you can also find out how ski first came to a bus stall. and skiing is the reason i'm here.cold feet. it's been over ten years since i last put on skis so i spoke to a few hours with a real instructor. hello yes there were those who look and there he is this is alex i warned him that i'm pretty much a total beginner so we'll have to start from scratch yeah yeah i'll explain the basics and then we're off conditions were perfect. i'm a little nervous because it's all new to be boys that's why i'm here we'll take it easy. going on what is this have to do with skiing a lot we have to push down and tilt the ski with every step and we're putting our weight on it but. after an hour i've learnt the basics and we start is sending. that down hill. skiing it's a lot of fun but you have to be very careful plus i don't think that i'm a natural. now i need to break even though i'm at the top of the neighbors in two thousand two hundred meters and in the middle of nature i don't have to sacrifice on comfort to keep on top of the competition for everything here has been renovated faster ski

on skis, of course. travis: there's so many different ways to slide down snow, and racing is a really stressful, high intense kind of way of doing it, but there's also like you can just go for a walk in the woods on a pair of cross country skis and have a great time, or like just anything revolving-- like, sliding on snow is just really fun and relaxing. and the racing part's intense, but then the other stuff is kind of grounding, and it's good to have both. janelle: an injury ended ganong's season. he tore his acl in his right knee after crashing in a race in december. he underwent surgery and is now doing rehab. ganong thanked his supporters and says he's excited to start working toward next season. garvin: the 1960 winter olympics put california on the map for winter sports, and really was the beginning of a year round tourism boom for the tahoe area. janelle: but it didn't always look like this. squaw valley was a ski resort with just one chair lift, two rope toes and a 50-room lodge in 1955. in four

they run from 18-30 miles over the snow on their like to skis -- their thin, light skis. they hope to win. a lonely race, even the most seasoned athletes have to have plenty of courage and determination for getting across the finish line. the combination of the skills of both hunter and cross-country skier is required in the biathlon. the exertion of skiing long distances puts the contestant before a small target with pounding hearts and shaky hands. shot adds a penalty of two minutes to his running time. ♪ biathlon evert held in a winter , and it may be the last. at any rate, it has been voted out of the next games. ♪ this is hardly a spectator sport. only race officials are allowed on the course. not even managers and trainers can follow. spectators gather at the speed skating rink. countries with colder climates have always produced the champions in this sport, but tracks like these, artificially maintained, may change the situation. the skaters race in pairs against time alone. signal atnate on designated times. the inside track is used at the same time by other skate

castigated away by skiing across an avalanche trigger point.s is called protective skiing, a tricky procedure to be used only by the most expert. storms create conditions that require a closer watch by the snow rangers. the work goes on in the stinging wind and driving snow. these men are skilled in the business of snow safety. behind him live many years of managing -- i have seen the snow rangers and worked with them. in utah the avalanche control work of the forest service started. every year a corner fills up with snow, turning over the sled like a cresting wave and it must be brought down to be safe. explosive placed by hand have proved effective. a baby avalanche. a bigger baby. a bigger baby, still. some of those chunks way around two tons. 75 millimeter recoilless rifles which can be moved about in a hundred and five millimeter rifles are fired at points which cannot be readily reached by the men on skis. bit by bit the avalanche hazard is blasted away. three of these big army guns are zeroed in on locations near the top of two peaks. si

a ski jumper soaring down a mountain and another crashing in a windmill of limbs and skis. >> and theeporter: immortalized by abc's "wide world of sports." a good jumper can clear the length of a football field. traveling at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour. what many don't realize, though, is for 90 years women were kept from competing because officials said they were too frail. >> for a lack of filter, our uteruses would fall out. we weren't strong enough. it would inhibit our ability to have children. yeah. honestly a laughing matter. of course there are risks. look at downhill. look at free skiing. there are risks in that too. so why all of a sudden is it just ski jumping that's having these childbearing issues? >> reporter: women's olympic sports are have typically made slower progress than men's sports. it wasn't until 1996 that soccer opened up to women, when mia hamm and the u.s. team finally won gold. women's boxing wasn't allowed until 2012. in many ways you were the poster child of this sport for women. >> yeah. and for me that's been an honor. yeah, it is definitely pressu

