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this is a big dealfor didcot, the end ofan this is a big dealfor didcot, the end of an era, and thisthe end ofan era, and it this is a big dealfor didcot, the end of an era, and it means now there is just one large chimney remaining, the one in the background, which still needs to be demolished, and the plan is for that to be brought down later in the autumn. thank you, louisa. luckily the picture remained com pletely luckily the picture remained completely stabilise the towers came down, or it would have spoiled the moment! more than 500 volunteers have taken part in the ringing of flamingos at a nature reserve in the south of spain. it involved weighing and tagging more than 600 chicks as part of a conservation project at a lagoon in andalucia. a record number of spanish flamingos were born this summer due to abundant rainfall and hot temperatures. let's return to our top story now. following the death of police constable andrew harper on thursday night the home secretary priti patel says she's urgently exploring what more can be done to support the families of police officers who

what has changed about didcot over the years? back ten yea rs didcot over the years?the buildings, residential or business, and they have adjusted the rates to that higher value. they feel they should be getting that business because they are on the high street. the area has changed? yes, it used to be the busy shopping area, now it is all in the shopping centre. so, the calculation is being made as if this was a busy high street, but that was decades ago. exactly. be busy area is over there now, there should be a readjustment for it. -- there should be a readjustment for it. —— the. there should be a readjustment for it. -- the. and we are in one of those busy areas now, in a salon. it isa those busy areas now, in a salon. it is a business that has had to deal with a rise in business rates earlier in the year. time to have a chat. you run this business, you are from the federation of small businesses. talking about your challenges, you are appealing your race, why? challenges, you are appealing your ? i challenges, you are appealing your race, why? i discovered it ha

it really is the end of an era for didcot, a complete change to the skyline.emolished in the autumn. with me now is our correspondent charlotte gallagher. 0riginally when the story started to appear, people are saying they were having problems with their power. brea kfast having problems with their power. breakfast this morning, you and david, he managed the power station all those years ago, he laughed and said it is probably the power station that caused it. sse, the company said no, no it's nothing to do with that, but they have changed their tune? yes, it is a bit of a coincidence these cooling towers get demolished and then 49,000 homes lose power. it would be strange. also people watching the demolition, they saw a pile on nearby go up in flames. as you said, scottish and southern electricity networks have said it probably is connected to the power cuts, which affected quite a lot of homes in the area. they say they don't know how it happened and they don't know how it happened and they are investigating. but for a lot of people, they said it has got to

david lynn reminiscing about the didcot power station.er on sunday to mark the loss of the glacier that once spilled from the crater. photographs taken from space show just how rapidly the glacier disappeared. as recently as the 1980s it showed up as a mass of solid white. by 2014 it was declared dead. at the ceremony a plaque will be unveiled, telling future generations that only they will know if enough was done to save other glaciers from climate change. which leads us seamlessly to the weather prospects, and tomasz schafernaker is at the map. good morning to you, tomasz. nothing is going to be disappearing during the course of your broadcast, i hope? no, nothing is going to be disappearing. i beg your pardon. let's see what is in store this afternoon, and it is looking pretty showery across scotland and northern ireland today, a bit of a mixed bag like yesterday, quite breezy too, but i think across southern parts of the uk, it is more than likely going to bea the uk, it is more than likely going to be a sunny day predominantly, and j

now, don't forget you can get a lot more on the didcot power stations on oui’ more on the didcot power of opinion. people hated, some people it inspired poetry. you can find out more on our website. stay with us here on bbc news, a lot more coming up. see you soon. hello again. well, we've seen plenty of showers around over the course of the weekend, and showers again the name of the game as we look at the forecast for monday, too. clouds like these will be bringing those showers in. we've seen plenty of those recently as well. radar picture shows the most extensive showers across northern and western areas of the uk. could be a few, though, over the next few hours running through the english channel, and perhaps sneaking onto the coastline of southern england as well. but it's across eastern areas of england, parts of the midlands, that we'll have the longest of the clear spells over the next few hours. but, if you are heading out, it's worth taking an umbrella with you today for sure. it's going to be quite a breezy start to the day, but not cold, temperatures 10—13 degrees, somethin

the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station in 0xfordshire have been demolished this morningn a controlled explosion. good morning if you havejustjoined us. good morning if you havejustjoined us. welcome to bbc news. riot police have cleared roads in hong kong after a brief stand—off with pro—democracy protesters, as the political crisis in the city continues into its eleventh week. this is the scene live in hong kong at the moment. protesters are preparing to march from victoria park to chater garden, without official permisson from the authorities. they are hoping to travel from there to chater garden, but without official permission. it is a thoroughly miserable day in hong kong, hence all the umbrellas, but they are hoping to at least lighten they are hoping to at least lighten the mood with these demonstrations and keep them in a more positive atmosphere than was the case last week when we saw those confrontations between police and protesters inside hong kong's airport. earlier i spoke to professor rana mitter from oxford university's china centre, who said the authorit

