british gymnast ashley watson has leaped into the guinness book of world records with the longest backlip between horizontal bars. watson, who trains alongside olympian, nile wilson, sailed nearly six metres into the air at leeds gymnastics club where he's is based. that's more than 19 feet in old money! let's have another look at what we can call "one giant leap". that's all from sportsday. my colleague holly hamilton is here with more sport throughout the evening. the police officer poisoned by novichok while investigating the attempted murder of former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury, has spoken publicly for the first time. in an exclusive bbc panorama to be broadcast later this evening, detective sergeant nick bailey described his ordeal. joining me now is jane corbin, the journalist who worked on tonight's programme. in it we hearfrom detective sergeant nick bailey had quite a ghastly experience when he became very ill, having touched and another chop. yes, it was on the door handle of the house and he went out to investigate if there were fatalities

will have to wait and see for a visa reporting from house thank you thank you and the guinness book of world records is celebrating its annual world records day today and japanese skipper. has marked the occasion in appropriate style in tokyo. an auditorium full of captivated schoolchildren who watched him set a world record by completing twenty four skips and get this thirty seconds and what is known as the mound release style of thirty six year old has said he hopes to establish rope skipping as a valid career option for young people he holds a total of seven world records. very impressive indeed ok you're watching the daily news with a lot more to tell you about including. german television is in the car industry still grappling with the diesel gates fallout stephen moore will be here to take a look at their latest to cleanup efforts in our business block. that's coming right up and i'll see you again at the top of the hour. mum own. story show for the story of the first woman more told from different perspectives by peter craig from these.

british gymnast ashley watson has leaped into the guinness book of world records with the longest backian, nile wilson, sailed 5.87 metres or 19 feet from one bar to the other. this was at leeds gymnastics club where watson is based and he said he was surpirsed no one had ever tried it before. probably because it even took him 8 attmepts to nail it. in the omwen‘s world t20 in antgua — australia have beaten west indies by 71 runs.. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are steven swinford, who's deputy political editor at the daily telegraph, and the talkradio presenter, daisy mcandrew. let's take a look at some of tomorrow's front pages. the daily mail leads on theresa may's efforts to get her brexit deal over the line in the face of rebellious mps, by directly appealing to the business community and the public for support. the guardian says the prime minister is battling on all fronts to save her brexit deal, with mrs may caught between demands from backbench brexiteers for a change of cours

chalked up a number of accolades it's the most visited eye show in the world with over three hundred twenty nine million tickets sold it's also appeared in the guinness book of world records. for. olympic skater valentino marquet from italy has partnered up this year with the american and show veteran collin grafton they'll lead audiences through the story of showtime it chronicles holiday on ice his history over seventy five years it's valentino's first time skating in such a production i was a bit afraid i am still because sometimes it's like very hard but we are a beautiful group it's a beautiful family the family a father they are nice and i think robin maybe knew what he was doing when you're sparing us up. that we jelled immediately and normally i'd be really conservative about skating with someone who's never done a show ever but i mean valentino just held it so well and we clicked right away and we worked really hard the last several weeks and i feels like we've been getting together for a long time this is also new territory for the german olympic champions is just one chance in the olympics to get everything all the new life in four minutes and what if they are

world's longest basketball shot released by someone doing a back flip. and the fastest time solving the rubik's cube upside down was recorded in china the guinness book of world records was first published in one nine hundred fifty five. british rock band news is set to release its new album simulation theory on friday the band is also planning a world tour that will kick off in the united states in february. senos . two of france's previous albums are scooped grammys. an art installation went on display in london's olympic park on wednesday to mark a century since the end of world war one. artist rob heard has made over seventy two thousand shrouded figures that represent the british commonwealth servicemen killed at the battle of the sun whose final resting place is unknown. we talk numbers you know and in many conflicts of the so many people died. i just decided that we should try to physicalize that. the artist spent several years hand sewing the calico shrouds. the installation will stay in place until november the eighteenth. once upon a time brewing beer was done by women but then things changed although there are a growing number of women in the

