will see the duke of edinburgh, but his last public engagement7m will see the duke of edinburgh, butement? it is his last public engagement? it is his last public solo engagement, i think, i'm sure he will be on duty with her majesty when it's appropriate and until that time, i think, that the team windsor the men in the family, the sons and the grandsons will support our monarch as long as she wants it to continue. we don't think he will be putting his feet up? i doubt that very much. robertjohnson, thank you very much indeed, from a rather damp buckingham palace back to you in the studio. sarah campbell, thank you very much. to the tune of he's a jolly good fellow the duke of edinburgh takes up retirement. we will have more from buckingham palace later on. highly we have on air emergency services in northern ireland have been respond to go a major incident in the mourne mountains were army cadets have got into difficulties in bad weather. 16 of the cadets who are aged between 12 of the cadets who are aged between i2 and i7 of the cadets who are aged between i2 and 17 are thought to

and charlie's in edinburgh welcome to the edinburgh festival. for 70 years people have been flocking to this amazing city. in the distance it's a little cloudy, but magnificent nonetheless. we've got acrobats, performers, singers, comedians, warming up now. they are already in action this morning. we've got a mini festival right here on breakfast. thanks. good morning. first, our main story. sir mo farah and the fastest man on the planet, usain bolt, will be in action this evening on the first day of the world athletics championships in london. it will be the last time both athletes compete in a major competition. a record 650,000 tickets have been sold for the ten day event. 0ur sports news correspondent, andy swiss, has more. five years on from london 2012, they are back. the world's top athletes chasing global glory, including britain's best. tonight mo farah could once again light of the stadium as he goes on the 10,000 metres in his last major championships. the emotion comes pouring out! it's a once—in—a—lifetime to have the olympics at yo

the duke of edinburgh is set for his final official royal engagement before retirement. the 96—year—old has been a familiar feature of national life since 1910. he'll be given a royal salute by members of the royal marines at buckingham palace. now it's time for world business report. apple takes yet another giant bite out of its competition, making a profit of over $11 billion in the third quarter of the year. up up and away, us shares hit a record high for a fifth day in a row. we tell you what's driving the astonishing growth. welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. also in the programme: we'll be live in china for the latest on a possible trade war with the us. let's start with the world's most valuable company. apple has published its latest set of results and they show revenue growing to $16.1 billion for the three months tojuly. that combined with a prediction that it will bring in as much as $52 billion in the next quarter saw shares rise by up to 6% in after—hours trade to hit a record high. apple made a pre—tax profit of $11.3 billion in the three

the duke of edinburgh will make his final solo appearance on royal duty later today.s 96, is to attend a parade by the royal marines at buckingham palace. he announced in may he would be retiring from official functions after supporting the queen for more than 65 years. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. he has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of national life ever since his marriage to the then princess elizabeth in november 19 47. and although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes got him into trouble few can criticise his devotion to royal duty, most often in support of the queen and also insert pursuit of his own programme with issues like the environment and the development of the awards programme for dunbeg which he created and which is named after him. but this afternoon it will come to an end. the duke, 96 in june, will attend his last solo engagement, a parade by the royal marines on the forecourt of buckingham palace. it is not a com plete buckingham palace. it is not a complete retirement from public life.

from edinburgh, saying that theirfemale panda, tian news coming from edinburgh, saying that their femaleed. edinburgh zoo are issuing something of a health warning with the announcement. a spokeswoman said the panda breeding season can last until september and that tian tian was being closely monitored. she has been pregnant by means of artificial insemination several times before but has never given birth to a live cub. if it does go through, it will be the first panda cub born in this country in captivity. those are library pictures. now let‘s get the weather forecast. lucy? good evening. bright whether the further south and east you are. low pressure in the north—west. that is bringing some outbreaks of rain as we move through the next few days. it is edging its way towards the south—east, with drier, brighter weather always further south and east you are. we have seen some showers around this morning. some lovely rainbow sent in by a weather watcher in antrim. also, some bright intervals as well. this photograph sentin intervals as well. this photograph sent in by our weather watcher

the last public engagement for the duke of edinburgh.ing public life again, but it just means not be entering public life again, but itjust means that the engagements that would normally be pa rt engagements that would normally be part of the public diary, he is not beholding to that, so he can pick and choose more, the last public engagement, but certainly not the last public outing for the duke of edinburgh. sarah campbell, thank you very much. a man has been arrested at southend airport. the man has been taken to a south london police station where he remains in police custody. the the chair 0ur our home affairs correspondent, dan crisis shaw reports. troubling times for jails crisis shaw reports. troubling times forjails in england and wales. this was the scene outside the mount prison in hertfordshire this week as a team of prison officers prepare to deal with a disturbance. they are known as tornado units, specially trained and equipped to restore order when prisoners take control. the problems add up to a crisis, caused by a toxic

