dooagh beach on achill island is just about as far west as you can get in ireland and europe. here every year. having a new beach has delighted the locals and the tourist board. yesterday, we had gridlock here in the village with cars and camper vans and motorcyclists, and people coming from all over ireland and the uk to see our miraculous new beach. the people here have always spoke about their days on the beach, how they enjoyed coming down here as kids, and now to have it back for their kids is absolutely unbelievable. people of the island are thrilled. we already have five blue flag beaches. hopefully if we keep our beach here at dooagh we will have a sixth. now that spring high tides have passed there is hope that the new beach will stay in place, at least for the summer. but this is the wild atlantic coast where the sea could reclaim the beach again, but for now people are making the most of this latest tourist attraction. keith doyle, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. the weather has been very dry lately and there is more dry weather on the way for most of this

achill island, on the west coast of ireland, has many beautiful beaches.ature has now returned dooagh beach to its former glory. storms in the 1980s stripped the beach. but over ten days, ocean currents have deposited thousands of tons of sand, to recreate its 300 metre white sandy beach. the most probable reason this beach has reformed is due to two things: it is either a change in sediment supply from further up or down the coast that has brought a fresh and of sediment to this beach, or it could be due to a change in environment or conditions. either an alteration in the wave climate, or a series of tides, that has provided the ideal conditions for this beach to reform. dooagh beach on achill island is about as far as you can get in ireland and europe. thousands of tourists visit each year. having a new beach has delighted locals and the tourist board. yesterday, we had gridlock in the village with cars, camper vans, and motorcycles, and people from all over ireland and the uk, to see our miraculous new beach. they people here have always spoke about th

dooagh beach on achill island is just about as far west as you can get in ireland and europe.dlock here in the village with cars and camper vans and motorcyclists, and people coming from all over ireland and the uk to see our miraculous new beach. the people here have always spoke about their days on the beach, how they enjoyed coming down here as kids, and now to have it back for their kids is absolutely unbelievable. people of the island are thrilled. we already have five blue flag beaches. hopefully if we keep our beach here at dooagh we will have a sixth. now that spring high tides have passed there is hope that the new beach will stay in place, at least for the summer. but this is the wild atlantic coast where the sea could reclaim the beach again, but for now people are making the most of this latest tourist attraction. keith doyle, bbc news. there are fears of a drought in the uk this summer — as a lack of rainfall in the last few months has left some rivers and reservoirs with dwindling water levels. this met office map of rainfall in april shows that the majority of t

dooagh beach on achill island is just about as far west as you can get in ireland and europe.ew beach. the people here have always spoke about their days on the beach, how they enjoyed coming down here as kids, and now to have it back for their kids is absolutely unbelievable. people of the island are thrilled. we already have five blue flag beaches. hopefully if we keep our beach here at dooagh we will have a sixth. now that spring high tides have passed there is hope that the new beach will stay in place, at least for the summer. but this is the wild atlantic coast where the sea could reclaim the beach again, but for now people are making the most of this latest tourist attraction. and finally the legendary aircraft concorde has risen again, but in the form of a cloud. this image of the cloud was taken by amateur photographer thomas beresford above the ribblehead viaduct in north yorkshire. and i know somebody who can explain that. you have got the forecast. what was that? we have been looking at that, all day. it looks real. it is basically, the air rising. but you can see

dooagh beach on achill island is just about as far west as you can get in ireland and europe.mper vans and motorcyclists, and people coming from all over ireland and the uk to see our miraculous new beach. the people here have always spoke about their days on the beach, how they enjoyed coming down here as kids, and now to have it back for their kids is absolutely unbelievable. people of the island are thrilled. we already have five blue flag beaches. hopefully if we keep our beach here at dooagh we will have a sixth. now that spring high tides have passed there is hope that the new beach will stay in place, at least for the summer. but this is the wild atlantic coast where the sea could reclaim the beach again, but for now people are making the most of this latest tourist attraction. keith doyle, bbc news. all we need now is the beach weather to complement those fabulous pictures. with all that sand washing up pictures. with all that sand washing up again. actually, off the west coast of ireland today, ten with up to 20 degrees. almost beach weather. but a very different stor

the irish beach on achill island disappeared in 198a after spring storms washed the sand away.‘ hotels, guesthouses and cafes shut down. but hundreds of thousands of tons of sand were dumped there over ten days in april and locals are hoping it sticks around long enough for the area to be given blue—flag status — a quality award for clean beaches. quite extraordinary. the sand can change quite dramatically after a storm. it completely changes the beach and the beach back. incredible. a big dump. a big dump of sand. katherine is here now with the sport. a bit of an underwhelming weekend, wasn't it? arsenal are still in with a chance of finishing in the premier league's top four, and qualifying for the champions league. they beat an understrength manchester united 2—0 at the emirates yesterday, ending united's 25 match unbeaten run in the league. 1995 premier league champions blackburn rovers have been relegated from the championship — becoming the first team to win the title and then drop to the third tier. their win at brentford wasn't enough. newcastle won the title as brighto

the beach on the irish island of achill disappeared in 1984 after storms washed the sand away leavingtor numbers collapsed. but a ten day freak tide in april caused hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sand to be dumped exactly where the beach used to be, creating a new 300 metre sandy beach. emmet callaghan has lived in dooagh village all his life and works for achill tourism — hejoins us now. good to have you with us. tell us how this happened, perfect timing for the summer season. exactly. i join you from a absolutely glorious day here, over 20 celsius. the beach itself has come back over a ten day period. there have been hundreds of caravans, “— period. there have been hundreds of caravans, —— hundreds of tonnes of sand has been deposited here and the people are enjoying it. people walking their dogs on the beach at the moment and tourists are coming back. i know the island has five blue flag beaches but you can never have too many of those. what do you hopeifs have too many of those. what do you hope it's going to mean for tourism on the island ? hope it's going to mean for tourism