snowdonia national park is a mountain range in north wales. it is a beautiful area to live in.ery rugged. much more tightly packed. and in between that is where you get the lakes, and although they may be much smaller and a bit of a trek to get to, i don't know, for me, it makes it a little bit more special. i have always found since childhood, my mum was a swimmer. my mum passed away 11 years ago and i found grieving was very hard for me, so i think the time alone was part of it. i do obsessively swim now and i did not before, but i did not make a conscious decision to start swimming this way, it was definitely subconscious. i have always had this, i call it a nervous anticipation in the tummy, but the nerves can be intimidation because sometimes the water is dark, you don't know what is inside, beasties or weeds, but that's an important part for me, is wanting to feel those nerves. i am not somebody who wants them to die down. sometimes i just want to be submerged up to my shoulders and just feel that feeling of the cool freshness on my skin and, yeah, sometimes that is just

just outside the snowdonia national park.ently population growth and climate change. so you've got those two, how on earth do they affect those bills that people are getting on their mats? so every customer wants every bill to be as low as possible, of course they do. and if you've got population growth you have to invest in new assets, you need to make sure you've got all the pipework in place. is the criticism of the industry fair, about too much dividend is paid back to shareholders, not enough competition in the industry? we've invested twice the amount as it was before privatisation. £150 billion of private money. you look at this gorgeous asset here, this was built by the victorians but it's going to need infrastructure spend. you look at bills, they've been steadily going down. when you say going down, i mean, people, are they seeing a smaller number on their bill each year? in some places, they're seeing a smaller number and it depends, i guess, how much water you use. the honest reality is there is a bit of shared qu

the lake district, dartmoor, snowdonia in wales and the cairngorms in scotland. now there are 15 national parksove says it is time for a fresh look at the system. writing in the sunday telegraph, mr gove says a growing population and decline in some habitats could not be ignored and he is ordering a review, which he says has the aim of strengthening protection in the face of present—day challenges. challenges like new housing estates encroaching on the outer edges of national parks and britain's 3a designated areas of outstanding natural beauty. the government has previously talked about a 25—year environment plan and a green brexit. mr gove knows it may be hard to balance demand for new homes with the desire to protect britain's open spaces, whether green and pleasant or wild and rugged. london has introduced a contactless payment scheme for buskers in what the organisers claim is a world first. instead of handing over loose change, passers—by can use card readers to make contactless payments. 0ne busker who has already been using the system is charlotte campbell. she popped into our studio to

the lake district, dartmoor, snowdonia in wales and the cairngorms in scotland. now, there are 15 national parksfresh look at the system. writing in the sunday telegraph, mr gove says a growing population and decline in some habitats could not be ignored and he is ordering a review, which he says has the aim of strengthening protection in the face of present—day challenges. challenges like new housing estates encroaching on the outer edges of national parks and britain's 3a designated areas of outstanding natural beauty. the government has previously talked about a 25 year environment plan and a green brexit. mr gove knows it may be hard to balance demand for new homes with the desire to protect britain's open spaces, whether green and pleasant or wild and rugged. ben ando, bbc news. katy austin has been at butterley reservoir in the peak district — one of the ten national parks currently in england. it is an beautiful sunny bank holiday weekend like this that you can really see what makes national park service special. just over here we have got the words of rather —— reservoir, and the peak di

the lake district, dartmoor, snowdonia in wales and the cairngorms in scotland. now, there are 15 national parksing in the sunday telegraph, mr gove says a growing population and a decline in some habitats could not be ignored and he is ordering a review, with, he says, the aim of strengthening protection in the face of present—day challenges. challenges like new housing estates encroaching on the outer edges of national parks and britain's 3a designated areas of outstanding natural beauty. the government has previously talked about a 25—year environment plan and a green brexit. mr gove knows it may be hard to balance demand for new homes with the desire to protect britain's open spaces, whether green and pleasant or wild and rugged. ben ando, bbc news. 0ur correspondent katy austin was at digley reservoir in the peak district — one of the 10 national parks currently in england. she told us how important the parks were. we be hearing more from her later in the programme. the sunny weather really shows off just the kind of spectacular scenery you can expect from some of britain's's national parks

district, gardner, snowdonia and wales and the cu re gardner, snowdonia and wales and the cure records in scotland. now there are 15 national parksening protection in the face of present—day challenges. challenges like new housing estates encroaching on the outer edges of national parks, and britain‘s 34 designated areas of outstanding natural beauty. the government has previously talked about year environment plan and a green brexit. michael gove knows it may be hard to balance demands for new homes with a desire to protect britain‘s open spaces whether green and pleasant or wild and rugged. let‘s find out how the weather is looking. another cracking night in store? i see what you did there! that was not in rehearsals! comedy gold! more later, sadly! if you spend is any time near this great swathe of cloud you can see were not alone, plenty on the continent which is where we are picking these up from. there have been a lot of activity, a lot of flooding around as well, further thundery showers, warmth, like winds and there will be missed and fog. we started monday with cloud of the north sea, down to the eastern side of the penn

the lake district, dartmoor, snowdonia in wales, and the cairngorms in scotland. now there are 15 national parksnt secretary michael gove says it is time fred fresh look at the system. writing in the sunday telegraph, michael gove said a growing population and decline in some habitats could not be ignored, and he is ordering a review, with, he says, the aim of strengthening protection in the face of present—day challengers. challengers like new housing estates encroaching on the outer edges of national parks, and britain's 3a designated areas of outstanding metal beauty. the government has previously talked about equity by the environment plan and a green brexit. michael gove knows it may be hard to do —— to balance demand for new homes with a desire to protect britain's opens bases, whether green and pleasant or wild and rugged. —— open spaces. rbs has failed to appreciate the impact of its decision to close dozens of branches in scotland, a report by mps has found. the scottish affairs committee described the move as a "devastating blow" for communities affected. it is urging the bank to halt