinejad. senior us democrat, nancy pelosi, has suggested president biden is partly to blame for the party's election defeat. and the uk's metropolitan police force has referred itself to a watchdog over its handling of the mohamed al fayed abuse allegations. hello i'm catherine byaruhanga. we begin with an alleged iranian plot to assassinate president—elect donald trump. the us government has charged an afghan national, alleging he was tasked with providing a plan to kill mr trump before the presidential election. thejustice department unsealed the criminal charges on friday that allege an unnamed official in iran's paramilitary

revolutionary guard instructed the man to create a plan