later we had for sure making land phone on the south shetland islands near the to the antarctic peninsula. it's quite a relief to be back on dry land off baseball really around all over the place to me welcome. hi colin. the 30th penguins, chateau 3 with the seals, one making the most of the comfortable feathers, the melting juveniles. but here to evidence, once again of how the world is closing in on antarctica. the number of terrorists 20 years ago was around 4 to 5000 a year. now it's more like 30000 old like me, desperate to see this wilderness while it's still here. yet despite myself, i can't help the sense of unease and surprise about the sheer numbers a bit saddened by the great big crew shit there. here in pristine until the current lines inter is going up. is dormant volcano, which is ridiculous because it's a free well. but it does just demonstrate the the new accessibility that there is here and the dangers in these areas becoming tainted by the footprints of humanity. next day was deeming down the west coast of the antarctic peninsula. we are going approximately 60 miles sout

the edges, particularly through ireland, south west wales towards the south west of england and the channel islands and across shetlandnt explanations for what happened. the trial of ghislaine maxwell has entered its second week in new york. today the jury has been hearing from a second woman who says jeffery epstein sexually abused her. the woman — who is being referred to under the pseudonym kate — told the court how ms.maxwell groomed her to be abused by epstein when she was 17 years old. ghislaine maxwell has pleaded not guilty to eight counts of sex trafficking and other charges. nada tawfik is outside the courthouse in new york. tell us more about what we have heard today in the testimony. this is a reall heard today in the testimony. tt 3 is a really interesting case because the prosecution and the defendants have been arguing about this particular woman, particularly because she was at the age of consent at the time of the alleged abuse and so, thejudge has instructed the jury that the sex acts that she is testifying about are not illegal. instead, her testimony is being used to show the prosecutions case that

the edges, particularly through ireland, south west wales towards the south west of england and the channel islands and across shetlandhe latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the omicron variant is identified in at least 17 us states as scientists rush to investigate whether it is more transmissible or better able to evade the protections of vaccines. a second woman who says jeffrey epstein sexually abused her has been testifying in the ghislaine maxwell trial. we'll be live outside the courthouse shortly. former senator david perdue plans to challenge georgia's incumbent republican governor in next year's election opening a new party rift in a key battleground state. the girl who escaped the jaws of a crocodile, we will hear from the british teenager who is lucky to be alive. we are into the second week of the ghilaine maxwell trial in manhattan and today a second alleged victim has been on the stand. she is being referred to under the pseudonym kate. she told the court she was 17 and struggling to make friends after moving to britain from france when she met maxwell for tea at her london town

the strongest winds will be around the edges, into shetland, parts of ireland, towards the south—west of england, wales and also across the channel islandsres, on the hills we could see some sleet and snow. now, you can see that circulation is still with us as we go through wednesday night and into thursday. it's just weakening and the light winds turning lighter, and with some gaps around we could see some mist, some fog, also some frost to take us into thursday morning. it will be a rather chilly start once again, but for many a bright start. this is the chart, then, for thursday. there you go, there's the remnants of what was storm barra. a little bump here, a ridge of high pressure, which keeps things fairly quiet for the day, compared to what we've seen through tuesday and wednesday. so for thursday, lighter winds. there will be some cloud around with a few showers, particularly scotland into parts of northern england, but there will be some good sunny spells for many before an approaching and weaker weather front than we have been used to so far this week works its way into northern ireland, wales and the south—west later, with out

shetland islands where it was cold yesterday as well. a beautiful start to the day. some clear —— some rain will clear the southu add on the strength of the wind coming from the north, it will feel a bit colder. temperatures going down eventually in the far south of england as the weather front clears away, any showers across the north of scotland will be snow to lower levels. we could see some snow showers across the hills of eastern part of england, northern ireland, wales, the west midlands and the west country. in between, clear skies, widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. a cold start tomorrow but a lot of sunshine, still some showers in the south—west and wales, as well as eastern england, some wintry on the hills first thing. a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, wintry showers in the highlands before this next system comes in from the wet introducing thick cloud and rain. that is windy tomorrow but still cold, maximum of three in aberdeen to eight in st helier. thank you, see you again soon. for the past ten months, british football coach billy hood has been behind bars in