david sillitoe investigates how new technology is revealing more of the ancient stones' secrets.hat this new vr technology is offering is a chance to return back and see what this place used to look like in the past. to brazil's amazon rainforest now, where a battle is under way between its indigenous people and big business. the brazilian government i5 defending plans to build dozens of huge hydroelectric dams, which they say are vital to meet the country's energy needs. but environmentalists say the plans are a disaster for the amazon and will result in more deforestation and global warming. wyre davies has been to belo monte, the site of the first of the new so—called mega—dams to assess their impact. voiceover: from the heart of the planet's greatest rainforest, emerges one of the world's biggest civil engineering projects. a monolithic monument to progress. the belo monte dam is brazil's answer to its growing energy needs. mired in controversy and allegations of corruption, the $18 billion dam partially blocks the xingu, a major amazon tributary and has flooded thousands of

david sillito reports now on the vinyl revival. music led zep ii. a classic album.sounds better when it comes on a 12—inch disc. but as a business it's been tough. however, things have begun to change. ten years ago, i'd have given you the keys to the shop and said, look, i can't make any money out of this. so i didn't realise this stuff was still going to be hanging around. david bowie was the biggest seller last year. prince was also in the top ten, along with amy winehouse, fleetwood mac and the beatles. over the last ten years, sales have grown by 1500%. however, a recent survey found that nearly half, 48%, were never played. of course it's worth putting this into some sort of context, because imagine that each of these records represents a million sales. the bpi says if you add in streaming, digital downloads, cds, about 123 million albums were sold last year. the number of vinyl albums sold last year — 3 million. but both are dwarfed by the real music titan — streaming. streaming is a totally different beast. 45 billion streams, it's at the other end of the sp

david sillitoe, bbc news. intriguing stuff. that's all from reporters for this week.turning things milder from the west overnight and into tomorrow. before the milder air comes to us, there is still snow. at least a time in the eastern side of scotland and north—east of england. but it is a wet night for most others. wind coming in from the west, temperatures will get up to 10 degrees in western part. still pretty 10 degrees in western part. still pretty chilly in western part. it will drift down to lincolnshire and into east anglia. just be aware they will be some slippery conditions and ice on the roads first thing in the morning. it is wet in london and cold, four or five degrees. it could creep up. eight or nine in cornwall, devon, much of wales but with lots of cloud and rain. a grey look to things. into northern ireland, 9— 10 degrees to start the day. a relatively mild but cloudy with outbreaks of freight. -- rain. a lot of low cloud and outbreaks of rain in scotland. relatively mild out west, eight or nine degrees but chilly further east in particular the nort

david sillito, bbc news. it's that crackling sound we love, you just can't beat it.n giannone, goodbye for now. good morning. there's certainly some chilly and wintry weather on the way but today, it will get that bit milder as we go through the day. lots of clouds spilling in from the west after what will be a cooler start than recent mornings. even a touch of frost and ice around in southern and eastern parts of england with clearer skies at the end of the night. start the day with sunshine, a much brighter day than we have seen for the past few. in the west, already patchy rain and drizzle and a bit of a breeze across devon and cornwell and west wales. a bit of rain pushing into northern england, mainly to the west of the pennines, going through the night. the further north we go, a blustery start and strong winds through the night in northern scotland. already here, the cloud is spilling in. western scotland and northern ireland, occasional rain. cloudy conditions with occasional rain and drizzle in the west, pushing its way eastward. winds strengthening througho

david sillitoe, bbc news. intriguing stuff. that's all from reporters for this week. we got some topsy—turvy weather conditions across the country yesterday. last week's snow still just about lying to the tops of higher ground in scotland. a lot of cloud around, but look at the temperature. 12 degrees, incredibly mild for this time of year. a different story further south and east. there were some brief glimpses of sunshine across that kent coast, but it was cold with it, four orfive generally in the south—east corner. and that is because the nearer the area of high pressure and the cold air coming from the near continent. at the same time, we've got the winds coming from a south—westerly direction in scotland, driving in this milder air. there will continue to be quite a lot of cloud, cloud thick enough for drizzle. but not a cold start to the day, but in the south—east corner, we're going to see temperatures hovering around freezing. but it will be quite a mucky start to the day, really, through scotland and northern ireland. a lot of cloud around, there will be som

