professor from the university of cambridge, thank - the university of cambridge, thank you very much rneys at home and abroad are surging today — but rail travellers face disruption caused by a combination of omicron and industrial action, and heavy traffic is predicted on the roads. meanwhile, people heading abroad are having to deal with a tangle of travel restrictions. simon calder, travel editor of the independent, outlined how the railstrikes will impact travellers in the uk. cross country trains run a really important network from scotland and the north—east of england through the midlands to south west england. on top of that they have a service from manchester to the south coast of bournemouth and they run across from birmingham and leicester across to stansted airport. those trains are not running. one crucial aspect is that rutland is now cut off from the rest of the uk by rail. it will be at least until monday. quite serious if you are trying to get long distance. a skeleton service operating between edinburgh and plymouth and between manchester and reading and otherwise yo

this project is key for the housing for the university of cambridge�*s staff and researchers. we have accommodation housing, retail, community centre, school, hotel. the university was set out to develop as an extension of the city of cambridge and give an opportunity for all staff and students to come and live and be part of the success story of the university of cambridge. the development is one of the largest water recycling schemes in the world. all water on the roof is stored and collected and then carried through into the continuation point within the communal landscape court. to achieve the high demands for the daylight means that buildings become quite far apart. the building form is quite simple, one of the challenges was really, for us, to create an intimacy and sense of place. eddington overall is a fabulous concept and i am always bowled over by the fact the university's undertaking this project. the units are well spaced, well thought out, love the design, love the feel of it, it's actually quite a bit of a luxury to come here every day. when i visited a few months

this project is key worker housing for the university of cambridge�*s staff and researchers. , retail, community centre, school, hotel. the university set out to establish and develop an extension to the city of cambridge, which gives an opportunity for all staff and students to live and come andjoin and be part of the success story of the university of cambridge. the development is one of the largest storm water recycling schemes within the world. all the water on the roof is stored and collected and then carried through into the attenuation point within the communal landscape court. to achieve the high demands for the daylight meant that the buildings become quite far apart and the building form quite simple. one of the challenges really for us was to create a kind of intimacy and sense of place. eddington overall is a fabulous concept. i'm always bowled over by the fact the university has undertaken this project. the units are well—spaced, well—thought—out, love the design, love the feel of it. it is actually quite a bit of a luxury to come here every day. when i visited a

south korea, big to t o is political scientists affiliated with the cold war project at the university of cambridge here. and ross griffin is a middle east editor of the international journal of the history of sports and from portland in the state of oregon. we have jewels book of chair of the pacific universities politics and government department is also former professional and olympics and will welcome to you all of it to you. i'd like to start with you 1st and so and if i may at this point, cause is it driven by a real objection to chinese human rights abuses, or is it all about countries, individual spots with china? well, i think there has always been genuine concerns about human rights with, with china in particular. and this is, has been if you'd like the constant issue inside on us relations in swell since $572.00 when the us and china normalized relations. but having said that, this human rights concern did not prevent the americans from establishing good relations with china. you know, in june to out the cold. oh, in the latter part of the cold war, and right up to that on a truck and mi

alrighty bally is a frontline, a chest dot and clinical epidemiologist at university of cambridge in england. he says the outlook for this new year is looking better than last in terms of the individual level of protection that people have. this is much, much better than it was last year. and the content has been with chrome. is that because it's been very quickly, if enough people are infected at the same time, even a small proportion of those kids end up in causing a number, but listen in a chest so gently would struggle with it still to at least know exactly how that's going to pan out there currently it's, it's not as bad as love to even if you look at the number of admissions that we've got at the moment. at last, the last, the title president of the hospital bent, occupied the author less than last year. and one of the most significant differences is the impact on intensive care units or admission. so this time last year or the 10th of k in as we're filling up with k patients, that really hasn't happened so far in this way. in fact, that stable, if not, falling flatly set up stu

and clinical epidemiologists at the university of cambridge that dr . ellie, welcome to the program. so we have another new to new year for most people around the world. do you agree with the british prime minister that the outlook looks brighter than this time last year? it afternoon? yes, i mean the big difference compared to this time last course is last year and almost nobody in the world in the you have been selected. whereas this time over 9 t, 5 percent of those are high risk, have been to the okay. and the vast majority cases in terms of the individual level of protection that people have. this is much, much better than it was last year. the content has been with chrome, is that because it's been very quickly if enough people are infected at the same time, even a small proportion of those kids end up in causing a number of hostile missions, which in a chest saw generally would struggle to keep it still tim snell. exactly how that's going to pan out. but so the only indication that the severity of disease that we're seeing and hospitals not just in canada and other countries b

