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lucinda adam.ntists flying over antarctica have spotted a vast rectangular—shaped iceberg. the iceberg — seen on the right — was seen floating among just off the larsen c ice shelf in the antarctic. scientists say the sharp angles and flat surface indicate that the iceberg probably recently broke off from the ice shelf. it almost looks like it has been manufactured. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. good evening. 0nce good evening. once again we have had some decent autumn sunshine. this was the picture in norfolk this afternoon. it was quite a breezy story across the board. and in the north and west some grey skies around. we do have this weather front to the north—west, feeding in more cloud and rain. we tend to lose that rain as we move further into the evening and overnight. still quite a bit of cloud in northern england and across northern ireland and much of scotland. the crowd and the breeze however keep things mild. temperatures in double figures in many spots. stil
lucinda adam.ntists flying over antarctica have spotted a vast rectangular—shaped iceberg. the iceberg — seen on the right — was seen floating among just off the larsen c ice shelf in the antarctic. scientists say the sharp angles and flat surface indicate that the iceberg probably recently broke off from the ice shelf. it almost looks like it has been manufactured. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. good evening. 0nce good evening. once again we have had some...
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lucinda adam, bbc news.ars after construction first began, linking hong kong to macau and mainland china. the £15 million bridge is designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons, and contains 400,000 tonnes of steel, enough to build 60 eiffel towers. -- £15 —— £15 billion. the project should have opened in 2016, but has been dogged by safety issues. officials say at least 18 workers died during its construction. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers laura hughes, political correspondent at the financial times, and the author, eve pollard. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for the weather. good evening. so far this autumn, the weather has been rather kind to us in terms of temperatures. looks like it is payback time come friday and the weekend as we will be plunged into some arctic air and a howling northerly wind to boot. at the moment, we are sitting in atlantic air, and that is relatively mild and being held in place by this area of high pressur
lucinda adam, bbc news.ars after construction first began, linking hong kong to macau and mainland china. the £15 million bridge is designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons, and contains 400,000 tonnes of steel, enough to build 60 eiffel towers. -- £15 —— £15 billion. the project should have opened in 2016, but has been dogged by safety issues. officials say at least 18 workers died during its construction. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers...
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lucinda adam has the story.is from the byzantine period, about a thousand years old. but deeper down, beyond the reach of human divers, are much older ships. this, the oldest ever found — a classical greek trading vessel that has laid here on the sea bed for 2,400 years, from the time when aristotle was still alive. the first thing we saw as we came along the hull was this quarter rudder. and this is diagnostic in the sense that rudders weren't used in this way before the 1300s, and then this particular style goes back to the classical world. and then we actually excavated down the shaft of the rudder until we got to the end of the blade, and that said it's greek and not roman. this and more than 60 other wrecks were discovered and mapped by rovs, or remote operated vehicles, delving more than two kilometres below the surface, where organisms that would normally eat the wood can't survive. we've got this just astonishing preservation, an entire ship with its rudders in place. what's amazing about it is when you
lucinda adam has the story.is from the byzantine period, about a thousand years old. but deeper down, beyond the reach of human divers, are much older ships. this, the oldest ever found — a classical greek trading vessel that has laid here on the sea bed for 2,400 years, from the time when aristotle was still alive. the first thing we saw as we came along the hull was this quarter rudder. and this is diagnostic in the sense that rudders weren't used in this way before the 1300s, and then this...
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lucinda adam has the story.s little oxygen. this wreck is from the byzantine period, around 1000 years old. but deeper down beyond the reach of human divers are much older ships. this is the oldest ever found, a classical greek trading vessel which has laid on the sea bed for 2400 yea rs, has laid on the sea bed for 2400 years, from the time when aristotle was alive. this is diagnostic in the sense that rogers were not used in this way before the 1300 hundreds and in this particular style goes back to the classical world and then we escalated down the shaft of the rudder until we got to the blade and that said its greek, not roman. this and more than 60 other wrecks were mapped by remote operated vehicles. delving more than two kilometres below the surface where organisms that usually eat the wood cannot survive. this astonishing preservation, an entire ship with rodders in place, what‘s amazing about it is when you look at pictures of it you kind of recognise it. we‘ve seen these ships before and we‘ve seen the
lucinda adam has the story.s little oxygen. this wreck is from the byzantine period, around 1000 years old. but deeper down beyond the reach of human divers are much older ships. this is the oldest ever found, a classical greek trading vessel which has laid on the sea bed for 2400 yea rs, has laid on the sea bed for 2400 years, from the time when aristotle was alive. this is diagnostic in the sense that rogers were not used in this way before the 1300 hundreds and in this particular style goes...
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lucinda adam, bbc news. time for a look at the weather... here‘s nick miller. hello. your average wind speeds so those gusts are higher. as for the temperatures, it feels pleasant when you get to see some sunshine today and that is around 17, 18 degrees in the warmest parts of south—east england. not far from that as well in aberdeenshire because here it is quite windy but there are some sunny spells to be had. now, into this evening and tonight, we keep outbreaks of rain running into western scotland. it is always heaviest and most persistent in the north—west highlands. still some cloud drifting in on the westerly breeze. clear spells across southern parts of england and wales. in the mid—single figures in the chillier spots here, not as chilly as it was last night. there could be one or two patches of mist and fog, nothing widespread. into tomorrow, you will notice the rain in north—west scotland has eased. the breeze eases a bit as well. still some cloud coming in, particularly across north—western parts of the uk. some sunny spells in the south and east and tempe
lucinda adam, bbc news. time for a look at the weather... here‘s nick miller. hello. your average wind speeds so those gusts are higher. as for the temperatures, it feels pleasant when you get to see some sunshine today and that is around 17, 18 degrees in the warmest parts of south—east england. not far from that as well in aberdeenshire because here it is quite windy but there are some sunny spells to be had. now, into this evening and tonight, we keep outbreaks of rain running into...
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our correspondent lucinda adam joins me now. have been talking about for a very long time, what is new about what has being said today? health officials are warning us that modern medicine could go back to the dark ages. public health england, the body that advises the government, says 3 million operations each year that we ta ke million operations each year that we take for granted, knee and hip replacements, caesarean sections and even cancer treatment could become life threatening because the resista nce life threatening because the resistance to the antibiotics that we use is going down and it's not the procedure that's the danger but the procedure that's the danger but the risk of infection afterwards. they say new figures today she that the bloodstream infections have gone up the bloodstream infections have gone up 35% and no new antibiotics have been invented in the last 30 years so we been invented in the last 30 years so we must work with what we have. how far so we must work with what we have. howfarare we so we must w
our correspondent lucinda adam joins me now. have been talking about for a very long time, what is new about what has being said today? health officials are warning us that modern medicine could go back to the dark ages. public health england, the body that advises the government, says 3 million operations each year that we ta ke million operations each year that we take for granted, knee and hip replacements, caesarean sections and even cancer treatment could become life threatening because...