it's about the town of northampton. northampton and peterborough, in the east of england.nciation. n-e-n-e. if you live in northampton, they say the river "nen". in peterborough, it's the river "neen". how did they spell this? via a game of croquet. northampton won. isn't that a civilised way? until it escalates! then its mallets at dawn! that brings us to the end of dateline london for this week. thank you to our guests, agnes and jef, and to our science editor david shukman. thank you for watching and do join shaun ley next week. same time, same place. i survived it! goodbye. bit of a lull in the weather at the moment. the skies are clear in the morning's not looking bad at all across most of the uk. don't hold your breath, it's not going to last for very long. because we are expecting rain and gales through the afternoon, particularly across western areas of the uk. and if we have a look at the satellite picture you can see this swirl across the atlantic, another big low pressure and the weather front�*s already approaching ireland. you can see the low pressure, rather

it's about the town of northampton. northampton and peterborough, in england.. if you live in northampton, they say the river need. in peterborough, it's the river nene. how did they spell this? northampton won. in a game of croquet. isn't that a civilised way? that brings us to the end of dateline london for this week. thank you to our guests. and to our science editor david shukman. thank you for watching and do join shaun ley next week, same time, same place. i survived it! goodbye. after yesterday's strong winds and heavy rain the weekend's weather is looking a little bit more optimistic. certainly today we have drier and brighter weather than the last few days. and crucially, it is less windy. still a few showers in the forecast so it will be dry across the board, but some usable weather between any showers. here is the area of low pressure, and all that cloud that swirled around it yesterday all now clearing towards the east. that was what brought us the really heavy rain and strong winds, low pressure still close enough to bring breezy conditions around

if you live in northampton, they say the river "nen". in peterborough, it's the river "neen".n", well, for now, anyway, until they have a rematch. isn't that a civilised way to... until it escalates! until it escalates, yes, and then it's mallets at dawn! that brings us to the end of dateline london for this week. thank you to our guests, agnes poirier and jef mcallister, and our science editor david shukman. and thank you to you of course, as well, for watching. do join shaun ley next week. i survived it! same time, same place. bye— bye. hello there. the weather charts are pointing towards something a little drier, more settled toward the end of the week at long last because it has been a very wet may for virtually all parts of the uk. but some areas have had nearly 300% of their average may rainfall. and this week is starting on an unsettled note. the rain moving through on sunday, and showers following for the day ahead. this is the area of low pressure that brought that intense rain and strong winds for a time. it has actually become stuck or slow moving across the north o

if you live in northampton, they say the river "nen". in peterborough, it's the river "neen".he river "nen", well, for now, anyway, until they have a rematch. isn't that a civilised way to... until it escalates! until it escalates, yes, and then it's mallets at dawn! that brings us to the end of dateline london for this week. thank you to our guests, agnes poirier and jef mcallister, and our science editor david shukman. and thank you to you of course, as well, for watching. do join shaun ley next week. i survived it! same time, same place. bye— bye. hello. it's a bit of a day of mixed fortunes, weather—wise. many places started the day on quite a chilly but bright note with some sunshine and some of us, particularly in the east will keep some sunny spells through the course of the day, but there is rain in the forecast. it's moving its way gradually from west to east, so all part see some wet weather by the end of the day. it's all down to this area of low pressure, which is moving in from the atlantic. quite an active cold front, so some heavy rain we have already seen acros

one of those is at kingston park where newcastle play northampton, katie gornall is there.od evening. we'll come to how the fans are feeling in a moment. butjust give us a sense of what steps are being taken to allow fans back in? this game was originally scheduled for the weekend and it has been moved today to enable fans to be here at kingston park. a lot of hard work has gone on behind—the—scenes in a short space of time to get this under way. the fans have been given a arrival times, lots of social—distancing measures in place and they are spread out around the stadium here, it's a capacity of 10,000 but there is only 1750 fans at the moment, they have to wear masks inside, temperature checks, and are spread out. that limit i mentioned was set by the local safety advisory group. they will be here tonight watching everything that goes on. if they are happy with the procedures, the hope is that there will be bigger crowds to come here at kingston park. that gentleman _ here at kingston park. that gentleman looked - here at kingston park. that gentleman looked like - here