— mac.com said it was considering an offerfor didcot — mac.com said it was considering an offer fortakeover approach from a us investment company. jd says it was still at a very early stage of evaluating a possible bid for the retailer. sharesjumped by more than one third. troubles for tiktok as the european union launches an investigation into whether it broke online content laws. video sharing platform owned by buyer to dance, the company based in china faces a fine of up to 6% of its annual sales. many eu officials say the premises of elected breach of transparency and obligations to protect minors. the digital services act which took effect over the weekend requires large online platforms to do more to tackle illegal content and security risks. turning out to the mining industry because the world's biggest listed miner, bhp has reported its latest results this morning and in china it is its biggest customer. but the economy, as we have been speaking about, has slowed down. the company made just over $6 million has slowed down. the company madejust over $6 million in profit in si

yes, these towers have dominated the skyline in didcot for 50 years. coal every hour at that point, before they were switched off in 2010. it has been a slow process of demolishing and clearing the site. the first three of the original six towers were brought down in 2014. hundreds of people than turned out to watch. you will remember in 2016 there was a tragedy here, when four people lost their lives. they were killed when another building they were working on to prepare for demolition collapsed. since then there has been a huge investigation, and three yea rs a huge investigation, and three years on, hundreds of tons of rubble has been examined. thames valley police and the health and safety executive have been working on the investigation to try to work out exactly what happened. today, the three remaining towers are set to be demolished. when it happens, it will bea demolished. when it happens, it will be a matter of seconds, but then they will be brought down and again, hundreds of people have turned out to watch, because this is a really big deal

didcot is a rapidly growing i didcot. didcot is a rapidly growing town— didcot.ry— try to get an appointment. people are very frustrated, worried about that _ are very frustrated, worried about that in— are very frustrated, worried about that. in terms of the politics here we have — that. in terms of the politics here we have also had boundary changes. this is— we have also had boundary changes. this is not— we have also had boundary changes. this is not the constituency of didcot — this is not the constituency of didcot and wantage. people in didcot will be _ didcot and wantage. people in didcot will be hoping that means they get a little bit _ will be hoping that means they get a little bit less forgotten in westminster. it was a comfortable majority _ westminster. it was a comfortable majority for the tories last time round. — majority for the tories last time round. but _ majority for the tories last time round, but there was a lib dem swing and the _ round, but there was a lib dem swing and the lib— round, but there was a lib dem swing and the lib dems are t

the council in didcot pointed out that didcot has masses of congestion, that is partly because of thosewn called bally park. as far as i know, there is no plans to, you know, there is no plans to, you know, increase the road capacity. these people will be further route from didcot, further out than great western park. so, you know, the whole thing is quite a worry. a worry for the future of didcot. stella, how do you feel about living where you live? well, i love where i live, i like the surrounding countryside. but i'm very worried about the fact that there are more and more houses going up and they don't really cater for the elderly. i'm getting on myself. it's my birthday tomorrow. happy birthday! thank you! but i have got a severe back problems. so, i have to use my car to be able to get anywhere because, as my partner told you, it takes me a good 15 minutes to walk to the bus. my doctor's surgery is not too far away, but i would struggle to walk there. especially as i'm a bit inclined to run late for things! so, running as i'm a bit inclined to run late forthings! so, running is no

they've watched over didcot from more than half a century. boom.ree remaining cooling towers to be flattened. applause. it's quite an emotional thing, really, because those towers have been up since before i was born. so they were always like a landmark here. finding my way home from a long journey. you would always see the towers whenever you come in from the motorway and it's in a way something saying you're nearly home. i feel quite sad losing them, really, yeah. it's the skyline's changed, forever. dan and kevin worked there for many years. we want to be more environmentally friendly, that's the right thing, but when you've spent all that time there, and your dad spent all that time there, it's a sad day. it is quite nice to not see the towers, because obviously it's restored the area to its natural environment again, but, yeah, a sad day. work to clear the site has been ongoing since it shut in 2013. but in 2016, tragedy struck. a 10—storey boiler house collapsed, killing four men. the investigation into what caused it is still ongoing. today'

