lael wilcox, who holds the new world record for circumnavigating the globe.ement to the bbc. he said whatever the age, my mission is to continue showing up and doing good in the world. we wa nt to show you some images of the northern lights which have been seen across parts of the uk. clear skies made for ideal viewing conditions despite the colder weather. normally, in the northern hemisphere, most of the colourful displays take place near the arctic circle but when solar activity is strong it can expand to cover a greater area — which explains why displays can be occasionally seen as far south as the uk. some absolutely stunning images there. i'm sure you will agree. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. last night was unusually cold for this early in autumn, but it's not going to be as cold as that for some time to come, because the weather is changing. we're going to cut off the supply of cold arctic air and change the wind direction. in the next few days, we're going to have more of an atlantic wind, and that will bring with it some higher temperat

this is the moment lael wilcox arrived in chicago with her family and friends cheering her on, a 108cago. herjourney, of more than 29 thousand kilometres, shaved 16 days off the previous women's record. earlier i spoke to lael wilcox, to see how the muscles are feeling now that she holds the new world record for circumnavigating the globe. here's what she had to say. i'm feeling so good. i'm so excited to be here, and i was just catching up with my wife and doing some emails, and i hear people riding behind me on the street and i'm looking around thinking, i want to be back out there. so you're full of adrenaline, i guess, and excitement and, you know, the love of cycling. where did it all begin? oh, you know, i reallyjust started riding to get to work, then rode across the us, travelling for seven years around the world, and started racing about ten years ago. and doing this trip around the world was really kind of the capstone of everything i've done on the bike, and i had so much fun out there. i invited people from all over the world to come ride with me, and, uh, it was really h

this is the moment lael wilcox she crossed 21 countries on four continents before arriving back in chicagotres, shaved 16 days off the previous women s record. oh my gosh, i'm feeling so good, i'm so excited to be here and i'm just catching up with my wife and doing some e—mails and i hear people riding behind me on the street and i'm looking around thinking i want to be back out there. so, you're full of adrenaline i guess and excitement. the love of cycling, where did it all begin? i reallyjust started riding to get to work, then rode across the us, travelling for seven years around the world and started racing about ten years ago. during this trip around the world, was really a capstone of everything that i've done on the bike and i had so much fun, i invited people from all of the world to come and ride with me. it was really hard, but it was such a blast. let's take a step back because i'm trying to understand the psychology, there is a big difference between hopping on a bike to get to work, very practical thing, and deciding that you're going to do these epic sorts of adventures and