david sillitoe, bbc news. intriguing stuff. that's all from reporters for this week.here. good morning. a weather front draped across the united kingdom to start the day. either side of that we have dry conditions and range in temperature. relatively mild across the west of the uk. towards the far south and east, we could see frost towards norwich. chilly here but further west it is mild indeed. good to start the day in the middle of january. through the morning the mist and fog can be a problem. nothing too untoward. heading west and we find some rain for the midlands and the central and southern parts of england. further west again and we should be dry in cornwall. a similar story across the west of wales with a lot of cloud. dry and mild as well. in the north of ireland and a lot of dry weather in the morning. cloudy and nine or 10 degrees are not too bad to start the day. the west of scotland also sees clouds. not a lot of rain to speak of. and across the eastern side towards the far north—east, into northern england a lot of low cloud here. with fog on the hills

david sillitoe, bbc news. intriguing stuff. that's all from reporters for this week.it has been another chilly day today. some of us will remain that way but for others it will get milder, due to this cloud that is pushing in off of the atlantic. the rain will push into the west of scotla nd rain will push into the west of scotland initially. further east, an icy start within and is that rain has the coulby, there will be some snow across scotland. as it crosses the pennines we could see sam slot across parts of north east england, eventually break in the night. milderair eventually break in the night. milder air will come in from the west, 9 degrees as we start the in belfast, but near freezing for eastern parts of england and that presents us with an issue first thing in the morning because he could see a period of snow just because he could see a period of snowjust edging into parts of lincolnshire, east anglia and perhaps ken. no great amounts but it will be there and some ice around, a wintry scene west of london. temperatures that bit higher, rain falling out of

david sillito, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear.m the north throughout the afternoon. that cloud is thick enough for the odd spot of showery rain in scotland. we will see gales or showery rain in scotland. we will see gales oi’ severe showery rain in scotland. we will see gales or severe gales to the northern isles and a cluster of showers. the weather front will sink south. preventing temperatures falling too low. maybe light frost to the south—west for a start and a colder start to the north. we start off with that weather front sitting through northern ireland, through north wales across the midlands into's anglesey leah. not as cold a morning, svrps seven or eight degrees. the cloud thick enough for light rain. an improving picture for northern england and scotland, beautiful start to the day. windy and a risk of scattering of showers to the north and east stretching down through the coast. a glorious day. once that weather front sinks south we could see late afternoon sunshine into north wales and the midlands. not a sunshine i

our media correspondent david sillito reports.hot pa nts the man in the suit with the hot pants and high heels. in the list of most complained about adverts the various different dancing commercials appear not once, not twice, but three times. moneysupermarket, 2500 complaints. what were the problems people had with it? they had three places in our top ten and the complaints were all about provocative dance moves. some people perceived the move is to be too overtly sexual for the time of day it was shown. and crucially for us, the test is does it cause serious and widespread offence. we thought in this case some people might think is in bad taste, other people might think it's fun, but we thought it didn't cross the boundary into serious and widespread offence, so we didn't uphold those complaints. so lots of complaints but no ban. it was the same for this, in which blind footballers mistake a ball with a bell for a cat's jangling collar. it mistake a ball with a bell for a cat'sjangling collar. it topped mistake a ball with a bel

our arts correspondent, david sillito, looks back at his life.gorden kaye was the harassed heart of one of the most popular comedies of the 80s. ‘allo ‘allo. would you believe it possible that the plot has now thickened? cafe owner rene artois had an unfathomably complicated love life and endless problems with fallen madonnas and knackwursts. can nobody resist me? good afternoon. she'll fix you up. this was not the first time tv audiences had met gorden kaye, in coronation street he played elsie tanner's nephew bernard butler. i'm going to miss you when you go back, you know? shut up. born in huddersfield, he'd spent years on stage. writer and producer david croft spotted him. after guest appearances in are you being served and it ain't half hot mum, he sent him a script. it's set in a little french cafe and that's that, and the laughs are leaping off the page, almost visibly, and you think this is a corker. a comedy about the resistance? however, it works. but in 1990 he was seriously injured in an accident. two years later the show was cancelle

david sillito caught up with him. just so many children. birmingham.an explorer of urban britain. 2.5 million steps, 69 cities he is crossed, and on every step, this has tracked his emotions. this is an emotive e.g. wearable headset with a series of sensors that are able to detect what is going on inside my brain and can work out if i am stressed, relaxed, focused, interested... —— eeg. and so we agreed to meet in the city that registered higher on interest scale. yes, this is urban stoke. it is actually an old spoil heap that is 110w actually an old spoil heap that is now a park. ronnie wood is brilliant about walking across the city, especially a city like stoke, is that from the bricks to the graffiti to the trees to the bridges, to the lichen, to the flats, there is so much interest going on, there is so much interest going on, there is so much to enjoy. the ambition is to add other people's emotional responses, to try and create a mood map of our cities. but so far we have dan's data. and with that thought we came to the end of this emotionaljourn

