stephen morris with his £250,000 300—year—old violin.is week, we told you about a charity fundraising auction held by the actor and singer olivia newton—john, whose best—known role was of course sandy in the film grease. and the skinny black trousers she wore in the film were the star of the night, being bought forjust over £314,000. she's previously said they were so tight, she had to be sewn into them for each day of filming. the identity of their buyer remains a secret — but the auction raised roughly £1.9 million in totalfor 0livia's cancer treatment centre. well done, 0livia well done, olivia newton john. now it's time for a look at the weather. a bit ofa a bit of a mixed picture today. much less windy than yesterday. some of us less windy than yesterday. some of us have blue sky and sunshine, but some places have cloud and showers. this picture comes from a weather watcher in shropshire. a few showers cropping up here and they are through the remainder of the afternoon, but the wind has died down compared to yesterday, and many of

stephen morris with his £250,000 300—year—old violin. film grease. and the skinny black trousers she wore in the film were the star of the night — being bought forjust over three hundred and fourteen thousand pounds. she‘s previously said they were so tight, she had to be sewn into them for each day of filming. the identity of their buyer remains a secret — but the auction raised rounghly 1.9 million pounds in totalfor 0livia‘s cancer treatment centre. lumberjacks from across the globe have been competing at the world timbersports championship. the contest features a series of tests, including the use of axes and chainsaws to get through logs as quickly as possible. keep an eye on the man in the green and yellow shirt — he‘s brayden meyer from australia — and he chopped his way to the title, showing off his skills in several lumber—related disciplines. he even showed his mastery of this — the springboard event — where competitors have to cut notches into a trunk to support planks, so they can climb to the top before cutting through. well

stephen morris, very grateful, talking about the return of his 300—year—old violin.he fate of hundreds of koalas. many are believed to have died but there have been some survivors. tim allman has the story. his name, for reasons unexplained, is corduroy paul, and he's been very, very lucky indeed. he was found curled up in a ball, dehydrated and clinging to life. along with another koala called anwin, corduroy paul survived the fires that have ravaged his habitat. thousands of hectares of land destroyed, trees and foliage turned to ash. koalas are especially vulnerable, often defenceless in the face of the flames. it's just gone straight through and very little would actually survive in there unscathed. wallabies, kangaroos, deer can get out because they can run, but koalas just really can't. in the last few days, sydney has been shrouded in smoke. the strong winds have fanned dozens of bushfires. they are an annual occurrence, but they have come unusually early this year. there are no reports so far of any injuries to people at least, but the scale of what's happeni

stephen morris with his £250,000 300—year—old violin.ld by the actor and singer olivia newton—john — whose best—known role was of course sandy in the movie grease. and the skinny black trousers she wore in the film were the star of the night — being bought forjust over four hundred thousand dollars. she's previously said they were so tight, she had to be sewn into them for each day of filming. the identity of their buyer remains a secret — but the auction raised 2.4 million dollars in total for olivia's cancer treatment centre. back white —— those trousers aren't worth more than that violin. extraordinary! in a moment, it'll be time for dateline london. but first, the weather with stav da naos. the wins should be lighter for many of us. we will see a lot of sunshine too. —— the winds. it stays wet and breezy for the east of scotland, a little rain for north—east england, but good spells of sunshine for many. dry spells in northern ireland, north—west england and southern scotland. it turns windier and wetter again across the south—west t

professional musician stephen morris — who is the owner of the 300—year—old violin — joins me now.it? and it is very old. beautiful. tell us about it. it was made in 1709, the same year thatjohnson was born. it was made by a guy called david techno in rome. —— david tecchler. sorry, i don't wa nt to —— david tecchler. sorry, i don't want to drop it! and it's worth about a quarter of £1 million? tell us about a quarter of £1 million? tell us the story, you lost it, on a train? yes, i'd had a busy week, i was very tired and it was late at night. i got off at my local station and left the violin where i had put it. idid and left the violin where i had put it. i did not realise until the following morning that it was missing. a terrible shock. that is a heart attack moment! how did you go about trying to find it? the first thing, i had to make sure i had a violin to play on tour. i was on tour with bocelli. i located my wife's violin, which she lent me. then, the btp took control of the search. the british transport police? yes, and their amazing team, they ran the search. and you foun

earlier my colleague ben brown spoke to the musician stephen morris, he told him more about the 300—year—old born. it was made in rome, by tecchler. sorry... don't drop it! i'm struggling for words because i'm still getting over the shock of getting it back. it is 300 years old and worth about £250,000. tell us the story — you lost it on a train? i was tired, finished very late at night at abbey road studios, and when i got off at my local station, i got off and left the violin where i had put it. and i didn't realise until the following morning that it was missing, which was a terrible shock. that is a heart attack moment, isn't it? it certainly is! how did you go about trying to find it? first, i had to make sure i had a violin to play on tour, i was on tour with bocelli, and my wife lent me a violin. the btp took control of the search. the british transport police. that's right. their amazing team ran the search. and then you found it, and the person who had taken it gave it back. tell us a bit about how that happened. i got a message on my newly created twitter account to say that somebo

