justin rowlatt, bbc news, gloucestershire. the news, gloucestershire.tban sees the japanese textjohn softbank seesit the japanese textjohn softbank sees it hopes to make $34 million by reducing its stake in the chinese company alli babar. it marks a step back from the huge investment made in thousands by the chief executive. ali barber is one of china's biggest countries but has lost a third of its profit hit by the beijing crackdown on the tech sector. the 1970s exodus of ugandan asians is well documented. they were fleeing persecution at the hands of the then ugandan dictator, idi amin. he ordered them to leave the country within 90 days and accused them of milking uganda's money. thousands were displaced, and many forced to emigrate to the uk. among them was manju patel and her husband who arrived in london with their two young boys. now 85, manju has seen her dream come true and today, she and her sons run one of uk's most popular and award—winning indian restaurants. gaggan saberwal has their story. meet 85—year—old manju patel. manju owns and runs

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justin rowlatt, bbc news, gloucestershire.billion dollars by reducing its stake in the chinese e—commerce company alibaba. the move marks a step back from the huge investmest made in 2000 by softbank�*s chief executive. alibaba is one of china's biggest companies, but has lost more than two—thirds of its value from its peak in late 2020, hit by beijing's crackdown on the tech sector. a bbc investigation has revealed systematic abuse and torture inside russia's prison system. former inmates have spoken to the bbc about being raped and tortured. leaked footage of the abuse was circulated by an insider last year, and now victims have told the bbc why and how it happens, and how they're fighting forjustice. the bbc asked the russian prison service for a response but has received no reply. our correspondent oleg boldyrev has the story, and a warning that you may find some of the material in his report is disturbing. in 2020, this prison protest in siberia ledger hundreds of inmates being rounded up. human rights activists say at le

our climate editor, justin rowlatt, sent this report from gloucestershire in south west england.ncome and money to invest for next year's crop. but look, the fields have been desiccated by months of low rainfall. it is a disaster for many farmers. it can't sustain itself. david is trying to grow turnips to feed his cattle. not looking very happy. very dry. there's just not enough moisture, so most likely this crop will fail now and we're running out of time to re drill it. david is already feeding his cattle fodder he set aside for winter. without the turnips and with grain prices at record highs, it'll cost him a fortune to feed them through to next year. and don't think his problems won't affect you, because what happens on farms like this helps determine the price we all pay for food. extreme weather almost always means bad harvests, bad harvests, less food. that's right, means higher prices for all of us. and it isn'tjust the uk, crops in much of europe have been affected too, and that is just the start. india, china, brazil and the us have all seen yields hit by unusually ho

justin rowlatt, bbc news, gloucestershire.yed 40% of the oil depo there~ — destroyed 40% of the oil depo there a— destroyed 40% of the oil depo there. a lightning strike last week— there. a lightning strike last week caused one of the fuel tanks — week caused one of the fuel tanks to— week caused one of the fuel tanks to late on fire which then— then spread to other tanks. efforts_ then spread to other tanks. efforts to bring some of the fires under control our ongoing. the 1970s exodus of ugandan asians is well documented. they were fleeing from dictator idi amin who ordered them to leave the country within 90 days and accused them of �*milking' uganda's money. thousands were displaced, and many forced to emigrate to the uk including manju patel and her husband who arrived in london with just their two young boys. now 85, manju has seen her dream come true and today, she and her sons run one of uk's most popular and award winning indian vegetarian restaurants. gaggan saber—wal has their story. meat 85 your. manju owns and run

our climate editor justin rowlatt reports from gloucestershire in south—west england.st means a healthy income and money to invest for next year's crop. but look, the fields have been desiccated by months of low rainfall. it is a disaster for many farmers. it can't sustain itself. david is trying to grow turnips to feed his cattle. not looking very happy. very dry. there's just not enough moisture, so most likely this crop will fail now and we're running out of time to re drill it. david is already feeding his cattle fodder he set aside for winter. without the turnips and with grain prices at record highs, it'll cost him a fortune to feed them through to next year. and don't think his problems won't affect you, because what happens on farms like this helps determine the price we all pay for food. extreme weather almost always means bad harvests, bad harvests, less food. that's right, means higher prices for all of us. and it isn'tjust the uk. crops in much of europe have been affected too, and that is just the start. india, china, brazil and the us have all seen yields

justin rowlatt, bbc news, gloucestershire.y popular children's book the snowman, has died at the age of 88. as a young man he worked as a commercial artist, before moving on to illustrating children's books. but he was so unhappy with the standard of writing in some of the works, that he decided to try his hand at being an author. our arts correspondent david silito looks back at his life. it's become part of christmas — the story of a snowman who comes to life. magical, heart—warming, and at the end, the snowman melts. # we're walking in the air # a very raymond briggs twist. he was a children's author who was never writing for children. i don't think about what children want, i get an idea and you just do it. you don't think about the audience, couldn't possibly. it was his father christmas that was raymond briggs' breakthrough, but this was no jovial gift—bearer. this father christmas moaned, swore and drankjust a bit too much. the bogeymen are stirring in their beds... and then fungus — a gloriously disgusting story of a b

