dr michael lewis is the head of treasure at the british museum. ery child was like a dream — head of treasure. when is a treasure nod treasure, according to the treasure out, in its current form? basically, mainly gold and silver objects are sober. that —— our treasure. there was an addition made some time ago were prehistoric vice images are pressured. in essence, its gold and silver things but it can be other things as well. in its current form, there have been issues. i think it was kicked off by the crosby garrett helmet, why the need to change and reform? in this consultation looks at the definition of treasure, to see whether they can be more categories of treasure added to the criteria. whether the process could bea criteria. whether the process could be a bit more normalised, things have changed since the act came into force, in terms of the landscape. also, give the police some powers in terms of law enforcement as well. there are different aspects to it. from an archaeological aspect, we are more interested in that the most important arch

doctor michael lewis is the head of treasure at the british museum. hoards, they're treasure as well. there is also an addition as well that was made some time ago, where prehistoric base metal assemblages are treasure. so in essence, gold and silver things but it can be other things as well. ok, in its current form there obviously have been issues. i think it was kicked off by the crosby garrett helmet. why the need to change then, why the need to reform it? well this consultation, because it is a consultation, it's not been decided yet what exactly is going to happen. but the idea is to look at the definition of treasure to see whether there could be more categories of treasure added to the criteria. whether the process could be a bit more normalised than it is at the moment. things have changed since the act came into force, in terms of the landscape. and also give the police more powers in terms of law enforcement as well. there are different aspects to the act. but from an archaeological perspective, what people are most interested in is ensuring

of queensland reach catastrophic levels. also coming up this hour: the government proposes changes to the rules surrounding unearthed treasures. we'll be speaking to the british museum's head

doctor michael lewis, head of treasure at the british museum! . thank you. a scheme to monitor the impact of light pollution has been launched by the campaign for rural england. we're being asked to count the number of stars we can spot with the naked eye on a clear night. john maguire has been to northumberland — home to one of the uk s "dark sky parks." we're heading out into the freezing night with the saunders family for some stargazing. david gets off to a strong start, identifying the plough and subsequently the northstar. find the right—hand side of the saucepan, and the two stars there, draw an imaginary line and continue along, and the next brightest star that you see... and with a little help from a smartphone, lola and maisie find orion‘s belt. the three in a line, the belt. no, there. is that orion‘s belt? yes, there. look, there. why do you think guys you're so lucky, you can see the stars, and maybe other people can't see them ? because we live in the middle of nowhere! but what's the advantage of that on a night like tonight? there is no stree

of oakland and san francisco. just a heads up. we have reports of a broken down vehicle blocking one lane at treasure island on the upper decks of the bay bridge. and lots of green. and once you come off the bay bridge as you head off the skyway. traffic is very light. easy conditions there. we are seeing slow conditions off the east shore freeway. westbound highway 4 to the maze. give yourself 18 minutes. a two to five backup which isn't too bad. the traffic alert at appian has cleared. and there's one at pinole valley road. 580 is looking good. if you've got to do to work, enjoy it while you can. free flowing from tracy to the dublin interchange. and an easy road northbound 101 and 280. >>> 6:zero two right now. a deadly confrontation between a suspect and a sheriff's deputy on henry road just after 11:00 last night. emily turner just got to the scene. emily-- >> reporter: and still an active scene in napa county. just before midnight last night at 11:59 p.m. a sheriff's deputy made contact with a man in a car. and five minutes later, reported shots fired. all we know is that the suspect is dead. he was armed. and we do not know w

the storerooms of the german oceanographic museum in stralsund is a treasure trove of fish from the depths of the oceans as well as the mediterranean and the baltic biologists t.-mo more heads has been doing research here for more than fifteen years studying fish from all over the world. using a method known as clearing he looks inside the specimens to examine their skeletons . well nothing really just think of every possible vertebrate on land from the bat to the elephant to the penguin well there are just as many species of fish and as a fish scientist i'd say they're just as diverse to. first the bones and cartilage are stained with red and blue dyes respectively the flesh is dissolved with enzymes and the fish is immersed in the medium such as glycerin to make the remaining connective tissue transparent the process can take month team or more had from his ph d. student philip he may have prepared countless specimens like this one. the best thing about this technique is that you always discover things you weren't expecting when you look at a fish from the outside you hardly have any idea what's inside it. and when you have a new cleared specimen and look at it under the

a war in iraq where the battle to save its cultural heritage and treasures after years of war. in spain may be headed to the polls earlier than expected after members of parliament rejected the minority government's budget plan socialist prime minister pedro sanchez was hoping for support from two catalan separatist parties but they ended up joining other parties to block the draft budget and his cattle on hardy's had said they were willing to back the deal with madrid was open to talks about self-determination for catalonia so this defeat means that sanchez may be forced to call a general election joins us live from parliament in madrid so what happens now david that he lost the vote. good question there but it was very emphatic defeat on the budget for pedro sanchez the socialist prime minister out of three hundred fifty m.p.'s in the parliament one hundred ninety one voted against the budget so any normal person in these circumstances would of course realise that he has lost control of the parliament no longer has the majority to govern but at the moment i've been talking to one of his ministers a