our correspondent david sillito caught up with him. meet dan.n emotive eeg, wearable headset, with a series of sensors that are able to detect what is going on inside my brain and can work out if i'm stressed, relaxed, focused, interested. and so, we agreed to meet in the city that registered high on the interest scale. so, the place you have brought me to is...? stoke. 0k! convince me. we'll go for a walk. yes, this is urban stoke. it is actually an old spoil heap that is now a park. and as we walked, it was a chance to discuss the other cities he had crossed. exciting. bristol. swa nsea. you know, swansea is the brunt of so manyjokes, but my experience was just a flow of woodland going alongside the city, gorgeous hill, wonderful sea, street art. southampton. wild. surprisingly wild. the far north of southampton is suburbia, more birdsong than any other part of the uk i've visited, maybe. newcastle. um, just so many children. loads of children playing out. how unusual is this? in all the cities in the uk, it is unusual to see children playing

david sillito, bbc news. we are all showing our age when we watch that, aren't we? fantastic.of us showing age right now! darren has the weather forecast. thanks very much indeed. a chilly day today, higher temperatures across the north where we have seen across the north where we have seen a lot of crowd around —— cloud around, aberdeenshire, in somerset we have had some sunshine around but after that frosty start there has been a rise in temperature. temperatures will fall sharply this evening where we have the clearer skies. cloud moving southwards bringing with it some drizzle. it should not be as cold as last night, mostly frost free but in the south—west and later on across scotla nd south—west and later on across scotland and north—east england, and bridges will be close to freezing with the cloud more unreliable here. more and more sunshine developing through the day as our main area of cloud edges down towards the south—west of england and brings with it one or two spots of rain. some blustery showers and cold wind down the north sea coast. temperatures disappointing,

david sillito, bbc news. let's get a weather update. hello there.t day a little milder, but it does look as though we will continue to see more cloud through the night to night, so not quite as cold and frosty. a weather front spilling its way to the east of. we might see clearer skies in the north, temperatures hovering close to freezing with strong gale force gusts of wind for a time across the northern isles in particular. that weather front goes down into north wales and the midlands tomorrow but it will not really produce that much in the way of rain, just the odd spot of gristle. it sinks southwest as we go through the day. behind it, lest some lovely spells of sunshine coming through, chile to the far north but a few scattered showers across the east coast as well. three 01’4 across the east coast as well. three or 4 degrees here and highs of eight 01’ or 4 degrees here and highs of eight or nine further south. the temperatures fall away as we go through the night ended thursday morning, a wide and hard frost is set to return. hello. this is

our arts correspondent david sillito has more. led zep classic album. why is this better on vinyl?ecord, the fold sleeve. the artwork, so it was made for vinyl. it was never made to be a cd, certainly never to be a download. for phil barton of sister ray records, there is no debate, musicjust sounds better when it comes on a 12—inch disc. but, as a business, it's been tough. however, things have begun to change. i didn't realise this stuff was still going to be hanging around. if we go back to 2007, the industry sold into the trade about next year we may be 4 million—plus. my parents listen to viynl and they were like — you don't know what music is really like unless you listen on vinyl. it is really impressive how it has back now. it is having that feeling where you have spent half an hour in the record store and found a gem. the fist thing they look at all the records, skim through, it is like a conversational piece. it is more thanjust a fad now. yes, definitely more than a fad. this is more crackly. i think it has a better effect to it. of course it is worth putting this into s

our arts correspondent, david sillito, looks back at his life. the most popular comedies of the 80s. ‘allo ‘allo. would you believe it possible that the plot has now thickened? cafe owner rene artois had an unfathomably complicated love life and endless problems with fallen madonnas. can nobody resist me? good afternoon. she'll fix you up. this was not the first time tv audiences had met gorden kaye, in coronation street he played bernard butler. i'm going to miss you when you go back, you know? born in huddersfield, he'd spent years on stage. writer and producer david croft spotted him. after guest appearances in ayew being served and it ain't half hot mum, he sent him a script. it's set ina mum, he sent him a script. it's set in a french cafe and that's that, and the laughs are leaping off the page almost visibly, and you think this is a caucus. a comedy about the resistance? however, it works. but in 1990 he was seriously injured in an accident. two years later the show was cancelled. but ‘allo ‘allo never ended, all around the world it contin

