steve humphrey, bbc south today, southampton.lebrating his first birthday reunited with them. it's been a rocky start for the western lowland gorilla who was abandoned by his mother when he was just a few days old. natasha turney has been to meet him. he's just had a bit of a birthday lunch outside but has now headed back into the inside area to have a rough and tumble with his mum. hasani's first birthday is today. we first met him a year ago when he was born and cuddled up with his mother. but he has had a bit of a rough journey since then with the keepers on hand to help him on the way. you have been there throughout it. tell me what has happened. it has been an interesting year, let's say, a challenging year for all of us and hasani. when he was first born, he seemed to be doing very well. his mum seemed to be coping very well. but over the first four to five weeks we saw a bit of a deterioration in his condition, he was looking a bit weak, he wasn't feeding as well. her mothering style became a little bit neglectful. she wou

alastair fee, bbc south today. how much does the fashion industry really consider its customers?tion celebrating our differences has just arrived in barnsley. amanda harperfrom bbc look north has this. music. what's your style? the catwalk show their latest trends but how much they really reflect who we really are? �* , ., ., they really reflect who we really are? an exhibition that celebrates our differences _ are? an exhibition that celebrates our differences has _ are? an exhibition that celebrates our differences has just _ are? an exhibition that celebrates our differences hasjust arrived i are? an exhibition that celebrates our differences hasjust arrived at| our differences has just arrived at the civic and barnsley exploring five key themes. size, gender, age, race and visibility. it’s five key themes. size, gender, age, race and visibility.— race and visibility. it's about havin: a race and visibility. it's about having a debate _ race and visibility. it's about having a debate about - race and visibility. it's about having a debate about the i race and visibility. it's

tom hepworth from bbc south today has been speaking to 0mar, an interpreter who helped train the afghanhreats against his family. normally as a patriot of britain you are a soldier without a gun. you face contacts, ied explosions, but the soldiers are protecting you. were you surprised at how quick the taliban advance was? to were you surprised at how quick the taliban advance was?— were you surprised at how quick the taliban advance was? to be honest it was a shock — taliban advance was? to be honest it was a shock for _ taliban advance was? to be honest it was a shock for me, _ taliban advance was? to be honest it was a shock for me, yes. _ taliban advance was? to be honest it was a shock for me, yes. how - taliban advance was? to be honest it was a shock for me, yes. how do - taliban advance was? to be honest it was a shock for me, yes. how do youj was a shock for me, yes. how do you feel about the _ was a shock for me, yes. how do you feel about the british _ was a shock for me, yes. how do you feel about the british and _ was a shock for me, yes. how do you feel about the british a

joe campbell, bbc south today, reading.cured silver medals in cycling and swimming. the games are taking place a year late, and a little earlier my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke to andrew parsons, president of the international paralympic committee who is in tokyo. she began by asking him how challenging it had been getting to the point that the games could finally get underway. it�*s been extremely challenging, the last 18 months have been really tough on the organisers, and the international olympic committee, but mainly on the athletes trying to prepare for these games in an environment of uncertainty and not knowing if these games were going to take place or not. but we are here, first day of competition, so far we are very happy where we are. and what�*s it like hosting the games in a city in a state of emergency? of course, due to the state of emergency, we don�*t have spectators. we know that the situation outside of the paralympics specific bubble, it is really serious here injapan, and in tokyo the number of cases

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matt graveling, bbc south today. george alagiah has the 6pm news. rain but also south we have had quite a bit further south we have had quite a bit of cloud across something that but that is mostly broken up to allow late sunshine through the evening, that area of low pressure continues to pass the north of scotland which will bring further windy weather here and further showers in western scotland into parts of northern ireland, some heavy showers there. further south a lot of clear skies and a bit of cloud here and there, one or two showers perhaps with a breezy day to come across the board, windy in the north—west, gusts could be up to 30 or a0 mph. a north—west, gusts could be up to 30 ora0 mph. afairly north—west, gusts could be up to 30 or a0 mph. a fairly mild north—west, gusts could be up to 30 ora0 mph. afairly mild night north—west, gusts could be up to 30 or a0 mph. a fairly mild night to come and a mound or night across the north of the uk than what we had previous nights. for friday we have low pressure to the north of the uk, higher pr

matt graveling, bbc south today.the blazes day and night in many parts of sicily and calabria. at least three people have been killed. translation: this year has been difficult because - of the intense heat. next year we hope to start prevention work earlier so we can prevent fires, especially in woods and particularly here in etna park. the italian authorities are now issuing red alerts for extreme heat in several regions. and the number of cities facing the highest health risk is expected to rise, from eight, to 15 by friday. richard galpin, bbc news. if you're just if you'rejustjoining us, the if you're justjoining us, the sad news we have been reporting this afternoon as the death of the actress una stubbs who has died at the age of 84 of an aids —related illness. una stubbs was best known for her roles in summer holiday and bbc sitcoms like till death do us part and in sickness and in health. there have been tributes being paid to her. it has been a family statement from her three sons. they say, our mother pass

