justin rowlatt, bbc news, thwaites glacier.ay morning after a brief illness, according to her manager. she won a golden globe award for her performance in 1974's the three musketeers and was nominated again in 1987 for the film right to die. the american is often credited with breaking the mould for modern day action heroines in hollywood films. david sillito reports. raquel welch did not expect anyone to remember what she thought was just a "silly dinosaur movie". but one million years bc, with its giant malevolent turtles, poor grasp of evolution, and prehistoric bikinis, turned raquel welch into a star of teenage bedrooms across the world. "in one fell swoop, everything about the real me was," she said, "swept away." # you make me feel so young...#. it was pretty clear how she was being marketed. coffee 7 in bedazzled, she was given the role of lilian lust. strong, black and sweet. in public, she played the role. two mountainous spoons full! but she said she had little control over her career. # now, listen here, boy! # i us

justin rowlatt, bbc news, thwaites glacier.at auction, and is expected to fetch as much as 50 million dollars. the volume, referred to as the codex sassoon, dates back more than 1,000 years. london—based auction house sotheby�*s says it is a critical link between the dead sea scrolls and the bible of today. its valuation makes it the most costly historical document or manuscript to appear at auction. this bible was written in the year 900, approximately the year 900, and this has been confirmed by both carbon dating analysis, which was done in the last years, as well as by scholars who have studied this manuscript and have confirmed it through paleo graphical and ecological research. hollywood movie star raquel welch, who became an international sex symbol in the 1960s, has died aged 82. she won a golden globe award for her performance in the three musketeers film and is often credited with breaking the mould for modern day action heroines. david sillitoe looks back at her life. raquel welch did not expect anyone to remember wh

justin rowlatt, bbc news, thwaites glacier.2. she won a golden globe award for her performance in the three musketeers film and is often credited with breaking the mould for modern day action heroines. david sillito looks back at her life. raquel welch did not expect anyone to remember what she thought was just a "silly dinosaur movie". but one million years bc, with its giant malevolent turtles, poor grasp of evolution, and prehistoric bikinis, turned raquel welch into a star of teenage bedrooms across the world. "in one fell swoop, everything about the real me was," she said, "swept away." # you make me feel so young...#. it was pretty clear how she was being marketed. coffee ? in bedazzled, she was given the role of lilian lust. strong, black and sweet. in public, she played the role. two mountainous spoons full! but she said she had little control over her career. # now, listen here, boy! # i used to be a square...#. she was bornjo raquel tejada, the daughter of a bolivian engineer, and her heart really lay in song and danc

our climate editor, justin rowlatt, joined the scientists on the ice.st part of the world's stormiest continent. it took more than a month and more than a dozen flights to get the scientists and their equipment to the front of the glacier. ice—hardened ships brought in fuel and other bulky supplies, which were then dragged over the ice in an epic 1,000 mile overland journey. this was the final destination. a campsite at the point this vast glacier goes afloat. if we are thinking about what is sea level going to be like in ten years, this glacier is the place to be. boilers turned snow into water. hot water was used to melt down into the ice. this is a historic moment. the first time anyone has tried to drill down through this glacier. beneath the 600 metres of ice below me is the most important point of all, the point at which the ice meets the ocean water. for the first time ever, scientists could take measurements under the ice, to the surprise of some local creatures. they sent down ice fin, a remotely operated robot submarine, packed with scientific

justin rowlatt, bbc news, thwaites glacier.he visitors reached 325 for nine declared, and took three quick wickets before the close. here's our sports correspondent, andy swiss. there was a time when test cricket was calm, cautious, but england have rewritten the rule book. they began against new zealand with the same swagger that brought such success last year. ben duckett blasting his way to 50 in under an hour. it has been entertaining from the first ball. that said, not everything worked. joe root with a reminder that their aggressive approach is a risky business. but it's also a thrilling one. oh, what a shot that is. a blaze of boundaries led by harry brooks' 89... allowing england to declare on 325. and under the floodlights, new zealand's batsmen were soon under pressure. oh, no, he's gone. he's gone. the two ollies, pope and robinson, made the breakthrough before ao—year—old jimmy anderson showed his timeless talent. that could be close. kane williamson was initially given not out, but the replays showed otherwise and

