tim muffett, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's jay wynne.

tim muffett, bbc news, 70 feet below london. the headlines on bbc news: charlie gard, the baby at the centre of a legal row over his treatment, has died — the prime minister has said she's "deeply saddened." the government has announced that an independent review will be carried out into building regulations and fire safety, in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. the chancellor, phillip hammond says there should be a transitional period of up to three years after brexit, to avoid a so—called "cliff edge". now it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases, i'm joined by james king, while mark takes a summer break. welcome, james. great to see you. what have you been watching this week? first up, it feels like ages since there has been a new, fresh, romantic comedy. well, there's one out this weekend. it is called the the big sick and i will tell you about that. from australia, hounds of love, this is a brutal true story, a kidnap drama. and a big h

tim muffett has been to see the dogs in action. kiwi is demonstrating a remarkable skill.lenge. what we're hoping to do is to train them to find the odour associated with parkinson's disease. if they can do this, they could revolutionise the way in which parkinson's is detected. parkinson's can cause body tremors and leave sufferers unable to speak or walk. but as there's no diagnostic test, in its early stages sufferers often miss out on medication that can help. we didn't understand what was happening. joy, however, has a highly developed sense of smell. she noticed something different about les ten years before doctors diagnosed parkinson's. i started complaining about his smell. so what was this smell like you could detect on your husband? it was, i describe it as a very strong musky smell. joy's sense of smell is so strong doctors say it is rarely seen in humans. for dogs, however, it's a different story. some breeds of dog have more than 200 million scent receptors in their nose, that's compared to around five million for a human. and many believe that by harnessing

tim muffett, bbc news.en she goes on display. panda gurgles. more panda stories throughout the year here on bbc news. time now for a look at the weather. afair bit a fair bit of rain today. pat has worked its way from west to east and tha nkfully worked its way from west to east and thankfully most of it is heading into the nazi orfurther thankfully most of it is heading into the nazi or further north into the northern isles. this is the cloud that has brought the rain. those are my picks of rain across more northern parts of scotland. it's more northern parts of scotland. it‘s moving its way over zero words. increasingly wet and windy for dinner at howells. showers are ready into the north and west. those will keep going tonight. temperatures will be getting down. the big picture for thursday sees a lot of pressure in charge our weather. that means it will be quite a breezy day. there were also be some showers coming in on that breeze from early on across the western side of scotland. the east german side

tim muffett, bbc news, 70 feet below london.isn't a "green light" to drink excessively. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two, and coming up is the news at one with jane hill. first the weather. not much evidence of summer across the uk. here in the north of wales there has been some sunshine whereas elsewhere it has been cloudy and wet. rain will continue here in the afternoon, more patchy in south—east england full —— south—west england. a lot of cloud moving across england replacing early sunshine and the rain moving further north across wales as well. sunny spells and scattered showers for northern ireland northern england, showers in scotland. maybe the rumble of thunder and some hail. a cool and breezy picture across the uk. putting south—east across england through the night. that takes us on to the weekend. a lot of us. they drive. sunny spells. furthershowers in the west of scotland and western northern ireland and a few elsewhere through northern ireland, scotland, north wales, england, one or two in the mid

tim muffett went for a ride.al mail's mission has remained pretty much unchanged. newsreel: now down the chute into the vans... to harness technology of the day to deliver letters and parcels as quickly and accurately as possible. this new postal museum shows how deliveries have evolved. but by the early 20th century, the mail system in london faced two big problems — heavy fog caused by smoke billowing from chimneys, and heavy traffic. the answer lay below ground. in 1927, this underground rail network opened. newsreel: on the post office tube railway, 25,000 mails bags travel through 6.5 miles of tunnels below crowded city pavements... for 75 years, unmanned trains shuttled mail between six sorting offices and two railway stations, liverpool street and paddington. i guess it was designed for letters, not people. exactly right. passengers will soon be able to ride specially—adapted trains through the tunnels. it was a really important part of moving the mail and speeding up the process. it was essential to allow

tim muffett, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's jay wynne.te a bit of rain so far today but not all doom and gloom. this was taken a little bit earlier in north wales. but for many of you is a bit more like this. here is the satellite sequence showing an extensive band of cloud right across the uk and belief that there has been quite a bit of rain so far. all moving west, from west to east and some of the heaviest rain so far has been across more northern parts of england and scotland. it will continue to move north and east. brighter skies following on behind. some brighter weather developing in scotla nd some brighter weather developing in scotland but showers coming through as well. dry and bright for a time in northern ireland but showers developing major. some patchy rain through the afternoon across southern parts of england. quite breezy as well, the breeze blowing that rain away from the south—east this evening. by the end of the night it will be quite fresh. a pretty unsettled look to the day tomorrow with low pressure in charge of t