they've watched over didcot from more than half a century. boom.g cooling towers to be flattened. applause. it's quite an emotional thing, really, because those towers have been up since before i was born. so they were always like a landmark year. finding your way home from a long journey. you would always see the towers whenever you come in from the motorway and it's a way something saying you're nearly home. i feel quite sad losing them, really, yeah. it's quite a big change now, forever. work to clear the site has been ongoing since it shut in 2013. today's demolition appeared to run smoothly, but moments later an explosion — 119,000 homes lost power forjust over an hour. once the site is clear, it will be redeveloped. there are already plans to build a hotel there, 400 new homes and it's going to be a site for business, leisure and also residential. so it's changing, its great to have its use going forward. before that, there is one last demolition planned in the autumn for the largest chimney. louisa currie, bbc news. you have been watching ne

they've what stover didcot from more than half a century. boom.lattened. (applause) it's quite an emotional thing, really, because those towers have been up since before i was born. there were always like a landmark year. you would always see the towers whenever you come in from the towers whenever you come in from the motorway and it's a way something saying you're nearly home. i feel quite so losing really, yeah. it's quite a big change now, forever. dan and kevin worked there forever. dan and kevin worked there for many years. we want to be more environmentally friendly, that's the right thing, but when you've spent all that time there, it's a sad day. it is quite nice to not see the towers, because obviously it's restore the area to its natural environment again, but, yeah, a saturday. work to clear the site has been ongoing since it shut in 2013. but in 2016, tragedy struck. a ten story boiler house collapsed, killing four men. the investigation into what caused it is still ongoing. today's demolition appeared to run smoothly, but moments lat

the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station in oxfordshire have been demolished this morningcontrolled explosion. and coming up in a few minutes we'll review the sunday papers — this morning's reviewers are the political commentator james millar and the business commentatorjosie cox. before that, sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. good morning. we could get any result on the final day of the second ashes test. england lead by101i runs with 6 wickets in hand as they look to level the series. it could be another day for the fast bowlers, a delivery from jofra archer struck australian batsman steve smith on the back of the neck yesterday, although he should be ok to bat again today. our sport's correspondentjoe wilson was at lord's. everyone at the words need the contest. england again steve smith. australia's outstanding batsmen reached his 50 before lunch and remained on a different level. fast, aggressive bowling is perfectly legitimate. smith took a blow to the arm which is painful, no fracture. the minutes later, it was farmer worr

demolition centred around the three remaining cooling towers, and it really is the end of an era for didcot, a complete change to the skyline. it leaves just one large chimney remaining, which is due to be finally demolished in the autumn. let's have a look at how the horizon next to the rest of us. but they mixed bag for some of us today. showers expected across scotland and northern ireland, quite frequent here. maybe even a crack of thunder and still fairly breezy. the further south and east you are today, the drier and brighter at the weather is going to be. this is what it looks around lunchtime and into the afternoon, sunny skies that amateurs in the low 20s in the south and mid oi’ in the low 20s in the south and mid or high teens across scotland and northern ireland. clear spells the further showers expected this evening and overnight. again the most we can showers in the north—west of the country. tonight's close will dip down to talk to greater london and around 10 degrees in aberdeen. more or less the same whether you're in the north of the south. let us have a look at monday, fu

they say that this is entirely unrelated to the didcot demolition, but it must have been an amazing,because there were lots of people watching, although i know you didn't. i didn't. watching, although i know you didn't. ididn't. i watching, although i know you didn't. i didn't. i deliberately stayed away. and i didn't arrive until they had actually been demolished. but i'm told they had a good picture of it, and that will be shown, i dare say. and that will be the end. but what's left is the be station, that looks more visible than before, that was hidden by the towers, so perhaps the b station will be the new point towards which people will steer. people in the area have had mixed feelings about it? there are mixed feelings. some people think they were an eyesore, some people think they were delightful. an architectural design. and of course they were shaped that way to prevent the outflow of air to cool water, and it must be remembered that nothing came out of the towers other than water vapour. nothing noxious at all. country life readers voted the landmark britain's third worst e

they've watched over didcot for over half a century.ee remaining cooling towers to be flattened. it's quite an emotional thing, really, because those towers have been up since before i was born, so they've always been a landmark finding my way home from a long journey. you sort of think of seeing the towers when you come in from the motorway and it is like, something to say, oh, you're nearly home. i feel quite sad losing them, really. yeah, the skyline has changed now forever. hundreds turned out to watch, but for some it was more poignant than others. dan and kevin worked there for many years. if we want to be environmentally friendly, that is the right thing, but when you've spent all that time, you know, and your dad has spent all that time there, it's a sad day. it is quite nice to look across there and not see towers, because obviously it has restored the area to its natural environment again. but, yeah, sad day. work to clear the site has been ongoing since it shut in 2013. but in 2016, tragedy struck. the ten story boiler house