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welcome atop my personal ski lodge.he united states has its first gold medal in the winter olympics. the 17-year-old winner is here live. red gerard in the slopestyle finals to win a place on top of the podium. he's one of the gold medalist in american history. you'll meet him in just a moment. >>> and coming up later today, we'll see american phenom mikaela shiffrin in her first ride. jamie aerndzson defending her 2013 title in the women's slopestyle final. we're 90 miles east of seoul, the capital of south korea and just 50 miles north of the border of north korea. whose participation here in pyeongchang, both athletic and diplomatic has been one of the big stories in the game so far. we'll talk to chuck todd about that side of the olympics in a with the. >>> bells president trump doubling down amid two top administration officials forced to resign this week over allegations of domestic abuse. >>> and then later, a "sunday sitdown" with the american ski jumping star whose olympic dreams four years ago were scuttled by

she will continue to ski beyond this games.aryna gasienica-daniel. >> there's 2.5 seconds down to 3.67 seconds in six people. each of these, you see the 1.72 gap, that's from the downhill portion. she's skiing good slalom but it's earned in the downhill. >> looks like she will take over the lead. she does by almost two seconds. if you were with us for the downhill run by alice merryweather, we talked about being added to this olympic ski team on february 3rd, selected to compete at these games for a replacement for the alpine skier who was forced to withdraw due to injury. this is a lot happening in this 21-year-old's life in a very short period of time, getting the call for her first olympics. down she goes for her second olympic run. >> merryweather is not a slalom specialist. but she's quick off the edge. and that youth, i can't speak about how nice it is to be young and ski stllalom. i tried to stay with it. and you feel so much slower. she looks quick, even though she's not a slalom specialist, she's able to make the quick

with ski bindings made of coffee. and sun and has made his way home from school in the late afternoon the skis are rustic wooden planks with kickers on the undersides they help grip the snow when climbing and glide on downhill stretches. on the look of what you want to be when you grow up to have a ski race. it's hard to keep your balance on wooden skis but and their old father is a good teacher. training in the afternoon is the best part of the day. scientists believe skiing was first developed in the altai mountains. in. the early morning light in the village of com reveals chinese tourists from afar who are gradually discovering this remote region. one. we're from in southern china and we heard that this is a wonderful place. it's absolutely beautiful here. the mail has almost never snows and. we've travelled abroad but this is the first time we're having a winter vacation in china everyone should see this landscape. europeans are also among those visiting the region's oldest ski resort. the directive to develop th

dave ryding skiing for a medal position at the olympics. disappointed with his performance, saying he could have done more.” thought the second run really suited me, ijust made a couple of mistakes which cost me. i know i could have had a bit more in me by the same time, it is the olympics and eve ryo ne time, it is the olympics and everyone is feeling the same thing 90s respectable. thank you for joining us, an incredible result for dave ryding, ninth place, not a medal but step forward? it certainly is andi medal but step forward? it certainly is and i think we should be very pleased, getting in the top ten at the olympics is incredible. what did you think about it performance, has he improved? i think he skied a little inside himself, not quite risking it all if you're going to get a medal but he should be pleased he's in the top ten but in a couple of days' time he may be thinking, what is? he is definitely inspired, heard him say that the winner, at the age of 35 taking gold, it is not overfor the age of 35 taking gold, it is not over

and you'll see cloudy skies all day long in the lehigh valley. with southerly winds, the temperatures warm steadily through the day. 61 degrees this afternoon. delaware, clouds, a sprinkle or two is possible this afternoon. most of the day just looking at gray skies for delaware and new jersey. can't beat that. 60s and even at the shore, 60 degrees this afternoon. a chance you'll see a little bit of sunshine breaking through. then the rain comes b i evening. this weekend, though, not talking rain, looking at the possibility of snow. i'll look at that when i come back in ten minutes. >> snow. all right. thank you. >>> 5:09. let's get you to work and start by looking at the schuylkill expressway. jessica boyington is doing that for you. >> yeah, a quick update here. the schuylkill expressway and our cameras around south street, everything's clear. so we had that earlier construction project in the westbound side. starting from south street, moving toward center city ound is back in business. so watching the schuylkill, also watching out in new cast

on skis.embers of ukip have voted overwhelmingly to sack their leader, henry bolton, after less than six months in the job. you get their faces as fourth leadership election in less than 18 months. theresa may warns european union leaders not to put lives at risk by blocking a security deal after brexit. the prime minister said britain would no longer be able to help europol as it does or extradite suspects quickly. president trump has met survivors of wednesday's high school shooting in florida, as the fbi comes under pressure after they failed to act on a tip—off about the gunman, nikolas cruz. time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and sarah mulkerrins. good evening, these are our headlines tonight. it's a sliding super saturday for the british team, gold for yarnold, and deas also make it on to the pyeongchang podium. and with izzy atkin also taking bronze in the slopestyle, it's a historic day for the british team. but

