their exact final destination has never been clear until now, as our environment correspondent, helen briggsed in the sea for months, tiny baby eels have to make their way upstream through fast—flowing water and passed numerous obstacles. they go up a vertical like this. scientists have been monitoring eels in this essex river for 20 years, recording steep declines. compared to the historic number, there's been a 95% decline in young eels coming into fresh water from the ocean. after maturing into adults, growing up to one metre long, european eels swim all the way back across the ocean to reproduce and die. yeah, they've travelled thousands of kilometres to get here. it's taken up to two years. they will spend several years in the fresh water and then the adults have this huge journey, thousands of kilometres back. it's long been thought they end up in the sargasso sea but until now the facts have been hard to prove. there's still many more mysteries surrounding these eels? yeah, for hundreds of years, people have been trying to understand eels. they are very mysterious, they are incredible

helen briggs, bbc news, essex. i don't know if i could actually handle them.like that. what a journey. now the weather. hello, there. it is a saturday afternoon of sunny spells and scattered showers. driven along quite quickly by some blustery winds. most of the showers on southend west coasts. some will filter further inland. the southend west coasts. some will filterfurther inland. the best southend west coasts. some will filter further inland. the best of any dry weather in more sheltered eastern areas. the wind is a feature. 30 to 40 mph, perhaps even stronger. top temperatures in the afternoon 11 to 13 celsius in the north. highest values of 17 degrees somewhere across south and east england. through the evening and overnight some of those showers across england and wales will fade away as the low pressure drift steadily northwards. we will continue to see some showers across scotland and northern ireland. clearer skies, single figures elsewhere. as we move into sunday it will be a dry, settled start for many before we see many —— more persistent rain in

helen briggs, bbc news, essex. hello there, really picture this afternoon.s from 12—18 c. the shares will keep going overnight for scotland and northern ireland and northern england. clear skies. those between six and nine celsius. still showers first thing tomorrow they will soon fade with sunshine before the next band of rain pushes and from the south west in the afternoon. 11—13 c for scotland and 14—18 c further south. monday and tuesday looks mostly dry with sunshine. more rain come wednesday, thursday and friday. hello. this is bbc news. i�*m samantha simmonds and these are the headlines... as the prime minister fights for her political life — her new chancellor admits mistakes were made in rolling out the government�*s new economic policy and that some taxes will rise. manchester united footballer mason greenwood is arrested

helen briggs, bbc news, essex. they are so perfectly designed for a long swim.on of sunny spells and scattered showers driven along quite quickly by some blustery southwest winds. so most of the showers along south and west facing coasts, but some of them will start to filter a little further inland. but the best of any drier, brighter weather in more sheltered eastern areas. the winds a feature, widely gusting 30 to 40 miles an hour, perhaps even stronger gales along exposed west facing coasts. top temperatures as we go through the afternoon, 11 to 13 celsius in the north. we're looking at highest values of 17 degrees somewhere across south and east england. now through the evening and overnight, some of those showers across england and wales will fade away as the low pressure drifts its way steadily northwards. we'll still continue to see some showers across scotland and northern ireland, clearer skies, single figures elsewhere. and then as we move into sunday, it'll be a dry settled start for many before we see more persistent rain pushing into the southwest

helen briggs, bbc news in the surry hills.ordshire there was a touch of frost. thanks to the clear skies and light winds overnight and under the air of high pressure but that is off towards the continent and for this evening and overnight we will see weather fronts increasingly trying to advance upon us from the west. but not getting into east anglia and the south—east. here still there is the chance of frost through the small hours of wednesday but generally much milder as we get across the welsh border with overnight lows of eight or 9 degrees and in double figures for scotland and northern ireland, keener winds, thicker cloud and some rain to take us through the night and to start the day on wednesday. looks like it will brighten up quickly across north—east scotland and generally for northern scotland, increasing amounts of sunshine through the day and it will take until the afternoon to brighten up further south. a fine afternoon to come for northern ireland after the early rain and we see the remnants of the weather fron

helen briggs, bbc news in the surry hills. the weather affecting the apple crops.r steps in fair weather cloud but the leek bubbling up in the day, is more cloud in the west and breezy. these are the sustained wind speeds so nothing particularly strong but the gust will pick up in the north—west later on and we could see some showers in eastern scotland. temperatures ranging from 11—17 degrees. through this evening and overnight, under clear skies, temperatures will fall to 2—3 in some rural parts. 0nce temperatures will fall to 2—3 in some rural parts. once again, we will see a touch of frost and some patchy mist and fog but this cloud in the west will help maintain the temperature level and you can see the rain coming on as well. for a time, we will have gusty winds in the outer hebrides. so in towns and cities, our overnight lows between about 7—11. tomorrow, after the bright start, the cloud will build across southern areas. we will see a few showers develop their then a weather front producing the thick cloud and rain continues its journey, sinking southwards

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