thousands of homes lose power moments after the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power stationshire are demolished. and this week's travel show explores the island of hokkaido in japan where they go hunting and take part in an international dance competition. good afternoon. borisjohnson is to meet the german chancellor and the french president in the coming days, to make the case for a new brexit deal. the visits, to angela merkel on wednesday and emmanuel macron on thursday, are the first mrjohnson has made since becoming prime minister. leaked government documents have warned of major disruption in the event of a no—deal brexit, including shortages of food, fuel and medicines. the minister in charge for preparations for a no—deal brexit, michael gove has denied the leak tweeting. .. 0ur political correspondent mark lobel reports. borisjohnson has been getting his message out on law and order, the nhs and no deal preparations. this week he will enter the international stage meeting europe's top two power brokers, but without a deal in sight. he wants them to know parliament w

they've watched over didcot from more than half a century. boom.s three remaining cooling towers to be flattened. applause. it's quite an emotional thing, really, because those towers have been up since before i was born. so they've always been like a landmark, finding your way home from a long journey. you would always see the towers whenever you come in from the motorway, and it's a way — it's something to say, oh, you're nearly home. i feel quite sad losing them, really, yeah. it's quite a big change now, forever. today's demolition appeared to run smoothly, but moments later, an explosion — 119,000 homes lost power forjust over an hour. once the site is clear, it will be redeveloped. there's already plans to build a hotel there, 400 new homes, and it's going to be a site for business, leisure, and also residential. so it's changing. it's great to have its use going forward. before that, there is one last demolition planned in the autumn for the largest chimney. louisa currie, bbc news. the capture of wild african elephants for zoos is to be ban

the famous didcot _ dodge. we all like a dodge. the famous didcot dodge, _ dodge.uting, farfewer after covid, far fewer people are commuting, far fewer people are buying the peak season tickets in and out of london particularly, not surprisingly the price for brighton commuters this morning into london has gone up by more than £300 for the annual season ticket. yes, people are coming up with alternatives. for instance, in england, bus fares for many journeys are capped at £2 until the end of june so i think a lot of people will be switching away. yes, rail companies, the whole industry, it is trying to persuade more people to travel by train. numbers roughly 20% down on what they were before covid. meanwhile, the taxpayer is spending more money than ever subsidising fares and in the middle of this we have the rail strikes, so there is less resilience. next round i am afraid starts on the 16th of march and continues until april fools' day, four days of strike by members of the rmt union who say they want a no strings pay rise.— no strings pay rise. most people will

the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station in 0xfordshire have been demolished this morningcontrolled explosion. now on bbc news it's time for click. this week: spotting early signs of dementia, giving the banks the finger...print, and man falls off skateboard. theme music. here's something that splits opinion, you either love these or you hate them, depending really on whether you ride one, or whether you've had a close encounter with one. these e—scooters are powered by electric motors and that leads to something really interesting that not many people know. in the uk, these things are not legal on public roads and they are not legal on public pavements. so, although they're getting more and more popular, and companies are hiring them out to ride on private lands like here at the queen elizabeth olympic park in london, where they're geofenced and speed—limited, the law varies hugely around the world. one of the issues is that these things can reach speeds of over 30 miles an hour, which is very cool, but also very dangerous, again, depending on your experiences with them.

severe thunderstorms have hit parts of the uk causing floods and travel disruption, such as here at didcot haywards heath in west sussex were called out to tackle floods and some flights in and out of stansted airport have been cancelled. a met office amber warning — meaning a potential risk to life — is in force across wales and the south west of england until early tomorrow morning. summer(!) that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight — now on bbc news it's time for newsnight with emily maitlis. from this day forward, it's going to be only "america first, america first!" so this is what it looks like in the flesh. if ever there were to be a trade war, which is what so many histrionic interpreters are calling this, the united states would stand to win. economic move or purely political, we get reaction from both sides of the atlantic. also tonight, as the nhs prepares to mark its 70th anniversary, just how big a funding crisis is there? demand is going up by 3.5% every year, however, proportionately, the income for trust is only rising by around 1.2% a year, so we have