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the reason why, northampton county is a classic swing county. i represented it.ople voted for joe biden because they did not like donald trump. they wanted joe biden to stabilize the functioning of government, to bring some sense of normalcy back to the way the white house was running and to deal with the covid virus, which he's done. but i think this agenda of the president's is very big. there's a lot of sticker shock. and i think many believe that the president has misread that mandate. i don't think a lot of voters voted for this kind of transformational change, at least with respect to the role of government in people's lives after the pandemic has abated. >> harry enton, you know the history. the president's party usually loses in a midterm election. so here we are in these first hundred days. the biden administration are going big or going home. do you think that the go big mentality is to enliven the base for the midterm election or is it premised on the belief, hey, we might not have control of the congress for those next two years, we better shoot for t

paper, "the baby is beautiful, unlike its mother. " i was born in 1963 in a mother and baby home in northampton obvious that it was not something that you talked about. gaynor also came to resent being adopted. although now happily married with her own children, the stigma of being the child of an unmarried mother has stayed with her. in your life, you think of the words "secrets and lies", so you keep it secret from a lot of people, so it's a bit like you're not living the right life. what would you have wished for? to have stayed with my mum. to have been allowed to be kept by the woman that gave birth to me. 0k, she was only a girl, but she was still with my dad. if they would have had support and help, you know, i should have stayed with them. gaynor�*s mother, like all the birth mothers, supposedly had to give their consent to have their babies adopted, but some mothers now question whether they even signed a consent form. those doubts were reflected in this document from an adoption hearing, when the judge himself said he was doubtful about the validity of the justice of the peace�*s sign

it's about a town in northampton.the space of 36 hours, and it's given some large gusts of wind. most of these are around coastlines over the hills, but even inland, we've had 50—mph gusts of wind, which is a land gale, and as i say, at this time of year, it's pretty unusual. through the night, more wet and windy weather to come. we're changing our wind direction gradually to the north, pushing this rain out of the way, so where it starts to clear in the northwest, it will be a chilly night. some frost potentially across scotland, but there'll still be for eastern scotland, for england and wales, a lot of cloud around first thing on saturday, but it'll be a gradually brightening picture. but there'll be some showers around as well, and then come sunday, we've got another weather front coming in off the atlantic to bring more rain. so, this is how saturday's shaping up. still strong winds initially coming down from the north, pushing our rain out of the way, allowing brighter skies, the promise of more sunshine, but a

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and newcastle falcons have all but ended northampton's play—off dreams after beating them 18—10.st warrington wolves, but managed hold out for the win. warrington scored three in the second half to cut the deficit to two points, but a well—timed kenny edwards try allowed the giants to hang on for just their second win so far this season. elsewhere, super league champions st helens scored five tries and kept out salford in a comfortable win. wigan were given a slight scare by leigh before coming from behind to win and keep up their 100% record. earlier today, we also saw racing fans return as courses were allowed to operate at 50% capacity, up to a maximum of a000 people. spectators at redcar lined the home straight to see miss houdini win one of this afternoon's races. spectators have also been allowed in at leicester and windsor. and the first race was at carlisle, where the excitement of having spectators back got a bit much for this runner, stanley snugfit, who got loose in the parade ring and had little desire to be told what to do. staying with horse racing, and the legendar

one of those games was at kingston park where newcastle falcons beat northampton saints with spectators present for the first time in m months. still on the same theme. museums in england, scotland and wales have re—opened their doors again, and one of those welcoming the public was the museum of natural history in oxford. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito went to have a look at one rather familiar object on display. oxford university, the museum of natural history, and not even the rain could dampen the enthusiasm for today's grand reopening and its new work of art. an object that's affected us all. we're here face to face with the thing we've all been trying to avoid, the virus. it is some 8 million times bigger than the real thing. but it does allow you to get up close to something that is both terrible but also strangely beautiful. it's made up of tens of millions of pieces of scientific data, crunched and slowly assembled to reveal this. and the moment of revelation came, i was just taken aback cos i thought, i'd been working for months and months and months during lockdown on m

