october 10 what came to be known as the great storm of 1780 at the island of barbados by the following day they had been leveled to the ground hurled more than 100 feet through the air the extraordinary surge of water and wind. so far onto the shore that it landed on tolanded on top of thd hospital and it stripped the trees of park indicating that the winds of barbados must have exceeded 200 miles an hour. it had occurred at st. vincent or the convoy carrying several thousand troops was put out to sea and at 22,000 making it the deadliest hurricane in recorded history. and on october 18, 2 days after a spanish fleet bearing 4,000 soldiers under the command of general departed at pensacola a third hurricane struck down today for the admiral in charge of the fleet ravaged the gulf of mexico and move the remains of the detect cuba with dozens of vessels and soldiers and sailors reluctantly decided to postpone the attack until the following year would take the english, french and spanish h was astound by what it saw and 6,000 persons perished in all of the inhabitants grew and it is the be

are a little t awkward because here eunice the only child and when he was young, she sent him to barbadoswhere he spent five or six years and there's a story around the office because they had taken questions from their families but the problem is she sent him to barbados six months before she was hired so that can't possibly be the reason. she didn't know what to do and sent him off to prep school. .. . >> he went down with her on the train and he said that train ride with his mother i think he was six or seven years old was the happiest time they ever had together and that's not anything he had ever experienced that he remembered. but he had enormous respect and love to tell the story but never told me the story when she was alive but after she died i knew nothing of any of that when i was growing up. >>. >> that is a very good point the luciano trial made him a national figure so he decided he should become president. [laughter] so luciano is convicted within and 38 dewey is elected district attorney so with that nomination he ran for president and with the most delegates and couldn't

and when he was young, she sent him to barbados where her husband was from to study where he spent five or six years. and there's a story around the d.a.'s office that that was because they'd all been warned to take precautions, their families, because of the luciano case. the problem was that she sent him to barbados six months before she was hired by luciano, so that can't possibly be the reason. she always said it was for his health, but my father used to say she just wanted to get him out from under foot, because especially when he came back from barbados, she immediately sent him off to prep school as soon as he got back. nevertheless, he used to talk about her. she was an enormous influence in his life, obviously, mainly are e enormous respect. i'm not going to say with affection, but he learned a lot from her. i'll tell you one little story that he used to say that his happiest moment p was this moment in the mid, late 1920s when he was a little kid, maybe it was the early '30s. and it's going to sound odd. his mother got very sick, and she had some surgery, so she went to florid

the 23—year—old bowler from barbados has in the country.ove to debut in front of his family. england have a tour of the west indies starting injanuary a tour of the west indies starting in january ahead of the world a tour of the west indies starting injanuary ahead of the world cup, which starts next may. is all your sport for now, the night. —— good night. we have had a really windy day today, with strong gust in wales and southern coastal counties of england. the strongest at the needles on the western side of the idols of white. —— isle of wight. plymouth and keppel career picking up plymouth and keppel career picking up 70 mph gust and there were a number of places that had just well into 60 mph. billow pressure is here of the western side of norway but the main parent lo is sitting to the north—west of scotland and that is continuing to chuck in loads of shells and outbreaks of rain into the north—west of scotland and plenty of showers up and down the western side of the uk. some rain through the night aged on wind, particularly conti

the updated ecb rules mean that sussex‘s barbados born all—rounder jofra archer will be eligible to play tyson fury‘s heavyweight title clash against the wbc champion deontay wilder this weekend will be nothing less than a bit wild and a bit furious. tempers flared between the two at the final press conference yesterday. could there be another heated exchange at the weigh in tomorrow? ade adedoyin is in los angeles for us. ade, there's been an announcement following their behaviour at that press c0 nfe re nce . the california state commission say they will not punish it a man for what happened in the final press conference but they have been warned about their conduct. they have been told that should there be any repeat of the ugly scenes that we saw at the press conference, the pushing and shoving, they will consider withholding the purses of both men. they save their entourage will not be allowed on the stage and it will just be the fighters —— they say. a strong message that they do not want any incident on the eve of what is a huge fight. tyson fury has been in the building today and

