it is _ hertfordshire for us now. good afternoon. it is worth - hertfordshire for us now. is worth saying atj afternoon. it is worth saying at lunchtime it is usually soup or a rice bowl which has everyone's attention. today it is a skate bowl and it is venues like this can can really benefit from the sky brown effect. the olympics are all about medals but also a great shop window for a sport for raise its profile and also increase participation. you can imagine the head of skateboard gb must be very happy. i think this smile is a bit of a giveaway. firstly your reaction to sky brown's performance and that bronze medal. amazing, absolutely phenomenal. who would think that sky brown at the a-e would think that sky brown at the age of— would think that sky brown at the age of i3— would think that sky brown at the age of 13 would come back with the bronze _ age of 13 would come back with the bronze medal. completely overwhelmed and gone _ bronze medal. completely overwhelmed and gone snapped. —— gobsmacked. your— and gone snapped. —— gobsmacked. yourioh_ and gone snapped. ——

we are in hertfordshire, a beautiful farm naga. how does a sunflower farming work? the? 100,000 in bloom. how does a sunflower farming work? they are ve eas sunflower farming work? they are very easy to _ sunflower farming work? they are very easy to grow. _ sunflower farming work? they are very easy to grow, they _ sunflower farming work? they are very easy to grow, they don't - sunflower farming work? they are | very easy to grow, they don't need any chemicals, we just drilled them into the ground, two weeks apart, we get a spread of harvest, and it brightens the whole place up, they are very easy to grow.— are very easy to grow. some farms have reported — are very easy to grow. some farms have reported late _ are very easy to grow. some farms have reported late flowering - are very easy to grow. some farms have reported late flowering for i are very easy to grow. some farms| have reported late flowering for the sunflowers this year, have you found that? it sunflowers this year, have you found that? ., , , , , ., that? it has bee

mum, madeleine, his wife, leah, daughterwillow, and the rest of the family were watching from hertfordshirebutjust, yeah, so proud and so happy for him. leah, what were the nerves like watching him doing that first performance at the start? we were all on the edge of our seats, weren't we? we just wanted him to do a good job. obviously it's been a long—time training, like he said, from training in the garden and everything else that has been on with the year of covid, i think the fact he was even at the olympics... we were just happy that he had the opportunity to still compete, so we just wanted him to do a good job for him, really. when he did that landing, what went through your mind? i think we all screamed. yeah. we werejumping up and down, weren't we? yeah. just so happy that he had done it and we could see as well by his reaction of how he finished it that he was happy with it as well. robin, for you, to be with all the family and for your children to see their uncle being olympic champion again, what was it like to be all together? it was just amazing. we loved it. it was just reall

a synagogue in hertfordshire, collecting donations.isl actually happened only 80 odd years ago and they literally left - where they were, with the clothes on their back, so it is our turn to now be the people to help. young lives prepare for new lives here. the future of the country they called home, so uncertain. chris mason, bbc news. let's return to kabul tonight, and speak to our correspondent secunder kermani. there has been so much focus on kabul, what do you know about what is happening in other parts of the country? pm is happening in other parts of the count ? �* ., _ is happening in other parts of the count 7�* , ., is happening in other parts of the count t , ., country? an uneasy sense of calm in most of kabul _ country? an uneasy sense of calm in most of kabul aside _ country? an uneasy sense of calm in most of kabul aside from _ country? an uneasy sense of calm in most of kabul aside from the - country? an uneasy sense of calm in most of kabul aside from the airport| most of kabul aside from the airport and in much of the

these beautiful fields and forests in essex and hertfordshire used to be the old hunting grounds foroadicea prayed here before waging war on the romans. but now locals are worried that all this will be lost to make way for 15,500 new homes. this will be one of the biggest developments in the london green belt, everything you can see here will all be housing. this is the breadbasket of england, this is where your grain comes from. if we concrete over all our fields, we wouldn't have anything to eat. the council says this isn't real green belt because it's just a field. the purpose of green belt is to stop urban sprawl, it's nothing to do with the quality of the land, it's a planning destination. the main housing development is going to be over there, to the north of harlow, and then to connect it to the town, they're going to build a large road all the way across these two lakes, over the river stort and into the town of harlow. this local naturalist is concerned the planned infrastructure could damage the fragile ecosystem. part of the development is going to be on a landfill site an

