sian sykes spent 60 days at sea, on rivers and canals.s been paddling her way down the english border, through the bristol channel and right around the welsh coast to end up back on deeside. hello, holyhead coastguard, this is sykes up. i'm very well, i'm off the water. i'm finished! now that sian sykes has crossed the finish line on her epic and arduousjourney, she can reflect on her main aim, to see for herself the parts of coastline waterways blighted by the bits of plastic and packaging that many of us throw away. from one end of the country to the other there's been plenty of spectacular scenery to enjoy, and sian has been doing her best to keep it that way by picking up any litter she finds. polystyrene and drinks bottles being the most prevalent flotsam prevalent flotsa m a nd jetsa m, but she has made many new friends on herjourney to have been inspired to do their bit to prevent waste. the people have been so kind along the way. the generosity has been absolutely fantastic. and a lot of people feel inspired about what i'm doing a

thank you, sian and james. backin back ina back in a minute. hello there. glorious spells of sunshine to begin the day for the worst and across wales. through the afternoon that rain across northern areas, notably for the far north of scotland, wiltshire away. —— will die away. this weather front is what is bringing the rain. it will continue to move north and also clear away from the east coast. there is more cloud around generally across eastern areas. some mist and mark, too. ray mckinnon —— would be confined to the northernmost later. —— northern isles. temperatures reaching highs of 16 to 18 celsius. very pleasant in the strong may sunshine. this evening the rain becomes confined towards shetland. overnight it lingers on. we see this weather front return again to eastern coastal areas by the end of the night. they could bring the odd shower. cloud for western northern ireland. otherwise, a clear night, a dry one. quite chilly. into monday high pressure is building in. merging with this other area of high pressure a cross merging with this other area of

but for this week, here's a last word on the royal wedding from viewers sian timmermans and bob hallumsafter watching different parts of the bbc output on tuesday. hello, good morning, you are watching breakfast. prince harry and meghan markle called... watching breakfast. prince harry and meghan markle called. . ij watching breakfast. prince harry and meghan markle called... i was disappointed with the bbc breakfast coverage. considering kensington palace had requested for understanding and privacy at this point. for the bbc to be covering it as the first topic as headlines was as the first topic as headlines was a very, very disappointing. meghan markle's father is obviously quite sensitive and a private person. whether they are royalty to be or not, they deserve that. compassion and understanding. and secondly for the situation in israel to the second with nearly 60 people slaughtered. for this not to be headlines was again appalling coverage from the bbc. they decided that they wanted to run with the gossip, scaremongering and following a website like tmc rather than the factual acc

relief to four sian's pa rents other people.an insight into what can be done if you put your mind to it, from being a city girl to a water baby, walk on water ——i think it has given people. while she was away, the uk government announced a plastic scheme for bottles and cans in england to cover but the welsh government considers it is doing the same, sian is hoping won't be long before it also gets on board. matthew richards there on the great story, reporting from wales. quite windy there. really hard to stay up. the stable with the waves and the wind. which you want to do is that in the sunshine. you could do it this weekend! hi, sarah! you certainly could, a beautiful day for paddle boarding and if you have any outdoor activities planned it is looking almost people pretty glorious. a look at the details now. blue skies. a beautiful start to the day. high pressure keeping things dry for much of the country. warming up after a fresh start. some areas of cloud drifting around. this front will be a troublemaker for the north of s

sian human al-jazeera. police in chile have fired tear gas and water cannons at students protesting against sexual harassment the demonstrations in the capital santiago have been demanding that the government introduce gender equality in schools and universities. the red cross is israel to respect medics who've been working in gaza during border protests friday will be the seventh week of demonstrations in which forty one palestinians have been killed but among the chaos a special bond has developed as stephanie decker reports. theirs is an unexpected love story. a both volunteer medics treating the injured during the week protests along israel's fence with gaza they'd never met before. the first time she impressed me is when she went directly to the border. to secure one of the injured at the fence. that moment was captured on video a deal signals to the israeli soldiers that she is a medic coming to help collect an injured protester. i raise my hands to show the soldiers that we are medics and to stop sho

sian human al-jazeera. french president emanuel macron has been recognized by a prestigious award committee for what it says is his european vision macron is only the second sitting french president to ever receive the charlemagne prize it's awarded every year for exceptional work performed in the service of european unity in his acceptance speech urged europe to defend the global multilateral order right well there's more on everything we're covering right here including analysis that takes you behind the headlines algis their adult calm. a quick look at the top stories now donald trump has confirmed the date in venue for an historic summit with north korea's leader in else to twitter saying the highly anticipated meeting will take place in singapore on june twelfth you also wrote he hoped they would both try to make it a very special moment for world peace those details were announced just after trying welcome back three u.s. citizens who were freed by pyongyang on wednesday as a goodwill gesture ahead of

sian human al-jazeera. it is good to have you with us hello adrian for going to the top stories on al-jazeera three americans freed from prison in north korea back in the u.s. president donald trump called it a great so welcome the men to an air base outside washington d.c. their release comes after secretary of state mike pompei of travel to north korea to finalize plans for a summit between president trump and kim jong un. really . israel's defense minister says his military has destroyed nearly all iranian bases inside syria avigdor lieberman says that more than a dozen targets were hit in response to iranian rockets fired at israeli positions in the occupied golan heights mahathir mohamad says that he expects to be sworn in as malaysia's prime minister following his surprise election when the ninety two year old government malaysia in the one nine hundred eighty s. and ninety's led an opposition alliance to their first election victory in sixty years he replaced who was tainted by a corruption scandal.