earlier i spoke to the university of cambridge�*s professor ravi gupta about the latest covid data. old me what he believes is behind the high infections. i think that of course the number of infections is remarkably high and it is probably due to the virus being highly infectious and replicating really well in the upper airways and the nose and that is why it is spreading so quickly. we think it has taken a potential hit in other parts of its profile and it may be less prone to infecting the lower airways and causing severe lung disease so although the numbers of cases is incredibly high it may not translate into more severe disease, as we were discussing earlier, because of this change in biology, but also potentially because of more underlying immunity. that has to be taken into account when we think what we are going to do about it because of course we are hoping for a relatively let's say positive profile in terms of the numbers of deaths attributable to omicron and at the moment the signs are positive. on the other hand disruption to services and pressure on hospitals and medic

he goes to the university of cambridge in england and gets a masters in philosophy.walking down the street in princeton. what are those two black guys going? t they don't know what i know. you go home that night and read and you are nerds just like me. >> great. thank you. >> we have run short on the time. i will ask you to take your question over to the signing area with the author. on this floor just down the hallway. let's give a round of applause. [applause] thank you so much. ♪♪ weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast did every saturday you find events on american history tv. on sunday, book tv gives you the latest of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. learn, discover, explore. ♪♪ weekends on c-span2. saturday. documents america story. on sunday, the tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span2. including spotlight. >> spark light is our home, to. we are all facing our greatest challenge. working around the clock to keep you connected. we are doing our part so it's a little easier to do yours. >>

university of cambridge did a study that reveals the 6-foot stupidity. luid mechanics especially shows there is no one amount or distance of droplets of cough when expelled from a sick person. there is virology of the emitter, the study of someone who's actually coughing virology of the receiver, the pastor who gets an unexpected baseball of sputum. if the coffer is the quarterback, he can choose to hand off the virus in larger droplets to land on services or help chuck into a wide receiver who will come in contact with a smaller droplet vapor and get sick a week later. obviously there are a lot of options here and i guess when someone appears like they're going to cost with throat clearing monster but instead they stifle it and splatter the close by so what did they find? no magical 6-foot cut off when someone absolutely in public someone someone launches their lungs, you are not safe of any distance. they do say masks are good defensive line on like the seattle seahawks. how long will we be stuck with hygiene theater? how long was 9/11? are you still ta

clare bryant is professor of immunology at university of cambridge. thank you forjoining us.y is absolutely crucial for omicron but that its protection wines after ten weeks. ., ., , , but that its protection wines after ten weeks-— ten weeks. how worrying is that? it's not ten weeks. how worrying is that? it's not really _ ten weeks. how worrying is that? it's not really surprising, - ten weeks. how worrying is that? it's not really surprising, we - ten weeks. how worrying is that? | it's not really surprising, we knew after the second dose of the vaccine that immunity starts to wane. in particular, the neutralising antibodies drop and this was the reason why the booster programme was instituted. given the challenges with the omicron variant because the vaccines are all made against that spike protein, there are lots of changes in that spike protein with the omicron variant, that changes its shape which means the antibodies do not bind to it as efficiently and therefore it is not prevented from infecting cells as much. this was the reason the booster programme was introduced

he goes to the university of cambridge and gets a masters in philosophy.g down the street in princeton. what are those two black guys doing? k they don't know what i know. you go home at night and read. are nerds, just like me. [laughter] >> thank you. [applause] >> we have run short on the time. i will ask you to take your questions to the signing area. on this floor, just down the hallway. let's give a round of applause. [cheering and applause] thank you so much. [applause] gmac reporting conversations. hear them on c-span's new podcast. to be met focusing on the presidency of lyndon b. johnson. you'll hear about the civil rights act, the presidential campaign, and the war in vietnam. not everyone knew that they were being recorded. >> certainly, johnson secretaries new because they were tasked with transcribing many of those conversations. they were the ones that made sure johnson would signal to them through an open door between his office and bears. >> you also hear some blunt talk. >> reporting a number of people. [inaudible] i won't go. i will just

dr sean fitzgerald is from the engineering department at the university of cambridge.up. he is speaking to us in a personal capacity. thank you forjoining us. it seems potentially good news if 0micron is a bit less severe. do you think overall, we need more restrictions in england and across the uk? i think overall, we all need to be cautious and do what we can collectively, so it isn'tjust about whatever restrictions may be imposed by the government, it is actually about what we do as individuals. there is a collective responsibility and therefore it is taking precautions. the most important is getting a jab and the practical things like lateral flow testing before you see people, limiting contact and if you are socialising, do so in sensible manner such as adequate ventilation.— do so in sensible manner such as adequate ventilation. what does that mean, how adequate ventilation. what does that mean. how many _ adequate ventilation. what does that mean, how many people _ adequate ventilation. what does that mean, how many people in _ adequate ventilation. what does th

