harry evans darlington, aged just 32. harry eva ns fell darlington, aged just 32. he redefined journalism itself. a master craftsman, he pioneered a form of brave, investigative campaigning journalism, famously winning compensation for the survivors of thalidomide, a drug given to pregnant women who gave birth to children with serious birth defects. it was a landmark victory. the most important judgment, not only for the freedom of the press but the citizen's right to know. and most distinguished group of judges citizen's right to know. and most distinguished group ofjudges have told the british government, before the laws, they have got to do it now. david mason was the parent who first interested evans in the story. his daughter louise was one of those affected as a baby. she died two yea rs affected as a baby. she died two years ago after many years of poor health. i went along to the offices of the sunday times and harry evans got up from the far end of the table, all the board were in there. he said, david i want to pledge the support of the sunday times and t

elaine dunkley, bbc news, in darlington.news, our world: in the forests of colombia, nature is under attack. since the civil war ended in 2016, deforestation has skyrocketed. i'm frank gardner and i am heading into what remains of the virgin tropical rainforest. i traded in my wheelchair for a packhorse and am tested to my limits. i don't think i can do this. i think this is too dangerous. i am joining a crack team of scientists from the royal botanic gardens, kew. they are on a mission to discover and save unique plant species before they vanish forever. i am going to bear witness on the frontline of rainforest conservation. this is where the journey begins — not in colombia, but in the royal botanic gardens, kew, london. kew is the world leader in developing plant science. the botanists are preparing for their mission to discover new species. and it is from here that this expedition will be launched. i have come here to see the expedition leader, doctor mauricio de bernardos. he works in a library for lab specimens. this i

elaine dunkley, bbc news, in darlington.port centre. good evening. the premier league is back, lots of goals are coming up on match of the day after the news. if you want the results from today's four games, then stay right there. the champions liverpool beat leeds united 11—3 in a thriller at anfield. the newly promoted side equalised three times but mohammed salah scored a late winner from the penalty spot to complete his hat—trick. arsenal got the season under way with a comfortable 3—0 win at fulham. crystal palace beat southampton 1—0 and this evening newcastle united won 2—0 at west ham. leaders rangers beat dundee united 4—0 in the scottish premiership. about 300 ross county fans were allowed in to watch their team lose 5—0 to celtic. it was one of the pilot events ahead of a possible return to full crowds. tottenham hotspur have signed one of the biggest stars in women's football. the two—time world cup winner alex morgan is the latest american player tojoin a super league side. the 31—year—old, who gave birth to a d

elaine dunkley, bbc news, in darlington. hour, it's been announced that the british designer sir terence conran has died at the aged of 88. in a statement, his family said the retailer and restaurateur " passed away pea cefully" at his home. sir terance founded the contemporary home decor shop habitat “119611. habitat gave britons, who were still recovering from the war, a new, modern look to their homes. today the design museum described him as a "visionary" — saying he "revolutionised the way we live in britain". with all the sport now, here's sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon, sarah. good afternoon to you. the new premier league season is under way, with promoted side fulham hosting arsenal in the campaign opener. and there were some early nerves on show in the fulham box. alexandre lacazette was there to pounce and prod the ball into the net, to put arsenal 1—0 up with just nine minutes on the clock. and that's still the score with ten minutes to go until half—time. liverpool will begin the defence

elaine dunkley, bbc news, in darlington. now on bbc news.he travel show looks back at some of their adventures in turkey. from the barbershops and bazaars of istanbul, to exploring a dive site with a difference. coming up on this week's travel show: a short, sharp shock. oh, cold water! painting the town to help change lives. whoa, high—five! yeah, yeah! the underground city that lay hidden for centuries. wow, look at that! and perhaps one of the strangest dive sites in the world. it's a wonderland down there! theme music hello, and welcome to the travel show, with me, christa larwood. now, we're heading tentatively back out there on our travels, but we're taking baby steps. so, this week we'll be taking a look back at some of our favourite stories from the past, and hopefully inspiring some of your travel for the future. and this week we're focusing on turkey, a country which over a0 million people headed to last year. well, back in 2017 we sent henry golding on his first ever visit there, and he kicked off his trip by heading to one of the