on inspiring story there therefore i let you go the guinness book of world records is celebrating its annual world record states today and the japanese rope skipper equal yama has marked the occasion in appropriate style in tokyo an auditorium full of captivated schoolchildren watched him set a rule to record by completing twenty four skips in thirty seconds and what is known as the man rope release style the thirty six year old has said he hopes to establish work skipping as a valid career option for young people he holds a total of seven world records. that is indeed very impressive all right a reminder of the top stories that we're tracking for you this hour. at least twelve people have been killed in the u.s. state of california after a gunman opened fire in a bar or late on wednesday and i know a number of people are injured police say a sheriff's deputy who responded to the incident is among those killed. all right that is a career leyla iraq in berlin on behalf of the entire team thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us the news continues at the top of the h

british in as ashley watson has lived into the guinness book of world records with the longest backlite at leeds gymnastic club, where his base. he he was surprised that nobody had tried it before. it is blue because it took eight attempt to nail it. i quite like to watch them back. that is the sport rereading. good evening. time for a check on the weather. this time —— this time last night temperatures we re —— this time last night temperatures were plunging. it will often be quite cloudy. that it for some, other places dry. this cloud across the north—east is the glue cloud producing the odd spot of rain. this cloud down to the south—west is capable of producing some pretty hefty showers. starting to work in across south—west england as we go on through the night. elsewhere a fairamount of on through the night. elsewhere a fair amount of cloud. some clear brea ks fair amount of cloud. some clear breaks in here and there. if it stays clear where you are for any period of time, a touch of frost, but most places should ever bringing. tomorrow a lot of dry weather and cloud and the poten

guinness book of world records, i would think. >> super lucky. >> that, too.o's lucky and who's not when it comes to the rain and when it gets to your neighborhood. all is quiet. a colorful sunrise developing already. we have fog in the inland valleys and across parts of san francisco. that will turn to light to moderate rain today. and then that will turn to scattered light showers tonight. and another chance of rain not only today but all the way through saturday. just about every day has a chance of getting wet. this afternoon it will be warmest in the south bay. last to receive the rain-cooled air. that's why you're in the mid-60s. most are in the low to mid-60s. you head up to the north bay, the rain-cooled air will keep you around 56 to 59 degrees. tonight you clear out in the north bay. that's why 40s are up there. when it gets here, 7:00, everybody is dry. 9:00, pretty much everybody is dry except santa rosa northward. by noon it becomes light to moderate. yellows and oranges in there and greens. yellows and oranges moderate and starts moving into the

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the guinness book of world records is celebrating its annual world records day today and the japanese rope skipper had jiko eco yama has marked the occasion in appropriate style in tokyo check this out an auditorium full of captivated school told him watched him set a world record by completing twenty four skips in thirty seconds in what is known as the mambo rope release style the thirty six year old has said that he hopes to establish rope skipping as a valid career option for young people he holds a total of seven world records good for him. ochone a clip here from the brand new series called boat which is a sequel of course to the iconic movie that wolfgang peterson made back in one thousand eight hundred one the series just had its premiere in munich. and susan. let's get more on that premier of robin merrill is here you just to tell us about it so the series has a lot to live does indeed i mean the both guard prison film is going to be one of the greatest german films ever made if not the greatest film. german film ever made really it was nominated for six oscars it didn't get t

british gymnast ashley watson has leaped into the guinness book of world records, with the longest backit looks deceptive. that is 5.8 metres. what gets me is that you are spinning anyway, you are probably feeling dizzy and you go through the effort being like that and catching the next part! do you know what that shot tells me, if we can see it again,. the magic of tv! it is 740 a.m.. will have the weather coming up shortly. the amount of novichok found at the scene of the salisbury bbc‘s uses hunt —— the police officer poisoned by novichock in salisbury last year last year says he's lost his home and all of his possessions, after fears they could be contaminated. nick bailey ended up in intensive care while investigating the attempted murder of former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia. he's been speaking to the bbc‘s panorama in his first interview since it happened. we had to make sure that there was the other casualties in the house or anything in the house that was vital to find out what had happened. once icame to find out what had happened. once i came back from

