and serve snowdonia state of the art technology creates the world's longest manmade surfing waves. he took years for fernando de i thought it was company wave garden to figure out how to create the perfect wave using a minimum of energy. is making accessible there are very few places in the war. well you can sort of there are a few places right now with this kind of phase delay shows. anyone in the war will be able to surf. a large underwater blade pulled through the center of the lake creates the artificial way they can be up to two meters i the technology is similar to that it was ski lift oduya told us company first experimented with the idea at a smaller site in northern spain where they also tested surfing at night. wave garden is the only company that specializes in manmade waves many have tried it but gave up due to high energy costs. source snowdonia provides lessons and on site accommodation a two hour beginner course concerts around sixty euros. advanced surfers like beauty pay around fifty five euros an hour to surf the waves it's a great way to get in some practice but

sort of snowdonia and provides lessons and on site accommodation a two hour beginner course concerts around sixty euros. advanced surfers like beauty around fifty five euros an hour to surf the waves it's a great way to get in some practice but in the ocean the waves are free and the experience is certainly different what i'm missing the most is the bonding with the nature of this interaction that it gives and takes at the same time. that feeling of freedom when you're between sea and sky is something you can't recreate but in the ocean the surface sometimes too rough or too weak pros like us boston front from denmark say installations like this might also help establish surfing as an olympic discipline thing with competing in the ocean as you're always at the mercy of the conditions here in the wave pool you can produce the same exact wave again and again and again and that just levels the playing field it's it's a it's a great possibility for competitions especially when looking at the olympic campaign when it decided. the three hundred metre long and one hundred ten metre wide bas

at mynydd cilgwyn in carmel on the fringes of the snowdonia national park in north wales, 15 homes were rest shelter. many people went to stay with family or friends. the cause of this blaze is unknown, but firefighters are warning those out in the countryside during this dry spell to take particular care when putting out cigarettes or campfires. in north—west england, fires are continuing to smoulder on saddleworth moore and winter hill. yesterday, the mayor of manchester, andy burnham, said he wanted to meet the home secretary to request more support for firefighters, some of whom are said to have worked 17—hour shifts to battle the flames. and though, elsewhere, for most people, this hot weather is a welcome change, public health england has issued a level three heatwave warning for south—west and south—east england. the alert scheme was developed after the deaths of 2,000 people during the heatwave 15 years ago. ben ando, bbc news. a disintegrating nike trainer worn by michaelj fox in the back to the future sequel has sold for more than £70,000. this left shoe, made for fox in his r

people on the edge of snowdonia were forced to leave their homes as fires raged overnight.u mentioned the prolonged hot spell, and there is nothing really suggesting it will change. this picture came to us from a weather watcher, what a beautiful day here. there is more to come during the week. —— for the rest of the week. here is how it looked in guernsey. we have seen some showers across the channel islands, also moving into southern parts of england. if we ta ke southern parts of england. if we take a closer look at what is going on, there have been some heavy downpours across the channel islands, and some rogue ones across the south—east. but that will be the exception rather than the rule. most will stay dry and breezy. elsewhere, lots of sunshine to be had, with temperatures up to 27, 28 lots of sunshine to be had, with temperatures up to 27,28 or 29. there is some extra quote here, lingering from a good part of the day. this evening and tonight, extra cloud will roll inland across scotla nd cloud will roll inland across scotland into northern england, perhaps east an