sian williams is the director at the financial health exchange at the charity toynbee hall, which worksackgrounds. this high cost lending, how, in your experience, will it affect some of the poorest members of society? we run an advice centre where people come in seeking advice on debt. i spoke to an adviser last night and she said she could look up hundreds of cases people who had multiple debts to high cost credit lenders, from catalogues, payday loans and overd rafts charges, and from catalogues, payday loans and overdrafts charges, and those people are suffering with physical and mental stress because of having to pay back, and it also means they cannot meet essential needs like paying for rent, food and essential bills. high cost credit causes stress and exacerbate poverty. how do you think the reforms that have been announced today, do they go far enoughin been announced today, do they go far enough in your opinion? we are excited to see the consultation on a cap on the rent to own sector, we think that's essential. wheels of think that's essential. wheels of think there's no poin

sian human al jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera we meet the nigerian school girls who are determined to finish their education despite the daily threat of violence from boko haram. we'll also look at why many iraqi kurds are feeling disillusioned with their political elites ahead of national elections on saturday. and in sports the right is making their move on the first big climb of this year as you know that . how do you might briefly see if it is snoop on this full cost we don't see snow we haven't done the last couple of weeks or for very cold winter in the u.s. so we've got the big contrast intentions are there for many tornadoes not even many big thunderstorms this line here through the appalachians doesn't produce much but this blog really trusts the central plains briefly showed up as cold enough on the ledge. seems across surprised to me less surprising maybe for the rockies where rain occasionally shows itself as snow that's true in the next couple of days but otherwise it's quite a quiet spring

a couple of messages, sian says it is devastating watching the mothers of knife victims.hnson has launched an unprecedented public assault on theresa may‘s brexit plans. in an interview with the daily mail, the foreign secretary has described the prime minister‘s proposed customs partnership with europe as "crazy". 0ur political guru, norman smith, is in downing street. hi. how are you doing, victoria? you wonder what the mood is like inside cabinet with the latest blast from borisjohnson over cabinet with the latest blast from boris johnson over an idea cabinet with the latest blast from borisjohnson over an idea which mrs may is thought to be very supportive of, a customs partnership after we leave the customs union. the scheme would basically mean we collected eu ta riffs would basically mean we collected eu tariffs for goods coming to britain and going onto the rest of eu, which brexiteers say really mean staying in the customs union and, in their view, staying in the eu. boris johnson has gone on the warpath, describing the idea is crazy, saying it would keep us with

later on in the programme, we'll be speaking to sian hawkins from women's aid about the research.the problem? you are right, there is no shortage of bricks in this factory because they've been building and making bricks on this side since 1805 and this is what they make, particularly popular in the midlands, you might recognise this, they make 25,000 of these every day, about 7 million a year. but there is potentially a shortage up and down the country, especially for smaller builders. the big house—builders get the orders in early but for the smaller ones they are struggling to get their hands on something like this in some cases having to wait six months just to get them. that of course has the knock—on effect for all sorts of things but not least building all those houses we are told we need to build in this country to deal with the shortage of supply and soaring house prices. a little later, i'm going to speak to a property expert and speak to the guy who runs the spice but also a local builder about how they make sure they've got enough supplies to keep them going and make su

in camden, in london, sian berry has been re—elected which is fantastic news because again, labour fightingen council and i am delighted she has kept her seat belt. so a good night for the greens and we hope for some good results later today. how much have you been helped by the zeitgeist, there is so much discussion in the public arena about tackling plastics plastic pollution, aboutair tackling plastics plastic pollution, about air quality, how much is that yourcampaign? about air quality, how much is that your campaign? -- has that helped your campaign? -- has that helped yourcampaign. ithink your campaign? -- has that helped your campaign. i think it has, people know when they let greens onto a local council, the environment is at the top of the political agenda all year round. and what people have been doing is voting for greens because they know the way we do politics is much more inclusive, we are not doing politics to people, but with people. holding the other councils to account. you will find 1—party state councils across the country, both tory and labour, and! across the country,

there is about a dozen cameras to film peter kay and sian gibson as they do car share.ash. good old singalong, i say. thank you very much. the journey to work on the number 840 bus isn't your ordinary commute. it's just been crowned the most scenic bus ride in britain. however, campaign groups are warning that rural services are in crisis. simon gompertz has hopped on board to find out how to keep the wheels turning. it's a bus driver's dream. the 840 coastliner starts in leeds, it takes in york and then heads over the north york moors here and out to whitby on the coast. driving, what's been crowned, our most beautiful bus route, and getting paid for it is adam davies. everyday is a joy. everyday is a joy on this route. just beautiful. it's not only helping people that live out here getting to bigger places, to cities, it's bringing people out of the cities into this beautiful land. it's always nice when you see whitby come up on your rota. this award for most scenic route was thought up by paul kirby to drum up more interest in bus travel as funding is squeezed ever t