and slope style track skiing.e'll talk to them in a moment. first, let's head to the mountains where nbc's keir simmons has the overnight highlights. >> reporter: good morning. team usa picked up more olympic medals overnight. the skiers took to the slopes. the skiers took to the ice to bring home the olympic hardware. it was all about speed and style in pyeongchang overnight. >> needs perfection here. >> reporter: first the men battling for gold in slope style skiing americans gus kenworth and nick goepper who took gold. >> reporter: with a large contingent of family and friends looking on, kenworthy who fractured his forearm failed to hit a critical jump. but goepper overcame stumbles to regain his composure, fwliping and twisting his way to a silver medal. >> goepper's last chance, one, two, three, wow. >> reporter: over at the giant slalom course veteran ted ligety was unsuccessful. >> maybe he can pull out something magical. >> reporter: likely ending the 33-year-old storied olympic career. >> couldn't muster

they were the opposite of clip in and clip out. >> craig's ski fell off. >> you go into the ski chute>> i'm not ready for primetime. dylan made the first attempt of a run. >> here we go. >> that was great. >> this bag is throwing me off. >> next up is natalie. >> i have to get a good line here. >> you have to use the stick. you have to lean on the stick. you got it. you had it. >> she had it coming. >> the danger is low at these speeds. unless your name is dylan dreyer. >> dylan? >> then you take out the photographer and end up in a ditch. >> i did it. >> meanwhile, i'm having my own challenges. while i struggled to just stand up, the ladies decided to make an olympic event out of it. >> i think it will be a photo finish. what do you think? we lost craig. that's okay. >> i'm done. >> craig gets bronze. dylan takes the lead. >> they will use fancy editing tricks to make it seem they have done well. i have been watching them for 15 minutes. they struggled just as much. >> i'm going into the pole. >> dylan was perfect. >> yes. >> that's right. i'm a quitter. i'm a quitter! >> you didn't

bright skies by date translate to clear skies by night, again under this clear starry skies will turnbelow freezing out in the countryside it could be down to “11 minus five. here is our frost showing a very clearly on the map, that frost easing and lifting once again, and then we get some blue skies and sunshine to enjoy. at this stage it more cloud is likely to work into eastern scotland and north—east england, maybe introducing the odd wintry flurry, a biting wind in the south, those temperatures dipping away and when we add on the strength of the wind this is what it will feel like, —2 in birmingham, my nursery in norwich, it cold feeling day. but if thatis norwich, it cold feeling day. but if that is cold enough, wait until next week because we will start to tap into this really bitter at that is sitting in place across siberia, easterly winds across our shores so temperatures even by day in next week will struggle to get above freezing. it could well be quite a few snow showers in some eastern areas, perhaps some organised spells of consistent snow at times, further west not as

all going to be try the whole thing with skis. that least i have an expert here former competitive skier enrico frank in the move forward. it's. going to end now just push your foot forwards on the bus and when it clicks during the big one what do we have to move forwards with you know the strike that's right now stride forward simple do the mock. up. of. this. it's gets at us but as you see now we'll be going downhill slightly and so it looks good and if it gets too slow for you shuffle forwards again receives the most and if it's important to always keep smiling. when it comes over there and you can also hold the poles on iraq and just glide over was so that's it but how can i break without falling if you give us the old we can really do is practice holding down say if the situation gets really dodgy only one thing helps a controlled form. and if i just let myself fall over and stretch out but should avoid needing to. rule it was not in the truck to spoil them trying to stay in between this is hard work and russian ok if you wou

violation could be deliberate one of the coaches alleges that someone could have spied crucial new skis food but was presuming you don't need to be a secret agent to give athletes a bosal with any kind of banned substance that totally unprotected just put it in a hotel room it's easy the substance in question is believed to boost in durance an increased recovery it was widespread in russia and eastern europe before it was banned two years ago and the latest potential doping scandal shocked many in the curling community a sport where skill and precision come before brute strength. i really don't think that in curling is useful i think in curling is really important and it's like mansell and physical side so is absolutely at this aspect i don't really understand what what it would approve or what it would improve you and your game kind of things. i don't understand what it will do for you many of russia's medal hopefuls are missing at these games as they were not cleared to compete by live big chiefs despite having no doping history and though there were no big hopes for the olympic podiu

