But did you know he also has a big passion for little trains . Sir rod has spent the last 23 years building an epic model railway, which he unveiled for the first time this week. Hes been speaking to the bbcs david farrell. Action. Action sir rod stewart, it is a pleasure to chat to you. Were gonna talk about one of your passions, celtic and football, but if we talk about that now, were gonna use use up the full ten minutes, i believe, but one of your other passions has come to light this week the model railway. 23 years in the making. Where did this start . I built a house in Beverly Hills at the turn of the century, in the early 90s, and i dedicated i knew i was going to build this model railway. So at the top of the house, i built a special, huge room, like a big attic. I have always been into trains, always, since i was a kid. Does it help you switch off . It really does. Itis the finest hobby, its 3 dimensional, itis wonderful, you get to be a carpenter and everything. Now, thats
The israelis were after a islamichhad militant. Now they admit they may have made a costly mistake here. The violence started when israel killed one of the group two top commanders, accusing him of masterminding attacks against them. Islamichhad avenged his death with barrages of rockets but the more powerful Islamist Movement which runs gather, even though it often takes the lead in fighting israel and some countries deem it an International Terrorist group. For most of the week israel did not hold hamas responsible for the violence like it usually does. Both of them seemed to be trying to avoid a wider conflict. This time it was the smaller, more radical islamichhad group that was centre stage. Hamas leaders were criticised here for staying on the sidelines. They say they are acting in the palestinian interest. The palestinian interest of this time is to avoid as much as possible any further escalations, a new war because the situation on the ground is so difficult, so worth, and the
To churchill, sinatra to taylor. Terry oneills life truly was a catalogue of a golden age of stardom. The photographer terry oneill, whos died at the age of 81. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. Through the rest of the night it stays cloudy initially across england and wales. Still the threat of some patches of green living in from the north the effect east anglia, may be pushing into kent as well. Otherwise, skies will continue to clear for scotland, Northern Ireland and the far north of england with a widespread and sharp frost, with a widespread and sharp frost, with some icy surfaces particularly in northern scotland. Heading through monday this area of High Pressure will be with us bringing a speu pressure will be with us bringing a spell of settled weather and stopping this low pressure from making inroads from europe but the low could get close enough to bring a strip of cloudy weather into the far east of england, may be a little bit of rain here, but af
Its a deadly fungal tree disease called ash dieback thats swept across europe and could wipe out most of the ash trees in britain. Now Scientists Say theres new hope after a team from the Royal Botanic Gardens kew identified the genes that provide resistance to ash dieback. It means trees could be bred that are unaffected by the epidemic. Our science correspondent Rebecca Morelle reports. The stunning colours of autumn revealing the richness of our forests, but theyre under threat. In 2012, ash dieback arrived in the uk from europe, where its already ravaged woodlands. Its caused by a fungus that kills the ash trees it attacks. One of the classic symptoms of ash dieback is a darkened lesion on the bark of the tree, and we can see this long diamond shaped lesion where the fungus has grown into the tree. But, by studying these trees, researchers have discovered a very small proportion are resistant to the disease and theyve now pinpointed the genes that fight off the fungus. It does give
Brink of extension. This is more than 100 people have had to be primarily down to the decrease in rescued by Emergency Services as poaching gorillas were hunted for meat. But in an effort to protect pa rt rescued by Emergency Services as part of the midlands where hit by the gorillas, poachers were trained flooding and rising water. There are to become Mountain Guides and more than 100 flood warnings in porters here, further supporting tourism. So, talk to me about the england and was. 0ur reporter poaching here . No problem, but there is no problem because we keep reports from evesham, where the river avon has burst its banks. Avoiding it happening by involving them in the community. We keep on. But of course, more gorillas means so would you like us to bring you out of the property, because of the water . They need more space. The government you would like to be evacuated . Rescue boats have been launched has now pledged to expand the forest throughout the day in evesham, as water le