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national fellowship for scholars at any student at rutgers, in over a decade, he goes to the university of cambridgeengland and gets a masters degree in philosophy. we're walking down the street in princeton. i said i'm sure somebody goes what are those two black guys doing with that white guy? i said they don't know what i know is that you go home at night and read, and you're nerds just like me. [laughter] >> yeah, great. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> we're out of time. :: thank you so much. >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv documents america's stories, and on sundays booktv bring to the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span2 comes from these television companies and more including charter communications. >> broadband is a force for empowerment. that's why charter has invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter communications, along with these television companies supports c-span2 as a public service. >> at l

what is it that we know now about the treatment of this diseases after this survey study by cambridge university. thank you for having me here. so at the moment, only when he 10 percent of the drugs that passes pretty clinical validation studies actually go through face one face to face 3 trials. and i, because primarily we'd been concentrating on small fraction of the genome that because genes that make all the puddings. and this small fraction is just 1.5 percent of the genome and things that are outside of this region. the know next to nothing about, and that's what we call this a dark chino and what our group and few other groups pound is that the entire human genome is actually capable of making proteins whenever they need. and it's just that we have missed seeing them or missed investigating them. so in this work we have looked at that and we noticed that these new proteins have being made in, in context of skits, brilliant bipolar. and these new proteins, exclusively present in the recently evolved regions assume geno, meaning they're present only the humans not christian or crime. it's r

joining me now is professor sir david spiegelhalter, a statistician from the university of cambridge. positive cases of covid—19, the highest daily figure we have had. but still not at the rate of doubling every two days that we are led to believe would happen. how do you interpret the figures as the stand? we happen. how do you interpret the figures as the stand?— figures as the stand? we actually assed figures as the stand? we actually passed that _ figures as the stand? we actually passed that milestone _ figures as the stand? we actually passed that milestone of - figures as the stand? we actuallyl passed that milestone of 100,000 figures as the stand? we actually i passed that milestone of 100,000 a week ago on the 15th. when you look at the days this was actually taken, the positive specimens taken a week ago and since then cases of not been going up at the rate that be expected. he would've expected rather more and the question would be asked are they reaching the capacity? at the sun look like that's the case. one possibility is that's the case. one possibility is that people

. _ joining me now is dr chris smith, who is a virologist at the university of cambridge.ous interview, is that nobody — your previous interview, is that nobody has the information really to do anything other than speculate about— do anything other than speculate about the answer to that question. because _ about the answer to that question. because what it hinges on is not cases, _ because what it hinges on is not cases. but— because what it hinges on is not cases, but consequences. and that's the missing — cases, but consequences. and that's the missing link. because what we must _ the missing link. because what we must not _ the missing link. because what we must not look at here are just cases here _ must not look at here are just cases here that's— must not look at here are just cases here that's a — must not look at here are just cases here. that's a very different ball game _ here. that's a very different ball game then if you've got to cases which _ game then if you've got to cases which will— game then if you've got to cases which will translate into something ver

now for more is chief economic adviser to allianz and president of queens college at the university of cambridgeohamed always good to see you >> thank you, sara >> i think the big question we're grappling with here with all this volatility and some of the changes around fed policy is are we nearing the end of the bull run what do you think? >> i don't know if we're nearing the end of the bull run because no other asset class dominates equities right now and that's especially true if growth continues to be strong. but what we are definitely in is a more volatile environment. sara, we no longer have predictable massive dependable asset purchases to power us through very choppy waters so, we become more volatile, and as mike said earlier, it is those who are lacking internal anchors, so think of meme stocks, think of the speculative stocks, think about those outside the s&p, all that are lacking internal anchors that are most at risk >> but do you still favor stocks over bonds in this type of environment? >> i do in this environment because i think while inflation is going to remain high and more p