our arts correspondent david sillito reports.n coming here for at least 4000- 5000 people have been coming here for at least 4000— 5000 years, so we are walking in the feet of history. when the wind blows, some people say they hear a strange hum. thomas hardy wrote about it in tess of the debit bills and doctor rupert tell is convinced the sound of stonehenge as pa rt convinced the sound of stonehenge as part of its magic. —— tess of the d'urbervilles. you hear between this beat a little echo. the problem is this isjust a fragment of the sound people would have heard 4000 years ago. at the site's historian susan greening. so this is the front door of stonehenge we are going through right now. that is right, yes, and we are coming into the central space now. it does change a little bit, doesn't it? into the central space now. it does change a little bit, doesn't mm does, you have the feeling of being enclosed within a space. and that is when many of the stones have gone. what we are looking at today is the ruin of stonehenge. many

our correspondent, david sillito, caught up with him. meet dan.his has tracked his emotions. this is an emotiv eeg wearable headset. it has a series of sensors that can detect what is going on inside my brain and can work out if i am stressed, relaxed, focused, interested. so we agreed to meet in the city that registered high on the interest of scale. so the place you brought me to is? stoke. ok, convince me. let's go for a walk. yes, this is urban stoke. it's actually an old spoil heap that's now a park. as we walked, it was a chance to discuss the other cities he'd crossed. exciting? bristol. swa nsea ? do you know, swansea is the brunt of so manyjokes but my experience was just a flow of woodland going alongside the city, gorgeous hill, wonderful sea, street art. southampton? wild. surprisingly wild. the far north of southampton is suburbia. more birdsong than any other part of the uk i visited maybe. newcastle ? um, just so many children. loads of children playing out. that's unusual, is it? having walked across all the cities in the uk, it is

our correspondent, david sillito, went along for a listen. wind blows eerily.tory. when the wind blows, some people say they hear a strange hum. thomas hardy wrote about it in tess of the d'urbervilles, and dr rupert till is convinced the sound of stonehenge is part of its magic. tapping. you hear between each beat, a little echo. as the sound leaves you, hits the stone and comes back to you here, bang. tapping. the problem is this isjust a fragment of the sound people would have heard 4000 years ago. i met the site's historian, susan greening. so, this is the front door of stonehenge we're going through right now? that's right, yes, and we are coming into the central space now. it does change a bit as you walk through, doesn't it? it does, you have the feeling of being enclosed within a space. and that's with many of the stones having gone? what we're looking at today is the ruin of stonehenge. many stones have been taken away from the site, many have fallen down, lots have been eroded, they're covered in lichen. it would've been a completely different atmosph

years ago — and he says it could reveal why the site was so important. 0ur arts correspondent david sillitogh right now? that's right, yes, and we are coming into the central space now. it does change a little bit, doesn‘t it? it does, you have the feeling of being enclosed within a space. and that‘s with many of the stones having gone. what we're looking at today is the ruin of stonehenge. many stones have been taken away from the site, many have fallen down, lots have been eroded, they're covered in lichen. it would‘ve been a completely different atmosphere, wouldn‘t it? yes, it would. however, rupert tell has an answer. what this new vr technology offers is a possibility, a chance to, well, return back and see and also hear what this place used to look like in the past. we have constructed it by rebuilding stonehenge digitally and rebuilding the acoustics of the space as it would have been when all of the stones were here. so, how different is the old sound to the sound we have today? well, if i tap this drum now, you will hear a little bit of an echo. when all of the stones are put in p

our media correspondent david sillito reports.eels. in the list of most complained about adverts the various different dancing commercials appear not once, not twice, but three times. moneysupermarket, 2500 complaints. what were the problems people had with it? they had three places in our top ten and the complaints were all about provocative dance moves. some people perceived the moves to be too overtly sexual for the time of day it was shown. and crucially for us, the test is does it cause serious and widespread offence. we thought in this case some people might think is in bad taste, other people might think it's fun, but we thought it didn't cross the boundary into serious and widespread offence, so we didn't uphold those complaints. so lots of complaints but no ban. it was the same for this, in which blind footballers mistake a ball with a bell for a cat's jangling collar. it topped the complaints list in 2010. six years later the complaints are still pouring in. we came to the conclusion it's fine firstly because the english

used ancient musical instruments to recreate the circle's original acoustics. 0ur correspondent, david sillitot 4000—5000 years, so we're walking in the feet of history. when the wind blows, some people say they hear a strange hum. thomas hardy wrote about it in tess of the d'urbervilles, and dr rupert till is convinced the sound of stonehenge is part of its magic. tapping you hear between each beat, a little echo. as the sound leaves you, hits the stone and comes back to you here, bang. tapping. the problem is this isjust a fragment of the sound people would have heard 4000 years ago. i met the site's historian, susan greening. so, this is the front door of stonehenge we're going through right now? that's right, yes, and we are coming into the central space now. it does change a bit as you walk through, doesn't it? it does, you have the feeling of being enclosed within a space. what we're looking at today is the ruin of stonehenge. many stones have been taken away from the site, many have fallen down, lots have been eroded, they're covered in lichen. it would've been a completely different at

