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academic for decades. we knew each other for more than 40 years. why we did not always agree, we always came back together. over the last two years, he and i were closely as co-chairs of the national campaign to have the black community fight covid. he was on politics nations of november 2020. -- we booked as late as a couple of weeks ago about this work and he was still fighting cancer all the way through, he kept fighting. we have the community on health conditions, housing and econo...

the 80th anniversary of d-day landings at omaha beach. on this day in 1944 more than 160,000 troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of french shoreline. they took the fight to germanys nazi forces. to this day it remains the largest seaborne invasion in history widely regarded as the moment allied forces began turning the tide in world war ii. many heads of state and world leaders are now attending this ceremony. thats what is playing out on the left side of your screen. today, includin...

Snowdonia. Figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. Later in the programme we will find out why. Ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. But how have they changed the way we live . Ill be finding out. Weve come to sheffield to hear about a multi Million Pound plan by the Lawn Tennis Association to revamp grassroots tennis and were also launching our Breakfast Summer Challenge with world number one andy...

They thought it was a different coastline. it took three days for the paratroopers to cut off a lot of those roadways. there is no gps back then. no internet. they are having paper maps, navigate their way around the french countryside and gather together after being dropped in the middle of the night. reconstitute as forces behind enemy lines and reestablish a chain of command and then take on fortified german troops in order to take back roadways still behind enemy lines so as to give the boys...

The only way it was ever going to work is if we have the support of people who love the outdoors, who love walking, who love maps, who love technology. the tech is powered by ezrauk. the geographical software uses powerful mapping and spatial analytics technology. it allows the team to create and manage the location information, and it is all done on your phone. digital mapping is really the way forward, isnt it? yeah, it means that we can make changes super quick and make it easily accessible t...

From partners, but now were working with 300—plus fabulous volunteers to discover more paths, but also to record information about all the paths that we discover. the only way it was ever going to work is if we had the support of people who love the outdoors, who love walking, who love maps, who love technology. the tech is powered by esri uk. the geographical software uses powerful mapping and spatial data analytics technology. it allows the team to create and manage the location information,...

The only way this was ever going to work is if we have the support of people who love the outdoors, who love walking, who love maps, who love technology. the tech is powered by ezrauk. the geographical software uses powerful mapping and spatial analytics technology. it allows the team to create and manage the location information, and it is all done on your phone. digital mapping is really the way forward, isnt it? yeah, it means we can make changes super quick and make it easily accessible to e...

From partners, but now we have 300—plus fabulous volunteers to discover more paths but also to record information about all the paths that we discover. the only way this was ever going to work is if we have the support of people who love the outdoors, who love walking, who love maps, who love technology. the tech is powered by ezrauk. the geographical software uses powerful mapping and spatial analytics technology. it allows the team to create and manage the location information, and it is all...

But also, its interactive and we can change things on the fly, we can highlight things, we can take things out, we can add things in. so, its much more responsive and adaptable compared to when youre just updating stuff like paper maps. can you show me how it all works? yeah, of course. you go to the map of where you are, you find the path that you want. you just tap on the path and then tap on "open survey". and then that takes you through to the questionnaire. and then we just tell volunteers ...

And adaptable compared to when youre just updating stuff like paper maps. volunteers have so far added over 9,000 new paths to the interactive map, from as far north as the shetland islands to the borders region in the south. i think the projects really important for our paths in scotland. its a chance to support and to maintain that right to roam, but it also makes these paths more accessible to a wider variety of people. it means that everyone can get out there. and were on a nice path here in...