jonah fisher, bbc news, in northern mozambique.k has finally met the voice donor who helped him have the same accent as his family and friends. daniel challis, who has cerebral palsy, appealed for a volunteer from walsall — and eli lane offered to help. but because eli was based in new york at the time, the pair had never met in person, until now. meganjones has the story. i can't wait. i am so excited. it will be strange hearing eli, because it is now my voice. but it will be awesome. in 2022, i helped dan launch his appeal on his local west midlands bbc radio station. this is eli lane. mr and mrs dursley of number 4, i privet drive, were proud to say. that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. _ how did that one make you feel? happy. he wanted to find a new voice for his communication device which sounded a bit more like his family and less robotic. eli lane, whose voice was chosen, has been thousands of miles away at drama school in new york, but he wanted to make this special journey. i don't think anyjourneyl would

jonah fisher, bbc news. business next. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, there.es around the perth area. that's 75 fahrenheit. totally different story, however, further south and west. a day of heavy rain across cornwall in particular, where we saw three—quarters of an inch in a 2a—hour period, and some of the rain torrential with thundery downpours in it. now, that weather front is continuing to push its way steadily northwards, and it will linger first thing on tuesday morning. not a bad start, though, for scotland, once again, a few scattered sharp showers to the northwest of the great glen, a few showers developing as we go through the day, but on the whole, there will be a good dry slot with some sunny spells coming through. not a bad start into northern ireland, northwest england, as well. here's our weatherfront at 10:00 in the morning, lingering across east yorkshire, lincolnshire, gradually drifting its way eastwards, and then as we go through the afternoon, we'll see sunny spells and scattered showers. but these showers across northeast england, eastern

jonah fisher, bbc news, in northern mozambique. extraordinary.tures peaked at around 20 or 21 degrees. we've also seen some heavy showers developing in scotland and northern parts of england as well, but once those move away overnight, the next few days, the rest of the week looking much more promising with drier and warmer weather on the way as well. and that's mainly because we're going to replace low pressure with high pressure that's moving in from the southwest — that's going to bring with it those rise in temperatures. still some heavy showers though this evening across eastern scotland and north east england to finally move away into the north sea. the showers elsewhere will fade away more quickly. skies will clear as it becomes drier overnight and temperatures will dip away to around 10 or 11 degrees — a few short—lived mist and fog patches in western areas. heading into tomorrow, though, on the whole, a sunny start and a lovely day on the way. temperatures will rise quickly. that will lead to some cloud development, and there's just the

jonah fisher has travelled to mabu on the latest expedition to find it's now going to be turned intomabu forest. this is about as good as it gets. wejoined the we joined the professor and a team of scientists as they head to the centre of mabu forest. three hours now and this is absolutely brutal. going through streams, climbing over boulders. looks like we are probably not going to get to the camp until after dark and that is just the first step towards getting into the middle of this forest. 0ne first step towards getting into the middle of this forest. one of the reasons why mabu is so special is because it is effectively a land island, a high altitude forest surrounded by the lowlands of mozambique. forthe surrounded by the lowlands of mozambique. for the last 20 years professorjulian bayliss has been trying to get mabu protected, by proving just how exceptional it is. the puppy is named after my daughter. the puppy is named after my daughter-— the puppy is named after my dau:hter. ,, ., ., ,, . , daughter. several dozen new species have been found _ daughter. several dozen new s

jonah fisher, bbc news in northern mozambique. et forest" available on bbc iplayer now. now, a quick update on a story we brought you a few moments ago. a court in the canary islands has now confirmed that the body found in tenerife is that of missing british manjay slater, after identifying him from fingerprints. they added that his death was most likely caused by an accidental fall in a rocky area. almost1 million children in the uk don't have a proper bed of their own to sleep in — according to research from the charity barnardo's. in hartlepool, teachers are working to provide 10,000 beds for children who are struggling to concentrate in lessons because they're not getting enough rest. lauren moss reports. packed up and ready to be delivered across the tees valley to families without a bed. head teacher mark tilling is part of a team that's raised money to buy 10,000 new beds for children turning up to school sleep deprived and exhausted. the idea is that if, for any reason, a child has not got a bed, we want to provide it and

jonah fisher, bbc news in northern mozambique.icularly wet in london, double thejuly rainfall here, and nearly two—and—a—half times as much rain as we would normally see in a typicaljuly in parts of north yorkshire. there is more rain to add today as well. an area of low pressure has been bringing pretty extensive rain this morning, the low will gradually move away this afternoon to allow brighter, sunnier weather through. however, there are going to be some showers around and the showers that form along this convergence line, where the winds kind of bash together, across parts of scotland and northern england, those showers will be particularly heavy and slow—moving in nature, bringing 30 millimetres of rain in places, in the space ofjust a couple of hours. that is enough to cause some localised flash flooding. you might even see one or two funnel clouds from those storms. temperatures 18—21, a bit below average for the time of year, but still feeling pleasant in the afternoon sunny spells. now this evening those showers for east

jonah fisher, bbc news in northern mozambique. wow! ing the secret forest. well worth a look. here's matt with a look at the weather. can you save our summer? from rainforest to just can you save our summer? from rainforest tojust rain. can you save our summer? from rainforest to just rain. there is some time left. we have half ofjuly and august left. there are signs of optimism on the horizon. very good morning. this is the scene in a short while ago in suffolk. still dark clouds overhead. not done with the rain yet. the persistent rain will ease. brightness later with showers developing as well. this is the pressure chart, showing the area of low pressure which brought the rain over england and wales yesterday. whether brent stradling. the last few hours it is starting to make a shift further south and east. a few light spots of rain in scotland with heavier showers in the south of england. eventually most of that will get out of the way. most persistent in lincolnshire and norfolk. the sunshine will develop, the best in the west. hea