ed vaizey, conservative, for didcot and?l sarahjones, conservative, for didcot and?rahjones, croydon south. good morning to you both. you will be less only a face to people, as well as making the link, we were speaking to gavin barwell, whom you beat in this election. i did, yes. it was quite an extraordinary turnaround. explain to people first of all the scale of what happened in your constituency? well, i fought the election in 2015, and we lost by 165 votes. this time, i won byjust over 5500 votes. and it has been an extraordinary election, to go from where we started, where probably gavin feldt he would win by a few thousand, to us winning by a few thousand, to us winning by a few thousand,it thousand, to us winning by a few thousand, it is just extraordinary. when did you realise, was itjust the moment when your name was called out or did you realise somewhere along the campaign that something had changed? we knew something was changing. when we spoke to young people, which wasn't that many because they are quite hard to find when you knock on the door, they are

quite a contrast to just a couple of mornings ago, in didcot 0xfordshire, where temperatures fell asius and there was a hard frost. take a look at 0xfordshire this morning, what a difference, a beautiful start despite this cloudy skies, quite quiet out there. we are still under the influence of high pressure at the influence of high pressure at the moment, but a subtle change in wind direction has brought this march change to the fuel of the weather. you have this milder air source driving and quite a lot of cloud of the atlantic, so it is a grey, cloudy start, and the cloud thick enough on one or two spots for a touch of drizzle, but there will be some breaks in the cloud, may be across parts of wales and eastern scotland in south—east england for the later parts of the afternoon. does temperatures, not bad for this time of year, peaking perhaps around 13 or maybe 1a degrees if the sunshine continues in parts of aberdeenshire. 0vernight tonight we may keep the clear skies here, temperatures falling away, but elsewhere a blanket of cloud keeps things frost free once again. that does

there's been more flooding in didcot in 0xfordshire here on monday, more flood warnings in force as wetly for central and north—western areas of england, where we're seeing the heaviest of the downpours. but that low has now pulled out into the north sea. still strong, gusty winds for these north sea—facing coasts, some more rain gradually sinking further southwards and eastwards across central—southern england. but some clear skies out towards the north and the west, so, here, a locally chilly start to the day on tuesday. now, on tuesday, that low is still bringing some more cloud and some rainjust swirling around it. some of that rain could push a little further westwards at times, it will be lighter than on monday, of course, and we've still got that brisk north—easterly wind across coastal areas of yorkshire, lincolnshire and down through northern areas of norfolk too. the best of the sunshine out towards the west, for much of scotland, into northern ireland, western wales and south west england. and here, we could see temperatures rise to around 16 or 17 celsius. and then on wedne

and starting with the financial times, there's the incredible picture of the didcot towers getting demolishedeir main article about the white house announcing a new round of tax cuts. the daily telegraph is leading on borisjohnson accusing former ministers of undermining brexit talks with eu leaders. ‘tory divisions over brexit deepen amid row over no—deal dossier leak‘ — that's the headline for the front of the guardian. brexit themes continue on the front page of the i, saying michael gove has played down leaked crisis plans for brexit. the mail is saying there is a crackdown on gp surgeries that closedown mid week. the cricketerjofra archer is on the front page of the times in a thrilling second ashes test at lord's. and bad news if you don't like ads — the times says mainstream channels could be allowed to show more ads, in their battle against online rivals. let's start, as we always do, with the accent. the leaked document warnings of queues at the ports and shortages of foods and medicines and problems at the border with ireland. borisjohnson is a former minister and we have no admissi

thousands of homes lose power moments after the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power stationdemolished. now here on bbc news it's time for the travel show. this is japan's most northerly main island of hokkaido. for decades, travellers have been drawn here by its stark contrast to the rest of the country. it's anotherjapan, one that is wild, challenging and remote. it's an incredible experience! with distinctive communities. i've come to meet them and to find out more about the country's northern frontier. so, if you look out to where i'm heading, that is japan's most northerly point. but on the other side, just a0 kilometres from the japanese coastline is the great landmass, russia. now that is important because it was russia expanding eastwards that led to japan 150 years ago to annex that island and give it the name, hokkaido. the island isn't small. it's around one fifth of japan's total landmass but nearly a century and a half after the move to fully populate hokkaido, still only around 4% of japan's people live here. hello, hokkaido! but because of this relatively recen

didcot town is a semiprofessional _ main pitch. survive during a pandemic and now floodlight costs are crippling the club. having an earlier kick—off would help considerably. fiur club. having an earlier kick-off would help considerably. our average earl bill would help considerably. our average yearly bill worked _ would help considerably. our average yearly bill worked out _ would help considerably. our average yearly bill worked out at _ would help considerably. our average yearly bill worked out at £1200 i would help considerably. our average yearly bill worked out at £1200 per i yearly bill worked out at £1200 per month. but now, we are going to be paying just over £5,500 a month. if we could change our times from three o'clock to maybe 1.30 or two o'clock, i think at the end of the diet should be changed as a mandatory thing. diet should be changed as a mandato thin. ., . , ., ., mandatory thing. northampton town in leaaue 2 is mandatory thing. northampton town in league 2 is also — mandatory thing. northampton town in league