barbados, that is. we were lucky today.r and equitable the livelihoods of our people are dependent now on us staying lucky? even if we avoid an extreme weather event, our ports, hotels, restaurants, electricity generating stations, our main hospital -- the only one -- and the majority of other postal infrastructure are threatened by the insidious rate of sea level rise. coral reefs, our greatest economic asset, are already dying. things i saw as a child we no longer seem. our reefs will dissolve. as we do that, we're facing and confronting daily the threat of a weed that threatens the livelihood of hotels, workers and our coasts. our dry seasons are getting longer. our droughts are more common. three years ago, seven of the 11 parishes in my nation had difficulty accessing water. access to fresh water is becoming a constant strain on economic development of our country. the cost of desalination is more than 10 times that of our current cost of water. we seek to do so as the third most indebted country as the entire world. m

the updated ecb rules mean that sussex's barbados born all—rounder jofra archer will be eligible to playo lost his leg in a freak accident is about to row three and a half thousand miles solo across the atlantic. lee spencer from devon wants to become the first physically disabled person. to row from mainland europe to mainland south america. he's also set his sights on beating the current able—bodied rowing record for the journey, which is 96 days. john danks reports. lee spencer will spend 18 hours a day rolling this boat across the atla ntic day rolling this boat across the atlantic ocean. he's due to set off from gibraltar on the 12th of december on a journey which will ta ke december on a journey which will take months to complete. he hopes to reach rich guyana in under 96 days and break the able—bodied record for this 0cean and break the able—bodied record for this ocean road. i'm only taking 90 days worth of food so hopefully i will get that record. the former royal marine lost his leg after he was struck by flying debris while going to the aid of a motorist in 201a. he's been in

stink releasing hydrogen sulfide which smells like rotten eggs this year is the worst on record barbados even declared a national emergency caribbean countries are worried they'll lose a valuable source of income in playa del carmen thirty kilometers south of put it on the radio they're saying there have been fewer holidaymakers this year. the authorities are trying to tackle the problem. one approach involves installing long floating barriers to keep the sarcasm away from beaches and swimming areas. but if. this is the barrier we've designed and produce here in mexico we call it the anti sawgrass and barrier. it's one element but for the benefit. the lower part has holes for fish and turtles to pass through sargasso solutions started producing the barriers just a few months ago a lot of other companies are being set up to join in the efforts to beat the seaweed. they think their myth in my experience x. occurred doesn't have any experience in dealing with this all the firms that are getting involved and are trying to tackle the problem come from other sectors just like us it gets but wh

and then as an only child and then sent him to barbados to study to spend five or six years and then to the luciano case but and then to be hired by luciano but then to say to get up underfoot and then as they got back. it with that enormous respect but one little story that he used to say the happiest moment was in the late twenties when his little kid his mother got sick and she had some surgery so she went to florida to recuperate with her mother's best friends he went down with her on the train and that train ride with his mother six or seven years old was the happiest time they ever had together. he loved that time together but he never told the story when she was alive but it was after she died so i knew nothing of any of that when i was growing up. . >>. >> speed nine. >> that's a very good point the luciano trial made him a national figure so he decided he should be president. [laughter] so at 938 so after the convention but they didn't get the nomination the last dark horse candidate and it was a compromise and my grandmother became very close between 44 and 48 to campaign f

his friend and now business partnerjames whittle. 5a days later they arrived at port st charles in barbadosother things make adventure based content for big name brands. and hejoins us now. good morning. i was intrigued to find out that actually your mum started this entire thing didn't she? she did, it was back in 2014 my mum took part in the clipper around the world yacht race and i was at the final event in east london and she had come back from sailing the atlantic, from london to brazil mac. she was with her crew, lots of emotion, and i had the daunting realisation that my mum was officially cooler than i was. i had a couple of drinks and googled the biggest adventure in the world and on the second page this ocean rowing popped up and that is where the story began. how did you persuadejames, you the story began. how did you persuade james, you are the story began. how did you persuadejames, you are both young, fit healthy men working in marketing but you have never been rowing, that's quite extreme. we had never done anything really and that kind of remit but we got the text i sent tha

