as well as official supporters, you had other people who were climbing up snowdon, walking up snowdontastic. they gave me food and water in a few times. people gave me what a few times. i water in a few times. people gave me what a few times.— what a few times. i know you ended u . what a few times. i know you ended u- with what a few times. i know you ended up with the — what a few times. i know you ended up with the blisters, _ what a few times. i know you ended up with the blisters, a _ what a few times. i know you ended up with the blisters, a lot _ what a few times. i know you ended up with the blisters, a lot of- up with the blisters, a lot of pressure on your wrists as well. what sort of preparation and practice did you put into this? i crawled around our streets if you times, on my hand and knees, to get an idea of what it was like. that was it really. i do work in the picture. i go to the park for five or six miles. so that... you mention the charity — or six miles. so that... you mention the charity have _ or six miles. so that... you mention the charity have been _ or six m

thinking of getting away from it all up on snowdon?reasing numbers of visitors are urged to think again. and britain's paralympians prepare for the start of competition tomorrow, hoping to beat their medal haul from rio five years ago. and coming up in sportsdasy later in the hour on the bbc news channel... after a strong showing at the open, europe's players are now gearing up for the solheim cup. the team has been finalised today. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. hours — not weeks. that's how long is left to airlift people out of afghanistan, according to the defence secretary. diplomatic pressure is building to try to extend the august the 31st deadline forforeign troops to leave. but the taliban, now in charge of course in kabul, appear to be ruling out any delay to the withdrawal. the ministry of defence says british forces have already airlifted out more than 6,000 people. the focus now, it says, is on a further 1,800 uk nationals and more than 2,200 afghans. the government conceded again today that some who are e

more than 15 inches of rain has fallen. 45—minute queues, litter and erosion — walkers on mount snowdonrth wales are urged to respect the landscape, as the number of visitors soars. i want to become the mayor with wolverhampton. i want one of those nice chains on my neck and i'll be calling all the shots. and from boxing olympic silver medallist to mayor of wolverhampton, ben whittaker�*s dream comes true, for a day anyway. and coming up on the bbc news channel... the 12 women involved in september's solheim cup have been named, with three english players involved, including georgia hall after she finished second at the women's open. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. britain and america have "hours not weeks" to evacuate people from afghanistan, according to the defence secretary. pressure�*s growing on us presidentjoe biden to delay the withdrawal of american troops beyond his august 31st deadline. he'll have talks with the leaders of the g7 group of nations tomorrow. however, a spokesman for the taliban said they won't allow any more time for the current evacuation mi

so when they get to snowdon, what they do matches the beauty of the place, if you like. and organisations like ours are under real strain. we've had to switch over two thirds of our resources directly on the dealing with visitor pressures this year. and we aren't a low and that —— alone in that. the pressers are such that we have to get this right —— pressures. we need to get the messaging to people when they are planning their trip so they match what they are setting out to do, so the capabilities, their equipment, etc — and also what we're doing this year, which is making sure there are teams of staffs of volunteers to help people make better choices, the sort of choices that help us look after the place, take some of the pressure of the local communities, and also crucially, help the visitors themselves to enjoy their trip, because it isn't fun getting lost, it's not fun getting cold and wet. it's matching those expectations, a reality check on what going up a big mountain is really like. i what going up a big mountain is reall like. ., �* what going up a big mountain

queuing to reach snowdon�*s summit — walkers are urged to "respect the mountain" as the number of visitorsod afternoon and welcome to bbc news. britain and america have "hours not weeks" to evacuate people from afghanistan, according to the defence secretary. pressure's growing on us presidentjoe biden to delay the withdrawal of american troops beyond his august 31 deadline. we will have continuing coverage now on the crisis in afghanistan. welcome to a country turned upside down by this sudden and surprising turn of events, just one week ago here in kabul the taliban took over and one week on, they are still trying to consolidate their control across the city. afghans across the country are still coming to terms with the country turned upside down and their lives turned inside out. we spent the last 2a hours at the international airport in kabul where some of these scenes are very surreal, the dramatic and desperate scenes of thousands of afghans pressing against the airport gate, hoping against hope that they can find a way to escape their country as soon as possible. leaving not just th

earlier this month, in poor visibility and treacherous conditions, rafts of people chose to climb snowdond landscape glistening in far brighter weather, yr wyddfa, as it's known in welsh, is no less of a draw at a time when going abroad is still too much of a trek for most. it feels busier than last time, because we came right at the peak of covid last time when we were allowed to travel. it feels so much better this year. it's busy, but i thought it was going to be packed—packed and it's just nice. i picked up cans and bottles. dog fouling is still happening. it's such a shame, because it's a beautiful area if everyone i just did their bit. we've got water over there. this is where plastic will end up if it is not picked up. _ the mountain railway only goes to halfway this year and the cafe at 3500 feet is closed. covid and uncertainty earlier in the summer over social distancing measures forcing the hands of those in charge. nevertheless, this morning, just like on so many others during the holidays, we were told there was an hour—long queue for a selfie on the summit. as a consequence

queuing to reach snowdon�*s summit — walkers are urged to "respect the mountain" as the number of visitorsrs. and britain's paralympians prepare for the start of competition tomorrow, hoping to beat their medal haul from rio five years ago. welcome to bbc news. the defence secretary has warned there are hours, not weeks, left to airlift people out of afghanistan. diplomatic pressure is building to try to extend the august the 31st deadline forforeign troops to leave. but the taliban, now in charge of course in kabul, appear to be ruling out any delay to the withdrawal. the ministry of defence says british forces have already airlifted out more than 6,000 people. the focus now, it says, is on a further 1,800 uk nationals and more than 2,200 afghans. the government conceded again today that some who are eligible to come to the uk will be left behind. 0urfirst report comes from our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani who is in kabul. it's crowded, filthy and baking hot. but desperate afghans keep coming to kabul airport. so many children in such a terrible place. this woman worked alon

and then with snowdon in his released document showed it to be a base that spied right across asia. right across china. right across russia. a major spy operation, not a defensive operation. aspire operation. so at the moment it probably is the major spied base on, on, on china or, and all the other imagine the enemies of, of the united states. and it was, of course, julian assad, your help snowden avoid the clutches of the united states. perhaps georgia, just very quickly what have you heard about what is happening in the garage case? biden doubling down. it seems on a 175 years for the world's most famous journalist. there was some wishful thinking for a while, but the by the ministration may not carry on trumps pursuit of purely in the songs it is. and it's now heading for the high court in london, where it'll probably happen in, in the autumn pap september, october in which the high court will decide whether there is any credibility in the us, appealing against this decision to let truly in go. my own sense is and i feel slightly nervous about making this prediction is julia and

walkers on snowdon have been urged to "respect the mountain" amid concerns that increasing numbers ofdent tomos morgan reports from the snowdonia national park. earlier this month in poor visibility and treacherous conditions, rafts of people chose to climb snowdon, the uk's third highest and busiest mountain. rescue services say they're in holiday madness, dealing with three incidents within three hours on saturday alone. today, however, with the rugged landscape glistening in far brighter weather, yr wyddfa, as it's known in welsh, is no less of a draw at a time when going abroad is still too much of a trek for most. it feels busier than last time, because we came right at the peak of covid last time when we were allowed to travel. it feels so much better this year. it's busy, but i thought it was going to be packed—packed and it's just nice. i picked up cans and bottles. dog fouling is still happening. it's such a shame, because it's a beautiful area if everyone - just did their bit. we've got water over there. this is where plastic will end up if it is not picked up. _ the mountai

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