russia's top ski racers were made to sit out chang to any team their ski boots were big ones to step into but against the odds these judy years pulled it off all you need to know about the performance of russia's young cross-country skiing team is on this board at the house for russian fans unbelievable but almost half of the away are medals so far for one by the cross-country squad now the norwegians russia's number one rivals in the sport know they'll need to keep looking over their shoulders. to defend is this the best. i think the younger ones will come later on so who's hot on norway's heels made twenty one year old dennis speeds of who's already want to braun's in a silver n.p.r. chang almost i feel proud for spit so off you see this young guy winning bronze here this was a great surprise for me was dedicated himself completely to the sport how is it possible not to support such passion in africa and of course the athletes feel as a package the performance against all the odds wouldn't have been possible without . a former olympic champion now in charge of the washing cross-cou

skied one run through the half pipe. and was laying on the ground just gasping for air.nd told me i had a collapsed lung. was just that thought of, why me. >> there was much worse to come. >> my mom was diagnosed with cancer when i was going into the olympic qualifying process for sochi. she was in and out of the hospital in a horrible state. >> he made it to sochi but understandably under performed way off the medals. pyeongchang is a shot at redemption and miracle he made it. >> when you are near death everyone comes to a very similar picture. >> one morning in 2014 he felt rough going out to ski. >> he goes, i can't figure out how to breathe. >> before i knew it i was being flown to a hospital in salt lake and in a medically induced parls. >> he had an infection in his liver. he had tubes in his liver, in his lungs, in his stomach, in his arteries, in his veins, in his airway. >> he an extremely rare and extremely dangerous strep infection. doctors told his parents to prepare for the worst. >> really not okay, not a broken bone or collapsed lung this is no joke, this

earlier izzy atkin won bronze in the women's ski slopestyle, a first ever medal for britain on skis.kip prepare to look for a new leader after sacking henry bolton less than six months in thejob. nigel has actually got us into this position and i think that nigel should come back and sort out this mess. president trump has met survivors of wednesday's high school shooting in florida, as the fbi comes under pressure after they admit mishandling a tip—off about the gunman. and in half an hour, in talking books, rebecca jones speaks to one of india's most successful writers preeti shinoy. good evening and welcome to bbc news. team gb is celebrating its most successful day in winter olympic history. lizzy yarnold won gold in the women's skeleton — becoming the first briton ever to defend a winter olympic title. there was a bronze too in the event for her team—mate laura dees, and a bronze in the ski slopestyle for izzy atkin. but there was disappointment for the medal favourite elise christie — who crashed in the semifinal of the 1500 metre speed skating — and was taken to hospital. davi

and how was it good niceties are easier than skiing yeah yeah. sounds pretty great there is no way around it i am going to have to check out the fifty back slopes for myself. look up from the mountain top to the valley is about three hundred meters just the right kind of feel for an occasional skier like me. well i'm going to mentally prepare for my next task my very first time on cross-country skis you guys get to have over to cabinets and want to saxony is the biggest say days it's just an hour by car away from where we are right now and definitely worth a visit. these are square is a good place to start exploring kenneth's here you'll find the king albert museum with its art collection it's a peters church and the opera house. like most of the buildings on the square st peter's church was built through the nineteenth century with the gold crucifix on its tower it's eighty two meters tall . by the early twentieth century with three hundred sixty thousand residents commutes became a fully fledged city so the links gothic town hall had to be exte

and they we re norway on the ski slopes. and they were not slouching on the ice either.an 0lympic record to win the men's's 500 metres speedskating final. 20 yea rs 500 metres speedskating final. 20 years ago, 20 years ago is the last gold medal of norway in speedskating. so it has been a while and it was time for norwegian to step it up and be the top of the podium again, it feels so good to do today. norway have now won 27 medals in pyeongchang, the most at a single win the olympics. the action at the winter olympics has been overshadowed by the news of an anti—doping case against an athlete from russia. alexander krushelnitsky won bronze in the mixed doubles curling event last tuesday with his wife, but now he's suspected of testing positve for meldonium. the court of arbitration for sport opened a case against the 25—year—old, following a request from the international olympic committee with a hearing date yet to be set. more than 160 competitors are in the olympic athletes from russia team — as their country was banned from the games over systemic doping at sochi, f

