originally from hertfordshire, so down south, just north of london. go to leeds college of music and stayed. so you've been lured from hertfordshire on the edges of london to do the most creative ofjobs here in barnsley. absolutely. john wants to grow his business, but says he can't find the staff from the local colleges in barnsley. we talk about creating better jobs. we talk about creating skills and a lot of these skills now that are needed are still not on a lot of people's radar. where i think the government would fail is if they didn't recognise that, because the jobs of yesterday aren't the jobs of tomorrow, and there's so many opportunities out there. i think that one of the problems that we've had is that further education colleges of the past have been incentivised to get people in to do a particular set of courses which are easily sellable to students, what sort of courses? well, again, it will depend on the individual location, but we're setting up and i know it sounds bureaucratic and jargon—rich local skills partnerships, which are ways

englishman richard bland has also requested to be released for the event in hertfordshire injune.oughout the speculation that has accompanied it throughout the year. so, westwood has finally said that he is one of those players who has applied for a waiver and is going to be, you would imagine, among the field playing in hertfordshire through next month. huge speculation of course over the names that they potentially could join this in the world of golf. likely to see many more big names? i know phil mickelson has already been one of those mentioned in terms of asking for releases but are we going to see an awful lot more being revealed ? 0bviously over the coming days and weeks, i think we will see more names and one other name that emerged today was actually the defending champion at the british masters richard bland, who has admitted that he also has sought a waiver and other names have been included in the speculation including sergio garcia and graeme mcdowell, martin kaymer, and as you say phil mickelson as well. so i think it's going to be fascinating to see which names eme

englishman richard bland has also requested to be released for the event in hertfordshire injune.iously consider it." six—time major—winner phil mickelson was one of the first high—profile players to seek a release from the pga tour last month. lee westwood has been a name that has been associated with greg norman's greco whately really throughout the speculation that has accompanied it throughout the year. so westwood has finally said that he is one of those players who has applied for a waiver and is going to be, you would imagine, i'm on the field playing in hartford through next month. you field playing in hartford through next month-— next month. you speculation of course over— next month. you speculation of course over the _ next month. you speculation of course over the names - next month. you speculation of course over the names that. next month. you speculation of| course over the names that they potentially could join this are not in the world of golf. likely to see many more big names? i know phil mickelson has already been one of those mentioned in terms of asking for

william atkinson from conservative home is in rickmansworth in hertfordshire.ory? especially in the middle of _ you make of the story? especially in the middle of a _ you make of the story? especially in the middle of a cost _ you make of the story? especially in the middle of a cost of _ you make of the story? especially in the middle of a cost of living - the middle of a cost of living crisis it seems like fiddling while rome burns in the sense this is obviously designed to be a hearty patriotic announcement in the wake of that platinum jubilee but as somebody who has grown up in a world in which metric has been used alongside imperial measurements, it seems a rather unimportant announcement. i know a lot of people have been cheered by it and still remember the muppet maters in 2001 and are happy to use imperial measurements and you see them reintroduced —— the metric markers. i think it isjust reintroduced —— the metric markers. i think it is just the government trying to generate a good day's headlines. ., u, trying to generate a good day's headlines-_ tryi

this firm in hertfordshire has been developing new varieties of wheat and barley using traditional breedingt affordable prices. when we're developing new varieties like these, that you see in the packages here, that takes around 12 years, typically. with precision breeding techniques, we can significantly shorten that timescale and bring new varieties to the market much faster. in 1999, worried protesters trampled gm crops. since then, scientific reviews have shown the technology to be safe, and some have now changed their minds. mark linus was there. crops have been in the ground now for a quarter of a century. we know they're safe, and we also know it's a technology that can be very useful for increasing the sustainability of agriculture, to reduce pesticides, to help crops adapt to climate change, to feed a growing world population. but a large proportion of the population still have their doubts, especially that the new gene—edited crops won't be labelled, and they worry that the regulation won't be fully transparent. pallab ghosh, bbc news. we're joined by david zilberman, professor of