also: after 65 years of royal service the duke of edinburgh will retire today after a service for the marines at buckingham palace. neymar looks set to the most expensive footballer in the world. he is considering a move from barcelona to paris st germain. andy ‘sjulian bowlers channelling —— australian bowlers chanbeling beyonce. good morning. it's wednesday, 2nd august. welcome to bbc newsroom live recent unrest in english and welsh jails is causing "grave concern", according to the prison governors association. in an open letter, the president of the organisation said governors were facing "unacceptable stress". the letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment in hertfordshire. mark lobel reports. there have been days of disorder at prisons in wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. this past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of prison officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. now the president of pri

edinburgh stages conference first international music and drama fest. the big flag streets of scott. though have come. but your house. ebay young we had very little money it it was critical sold out and i mean but we didn't mind standing at the back of it. orchestras from many countries from europe or even from a medicare came within a chest kept the fus. all of a sudden there was life there was a. ernie kindling off of life of art can music but people ready to thomond people determined to to. lead a better life. and if it did work it did because all japanese lawsuit if if my scuba determined. that it should change and should be better than me. this iconic figure. kathleen ferrier who became an international star in a very short time but is fantastic. and once having case that of course. there was no stopping us weibo hooked from that moment on. i soldati mula and jonathan miller and michael peeling. and all i mean if it's absolutely outstanding. you may only knew these people target beat me. every now and again on television but here they bear. there y

jeremy corbyn was in the spotlight in edinburgh today talking about brexit.nes, some of his own mps want him to go further and commit to permanent single market membership. what people would now like to see, building on this important step forward, is for the labour party to commit to single membership and customs union after the transition period after the uk has left the european union. but some labour mps who backed brexit don't want to see the leader moving further in that direction. jeremy is on a journey. i have not been on a journey. so i think people can keep the faith with those of us, labour mps who campaigned to come out, and to know we're not doing any ratting or u—turning or anything else. it's a difficult balancing act, appealing to both remain and leave voters. jeremy corbyn did it at the last election, but that may be difficult to repeat as he clarifies his position on brexit. a second man has been arrested by police investigating friday's attack outside buckingham palace, when three police officers were injured. detectives say they've detaine

it's had its premiere at this year's edinburgh fringe festival, where it's received 5—star reviews.am is played by adam himself. he hopes that the play will inspire others like him to speak out. i had my inspirations from people on youtube, showing the me the before and after, and that really gives me hope. he did it, he did it, he did it, why can't i? really hope that i give the light to somebody else. a fascinating young man there. don't forget, you can get in touch with me. it is time for all of us what news in sport today. —— all of the sport news. hello, i'm steven wyeth. live from the bbc sport centre, this is sport today. coming up: reaction to the champions league draw, including a tough start to their defence for real madrid. unfinished business: zlatan ibrahimovic agrees to rejoin manchester united. and bowing out with a victory: four—time olympic champion mo farah wins his final race on the track. welcome to programme. the elite of european football now know who they'll face in the group stage of the champions league. they don't come much bigger than holders real madrid,

rising out of the waters of the forth, the queensferry crossing linking edinburgh and fife.g the light of the landscape below. 15,000 people worked on this huge construction project. the bridge came in under budget but delayed. it was not without its difficulties with those involved in its build. the big challenge was the weather for a start. this is a perfect day but some days you cannot walk on the deck. you have to clear the deck because the wind is so bad. you have got to come down from there. then you have the horizontal rain that goes with it. it has been quite wild. it has taken six years for this structure to take its final shape. it is britain's highest bridge. the most visible part of a complicated engineering process. the nature of this bridge is such that there are nojoints in it. that means the amount of maintenance required is reduced. the other thing is the shape of the bridge. it is to reduce the surface area. this mean a limited amount of painting for the future. we want to make it weather proof and hence these wind shields behind us. when this bridge opens

some lovely memories of the edinburgh international festival. the week thus far has been a mix of sunny spells and showers and we are going to do it all again doing the course of friday. first up, not a cold start. temperatures for many into the teens. away from the centre of that area of low pressure, that has been a feature that has driven our weather for a good few days. way down towards the south—eastern quarter, there is a dry and bright enough start. closer to the heart of that low pressure. around the showers, they will have a tendency to merge across areas north of the central belt. coming further south into the north—west of england and northern wales, showers from the word go. the east, east midlands, east anglia and the south—east, more showers and some showers into the northern half. not so much in comparison to thursday but i put the winds on there because the breeze will be noticeable. the showers are quite happy come the afternoon. the persistent rain will have broken up into a weak crop of showers over the north—east of scotland.

