hywel griffith, bbc news in the bannau brycheiniog national park.d logo, has died at the age of 76. his distinctive style was emblematic of the punk movement, and his designs became heavily associated with the sex pistols' sound and attitude. here's david sillito. # god save the queen. # the fascist regime...# 1977, the silverjubilee and the british record—buying public marked it by sending a widely banned song, with what was considered an outrageous cover, to the top of the charts. if any one image captures the spirit of that punk moment, it's this byjamie reid. it was to provoke, to stir, to encourage particularly working class kids to create bands, to do things for themselves. # god save the queen...# you get a situation where your artwork is banned, the band can't play. but in the case of god save the queen, what happens to that image is that it gets printed, you know, tens of millions of copies get printed on the front page of the newspapers. the lettering looked like cutouts for a ransom note, the images reflected his radical politics, that we

hywel griffith, bbc news, near bannau brycheiniog national park.things must come to an end. our team is heading home. before they do, let's cross over to courtney one last time. you've been so phenomenal. you've been getting right into it. it's been such a pleasure watching all of your reports. crosstalk we lost two for a second. throwback to. the signal might be a little ropey, but it feels like... sound cuts out it looks like... we have lost to courtney. while they try and get courtney back, she has been speaking to some performers, select have a look. tt been speaking to some performers, select have a look.— select have a look. it shows how we used to suffer _ select have a look. it shows how we used to suffer with _ select have a look. it shows how we used to suffer with tailorable - used to suffer with tailorable depression for nearly 30 years, and in terms of the march last year, totally unexpected efficient occur that carol my depression. it's a funny show —— cured my depression. it is also an uplifting show. hagar funny show -- cured my dep

hywel griffith, bbc news, near bannau brycheiniog national park.after the hawk — which eats snakes — accidentally dropped it on her. 64—year—old peggyjones was mowing her lawn — and must have had the shock of her life when the passing hawk dropped a wriggling serpent. the snake wrapped itself around her arm and began striking her face as the bird sunk its talons deep into herflesh. it was like, i couldn't believe what was happening. it was starting to tear at my face and it was striking my glasses. and it kept on and i couldn't get rid of the snake. it was like i went into survival mode. that is so grotesque! louise, take the image away, please. i thought the end were supposed to be a nice story and now i am going to tell you about the extreme heat which has been building in spain for the last couple of days. in andalusia this morning, we saw a high of 44 celsius. we are tapping into some of that heat today, but tomorrow the heat will bill further. we were seen widespread temperatures in the mid to high 20s. and we haven't had temperatures like tha

hywel griffith, bbc news, penychain.y being knocked out in the group stage. germany drew 1—1 with south korea in their final group match, which means columbia and morocco progress at their expense. brazil were knocked out yesterday. england have already reached the final 16 — their next match is against nigeria on monday. can football star tom brady has bought a minority stake in birmingham city football club. the 46—year—old who retired from the nfl in january 46—year—old who retired from the nfl injanuary will 46—year—old who retired from the nfl in january will be the 46—year—old who retired from the nfl injanuary will be the chair of a new advisory board at the championship side. hejoins new advisory board at the championship side. he joins a new advisory board at the championship side. hejoins a number of us players who have made minority investments in english teams in recent months. a remarkable collection of items belonging to the musician freddie mercury are about to go on public display. handwritten song lyrics

here's hywel griffith.e's been swimming in it for four decades, and campaigning for its future since she first noticed a change, six years ago. i spend a lot of time below the surface. i monitor the aquatic life. i started to taste it, i started to feel the difference, smell it. the stones on the riverbed started to go brown and slurry, and it really did start to get foul. this river is on ecological collapse. concern about the health of this river bridges both sides of the border. natural england recently downgraded its status from "unfavourable and recovering" to "unfavourable and declining", while the authorities in wales say they're worried about several places in the catchment because of pollution from agriculture. and it's poultry farms — or the waste that comes from them — which some believe is to blame, adding phosphates to the water. a quarter of the uk's chickens are raised around the river wye. rob keeps 97,000 of them. there would be no dirty water going from here... he says spreading their muck

hywel griffith, bbc news in the bannau brycheiniog national park. stay with us here on bbc news.ures of london as we hand over eto our colleagues there. thank you for your company. i will see you soon. hello there. heatwave conditions across the globe have been dominating weather headlines in recent weeks. and this week, we saw a return to heat across iberia. on wednesday afternoon in southern spain, we saw a high of 44 degrees, 111 fahrenheit. we are tapping into some of that warmth across the uk — not as extreme. it was a pleasant day on wednesday. thursday will be warmer still, with temperatures perhaps peaking at 27, possibly 28 degrees. that's 82 fahrenheit. but widespread warmth is expected generally across the country, and that's because we've got high pressure with us for another day. however, this frontal system is going to start to push in late on thursday. a beautiful start, lots of blue sky, lots of sunshine coming through. little bit of cloud and mist and murk down to the southwest may linger first thing, a little more cloud into northern ireland and southern scotlan