englishman richard bland has also requested to be released for the event in hertfordshire injune. mickelson was one of the first high—profile players to seek a release from the pga tour last month. andy murray and novak djokovic renew their old rivalry on thursday, in the last 16 of madrid open. it'll be the first time they've faced each competitively in over five years. also through is rafael nadal. he remains on course for a record—extending sixth madrid open title, after a straight—sets victory over miomir kecmanovic from serbia. nadal won 6—1, 7—6 to reach the last 16, where he'll face belgium's david goffin. and tunisia's ons jabeur is through to the women's semi—finals in madrid to face qualifier ekaterina alexa nd rova. she beat the former world number one simona halep in straight sets. the number eight seed avenged her defeat against halep in dubai with a 6—3, 6—2 victory, to seal her place in the last four. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, we'll see you next time. meta

this firm in hertfordshire has been developing new varieties of wheat and barley using traditional breedingrices. when we're developing new varieties like these, that you see in the packages here, that takes around 12 years, typically. with precision breeding techniques, we can significantly shorten that timescale and bring new varieties to the market much faster. in 1999, worried protesters trampled gm crops. since then, scientific reviews have shown the technology to be safe, and some have now changed their minds. mark linus was there. crops have been in the ground now for a quarter of a century. we know they're safe, and we also know it's a technology that can be very useful for increasing the sustainability of agriculture, to reduce pesticides, to help crops adapt to climate change, to feed a growing world population. but a large proportion of the population still have their doubts, especially that the new gene—edited crops won't be labelled, and they worry that the regulation won't be fully transparent. pallab ghosh, bbc news. a former conservative mp has been jailed for 18 months foll

joining us live now from hertfordshire is lisa minot, the sun's travel edior.ak to you. you are staying at home this weekend, probably very wise. can you give us a bit of context. some of this is just the nature of the time of year, but there do seem to be some added complications, like the announcement from easyjet, what is behind that? unfortunately it is down to staffing issues, easyjet, like many other airlines during the pandemic, face no income, billions of pounds of outgoings and it took a decision to make a lot of staff redundant and those staff, they perhaps imagine would come back when the schedules came back up and travel was once again possible, but those staff have perhaps found otherjobs, it is not a highly paid industry and the hours are anti—social and in the course of the last few years, perhaps they found otherjobs and that means they did not have the same number of crew coming back on board as quickly as they thought, they are having to train new crew that takes time and also takes time in terms of vetting for security reasons and that is the

this firm in hertfordshire has been developing new varieties of wheat and barley using traditional breeding you see in the packages here, that takes around 12 years, typically. with precision breeding techniques, we can significantly shorten that timescale and bring new varieties to the market much faster. in 1999, worried protesters trampled gm crops. since then, scientific reviews have shown the technology to be safe, and some have now changed their minds. mark linus was there. crops have been in the ground now for a quarter of a century. we know they're safe, and we also know it's a technology that can be very useful for increasing the sustainability of agriculture, to reduce pesticides, to help crops adapt to climate change, to feed a growing world population. but a large proportion of the population still have their doubts, especially that the new gene—edited crops won't be labelled, and they worry that the regulation won't be fully transparent. pallab ghosh, bbc news. the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the uk has nearly trebled to 57, including the first case in scotland. c

that was one of the storms going through hertfordshire.ll in charge. there just aren't many isobars with this area of low pressure because it's quite weak. but again what it will do is it will encourage further showers. we start off with a clump of showers across wales and western england, and they'll move into east anglia and south—east england, turning heavy and thundery with some hail. northern and western areas will tend to turn drier with more sunshine through the afternoon, and so it'll start to feel a little bit warmer. towards thursday, pressure builds weakly across the uk, but we've got this little feature trying to come in off the atlantic. many of you will have a dry day with spells of sunshine on thursday, the first day many of you will have off, a prolonged spell but there will be showers pushing into the north—west, particularly for northern ireland. there could be one or two elsewhere. but for many, it is a dry picture. and it's a bit warmer, temperatures more widely into the low twenties across england and wales and 19, as

the ivy learning trust has ten schools in north london and hertfordshire.ing day of the auction for the shirt. diego maradona wore it in argentina's world cup win over england in 1986. it was put up for auction by former england player steve hodge. it has already reached its reserve of £5 million. well, if you're heading out on public transport this morning, this is how tfl services are looking right now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. just that ongoing part closure on the northern line. on to the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. well, it's set to turn warmer and brighter across the capital from tomorrow, with high pressure building in. and it does look like a lovely weekend of weather ahead. but some showers to get through first today. already quite showery out there at the moment. it is a mild start to the morning. temperatures are in high single figures and low double figures. there'll be lots of cloud around for much of the first half of the day, and it is looking mostly dry until we get to the afternoon. it'll

