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Im totally soaked from my waist down. laughter. whoa! this is the slower part of the ride, so to speak, but its just fascinating to think this is what they would have been doing 600 years ago to transport all the logs down to the city to make the temples and the shrines. so were approaching a rapid now and we stand up so we dont get too wet. here we go! woo! laughter. whoa! 0n the side!

Rainfall picture. over the last few hours, these are the heavy downpours already into south—west england, south wales, and also into northern england in southern scotland. there is a zone here where there may be a few fog patches and a bit of early sunshine — thats not going to last. a large part of scotland and northern ireland is starting today dry, although there will be showers here as well. as we go on through the day, these heavy and thundery downpours with a chance of hail drift furth...

Time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. good afternoon. its been an unsettled weekend. weve had plenty of heavy showers, downpours and thunderstorms around already. theres been a bit of sunshine, and well hold onto that into the evening hours. this is early on. the them continues over the next couple of days, and its going to be a theme of some sunshine around, heavy downpours, thunderstorms and temperatures remaining quite cool for the middle part of may. low pressure very much d...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the un pleads for peace, as the conflict between israel and palestinians in gaza enters its seventh day — ten children are among the dead following an israeli air strike on gaza. but theres no sign of a ceasefire, as the attacks continue, with each side accusing each other. israel is persecuting our people, committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. hamas is criminally attacking us from civilian neig...

Important we are throwing the kitchen sink at things.- important we are throwing the kitchen sink at things. thank you, mark logan- _ heres nick with a look at this mornings weather. as much as we might think the weather has been a bit rubbish recently there are some lovely moments still to be had out there. spring marches on regardless of the weather and this is a lovely view from highland scotland this morning. there is a bit of sunshine out there if you look hard enough this morning but showe...

Palestinian officials in gaza say its been the deadliest day since the fighting with israel began nearly a week ago. the israeli army says so—far palestinian militants have fired more than 3,000 rockets towards israel. the un secretary general has appealed for an immediate end to the fighting. india is facing international criticism — after the death from coronavirus of up to 16—hundred teachers, ordered to help with last months elections. the indian teachers union says, many begged to be ...

Now its time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. good evening. some of you will spend the day under sunny skies, blissfully unaware how disturbed the atmosphere has been. so disturbed, in fact, that we saw this area close to the somerset coast. a funnel cloud which may have had impacts on the ground, making it a tornado. and we continue that sort of disturbed atmosphere as we go through the next few days, in fact, with some more thundery downpours changing the areas from one day to the n...

Most notable is nomadland, the best picture winner from chloe zhao who recently became only the second woman ever to win the oscar for best director. inspired by the stories injessica bruder�*s nonfiction source book, nomadland stars frances mcdormand as fern, a recently widowed woman who joins americas nomadic community, discovering a new life on the road. i know you. yeah, hi. dave, right? guess. fern? yes. i have your can opener. having just picked up her third best actress oscar, mcdormand...

In the high variant areas, within blackburn, but also all residents of the borough will have that option if they havent already received their vaccinations and obviously the council is urging people to take that up. has lockdown left you yearning for the wild outdoors? well if it has, there may be a job out there thats just for you. st michaels mount, a remote island only accessible by boat or at low—tide, is advertising for a live—in employee to work at its medieval castle. andrea ormsby ha...

Bits of video that have shown the military bombarding mindat with artillery. quite repeatedly, at times. flying helicopters over the town, possibly bombing from the air, were not sure. they have been using the helicopters to bring troops in, because this stand—off has been going on for three weeks, where the local people of this town, as others have done, basically declared themselves no longer accepting the military�*s authority. they also demanded that the military released a number of peo...