let‘s had to edinburgh.has been pregnant several times before , but has never given birth to a live cub. 0ur correspondentjames shaw is in edinburgh this is difficult to predict what‘s going on? the difficulty is they tend not to know for sure if a female panda is pregnant. artificial insemination has happened and there are other signs to suggest there is are other signs to suggest there is a viable pregnancy at the moment. co nsulta nt a viable pregnancy at the moment. consultant records, we have covered this story many times in the path back to 2011 when the pandas arrived in edinburgh. i think she has been pregnant for times in the past and has not given birth to a live cup. of course, they have two be hopeful at the zoo, and the fans of the panda have to be hopeful as well. but there are no guarantees. my knowledge of pandas is limited apart from the images here, but one imagines given the delicacies you outlined there, she is being watched night and a? i think that is true. in the past, we have found ou

adam's story being told in edinburgh.kshire. teams of celebrities, coached by the bbc‘s cricket correspondent jonathan agnew and the former england batsman geoffrey boycott, were playing at the university of leeds. 0ur media correspondent amol rajan was there, to reflect on a sporting institution. it's the sound of the english summer and this year it turns 60. he bowls to weekes, and weekes throws his bat at the ball wide outside his offstump. he's gone! he got there in the slips! because i've got a mouthful of cake. you have, you're spitting all into the microphone, too. for over six decades, test match special has marked the fluctuating fortunes of england's cricketers both at home and abroad. and in 1991 it delivered perhaps the most famous episode of cricketing commentary ever when brian johnston and jonathan agnew caught the giggles. part of his thigh must have just removed the bails. hejust didn't quite get his leg over. hita fourover the wicketkeeper's... he laughs aggers, for goodness' sake, stop it! hita fourover

music of the incomparable nina simone in a theatre production of buying audiences from london to the edinburgh festival plus a good day to bury bad news what stories are full of through the cracks in this week's buried news coming up a days going underground but first while the british press continues to decode last week's princess diana revelations coverage of tomorrow's presidential and parliamentary elections in the u.k. former colony of kenya where diana's mother in law found out she was elizabeth the second a more nuanced than say coverage of a referendum in venezuela now at first sight it could pass for a clip from the program but if you look very carefully you will notice that there is a naughty boy difference the voice used in that report does not belong to any of our reporters because maybe if it was one of their reporters in africa they'd be saying things like this welcome from a broken eastern libya well we know that coalition military planners are carrying out what they call bomb damage assessment just to check on exactly what level of destruction they have corsica. air defenses an

at the age of 96, the duke of edinburgh undergoing his final official engagement.last public engagement, in the forecourt of buckingham palace. this is the captain general‘s parade committee is the captain general of the royal marines and has been for 6a years. with me is the royal editor of the evening standard, robertjohnston. not dressed in uniform but in a bowler hat! appropriate in a raincoat and bowler hat because he will be taking the salute from the royal marines that i think he is the only one properly attired because it is chucking it down! he is talking to two royal marines, this is all pa rt to two royal marines, this is all part of the 166a global challenge but the group which raises funds and awareness for the royal marines charity and for the last few months they have been running 16.6a miles every day for 100 days and i think the people he is talking to are those who have completed the challenge. 166a is an important date, the date in which the woman in court was founded. the one thing about the royal marine core unlike any other military regiment i

now, edinburgh is the place to be at this time of year.er way for their 70th year. actors, musicians and comedians from more than 40 countries will be performing there over the next three and a half weeks. our correspondent james shaw is there: lucky man! hello. hello, it is a rather moist edinburgh fringe that we are reporting from here. i am standing underneath a large umbrella because it is pretty wet out there. you will probably get a sense that it is also very lively. the festival spirit is already up was that we are actually just next to the june spirit is already up was that we are actuallyjust next to thejune ten so actuallyjust next to thejune ten so you may hear some laughing and cheering later on during the live section. as you say it is a huge festival, 3000 performances over the course of a month, 300 different groups taking part in it, the 70th anniversary, starting back in 1947, anniversary, starting back in 1947, a sort of response to the gloom after the second world war, the idea being to lift the human spirit with this fe