music streaming was also up by two—thirds, while sales of cds fell again. 0ur arts correspondent david sillitoas made for vinyl. it was never made to be a cd, certainly never to be a download. for phil barton of sister ray records, there is no debate, musicjust sounds better when it comes on a 12—inch disc. but, as a business, it‘s been tough. however, things have begun to change. listen, 10 years ago, i would have given you the keys to the shop and said — i can‘t make any money out of this. i didn‘t realise this stuff was still going to be hanging around. if we go back to 2007, the industry sold into the trade about 200,000 albums. pitiful, really. up—to—date now, we are about 3.30 million. next year we may be a million—plus. there has always been a market or old vinyl, this version of let it be is £900 but new vinyl, last year, bowie topped the charts. prince was also in the top 10. memories of those we‘ve lost but it is notjust men of a certain age rediscovering their lost youth. my parents listen to viynl and they were like — you don‘t know what music is really like unless you listen on vi

david sillito, bbc news. not many of us strangely normal around.financial markets had closed the day. first, the headlines. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may says her brexit plans will be outlined in a formal white paper to parliament, following calls from mps. president trump renews his pledge to build a wall on the mexican border, as he prepares to make a series of announcements on national security. northumbria university is fined £400,000 after two students nearly died after taking a massive overdose of caffeine during an experience —— an experiment to test the effects of caffeine on exercise. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. now the story on markets this afternoon is that the dowjones smashed the landmark 20,000 barrier for the first time ever as optimism about trump's pro—growth policies boosted financial markets. now, are you a scotch drinker? well, your love for the spirit has helped it contribute £5bn a year to the uk economy. the scotch whisky association said more than 40,000 jobs are supported

david sillito has more. music: whole lotta love by led zeppelin. led zep ii, classic album., things have begun to change. listen, ten years ago, i would have given you the keys the shop and said, look, i can't make any money out of this. i didn't realise this stuff was still going to be hanging around. last year bowie topped the chart, prince was also in the top ten — memories of those we've lost. of course, it's worth putting this into some sort of perspective. context, because just imagine that each of these records represents a million sales. the ppi says if you add in streaming, digital downloads, cds, about 123 million albums were sold last year. the number of vinyl albums sold last year — three million. and both are totally dwarfed by the real musicjuggernaut of today, streaming. it is not recorded music in the physical format as we know it. but it is felt streaming can help younger listeners to eventually try the hard stuff. quite a lot of people at university by vinyl records. they do. but for some this was an entirely new experience. records. they do. but for some t

our arts correspondent david sillito reports.nd of stonehenge is part of its magic. you hear between this beat a little echo. taps the problem is this isjust a fragment of the sound people would have heard 4000 years ago. i met the site‘s historian, susan greening. so, this is the front door of stonehenge we‘re going through right now? that‘s right, yes, and we are coming into the central space now. it does change a little bit, doesn‘t it? it does, you have the feeling of being enclosed within a space. and that‘s with many of the stones having gone. what we‘re looking at today is the ruin of stonehenge. many stones have been taken away from the site, many have fallen down, lots have been eroded, they‘re covered in lichen. it would‘ve been a completely different atmosphere, wouldn‘t it? yes, it would. however, rupert tell has announced... what this new technology offers is a possibility, a chance to, well, return back and see and also hear what this place used to look like in the past. we have constructed it by rebuilding stonehen

david sillito has more. music: whole lotta love by led zeppelin. led zep ii, classic album.the artwork. so it was made for vinyl, never made to be a cd, certainly never made to be a download. for phil barton of sister ray records, there is no debate, musicjust sounds better when it comes on a 12 inch disk. but as a business, it's been tough. however, things have begun to change. listen, ten years ago, i would have given you the keys the shop and said, look, i can't make any money out of this. i didn't realise this stuff was still going to be hanging around. david bowie was the biggest seller last year. prince was also in the top ten, along with amy winehouse, fleetwood mac and the beatles. a recent survey has found that nearly half, 48%, were never played. of course it is worth putting this into context, imagine that each of these records represents 1 context, imagine that each of these records represents1 million sales, if you add in streaming, digital download, cds, about 123 million albums were sold last year. the number of vinyl album sold last year... 3 million. but bot