just follow chloe mccardel on her 44th crossing, 21 miles against tide and cold.d for channel swimming. when chloe mccardel reached french soil this time, she had completed a relentless sequence of channels sequence of channel swims over the past year in search of the record. she first began endurance training to help her through post—traumatic stress disorder. it is mental as much as physicalfortitude. but bear in mind she had done this crossing with a chest infection. i had very favourable conditions. i am not exhausted and worn out, which i often am after swimming the channel, which is nice. i really got to enjoy soaking in every minute because i was not getting bashed around by the channel, so i've got energy, i feel great and yeah, it's really amazing. 44 channel crossings — that is way ahead, incidentally, of what any man has ever managed. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. what an act to follow! the weather today across the uk has been quite benign. if you have seen the sun, you have done rather well. for many of us,

swimming through sewage, shipping lanes and with a risk of hypothermia, chloe mccardel has done thate'll hear from her as she attempts to break the record for swimming the english channel. welcome to the programme, a huge night awaits us in the world cup qualifiers, with england, scotland and northern ireland all in action. for northern ireland, it's not looking promising as they prepare to play bulgaria; for england — failing any banana skins — they should qualify automatically; but it will be tougher for scotland. they're second in their group after beating israel at hampden on saturday and — injust over an hours' time — they play the faroe islands. if scotland win and other results go their way — they could automatically qualify tonight. they need two wins to guarentee it. earlier i spoke to our reporter alisdair lamont who's in the faroe islands and asked him if scotland had momentum after that win against israel? i certainly think they do. not only that victory against israel which was huge for qualification prospects but also if you look back to the previous month read there wa

chloe mccardel is attempting to swim across the strait of dover and despite being just 21 miles acrosss can add extra distance and the waves can reach two metres high in the water is also host a stream of cargo ships and ferries. she completed her record equalling swim last week. scottish social media user has succeeded in getting a supermarket to remove its oat milk from sale after using a platform her campaign. luna's videos on tiktok had millions of views. lidl has now recalled all its oat milk with a use by date in the next year. it says fresh batches would be available soon. the 23 year old student started monitoring lileust free oat milk in august when she noticed a carton was "lumpy" and "smelly". if you entered last night's record euromillions draw, here's the bad news. you didn't win it. but here's the good news — nobody else did either. that means the record jackpot of £181; million will be up for grabs again on friday, but it won't get any larger as it's now reached its maximum level. time for a look at the weather, here's chris fawkes. it is one of those afternoons with a l

anyone watching last night's programme might remember our chat with chloe mccardel as she prepared tont and 12 years after her first trip across the channel she arrived on the french coast to break the record. she said afterwards it's been a tough journey but she hopes to inspire the next generation of open water swimmers. will she go for a number 45? water swimmers. will she go for a numberlr5? i think she deserves some well earned rest after that. think she deserves some well earned rest after that. that's all from sportsday. plenty more our website. goodbye. good evening. not bearing anything to significantly does look like what or whether pushing into solid tomorrow and the wind strengthening as well. the culprit moving in from the north. this weather front and as it pushes the rain into northern scotland particular by the end of the of the night the winds could touch gale force particularly for the northern isles. overnight generally it's a story of light winds and that patchy cloud moving across us. enough clout to hold the temperatures up the higher end of single figures and do

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