ok let's discuss this in more depth and live on the line now by stephen morris is the national secretary of the english democrats party and also by cody is a former prisoner now a prison reform campaign a very good evening to you both and thanks for coming on stephen 1st of all to you . this gentleman in germany does he not have the right to start life over yes he committed a heinous crime he served his time to people not deserve a 2nd chance. well they certainly deserve a 2nd chance but what they don't deserve is to have the historic crimes of they've gone wiped off that no one can find them this is clearly an attack on free speech freedom of information and it's international censorship because the rights of those that he killed the families their victims should never be forgotten but what he wants to do he wants his past to be completely wiped clean yes all of the really rebuilt asian defenders act and all the items they do deserve a 2nd chance but what we've got here is a complete trying to raise historic events and they should never happen because once you start with this kind of th

stephen morris with his £250,000 300—year—old violin.john, whose best—known role was, of course, sandy in the film grease. the skinny black trousers she wore in the film have been bought at a charity auction forjust over £314,000. she's previously said they were so tight, she had to be sewn into them for each day of filming. the identity of their buyer remains a secret, but the auction raised rounghly £1.9 million in total for olivia's cancer treatment centre. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. after the strong winds we had yesterday and the heavy rain, today isa yesterday and the heavy rain, today is a quieter day. one or two blustery showers around but over the next few days things will stay quite u nsettled. next few days things will stay quite unsettled. you will notice a dip in temperature. entered this evening, heavy showers for south—west england and wales will work their way northwards and eastwards. more persistent rain to come to east scotla nd persistent rain to come to east scotland have a night w

we've got reaction to this story from the national secretary for the english democrats party stephen morrisand also from the human bennett he's from the stand up to racism action group. my mother was a nurse for for most of her life for the n.h.s. and nothing was done about the abuse that she see faced and there's no reason why she should have put up with the abuse of the nursing people in very serious conditions i think a message to tolerance towards it would lead to a level of self control and h.s. is there to treat people should treat people. without question the issues of sexism racism is a massive can of worms because obviously the hospitals could be in breach of the only quality because obviously a female that he wants to be treated by a female will not be allowed to because it will be deemed a sexist or if you have certain religious views you won't be allowed because it be deemed racist or sexist in some form that you're racist you will have a problem with this because you think it's a normal discourse of normal wear behavior some framed in some ridiculous notion that you've got a fr

of the stand up to racism campaign and the national secretary of the english democrats party stephen morris the n.h.s. is there to treat people it should treat people. without question the issues of sexism racism it opens a massive can of worms because obviously the hospitals could be in breach of the only quality the only way you can address this is the people go into these hospitals or the heightened tension in a way because they need treatment they're not well so what you need to do is afterwards prosecute them racism sexism and homophobia are not a troll and actually my mother was a nurse for for most of her life for the n.h.s. and nothing was done about the abuse that she see faced and there's no reason why she should have put up with the abuse after nursing people in very serious conditions and to turn into a limited where people can abuse people i can say i don't. like them well they begin to you as if you have. yes to some spurious solution because it's. been you following this for 5 years who wants to throw a system is unnatural it can be challenging reversed only those people who

stephen morris, who's featured on film scores like the lord of the rings and james bond.sy week. i had a very busy week, i was tired, finished very late at night at abbey road studios, and when i got off at my local station, i got off and left the violin where i had put it. and i didn't realise until the following morning that it was missing, which was a terrible shock. i got a message on my newly created twitter account to say that somebody knew somebody who had the violin, and a few phone calls later, we managed to negotiate a location to return the violin. a lot of prayers answered. thank you for watching. hello, it's certainly been a mixed weekend. sunday brought in something quieter, still some blustery showers around. this was the picture in east yorkshire as the sun set on sunday. what about the week ahead? things stay unsettled, further spells of rain at times and it turns cold through the week. expect to see some frost and fog. for the here and now, we have some low pressure with us. it has been slow—moving for several days and not in a hurry to get out of the wa

