in the early 1930s making such an important contribution. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hill is finally getting the public recognition she deserved. if lockdown‘s been forcing you to work from home for the last few months you might be keen on a change of scene — so how would you fancy working remotely from barbados? new proposals are being considered by the caribbean island which would introduce a 12—month "welcome stamp" — allowing people to work there for one year at a time. the government there hopes the plan will help mitigate some the damage the virus has done to barbados‘s tourism industry. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review, with anna smith. hello and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases. first up, spaceship earth, a fascinating documentary about eight people who lockdown for two years for a science experiment. as i am ready to enter, i take my last breath of this atmosphere in two years. we were pioneers. we were the first biospherians. how can you prepare yourself for a journey into

iam i am pleased to say we are joined by robin baker, the son of hazel hill. but what age were you when you first became aware of your mum's remarkable story? really from the earliest, because we used to go and stay with my grandfather and we knew he worked for the air ministry, so we knew my mother had helped him. i think what we didn't realise until quite recently was the actual implications of it. i mean, in the 19505, implications of it. i mean, in the 1950s, when i was growing up, it was quite usualfor children 1950s, when i was growing up, it was quite usual for children to help their parents. you know, you would go into the grocers and there would be the grocer boy you were at school with wrapping stuff up. so when she said she had helped herfather with calculations, we took it as a sort of natural thing. that sounds very modest, helping herfather with calculations when, you know, it was so much more than that. well, it was so much more than that. well, it was so much more than that but we didn't really appreciate how much more than that it was until, a

battle of britain, which was vital to this country's survival. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hilly getting the public recognition she deserved. sophie raworth, bbc news. and you can see the full documenatary about the "schoolgirl who helped to win a war" on the bbc news channel this weekend — you can see the times on the screen there. time for a look at the weather, here's stav da naos. good evening. we ended the working week on a sunny note for many but there were some pretty heavy showers around, especially across eastern england and some rumbles of thunder. tonight, as high pressure continues to build, showers will fade and with a cooler air mass light wind and clearer skies will make it turn chilly. this was the pressure that brought the dull weather to england and wales a few days ago generating showers across the north and east. they will tend to fizzle out this evening and overnight many places will turn drier, but breeze still bringing showers to the north and west of scotland. temperatures falling pretty low for the time of year, 6—9dc widely so a chilly start as we head

battle of britain, which was vital to this country's survival. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hille entertainment venues in the uk still closed because of coronavirus. that means that comedians, performers and entertainers have taken to online platforms to survive. the government has promised more than £1.5 billion to support the sector, but social distancing means many indoor venues still can't open. so what will stand—up comedy look like? i think ithinki i think i havejust i think i have just gone fully feral. i am just going to lean into it. that has got two coffee mugs and a plate that has some leftover toast. and thatis has some leftover toast. and that isjust a sea of pants and socks. once lockdown hit it was kind of like well, what are we going to do now? we have no—one to talk to! i am james and i runa to talk to! i am james and i run a comedy night here, or at least i used to. hello kennington! i was 3d into an 80 day tour. once lockdown happens, all of those gigs disappeared. still missing. all the way to the front of that and it is al murray! we moved from physical to on

battle of britain, which was vital to this country's survival. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hillth organization has reported a record daily total of global coronavirus infections, and nowhere has been hit harder than america. the country's top health official for infectious diseases, now says some us states, should delay ending their lockdowns. that's it for now. keep it here on bbc news. thanks for your company. hello. if you were hoping to stay dry during friday, in many parts of the uk, the weather had a different idea. there were some heavy downpours to be dodged, and actually, over the last few days, you can see on the satellite picture all these different clumps of cloud that have worked through, bringing outbreaks of rain. but now, a gap appearing between the clouds. an area of high pressure building its way just in time for the weekend. that means it is looking dry for the vast majority. there will be some areas of patchy cloud with one or two showers, but most places will be fine with some spells of sunshine. saturday morning getting off to a rather chilly start. some sp

hill convinced he was right. he turned to an unlikely person for help, his 13—year—old daughter, hazel.ove that eight guns firing at least a thousand was essential for success. they talk about burning the midnight oil, coming into the office late after everybody has gone to carry out further calculations and borrow bits of equipment to carry out experiments, more or less of their own back working very long hours because they we re very very long hours because they were very dedicated to these things. and people took the work home. hazeltold her things. and people took the work home. hazel told her sons about her role when they were growing up. this amazing history, it hangs on so fine a friend. if you got the calculations wrong, because she had been asked to help and the decision had not been made to go with eight guns, who knows what would've happened ? go with eight guns, who knows what would've happened? graph presented to be a ministry 1934 was the result of hazel‘s calculations. with eight guns firing, the fighters typically had just a couple of seconds to hit their target before p