not a lwa ys pretty useful on skis as well., she borrowed these from giant slalom gold—medallist mikaela shiffrin. faster than she has ever gone at the super—g and faster than anyone else at pyeongchang, taking it to one of the most unexpected goals of the games. so unexpected that the czech had to check if she won. and no! what happened ? had to check if she won. and no! what happened? what happened. you tell me for that i really don't know what happened. it was great. ester ledecka is due to race in the snowboarding parallel slalom next week and has to decide whether to ski again in next week's downhill. her rivals may help she chooses not to and mccullough schiffer and may wa nt to and mccullough schiffer and may want her skis back by then. —— mikaela shiffrin. while many eyes are focused on this year's winter olympics, one of the most hotly—tipped films for sunday night's british academy of film and television awards is ‘i, tonya,‘ based on events linked to the winter olympics of 1994. it's a biopic about the american figur

earlier izzy atkin won bronze in the women's ski slopestyle — a first ever medal for britain on skis.e last half an hour, ukip has dismissed their party leader henry bolton, after party members backed a no confidence motion by 63% theresa may warns the eu not to put lives at risk — by refusing to co—operate on security after brexit. president trump has met survivors of wednesday's high school shooting in florida, as the fbi comes under pressure after they fail to act on a tip—off about the gunman nikolas cruz. houses in wales shake as an earthquake of 4.4 magnitude hits — the epicentre just north of swansea. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. lizzy yarnold has won team gb‘s first gold medal at the winter olympics in south korea. she's won the women's skeleton, making yarnold the first british competitor to defend a winter olympic title. yarnold headed into the final run 0.02 seconds behind leaderjanine flock, but a poor finish from the austrian saw her drop out of the medal places. our sports correspondent, david ornstein, is in pyongchang. an extraordinary day here, one that wil

blood and over the cross country skiing takes practice that's been. a part of my my left foot but not like that now we're basically on the diet and the vision that there was. oh boy did we try the whole thing with speeds. at least i have an expert here former competitive skier enrico frank in the movie were. excuses. and now just push your foot forward on the bus and when it clicks you're in what do we have to move forward with you know the stride that's right now stride forward civil debate. oh oh . it's a bus but as you see now we'll be going downhill slightly and then so it looks good and if it gets too slow for you shuffle forwards again which is the more it's important to always keep smiling. when it comes over there and you can also hold the pose on iraq and just glide over was all that said but how can i break without falling if you give us what you think we can really tell his practice holding down say that he has to if the situation gets really dodgy only one thing helps a controlled form. and if i just let myself fall over and stretch out bu

>> 150 feet. >> reporter: scott smith is a ski jumping coach and president of the new jersey ski clurk some norwegian immigrants who must have wanted to spice up chicago winters. i don't think of illinois as being particularly alpine, you know, like mountains. doesn't that go with ski jumps. >> um, not always. >> reporter: they built the ski jump, and the jumpers came. the club's annual competition was held this past weekend, and thousands of fans showed up. fritz gohl was one of them. >> this is one of the biggest crowds i've seen, in maybe the last 20 years. >> reporter: do you have norwegian blood coarsing through your veins. >> no, no, swiss. >> reporter: swiss! there's more interest than usual in the jumpers now because the little new jersey ski club is for the first time sending not one but three homegrown contestants to the winter olympics: kevin bickner, larry gilbreath, and mike osterholm are, making smith's dreams come true. >> i missed out in the '88 olympics and when i got into coaching in 19 89, i said some day i'd love to coach somebody to the olympics. >> reporter: hunte

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doesn't that go with ski jumps?reporter: they built the ski jump, and the jumpers came. the club's annual competition was held this past weekend, and thousands of fans showed up. fritz gohl was one of them. >> this is one of the biggest crowds i've seen, in maybe the last 20 years. >> reporter: do you have norwegian blood coarsing through sur veins? >> no, no, swiss. >> reporter: swiss! there's more interest than usual in the jumpers now because the little norge ski club is, for te first time, sending not one but three homegrown contestants to the winter olympics: kevin bickner, casey larson, and mike glasder are making smith's dreams come true. >> i missed out in the '88 olympics, and then when i got into coaching in 1989, i said some day, i'd love to coach somebody to the olympics. >> reporter: and possibly more on the way. hunter gibson has been jumping since he was five. so they thought it would be funny to throw the five-year-old kid down the ski jump? t yeah, i guess so. ve reporter: he's 16 now, and pointing