a synagogue in hertfordshire, collecting donations.actually happened only 80 odd years ago and they literally left - where they were, with the clothes on their back, so it is our turn to now be the people to help. young lives prepare for new lives here. the future of the country they called home, so uncertain. chris mason, bbc news. i�*m joined now by peter galbraith, former un deputy special representative for afghanistan and former us ambassador. great to have you. we have just heard in that report, tony blair calling the us decision to withdraw imbecilic. how fair is that? i calling the us decision to withdraw imbecilic. how fair is that?- imbecilic. how fair is that? i think what was imbecilic _ imbecilic. how fair is that? i think what was imbecilic was _ imbecilic. how fair is that? i think what was imbecilic was the - imbecilic. how fair is that? i think i what was imbecilic was the strategy that was followed for the last 20 years. a strategy that was initiated, in fact, when tony blair was prime minister. that strategy involved

and zoolander has teamed up with an investment company to buy a 90—acre site at broxbourne in hertfordshireor religious discrimination after his two—year—old daughter was refused a place. mr yousaf says that after his family was turned down, his wife asked a white scottish friend to put in an application and it was accepted within 2a hours. let's speak to our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie who's in glasgow. humza yousaf said he is furious about this, so far he has told his story on social media and to the newspaper the daily record, he said his daughter, his two—year—old daughter, was refused a place twice at little scholars day nursery and was told there were no places available but then a white scottish friend of his wife's also applied and 2a hours later that the child had a place. and then the daily record reporter created two different fake profiles and one was refused a place at the nursery and another, also a fake profile, applied for a place at the nursery and was offered a place. and then for a third time humza yousaf and his family also applied to the nursery with a mus

the couple, from hertfordshire, are taking part in trials of a new system that will be able to tell not all? _ no, i think it's fantastic. if you had a diagnosis that gave you some indication of the progression, would that be of help? well, then we could, you know, plan financially as well as, as a couple to be able to perhaps have a few holidays before things got bad that i couldn't take dennis on holiday. it makes me more comfortable because you are not waiting for a diagnosis and you have someone saying they know what it is now. dennis's brain scan will be analysed by an artificial intelligence computer programme. it compares his scan with those of thousands of other dementia patients. in preclinical tests, it's been able to diagnose dementia years before symptoms develop. you have a diagnosis of dementia, and that is a big thing to take on board, so when i'm delivering this diagnosis, anything i can do to be more confident about that and to give people more information and to help them plan their lives is a great thing to be able to do. and the new technique can give results much fa

born in hertfordshire, she always wanted to perform. it is the most underpaid, hard—working and least respected really, or it was then. and just to break away was fantastic. like so many multi—talented performers of the time, she could dance... singing. she could sing... ..she could sing... singing. ..and she could act. you don't half talk some rubbish. she was cast in what went on to be one of tv�*s biggest shows as the daughter of the bigoted alf garnett in till death us do part. it won't be your lot who will be revolting. it'll be us bloody tories who will be revolting. well, you're certainly revolting. in the 1970s and 80s, she was a fearsome aunt sally. i don't wish to impose upon you. 0pposite jon pertwee's worzel gummidge. 20 years later, she was still delighting children in the worst witch. as you know, in three weeks it will be her birthday. now, her birthday falls on the same date every year. and most recently, she won millions of fans across the world as mrs hudson. boys, you've got another one! ..in the award—winning sherloc