laura ancell, bbc south today.says it doesn't do enough to target disadvantaged students. michelle donelan is the minister of state for universities. it replaces the eu scheme, erasmus, and what's different about it is it's going to be global in nature, so those placements you just referenced, they are across 150 different countries across the globe, notjust confined to the eu, and almost 50% of the students that will be participating are from disadvantaged backgrounds. worlds apart from erasmus — this will be open and inclusive to those from deprived backgrounds and from all parts of the uk, parts which didn't tend to really engage with erasmus and send students abroad, they will now be doing that. an annual street art festival, nuart, is back on in aberdeen after a year's hiatus. artists from around the world come to the city to add public works of art to the grey walls. four new works have popped up this year and our reporter india grant went out hunting to see if she could find them. stroke by stroke, splash by

bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there, fine day today across wales and the southe breeze off the north sea. some clear skies for longer in the wales and the south—west row could be a little chilly in the cloud will lower in northern england and into scotland. it could be a bit misty and damp and grey across the south—east of scotland and north—east england throughout monday. elsewhere there is a lot of cloud, the best of the sunshine towards west wales, sout—west england and developing in central areas of scotland. in the sunshine temperatures getting into the low 20s. it will be calling north—eastern areas where it is a bit grey. —— cooler. heading into tuesday and pretty much more of the same really. cloud for many parts of the country. the wind stronger around eastern and southern parts of the country. the best of any sanction out towards the west with top damages of 20 celsius. hello this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... the united states has carried out an airstrike in the afghan capital kabul. the strike targetted a vehicle linked to islamic

south west are urging people to get theirjabs and do regular lateral flow tests. hugh pym, bbc news. we've got the latest official figures on the cost of living todayre predicting. the consumer prices index, which is a way of measuring inflation — was 2% injuly. that compares to 2.5% the previous month. cheaper clothing is one reason for the dip, but some experts are warning inflation could go much higher later this year. five days after a devastating earthquake in haiti and then a tropical store and, aid effort is yet to arrive. it is yet to reach rural areas which is lacking in emergency support and supplies. james clayton reports from the village of marceline, near the epicentre. as you head out from the city of les cayes to rural marceline, the road is marked by landslides... ..and deep cracks. the village is remote and the scale of the damage, catastrophic. rose—marie took me to her house. her 15—year—old son was charging his phone when the quake hit. the wall collapsed on him. translation: these are his books. he had recently got them so he could start a new year of school. and now, he's gone. i wrap his shirt around my waist, it keeps me str

bbc news. now, whether time. hello there. not a bad afternoon. we've got plenty of dry weather today, with some good spells of sunshine but this weak weather front across the southill bring further showers and, again, some of them could be quite heavy. we've got a run of northerly winds as well across much of the country, so that will make it feel rather cool for early august, particularly around some north sea coasts. variable cloud in the north, otherwise, but sunny spells. most of the showers will be across southern england. then again, some could be heavy and thundery. top temperatures range from around 1a to 20 degrees in the south. as we head on into monday, we've still got this ridge of high pressure, which will bring quite a bit of sunshine around but there'll still be some showers too, particularly northern ireland and then england and wales into the afternoon. again, some of them could be heavy and thundery. but mainly dry further north with variable cloud and sunny spells. those temperatures — high teens, perhaps 20 or 21 degrees. it looks pretty similar on tuesday and wednesday, sunshine and heavy showers. but then by the end of the week, it turns ve

today is just about what the goal was to come in. the future please said some demonstrators later made it to the bbc's current headquarters. but left hours later, the broadcast south is made no comment. america's proven to have a growing appetite for russian oil. it says now secondarily to canada, when it comes to supplies of the fuel to america, in ports of crude and refined petroleum products from russia grew 23 percent in may, amounting to $1900000.00 barrels per day. mexico is 3rd after canada and russia, although the counts for less than 3 percent of us imports. so america has been buying more russian or defiant tensions with moscow and the energy sector. indeed, washington regards versus, you know, seen to gas pipeline project, a threat to european energy security. in july, germany in america reached the deal under which berlin will take action if moscow tries to use the pipeline to apply political pressure or commit aggressive acts against ukraine. to what it only has, it's almost completely microsoft sang please. now what i do to sound forgot to ultimately it's in contradiction to the use own energy security goals. i'm sure i'll have an opportunity to reit

bbc news. now, whether time. hello there. not a bad afternoon. we've got plenty of dry weather today, with some good spells of sunshine but this weak weather front across the south country, so that will make it feel rather cool for early august, particularly around some north sea coasts. variable cloud in the north, otherwise, but sunny spells. most of the showers will be across southern england. then again, some could be heavy and thundery. top temperatures range from around 14 to 20 degrees in the south. as we head on into monday, we've still got this ridge of high pressure, which will bring quite a bit of sunshine around but there'll still be some showers too, particularly northern ireland and then england and wales into the afternoon. again, some of them could be heavy and thundery.