our environmental editor reports from gloucestershire. >> farmers fields, healthy harvest means a healthy money to invest for next year's 's crop. the fields have been desiccated by months of low rainfall. it is a disaster for many farmers. david is ying to grope her to feed his cattle -- two grow turnips to feed his cattle. >> we are running out of time. >> he is already feeding his cattle fodder he set aside for winter without the turnips and grain prices at record highs, it will cost him a fortune to feed them. what happens on forms like this determines the price we pay for food, extreme weather means bad harvests, bad harvests, less food means higher prices for all of us. >> is not just the u.k., crops in much of europe have been affected too and that is just the start. the u.s. has all seen guilds hit unusually hot and dry weather this year. at in the impact of the russian invasion of ukraine. >> we are producing less of our key crops, this means that supply is limited. people try to buy the supply, the prices move upwards and it impacts the consumer, a wide range of market players.

a gloucestershire student, who has a rare kidney condition, has appealed for a new organ on social mediaoming months if she can't get a transplant, so she's posted on social media to help find a live donor. steve knibbs reports. during lockdown, paige fainted during a gym session and she went to the doctors just to check things out. i had phone calls, appointments, blood tests, ultrasounds. everything. what were you diagnosed with? i don't really want to pronounce it... it's a kidney disease that essentially the small little filters in your kidney that filter the blood to make urine, they become damaged and eventually they stop working. and mine's at the stage where they've stopped working. pagie is only 23, and was previously fit and well. this diagnosis has understandably changed her life. that's why i've gone public now, because i'm noticing myself struggling even more and more and more. and it feels unfair. it does. time is running out before paige faces dialysis four times every day until she finds a donor. and to try and find one, she decided to appeal on social media. i went out t

bristol, somerset, south gloucestershire, dorset and parts of wiltshire have been moved to drought statusw officially in drought. two 16—year—old boys have died after getting into difficulty at enagh lough, close to londonderry in northern ireland. they have been named locally as rueven joshy and jopu sebastain. our ireland correspondent chris page is at the scene. this is on the outskirts of londonderry, usually thought of as being a place of natural beauty, tranquillity, even. tonight, it is the scene of unspeakable grief. two teenage boys were looking forward to starting a new term at school, but now their families are mourning them after their most unexpected of deaths. joseph sebastian and reuven simon were among a group of friends who went on an end of summer cycling trip. the weather was fine yesterday. the teenagers stopped here, where some of them went for a swim. but tragedy took hold. the emergency services arrived early in the evening. last night, it was pretty chaotic here. families were arriving of some of the young boys who had been involved. they were obviously very anxiou

our environment editorjustin rowlatt is on a farm near cirencester in gloucestershire. justin...'s farmers, most of them are utterly dependent on the weather and i have been trying to find out what affect it is having on them and what impact it could have on food prices. farmers' fields are their bank account. a healthy harvest means a healthy income and money to invest for next year's crop. but look, the fields have been desiccated by months of low rainfall. it is a disaster for many farmers. it can't sustain itself. david is trying to grow turnips to feed his cattle. not looking very happy. very dry. there's just not enough moisture. so most likely this crop will fail now and we're running out of time to re—drill it. david is already feeding his cattle fodder he set aside for winter. without the turnips and with grain prices at record highs, it will cost him a fortune to feed them through to next year. and don't think his problems won't affect you, because what happens on farms like this helps determine the price we all pay for food. extreme weather almost always means bad harv

the environment agency say bristol, somerset, dorset, south gloucestershire and parts of wiltshire haver significant moment in one of our hottest ever summers? you significant moment in one of our hottest ever summers?- significant moment in one of our hottest ever summers? you can see the impact _ hottest ever summers? you can see the impact it — hottest ever summers? you can see the impact it has — hottest ever summers? you can see the impact it has had _ hottest ever summers? you can see the impact it has had on _ hottest ever summers? you can see the impact it has had on the - the impact it has had on the countryside in wiltshire and some of the areas are now showing river flows at their lowest on record. with wiltshire and these are the areas in the south—west added to the drought status, that is 11 out of 1a of the environment agency's region is currently in drought. the impact on the south—west is fairly stark when you look at it in space. just notice how the landscape has turned to a definite brown, the vegetation, after one of the driest july is in about 90 years. it goes beyon