dubbed edinburgh's "homeless village", the joint charity and council project will see 20 people housed in portable properties for up to 18 months. it is quite spacious, we have a wee living room area, a week kitchen area, and a couple of bedrooms. —— wee. and the high court in belfast will issue a landmark ruling today on whether the current ban on same—sex marriage in northern ireland should be overturned. northern ireland is the only part of the uk where same—sex couples are restricted to civil partnerships rather than marriages. we talk to the couples who have mounted the legal challenge. welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning. obviously a level results don'tjust affect the students, it's a big day for parents and carers too, so do get in touch if you've been caught up in the stresses of results day too. we love this, from paris, mother, what were your results, the important thing is, i am what were your results, the important thing is, iam healthy what were your results, the important thing is, i am healthy and alive... you can get in touch on that and any of th

unconditional offers from edinburgh have trebled from 2012.ose targets. exactly! for birmingham the rate has doubled a p pa re ntly birmingham the rate has doubled apparently and it raises concerns about standards. there have always been unconditional offers and about to some, if you have particularly impressed them. and it it's a different system in scotland because you are a bit younger and you have another year to do your hires. i have to say that this is another story about universities that is negative that we have had over the past few weeks and we have had a lot of discussion about university pay particularly. you know, students are i'iow particularly. you know, students are now having to pay £9,000 a year in tuition fees. if you wonder where it is going, it is going to pay vice chancellors who are earning £450,000 a year. the bath university vice chancellor, there were some information that yesterday, some details about pay, where there is hundreds of university staff earning more than £200,000 a year and some are earning over £800,000

the duke of edinburgh will take part in his final official public engagement later.s also going to be windy. low pressure driving the weather, you can see the range coming in with it. moving in from the south—east. isobars squeezing from the south—east. isobars squeezing across from the south—east. isobars squeezing across the south—west, we have got later on. rain cladding in across the channel islands, south—west england, heading into northern ireland. the heaviest rain in the and southern counties of england and south wales. as this moves north—east, starting to fragment. a fair bit of cloud ahead of it, and some showers. north—west england, a bright start to the day. 0ne england, a bright start to the day. one to showers. some rain crossing northern ireland, a cool start across the highlands. temperatures currently six degrees. sunshine, temperatures picking up quickly. across north—east england, more cloud. a bright start with some sunny intervals. the odd shower at this stage in the day. through the morning, watch how this way rain continues to drift. moving no

and is the duke of edinburgh setting the tone for us all by not retiring until the age of 96?guests, not quite 96, any of us. brian o'connell, the irish writer and broadcaster. the algerian journalist, nabila ramdani, and michael goldfarb. a very warm welcome to all of you. so the brexit negotiations are on hold for the summer holidays. no more talks for the next few weeks. that hasn't stopped the new irish prime minister from making his opinions known. he made a speech this week, calling for unique solutions to preserve the relationship between the uk and the eu after britain leaves. brian, you're not long back from dublin. just how worried was the administration? it is a distinct change of tone from enda kenny's time. leo varadker has decided, probably correctly, to distance himself from the uk. enda kenny, at the beginning of when the referendum was held, enda kenny has said to the other eu members, "we are very close to britain, we can help britain through this." now you get leo varadker, who is saying, in fact, "well, britain better get on with it, the border. they have t

the edinburgh fringe festival today and tomorrow should stay largely dry.eather continuing to sink its way very slowly. mainly clear by the first part of tomorrow morning. tomorrow, a chilly note for some, especially in the countryside. temperatures down to four or five or six celsius. a chilly start tomorrow if you are out early. a promising day due to this area of high pressure. for the vast majority, looking fine. sunshine and cloud bubbling up as we get into the afternoon. rain should clear in the morning. patchy rain in north of scotland. light winds and 17 to 22 celsius. nothing to write home about. a change on friday. we see a fresh batch of rain. some of that will be heavy. gales to the far north—west for a time. that may not bode well for the weekend, you think? it may be all right and high—pressure. largely dry weather through the weekend and some spells of sunshine. if you have the rain, stick with it because there are some improvements over the next coming days. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 2pm. the us defends do