the couple, from hertfordshire, are taking part in trials of a new system that will be able to tell not, as a couple to be able to perhaps have a few holidays before things got bad that i couldn't take dennis on holiday. it makes me more comfortable because you are not waiting for a diagnosis and you have someone saying they know what it is now. dennis's brain scan will be analysed by an artificial intelligence computer programme. it compares his scan with those of thousands of other dementia patients. in preclinical tests, it's been able to diagnose dementia years before symptoms develop. you have a diagnosis of dementia, and that is a big thing to take on board, so when i'm delivering this diagnosis, anything i can do to be more confident about that and to give people more information and to help them plan their lives is a great thing to be able to do. and the new technique can give results much faster. currently it can take several scans and many other tests to find out whether someone has dementia. the new artificial intelligence system can potentially pick it up with just one scan

the couple, from hertfordshire, are taking part in trials of a new dementia but how quickly it is likelys, as a couple to be able to perhaps have a few holidays before things got bad that i couldn't take dennis on holiday. it makes me more comfortable because you are not waiting for a diagnosis and you have someone saying they know what it is now. dennis's brain scan will be analysed by an artificial intelligence computer programme. it compares his scan with those of thousands of other dementia patients. in preclinical tests, it's been able to diagnose dementia years before symptoms develop. you have a diagnosis of dementia, and that is a big thing to take on board, so when i'm delivering this diagnosis, anything i can do to be more confident about that and to give people more information and to help them plan their lives is a great thing to be able to do. and the new technique can give results much faster. currently it can take several scans and many other tests to find out whether someone has dementia. the new artificial intelligence system can potentially pick it up with just one scan

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and zoolander, has teamed up with an investment company to buy a 90—acre site at broxbourne in hertfordshirean is inside the court building and sent us this update. we are outside the court has and you can see behind me several members of the fourfamily is can see behind me several members of the four family is waiting for that court hearing. what they're doing is applying to appeal against the eviction order. it was late last year, into this year, that the israeli court upheld the eviction of these families after a case brought by a jewish settler group, and what that group wants to do, or what it has been trying to do over many decades, in fact, has been trying to do over many decades, infact, is has been trying to do over many decades, in fact, is to evict palestinian residents from their homes in sheikh jarrah in east jerusalem, take over their homes in order to build and israeli settlement. that case has been ongoing for many years. the settlement group claims historic land rights, saying it was owned by jewish religious trust in the 19th century and they have acquired those land rights

sunset studios in los angeles and an investment firm have bought a 91—acre site in broxbourne in hertfordshireugh this evening and overnight, some of the showers will continue, though we will lose the thundery element. there will be some clear skies, a little bit of mist, and by the end of the night we will have more rain coming in across the isles of scilly, and also west cornwall. temperatures falling to between 7 and 13. tomorrow, this rain will extend further south, getting into the channel islands. behind it, a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine but you could catch a shower almost anywhere, and again, there�*s the potential for it to be heavy and thundery. but tomorrow, more of us will see 20 degrees. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... more gold for team gb at the tokyo olympics— this time in eventing, where great britain took first place in the teamjumping. and us gymnast simone biles is on the start list of eight finalists for tomorrow�*s final of the beam. a sprinter from belarus who says she was being forced to return home from the tokyo olympics against her will, is rep

a man in hertfordshire has created an olympic—themed obstacle course in his back garden — for squirrelsles, swimming, the longjump and highjump. the squirrels' efforts are replayed on a �*clamber cam', and although the winners don't get a medal, those who complete the course are rewarded with a feeder of nuts. can't help but hear the mission impossible music when i watch that video. good effort, steve. acrobatics, too! time for a look at the weather with nick. some sunny spells but heavy and torrential and thundery downpours to date. greatest chance of these are towards south—east wales, south midlands and southern england including london. if you do there could be impacts from the risk of flooding. elsewhere, sunny spells and chance of a shower. cloud in northern ireland, sunny spells in scotland, cloud any isles. temperatures at or below average. feeling quite pleasant if you are in the sunshine. any downpours through england and wales are slowly fade into the night, the night, the second half of the night looking dry, cooler than this away from the city centres. plenty of sunshine to