there's been more flooding in didcot in oxfordshire here on monday, more flood warnings in force as wed north—western areas of england, where we're seeing the heaviest of the downpours. but that low has now pulled out into the north sea. still strong, gusty winds for these north sea—facing coasts, some more rain gradually sinking further southwards and eastwards across central—southern england. but some clear skies out towards the north and the west, so, here, a locally chilly start to the day on tuesday. now, on tuesday, that low is still bringing some more cloud and some rainjust swirling around it. some of that rain could push a little further westwards at times, it will be lighter than on monday, of course, and we've still got that brisk north—easterly wind across coastal areas of yorkshire, lincolnshire and down through northern areas of norfolk too. the best of the sunshine out towards the west, for much of scotland, into northern ireland, western wales and south west england. and here, we could see temperatures rise to around 16 or 17 celsius. and then on wednesday, well, high p

ben thompson is in didcot with more.at didcot in oxfordshire. they're using this, what's known as eight synchrotron and they're what's known as eight synchrotron and they‘ re using what's known as eight synchrotron and they're using it to speed up that process that you mention. the enzyme that will break down plastic, like plastic bottles, into the two component parts. it could mean an a nswer to component parts. it could mean an answer to that rising tide of plastic pollution. come with me and let me introduce you to two of the people involved in the project. john is with me, he's one of the researchers behind this, and sian is a campaigner against plastic waste. john, explain to me how this works. an amazing breakthrough if you can do this on a commercial scale of getting rid of some of that plastic. it's really exciting. there's an enzyme that was discovered in a recycling dump, basically from a bacteria that eats plastic. we've pulled the enzyme out and we've come here and we've been able to solve the atomic structur

this is didcot in oxfordshire. similar scenes, too, in southampton.ks and gloves, wipes, and i think that equipment really does need to get to the frontline quicker. an estimated 20% of postal staff are thought to be off work. that equates to 26,000 postmen and women who are either sick or self—isolating. that, of course, puts increased pressure on those who can work at a time when the number of parcel deliveries has soared. unions say it's been busier than christmas. one postman told us royal mail has been slow to act. when this was all kicking off and you could see where this was going, we were saying, "we need this stuff." but our big boss upstairs just said, "no, you just need to wash your hands." i'd love to wash my hands, but nowhere's open, ever — it's ridiculous. the company says it has invested heavily in protective equipment. i don't think we've been slow, we've moved as quickly as we possibly could to get supplies to our people that they need. this will help them stay safe. and we've spent way over £15 million now making sure people have go

at rebellion studios in didcot near 0xford the team is working on the post pandemic fashion show mightowned visual designer who has collaborated with artists like alexander mcqueen and beyonce. if you're working with leading company mbs to use tracking systems, led screens and coded to create experiences in mixed reality. the screen is 20 metres wide by four metres tall command over 10 million pixels here. essentially to a giant 4k screens. his team include specialist in visual effects and motion capture and motion sensory theatre. but these models are all computer—generated along with the environments they are walking through. what really makes it cool is when he grabbed the camera we actually move around and can go into the space. so that's what makes it amazing. with the pans come you can see that the entire parallax is changing. if you are inside you can actually, i can move around the space. directly to make it feel like it's there. 0k, yeah. oh, yeah, there we are. but we will be in the space? we are in the space, 0k. working in this new it only impacts the way the fashion show i

they were an hour late arriving, courtesy of britain's rail system — a points failure at didcot, to be they had found in brixton, south london, last week, the crowds who'd waited in cardiff nevertheless made the warmth of their welcome very clear. and when people had waited so long in the cold, harry and meghan did their best to give a little warmth back and to ensure that everyone, and most particularly the children, was included. meghan scribbled a message for someone... ..and received bunches of daffodils. what other flower would be appropriate to give as a welcome to wales? well, she said at the time of her engagement that she wanted to get to know as much of the country as possible, and clearly, as the future wife of prince henry of wales, this visit is important. meghan seemed to soak it all up, then she and harry went across to meet... harry and meghan, aged six and nine. their gift? a welsh love spoon. further comment seems superfluous. and to this royally inclined crowd, this almost—royal couple were a hit. they are the ones we love the most. or i love the most, anyway. they a

