vanessa clarke, bbc news, newbury.art of identifying skin conditions is using reference images to check any spots, lumps or moles, but what if none of the images feature your skin colour? most images currently feature white skin, but one project in bristol is trying to change that by taking photos of conditions on darker skin to help doctors recognise and diagnose problems on all patients. cheryl dennis reports. this is a photo shoot which could have a big impact on health care. the pictures being taken will give doctors and nurses images of medical conditions on skin that isn't white. my eye — i don't know if you can see it. there's a scar and some stuff here, and my knee with the bumps and a few other bits, but i won't say. you know, they got their pictures out of me today. there are plenty of images of white patients, but, on darkerskin, we teach people about the example of being pale. in white skin that is obviously very noticeable. but for someone in darker skin tones, you can't look at the face, for example, so y

vanessa clarke, bbc news. world records for antarctic trekking — now she's set for a third. captain preet believes she's become the world's fastest woman to complete a solo south pole ski expedition — covering more than eleven—hundred kilometres of antarctic ice in just 31 days, 13 hours and 19 minutes. she's waiting for the guinness world records to verify her feat. earlier i spoke with captain preet chandi joined the programme from antarctica, speaking to us via satellite phone in temperatures 20 degrees below freezing. yes, i covered just over 700 miles and did 12—13 hours of skiing per day and it was important to keep to my routine and part of the reason it went so well is because my last one did not go so well and i learnt so much from it. it was good to know that you are it had this challenge — it was good to know that it was hard at times because it kept me going. you were skiing up to 13 hours per day, that must be exhausting, what kind of training did you do? i did a huge amount of training. i trained

vanessa clarke, bbc news.stifying before a judge in madrid about the behaviour of luis rubiales, the former president of spain s football federation who had to resign after kissing her on the lips following the women's world cup final last summer. mr rubiales faces a possible trial for sexual assault. 0ur spain correspondent guy hedgecoe is in madrid for us. just bring us up—to—date on what has been happening? just bring us up-to-date on what has been happening?— been happening? today's hearing focused on _ been happening? today's hearing focused on an _ been happening? today's hearing focused on an alleged _ been happening? today's hearing focused on an alleged sexual - been happening? today's hearing i focused on an alleged sexual assault that was witnessed by millions of people around the world. jenni hermoso, the player at the centre of all of this, told the judge hermoso, the player at the centre of all of this, told thejudge in hermoso, the player at the centre of all of this, told the judge in the natio

vanessa clarke, bbc news, newbury.il india have won their last 16 test series — and they began this one strongly. 0n the first day of the first test, england won the toss and batted first — but they were all out for just 246. joe wilson reports. they may be the instigators of a whole new brand of test match cricket, but could england do it on a warm thursday in hyderabad? against india's fast bowlers they played with familiar conviction and soon came the spinners and so fell the batters. edged and taken. some strong indian catching too, crawley gone 60—3. sometimes the bowling is too good. bowled him. axar patel dismissing jonny bairstow with the kind of delivery that's always inspired india on home soil. decent crowd in a big stadium. now, ben stokes was patient. there is a time and a place to attack. he chose wisely. this is a wonderful shot and he gets to his 50. stokes to 50 with a six. remember, he had a knee operation in late november. classic stokes resistance, untiljasprit bumrah. he gets up again. england 246

vanessa clarke, bbc news, newbury.alabama. kenneth smith is due to become the first person in the us to be executed using nitrogen gas. its a method which the united nations has called cruel and inhuman. it will be the state s second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preachers wife in a hired killing. our correspondent tom bateman reports from atmore in southern alabama. a journey to the alabama jail where the first—ever execution by nitrogen gas is due to happen. kenneth eugene smith has spent three decades on death row. he's already dodged death once — his executioner botched an attempt to kill him by lethal injection. and now he faces suffocation by the state. opponents see this as a crucial test case and are urging alabama's governor to stop it, here, led by smith's spiritual adviser, who will be in the execution chamber with him. so i need some assurance that this is safe. so, this right here is an invitation to governor ivey to accompany me into the execution chamber. it was two w

vanessa clarke, bbc news, newbury.ith france lining up lucrative trade deals with the fifth largest economy in the world. stay with us here on bbc news, let's go to the weather and we can join carol kirkwood. hello again. a fairly cloudy day with rain for some of us but also some hazy sunshine. we have two weather fronts crossing us but in between we are pulling in milder conditions, the wind from the south—west, and the mild weather moving across the country, except for into the far north of the northern isles through the day. our first weather front pushing between scotland, clearing into northern england and paving from northern ireland into northern england and wales. ahead of it missing hazy sunshine, behind that for north—west scotland on the north of northern ireland we some sunshine, but forever you are it is model. this evening and overnight at first weather front porches to the east, followed by a second one bringing heavy rain and behind us, they are turning colder and the wind changes to note that north—wes

our education reporter vanessa clarke, has been speaking to one family who have had to move across the

vanessa clarke, bbc news, newbury. recommendations for royal mail, which could see postal deliveries cut from six to five days a week — or even as low as three. the paper says there's been backlash over the suggestions. we will be looking at your thoughts on that this morning. the times reports on comments made by a top army general — who has said the uk must be ready to train and equip citizens for future conflict. according to the paper, britain's military is discussing how to build a force of up to 500,000 people, including civilians. the metro also leads on the comments by general sir patrick sanders and suggests he's even hinted at conscription to the army. and the i has the latest on the post office inquiry, with the newspaper claiming bosses previously admitted another it system called capture had been corrupted, but says that sub—postmasters were still prosecuted. i look inside and this from the daily telegraph with children spending more than two hours a day on tiktok videos. british youngsters some of the hea

here's our education reporter, vanessa clarke.nd child was born just to avoid the child costs. so i go back to work injanuary, so i will pay between january and april and then in april. obviously, with the 15 hours free, that will make a big difference for us. working parents here in marple and across england can now apply to the government for the first phase of what will be a major expansion in funded hours from april. 15 hours will be available for two year olds during term time, but with demand for places rising, are nurseries and childminders ready? people want to expand. people want to provide more childcare places, but unfortunately they haven't got the staff. and without qualified and new qualified staff ready to actually come into the sector, that is not going to be possible for them to deliver this policy. what we're doing is actually putting something on a system that is not fit for purpose and expecting that to run smoothly. and that is not going to happen. at kids 0wn in greater manchester. at kids 0wn in greater manc

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