briefing today on the rising cases of covid in parts of the county and possible links to the boardmasters festival which took place in newquay earlier this month. sarah ransome, our bbc southugely popular festival that has been going for a number of years, mainly for people aged 16 upwards. in the past, its been a rite of passage for people who have just finished their gcses. middle of august, lovely sunshine, sometimes, they would let their hair down. this year, it has been able to go ahead. national restrictions that we were all under throughout the last 18 months or so were lifted injuly. this festival went ahead. the organisation behind it said they spent a lot of time talking to public health officials and other partners to try to ensure they had various measures in place to make it as secure as they possibly could. upwards of 50,000 people daily descend on the site near newquay, right on the clifftop, beautiful location looking out over the sea, they said the organisers said they had done all they could. it's almost like a small pop—up time when you have the number of people coming on site every day. they say there are covid measures in place and you had to show you

today. i will keep you posted and all the very latest online and on the bbc weather app. stay safe. this is bbc news, the headlines: afghan officials say the taliban have seized the south end their offensive. the greek government has put almost half of the country�*s regions on high alert as wildfires continue to spread. huge clouds of smoke are billowing over the outskirts of athens. a man�*s been killed in a village north of the city after being hit by a falling electricity pole. at the olympics, there�*s been another gold medal for team gb as galal yafai beat carlo paalam of the philippines in the flyweight boxing. in the men�*s solo 10m diving, it was a china one—two, with britain�*s tom daley taking bronze. now on bbc news, zeinab badawi meets two sublime young opera stars who are grappling with a new world of opera.

bbc news, bridgend. let's take a brief look at some of today's other news. an inquest has heard that a convicted terrorist was released from prison days before he stabbed two people in southicer has been found guilty of carrying out assaults on two black members of the public. ajudge has ruled pc declanjones acted unlawfully on two separate occasions when he wrongly suspected two different victims of committing crimes. neither had resisted arrest. borisjohnson has said iran must face consequences after a drone attack killed a briton and a romanian onboard a merchant tanker last week. the iranian government called claims that it was behind the attack baseless and provocative. the israeli—owned mt mercer street was attacked off 0man on thursday. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. last month's heatwave took the uk to its joint fifth warmestjuly on record. wales, northern ireland, and scotland, according to the met office, were drier than average, and another dry day across much of scotland. england was wetter than average last month, but whilst many have stayed dry today, there have been some heavy, even torrential downpours around, reports of o

bbc news. how we mist most of this rain in lords today, i still don't know. we have had a weather front taking that wetter weather away from the southorthern and eastern parts of england. still not that warm for this time of year. the further west, where we have seen all of that cloud continuing, that cloud is coming back eastwards again overnight. thickening cloud as well which will bring a bit more cloud and drizzle backin bring a bit more cloud and drizzle back in from the north—west. for tuesday, high—pressure to the south—west. hence all the cloud in the forecast. within that north—westerly airflow, rain during tuesday morning. the worst of this rain will leave us with damp weather here or there. we move towards the latter part of the week. we've got these weather fronts coming in from the atlantic. there weather cloud, some outbreaks of rain towards east anglia. it's a little bit drier. temperatures are still below par for the time of year. this is bbc news with the latest headlines president biden says... it's no longer in the national interest to have a presence there. i will not repeat the mistakes he has made in the past.

bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. yesterday, 25.3 celsius was the temperature recorded. today, some in the south you can see the extent of the rain, all the way down to the isles of scilly. ahead of it, the cloud building, you see the odd shower, some hanging on across the path of these. it could hit maybe 25 today. underthe path of these. it could hit maybe 25 today. under the cloud and rain, temperatures will be that bit lower. through this evening and overnight, that weather front continues to push southwards and eastwards as a weakening cloud of rain. some patchy mist and fog forming. temperatures lower in the north compared to last night. in sheltered glens, as low as three orfour celsius. night. in sheltered glens, as low as three or four celsius. blowing night. in sheltered glens, as low as three orfour celsius. blowing in some showers across western scotland and northern ireland. he is a week whether front. and northern ireland. he is a week whetherfront. here is the and northern ireland. he is a week whether front. here is the low pressure coming closer to us, taking further outbreaks o

bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick. hello. some sunny spells, but also some heavy, even torrential or thundery downpours today. the greatest chance of catching these will be toward southand and wales, most stay dry with sunny spells but a few thundery downpours through the day. this is bbc news. the headlines: yes! 49 years great britain have waited for their eventing gold. team gb strike gold again at the tokyo olympics. britain's riders make history, clinching a gold medal in the team eventing and silver in the individual. let's hope we can inspire the next generation of kids, because if we can do it, we are all from pretty normal backgrounds in comparison to many, and itjust shows that the hard work and dedication pays off. emily campbell becomes the first british female weightlifter to win an olympic medal — taking silver in the over—87 kg category. american gymnast simone biles will compete in an olympic final tomorrow — after missing several others to focus on her mental health. poland has granted a humanitarian visa to the belarusian athlete who claimed her country tried to force her onto a plane back home. in the past few minutes the department of health has a