everyone seems to know each other in bledington, but it turns out that people in this tiny cotswoldsof them were surprises because we have only been here 12 years. and they said i was the most related person in the village. the link was made through dna taken by a company which maps family histories. saliva samples were provided by 120 residents. that is about one quarter of the village‘s population. bledington looks like the quintessential english village. we were keen to see what diversity we could find within bledington, just as an example of what you can find all over britain. we explored a few villages like bledington, nearby and around the country, and once we started talking to the people within the village and met with the parish council, they were so excited about the project that for us, it was the obvious choice. yet the results were anything but obvious. it turns out that as a whole the residents in this most english of villages are less than 50% english. very interesting, because it tells you the percentage of britishness, how much of you is from europe or ireland. we ar

the links stretch across the globe, from the cotswolds to the caucasus,

everyone seems to know each other in bledington, but it turns out that people in this tiny cotswolds out her friend graham is than they thought. brenda found out herfriend graham is also herfourth cousin. definitely a surprise to me as. i mean, i had no idea. all of them were surprises because we have only been here 12 years. and they saidi only been here 12 years. and they said i was the most related person in the village. the link was made through dna taken by a company which maps family histories. saliva samples were provided by 120 residents. that is about one quarter of the village's population. bledington looks like the quintessential english village. we we re quintessential english village. we were keen to see what diversity we could find within bledington, just as an example of what you can find all over britain. we explored a few villages like bledington nearby and around the country, and once we started talking to the people within the village and met with the parish council, they were so excited about the project that for us, it was the obvious choice. yet the results were

the links stretch across the globe, from the cotswolds to the caucasus, the middle east back to middle england. some surprises there, and hopefully some surprises tonight, because sta rgazers some surprises tonight, because stargazers are hoping to get a good view of the perseid meteor shower. hundreds of meteors will streak gci’oss hundreds of meteors will streak across the sky in a display that may be visible around the world. it should peak at 11pm, clear skies permitting, and it can be seen in most parts the uk. if you see everybody lying down on the grass as you head home tonight, that will be the reason! let's look at the weather prospects. it won't be a bad weekend overall gci’oss it won't be a bad weekend overall across the british isles, that this not to say that there are not a couple of flies in the ointment. through the morning, we have had two weather fronts bringing cloud through the morning, we have had two weatherfronts bringing cloud and the chance of some rain to some parts of the british isles. through the afternoon, the front will drag out of scotland's and push int

we find out how a village in the cotswolds got more than it again for when it took part in a landmarkg. sunrise or sunset? i can never tell the difference. even more intriguing, this is a sunrise over north yorkshire. but i am intrigued, is stuart wright inside that looking at us watching his picture, or as stuart right next door with caravan in the? i'm not sure. if he gets in touch i will keep you up—to—date. that looks quite decent. it doesn't look so charming, because we have notjust one but two weather fronts close by to the british isles, the more southerly feature and some cloudy fa re southerly feature and some cloudy fare here. there is enough about this to create thick cloud, producing showers this afternoon going down the eastern side of the pennines. having got across the borderfor pennines. having got across the border for scotland. —— from scotland. the day is not too bad. more dry weather than some of us would have experienced this week plus fast. there is aid dotting of showers here from the eastern side of the pennines this afternoon. as you can see, the vast majority

this is at the wilderness festival, near the cotswolds, and his wife, sam cam, there.ly from? i try to, not always but i do. they are saying you can spend 14 times more based on your airport. one example, a family of four would pay £2941 to fly from heathrow to pharoah next saturday leaving at 425 4:25am but if you can wait an hour and you get to glasgow the same flight and you get to glasgow the same flight instead of £2941 would be £500. worth shopping around! you could travel first class on a train from euston to glasgow, stay in a 5—star hotel, get a limousine to the airport and still save thousands! the weather. it wasn't looking great yesterday. how was it going to be this week is looking unsettled. it will be unsettled. rain at times. showers. sunshine. cool and will be unsettled. rain at times. showers. sunshine. cooland breezy at times. this morning, a weather front going south taking rain with it. later, going to south—west england. as far as dorset. the other side of the country, rain in scotla nd side of the country, rain in scotland in the north. that could