and greatest gymnast ashley watson has leapt into the guinness book of world records, quite literallyor19 sailed nearly six metres into the air, or 19 feet if you prefer —— alongside the olympian milo wilson. he said afterwards he was surprised no one had tried it before. —— niall wilson. i have a fair idea, it that can aid goes to get it right. that is all the store for now. i will have more in sports day at half past ten, back to you. many thanks. the detective leading the investigation into the novichok poisonings in salisbury says the amount of nerve agent found in a fake perfume bottle could have killed thousands of people. a police officer who fell ill after investigating the attack on former russian spy, sergei skripal, and his daughter yulia, has been speaking publicly for the first time. jane corbin has this exclusive report. salisbury, wiltshire. in march this year, the city became the epicentre of a deadly attack. two russian assassins were sent to kill former russian spy sergei skripal with lethal nerve agent novichok. he and his daughter yulia were discovered critically i

. >>> a 5-year-old chechen boy has entered the guinness world book of records for setting a new pushupecord. he did 3,202 pushups in two hours and 30 minutes. officials say this record has been registered for the age of 5-year-old contenders. so that's about 3,000 more than my ten on a good day. >> making my kids look weaker by the minute. >> your kids? what about , man? we can't do that. it's safe to say the christmas season is in full swing around here, d.c. and new yor sure. >> definitely. last night we watched them light up the rockefellerr cen christmas tree during an event broadcast live right here on c nbc4. >>e, two, one! [ cheers ] >>> this year's tree is from upstate new york. it features a newly designed 900 pound crystal star. it wasn't only new york city that became bit brighter last night. >> three, two, one! [ cheers ] >> president a mrs. trump lit the national christmas tree outside the white hous the president wished the crowd merry christmas and asked everyone to keep the victims of e recent natural disaster like those deadlyildfires we've been watching in california

there is talk that nickers could be the tallest cow in the world but its owner can't get the guinness book of recordsone because he keeps getting calls from the outback steakhouse. he will make an offer you can't refuse. actually, nickers can't be sent to the slaughterhouse because he's too heavy. that's a true story. he's eaten more grass than willie nelson at a police checkpoint. it's a shame for his owner because if nickers did hit the auction block, those would be some really high stakes. >>> topic number three. if you hang around the state of florida long enough, you'll see everything. except normal people. now florida has dogs on surfboards which is nothing compared to what the rest of florida is on. notice how the dogs aren't even scared of the ocean because they know in florida, you have a better chance of getting eaten by a person than a shark. never mind that all the sharks in florida are retired so they have already eaten dinner by the time these dogs got in the water at 3:00 p.m. the event raised $1,000 for local animal shelters. the winner of the competition got free lawn ornaments. this

maybe not young kids but if you're of the right age, date >>> they're adding some new names to the record books. thursday marked guinness world. >> here are the record events from around the globe. a woman in australia set the record for most front split spins in a wind tunnel in a minute. she finishe with 55 of those. >> wow. a chinese teen-ager dominated the ruk's cube. he cracked the puzzle upside down in 16 seconds. and he solved three rubik's cube simultaneously, completely that in 37 seconds. >> and a group making the largest lego brick ring sun dial? what? i guess, if you've got the time for it. >> as you head outside, grab that umbrella. amelia i saying we haven't seen nothing yet. >> that's right. >> i made you a grilled cheese tomato soup graphic. defitely go for it today. i don't think you need the ouble order today but with the cold over theweekend, saturday, sunday, even on into monday, it's still going to be okay if you're craving that grilled cheese and tomato soup. showershtut there r now, steadier rain moves in over the next couple of hours. it's raining through the evening hours. we're dry but cold over the