remember the missing teenager in northampton? a breakthrough. he�*s made contact...vulnerable. for us, ourfocus is safeguarding him and removing him from quite a dangerous, risky situation. and there he is — just a shoe box and plastic bag for his things — but he�*s safe, at least for now. angus crawford, bbc news. the conservative mp rob roberts has been suspended from the commons for six weeks — after he made repeated unwanted advances to a member of staff. mps approved the motion to suspend him. the leader of the house, jacob rees—mogg, said it would be "honourable" if mr roberts stood down as an mp. thejoint committee on human rights will look into the issue of forced adoptions in the 1950s, �*60s and �*70s following our coverage this week. it will hold sessions to speak to the birth mothers and the children — as witnesses — and a government minister will give evidence. there�*s been an immediate and unconditional call for the release of roman protasevich, a belarusian journalist arrested by the authorities in minsk after the ryanair plane he was on was diverted.

one of those games was at kingston park where newcastle falcons beat northampton saints with spectatorsse welcoming the public was the museum of natural history in oxford. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito went to have a look at one rather familiar object on display. oxford university, the museum of natural history, and not even

two teenagers stopped in northampton with drugs| stopped in northampton with drugs and a knife.ck, hand marks around - scarred. he had marks around his neck, hand marks around his- scarred. he had marks around his. neck, hand marks around his throat and marks on his back from whatever other gang member. thea;r and marks on his back from whatever other gang member.— other gang member. they have been unishin: other gang member. they have been punishing him? _ other gang member. they have been punishing him? forcing _ other gang member. they have been punishing him? forcing him - other gang member. they have been punishing him? forcing him to i other gang member. they have been | punishing him? forcing him to work? i believe so. there are fears the pandemic has made things worse. more children missing school, making them even more vulnerable. and so the work goes on. searching for the dealers and the children they prey on. , , dealers and the children they prey on. , ., ., on. some messages on what you thou . ht on. some messages on what you thought of — on. some messages on what y

two teenagers stopped in northampton with drugs and a knife. you're not missing, are you?to be bruised and scarred. you're both going to be detained for a stop search. he had ligature marks around his neck, hand marks around his throat, and he also had welts on his back from whatever other gang member he was aligned to up in birmingham. so they've been punishing him? yes. forcing him to work? i believe so. there are fears too the pandemic has made things worse — more children missing school, making them even more vulnerable. and so the work goes on... searching for the dealers and the children they prey on. angus crawford, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime... borisjohnson dismisses criticisms by his former adviser, dominic cummings, saying some of his testimony bore no relation to reality. marcus rashford responds to racist abuse on social media after manchester united lost on penalties last night. coming up, english cricket prepares for the return of fans. the engineering giant rolls royce will today officially open a new aircraft engine testing facility at its headq

every mile, every drop of rain in northampton. everything. it was worth it.ould have crawled back home. tallis, in your heart of hearts, _ crawled back home. tallis, in your heart of hearts, did _ crawled back home. tallis, in your heart of hearts, did you _ crawled back home. tallis, in your heart of hearts, did you really - heart of hearts, did you really think leicester would win it? yeah. yeah, i did. — think leicester would win it? yeah. yeah, i did. the — think leicester would win it? yeah. yeah, i did. the runs— think leicester would win it? yeah. yeah, i did. the runs have - think leicester would win it? yeah. yeah, i did. the runs have mainly. yeah, i did. the runs have mainly been three orfour yeah, i did. the runs have mainly been three or four hours each day. i have been on the phone to my dad in thailand because he lives out there. i tried telling him all week, dad, it's written, it's done. i love the story has been written for this day, so relax. my dad is a back of nerves. he has been a leicesterfan since he was little. i was convinced it was w

