to visit orford ness ou need same time. to visit orford ness you need to _ same time.ine. - you need to book online. facilities are basic. there is no cafe but it is a magical place and well worth a visit. mike liggins, bbc news on orford ness. in some exciting new additions have made their debut at a zoo in gaza city. three extremely cute line cubs born on friday evening and i said to be in excellent condition. do that make zookeepers admit a lack of medication and food may make it difficult to care for them. one visitor said that the cubs were wonderful. quite cute. you can get more news on our website but for me and the rest of the team, thank you for watching and stay tuned right here to bbc news. hello. the heat does begin to ease in the week ahead. there will be more showers in the forecast as well but in the short—term we still have the met office amber warning for extreme heat in places, valid until the end of the day on sunday. still likely to see some impacts from the heat on both health and transport as well. a good deal of sunshine around through sunday mor

arriving by ferry at orford ness.r of secret military establishments, until it was bought by the national trust in 1993. today, orford ness is a place of mystery. my guide, glen pearce, keen to show me a nuclear bomb. 0h, 0k. so the unique part of our collection, the only national trust spot with a nuclear bomb. this is an early 1970s model and this one was carried by a plane. about ten times the power of hiroshima in this one bomb. an airfield was created on orford ness in 1913. between the wars, the mess was involved in the development of radar and, yes, britain's nuclear bomb was tested here in the cold war era. the area we are in now, the atomic weapons research establishment, were looking at the nuclear bomb and what they were testing is that the casing fuse mechanisms would not actually go off underneath the plane. so testing for heat and shock vibration. there was never any nuclear material on the mess but there was high explosives. these laboratories were protected just in case. locally it is still known as th

an airfield was created. on orford ness in 1930.e testing here was that the casing fuse mechanisms didn't accidentally go off when underneath the plane, so testing for extreme heat, shock, vibration. there was never any nuclear material on back of magnus but they were high explosives. these laboratories were protected just in case. locally it is still known as the island of secrets and are still talked about in hushed tones. if you talk about suffolk in general, people have an heard the name orford ness but what went on here, what happens in our is still sort of shrouded in mystery. today, orford ness isn'tjust about military history, it is also a haven for wildlife. there are hares and chinese water dear, and gulls of course. this is a greatjob, isn't it? i'm a local, love being outside, love nature, so dixalea boxes. yes, and when you are out here, out on your own, after—hours, what is a low—cost market amazing, truly, truly bizarre but a unique site. amazing views, amazing spectacles of nature, as sort of it is quite eerie but al