danny savage, bbc news, greta bridge, county durham. of swindling her mother out of more than $140 million worth of fine art, cash, and jewellery in a bizarre scheme involving psychics. the 82—year—old alleged victim is the widow of one of brazil's foremost a rt collectors. her daughter, sabine, is accused of using people claiming to be psychics to extort much of her fortune. and that's it from us from now. get more on all those stories on the bbc news website, bbc.com/news, or download the bbc.com/news, or download the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. from the team in london, thanks for watching and see you next time. bye—bye. hello. we've seen the heat intensify day by day so far this week, and for many of you, the heat is set to peak, even through friday or indeed saturday. most places on both days sitting under sunny skies yet again. the main risk areas, of course, of the highest of the temperatures, the greatest impacts for health and transport, covered by the met office amber extreme heat warning, stil

danny savage, bbc news, greta bridge, county durham. a few more days of— matt taylor with an update. a few more days of it — matt taylor with an update. a few more days of it to _ matt taylor with an update. a few more days of it to come. - matt taylor with an update. a few more days of it to come. there i matt taylor with an update. fr more days of it to come. there could be some rain in the forecast, but for the time being it's been another day of blue skies across each of the four nations, almost top to tail in the country and temperatures have been rising day by day, peaking 34 celsius this afternoon across parts of south—east england. you can see the clear skies in abundance, but the clear skies in abundance, but the big exception is in northern scotland with outbreaks of rain to take us through the night. temperatures not dropping away too much. with the day is getting warmer, the nights are warm too and a woman star tomorrow means temperatures rise further. this is the area for the met office amber warning of extreme heat all the

in a traditional english bar in the hills of county durham is a unique work of art.. why did he do it? legend has it that he'd run up a bar bill, basically for the gin that he'd drunk while he was here. and he can't even remember painting the spider that's on the wall. the man with the brushes back in 1946 wasjohn gilroy, famed for turning toucans into the instantly recognisable brand of guinness. the animals are not caricature to much, but they were, i thought, always happy. there's nothing... they were very british. he even caricatured himself as the zoo keeper. to think this is his first mural, it's incredible. in the last few weeks, we were given special access to its restoration so it can last another century. i would absolutely love it if he was just to walk in, you know, order a drink and look up and go, "oh, it lasted quite well." and you know, that to me would be perfect, job well done. do you think there's that feelgood factor in a room where you should be feeling good? yeah, definitely, like, especially the wall behind us. it's kind of people up dancing, t

in a traditional english bar, in the hills of county durham is a unique work of art.egend has it that he'd run up a bar bill, basically for the gin that he'd drunk whilst he was here. and he can't even remember painting the spider that's on the wall. the man with the brushes back in 1946 wasjohn gilroy, famed for turning toucans into the instantly recognisable brand of guinness. the animals are not caricatured too much, but they were, i thought, always happy. there's nothing... they were very british. he even caricatured himself as the zoo keeper. to think this is his first mural, it's incredible. in the last few weeks, we were given special access to its restoration so it can last another century. i would absolutely love it if he was just to walk in, you know, order a drink and look up and go, "oh, i've lasted quite well." and you know, that to me would be perfect, job well done. do you think there's that feelgood factor in a room where you should be feeling good? yeah, definitely, like, especially the wall behind us. it's kind of people up dancing, they're drinking.