the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station in oxfordshire have been demolished this morninged explosion and now dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme that brings together some of the uk's leading commentators with the foreign correspondents who write for the folks back home with the dateline london. this week — is a gnu the beast that can block the exit to the european union if there's no deal? and is there a way out for the protestors in hong kong as china's government warns it has "enough power to quell a ny u nrest swiftly" 7 with their take on those events — diane wei liang, born in beijing, spent part of her childhood in a labour camp, where her parents were sent for rehabilitation during the cultural revolution. diane is a novelist and a commentator on china. john fisher burns, a pullitzer prize winner, was chief international correspondent at the new york times. david aaronovitch is a columnist with the times here in the uk. bronwen maddox, a former newspaper foreign editor, now runs the research body the institute for government. welcome to all of you,

by 2027 didcot in my constituency _ colleagues. surgery. does my right honourable friend agree that where we build new houses we have to build new infrastructure, so that people can still access the services they need to. , ., . ., , , still access the services they need to. ,., , ,~~/ to. yes, of course my honourable friend is right, _ to. yes, of course my honourable friend is right, mr— to. yes, of course my honourable friend is right, mr speaker, i to. yes, of course my honourable friend is right, mr speaker, and l friend is right, mr speaker, and thatis friend is right, mr speaker, and that is why we are making record investment in the nhs and in schools and roads as we can, mr speaker, thanks to the strong growth in our economy and i will make sure that he gets a meeting with the relevant minister to address his immediate concerns. we now come to the leader of the opposition keir starmer. can i 'oin with of the opposition keir starmer. can ijoin with the comments of the prime minister in relation to richard shepherd. we all w

quite a contrast to just a couple of mornings ago in didcot, 0xfordshire, where temperatures fell asake a look at 0xfordshire this morning. what a difference. beautiful start despite the cloudy skies, quite quiet out there. we're still under this influence of high pressure at the moment but a subtle change in wind direction has brought this marked change to the feel of the weather. we've got this milder air source driving in quite a lot of cloud off the atlantic, so it's a grey, cloudy start and the cloud of thick enough in one or two spots perhaps for a touch of drizzle. but there will be some breaks in the cloud, favoured spots eastern scotland, maybe across parts of wales and south—west england through the latter stages of the afternoon. and those temperatures not bad really for this time of year, peaking perhaps at 13, may be 1a degrees if the sunshine continues in parts of aberdeenshire. 0vernight tonight here we may well keep the clear skies with temperatures falling away but elsewhere a blanket of cloud keeps things frost—free once again. but that does mean for most of us anot

could buy a ticket and they will say thank you, that's £112, but if you say you would like to get to didcot two tickets for your journey rather than one, then you will save £35, so one third of the cost of the trip. perfectly legal as you say, so long as the train stops at the place that you spot the and what are seeing today is the whole thing moving from the niche, lots of us thing moving from the niche, lots of us have got used to the various points, to a company through which millions of people buy tickets saying we're going to give you the best deal, and that might involve one of these crafty ticket splitting... that sounds good for customers but not so good for the rail companies? most certainly. let me give you another example, if i may. if you walk up to the ticket office in perth in central scotland and say you want to go to swansea, they will say thank you, that's £235. but if you are going on to one of the many ticket splitting websites, or on train line, they could split it into seven or eight separate sections, and you can still get on the same trains, still have a degree of fl

at 4: new conservative mp david johnston tells us why didcot is so special.. laughter at 3: "we can't hear you!" brexit party mep claire fox has her microphone cut when her speaking time is up. you seem to want to create... madame, no—one can hear you, but you are free to continue talking to yourself. at 2: shadow culture secretary — and former soap actress — tracy brabin hops to the despatch box. thank you, mr speaker. nobody say "break a leg," please. and at 1: lord forsyth reminds lord mann of his interesting views on the house of lords. he is on record as saying that this place is a care home for failed politicians. selina seth reporting. many of the new mps first elected at last month's general election have made their first — or maiden — speeches in the commons. by tradition, these are non—controversial and include a tribute to the mp's predecessor, even if they came from a different political party. mark fletcher is a conservative whose victory in derbyshire ended the parliamentary career of labour's dennis skinner, who was widely known as the beast of