sometimes associated with lead vigorous thunderstorms we had a real big dump or coming across hertfordshireof the night. another cool night with temperatures drifting to around five or 7 degrees, pretty widely. look at the forecast and wednesday, that area of rain in wales is going to be eastwards as it does so, showers in nature but the showers again will be heavy with some thunder mixed in and whether she should be drier and sunday are given the sunshine, it will feel warmer temperatures at a high of 17 in glass co.,18 encarta. and thursday, pressure will start to rise weakly across the uk and the weather from trying to sneak in of the atlantic and so, england and wales looking fine with sunny spells and feeling warmer in northern ireland, the club will build to bring some showers and mug of bricks of rain here through the day. and given we have more sunshine for many areas, 19 and glasco and quite widely in the low 20s across england and wales and keep that warm weather for parts of the uk into friday the showers and thunderstorms and warm sunshine, temperatures reaching a high of 21 and

englishman richard bland has also requested to be released for the event in hertfordshire injune.ix—time major winner phil mickelson was one of the first high—profile players to seek a release from the pga tour last month. dan evans hasjoined andy murray in the third round of the madrid open tennis. but the brit was pushed all the way by home favourite roberto bautista agut. evans took the first set of a match which lasted almost three hours, but the spaniard forced a decider. evans coming through in a final set tie breaker. he'll face andrey rublev next after he beat jack draper. british number one cameron norrie has made it three british men in the last 16, after he battled pastjohn isner in three sets 6—a, 6—7, 6—a. he faces the seventh seed carlos alcaraz next. andy murray makes up the three brits still standing — he faces old rival and world number one novak djokovic next. cannot wait for that encounter, to see those two back on the court again. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thanks very much, gavin. it's the final full

englishman richard bland has also requested to be released for the event in hertfordshire injune. time major winner phil mickelson was one of the first high profile players to seek release from the pga tour last month. more for you and sports at half past six. goodbye for me. thank you very much. a charity is calling for all medical students to receive better training about eating disorders after a survey suggested that patients did not receive adequate care. around 1.25 million people in the uk have an eating disorder, according to the charity beat, but there are currently no requirements for medical schools to provide any teaching in this area. it added that over two thirds of the people they surveyed — who have an eating disorder — felt their gp did not understand how to help them. zoe conway has this report. when you restrict your food intake, it numbs you. and so anorexia is a functional illness, it's a way to cope with difficult feelings or beliefs. joss had anorexia for five years. she says it was a way of coping with the sexual abuse she suffered as a child by a nonfamily

englishman richard bland has also requested to be released for the event in hertfordshire injune.e eu�*s proposals for new sanctions on russia including a total ban on russian oil imports by the end of the year. the plans, which need member states�* approval, also include sanctions on individuals, including those suspected of war crimes. i spoke to dr hilary ingham, senior lecturer in economics at lancaster university who told me this is not going to be an instantaneous imposition of sanctions. it�*s going to be a very difficult decision. you know, if you take a country like germany, it has been highly dependent on russia, and even within that country, there has been concerns raised about this previously. and then, if you look at another two member states, hungary and slovakia, these are landlocked countries, so shipping things like liquid or gas is very difficult. they are likely to be given a longer period to move away from the dependency on russia, possibly until the end of 2023, so although these sanctions have been introduced today, as was said earlier in your programme, even

in hatfield it is and leave the voting area in hertfordshire.o declare. the lib dems are up one at the moment. in terms of vote share, 46-30. the moment. in terms of vote share, 46—30. under half of the seating at the moment. it adds to the sense of sudden discomfort that has been tilting up with this set of election results, that has been doing fulsome years now. bide results, that has been doing fulsome ears now. ~ ., results, that has been doing fulsome ears now. . ., ., ., ., ., , years now. we have not had that many results from — years now. we have not had that many results from scotland _ years now. we have not had that many results from scotland yet. _ i'm joined by ian blackford, the snp's westminster the important story for scotland is the fact that the tories have been rejected, the vote is down. what is important is that voters have sent a message to borisjohnson. there are two things that count. one is the cost of living crisis, more needs to be done, and the other issue of partygate. people in scotland have made it very clear they

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