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West Fifes Gladiators contender Kerry Wilson was just inches away from claiming a place in the grand final of the hit BBC game show.

Dunfermline dog-walker Kerry Wilson has become one of the first winners of BBC's Gladiators reboot after reaching the show's quarter finals.

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Board. and the moon is putting on a show, a partial lunar eclipse seen across the pacific rim from the western u.s. all the way to japan. at its peak the earths shadow covered a third of the moon in darkness. cue van morrison. martha: that prompted a moon dance. bill: you have to think he wrote this song like watching one of these eclipsess. martha: youd like to think that, right? lets go to a place where things are not going so well in terms of mother nature. the fire crews in ooh tar battling ...

Around. martha: the firefighters are busy really all over out west, right? >> reporter: right, as you mentioned there are currently 11 major fires burning throughout the western part of the u.s. that according to the national interagency fire center. you can see from this map where the hot spots are. in arizona what is being called the gladiator fire is now 80% contained. that blaze has burned more than 16,000 acres near the town of crown king. this began as a house fire and quickly burned out o...

There were spots in the fire where aluminum from the plane had melted and actually ran down off the hill. martha: that is unbelievable. that utah wild five is one of 11, large, uncontained fires that are raging across our western states right now, including colorado where nearly a hundred firefighters are out there battling a new wildfire that is burning near fort collins at this hour. and alicia acuna is live in denver on that. what is the status of that fire? >> reporter: things so far arent g...

A highway -- a highway leading to the popular disney world resort had to be shut down, gregg, on what is typically one of the busiest weekends of the year. >> gregg: hot spots everywhere. joining us by phone, doug anderson who is the public information officer for the phoenix interagency fire center and if you would, mr. anderson, give us an update on the situation there. >> right now in the southwest part of the country, its awfully dry. were approaching record levels in our fire danger rating ...

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Rafferty. wildfires across several western states keeping firefighters busy this weekend and one of the worst is the gladiator fire in arizona burning for a week forcing 350 people to leave their homes. lower temperatures in northern colorado helping crews fight a fire near fourth colins. california, outside, nevada and almost in also fighting fires. the naacp throws its support behind same-sex marriage. the statement coming shortly after president obama and vice president biden announced they s...