sarah smith, bbc news, islay. and a lady in singapore who's affectionately known as grandma mary proves that point. the 81—year—old loves playing the electric guitar, and she's about to take stage for the gig of her life. she's been telling us all about it. i'm mary ho, i'm 81 this year and i'm going to rock at the singapore national day parade. when i play guitar, i'm just my own. ifeel so relaxed and beautiful and so happy because i'm learning what i want to. i want to play, it's my passion. i was 16 when i started the guitar. i bought an acoustic guitar and learnt by myself. then i started to learn the electric guitar when i was about 65. it was very difficult for me because, as i said, i can't read notes and i have no experience in holding guitars and all that. i practise and practice and make it good and perfect, until my hand bled. so for several days i can't play because i got all the bandage. finally, when it healed, i started playing again. this tune is completely new to me and i did put in quite a lot of

sarah smith, bbc news, islay. the 70th edinburgh international festival gets under way later. — the arts and culture extravaganza is now the largest in the world. as thousands of performers prepare to fill hundreds of venues once again, we meet the couple who've been there since the beginning. this is ingrid and henry wuga's story. in may 1939, in may1939, i in may 1939, i came back by train through germany and holland, eventually we landed in great britain. i think it was 92... 93? we we re britain. i think it was 92... 93? we were or is interested in music, and when we heard there was music going on, we went, can we afford to go? and debra staged has brought the first music and drama festival. delivered to the streets of scotland's capital have come 120,000 visitors. we had very little money and it was pretty much sold out. what we didn't mind standing at the back. august is from many countries, europe, america, came. all ofa sudden, there was life, a rekindling of life, art, music. people were determined. people were determined to lead a better life. because of the war, i t

sarah smith, bbc news, islay.on churchill and cornelius fudge in the harry potterfilms. the archbishop of canterbury has been trying to find common ground on the refugee crisis in south sudan. 0ur the refugee crisis in south sudan. our home affairs correspondent reports. above the lush plains of uganda, two archbishops are on a mission, heading north toward refugee camps on the border with south sudan. the welcome they receive in moyo is rapturous. but the conditions are horrendous. may i come in? thank you. the whole family sleeps here. it's very, very tough. it's horrible. there are nearly a million south sudanese living in camps like this after fleeing a brutal civil war, with many families rushing to the border carrying only their children. while the archbishops are of one mind in their support for these refugees, there is another issue about which they are deeply divided, and it concerns not one country in one continent, but the entire unity of the anglican communion. your grace, shouldn't you be in the middl

sarah smith, bbc news, islay.ers in africa than it does in england. and while there are disagreements over homosexuality, the archbishop of canterbury has been trying to find some common ground on the refugee crisis in south sudan, with one of the most conservative african archbishops, stanley ntagali, in uganda. 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashir reports. above the lush plains of uganda, two archbishops are on a mission, heading north toward refugee camps on the border with south sudan. the welcome they receive in moyo is rapturous. but the conditions are horrendous. may i come in? thank you. the whole family sleeps here. it's very, very tough. it's horrible. there are nearly a million south sudanese living in camps like this, after fleeing a brutal civil war, with many families rushing to the border carrying only their children. while the archbishops are of one mind in their support for these refugees, there is another issue about which they are deeply divided, and it concerns not one country in o

sarah smith, bbc news, islay. past hour neymar has completed his world record transfer to paris st germain. he has signed a five—year contract with the french club, the 25—year—old brazilian earlier broke his contract with barcelona, he paid that $264 million buyout clause, he is going to earn around 45 million euros a year. that is 865,000 euros a week. outside source will be back at the same time on monday, thank you for watching. low pressure is in control at the moment. while that remains the case, we are going to struggle to see much in the way of settled summer weather. it was certainly quite u nsettled weather. it was certainly quite unsettled on thursday. southern areas were very windy but at least that meant the sack the showers blew through quite quickly. the winds we re through quite quickly. the winds were lighter but there were lots of showers, some heavy and banbury, particularly across northern and eastern scotland. that delivered some really impressive cloudscape is for our weather watchers here, b

come on, islay. iam one week, and it's a problem? come on, islay. i am so honest with you.ering a "severe" head injury in a training crash in switzerland. british ski and snowboard said the 22—year—old will be moved from intensive care to a recovery ward today. the crash reportedly happened when the world junior bronze medallist fell on a run—up while at a training camp. great britain's skeleton slider lizzy yarnold is preparing to start the world cup season and hopes it will end in her becoming the first british athlete to retain a winter olympic gold in the women's skeleton. yarnold is not only bidding to become the first briton trying to retain my olympic title and being the first olympian to do thatis and being the first olympian to do that is what i strive for. that is why i get out of bed in the morning. iam why i get out of bed in the morning. i am excited to have this challenge and be supported by my team, but also together find something more to support me with, and i want to take them along on thatjourney. i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the lottery funding an

sarah smith, bbc news, islay.now view multiple episodes of their favourite shows in a single sitting. however, most of us still watch at least some live tv each week. 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, has more. for decades tv watching was something families often enjoyed together. now, increasingly, the different generations are enjoying tv in different ways. we need to get back. according to 0fcom, watching multiple episodes of a series back—to—back is something done weekly by only around one in six adults over the age of 6a. but it is the norm for more than half of all teenagers, either using catch up services, like the iplayer, or streaming services, like netflix and amazon, often to ensure they have watched an episode before spoilers appear on social media. the thing is, the young generation is inherently impatient, they have grown up with all this technology, so everything they want they have instantly. if they have watched episode one, and they are desperate for episode two, they want it now. you

the economy of islay runs on whisky. much of scotland's economy runs on this water of life.brexit. the 2017 world athletics championships are almost upon us, as the stars of track and field flock to london. it will mark the final appearance of usain bolt and many are asking who will be athletics's next big star? 0ur sports editor, dan roan, has been speaking with one man who believes he can fill the void, the 400m sensation wayde van niekerk. final preparations at london's olympic stadium, as it becomes the focus of the athletics world once again. the man charged with organising track and fields world championships telling me the sport should savour every moment. london has a unique offering. it's a huge city, passionate about sport, the world's greatest athletics stadium, and it's going to be full. possibly going forwards, you need to see slight changes to the format, the compression of the championships. so, this could be the last great, great, traditional format championships. once again, the world's finest athletes will be on show here — a fitting farewell to the sport's

the economy of islay runs on whisky. much of scotland's economy runs on this water of life. and showers the story today but the show was not shared equally. not too many in the south and the shot was that did turn up blue through quite quickly. further north lots of heavy and thundery showers with light winds impressing —— producing some impressive cloud scapes. in the showers have been driven by a maid of low pressure that continues to drift across and as this weather for the bairns in we will see more persistent rain across scotland overnight. some showers at times, the further south and east you are the further south and east you are the dryer it is. tomorrow morning looks like a wet start across much of scotla nd looks like a wet start across much of scotland with heavy rain likely across eastern areas, blustery winds also, stronger than today. nor ireland has not a bad start, some showers and not even had start. across eastern hinnies and much of the midlands at the right with spells of sunshine —— across the eastern areas. as a rule, southern areas will not see too man