tim muffett has been given exclusive, behind the scenes, access to the royal albert hall. take place in the proms this year. the 123rd from season is coming up, and i am joined by one of the presenters katy derham. this is the most difficult questions to answer. you listen to these young musicians. they will be playing places like this, this is the first of 90 concerts we have coming up with the best classical musicians in the world. we have got jazz, world music, jools holland, sir simon rattle, lots of household names, something for everybody. the thing i want to get across to everyone is that the proms is not just an exclusive domain at all. it is really inclusive. anyone can come along to this amazing venue on the night and get standing tickets, pay a few quid, and see what there is. there is all kinds of different music. film music, dance music, you name it. it is notjust this venue. proms have been held at the albert hall since 1941. they began elsewhere back in 1895. this year, there are other unusual venues, like hull. we have been taking the proms out on the road

tim muffett is there for us.re people. what has happened this year specifically? i love this question. the proms started 123 yea rs question. the proms started 123 years ago with the sole intent of making classical music as outwardly diverse and accessible as possible. you can come here any night and get a ticket for just a couple you can come here any night and get a ticket forjust a couple of quid and stand here in the arena. there is never a sold—out concert because you can always have tickets in the day. that was the idea, get as many people to great music as possible. yes, a lot of youth appearing this year. we have the first black and asian and ethnic minority orchestra, we have wonderful diversity from around the world. the whole idea is you can come along to the proms and have a great time for not free much money and just... get on to listen toa money and just... get on to listen to a lot of great music. it had been accusations that it is only test, although it has clearly changed, and has a change for ev

tim muffett, bbc news, 70 feet below london. the prime minister has said she's "deeply saddened." the government has announced that an independent review will be carried out into building regulations and fire safety, in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. the chancellor, phillip hammond says there should be a transitional period of up to three years after brexit, to avoid a so—called "cliff edge". now it's time for the film review.

tim muffett can explain all. good morning. iam explain all. good morning.it was a very busy place. noisy, a train coming in every six minutes and it was a key part of the rail network. what impact did it have? it was very important. it carries mail from the east to the west of london, it connected the districts in central london to two of the rail hubs. it was abandoned in 2003 and is about to be reopened as a visitor attraction. how does that feel? it feels good. it would have been a change if it just feels good. it would have been a change if itjust passed into history and had been forgotten, but now it will take on a whole new lease of life as an educational public attraction. it is a part of london which few people have seen. we will talk a little bit later and have a bit more of a tour around this incredible network, 6.5 miles below london and most people have not been aware of it. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm claudia—liza armah. hundreds of sensitive documents have been stored in an ope

tim muffett, bbc news, 70 feet below london.gine today was a busy day, the first aid day the postal museum has been open and mail rail opens in september, what has the response and mike?m has been amazing, such a busy day. —— been like? i have had so many people coming in. at the museum, we have been running ourfamily extravaganza. the rest of my day has been spent over there, interacting with families, painting and story telling, it is really exciting to see people in our galleries. telling, it is really exciting to see people in our galleriesm telling, it is really exciting to see people in our galleries. it is amazing that london has room for another museum, this one is so different. the tunnels only closed in 2003? absolutely, this museum celebrates our communication system which is an intrinsic part of our day—to—day lives. it closed in 2003 and he formed a huge part of our postal seven from 1927, transporting mail all over the country. —— postal system. this isjust mail all over the country. —— postal system. this is just

tim muffett, bbc news, 70 feet below london. time for a look at the weather.is following. it's a very unsettled picture across the uk, very wet into this evening for some of us. especially in wales, almost across wales it is raining now. some heavy bursts of up to spread across more of england, even those plants that are still drive. much of england and wales getting a spell of rain tonight before clearing in all but kent later tonight. a feed of showers keeping going to scotland and northern ireland, but elsewhere it will turn dry and clear at about ten to 15 degrees philly overnight temperature. gusty winds, elsewhere drier, and it's a time. southern england sees cloud and rain coming back, that is going to list its way northwards going into tomorrow's evening. if you are dry and sunny for a period of time, you canjust get above 20 degrees tomorrow. here comes the rain pushing north across parts of england. that is gone by sunday, the time we get to sunday its sunshine and showers again one could be heavy, and on monday the showers are still with us. and it'