he liked a drink or two — and this unique mural in county durham is an indirect result. of paying his bill. and now his work has been lovingly restored by specialists after years of cigarette smoke damaged the original. what a way to go. that is it for us on newsday. thanks so much forjoining us on the programme. do you stay with bbc news. hello. we've seen the heat intensify day by day so far this week, and for many of you, the heat is set to peak, even through friday or indeed saturday. most places on both days sitting under sunny skies yet again. the main risk areas, of course, of the highest of the temperatures, the greatest impacts for health and transport, covered by the met office amber extreme heat warning, still in place all the way through to sunday across a good part of england and east wales, where we start with the highest temperatures on friday morning. a little bit fresher on the countryside, particularly northern england, scotland and northern ireland. and, here, a very pleasant start, a few mist and fog patches dotted around. for most of you, they will c

partner are named as elaine sullivan and david daglish, both in their 50s, and from seaham in county durhamd we had that...dog had a chip in it, and we got most of our identity of the people involved due to the chip that we had scanned off the vet. so, not only are we going to somebody�*s house and letting them know that their loved ones have died, we're getting this information — a chip in an animal that's also laid dead in the road. it was horrendous. it was absolutely horrendous. the focus of the investigation now turns to how the crash happened. in my mind, there's either been a mechanical defect and the vehicle wouldn't stop, has he fallen asleep, the driver? or has he been distracted? and when we get to the scene and have a look at that, it's something in my 20—year police career that was just different to anything else. it was just... it would make the hairs on your arms stand on end. it's awful. to think that somebody has been able to just plough through them vehicles, setting people on fire, and just ruining lives in an instant. the next day, onut is interviewed by the police. he's

a consequence of the dry weather is a dust devil spotted in county durham yesterday where temperaturesengland have gone without rain, over a0 days. there are showers but as with all showers, hit and miss and could be thundering. they will not necessarily be everywhere but some into the start of next

a consequence of the dry weather is a dust devil spotted in county durham yesterday where temperatureseached 31 celsius. to put the weather fronts in context, this is how long some places in southern england have gone without rain, over a0 days. there are showers but as with all showers, hit and miss and could be thundering. they will not necessarily be everywhere but some into the start of next week. until then we have the weather warning for extreme heat. across much of england as far north as the pennines, eastern wales, and devon and cornwall. that is in place until the end of the day on sunday with the heat uncomfortable for many and dangerous for some. still weather fronts in north—west scotland. yesterday, aberdeenshire saw 31 but cloudy here today. the majority have blue sky and sunshine with temperatures rising steadily. almost 3a degrees in west sussex at the moment and we have a few hours of heating left so high temperatures today and warm tonight. clear skies. some mist and low cloud across north sea facing case. the isle of wight saw a tropical night with temperatures not

danny savage, bbc news, county durham.'s one of the uk's biggest events and combines both music and surfing competitions. jemma woodman has been to see how it's going so far. arriving in their thousands into newquay train station, a long weekend of surf, sounds, and this year, plenty of sun ahead. you're putting on the suncream already. yeah! i burn very easily, so, yeah, got to be prepared. extra train carriages have been laid on for what is devon and cornwall�*s biggest festival, with these campers avoiding saturday's train strike. laden with supplies, more than 50,000 festivalgoers will head to watergate bay, demanding a stepped up police presence. we work with the people of the town, with the people at the event, and we try and be the glue in the middle to make sure everyone has a nice, safe time. here at the grounds there are new features, like a ferris wheel. but with temperatures forecast to hit the 30s, what will really be in demand is drinking water. and there are concerns at how the heat will impact festivalgoers

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harris county, texas judge, lina hidalgo, wants to see more in terms of funding for contraceptive care in terms of support transporting women, an abortion out a statement finding these laws and court durhamlaine o'neal says cooperation with the federal government is crucial. really has to be important mount vernon, new york mayor shawn patterson, howard says states with abortion access have an important role, provide a safe haven for them that we have to increase the access that's available to those who will have to cross state lines. and kansas state senator dinah sykes hopes her state's recent vote to keep abortion rights in the state's constitution serves as a powerful example. it's going to take every day citizens said that we can write mission. ultimately, the president says the real solution is for voters to elect representatives that will pass federal abortion protections in washington. i'm hannah brandt. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. >> california lawmakers finally reach a deal on a housing bill addressing the homelessness crisis. details after this. for decades, i've worked at the intersection of domestic violence and homelessness. so when prop 27 promised solutions to