stephen morris said a young man handed the violin back in a late night meeting in a supermarket car parkf. bach was in his 20s. a 310—year—old violin, but just last week stephen feared it was gone forever. he left it on an 0rpington bound train after a long day. a violin is one of the closest instruments to the human voice. it is your voice as a violinist so it is strange to have that taken away. he was desperate to find it and made an appeal on this programme. if you have it, hand it in. it would be extremely difficult to sell. the story went viral on social media. i have had messages from new york, australia, everywhere. and then came a breakthrough. the first thing was a tweet saying, i know somebody who knows somebody who knows where your violin is, please give me your phone number, and at this point i was thinking, it could be a hoax, but maybe it might be right, and i had a chat, and it turned out, i was pretty sure that it was the guy. the man agreed to meet stephen in this waitrose car park in beckenham and, after 10pm, this is where the violin was returned. i saw him coming towa

stephen morris said a young man handed the violin back in a late night meeting in a supermarket car parkught of. buck was in his 20s. —— bach. a310 year old violin, but just last was in his 20s. —— bach. a310 year old violin, butjust last week stephen feared it was gone for ever. —— a 310—year—old. he left it on 0rpington bound train after a long day. this violin is probably one of the closest instruments to the human voice. it is your voice, as a violinist. so it is quite strange to have that taken away for a while. he was desperate to find it, and made an appeal on this programme. was desperate to find it, and made an appeal on this programmem was desperate to find it, and made an appeal on this programme. if you have it, hand it in. because it would be extremely difficult to sell. the story went viral on social media. i have had messages from new york, australia, everywhere. and then came a breakthrough. the first thing was a tweet saying, i know somebody who knows somebody who knows where your violin is. please give me your phone number. and at this point i was thinking, it could bea

the instrument was handed over in a supermarket car park to its owner stephen morris — after secret negotiationsid he‘d made a mistake and apologised. and we‘ll be talking to stephen at 8:40. i think we will hear a bit of the violin as well. i am sure it sounds every pound of £250,000 when played by the right person. strictly, did you see it? i did not. they will catch up before tonight‘s results show. it was very exciting. lots of sequence show. it was very exciting. lots of sequence and letter. mike bushell is enjoying himself very much. —— lit up. week seven of strictly come dancing waltzed onto our screens last night as the nine remaining couples took to the floor. there were high kicks and nifty tricks, but it wasn‘t an easy week for paralympian will bayley, who was forced to pull out of the competition due to injury. our very own mike bushell had a good show though, with his cheeky charelston, securing his second highest score of the series so far. i thought he did well last night. and so did many others, including thejudges. trademark little kid to the side. that is mike‘s little trademar

stephen barclay. our reality check correspondent chris morris has been trying to get to the bottom of the claims and counterclaimshe had last night or yesterday with business leaders in northern ireland, in which he said, when it comes to trade going from northern ireland into great britain there will be no checks, no barriers of any there will be no checks, no barriers ofany kind, there will be no checks, no barriers of any kind, no forms to fill in. now, the forms but in particular is basically in direct contradiction to what his brexit secretary, stephen barclay, said in parliament ate a few weeks earlier. he said they would have to be export declarations filled in. if you delve into the detail of the withdrawal agreement itself, which says there are bits of the eu customs rules which will have to be followed, that's too says yes, you'll have to fill in export declarations. so it isn't clear what is happening there, whether he thinks that simply isn't important 01’ thinks that simply isn't important or whether he doesn't realise the implication of what that means. he also talked about trade going on the other

that was stephen barclay speaking there. 0ur reality check correspondent chris morris has been tryingounterclaims. further video emerged this afternoon of the meeting he had last night, or yesterday, with business leaders in northern ireland when she said when it comes to trade going from northern ireland into great britain, there will be no checks, no barriers of any there will be no checks, no barriers ofany kind, there will be no checks, no barriers of any kind, no forms to fill in. the forms bit in particular is basically a direct contradiction to what his brexit secretary stephen barclay had said in parliament a few weeks earlier. he said there would have to be export declarations filled in. and if you delve into the detail of the withdrawal agreement itself, which said that rabbits of the —— there are bits of the eu rules you have to follow, yes, there will be declarations. it is not clear what is happening there. it is not clear whether he think that is not important or does not undersell what that means. he also talked about trade going the other direction, from great britain

. -- that was stephen barclay speaking there. 0ur reality check correspondent chris morris has been tryingaims and counterclaims. further video emerged of the meeting he had yesterday with business leaders in northern ireland in which he said when it comes to trade going from northern ireland into great britain, there will be no checks, no barriers of any kind, no forms to fill in. now the forms bit in particular is basely indirect condition to what his brexit secretary stephen barclay set in parliament a few weeks earlier. he said there would have to be forms filled in. and if you delve into the detail of the withdrawal agreement itself which says there will be bits of the eu customs rules that has to be followed, that you says you will have to fill in export declarations it's not clear what is happening there whether he thinks that simply isn't important or if he doesn't realise the implication of what that means. he also talked about trade going the other direction from great britain into northern ireland saying it would be no tariffs and there would be no checks. but there will have to