elaine dunkley, bbc news in darlington. the headlines on bbc news...warning from one leading scientist — following a sharp rise in cases. boris johnson defends his plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement — saying the eu is looking to "carve up and divide" the uk. the first direct talks between afghanistan and the taliban take place in qatar. the afghans say they want to end the war. the university of oxford have revealed they have restarted clinical trials of the coronavirus vaccine it's developing in partnership with pharmaceutical company astra zeneca. here to tell us more is our correspondent greg mckenzie. what's the latest? yes, these clinical trials are being held at 0xford clinical trials are being held at oxford and many other sites across the uk and they were put on hold earlier in the week on wednesday because one of the participants of the trial became unwell. the university have said they won't confirm what the condition was, but have said it wasn't related to the specific trials into trying to find a vaccine for the coro

elaine dunkley, bbc news, in darlington.ws, philippa thomas hears from people around the world about their extraordinary experiences during the pandemic and how covid—i9 has changed their lives. welcome to coronavirus: your stories, a programme about how covid—i9 is changing lives around the world. i'm philippa thomas, and this week we're looking at nature and climate. how our natural environment can help us as individuals in times like this and also the personal story of two activists who want the global pandemic to throw more light on the global climate emergency. later, we'll hearfrom ireland about one way of turning to nature in stressful times, with growing interest in the traditional practices of forest medicine like forest bathing. and from sweden, how health—based architecture can help us now to redesign the spaces around us, try to stay healthy and be more resilient to infection. but first, how is the covid—i9 pandemic changing climate activism 7 we have the personal story of two campaigners on either side of the at

. >> it was a nail-biter at darlington at nascar's southern 500, but kevin harvick slid into the leadin the race and held off austin dillon in the final lap to take home the checkered flag the win firm firmly locked harvick in top position. ten points ahead of denny hamlin >>> lebron james continues to shatter nba record books with the game 2 win overt rockets lebron is the eighth player in nba history to win 1,000 career games james went for 28 points and 11 rebounds in the victory and he may hat one three-pointer but it was enough to pass former teammate ray allen for second most playoff threes ever. >>> a michigan boy has found his perfect match. the pair was both born with cleft lips and that's created an instant bond rachel sweet from nbc affiliate wilx has this heartwarming story of a boy and his dog >> reporter: pure happiness at the jackson county animal shelter. 2-year-old bentley boyer got to bring his new puppy home >> this is my puppy. >> reporter: last week bentley's dad, brandon, came to the animal shelter to look at two chickens he was thinking to adopt when a pooch cau

through local papers, first on the manchester evening news, then as editor of the northern echo in darlingtonhe sunday times, he redefined journalism itself. a master craftsman, he pioneered a form of brave, investigative, campaigning journalism, famously winning compensation for the survivors of thalidomide, a drug given to pregnant women who gave birth to children with serious birth defects. it was a landmark victory. it's the most importantjudgment, not only for the freedom of the press but the for the citizen's right to know in england. the most distinguished group ofjudges have told the british government, before the laws, they have got to do it now. david mason was the parent who first interested evans in the story. his daughter louise was one of those affected as a baby. she died two years ago after many years of poor health. i went along to the offices of the sunday times and harry evans got up from the far end of the table, all the board were in there. he said, "david i want to pledge all the support of the sunday times and all the power we can muster to take these people on and get

through local papers, first on the manchester evening news, then as editor of the northern echo in darlingtonn 13 years at the sunday times, he redefined journalism itself. a master craftsman, he pioneered a form of brave, investigative, campaigning journalism, famously winning compensation for the survivors of thalidomide, a drug given to pregnant women who gave birth to children with serious birth defects. it was a landmark victory. it's a most importantjudgement, not only for the freedom of the press, but for the citizens' right to know in england. and most distinguished group ofjudges have told the british government, before the laws, they have got to do it now. david mason was the parent who first interested evans in the story. his daughter louise was one of those affected as a baby. she died two years ago after many years of poor health. i went along to the offices of the sunday times and harry evans