misconduct notice — is being criminally investigated for dangerous driving. 0ur wales correspondent — hywel griffithich had been following the two boys a couple of minutes before their death and another officer in the van had already been issued with gross misconduct notices. now, the driver, who was a serving police officer, we understand, has been informed that they are being investigated criminally for dangerous driving. we are told the investigation is going through hundreds of clips gathered from the scene, looking at cctv footage and also going through statements gathered from residents in ely, all around the time of this crash on 22nd may, when 16—year—old kyrees sullivan and 15—year—old harvey evans were seen riding that bike around the streets in the local neighbourhood before tragically crashing at the roadside. although the police had initially denied that there was a pursuit, that is the focus of this independent investigation and while no charges have been brought yet and that decision will need to be made, this is a clear and significant development within the case. we are told the fam

our wales correspondent hywel griffith is in cardiff.plaints, after it was alleged that police had chased these teenagers minutes before their death in may. the two boys, who were 16 and 15, were on an electric bike that crashed in their home neighbourhood, and residents there were immediately angry and suspicious of the police action. cctv footage later emerged showing thatjust cctv footage later emerged showing that just up to cctv footage later emerged showing thatjust up to a minute before their deaths, police van had been following them around the streets. initially, the driver of that police van, and a passenger were served with gross misconduct notices, and now, just over an hour so ago, we were told that the driver, a serving police officer, has been informed that he is now being investigated for dangerous driving, a criminal offence. now, we should stress that this is still at the investigation stage, no formal charge has been brought, and the independent police officers are still being investigated. they managed to get hundreds

hywel griffith reports. under the shimmering shallows, seagrass grows close to our coastline.flats of the river severn, you will find it in the channels. seagrass forms like a filter and those channels run absolute crystal clear. it those channels run absolute crystal clear. , ., ., those channels run absolute crystal clear. , . ., ,., clear. it is feared that polluted water, coupled _ clear. it is feared that polluted water, coupled with _ clear. it is feared that polluted water, coupled with recent - clear. it is feared that polluted - water, coupled with recent marine heatwaves is stifling the plant. when you have poor water quality, that means that they are not able to harvest as much light from the sun, and therefore they are really struggling. if you think about someone who is ill and you put them in a really hot environment, they are going to struggle a lot more than a healthy individual. and that is the case with seagrass.- is the case with seagrass. efforts to save the _ is the case with seagrass. efforts to save the planned _ is the case with seagrass. efforts to sav

thank you, hywel griffith.ded to a tropical storm, is currently moving across south carolina. hundreds of thousands of people are still without electricity. these satellite pictures taken before and after the storm show the extent of the damage, caused by winds of up to 125 miles per hour and the surge tide that followed. although the devastation appears less severe than had been feared, president biden has spoken to the governors of florida, south caroline and georgia, promising them all necessary help. helena humphrey reports from cedar key in florida, one of the worst affected areas. idalia has already moved on from florida. but in herwake, a path of destruction. in the rural community of cedar key, hurricane winds ripped down walls with ease. some homes all but hollowed out, leaving the storm surge to pour in, washing away the everyday trappings of life. i don't think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis any more. just look around. historic floods, i mean historic floods. more intense droughts,

our wales correspondent hywel griffith is near the crash site for us this evening.ack in may, allegation started to emerge that the two boys had been pursued by the police around the streets of ely on their bite. those suspicions fuelled anger here that led to those riots. now, initially, south wales police denied that they had been involved in a pursuit of the boys on the bike. however, then, cctv footage emerged that showed the police van following the two boys on different streets only a couple of minutes before that fatal crash. today the independent office for police conduct has announced it is investigating the driver of the police van for potentially criminally dangerous driving. that officer and another who was in a vehicle at the time had already been served gross misconduct notices. the investigation is going through, we are told, hundreds of video clips as well as body one camera footage and statements gathered from people here in ely as it tries to determine whether or not there was a police pursuit immediately before the boys' deaths, and we are told th

misconduct notice, is being criminally investigated for dangerous driving. 0ur wales correspondent hywel griffitht is the latest development? ti 3 comes from the independent investigation into those deaths and the police actions immediately before it so we already knew the driver of the police van which was following the two boys a few minutes before their death, and another officer in the van, had already been issued with gross misconduct notices, and now the driver who is a serving police officer, we understand has been informed that they are being investigated criminally for dangerous driving. the investigation is going through hundreds of clips, gathered from the scene, looking at cctv footage, and also going through statements gathered from residents in the area, around the time of the crash on the 22nd of may. this is when 16—year—old kyrees sullivan and 15—year—old harvey evans were seen riding a bike in the neighbourhood before tragically crashing at the roadside. although the police initially denied there was a pursuit, that's the focus of the independent investigation, and while no char