of army kron which has now been detected in malcolm where keeping us across development in d. c. from nairobi today. thank you. right. joining us, chris smith, consulting virology to cambridge university. the presenter of the naked scientists podcasts on scott from cambridge and chris lee, wanna get into this whole issue of ami kron basically. now i'm going to show you as a graph here, and i sent it to you a little bit earlier. this is come from next strain dot org. just for some perspective, all of this, all of these blue dots. if we think of this, the whole pandemic that is delta on its own, this red blob here, red collection of dots. that is ami kron. it is chris, very small of the stage. now i know it can grow just as every other variant did, but does the panic? does the even the media coverage? i'll put us in there as well. does it warrants the situation? will s one the clock back to last month to the beginning of november because that is when south africa 1st detected this barren. and at the time they had very low levels of current vars cases in their country as in a few 100 per day. oh, chiefly delta by the end of the month, but had grown to 15 maybe $20000.00 cases per day. ch

with me to answer your questions is dr chris smith, a virologist at the university of cambridge, and it comes from sharon in essex. she says she is vaccinated but she doesn't understand how a coronavirus path can work. can't it still is bad in spite of your vaccine status? hello. the answer is that vaccines, when you first have them, they are very good at preventing both infection and severe disease. they are about 95% effective in case of pfizer vaccine. are about 95% effective in case of pfizervaccine. it are about 95% effective in case of pfizer vaccine. it is true that with time after vaccination, immunity does wear off, and it was off more in older people than younger people. and so, for that reason, you do enter a period after about two months when your level of immunity has fallen a bit, and you can still catch the infection, and potentially pass it on, but you are still prevented from getting severe disease. so the rationale behind the vaccine passport is that because even though you are still downstream from vaccination, you are not completely susceptible because about half t

, thanks for joining us- _ i'm joined by professor clare bryant, an immunologist from the university of cambridgen as to the impact that is likely to have on the nhs. the mitigating factor is that we have vaccines and antiviral drugs and we have the tools to fight the infection. we are in a better state than we were this time last year but the case numbers are undoubtedly alarming. taste year but the case numbers are undoubtedly alarming. we were 'ust talkinr undoubtedly alarming. we were 'ust talking about — undoubtedly alarming. we were 'ust talking about the i undoubtedly alarming. we were 'ust talking about the case i undoubtedly alarming. we were just talking about the case numbers, - undoubtedly alarming. we were just talking about the case numbers, did they surprise you? yes talking about the case numbers, did they surprise you?— they surprise you? yes and no. it has been pretty _ they surprise you? yes and no. it has been pretty clear _ they surprise you? yes and no. it has been pretty clear from - they surprise you? yes and no. it has been pretty clear from the i has been pretty clear fr

let�*s speak now with professor clare bryant, who�*s an immunity specialist, from the university of cambridgeld be that it doesn�*t cause us severe disease, as with some of the other strains. but what we are really needing to do is to get as many people vaccinated as possible. the data on the boosters is fantastic because it suggests that if you have had your first and second shot and then the booster, you have supercharged immunity which will help us deal with some of the effects of omicron when it really takes off here. the problem is it appears to be very infectious, more infectious than the delta variant. it is really important to protect ourselves as much as we can. given that the ten — ourselves as much as we can. given that the ten throw _ ourselves as much as we can. given that the ten throw variant _ ourselves as much as we can. given that the ten throw variant is - that the ten throw variant is already here, how necessary are the cavalry sections that are being imposed? cavalry sections that are being im osed? ., , cavalry sections that are being imosed? . , ., , ., imposed? that is

professor clare bryant is professor of innate immunity at cambridge university and joins me now. alanced assessment you are giving in what was then very limited information. cautioning people to be prepared but not to panic because at that stage you are still talking about in the mild infection in africa. how does it look now, two weeks on?— africa. how does it look now, two weeks on? ., , ., , weeks on? not good news, really. it is ve , weeks on? not good news, really. it is very. very — weeks on? not good news, really. it is very, very infectious, _ weeks on? not good news, really. it is very, very infectious, as _ weeks on? not good news, really. it is very, very infectious, as we - is very, very infectious, as we know. that is causing a lot of problems because the numbers of cases are shooting up very, very fast and this really is the challenge at the moment. we don't have enough information to be sure about how much disease this variant is going to cause and we have to be cautious until we get that information. we know that there is some vaccine invasion as we were concerned