and newcastle falcons have all but ended northampton's play—off dreams after beating them 18—10.try allowed the giants to hang on for just their second win so far this season. elsewhere, super league champions st helens scored five tries and kept out salford in a comfortable win. wigan were given a slight scare by leigh before coming from behind to win and keep up their 100% record. earlier today, we also saw racing fans return as courses were allowed to operate at 50% capacity, up to a maximum of 4000 people. spectators at redcar lined the home straight to see miss houdini win one of this afternoon's races. spectators have also been allowed in at leicester and windsor. and the first race was at carlisle, where the excitement of having spectators back got a bit much for this runner, stanley snugfit, who got loose in the parade ring and had little desire to be told what to do. staying with horse racing, and the legendaryjockeyjoe mercer has died at the age of 86. mercer won an incredible 2810 races in his career, including eight british classics. one of the greats of flat—racing,

ten years ago, abigail atakora was seriously injured after being crushed in a stampede at a northampton centre and has dreams to become a nurse. when the whole situation happened, i used to think to myself, god, why me, why did it happen to me? sorry. the nhs has been really, they've really done a lot for me. so it's only right that i try and join them and, you know, just be as caring as they've been to me. let's take a look at the travel situation now. it's all looking good on the tube so far. just the ongoing closure of the waterloo & city line there. and this is how it looks on the a13 — traffic heading into central london through dagenham is building. usual rush hour delays. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. this spell of unsettled weather is set to continue not only for today, but for the next few days. low pressure very much in charge. it drifts east across the southern half of the uk. today, we may see fewer showers than yesterday but still the chance of one or two. they could be heavy, you might get a rumble of thunder, but some decent spells of sunshine and many

known for his sermon sinners in the hands into an angry god. 1741 and edwards is is a minister in northampton, massachusetts. he does a little bit of traveling itinerating. most of the time he just sticks it his church like like most average pastors do but sinners in the hands are an angry god. he actually gives in a nearby village in connecticut while he's traveling around in the summer of 1741. so so edwards is not the most famous pastor preacher at the time. but edwards has come down to us as the greatest intellectual figure of the first great awakening and arguably the greatest intellect of the whole colonial american period now, i mean we could do a whole class on just jonathan edwards because he wrote a ton and it's very intellectually and theologically sophisticated and challenging but he's best known for this one sermon. centers in the hands of an angry god and it gets anthologized and and people read it today and and it's a good news bad news kind of thing because it's an absolutely brilliant sermon. there's no question about that and it's frightening if you've ever read it, i'm goin

two teenagers stopped in northampton with drugs and a knife. you're not missing, are you?marks around his neck, hand marks around his throat, and he also had welts on his back from whatever other gang member he was aligned to up in birmingham. so, they'd been punishing him? clearly, yeah. forcing him to work? i believe so. there are fears, too, the pandemic has made things worse. more children missing school, making them even more vulnerable. and so, the work goes on... police! ..searching for the dealers and the children they prey on. angus crawford, bbc news. gps in england have told the bbc they're facing a tsunami of patients , as the country emerges from lockdown. nhs figures show more than 28 million appointments were made in march ? one of the highest on record. the royal college of gps is warning that without urgent resources, they will no longer be able to meet patient demand. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. every day, i wake up thinking, is this the day that i'm not going to be able to do it any more? the start of another busy day... write, phone

danjohnson, bbc news, northampton. imagine taking him on in the ring!cts the confusion coming from the government yesterday over where and when we can take foreign holidays. it has also got the sad news that the green's new puppy has died. the mirror carries the story ofjenny mcgee — one of the nurses who treated the prime minister when he had covid — who has now left the nhs over what the paper calls a "pay insult". it also reports that the supermodel naomi campbell has become a mum at 50. the times' splash says the pm is set to back a plan that would give australian farmers tariff—free access to british food markets under what would be the government's first bespoke trade deal since brexit. and one of the trending terms on twitter overnight was "eurovision". have you warmed up already? the first semifinal took place in rotterdam last night and we'll have a report on that after 7:30am. this is interesting. this report is about sitting down and lots of us especially over the last year have spent a lot of time sitting down and looking at computers and th

