lizo mzimba, bbc news.ully completing a wingsuit flight through the tower bridge in london. 0ur reporter emily brown can tell us more. two skydivers took off this morning — here they are. they completed the first ever wing suit flight through tower bridge in london. here they are taking off from a helicopter at about 3,000 feet above the city. this was about 5.30 in the morning earlier, and here they go through the tower bridge. they then flow 260 feet back up — this is a complex manoeuvre called a flare — so that they could safely open their parachutes, and they then landed on the river thames. and the flight lasted for about 45 seconds, covering a distance of 1.2 kilometres, reaching the top speed of 246 kilometres per hour. now, to prepare for the challenge, the pair carried out more than 200 practice jumps using two cranes to mimic the structure of the bridge, and the skydivers gave their reaction after landing safely earlier. i'm feeling good, i'm feeling really good. it was quite intense, i would say,

lizo mzimba, bbc news. congratulations to the winners. goodbye for now. hello.and, it was very warm. in fact, it looks like it was the warmest day of the year so far. temperatures touching 27 celsius to the west of london, but we saw some really intense downpours and thunderstorms breaking up, especially across western and northern parts of the uk, ushering in a change. low pressure taking charge of our weather through this week, which will bring rain at times, not least across the southwest of england, wales and northern ireland through monday. that rain arriving through the morning and then sticking in place right through into the afternoon. could be enough rain to give some localised flooding and travel disruption, — and under the cloud and rain not feeling particularly impressive — 15 or 16 degrees, but for a good part of scotland, central and eastern parts of england, we will hold on to some sunshine and some warmth, maybe 23 or 2a degrees. in fact, for some north sea coasts, it is likely to be warmer on monday afternoon than it was over the weekend. now, t

lizo mzimba, bbc news.the official government body for offshore wrecks and salvage. rebecca ricks has been finding out more. below the surface lies an often haunting history, and some of the treasures found deep down are more unusual than others. ijust saw something poking out of the mud and it was just a little bit too smooth to be a piece of rock or wood. and i put my hand down and grabbed it and i thought, "i think i know what this is." and when i levered it out of the sand, the sand cracked in a big semicircle. and that�*s when i realised that i�*ve got an elephant�*s tusk. and now it�*s hanging in his pub in kent. surprisingly, it�*s not the only elephant tusk declared in recent years. off the coast of falmouth in 2019, another was filmed being brought up from a ship from the 1600s, thought to be linked to the slave trade. and here it is. wow. bringing it to dry land was just the start. you have to get the salt out of them. if the objects are allowed to dry, the salt forms crystals on the inside, and q

lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. hello.

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let's speak to our culture correspondent, lizo mzimba. what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary — what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing _ what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing into - what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing into an i two day preliminary hearing into an action brought against the bbc by these four female presenters that you have been talking about. this is something that goes back to decisions made by the bbc around a year and a half ago when it decided to merge its two news channels was dropping previously, the bbc had a domestic news channel broadcasting within the uk and an international news channel which has been broadcasting to audiences around the world. made the decision to merge those into one single news channel and when that was made, fewer presenters were needed so existing news presenters like the four female presenters mentions, along with many others, are invited to apply to reduce the number of presented jobs. none of the four women in the tri

lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. hello. yesterday we managed to get the warmest day of the year, temperatures reaching 27.5 celsius, and we still have some one plateau across parts of scotland, northern england, down through the midlands and east anglia today, but it does not like that everywhere. in the south—west, rather grey and cloudy with rain. all courtesy of an area of low pressure, the swell of cloud you can see here, and the thing is this band of rain affecting south—western wales, northern ireland is particularly slow moving, so there are some fairly beefy rainfall accumulations to come through today. 20 or 30 millimetres for these areas, but double that of the high ground, so there could be some localised surface water flooding issues. because the rain man is a slow moving, chances are if it is raining with you every moment, it is raining with you every moment, it likely still will be towards the end of the day. we call parts of north and eastern scotland and the east side of inwood, keeping some warm spells of s

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lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's ben. a bit ofa a bit of a mixed week ahead but it doesn't mean it is all bad new, some warmth and sunshine as we saw in eastern parts of england today, in fact some north sea coasts were warmer than they were over the weekend. but, out toward the west, very different scene, a lot of cloud, rain, hammering down there in haverfordwest. as a result of this swirl of cloud. an area of low pressure and a frontal system, slow—moving so it has been raining for much of the day in the south—west, wales, northern ireland, that rain slowly pushing a bit further northwards and eastwards as we go through what will be a very mild even warm night and behind that rain band, clear skies getting into parts —— parts of wales but we will see showers breaking out here as we head through tomorrow. all things being considered a brighter day than today, where as for of the of the eastern coasts we will see cloud and rain, rain lingeren on the north coast. northern scotland will see sunshine, that may be where we h

lizo mzimba, bbc news. year or so. and he said how _ over the last year or so. and he said how much _ over the last year or so. and he said how much television - over the last year or so. and he said how much television you i over the last year or so. and he - said how much television you watch. yes, yes. back with the headlines. now, we've got a special programme for you about the former paralympianjohn mcfall who is working with the european space agency to see if it's feasible for someone with a physical disability to live and work in space. we'll be back for the headlines at 7:00. ignition... it's the job of dreams. with an out of this world view. many would love to be an astronaut — but very few make the cut. there you go! the european space agency is pushing boundaries with its latest candidate, john mcfall. absolutely amazing. this is what it feels like. woohoo! he's an amputee, and he's taking part in a ground—breaking project to see if someone with a disability can go to space. this project will de

lizo mzimba, bbc news. floella can do no wrong.d building ahead of it as it does so. one or— building ahead of it as it does so. one or two — building ahead of it as it does so. one or two scattered showers, not that many. — one or two scattered showers, not that many, and generally speaking, across— that many, and generally speaking, across central, eastern and northern areas, _ across central, eastern and northern areas. that— across central, eastern and northern areas. that is— across central, eastern and northern areas, that is why we will see the most _ areas, that is why we will see the most in _ areas, that is why we will see the most in shape and higher temperatures. 20 degrees in inverness but it was agreed yesterday. you can see by the time we get _ yesterday. you can see by the time we get to— yesterday. you can see by the time we get to the rush hour this evening, _ we get to the rush hour this evening, a lot of rain across parts of the _ evening, a lot of rain across parts of the south—west come into wales, north-west—

which is nominated for a number of baftas has been speaking to our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimbaen like the journey been like the journey with this character? we've had a great time. you know, it's been a phenomenal success more than we ever imagined. you know, wejust do the work, and it's up to the audience to either like it or not like it, and apparently they loved it. and people watch it again and again and again. so, no it's been a great show, a great show to do, and i'm very proud that i did it. you say it's up to you to do the work, but you've done so many scripts over the years, you must get some and think, you know what, this has the potential to be something special. i mean, i knew this. i knew about this. i had the pitch from jesse and adam mckay, who was one of our producers, and who did the pilot, who actually directed the pilot. so, when the pitch came, i knew, because there's a tradition of shows like dallas and those family shows, and i think that succession is slightly more upmarket than that. but it's basically the same principle, and it worked and it worked for