he has been called the father of the wind industry and freya cole has been to see him. wind.ial to change the world. the question used to be we like it but can we afford it? now the question is how can we afford not to? from a young age danish inventor henrik stiesdal knew that a lot more could be done to use this natural and free source of electricity. henrik created his first wind turbine at the age of 16. in 1991 he opened the world's first offshore wind farm and his design for the modern wind turbine earned the title of the danish concept and that concept has shaped the wind industry for what it is today. and its efficiency, which is henrik‘s biggest motivation. one of the biggest blades that he has helped design is 94 metres long. the blade is one seamless piece of fibreglass with no joins. while the blades have grown in size, the costs are shrinking. according to a new study by the paris—based international energy agency, the costs are set to fall a further 60% by 2040. every time these blades make a full rotation, this turbine generates enough power for the average eur

freya cole reports.up to 144km/h with waves up to 14m high. in a small seaside town in catalonia, a thick foam flooded the streets. it was caused by this — howling winds and a powerful surge from the ocean. local authorities say it's the worst sea storm since 2003. it's claimed several lives, and there are still people missing. one man is feared to have been swept into this canyon on the island of majorca. rescuers are doing all they can to locate his body. translation: in principle, the garda seville and the fire brigade are the only ones who can go into the canyon because the water level is quite dangerous. after four days of relentless rain and wind, a moment of calm has settled across the worst hit areas. it's only now locals can start to assess the widespread destruction. translation: it was tremendous. it destroyed the seafront, and look at the result. the worst thing is the disaster it's caused. this was beautiful. forecasters have tracked seawater 3km inland. it swamped the ebro delta, a vital ec

freya cole, bbc news.it lets have a look at the weather forecast. if you because it lets have a look at the weatherforecast. if you prefer your work winter weather chilly but bright you are having to endure quite a transformation of the last 2a hours because now it is misty and murky. the sunshine has gone. all this cloud across the uk and a bit of rain as you can see topping and tailing the uk. the spell of rain pushing eastwards through this afternoon. not amounting to two much. heavier bursts of rain in scotla nd much. heavier bursts of rain in scotland confined to the north and north—west through the afternoon. any where towards the west along hills will stay down and drizzly. temperatures well up compared with how we side the week. as high as 1a celsius but a very blustery day. the wind will get stronger this afternoon through scotland and northern england. there are wind gusts going into the evening rush hour. a0, 50 miles an hour or may be as high as 70 miles an hour across parts of durham and north

freya cole, bbc news.od evening. how excited are you about these pictures? today has been amazing for some science, actually, so here at the national space centre, we have a lot of visitors coming to the doors, a lot of people chatting online to us, and we have been amazing how many people are asking us about these images and that sort of ten second clip. the highest resolution we have already had. it has sparked global conversations about the sheer complexity of our closest star and the fact that we really don't understand it, so major images like this that will get a glance of what is really going on. we don't quite understand it at the moment, but use these images hope that understanding significantly? we have already known there is convection, for many years, convection going on. the size of texas, twice the size of the uk come of those are convection currents themselves going to the centre of themselves going to the centre of the sun. what we see for the first time is the detail between the cells and

freya cole reports.s caused by this — howling winds and a powerful surge from the ocean. local authorities say it's the worst sea storm since 2003. it's claimed several lives, and there are still people missing. after four days of relentless rain and wind, a moment of calm has settled across the worst hit areas. it's only now locals can start to assess the widespread destruction. translation: it was tremendous. it destroyed the seafront, and look at the result. the worst thing is the disaster it's caused. this was beautiful. forecasters have tracked seawater 3km inland. it swamped the ebro delta, a vital ecosystem full of rice paddies. the storm front headed north—east and landed in southern france. torrential rain there has also caused chaos, forcing many people to abandon their homes for safety. only when the water subsides will they know the true extent of gloria's damage. freya cole, bbc news. more trees need be planted and people need to eat less meat if the uk is to meet its commitments to cut emis

freya cole reports. mother country bands, emotions are running high.g into frustration and anger. the fact that we are at the bottom of the list of western countries in dealing with climate change, is ridiculous considering her affluent we are as a country. scott morrison's conservative government has been widely criticised for its attitude towards climate change. the prime minister has dismissed scientific advice that there is a link between australia's warming climate and severity of of this bushfire disaster.|j warming climate and severity of of this bushfire disaster. i think the climate action, but it would handshakes. climate action! summer in australia is something to be feared, not something to look forward to. just like the rest of out seasons. forward to. just like the rest of our seasons. i forward to. just like the rest of oui’ seasons. i wonder forward to. just like the rest of our seasons. i wonder why that is. there is a common theme on the streets of sydney and melbourne and many small towns across the country. younger generations are l