it's had its premiere at this year's edinburgh fringe festival, where it's received 5—star reviews.l adam is played by adam himself. he hopes that the play will inspire others like him to speak out. i had my inspirations from people on youtube, showing the me the before and after, and that really gives me hope. he did it, he did it, he did it, why can't i? really hope that i give the light to somebody else. here in the uk, the keepers at london zoo have begun their annual weigh—in. that's a weigh—in for the animals, not the keepers. it's done to check the health of all the zoo's inhabitants. the results are recorded on a database that's shared with other zoos around the world. the bbc‘s tim allman reports on all creatures great and small. when you are weighing someone, this is not the sort of thing that usually happens. the squirrel monkeys of london zoo, a little reluctant to co—operate. every year, around 200 animals get put on the scales. these baby penguins, a little more docile, but not all the zoo's inhabitants are willing to play ball. some are definitely less cooperative and

the 70th edinburgh international festival gets under way later.he human spirit", the arts and culture extravaganza is now the largest in the world. as thousands of performers prepare to fill hundreds of venues once again, we meet the couple who've been there since the beginning. this is ingrid and henry wuga's story. may, 1939, i came by kinder transport, a traumaticjourney by train from germany through holland, and eventually we landed in great britain. the child refugees from germany... i'm 90...i think i'm 92. 93. lam not 93, am i? you are, dear. we were all interested in music. when music was going on, we said, can we possibly go? can we afford to go? to the first music and drama festival in scotland's capital come 120,000 visitors. we were young, we had very little money. it was pretty well sold out. but we didn't mind standing up the back. orchestras from many countries, from europe, even america within the first couple of years. all of a sudden there was life, there was a rekindling of life, art and music. but people were determined. people

there will be spells of sunshine including for the edinburgh fringe but some showers as well.et into a band of translation: pics of rain from the south—west. all the way up to east anglia. as ba g u ette all the way up to east anglia. as baguette into the latter part of the afternoon some of these bursts of rain turn quite heavy. by showing its hands which could lift temperatures to 2122 degrees. during this evening this band of cloud really doesn't move very far. we could see the odd thunderstorm breaking up close to east anglia, maybe lincolnshire that in the night. watch the north—west with some clear spells it is going to be a decidedly chilly night. unusually chilly for august particularly if you're ina chilly for august particularly if you're in a sheltered spot in scotla nd you're in a sheltered spot in scotland were temperatures could get as low as 12 degrees. tomorrow's weather chart looks like a bit of a mess. still a weather front across central areas of the country. some outbreaks of rain here. this area of low pressure trying to roll its way in from the south—east

of class and race me to the searing indictment of bigotry in britain and america this week at the edinburgh fringe the modest arts festival in the world and from golden globe winning actor bryan cranston visiting an area base in the u.k. to michael gove's speedboat mission to improve and quality all in this week's barry news golan cipel coming up about two of going underground. it seems wrong. to me. just to shape our lives just. to add to it and indeed it was betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. you know my point i wanted to. ask but i. got. so i know you're not. you're not just i mean. i'm already but i was. i mean. if it up as what i might be i mean i just don't get it i'm getting worse but those were the oh. my god if i see. but they're already. in the thought of getting out they're calling . my. welcome back. national international sports and weather from the week's news and that's very news as we get details of the previously classified cia memo outlining plans from the usa to infiltrate journalism schools to target media workers who

rising out of the waters of the forth, the queensferry crossing linking edinburgh and fife. design means it should stay open to traffic no matter how strong the winds get during the often bad winter weather. it's a very technical bridge and a lot of the technical aspects are invisible, you can't see them. the foundations, for example, are probably the most dramatic and the most difficult to achieve on the whole project and i think people don't see that. they do see the magnificence of quite a beautiful bridge. the narrow crossing has a striking cantilever design, which catches the light while the bridge soars above the landscape below. it is the tallest bridge in the uk, as well as the longest of its type in the world. 15,000 people have been involved in this huge construction project. last—minute work is continuing to get the motorway crossing ready for traffic which in just a few days' time will start using this, the third bridge on this part of the forth. lorna gordon, bbc news, at the queensferry crossing. lets get the weather forecast now. this is a picture from cornwal

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she's performing her show cliff notes at the edinburgh fringe.w. what was your joke? myjoke was as a vegan, i think people who sell meat are disgusting, but, apparently, people who sell fruit and veg are grocer. when did you come up with that? last month i was walking down to my flat andi month i was walking down to my flat and i walked past a lot of fruit and veg stalls and i had an epiphany. what did you think of the one that won? can's joke is good, and at the time everyone is thinking of a similarthing, time everyone is thinking of a similar thing, but he is very funny, so good for him. i am looking at the list of others. alexei sayle. i have given up asking rhetorical questions. what is the point? they are quite clever. yes, that is the best thing about a one—liner, you feel clever if you have written a good one. do you sit down and try to think of them? i do, sometimes i will sit down with one topic and try to write a lot ofjokes about one topic, and sometimes theyjust come topic, and sometimes theyjust come to you. tim vine, a previous win

