pallab ghosh has been star gazing for us. blink and you'll miss it. meteors hurtle through the skies of northumbria earlier this year. tiny fragments of space dust burning up in the earth's atmosphere. and these pictures from last night are the start of the biggest media shower of the year. meteor shower of the year. we can see if we look up now... it's cloudy in most parts of the country tonight. but astronomers say it's still worth looking up at the skies as the storm starts to peak. so it's not too bad, is it? it's not bad and there are clear patches, and frankly, that's what i'd be looking at. if you go outside, have a look in a clear patch, see if you can see some meteors. any techniques, any suggestions? get a big, wide field of the sky in your eyes. don't focus on any particular point. just look up. you'll catch them out of the corner of your eye as well. the other thing, of course, is that if you're in company, you basically both have to be looking in the same direction because they're so fleeting, typically half a second. half a second? yeah,

pallab ghosh has been star gazing for us. blink and you'll miss it.ning up in the earth's atmosphere. and these pictures from last night are the start of the biggest meteor shower of the year. we can see if we look up now... it's cloudy in most parts of the country tonight. but astronomers say it's still worth looking up at the skies as the storm starts to peak. so it's not too bad, is it? it's not bad and there are clear patches, and frankly, that's what i'd be looking at. if you go outside, have a look in a clear patch, see if you can see some meteors. any techniques, any suggestions? get a big, wide field of the sky in your eyes. don't focus on any particular point. just look up. you'll catch them out of the corner of your eye as well. the other thing, of course, is that if you're in company, you basically both have to be looking in the same direction because they're so fleeting, typically half a second. half a second? yeah, you have no time to point them out. there are ones that last longer. if you've a break in the clouds you'll be able to see th

pallab ghosh, bbc news.en part in the annual antarctic ice marathon. it takes place just a few hundred kilometres from the south pole. no shorts for this one — in the sub—zero temperatures. american michael higgins won the men's race in a time of four hours, one minute and 45 seconds. the women's race was won by fellow american stephanie estridge. and before we go: new york commuters were delayed on thursday morning — not by weather or an accident, but by a bull. somehow the animal got loose and was spotted on the newjersey train tracks. no word on how the bull got loose — or where it came from. 0fficials eventually captured the bull and transported it in a trailer to safety. it was then sent on to an animal sanctuary. thank you for watching bbc news. stay with us. hello. milder weather is set to develop across many parts of the uk over the next couple of days. that mild air spreading from the west — with it, a lot of cloud. yes, there'll be some sunshine, but i think it will often be cloudy. and the further

pallab ghosh has been star gazing for us. blink and you'll miss it. the earth's atmosphere. and these pictures from last night are the start of the biggest media shower of the year. meteor shower of the year. we can see if we look up now... it's cloudy in most parts of the country tonight. but astronomers say it's still worth looking up at the skies as the storm starts to peak. so it's not too bad, is it? it's not bad and there are clear patches, and frankly, that's what i'd be looking at. if you go outside, have a look in a clear patch, see if you can see some meteors. any techniques, any suggestions?