so when you hear that she was voodoo practicing, you know she was a slave from barbados and there waswitchcraft. but, when you look at that, it's in the civil war era. northerners think slave, barbados, witchcraft, they have a stereotype of the voodoo practicing mac mimi from the islands. she didn't do anything in english white recipe, but she got recast in the context of how people saw the world in the civil war era. every generation brings to this material their own stuff. arthur miller, suddenly it's all about the anti-communist thing under mccarthy. i read the crucible and say interesting story about marital infidelity. it has a little veneer. it's about salem. no it's not. she uses specific details and i wish he had not used real people's names, it makes it very confusing because he has renamed a few, but he uses real names and it's a constant challenge because people find out about this story and they are interested in salem because of it. you have to detail it -- detangler to get back to the primary source. if he just given them other names i would be happy but as i see it it's

they're not going to barbados, maybe for a week or two.y age in place and they have a need for these programs. there is george wil who sat here the other night says the american voters are conservative. they want to conserve the new deal. >> yes. >> and the great society. we've been talk about now the u.s. deficit has ballooned under republican control the last two years. one way senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has suggested to get it under control is cutting social security, medicare, and medicaid. >> it's very disturbing, and it's driven by the three big entitlement programs that are very popular, medicare, social security and medicaid. >> why would he do that on an eve of an election? >> because he wants to seem like the guy who is fiscally conservative. even after the tax cut. the tax cut didn't work in this election. it got overrun by immigration and what the president decided he wanted to talk about. so he gets to come back to saying look, maybe we'll take a look at this. but there is -- no one cuts medicare and social securit

they were extremely poor and the family sent them to barbados where she lived for seven years with herher's family. sh lived in a country where there, there were black teachers, there were black public officials. - she was expected to excel and it didn't matter that she was a girl or a boy. that's the way she was raised. and when she entered politics, her attitude reflected that. - send me to the united states congress. - in 196 shirley chisholm is the first african-american woman to be elected to congress from the 12th congressional district in brooklyn. e it was the front p "the new york times." people have to remember what an extraordinary thing it was for her to get elected because five years earlier, african-americans in the south could not vote. - i think it was a moment of hope for some, but it was also a time of disaffection. i mean, you have assassinations of martin luther king, for example, and urban unrest. you have high unemployment, the vietnam war, you have under-education, right, and particularly in urban places but also in rural spaces, so it's not lacks. it's poor whit

the 23—year—old was born in barbados but has an english father and a british passport. a tour of the west indies starting in january ahead of the world cup starting next may. and we're going to finish with some cheating in china. almost 250 runners were caught taking short cut during the shenzen half marathon. they were actually spotted by traffic cameras, and cut around two or three kilometres off the full 21k distance. all of those who cheated now face bans. that is something you would never do simon? we haven't got time... i'm guilty. 0nce simon? we haven't got time... i'm guilty. once i did! 0nce? 0nly guilty. once i did! 0nce? only once. move onjohn. i have. leaving the european union without a deal would be bad for britain's security — that's according to the government. currently, the uk has access to european security and law enforcement databases. but speaking earlier, security minister ben wallace said the brexit deal agreed by the prime minister would establish a "broad, comprehensive and balanced" security partnership with the eu. balanced security partnersh

the 23—year—old was born in barbados but has an english father and a british passport.cup starting next may. and we're going to finish with some cheating in china. almost 250 runners were caught taking a shortcut during the shenzen half marathon. they were actually spotted by traffic cameras, and cut around 2 or 3 kilometres off the full 21km distance. all of those who cheated now face bans. that's just about it for now you can find more on all those stories, as wekk as the latest from snooker‘s uk championship — where ronnie o'sullivan beat amateur luke simmonds to set up a second round meeting with ken doherty.. that's all on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co dot uk slash sport, but that's all the sport for now.. all day we're looking at how brexit will affect health and the nhs, including the supply of vital medicines. lots of you have been getting in touch to ask questions. joining me in the studio now is layla mccay, the national health services' confederation director of international relations, and danny mortimer, co—chairman of the cavendish coalition and chi