after 65 years of official public engagements, the duke of edinburgh has made his final solo appearance braved the rain to attend a parade by the royal marines, of which he's the captain general. now 96, he's the longest serving consort in british history. 0ur correspondent sarah campbell is at buckingham palace for us. good afternoon. on his 90th birthday prince philip said he had done his bit and he would be stepping down finally six years later, it actually happened. earlier this afternoon on a very wet and windy buckingham palace for court he was given three cheers by the royal marines on this, his last solo public engagement. it was a sendoff which one suspects he will have enjoyed. a military parade mounted on the forecourt of buckingham palace by the royal marines. the fighting force which is part of his beloved royal navy and of which he became captain general way back in 1953. back then the duke was in his early 30s. now he is 96 and he has finally accepted it is time to step back. departing with three cheers from the marines and his own memories of seven decades on the public

was at edinburgh with the part about it clock i could absorb the news i was heading with the airport.ly a bad day was when a frenchman recognised me and came up and he scribbled a note any handed it to me and it said, "i would like to apologise on behalf of the french nation. " would like to apologise on behalf of the french nation." because at that time everybody thought the french paparazzi had driven her to her death. i want to talk about her process about the book, u2 never actually met directly during the process ? actually met directly during the process? we met on numerous occasions on royal tours as you know perfectly well, we had a light, bright, trite rapport. but i had been writing numerous books and had got no friend in fergie's circle and's circle. and i didn't realise she was looking for a voice because she was looking for a voice because she felt totally constrained in alive and living a lie. the tape arrived, you put on your headphones and hit the play button and what was your reaction? it was in a working men's club open norsk bracelet and all around me all these guys

after 70 years of official public engagements, the duke of edinburgh made his final solo appearance onving consort in british history. 0ur royal correspondent nick witchell reports. it was the kind of afternoon weather—wise which might have made anyone glad to be retiring. quite apart from the fact that in the duke‘s case he‘s been doing this sort of thing for 70 years. but there he was, on the forecourt of buckingham palace, a man of 96, standing to attention in the pouring rain for the salute he has heard so many times. there were many things to remind him of the past decade. the parade had been mounted by the royal marines, the fighting force which is part of his beloved royal navy. in which he served in world war ii. and in the background was the palace where he has attended so many events, garden parties and the formal dinners, alongside the queen. and where his programme, 22,000 solo engagements, more than 5000 speeches, has been planned. the duke strode across the forecourt, no stick for him and woe betide anyone who might suggest such a thing. and as he went, the crowd outside

before that, the funniestjoke of the edinburgh fringe. i am funniestjoke of the edinburgh fringe.but, then again, i hate all change. if you think you can do better, you can send your offering to be. —— to me. and if we can, on grounds of taste, i will read some of them later. a colleague said to me earlier, where is the best place to hide in hospital? icu. we got there in the end! if you could hear what i could hear! it's no longer on the bbc — but the great british bake off returns to our screens later this month , on channel 4. three quarters of the presenting line up has changed, is it still is good? none of it sounds straightforward. we have to send someone away. you could send noel. i will go now. i will take a hit for the team. entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba had a sneak preview of the new style channel 4 bake off. it looks the same. that is what they are aiming for comet they cough is a special programme for the viewers and they feel it does not belong to the bbc or channel 4, it belongs to the bbc or channel 4, it belongs to the nation. the final has become a natio

one or two showers, a spell of rain for a glasgow and fringing into edinburgh through the afternoon.s northern england. venturing into the lake district in snowdonia, low cloud and drizzle around. for eastern wales across the midlands, east anglia, southern england, long and sunny spells. for some, unbroken sunshine. that allows temperatures to head higher than sunday. across parts of south—east england, 28— 29, even a chance of 30. it could be the warmest bank holiday on record. monday night, this band of cloud and rain across northern england and the midlands by tuesday morning. cool feel behind that across northern ireland, might be into east anglia in south—east england. warm and sunny spells before cloud increasing in east anglia in south—east england. not much rain on this area of cloud, sinking south. to the north, cool and fresh feeling. some sunny spells across wales, northern ireland and scotland. some areas of northern scotland will see showers. they could be heavy. complicated picture on wednesday. low pressure threatening england and wales. on thursday, high—pressure bui