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look at the source of the river thames on the border of wiltshire and gloucestershire.which means we're taking it away from the environment or taking it away from a farmer that could be using it to irrigate or harvest crops that we need for the food we need, so i think it's about signalling this is something beyond normal, and actually we all play a role in thinking about where our water comes from and use water wisely. rain next week could bring some respite, but look at the risk which comes with that. this shows how little the baked earth absorbs the water, meaning we could see flash flooding. there's at least another two hot days to get through first, which could well mean more farmers having to become makeshift firefighters to stop more of the fields burning. dan johnson, bbc news. europe continues to bake under extreme temperatures — with severe drought conditions evident across nearly half of the continent. in germany, the lack of water is starting to have a significant economic impact, while a huge fire is continuing to devastate forests in the gironde region in

i'm joined now by dr emily ryall, who is senior lecturer in philosophy at the university of gloucestershiree committee for the british philosophy of sport association, this is the case of an individual woman using twitter, taking place in saudi arabia and it is hosting a very high—profile boxing match this evening as anthonyjoshua is fighting and that raises the ethical issues, yet another case in the country of human rights abuses, it would appear and yet we have a huge western sporting event taking place there. should it go ahead? it you there. should it go ahead? if you are asking _ there. should it go ahead? if you are asking my — there. should it go ahead? if you are asking my opinion, _ there. should it go ahead? if you are asking my opinion, i- there. should it go ahead? if you are asking my opinion, i mean, l there. should it go ahead? if you l are asking my opinion, i mean, i'm not into boxing myself. what the sporting governing bodies is use their leverage in terms of being able to say, if you want us to host able to say, if you want us to host a particular big global sport event

. >> prince charles was based in highgrove in gloucestershire.iana was left on her own at kensington palace a hundred miles away. >> they only came together at the weekend when diana would drive down with william and harry and spend the weekend at highgrove. the way the staff told it was that no sooner had the princess' car receded out of view than they could hear the gravel crunching of another car, and that would be camilla arriving. >> camilla was effectively the mistress of the house and would organize dinner parties and other events for a close circle of friends. >> diana was constantly fobbed off. she would raise it with courtiers and they'd just say, it's not true, you're imagining things. >> it was corroding the whole organization. adultery isn't exactly a novelty for the british crown. but in diana spencer, they had a wife who was not going to take it quietly. and they had a husband in prince charles who failed to follow the time-honored rules for somebody in his situation. rule one being, you respect the mother of your children, especia

the south west ambulance service covers a huge area from gloucestershire to the tip of cornwall, wherel care sector to do everything we can to improve it, but it is the most challenging that it's been out there for our staff that are working tirelessly at the moment to do the very best for patients. the crux of the issue is not new — hospitals unable to accept patients because people are already in beds who cannot be discharged due to a lack of capacity in social care. it's absolutely soul—destroying at the moment. you don'tjoin an ambulance service to sit in an ambulance outside of an emergency department all of your shift — you join it to help patients that really need your help in the community. and that is what is so difficult for our staff at the moment, is knowing there are patients out in the community that need our help and not being able to respond to them as quickly as they would like. in response, the government says... each individual case is distressing, but the underlying issues and arguments are well—known. but these are problems most often associated with winter, and if

look at the source of the river thames on the border of wiltshire and gloucestershire.well mean more farmers having to become makeshift firefighters to stop more of the fields burning. dan johnson, bbc news. sarah rogers is in derbyshire for us this morning, one of the eight areas of england where an official drought has been declared. sarah, what does the local area look like where you are? it is beautiful, the sunshine is out, the walkers are out, the cyclists, some anglers heading out. it sort of seems strange to be stood in front of such a really lovely vast expanse of water talking about doubt, but you can see that the banks are exposed, this is running at around 50% capacity at the moment. the one behind itjust a few miles away is at 15% capacity. this is not normal summer levels, as mentioned, this is one of the eight drought areas across the country. more are expected to be put into that as the end of the month goes on. so... what we want is to keep areas like this nice and there will be an impact on wildlife and nature. we have got rachel from the wildlife trus

the south west ambulance service covers a huge area from gloucestershire to the tip of cornwall, where20 years in the nhs and i think, as an ambulance service, we are working with everyone in the wider health and social care sector to do everything we can to improve it, but it is the most challenging that it's been out there for our staff that are working tirelessly at the moment to do the very best for patients. the crux of the issue is not new — hospitals unable to accept patients because people are already in beds who cannot be discharged due to a lack of capacity in social care. it's absolutely soul—destroying at the moment. you don'tjoin an ambulance service to sit in an ambulance outside of an emergency department all of your shift — you join it to help patients that really need your help in the community. and that is what is so difficult for our staff at the moment, is knowing there are patients out in the community that need our help and not being able to respond to them as quickly each individual case is distressing, but the underlying issues and arguments are well—known. but

the areas of bristol, somerset, dorset, south gloucestershire and parts of vulture have all two—day move now in drought status. on other news... the duchess of sussex has spoken of the importance of forgiveness in a wide—ranging interview with a us magazine. meghan told the cut, "it takes a lot of effort to forgive," when she was asked about her relationship with the royal family, and her own relatives. she said, "i've really made an active effort, especially knowing i can say anything." she also spoke about the duke of sussex's relationship with his father, the prince of wales. asked about the impact of her privacy case against the mail on sunday, meghan told thejournalist allison p davis... "harry said to me, �*i lost my dad in this process.�* it doesn't have to be the same for them as it was for me, but that's his decision." a spokeswoman for the duchess later told bbc news that meghan was referring to her own father, from whom she is estranged, and was saying she hoped the same would not happen to her husband. lets' go to north london now, where we can speak with royal commentator ri