the workers, including warehouse staff and hgv drivers, are based at sites in antrim, belfast, didcota 4% pay rise, which unite said amounted to a "real terms pay cut" because of inflation. tesco maintains the deal is fair. a british teenager who survived a crocodile attack in zambia says she is "very, very lucky" to be alive. 18—year—old amelie osborn—smith was white—water rafting on holiday when the crocodile clamped onto her leg and tried to drag her under the water. she's now recovering in hospital. louisa pilbeam has the story. amelie osborn—smith was on a gap year trip of a lifetime in zambia. but in the waters near victoria falls, the 18—year—old was attacked by a crocodile. she suffered such serious injuries to her leg, she feared she'd never walk again. when the accident happened i fully accepted the fact that i was going to lose my foot. and i accepted that and i said to all my friends, it's fine, i've lost my foot, i'm still alive. and then i was told that my foot�*s going to be fine and that i was going to be able to walk again, and it is such a relief. the accident happen

and tim peakejoins me now, live from the rutherford appleton laboratory in didcot.rnoon, thank you, great to be talking to you. not eve ryo ne you, great to be talking to you. not everyone can do what you have done, not everyone can be an astronaut by any means, but i suppose your point is there are lots of associated jobs within your world that require expertise in science, maths, technology and so on? absolutely, yes, and that is the point, really. spaceis yes, and that is the point, really. space is a great form for inspiration and the careers of the future are going to be so diverse, but what's going to underpin everything i believe is having a basis in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, so if we can inspire our younger generations to embrace those subjects we are empowering them for the future and giving them skills for life, whatever direction they want to go off into. what are you saying on a practical level? i remember you chatting to link ups with schoolchildren, what would you to say to someone watching you right now about what they could be do

there's been more flooding in didcot in 0xfordshire here on monday, more flood warnings in force as weseeing the heaviest of the downpours. but that low has now pulled out into the north sea. still strong, gusty winds for these north sea—facing coasts, some more rain gradually sinking further southwards and eastwards across central—southern england. but some clear skies out towards the north and the west, so, here, a locally chilly start to the day on tuesday. now, on tuesday, that low is still bringing some more cloud and some rainjust swirling around it. some of that rain could push a little further westwards at times, it will be lighter than on monday, of course, and we've still got that brisk north—easterly wind across coastal areas of yorkshire, lincolnshire and down through northern areas of norfolk too. the best of the sunshine out towards the west, for much of scotland, into northern ireland, western wales and south—west england. and here, we could see temperatures rise to around 16 or 17 celsius. and then on wednesday, well, high pressure starts to edge down from the north, so

big spending billericay town of the isthmian premier league have won their latest match 5—0 beating didcotine pennant lined up for billericay in the victory. jake robinson scored two of theirfive goals. steel magnate glenn tamplin has transformed the essex club into one of non—league's most powerful outfits — and they are now odds on favourite to win the isthmian premier league this year. arsenal and england defender alex scott has announced her retirement from international football. the 32—year—old ends her career after 140 caps, making her the second most—capped player in england history. scott has played in three world cups and four european championships — including this summer's euro 2017 tournament. a difficult decision for alex scott. football has been my life, it's given me so much. and i always said that the day that i don't feel i can give it 100% any more, that's the day i have to walk away. there's no way i could commit to another two years. i think i'd sacrificed so much, i've missed so much time with my family and i think it's just important for me that i need to give it bac

on a visit to didcot this morning, the chancellor wouldn't be drawn on the budget�*s impact but admittedis the number—one mission of this government, to turn around the poor performance of the last decade or so. am i satisfied with the numbers published today? of course not. i want growth to be stronger, to come sooner, and also to be felt by families right across the country. but at this paint—spraying business in birmingham, they are wary of the impact of her forthcoming tax rises, intended to fund her plans for growth. we employ nearly 200 people here, so there's £200,000 that isn't helping the industry or anything, it'sjust going straight to the government. so, it doesn't exactly help us, encourage us to employ more people. it's a tax on employing people, so it's a tax on growth, rather than trying to encourage growth, as we see it. his higher taxes are intended to fund better public services and help growth, but it may mean a more patchy output for the businesses and households we rely on to drive prosperity, which could be a challenge to the government's ambitions to get uk growth

that was the case in the english town of didcot where three famous towers used to produce electricitynd some residents were cut off around an hour.. you can find more on the stories on the website whenever you want to. you can also download the news app and reach me on social media. thank you for watching. hello, again. showers have been a really widespread today, particularly across the northern half of the uk. and of course, with the showers, we get rainbows, like these. this was spotted earlier on in the day in rossendale in lancashire, thanks to beverly for sending us that. the radar picture shows the extent of the recent showers then, you can see, absolutly caked in showers. scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales. it will be one of those days where most places will have seen downpour after downpour today. southward, showers will continue to keep going as wll overnight, driven on by the brisk, westerly winds. just some slightly bigger gaps between the showers, the further south that you are. temperatures overnight between around 10—13 celsius. it's going to b