better for cumbria, belfast, glasgow and edinburgh.day. feeling pleasantly warm as well. how are we doing compared to the rest of europe? not too good. 20 degrees in london and paris, we match 0slo. most other major centres are quite a bit warmer than that. moscow at 23. let's have a look at wednesday. that low pressure that was across france, remember, has actually moved to the north. quite an unusual direction for a low pressure system to take, tracking from south to north. usually they go like that, this one's going south to north. we're still closer to the low there, across east anglia and the south—east, so again, downpours in store on wednesday. look at wales. wales, northern england and scotland are in the clear, in for a fine day, but the weather will turn unsettled in other areas and i think some of us will get some rain towards the end of the week. bye— bye. hello. this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. more than a0 maternity units in england closed their doors to new admissions at some point last year. labour

jeremy corbyn was in the spotlight in edinburgh today talking about brexit.wn mps want him to go further and commit to permanent single market membership. what people would now like to see, building on this important step forward, is for the labour party to commit to single membership and customs union after the transition period after the uk has left the european union. but some labour mps who backed brexit don't want to see the leader moving further in that direction. jeremy is on a journey. i have not been on a journey. so i think people can keep the faith with those of us, labour mps who campaigned to come out, and to know we're not doing any ratting or u—turning or anything else. it's a difficult balancing act, appealing to both remain and leave voters. jeremy corbyn did it at the last election, but that may be difficult to repeat as he clarifies his position on brexit. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: liverpool hammer arsenal 4—0 in the english premi

so right from the word go, belfast, glasgow, aberdeen, edinburgh, sunshine to start — temperatures 13rth of england and wales. this is where heavy rain will be, say from birmingham to northampton. maybe nudging into the home counties, and squeezing into the south—west, as well. at this stage, from bournemouth, brighton, into kent and sussex will probably stay dry. heavy rain or showers will get going through the course of the latter part of the morning into the afternoon. a little like tuesday, like yesterday. downpours will be slow—moving as well, raining for a while in many locations. say the home counties, east anglia, maybe london as well. this south—eastern portion of the country and the south—east will see some downpours. this is where the worst of the weather will be. looking further north will be fine. how are we doing compared to the rest of europe? a heatwave across some central and southern and eastern parts of europe, 37 celsius over there in rome. a bit too hot to me. i would rather the 18 in london. high pressure starts to build on thursday. we still have the tail end of

it has won you the title at the edinburgh fringe. what did you think when you got that?eing considered that much. did you put yourself up for it? did you have to campaign? no. i think someone saw my show and put it through. journalists put together the list. how did you come up together the list. how did you come up with the joke? i think it came to me. i don't think there was any process. am i right in thinking that you came up with it some time ago? yes, icame you came up with it some time ago? yes, i came up with it when it was first announced there would be a new pound coin. it is nice i can bring it back nowadays in circulation. that was in 2014. how many times have you told thatjoke? that was in 2014. how many times have you told that joke?” that was in 2014. how many times have you told that joke? i didn't actually tell it on back then. i only introduced it in this show. i expect you'll tell it more times than this? yes. and have you got any other jokes you than this? yes. and have you got any otherjokes you would like to tell us? yes, a knock, knockjoke, do you w

merseyside, up into northern england and southern scotland, so could be a soggy start to the day in edinburghup for a time, though, in northern ireland, and the north of scotland actually getting off to a fairly decent 14 degrees there in inverness. and then, across parts of eastern england, east anglia, the east midlands, down into the south—east, here should be a fine start, good spells of sunshine, temperatures up at around 15 or 16 degrees at 8:00am in the morning. central, southern england in fine shape, and a lot of sunshine across the south—west of england, too. but a few showers even at this early stage, and as we go on through the day, those showers will become quite widespread right across the map. some places will see more showers than others. some places could see shower after shower after shower, perhaps with hail and thunder. other places might well avoid the showers, and stay dry, that most likely down towards the south—east of england. here we'll see the highest temperatures, as well, 23 degrees in london. a much cooler, fresherfeel further north and west. now, as we go on thr