in the early 1930s making such an important contribution. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hilllly getting the public recognition she deserved. and you can see the full version of the "schoolgirl who helped to win a war" on the bbc news channel this weekend, time for a look at the weather. thanks very much, jane. what a difference a day makes, much brighter skies across england and wales than what we have had over the last few days, some blue skies with continuing sunny spell through the afternoon. the skies here are how it is looking across england and wales but the cloud attending to bubble up now over the course of a few hours, the cloud is really building across scotland, eastern england, some showers developing, a few thunderstorms particularly in north—east england and the wash. further south at the cloud feeling a little bit, but still more sunshine around across the south than we had this time yesterday in the day before. these showers continue gci’oss before. these showers continue across scotland in eastern england, brighter colours are indicating heavy showers, the od

in the early 1930s making such an important contribution. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hillyou fancy working remotely from barbados? new proposals are being considered by the caribbean island which would introduce a 12—month "welcome stamp" — allowing people to work there for one year at a time. the government there hopes the plan will help mitigate some the damage the virus has done to barbados's tourism industry. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review, with anna smith.

in the early 19305, making such an important contribution. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hill some yea rs, colleague i have known for some years, too, i am trying not to take it personal that you have never told us about this before. warm welcome to both of you. felicity, this is the story of the day. did you always know about this? is this something you have always talked about in your family? it is and i spent a lot of time with my grandparents and i remember her talking about it. you know when you interview your grandparents for school projects i knew she did the guns on the spitfires but i didn't understand it. it's only in recent years when i came to work here i thought maybe there might be a story that i should have a bit of a look at and we did the research, my family started and that, it's only then i started realising how important contribution was. even the way you put it there, she did the guns on the spitfire, did she talk about it a lot? did you drag the information out of her? what was her approach? she was very modest as a lot of that generation was. she had a g

in the early 1930s making such an important contribution. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hillill your holidays be? in italy, visitors are already returning to rome. our correspondent quentin sommerville has been checking out what tourists there are likely to experience. for months, rome was mainly for the romans. but, despite the pandemic, it is open for business again. european tourists have been welcome for over a month, but americans and other overseas visitors still aren't coming. so right now there is a moment where italy and the vatican city's attractions are crowd—free. in the vatican, they normally see seven million tourists a year. but at the moment they're coming in dribs and drabs. the vatican was one of the first major museums in the world to reopen, it has been reopen for a month, but it is a very different experience now. there are far fewer tourists here, it almost feels as if you are having a private tour. in fact, before the pandemic they used to let in about 4000 people an hour, now it is about 400. so social distancing rules mean that you have a lot more bre

in the early 1930s making such an important contribution. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hillday marking the battle of britain. what a lovely setting. it is an amazing setting. let me show you where i am. first of all, outidea show you where i am. first of all, out idea we have the main airfield itself. a selection of commercial aircraft there. but as the other side we are interested in today. this is the hurricane, 40,000 of these that played a crucial role in that major victory against the germans who were trying to dominate the airand the germans who were trying to dominate the air and the skies above southern britain with the help of these and the spitfires that we will hopefully see here flying later. that helped us on further in the wall. now there are more exhibits here and of course the museum has just are more exhibits here and of course the museum hasjust announced are more exhibits here and of course the museum has just announced that this museum will reopen on august one so it is with taking a visit over the next few months. today we saw what it was like outside. a

but captain hill was convinced he was right, so he turned to an unlikely person for help — his 13—year—old daughter, hazel night on complex calculations to prove that eight guns firing at least 1,000 rounds a minute was essential for success. they talk about burning the midnight oil and coming into the office late after everybody‘s gone to carry out further calculations and borrow some bits of equipment to carry out experiments, more or less off their own bat, working very long hours, because they were really dedicated to these things. and, of course, they were taking their work home. hazel told her sons about her role when they were growing up. it's amazing that history hangs on so fine a thread, isn't it? you know, if she'd got the calculations wrong or she hadn't been asked to help and the decision had not been made to go with eight guns, who knows what would have happened? this graph, presented to the air ministry in 1934, was the result of hazel‘s calculations. with eight guns firing, the fighters typically had just two seconds to hit their target before pulling away. they had to get incredibly close

was convinced to fit on the planes, but captain hill was convinced he was right, so he turned to an unlikely person for help — his 13—year—old daughter, hazelked through the night on complex calculations to prove that eight guns firing at least 1000 rounds a minute was essential for success. they talked about burning the midnight oil and coming into the office late after everybody‘s gone, to carry out further calculations and borrow some bits of equipment to carry out experiments, more or less of their own bat, working very long hours because they were really dedicated to these things. and of course, people taking their work home. hazel told her sons about her role when they were growing up. amazing that history hangs on so fine a thread. you know, if she got the calculations wrong or if she hadn't been asked to help, and the decision had not been made to go with eight guns, who knows what could have happened. this graph, presented to the air ministry in 193a, was the result of hazel‘s calculations. with eight guns firing, the fighters typically had just two seconds to hit their target before pulling away. they had to get incredibly close t

in the early 19305, making such an important contribution. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hille public recognition she deserved. sophie raworth, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello to viewers in the uk and joining around the world. it's time to ta ke joining around the world. it's time to take a first look at the national and international front pages to take a first look at the national and internationalfront pages in the papers.