elaine dunkley, bbc news.ews — giant in the sky: the jumbo jet at 50. 50 years ago, mankind dared to dream. space, speed and size. apollo, concorde and, in 1968, the jumbo jet. file: the first giant 747 is presented to the world. people thought that an aeroplane this big just wouldn't fly. over 400 seats — nearly three times existing airliners‘. they bet the company on this airplane. pilots called her ‘the queen of the skies‘. if you're flying a 747, you're flying every pilot's dream. a symbol of power. beast of burden, and she's carried 5 billion of us across the planet. its economy made it possible for everyone to fly. all: cheers! a 50—year reign, now sadness as passengers and airlines bid a fond farewell. i'm going to miss you, girl. we are so sad to see her leave. from its birth to the desert graveyard, cradle to grave, this is the story of the 747. the very last 747 to fly passengers for an american carrier parked up in the boneyard this year. this is where the whales come to rest when they're done with

elaine dunkley, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show.on this week's programme, london's are vanishing landmarks. coming up on this week's programme, london's are vanishing landmarksm is something you have to see, because there are not that many any more. tastes of turkey. roaming without the bills. looking good! and cat learns the secrets of horse whispering. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the heart of central london. this place is known around the world for its red buses, read postboxes and these guys, the humble london red phone box. at time could soon be up for these iconic though now fairly little used landmarks of street life in the capital. the red phone box is synonymous with london. when they we re synonymous with london. when they were first introduced in the 1920s they gave many poorer londoners access to a telephone for the very first time, and after countless appearances in films, tv shows and movies studios, they became something of a nikon both here and around the world. you come to lond

elaine dunkley, bbc news.lgaria — fighting alongside germany — asked for a ceasefire, bringing to an end a conflict that cost the lives of thousands of british soldiers. and a british woman, flora sandez, played a remarkable role in the campaign. our special correspondent allan little reports from the so—called forgotten front. the gravestones have been maintained and repaired for a century now. privatejohn fulton, 30—years—old, died 100 years ago almost to the day, but few visit this place. almost no one remembers why so many fought and died here. it is one of the forgotten fronts of the great war. more than half a million allied troops came to northern greece, to try to defend serbia. but by the time they got here, the bulgarians, allied with germany, were digging in and these mountaintops tops the north, with the british on the plain below, laid out like a map beneath their feet — sitting targets. the british called this mountaintops the devil's eye — climb it today and you'll see why. three times they trie

elaine dunkley, bbc news. after all the hype, it's finally under way.s, and rory mcilory, against the americans, and tiger woods. the united states currently holds the trophy, but they've not won on european soil for 25 years. from le golf nationale paris, andy swiss reports. even before sunrise, they gathered in their thousands. a peaceful parisian morning about to get noisy. rhythmic clapping. europe were soon cranking up the volume, the team and their fans united in decibels. but the us were also in bullish mood, so when the first pairs finally emerged, justin rose and jon rahm for europe, the anticipation was deafening. cheering. at first, though, the hosts couldn't live up to it. rose and rahm's hopes came to a watery end on the final hole, as the us won the first three matches. the bookies favourite in ominous form. cheering. commentator: superb! butjust when europe needed something to cheer, step forward tommy fleetwood. raucous cheering. his victory, alongside francesco molinari, was the inspiration they needed, and come the afternoon, what a tu

our education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. you missed there? to come up with imaginative ways to save money. to save money over a weekend, because we just needed the money. there is no getting away from the difficult issue of funding.

elaine dunkley, bbc news.being heard in leeds this week during the build—up to what's regarded as the uk's most prestigious piano competition. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been in the city to speak to members of the public who've been tempted to tinkle the ivories. pianos have been popping up in precincts and places all round leeds. the reason? to celebrate the leeds international piano competition. the steps of the town hall have been turned into a giant keyboard. ifeel like tom hanks in big. the leeds international piano competition has been taking place every three years since the start of the ‘60s. it's a truly global event to find the best young pianist in the world, with finalists this year from as far as china, russia and the usa. and the judges — who are concert pianists themselves — have been giving impromptu performances in the centre of the city, in what's been dubbed the world's smallest concert hall. this is great. yeah, it's noisy but i don't care. it doesn't matter, music w

ahead of world afro day tomorrow, our reporter elaine dunkley has been to meet its founder. little bit about world afro day. at this primary school in south london, an important lesson about inclusion and acceptance. world afro day was really inspired by my daughter, who was really positive in celebrating her hair. she was singing one day and i thought, "i really want every little black girl or every little child with afro hair to feel that great". the other reason was, there was a lot of the negative dialogue all around the world. you always have to believe in yourself to know that your hair is unique. not all schools are as encouraging as this one when it comes to appearance. black children have been sent home for having their hair in locks, twists and afro. these conversations are about awareness. it's just special for the black people who are not accepted for who they are, especially when they are wearing dreadlocks, braids. every hair should be noticed because it's all unique. if people say they don't like your hair, you look ugly, don't listen to them. the politics of

ahead of world afro day tomorrow, our reporter elaine dunkley has been to meet its founder. world afro day is about embracing natural beauty. and it's much more than that. it's about heritage, history, identity and being proud of your roots.- six this morning, we are into an extremely special treat because we are learning a little bit about world afro day. at this primary school in south london, an important lesson about inclusion and acceptance. world afro day was really inspired by my daughter who is really positive in celebrating her house. she was singing one day andi her house. she was singing one day and i thought, i really want every little black girl child with afro hairto little black girl child with afro hair to feel great and the other reason was, the negative dialogue the world. you always have to believe in yourself to know your hair is unique. not all schools are as encouraging as this one. black children have been sent home to having their hair in locks, twists and afro. these conversations about awareness. it's just special for the black people who are not ac

elaine dunkley, bbc news.d says that standing by its decision. michael buchanan looks at this. on monday public health england launched its campaign to get able to drink less, stay dry for two days a week at least and that message has been broadly welcomed. the problem is that they've decided to promote that message with this charity drink aware of which gets most of its funding from the drinks industry, that tie—up led to the alcohol advice of the government resigning and night on 50 other public health experts have written to public health england say you shouldn't be doing this at all, the argument is this, it damages the credibility of public health england and many funders of this charity are working to undermine the message public health england is trying to get across, that people should drink less. i think it's burt is a public health england have been taken aback by the ferocity of the opposition, and they said they're trying to work ina new and they said they're trying to work in a new way, hoping to

let's speak to our education correspondent elaine dunkley, who is at the protest in central london forrning that current budgets are unsustainable and it's current budgets are unsustainable and its leading to a lack of resources , and its leading to a lack of resources, a shortage in staff, at a time when education is struggling to recruit and retain staff. they're also talked about things like not being able to provide choice on the curriculum. i'm joined by being able to provide choice on the curriculum. i'mjoined bya secondary head teacher. we're used to head teachers being in assemblies, not an protest. what are theissues assemblies, not an protest. what are the issues you're concerned with?m isa the issues you're concerned with?m is a lack of total funding. budgets have been strapped for seven years, i have a school of 1700 students, my school has increased by 250 students over the last ten years. my starving hasn't increased. i think that tells you that really any increase in the educational budget are being gobbled up educational budget are being gobbled up by educational budget