analysis of the discovery by cambridge university suggests the creature was as long as a car and weighedabout 50 kilos. the species crawled across the earth more than 300 million years ago. although millipedes typically feed on decaying plant matter, scientists say it might have been carnivorous hello again. for many of us it's going to be another fairly cloudy day but having said that, there will be a bit more sunshine around than yesterday. especially from the west. we also have a week when a front across the far north of scotland producing patchy rain, breezy in the south—west of england and channel islands with a maximum of two in aberdeen and nine in plymouth. through this evening and overnight there will be clear skies and under those clear skies we will see patchy mist and fog form and we are looking at a widespread fast. but figure cloud coming from a heavier band of rain and across the west it won't be as cold for you. these temperatures represent towns and cities but in rural areas could be —3 or “4. it does mean a sunny start tomorrow with the fog lifting but cloud will start

then, the north—east of england would have had a tropical climate. dr neil davies from cambridge universityff face, split down the middle. and then just looked inside and realised there was a big fossil there. so i went back the following morning and, yeah, we realise that it was a gigantic millipede in the middle of this rock. because we knew there were these large millipedes around at the time because they've left trackways and there are small fragments of these fossils. it's just very rare to find a whole one. so we didn't really believe what it was to begin with. so we took photos and sent them around various experts, and then realise that, yes, it is indeed to this giant millipede. so we got permission and then went back and collected it later on in the year. fascinating stuff. let's return to that breaking news from the uk government. 90,629 new covid—19 cases on tuesday. with172 deaths being reported. i'm back in a moment with more of the day's deadlines —— headlines. there is so much clout to add to the day. there have been some breaks in the north. a few in the west. that process w

analysis of the discovery by cambridge university suggests the creature was as long as a car and weighed300 million years ago. although millipedes typically feed on decaying plant matter, scientists say it might have been carnivorous. thejury in the trail of ghislaine maxwell have begun their deliberations in herfederal sex trafficking trial. in the closing arguments, prosecutors called her a sophisticated predator. ms maxwell has denied grooming underage girls for abuse by the late paedophile jeffrey epstein between 1994 and 2004. barbara plett usher is following developments. jurors have to decide which version of events to believe. the prosecution has does —— argued that ghislaine maxwell was crucial to jeffrey epstein's operation. she made the teenagers feel comfortable, she was partial, smiling, a coverfor mr epstein. she knew exactly what she was doing after she sent them into a massage room with them. the defence sets is that no she didn't know because mr epstein kept secret from her and she is being punished for his crimes, a scapegoat. the other issue is the credibility of the f

analysis of the discovery by cambridge university suggests the creature was as long as a car and weighedcientists say it might have been carnivorous. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. i�*m not sure it�*s all that festive! good morning, everyone. it�*s not all that vested at the moment, we have planned this morning, breaking from the west and more sunshine around today than yesterday, breezy across the south—west of england and the channel islands, this week weather front producing patchy and light rain across the far north of scotland. maximum temperature is 2 degrees in aberdeen today, eight possibly 9 degrees in plymouth. through this evening and overnight under clear skies we see patchy mist and fog forming especially around the midlands, home counties, the south—east but under clear skies it will be cold, looking at a widespread frost. the exception across northern ireland, because we had thick cloud coming in ahead of some rain. patchy fog lifting, lots of sunshine to start the day, the cloud building ahead of this band of rain coming in. later, it engage

i mean, there's lots. of evidence out there that proves that, you know, muslims and islam are - reported negatively. cambridge universityays the mainstream media's reporting of muslims - and islam is contributing - to growing hostility and hate crimes toward muslims. so, you know, the media has a great role to play, - and we find that often it falls far short of the kind - of journalistic standards - that it actually uses when it comes to other communities. so, i think we got a sense from that of how you define what's a negative story, what's a positive story. where does more neutral coverage sit? for example, you know, if there's a muslim contributor, but they're not speaking about islam, is that positive or negative, or do you discount it? is that not something that comes into this report? i mean, we have 50 key words which, in one form or another, kind - of give us all the articles or television clips - that contain one or. more of those words. now, if somebody is on and they're not identified as being muslim, - or the word islam or any other kind of word isn't identified, _ that wouldn't appear on our radar. but if

