roger harrabin, bbc news. coming out of retirement — to drive the original car in which she competed in the world rally cup almost 50 years ago. in 1970 bronwyn burrell was the youngest driver in the race from london to mexico. now she's been reunited with her austin maxi sports car, and is preparing to get behind the wheel again to recreate her epic drive. she's currently in training, and john maguire went along to meet her. wembley, 1970, and a car rally marks the handover of the world cup hosting duties from england to mexico. sir alf ramsey waves them off, and in car 20, three women about to start a 16,000 mile race. we were going to be away for six weeks. it seemed like a lifetime, but wasn't a lifetime, it was a flash. this is us both in our lovely green c&a dresses and red puffer jackets and down the ramp. we were starting our huge adventure. gosh, we were young, weren't we? i think i was the youngest. i had very long hair. it was so unmanageable, really. it was a stupid thing not to have short hairfor

roger harrabin, bbc news. some breaking news.taylor has died. he was 72. let's speak to other sports correspondent andy swiss, who is at the bbc sports centre. he was a player, then a manager, a pundit. he's been a big figure in the world of football for a long time now. that's right, yes, this is very sad news which has just broken within the last few minutes. graham taylor first rose to prominence as manager of watford between 1977 and 1987. he was hired by the then new owner sir elton john. he guided watford from the fourth division to the first division injust five fourth division to the first division in just five years, an extraordinary achievement. he guided them to the fa cup final. he became manager of aston villa before in 1990, he took over as england managerfrom sir 1990, he took over as england manager from sir bobby 1990, he took over as england managerfrom sir bobby robson. he suffered a difficult few years in the england job. he took them to the european championships in 1992, where they were knocked out in the gr

roger harrabin, bbc news. protests are expected in washington.ampaigners hung a bannerfrom tower bridge reading "build bridges not walls" — in reference to trump‘s pledge to build a wall on the mexican border. anti—racism groups are expected to demonstrate in several cities around the uk. mrtrump will be mr trump will be sworn in just before apm our time. and you can watch full coverage of the inauguration ceremony live from washington here on bbc one, with coverage starting at four o‘clock this afternoon. the time isjust the time is just after 1:15pm. our top story this lunchtime. in less than four hours, donald trump will be sworn in as america‘s a5th president. they forgot about a lot of us. on the campaign, i called it, "the forgotten man and the forgotten woman." well, you‘re not forgotten any more. coming up in sport at 1:30pm on bbc news: eddiejones reveals his six nations squad. there are three uncapped players, and dylan hartley is included — but he won‘t be guaranteed the captaincy. after almost two days buried under snow and rubble, ei

roger harrabin, bbc news.ould be seen in some parts of the country, and meteorologists are also predicting rare "thundersnow" for parts of wales. thundersnow is like a thunderstorm, except snow falls instead of rain, as nick miller explains. snow is one thing, thundersnow is another. unusual but some of us have observed that recently, there may be more to come, the weather set up as it is, plenty of cold air across the uk, and under that we are seeing snow showers. if they are big enough and there is enough energy you get a thunderstorm. but it is winter and instead of rain it is snow and you get thundersnow. there's not a huge amount of difference between the mechanics of a winter thunderstorm compared with a summer thunderstorm, lots of air moves in quickly into the clouds. and within that cloud ice crystals interact to produce a build—up of static electricity. the bigger, the more likely there is a discharge in the form of a lightning strike. but there are some differences in winter. first, the lightning at

well, with me is our environment analyst roger harrabin. how does this work? a sort of fantasy scenario, instead of this waste gas going up and heating the atmosphere you turn it into something useful and scientists around the world are trying to do this and these guys based in south india, a british firm now because they couldn't get funding from india, have come up with a technology which appears to be a viable financially without any subs tee and the chemical scrubs out the carbon dioxide emissions and then it feeds those emissions into the chemicals plant, mixes them with the stea m chemicals plant, mixes them with the steam and with other ingredients and comes up steam and with other ingredients and comes up with baking powder. it eats its own waste. how significant could this development be? well, it's hard to tell at the moment. these are early days. a lot of people are trying it on a bigger scale, these quys trying it on a bigger scale, these guys have decided to try it on a small scale and hope to replicate it worldwide. if it could be shown to work g