the skies will often be blue, but underneath those blue skies it is going to feel chilly, particularlyrength of a biting cold easterly wind. now, we start saturday morning on a very chilly note. you can see the blue colours on the chart here. a widespread frost, temperatures below freezing for many. perhaps not quite as cold for northern ireland, beeedee there‘s e'bit'm'e're” ' "' where you see this white shimmering effect on the map, that shows where we have a touch of frost to start the day. now, that frost will slowly melt away to reveal a lot of dry weather and some spells of sunshine. but, with that chilly breeze down towards the south, it is going to feel quite cold, despite the fact that temperatures on the thermometer will get up around six, possibly seven degrees in places. always more cloud across parts of south devon and cornwall but sunny skies for much of wales and northern england. northern ireland brightening up after the cloudy start and things turning brighter again in western scotland, after a cloudy start. in eastern scotland up towards the northern isles, we should

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cloudy skies with us through the day and tonight.nd this is late tonight by 11:00, by tomorrow morning we'll be watching the rain approach from the west. and the showers shouldn't be here first thing in the morning, but late in the day that's the best chance of showers around 2:00. if you have plans saturday evening look at the rain developing and coming into delaware and south jersey. and then later in the evening we get that steadier rain moving in for all of sunday. so standby, you're going to need your rain gear. but not today. 39 this afternoon, mostly cloudy skies, but the wind will be light. 54 degrees tomorrow, a steady wind developing tomorrow night, continues through the day on sunday. but in spite of that rain the temperatures will boost into the upper 50s, so we're only talking rain here. a break from some of clouds on monday. you won't need your rain gear on monday. mostly cloudy on friday. but look at these temperatures. 50 for valentine's day. thursday a chance of a shower. up to 56 degrees, and we stay in the 40s next

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>> six members of the big bear ski patrol were asked to help out at the ski patrol. tina choi is a political consultant by day and a berkeley grad helping organize their participation is something that is very special to her. >> i was born in south korea, and i immigrated to the united states when i was 7, so this is very heart felt for me to come back to my country. but we do look at our role as not just ski patrol, but we are ambassadors. >> reporter: there is no medaling in ski patrol, but tina says like the athletes she and her patrol members feel a lot of pressure to perform perfectly at these games and keep the athletes safe. later tonight on "nbc bay area news" "nbc bay area news we'll on the olympic coverage and let you know how your northern california athlete rgs doing s n pyeongchang. >> cool story. follow garvin's coverage of the olympics online 24/7. his tweets like this one showing just how giant the media center is. this is one of many media centers. you can follow along by following us on twitter. our handle @nbcbayarea. >> it involves finesse, ice, a

he's got the full ski and you know, when you have that, and you got the skis on, you can kind of do theichael jackson lean. he's going in for the limbo. >> oh! >> that didn't work. >> not the smoothest of criminals. >> that didn't work at all. maybe clipped it with his knees first and then the rope came across his face. >> new olympic sport? >> no, no, it's a fad. >>> you ever wonder how people predict the weather? we're getting a peek behind the curtain. >> we have an air of high pressure in the east and a cold front coming from the north which settle in the west of ireland around midday. anna, what's that mean? i haven't a clue. >> how do you predict the weather? >> why don't we go with rainy? >> if it's definitive when it doesn't rain. >> why don't we say scattered showers. >> i think we can do better. why don't we go with two days of touchy -- >> you need a specific time period. >> keep it general. >> say a spell of patchy scattered showers. >> how does one figure out the temperature? we know the pressure, if it it's raining or not but the temperatures? >> lows of minus 3 and highs

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sunny skies returned to scotla nd day. sunny skies returned to scotland and northern ireland.t starting to dip down a notch. that is a sign of things to come to look at the rest of the week. the wind is coming from a different direction, the east. cold conditions in northern europe. the wind is going to the uk. the week ahead might be mild and misty to start with. do not get used to the springlike conditions. a bit of water later in the week. we managed to sit in the garden yesterday, which felt odd. we will be back inside by later on today. winter is not done with us yet. they describe themselves as "britain's forgotten veterans." 60 years ago, thousands of uk service personnel were sent to the south pacific to test nuclear bombs. some claim the radiation caused cancers and birth defects which they passed onto their children and grandchildren. now they hope a new study of their dna will prove it, as sarah corker reports. it was so bright you could see the bones in your hand. you just saw, like, anothersun bones in your hand. you just saw, like, another sun hanging in the sky.