paper, "the baby is beautiful, unlike its mother. " i was born in 1963 in a mother and baby home in northampton secret from a lot of people, so it's a bit like you're not living the right life. what would you have wished for? to have stayed with my mum. to have been allowed to be kept by the woman that gave birth to me. ok, she was only a girl, but she was still with my dad. if they would have had support and help, you know, i should have stayed with them. gaynor�*s mother, like all the birth mothers, supposedly had to give their consent to have their babies adopted, but some mothers now question whether they even signed a consent form. those doubts were reflected in this document from an adoption hearing, when the judge himself said he was doubtful about the validity of the justice of the peace's signatures on the consent form. but some adoptions did work. i was lucky, i had really good parents. i was lucky, but what about everyone else? rachel moved to canada and into a loving home but still feels her birth mother suffered an appalling injustice, having been forced to give her up. it's terrib

two teenagers, stopped in northampton with drugs and a knife. you're not missing, are you?t, and he also had welts on his back from whatever other gang member he was aligned to, up in birmingham. so they've been punishing him? yes. forcing him to work? i believe so. there are fears too the pandemic has made things worse. more children missing school, making them even more vulnerable. and so the work goes on... police, police! ..searching for the dealers and the children they prey on. angus crawford, bbc news. new research suggests there s a a0 percent chance, that at least one of the next five years will be 1.5 degrees celsius hotter, than pre—industrial levels. the study, for the world meteorologicalorganisation, says rising temperatures mean more melting ice, higher sea levels and extreme weather patterns. 0ur science editor david shukman says that scientists were expecting a rise in temperatures. for many it's not a huge surprise, but to the scientists doing the work it's confirmation of yet another step towards potentially dangerous levels of warming. what happened was

in dudley, harlow, nuneaton and northampton, these are all conservative gains.ereas now, the opinion polls suggest that the conservatives are doing considerably better than labour. that is important because we would then expect to see the conservatives going ahead in a seat in a council like redditch. if we look at the figures, labour has lost seven seats in the conservatives have gained those seats. the share of the vote the conservatives are getting is over half of the vote. and look at the share change since the last time the share change since the last time the seats were up, the conservatives up the seats were up, the conservatives up 27%, benefiting massively from the drop in the ukip vote. i wanted to contrast redditch, with a really strong performance by the conservatives, with their gain in northumberland. northumberland was last up for election in 2017. that is important because in 2017 the conservatives performed very well. they were ten percentage points ahead of labour. it was a high water mark. they were further ahead of labour than the opinion pol

two teenagers stopped in northampton with drugs and a knife.iscarded. . . ., discarded. he had ligature marks around his neck. _ discarded. he had ligature marks around his neck. and _ discarded. he had ligature marks around his neck. and marks - discarded. he had ligature marks. around his neck. and marks around his throat. and he had welts on his back. from whatever other gang member he was lying two birmingham. so they had been punishing him? yeah. i believe so.— so they had been punishing him? yeah. i believe so. there are fears to the pandemic _ yeah. i believe so. there are fears to the pandemic has _ yeah. i believe so. there are fears to the pandemic has made - yeah. i believe so. there are fears to the pandemic has made things. to the pandemic has made things worse. more children missing school, making them even more vulnerable. and so the work goes on. searching for the dealers and the children they prey on. angus crawford, bbc news. eric carle — the author of one of the best—loved children's books. the very hungry caterpillar — has d

northampton, massachusetts, for the shoe strike. the workers went on strike and he brought in 75 to -- well, 75 chinese and later on more. then you have the steam laundry in new jersey and they brought in about 100 chinese. then beaver falls, pennsylvania, the cutlery brought in the chinese. so it was all 1870, '71. that's when they came. when the contract ended they settled in the east coast. it was later. and the infrastructure wasn't set up yet in the east coast. in san -7wfrancisco, it was ver evident the people from the -- the merchants came first to open up boarding houses in restaurants so the rest can come. it was very organized. >> i want to address the question earlier about how do we get our stories out. i'm a historian. i'm an oral historian. and i think one of the things for the chinese american community that's been very, very difficult, a lot of these stories survive. they survive generationally through our histories that we pass onto our descendants. as we grew up, we knew these stories within our families. we knew o