here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. in the kitchen. in the living room. in the kitchen.n the office. we all need to know the power would go off. in hospitals electricity is literally a life support, that is why hospitals have their own back—up generators in case ofa their own back—up generators in case of a power cut. but what about the rest of us? wind power is almost free winnie wind blows. when it does not that great potential gap in electricity supplies. under a new scheme from next winter firms owning old power stations will get subsidies to keep them on stand—by in case of power shortage. the government have run auctions to make sure that there is enough capacity generated —— generating electricity right through until 2021 we know we have got more than enough power to meet all of our supplies in the uk and beyond that the systems will be cleverer. so we should stop worrying about blackouts. the new system will keep the lights on but at what cost? that could be several billion pounds a year on consumer bills. the government says that is an exaggeration, it's to cost

roger harrabin, bbc news.m standing beside a roundabout, one of scotland‘s busiest motorways. if you had that way you get onto the forth road ridge. things are moving, that‘s a different picture to yesterday when there was huge disruption caused by a lorry being blown over. it caused a lorry being blown over. it caused a huge amount of damage to the ridge. it took them the best part of 24 hours to recover that vehicle and to repair it. the high winds that calls that, more of them are forecast today and into tomorrow. parts of scotland, northern ireland, and also in england as well. at heathrow we‘ve seen more than 70 flights cancelled later this afternoon, most of those because of the weather. that's the situation in dunfermline this morning. a full weather forecast coming up shortly. we know they can walk like you but scientists believe that monkeys might also be able to talk like you. monkey chatter to be fair, that could sound like me occasionally! the results of a study into the noises baboons make has fou

roger harrabin, bbc news.uple of days, with a warning from the met office of strong winds, ice and snow. scotland is bearing the brunt of the wintry weather so far, with the m71; in central scotland closed for a time because of ice. meanwhile, gale force winds cut power to 40,000 homes in the north east, cumbria and yorkshire. this morning, 100 flights have been cancelled at heathrow airport, as london braces itself for snow. 0ur correspondent megan paterson is at a gritters in penrith in cumbria — where preparations are well underway for the big freeze. good morning to you. gritters at the ready. any sign of the snow yet? not yet. this is the only gritter that in this depot in penrith near the m6 motorway and that is because all of the others are out on the road network here in cumbria. cumbria cou nty network here in cumbria. cumbria county council has 11 salt barons, gritting facilities across the country like this one. up until yesterday this one was bowled. 0ver the next 12 hours it has almost emptied. th

here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. in the kitchen. in the living room. in the office.back—up generators in case of a power cut. but what about the rest of us? wind power is almost free winnie wind blows. when it does not that great potential gap in electricity supplies. under a new scheme from next winter firms owning old power stations will get subsidies to keep them on stand—by in case of power shortage. the government have run auctions to make generating electricity right through until 2021 we know we have got more than enough power to meet all of our supplies in the uk and beyond that the systems will be cleverer. so we should stop worrying about blackouts. the new system will keep the lights on but at what cost? that could be several billion pounds a year on consumer bills. the government says that is an exaggeration, it's to cost households seven pounds a year on bills reducing to £2 a year as smart metres takeover. this is the future, giant batteries near leighton buzzard. in cornwall households are already benefiting from cheap power to do the washing when the

roger harrabin, bbc news. closer to understanding why chronic stress increases the risk of heart disease and strokes. theirfindings, published in the lancet, suggest that increased activity in the part of the brain which responds to fear and anger prompts the production of extra white blood cells. this can make the formation of blockages in the arteries more likely. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, willjoin the greek and turkish foreign ministers in geneva for talks on re—unifying cyprus. the former british colony has been divided since turkish troops invaded more than a0 years ago following a coup by greek cypriots. the united nations says it doesn't expect a deal to be reached this week, only a framework. mrjohnson said he thought a deal was within reach. there's been an increase in the number of hit—and—run incidents in the last year. researchers at leicester university have interviewed hundreds of people who admit they failed to stop after an accident. many say they panicked and fled, while others said

here‘s our environment analyst roger harrabin. the world, and utterly predictable. so why not build a seawall to capture the outgoing tide? that‘s the plan from a private firm. the sea wall will use hydroelectric turbines to generate power, as the water flushes through gaps in the seawall. the cost was thought too high for bill payers to bear. but a review says it will need subsidy, but it‘s not as dear as it looks. bearing in mind that these will last for longer than a wind farm, the cost for the consumer is less than a pint of milk on their relatives of the bills every year. that is why i think it is affordable is. supporters hope that we will see lagoons dotted along western shores, bringing down the costs. this is a pathfinder project and we need the government to get on with it. we need manufacturing at scale to support industrial regeneration. it is great renewable energy and it is great for supporting jobs. but what about wildlife? friends of the earth support the lagoon for the clean energy will produce. the bird charity r