justin rowlatt, bbc news.t: raquel welch who became an international sex symbol in the 1960's has died at 82. she won a golden globe for her performance in the 1974 film "the three musketeers" and was nominated in 1987 for the film "right to die." racquel welch is credited with breaking the mold for modern-day action heroines in hollywood. our correspondent has been looking at her career. david: raquel welch did not expect anyone to remember what she thought was just a silly dinosaur movie. but one million years bc, with its giant, malevolent turtles, poor gsp of evolution, and prehistoric bikinis turned racquel welch into a star across the world. in one fell swoop, everything about the real me, she said, swept away. it was pretty clear how she was being marketed. >> coffee? david: in the dazzled, she was given the role of lillian lust. in public, she played the role. but she said she said she had little control over her career. >> listen here, boys. i use to a square. david: she was born jo racquel, the daugh

justin rowlatt, bbc news, thwaites glacier.ice put out a statement going into more detail about what they mean. i read what they�*re saying. sadly, say it lancashire police, it is clear from speaking to paul, her partner, and the family of nicollet that she had suffered in the past from issues with alcohol that were brought on by her ongoing struggles with menopause and the struggles had resurfaced over recent months. this causes some reason real challenges for paul and the family as a result of those issues. our response staff by police and health professionals attending a report of concern for welfare on nicholas home address onjenner attend. no one has been arrested in relation to that incident did it is being investigated. it is an unusual step, say lancashire police, to go into this detail about someone�*s private life but it is important to clarify what we meant we talked about to avoid any further speculation or missing for interpretation. that statement from lancashire police concludes. we have explained to nicoal bulle

justin rowlatt, bbc news, thwaites glacier. this is bbc news.he main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. coming up — what can viewers expect now thatjournalists will be able to report on what happens in family courts? and do we need to be told what the phrase "cabinet reshuffle" actually means? first, the number of people killed in monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria has been rising all week with compelling and distressing images of the destruction caused shown on television. one of the first on the scene was the bbc�*s middle east correspondent anna foster, who reported on monday's news at ten using just her mobile phone from the town of 0smaniye, 80 miles from the epicentre. wherever you look in this city, you can see where shopfronts have collapsed, there is broken glass and, of course, there is darkness, complete darkness everywhere — apart from the light of the mobile phone that you can see me by — and this is the scene that has been replicat

our climate editor justin rowlatt has more. west antarctica is a challenging place to work.ce in an epic 1,000 mile overland journey. this was the final destination. a campsite at the point this vast glacier goes afloat. if we are thinking about what is sea level going to be like in ten years, this glacier is the place to be. boilers turned snow into water. hot water was used to melt down into the ice. for the first time ever, scientists could take measurements, to the surprise of some local creatures. they sent down ice fin, a remotely operated robot submarine, packed with scientific instruments. oh—ho—ho! yes! what we could see is, instead of this flat ice that we all pictured, there were all kinds of staircases and cracks in the ice that weren't really expected. a team from the british antarctic survey using different instruments also found that the overall melt rate was lower than expected. it showed how sensitive the glacier is to even small changes in sea water temperature. what the results show us is you don't increase the rate that much to drive a very fast retreat.

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our climate editor, justin rowlatt, was with the science team on the glacier.ists could take measurements under the ice, to the surprise of some local creatures. they sent down ice fin, a remotely operated robot submarine, packed with scientific instruments. oh—ho—ho! yes! what we could see is that instead of this kind of flat ice that we had all pictured, there were all kinds of staircases and cracks in the ice that weren�*t really expected. a team from the british antarctic survey using different instruments also found that the overall melt rate was lower than expected. it showed how sensitive the glacier is to even small changes in sea water temperature. what the results show us is that you actually don't need to increase the melt rate that much to drive very fast retreat. so has the glacier passed a tipping point where collapse becomes inevitable? our observations don't necessarily tell us that, but what it does tell us is how the ice shelf is currently melting and we can use that knowledge from today to produce better models which will tell us more about t