derek bell features _ this morning. thank you. thank you. derek bell features in _ this morning.co.uk/actionline where you'll find details of organisations which offer advice and support. scott howell was a fit a8—year—old from the south wales valleys until he caught coronavirus last march. it nearly killed him. this time last year he was on a ventilator and in an induced coma at the royal gwent hospital in newport. for the medical team there — he was their first covid case. scott survived and a year on, bbc wales reunited him with some of the people who saved his life. when scott howell left hospital last may it took all his strength to walk to his car. but here he is today, feeling happy, healthy and so much stronger. we reunited him with some of the medical staff who treated him during his stay in intensive care. the last time i saw you which was in fact the day you left hospital, when you were walking with a zimmer frame, could just about put one step in front of the other so to see him looking like he is today, is truly extraordinary. it's been a roller—coaster of a year but

bell freed of the stand. and these are these were all 'd and we're continuing to watch here the trial of derek in the police officer who's accused of killing george floyd we've wrapped up testimony from one of the witnesses a key witness the employee mr martin who worked in the shop a lot of emphasis in the last hour on what you could say is characterizing how aware are cognizant. or allegedly hi george floyd was we heard a lot of exchanges between the defense and the witness on the one hand as well as the prosecution and the witnesses about what george lloyd could say now that. and his movements in the in the shop now with cold another witness of me now is in colton it's time let's listen in to his testimony 45. and. just tell us if you were in the general area where you live. only out of. may 25th of 2020 is that where you looked. like what we do for 22 years where i live no no is that where you lived on that day. and how long have you lived in south minneapolis. and you are from well let me ask you this way are you familiar with the area of 38th in chicago. and is there a store. at one of the corners least one o

bell? seems the weather patterns this winter are following roughly the same playbook as that year. derekt is that this is a heads-up. this is giving our viewers, especially across the central u.s., as much advance warning as we possibly can. there are very strong signals that this upcoming severe weather season, lasting from now through may, could be very active. and unfortunately could be deadly. because of the frequency of severe weather, tornados, hailstorms, and strong straightline winds that we do anticipate to develop. we have to look at a lot of scenarios to understand why this is happening. we can have great difficulty in predicting a tornado just 15 minutes out. how in the world are we predicting several months in advance? there are the signs, the trends we look for. let's set it up. talking about the severe weather ingredients. what do we need to have severe weather? a collision of air masses. often the very cold, dry air to the north starts to interact with the warm, humid air in the gulf of mexico. this collision drives the jet stream. the jet stream is responsible for funnel