tim muffett, bbc news, 70 feet below london. a good holiday option! nick miller has the weather.eading across more of wales as we go through the afternoon. some of us will see a very wet spell of weather into the evening, and as we go through the evening this area of rain from wales, parts of the midlands and northern england where away heaviest, spitting southwards through the night. holding onto showers affecting the west of northern ireland and scotland through the night. a brisk breeze. elsewhere with the exception of the odd shower it does turn dryer, temperatures around 15 degrees. many of us in england and wales will be driver a time, on saturday, showers continuing to affect all and especially in the west. an area rain never far away from the south coast, started to lift its way northwards as we go through the afternoon into saturday evening. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3:00 — the bbc understands cladding and insulation used in at least 60 tower blocks will be deemed to have failed a new fire safety test. the chancellor, philip hammond, says any transitional deal i

brea kfast‘s tim muffett is there for us now. so what's in the box, tim?al society founded in 1660, and it showcases the very best of uk science. it is about showing what developments are happening, what might happen in the future. now, there are exhibitors from right across the uk here. taking a look over here, you can see some footprints, pictures of a dinosaur, that gives you a clue into some of the filming i have been doing to see what scientists here are hoping to discover, and how it might help us all in the future. for the purposes of this report, i ama for the purposes of this report, i am a criminal fleeing for the purposes of this report, i am a criminalfleeing a crime scene. police and forensics teams arrive looking for clues. but thanks to a new project at bournemouth university, my footprints will reveal more about me than ever before. so what we are doing here is known as photogrammetry. it is recording with a normal camera 20 or 30 images of a single footprint to build a 3—d model of the footprint that we are interested in. this is how the f

breakfast‘s tim muffett's taking a look at the machine's history in yorkshire for us. celebrate agricultural excellence. ben, a tractor was something science—fiction —based. it was way off in the future. this year they are celebrating 100 years of mass—produced tractors. how have they changed the agricultural industry? we will find out a little later. first of all, news and weather from where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm victoria hollins. bogus self—employment and exploitative conditions have been exposed at a top—end cosmetics chain by a bbc london undercover investigation. a bbc researcher worked at soap and co, which has outlets at westfield and other central london locations. workers were told to sign up as self—employed but made to be at work for around sixty hours per week and forbidden from taking more than one day off. this is false self—employment. this is much more an employment relationship banned any i have seen but, unfortunately, quite an exploitative employment relationship. soap and co said they were extremely concerned about the alle

brea kfast‘s tim muffett went to see the dogs in action. kiwi is demonstrating a remarkable skill.cancer cells in a human sample. dogs can smell the odour of human disease. it sounds incredible. but when we have disease or infection, we have a biochemical changing our body and this changes our smell. the ability of dogs to sniff out cancer has been acknowledged for years, but now kiwi and other medical detection dogs are beginning a new challenge. what we hope to do is to train them to find the odour associated with parkinson's disease. if they can do this, it could revolutionise the way in which parkinson's is detected. parkinson's disease is a degenerative neurological condition with no cure. les milne died in 2015, having had it for 20 years. seeing him change, ijust... ..we didn't know what it was. parkinson's can cause body tremors and leave sufferers unable to speak or walk, but as there's no diagnostic test in its early stages sufferers often miss out on medication that can help. we didn't understand what was happening. joy, however, has a highly developed sense of smell. sh

tim muffett was there and it sounds like it was quite a gig, tim?ter ego of maths teacher bruneau ready, he created times table rock stars, which is now used in 5000 schools across the uk. via a rockstar persona, pupils engage in a maths battle. this is the regional finalfor maths battle. this is the regional final for the north—east of england, 50 schools are taking part. we've been practising for seven months waiting for this competition. you practise your times tables at the same time and it's really fun. practise your times tables at the same time and it's really funm pushes me to get quicker and quicker. some people say you don't need to learn your times tables, their old—fashioned and boring, what do you make that? 60% of maths gcse can be taken back to times tables, for the pupils it‘s just fun, they‘re for the pupils it‘s just fun, they‘ re lost for the pupils it‘s just fun, they‘re lost in the element of being a rock star. i was bad at maths in, like, year5 a rock star. i was bad at maths in, like, year 5 but now i've really improved. and t