the norweigian jade left florida on friday for a ten-day trip, to stops in barbados a st. louis a.passengers from san juan, puerto rico, back to miami today. they were promised a if you refund and a free future cruise. >>> all right. you guys, we all know about the terrible twos, your little angel decides to test every ladit. a took it in stride when hisus 2-year-old r to get up off the driveway. dad is coming up the driveway. she plops herself on the ground. look what dad did. he bends down, picks her upby e the jacket and he is -- >> it's like a third shopping bag. >> the mom says that julia does stuff like that, and that's why they love her. >> you know what i love? he is like expressionless. >> yeah, he has clearly done that before. >> not upset he is like, let's go. parenting goals right there. >>> just ahead, the bride wore pink. what people are swuning over mandy moore's low k backyard wedding. >>> and some of the best hefs in the country right here this morning. we are going to tell you what they are doing for a very good cause this thanksgiving. that's after these messages

stops in barbados and st. lucia.an said they were trying to fly passengers back to miami. they were promised a full refund and a free future cruise. >>> now, a cruise through hoda's "boost." >> let's go. we know about the terrible twos. your little angel decides to test every limit. one dad took it in stride when this 2-year-old refused to get up off of the driveway. just plops herself on the ground. she wants a reaction. so, look what dad did. he literally bends down and picks her up by her jacket. >> like a third shopping bag. >> she does stuff like that. >> he's done that before. >> carried her up the stairs. >> he's like expressionless. >> he's done that before. >> he's not mad. not upset. like, let's go. that's parenting goals right there. >>> just ahead, the bride wore pink. why people are swooning over mandy moore's low-key backyard wedding. >>> also, we have some of the best chefs in the country right here this morning. we're going to tell you what they're doing for a very good cause this thanksgiving. that's

and now, lesotho, barbados, mauritius, former swaziland, they changed their name this year, tonga, fiji, papua new guinea, and the seychelles. and now the solomon islands, new here this year, the commonwealth of dominique, st lucia, st vincent and the grenadines, belize, antigua and barbuda, saint christopher and naevus, brunei, namibia, cameroon, mozambique and the wonderful stop —— and rwanda. the solomon islands opened the high commissioner here earlier this year. the solomon islands where occupied by the japanese army during the second world war. and had almost continuous fighting from 1941—43. and next, the ambassador of ireland, adrian o'neill. the controversy over irish soldiers who fought with the british army in the first world war is something that lasted many years, but here today, their role in that war and the second world war is formally recognised. the service chiefs will come next, the chief of defence staff does not lay a wreath but the royal navy wreath is laid by sir philipjones, the army by mark carleton—smith and the raf‘s by sir stephen hillier. and after them on b

beat out by countries like finland belgium estonia barbados qatar ireland, japan, why is that joininges education secretary betsy devos, miss secretary good to have you on the program thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks so much, maria great to join you -- >> the comment that i made earlier, secretary devos is that in all of the campaigning that we've seen whether midterms or general election, i hear nothing about education. but when you look at these statistics, the fact that united states is so low, compared to so many other countries u.s. is behind in average performance, in math science, tied with china in reading. give us your sense of why that is. >> well maria we've been doing essentially the same thing for over a hundred years in education investing more and more money trying to improve things and expecting a different result. and the reality is things have not fundamentally changes for too many children we are leaving too many of them behind leaving them unprepared for a fulfilling adult life we need to fundamentally rethink everything about education how we do it focus o

he was born in barbados but has an english father and a british passport.r other countries and nations, they will be fearful that the ecb might plunder a lot of their young talent and bring them over here to play. it happens in so many other sports. it does, especially if there's big money on offer. see you later. thank you. the environmental campaigner emily penn has led a number of all—female ocean clean—ups in her mission to save our waters from the growing amount of plastic. earlier this year, she came on the sofa to share the findings of her expedition to seattle, and accidentally hinted that there was another major project in the making. are you going again? yes, end of next year, we're actually looking at... not still life on earth. is it at... not still life on earth. is it a secret? it is a secret, i wasn't meant to announce it, you have to stand by. it's going to be big and exciting. and here she is with news of her latest expedition, emily penn is in our london newsroom. you can finally let the cat out of the bag officially and tell us what's goi