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today from hospital, claire 0'neill said she was shaken. unable to hold her daughter properly. the child was missing for less than an hour. but for her, those a5 minutes are likely to have felt a lot longer. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. the youngest pilot in the battle of britain has died at the age of 96. when hejoined the royal air force in the second world war geoffrey wellum was only 17. just over a year later he was engaged in a ferocious dogfight in which he brought down at least three enemy aircraft, sustained damage to his own, and yet managed to escape. robert hall takes a look back at his life. archive: the british met the challenge by throwing in everything they had. a fortnight after leaving school, i walked through the gates of my elementary flying training school to learn to fly. the chap said to me, he said, go and fly it, but don't you dare break it. it was the start of a true partnership. afterjust a few months' training, geoffrey wellum was in the cockpit of his first spitfire. by the summer of 19a0, he was a vetera
today from hospital, claire 0'neill said she was shaken. unable to hold her daughter properly. the child was missing for less than an hour. but for her, those a5 minutes are likely to have felt a lot longer. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. the youngest pilot in the battle of britain has died at the age of 96. when hejoined the royal air force in the second world war geoffrey wellum was only 17. just over a year later he was engaged in a ferocious dogfight in which he brought down at least...
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today, from hospital, clare 0'neill said she was shaken.able to hold her daughter properly. the child was missing for less than an hour but for her, those 45 minutes are likely to have felt a lot longer. more than 200 people were treated for the effects of sunburn at hospitals across northern ireland during the recent heatwave. temperatures soared to around thirty degrees celsius. thirty degrees celsius. the public health agency has warned that a single episode of sunburn could double the risk of malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. dan stanton reports. the beach at newcastle in county down last month, when temperatures here were similar to what you'd expect in spain. but while many did listen to advice by wearing hats and putting on a high factor sun creams especially for children, many other people didn't pay attention. in total, 221 patients needed urgent medical care in hospital. in the belfast area there were 69 cases. in the southern trust, 45. western trust, 38. south—eastern trust, 37. and 32 cases in the northe
today, from hospital, clare 0'neill said she was shaken.able to hold her daughter properly. the child was missing for less than an hour but for her, those 45 minutes are likely to have felt a lot longer. more than 200 people were treated for the effects of sunburn at hospitals across northern ireland during the recent heatwave. temperatures soared to around thirty degrees celsius. thirty degrees celsius. the public health agency has warned that a single episode of sunburn could double the risk...
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gareth, neill, thank you. sarah, thank you. neill is me now. —— made. i have the waistcoat.sn'tjust the 5,000 fans at the cosmos arena in samara that were celebrating last night. a record 30 million viewers were expected to watch the match around the world — pubs were packed, barbecues were burning and towns were tense as people gathered to watch on big screens up and down the country. lots of people got soaked, but i am not sure that is all water. we'll bring you more world cup reaction throughout the programme, but in other news: further signs of tension within the conservative party have emerged over the prime minister's plan for future relations with the eu agreed by her cabinet on friday. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is understood to have used some colourful language at the meeting to criticise the proposal. let's get more detail now from our political correspondent, pete saull who is in our london newsroom. it is interesting, this language that we are all focusing on. it is the tone of that comment. he said polishing a kurd and basically saying a bad deal made
gareth, neill, thank you. sarah, thank you. neill is me now. —— made. i have the waistcoat.sn'tjust the 5,000 fans at the cosmos arena in samara that were celebrating last night. a record 30 million viewers were expected to watch the match around the world — pubs were packed, barbecues were burning and towns were tense as people gathered to watch on big screens up and down the country. lots of people got soaked, but i am not sure that is all water. we'll bring you more world cup reaction...
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damien 0'neill reports.ive you some idea of how much water has been lost recently, the water has fallen by ten metres across the surface area of1.5 square by ten metres across the surface area of 1.5 square miles. the rare spectacle of being able to walk among the ruins of the old village has now become a big tourist attraction. i never realised how lovely it could look, now that all the water has gone out of it.|j lovely it could look, now that all the water has gone out of it. i was here last month, and the water was almost overflowing. so to see it so low is absolutely fantastic. it's quite awesome when you look down there and see the outlay lighter footprint of what used be like and how the big —— how big the village was. when you look up and you can see where the walls come down, they go in line with what is under the water, you think that is amazing. go in line with what is under the water, you think that is amazing]! quite mind blowing to even visualise what it must‘ve been like before they even flatt
damien 0'neill reports.ive you some idea of how much water has been lost recently, the water has fallen by ten metres across the surface area of1.5 square by ten metres across the surface area of 1.5 square miles. the rare spectacle of being able to walk among the ruins of the old village has now become a big tourist attraction. i never realised how lovely it could look, now that all the water has gone out of it.|j lovely it could look, now that all the water has gone out of it. i was here last...