as we head to the eastern side of the bay bridge, just north of the toll plaza, you can see at emeryville and heading to the toll plaza from treasure island is a heavy cell right there. we've got another one that's arcing its way from san francisco to brisbane and along 101 as you head north from south san francisco. av rnigex. >>okay not lookg t ell. wiseor ggabridgeasoggyugho thi d san mateo this morning. both hands on the wheel. those gusts really can shake your vehicle around. take a look at drive times. we are improving. i know it doesn't look great. in the red westbound 580 tracy to dublin, 1 hour 15 minutes due to long-term blocking around north flynn but all lanes back open there. westbound 4 antioch to concord in the green at 15. southbound 101 san rafael to san francisco looking good in the green at 16 minutes. >> you know we're getting soaked today all across the bay area. >> absolutely. the hardest hit area will be north bay. luz pennsylvan luz pena live at emergency operations there. good morning, luz. >> good morning. a few minutes ago we into to you guys. we were driving on the 101. we finally guys to take a look beh

of the bay bridge. this is looking down from the tower. westbound 80 just before the treasure island yerba buena. folks heading into san francisco, we had a box truck that lost control and hit the barrier. we got the update from chp. there are no injuries. everyone is okay. just that box truck was involved. you can see the police activity there. they're letting the two left lanes by. the three right lanes will probably be closed for the next 30 minutes or so. we're keeping a close eye on that one. we have another crash in the east bay as well. westbound 24 before you get inside caldecott tunnel before fish ranch road. was a two-vehicle crash, then one of the vehicles went off pretty far on the right shoulder. one is still blocking a lane. two more vehicles came along and hit the vehicle still in the lane. possibly have injuries here. they were holding all traffic. they just released three lanes. two lanes getting by. day backup there as well. next traffic update in ten minutes. >>> the dixie school district in san rafael will keep its name, at least for now. hundreds crowded the meeting to express support and

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is a stalled vehicle reported at treasure island blocking the left lane with the line of cars behind this area. hopefully when that clears up things will ease up headingan francisco. taking a look at the traffic at the altamont pass, 39 minutes westbound from 205 to the 680. we have a spot past north flynn road, and good news is that we are friday light on highway 4 with no delays westbound from antioch into hercules. if you're connecting on the east shore freeway you will be bunching up a little bit through hercules on westbound 80 and clear all the way to the bay bridge where you have traffic once again. the east shore freeway is 60 minutes from highway 4 to the maze but out of the south bay looks good. san jose to the sfo is only 39 minutes so that part of the roadway is friday light. >>> the teachers strike at the oakland unified school district is in the second day. we have kpix 5 kiet do from the havens court middle school with the newest developments. >> reporter: good morning. we expect a larger demonstration to take place in about an hour but picketing will take place again at all campuses across oakland. when the sides come back to the negot

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we head into friday and still a big old wintery mess there shall step thank you still ahead on al-jazeera around iraq where the campaign is on to save its cultural heritage and treasures after years ofwar and support other frustrating night for the bron james and early lakers and they will have their sports. with the most people in the world production is under increasing strain to keenly pace with a growing global population al-jazeera is environmental solutions program discovers new ways of feeding the world sustainably both online. just found us they look. around see is the vegetable of the scene right there. for thought on al-jazeera. we're watching out to take a look at the top stories right now voters in spain may be headed to the polls earlier than expected after m.p.'s rejected the government's budget plan ministers were hoping for support from two catalan separates those already they ended up joining other parties to block the plan. journalist in the philippines who was named as one of time magazine's persons of the year has been arrested for libel. of the new flipside rappler it was it has published rather news reports critical of president are regarded territories anti-dr

headed straight for the memorial. all those years of him going over to look after that memorial and just really treasure the ten us serviceught i would ever meet any of the families of this pilot and crew. it has been tremendous, and they are such a lovely family, lovely, lovely people. it has been an incredible experience here in sheffield with my family, and meeting tony hasjust been an incredible experience. my brother, when he was discussing this, said that airmen weren't the only victims here, and tony was the other and i hope our visit will help tony with his guilt. yeah, that'sjohn. my name isjim kriegshauser, i am the nephew of first lieutenant john kriegshauser, the pilot of the mi amigo. could you tell us what happened that day? what you saw? we were in the park, six of us, we heard this plane coming over, and when it came fully into view and we saw the state of the plane, we knew that it wasn't going to go much further. of course, it circled three times, tried to get over the trees, straight into the ground. so it's... and he did it for us. you feel he saved your life? oh, i don't feel — i know. i know they did