and david shukman the heatwave. —— science editor david shukman there on the heatwave. rare pieces of disneyland history, with a hollywood agent who is about to sell off his huge collection of theme park memorabilia. and they're so precious, some items are expected to fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars. tiffany wertheimer reports. disneyland. it's described as the happiest place on earth and now, from the world's most famous theme park to your home, all this could be yours. 750 disney items are going under the hammer. hollywood agent and avid disney collector richard craft is selling off his theme park vehicles, props and artefacts. they span six decades of disneyland history. we have dumbo hanging in the living room of our house. 800lb of elephant suspended over people's heads. mr craft began his collection 25 years ago. he also owns a disneyland ticket booth, original drawings, concept sketches and posters from the park and they‘ re expected to fetch a lot of money. this particular auction is full of big—ticket items. i want to say upfront that there's stuff every

david shukman, bbc news.e able to legally prescribe medicinal cannabis from the autumn, following a review by the home office. ministers decided to relax the rules after a series of high—profile cases of children with severe epilepsy being denied access to cannabis oil. others forms of cannabis will remain illegal. here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. t] is 14 and has a rare form of epilepsy. he used to have up to 100 seizures a day, but since he went on a trial of a cannabis oil medicine, he's been seizure—free. he's just full of life and he lights up the room. having seen him go for years and years suffering, going for treatment, endless visits to hospitals. now he's alive. the epilepsy medicine tj takes was developed by a british company at this cannabis research facility in kent. it also has a licence drug for multiple sclerosis. no doubt then that cannabis medicines can work. but a series of sick children like alfie dingley were denied access to cannabis medicines, because the drugs, produced

our science editor david shukman is here. f the year so far, likely to get hotter still this week — how does this compare to heatwaves in previous years? well, it is pretty extraordinary, very severe, rolling on week after week. but let's look back at a couple of years in particular. in 1976, there were 15 days running where somewhere in the uk was above 32 degrees celsius, and in 1969 there were 70 days in suffolk with less than imm of rain. we are heading that way, but we are not there yet. what is extraordinary this time, is to have heatwaves going on in so many different countries at the same time. scandinavia, the temperatures there, above 30 degrees. even inside the arctic circle, where sweden is battling wildfires. japan has record temperatures above a0 degrees and several dozen people have died. what is going on here, everybody is asking. in the case of the uk we know about the jet stream of of us very us very slowly, very stable conditions of high pressure, but scientists are also pointing to the fa ct scientists are

here's our science editor, david shukman. punishing temperatures on city streets.cenes. yellow means hot, with the pavements giving off heat. but look at the cooling effect of a water fountain. and how the shade of a tree can make a huge difference of nearly 10 degrees. this new assisted living centre in east london is designed to protect elderly people from the heat. i went to see one of the flats inside, they're designed to be cool. hi, morning! jill and maurice matthews explained that they have windows on both sides of the building, so a breeze can flow through. i do feel the heat. and therefore for me, this is brilliant because where i was before, i was just lying there, dripping, you know? with temperatures set to rise in future, experts want all buildings designed to offer more shade, like this one, to cope with summer heat. and they're calling for new rules to back that up. it is serious, there is increasing evidence that it's a problem. and obviously, with climate change, it's only going to become more and more likely to happen more often. the heat brings a

0ur science editor david shukman examines what's going on and begins with the heatwave conditions right. parts of the uk were above 32 celsius. we haven't seen that this year so far. and back in 1969, a d raft year so far. and back in 1969, a draft was so intense that one part of east anglia had hardly any rain for 70 days. we are approaching that now but we are not there yet. what is striking is multiple heat waves are happening at the same time. this is finland where heat is great for holidaymakers while sweden is battling forest fires, even in the far north of the arctic, temperatures thereafter are higher than normal and firefighters are having to call for help. so what's behind all this? well the key, as ever, is the jet stream. the flow of high altitude air that governs our weather. often in summer it has a rather gentle wave, meaning we tend to get cooler conditions. but this year it is meandering in great loops. and we have ended up to the south of that which means we are getting hotter weather. add to that the sea temperatures of the atlantic, they are similar to what we've see

our science editor david shukman is here.ve is extraordinary and severe and it's rolling on week after week but it is important to put it in context because heatwaves are nothing new for the uk — so how does this one compare to others? one of the most serious heat waves in modern times came in 1976. water was in such short supply that people queued for it in the streets. and for 15 days running, parts of the uk were above 32 degrees celsius. we have not seen that this year so far. and back in 1969, a drought was so intense that one part of east anglia had hardly any rain for 70 days. we are approaching that now but not there yet. what is striking now is that multiple heat waves are happening at the same time. this is finland where record heat is great for holiday—makers, while nearby sweden is battling forest fires. even in the far north of the arctic, temperatures there are far higher than normal. and firefighters are having to call for help. so what's behind all this? well the key, as ever, is the jet stream. the flow of hi

here's the bbc‘s science editor, david shukman.is, the key as ever is the jet stream. that is the flow of high altitude air that governs our weather. often in summer, it has a rather gentle wave meaning that we tend to get cooler conditions, but this year, it has been meandering in great loops, and we have ended up to the south of it, which means that we are getting hotter weather. add to that, sea temperatures similar to previous heat waves, and climate change. the warming of the atmosphere making heatwaves more likely. so is this kind of weather the new normal or an occasional occurrence? i spoke to bbc weather presenter, stav da naos. some areas of the globe which have seen these heat waves have been pretty exceptional, for example, the heat in scandinavia. we have been seeing records broken across the peninsula all over the place the last few weeks, and we have seen other heatwaves elsewhere, most continents across the northern hemisphere have had their share of feet, for example, across north america, the northeast states, can