freya cole has more. outside government headquarters, but within minutes, police retaliate within minutes, police retaliate with tear gas forcing demonstrators to run for cover. the movement is now the longest since may 1968 and unions have called for even bigger strikes to take place next week. protesters in marseille much in unity with those around the country angered over president macron's plans to overhaul the pension system which could force people to work longer or receive less money when they retire. translation: longer or receive less money when they retire. translatiosz longer or receive less money when they retire. translation: if we lose on pension reform we lose on everything. the next issue is the reform of social security and social protection. how far does he want to go? the nationwide protests have caused widespread disruption especially for public transport and health services. but opinion polls reveal much of the country supports the cause, and want to see the government revise its plan

freya cole reports. while the country burns, emotions are running high.d anger. the fact that we are at the bottom of the list of western countries in dealing with climate change, is ridiculous, considering how affluent we are as a country. scott morrison's conservative government has been widely criticised for its attitude towards climate change. the prime minister has dismissed scientific advice that there is a link between australia's warming climate and the severity of this bushfire disaster. i think we want climate action, not handshakes. climate action! summer in australia is something to be feared, not something to look forward to. just like the rest of our seasons. i wonder why that is. there is a common theme on the streets of sydney and melbourne, and many small towns across the country. younger generations are leading this cause — they are looking for immediate action. what do we want? climate action! when do we want it? now! i said when do we want it? now! summer in australia is usually reserved for those days at the beach and backyard cricket

freya cole spoke to the director of the observatory.ieslj discovery is a big step towards unravelling many mysteries. i was just very, very happy. we have spent 25 years of work on this telescope. the whole team of engineers and scientists have basically put their lives work into this. the gold nuggets might look small under the telescope but in reality they are about the size of texas. the bright centre is very hot plasma, the dark cracks are where it goes to cool. this is a machine inside the telescope used to capture the images. experts hope it will hold the information needed to predict this on's erratic weather. the sun generates this immense amount of energy and stores it in a magnetic field that sometimes becomes u nsta ble field that sometimes becomes unstable and leads to solar eruptions. they impact us very much here on earth. power grid failures, communication failures, satellites can be taken out by solar storms. there is still a lot to figure out but never before has earth felt so close to its closest star. freya cole, bbc

freya cole spoke to the director of the observatory.very is a big step towards unravelling many mysteries. i was just very, step towards unravelling many mysteries. i wasjust very, very happy. we have spent 25 years of work on this telescope. a whole team of engineers and scientists have basically put their lives completely to this. the gold nuggets might look small and the telescope but in reality, they are about the size of texas. the bright centre is very hot plasma, the dark cracks are where it goes to cool. this is the machine inside the telescope used to capture the images. experts hope it will hold the information needed to predict the sun ‘s erratic weather. the sun generates this immense amount of energy and stores it in a magnetic field. it sometimes becomes u nsta ble magnetic field. it sometimes becomes unstable and leads to solar eruptions, solarflares, unstable and leads to solar eruptions, solar flares, that unstable and leads to solar eruptions, solarflares, that impact us eruptions, solarflares, that impact us very much

freya cole reports.— winds of up to 144km/h with waves up to 14m high. in a small seaside town in catalonia, a thick foam flooded the streets. it was caused by this — howling winds and a powerful surge from the ocean. local authorities say it's the worst sea storm since 2003. it's claimed several lives, and there are still people missing. one man is feared to have been swept into this canyon on the island of majorca. rescuers are doing all they can to locate his body. after four days of relentless rain and wind, a moment of calm has settled across the worst hit areas. it's only now locals can start to assess the widespread destruction. translation: it was tremendous. it destroyed the seafront, and look at the result. the worst thing is the disaster it's caused. this was beautiful. forecasters have tracked seawater 3km inland. swamped the ebro delta, it swamped the ebro delta, a vital ecosystem full of rice paddies. the storm front headed north—east and landed in southern france. torrential rain there has

freya cole spoke to the director of the observatory.atic weather. the sun generates this immense amount of energy and stores it in a magnetic field that sometimes becomes unstable and leads to solar eruptions. flares, ejections that impact us very much here on earth. power grid failures, communication failures, satellites can be taken out by solar storms. there is still a lot to figure out but never before has earth felt so close to its closest star. freya cole, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello. today‘s weather has been a rather cloudy and for some great event, because low pressure is with us. sitting to the north. the tightly packed isoba rs us. sitting to the north. the tightly packed isobars indicating some windy weather, gusts of 65 mph in the west of scotland, but perhaps some of the winds causing most of theissue some of the winds causing most of the issue will be across the trans—pennine the issue will be across the tra ns—pennine routes, the issue will be across the trans—pennine route

freya cole, bbc news.ent trump should be impeached. it's been the first of three days of detailed argument although they have been prevented from seeing any new documents or questioning witnesses. mrtrump has documents or questioning witnesses. mr trump has described the proceedings as a charente. —— charade. president trump flew back from a meeting of world leaders in davos to washington, a city where his own leadership is under scrutiny, and facing a challenge inside congress. pleasejoin me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. president trump sought a political favour... for hours, in forensic detail, they set out their case against the president, the first of three days allocated for the prosecution to make their argument that mr trump abused his position for his own personal benefit. president trump solicited foreign interference in our democratic elections, abusing the power of his office to seek help from abroad to improve his re—election prospects at home. and, when he was caught, he us