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better for cumbria, belfast, glasgow and edinburgh. feeling pleasantly warm as well. how are we doing compared to the rest of europe? not too good. 20 degrees in london and paris, we match 0slo. most other major centres are quite a bit warmer than that. moscow at 23. let's have a look at wednesday. that low pressure that was across france, remember, has actually moved to the north. quite an unusual direction for a low pressure system to take, tracking from south to north. usually they go like that, this one's going south to north. we're still closer to the low there, across east anglia and the south—east, so again, downpours in store on wednesday. look at wales. wales, northern england and scotland are in the clear, in for a fine day, but the weather will turn unsettled in other areas and i think some of us will get some rain towards the end of the week. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: defiance from north korea. it says new sanctions

so right from the word go, belfast, glasgow, aberdeen, edinburgh, sunshine to start — temperatures 13rning rush. then thicker cloud across the north of england and wales. but this is where heavy rain's going to be, say, from birmingham to, say, northampton. just about maybe nudging into the home counties, and squeezing into the south—west, as well. at this stage, from bournemouth, brighton, into kent and sussex probably staying dry. but the heavy rain or the heavy showers will get going through the course of the i think latter part of the morning into the afternoon. a little like on tuesday, like yesterday. so, downpours around, slow—moving as well, so it'll be raining for a while in any one location, possibly. say, the home counties, east anglia, maybe london as well. this south—eastern portion of the country and the far south—east as well again will get some downpours. this is where the worst of the weather will be. looking further north, absolutely fine. how are we doing compared to the rest of europe? a bit of a heatwave across some central and southern and eastern parts of europe

it is the edinburgh fringe and the winner of one of the comedy awards.lly exhausting that we have got to constantly go back into this well. of the three biggest awards at the edinburgh comedy festival, two won by women, and it is the fourth timea won by women, and it is the fourth time a woman has won best show award. i was watching on the bbc the other night the new comedy awards, also won by a woman. there are cou ntless also won by a woman. there are countless films now, the ghostbusters remake, any number of exa m ples ghostbusters remake, any number of examples that we can finally stop saying men are funnier than women. it is exhausting. i think also she is extremely interesting, hannah. she was highlighted on radio four and it is an anti—comedy show. she was saying that part of the shtick with the show is that comedy can't deal with grief so this is the last stand—up comedy show i am going to do. now she is quoted because she has won the award that he is thinking of not retiring now! she is terrific! hannah gadsby. thank you to both of our guests.

one or two showers, a spell of rain for a glasgow and fringing into edinburgh through the afternoon.ry for the bulk of the day across northern england. venturing into the lake district and snowdonia, low cloud and drizzle around. for eastern wales across the midlands, east anglia, southern england, long and sunny spells. for some, unbroken sunshine. that allows temperatures to head higher than sunday. across parts of south—east england, 28—29, even a chance of 30. it could be the warmest bank holiday on record. monday night, this band of cloud and rain across northern england and the midlands by tuesday morning. cool feel behind that across northern ireland, might be into east anglia in south—east england. warm and sunny spells before cloud increasing in east anglia and south—east england. not much rain on this area of cloud, sinking south. to the north, cool and fresh feeling. some sunny spells across wales, northern ireland and scotland. some areas of northern scotland will see showers. they could be heavy. complicated picture on wednesday. low pressure threatening england and wale

a nice looking day if you are lucky to go to the edinburgh fringe tomorrow.us. in the saturday night we have the high—pressure establishing itself across the british isles. mainly fine and dry conditions. clear spells. the odd missed that. turning chilly. early on sunday morning the temperature could be about 2—4 degrees. a cool start to sunday. but a bright start. it looks like a lovely day. most places will be dry. a little bit more cloud coming from the west later. temperature is still nothing to write home about. 17 in glasgow and belfast. 19 in cardiff. 22 in london. into the start of the new working week, we revert to type. the rain is returning from the west. heavy rain at that. that's across western and central areas in —— and that rain will become slow moving into tuesday. more wet weather to come. into the south—east corner there could be warmth and humidity and the chance that we could see that spawning heavy and thundery downpours on tuesday. sunshine and showers the story for most of us on tuesday. temperatures 60— 20. in the longer term we stick

and the duke of edinburgh. we are seeing more of william and kate.een a shift in the royal family tee we have very little threshold for longevity in the current era. we like to think there is a soap opera going on in the royal family. of course there isn't one. the queen's ancestor, queen victoria, she also had a son who didn't, go to the throne until late in life. we don't know these people. but they are probably laughing a story like this. she is committed to a job, she loves doing it. she looks great. she visited grant holt tower. her aides nowadays —— visited grant holt tower. her aides nowadays — — her visited grant holt tower. her aides nowadays —— her aides nowadays, she is an old lady but she is not as old as it used to be. she has turned it around, not single—handedly, i'm sure. but she has gone through some very dark times one the royal family's future was in doubt. but prince charles, has he turned it around for himself? that is a bigger question. he has always, all through his life, a very active man. he wants to do things, obviously. thi