of conflict. the two english universities in particular, oxford and cambridge, most influence developments here inamerica. these were divinity schools and they had enclosed courtyard's mostly. they also developed areas adjacent outside of them for recreation and for scientific experiments. especially in botany and her gut horticulture, something that happened in monasteries earlier. something that we see here, you see saint teddy edward college at oxford and we see that playing fields and the oxford botanic gardens as examples of this. the earliest and best known institutions of higher education in the english qualities of course, we're also divinity schools. although not exactly monasteries, they were founded in rural villages like cambridge, massachusetts, around the edge of towns like new haven, connecticut. they were among farms, and scraps of relic force. these images are of new haven common, as you see on the left, that has three chuckles. it was built on and outskirts of town. behind which yields first buildings were later built. then you see on the right, cambridge comments with its adjace

this is andrew bailey, he's the governor of the bank of england and bailey was attending the cambridge university students union responding to questions. during this, ostrom, he called el salvador, his bitcoin adoption. concerning as unsuspected consumers could be hugely affected by its volatility. he said, quote, it concerns me that a country would choose it as, as national currency. what would worry me? most of all is do the citizens of our salvador, understand the nature and volatility of the currency. they have what the citizens of el salvador understand is the nature and volatility of central bankers who inflate and print their via money into extinction. and as a way to transfer wealth and property from the masses to central bankers fest with the citizens of el salvador, understand that's what citizens all over central america understand. remember the united states is overthrown. 15 countries in central america and they used dollars, their primary weapon is a weapon of mass destruction, the u. s. dollar and the english pound. this fella, bailey, over the bank of england, is concerned that he

i'm happy to bring in the president of queens college at cambridge university and chief economic advisereat to see you. >> thank you, poppy. >> for starters, when you look at this market and it keeps going up and up and up, it really is just not representative of the challenges facing the broader economy. what does it tell us heading into the new year? >> so, the market does two things, and these are things that people have been repeating for a long time. the economy is not the market, and don't fight the federal reserve. what we are seeing in the marketplace yet again is the influence of the federal reserve putting in so much liquidity that it results in what's called the everything rally. everything goes up. >> yeah. you have some major concerns about inflation, as have i for a long time. and, you know, i wonder if you believe that omicron, which is threatening economic recovery, also, though, may have the effect of tampering yes, we're the lockdowns we saw before, but i'm not going out to eat, for example. >> i've been worried about inflation for a good six months and have been saying

university of pe routes. he joins us on skype from cambridge, massachusetts ramey, great to happy here again on the news out. let's go back just a few days. what the information minister said, was there anything, factually inaccurate about what he said? i know what he's said about saudi's being involved in the am and wars. absolutely correct. just and the tradition of inter are politics with hypocrisy and, and protocol and all the things that people do to stay in touch with. you're not supposed to say things in public even if they're true. and, but this is a bigger than that is because there is a, a complex relationship between the saudi government and the state of lebanon. and the various actors, particularly the suddenly of loving and traditionally recently led by the and so there's other factors, they just use that statement by the information most or as an excuse to try a new way to pressure lebanon. and to trying to reduce has bottle as role they've been trying to do this for, for over a decade. and it hasn't worked and it probably won't work. so what was the diplomatic rapids at the hands? the french p

analysis of the discovery by cambridge university suggests the creature was as long as a car and weighedlook at some of those incredible pictures. the millipede was found by a scientist who wasn't actually out looking for it, just happened to stumble across it on a winter walk. and i think he was as surprised as anyone but what i find it to stumble upon! that millipede, just shows you, you've got to keep your eyes open. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. after today, the weather is turning more unsettled as we head towards the christmas period, but today there is still a fair bit of cloud around, it is breaking from the west so more of us will see sunshine than we did yesterday. we still have a weak weather front across the north of scotland producing some patchy rain, and still breezy across south—west england and also the channel islands. our maximum temperatures, 2 to about 9 degrees. now, through this evening and overnight we will continue to see the cloud break, and under clear skies we will see a return to some low cl

he is not one of the puritans who went to either oxford or cambridge university but he was always are interested in what we would call self-education. he read extensively. we can tell from the inventory at his death he had a very large collection of books and then of course as robert mentions, there are frequent mentions in his writings that indicate of familiarity with a great number of works. i would suggest two things, that if robert is interested in this he might do. david louver has written a recent book on classical influences or evidences in the records of plymouth and he actually talks about the passage specifically as well as some other indications of the knowledge among the pilgrims of classical literature. he also, another book would be jeremy banks who is one of our coeditors recently published and inventory of all the private libraries of people who died in plymouth in the 17th century and left evidence of book ownership in their libraries. a large number of volumes is impressive. in fact, i do want to go on too long here but one of the things that always struck me is tha