concern from local officials about rising infection rates. 0ur correspondent danny savage is in darlingtons quite an unusual development here in the north—east of england. the leaders of all seven local authorities, from cou nty of all seven local authorities, from county durham up to northumberland, have written an open appeal, basically, to the population to start modifying their behaviour to avoid what they describe as a disastrous second lockdown in the region. they say in particular it is young adults that are not abiding by the social distancing rules. they say they are behaving in a selfish and reckless way, and that the infection rate in this region of england has doubled, week on week. they are getting about 80 cases a day at the moment. yesterday, we we re day at the moment. yesterday, we were here in county durham, reporting on the fact that there is a search under way, appeal and the way, to trace 300 people at a drinks do after a charity football match in this part of the world. already, 28 cases from that one gathering, and that number is expected to rise as the days go on. b

winning at darlington for the second time this year. in this series. 19 points. he was 13th today.l way for the men's number 1 seed. to be eliminated. he was trailing 65 in the first set during a changeover. he smacked the ball behind him and accidentally hit a line judge. officials talked it over and ruled that he had to be disqualified. he was making amends for his 18th grand slam title. if he did not do it on purpose, he had to be disqualified and that is the price that he paid. >>> that is kind of a sad situation. we will see in the next 30 minutes. >>> next, it is a huge talk. every single effort made by our customers to conserve energy. >>> energy conservation effort underway. tonight we have avoided rolling blackouts. the holiday weekend is not over. >>> temperatures over 100 degrees. officials to issue a flex alert through tomorrow. hello again. with the excessive heat turning down the air-conditioning, it may not be easy. they can help. our reporter joins us now. we have avoided those rolling blackouts today.>>> it was hard to escape the heat today. people did the heart --

harvick held off austin dylan at darlington.he victory lane opened up after this crash, just 15 laps to go. they were battling. jillian: it is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. coronavirus stimulus talks at a standstill but there's hope. the encouraging message from the trump administration. todd: our long national nightmare continues, the john oliver sewage plant saga in one connecticut city could be coming to a close. the condition the comedian must agree to sea to seal the deal. jillian: good morning. welcome back. republicans and democrats finally reaching a deal but not on covid-19 relief. todd: treasury secretary steven mnuchin telling fox news that house speaker nancy pelosi and he have agreed on a clean continuing resolution to keep the government funded until mid-december. stimulus talks are still stalled. >> the speaker has refused to sit down and negotiate unless we agree to something like a $2.5 trillion deal in advance. let's do a more targeted bill now. if we need to do more in 30 days, we'll continue to do mor

it had seized darlington house where there's a cache of relics. what they acquire the property? -- what would happen if the union troops pushed underground, would they acquire the property? here's a picture of union troops visiting the tomb. they adopted guidelines and try to remain as neutral as possible. one of the things they said is no firearms are allowed on the grounds, soldiers are allowed to visit and see the home of washington, but this was not supposed to be a place where the war was supposed to continue. this was supposed to be an island of neutrality. if you go to mount vernon today and you look at the face of the new tomb very closely, you will see initials. a lot of those are from union soldiers. what i argue is that they may not have been able to take washington's body, but some of them were making a mark on that tomb for a deliberate reason. i think it was because they wanted to claim washington and were essentially putting their mark on why they were fighting this war. part of it was to uphold the memory of washington as a constitutionalist, is a president. the

helen is a postal worker from darlington. at home when they happen.set the scene for us? i had a puzzle to deliver to a customer one day and when the lady came to the door, she opened the front door but there was. to the porch behind her which she had not closed properly so the dog came bounding out, and bit me on my side. the lady was very apologetic and got the dog back in the house. i had to ring my manager. we rank the police. but due to the time my attack happened, there was no legislation in place that nothing could be done and we just had to advise the lady to be more careful next time when she answered the door so that it did not happen again. how did it affect you? i have a permanent scar, puncture wound scar. it is a psychological scar as well because i am very psychological scar as well because i am very nervous around psychological scar as well because i am very nervous around dogs now. i am very nervous around dogs now. i ama am very nervous around dogs now. i am a dog lover and i have am very nervous around dogs now. i am a dog loverand