in gloomy times, edinburgh offers hope. >> edinburgh is the place to be in august. the center of the entertainment industry moves from london to edinburgh. >> the scale is startling -- more than 2400 different shows, 40,000 performances in three weeks. they make 75 million pounds per year from this, and performers know it is a chance to show what they have. >> i just love the audience so much. i just want to get back to that kind of input from the people. the whole city is absolutely blazing with energy and an appetite for the theater. that is what the people come for from all over the world. >> of course, there is no quality control here. >> let's not kid around, some of the stuff is good, and you never forget it for all the right reasons, but there are moments of my life that i will resent forever and i want to get back. >> however, it can work. an impromptu performance at a new venue, dangling 100 feet over edinburgh. at a time when work may seem to be a luxury, it seems more and more are taking their chance here on show business. >> ♪ take my breath away take my

on the 21st, the family was traced to edinburgh. >> it was as if she moved away to distance herself from her partner. part of the reason for that is -- we don't know exactly at the moment. it will be significant for the investigation. >> the authorities were acting, but it was too late. the court backed the city council, asking for assistance, and sent a court official here to the flat. the fax was received minutes after the 999 call. the official of arrived to find the police. theresa remains seriously ill in hospital. police hope to interview for tomorrow. her husband is not a suspect and is said to be heartbroken. bbc news. >> this is bbc news. the japanese city of hiroshima is marking the 65th anniversary of the american atomic bombing, which killed around 140,000 people. for the first time, representatives of the u.s. are attending the ceremonies. the u.s. is charged -- is charging 14 people with terrorist offenses for providing money and support to the smaller-based extremist group al-shabab. standingpresident is for reelection on monday. as the for the vote, the government has bee

joined by even middle men in new york he's the executive director of the drug policy alliance in edinburgh we go to dr ian all over he's a consultant for the united nations office on drugs and crime and in london we have sebastian seville the executive director of release the u.k. center of expertise on drugs the law and. when rights and another member of our cross talk team on the hunger are a gentleman cross talk rules are in effect that means you can jump in any time to respond to a panel member first of all i'd like to go to ethan in new york after forty years a trillion dollars has been spent and hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost during what has been called the war on drugs is out war a complete failure or a slight earlier. let's call it about a ninety five percent failure you know it may it may be the case that treating a variety of drugs is illegal has reduced the number of people who use it by a modest amount but as with alcohol prohibition the united states is generated extraordinary levels of crime and violence and corruption in the u.s. and all around the world it's

researchers from the university of edinburgh say it's physically impossible at the university.y different skin on various parts of the body all respond differently to sunshine. for example, they found that the rear end doesn't tan as darkly -- i really said that -- gesh! so rear end doesn't tan as darkly as the back when exposed to equal doses of sun rays. reason to use lots of sun block and let self--tanners do the work for you. i'm a professional journalist and did that. >> i get to follow that. public art going up along the san francisco waterfront. this is video of the installation of the 40 foot rocketship along the embarcadero near pier 14. saturdayists worked on the installation all night. plan to have a debut party friday afternoon. first caused a stir at the burning man and will be at the embarcadero the next 14 months. if you have video to share with us, you can upload it or e-mail it. let me get this straight. if i'm tanning my back again, what part tans quicker? (laughter) >> okay. i'll just go head and read this. >> i still can't talk. >> 5:57. just ahead at 6:00,

firefighters were called to a house in edinburgh to put out a small fire and they found the bodies of is already forming while the questions pile up. police are investigating one possibility -- where 8-year-old twins luca and austin riggi and 5-year-old sister cecilia killed by their mother. the family seemed to have it all, living in comfort. the mother home schooling the children. the father an oil engineer. back home in colorado, family neighbors couldn't believe it. >> i am really shocked to hear this news. >> they had nice kids. they're real nice. it really is a shock. >> reporter: but the parents were going through a bitter divorce. they missed a scheduled court appearance tuesday on custody of the children and today the family is destroyed. the children's mother theresa in the hospital in serious condition after falling 40 feet from her balcony. another possibility, a gas explosion. >> there was a gas explosion and a woman fell off the third story or second story, i don't know. whatever the top floor is of the building. >> reporter: the children reportedly did not die as a resu