this trial suggests there s another way of working for those able and willing to take the plunge. emma simpson, bbc news, gateshead. and finally it s pancake day today. and to mark shrove tuesday traditional pancake races have been taking place across the uk. the market town of 0lney in buckinghamshire claims to hold the oldest annual pancake race in the world, dating back to 1445. 0nly women compete in this race because it s said to have started after a woman who was late for church ran to the shrove tuesday service still carrying a frying pan in her hand. in bradford on avon in wiltshire there were plenty of pancakes and runners in fancy dress though some made it harder for themselves than others. and this was the scene inside worcester cathedral where cathedral choristers and staff take it very seriously racing through the medieval cloisters and even adding obstacles along the way.
to have started after a woman who was late for church ran to the shrove tuesday service still carrying a frying pan in her hand. and this was the scene inside worcester cathedral, where cathedral choristers and staff took it very seriously racing racing through the medieval cloisters and even adding obstacles along the way. the princess of wales was at it too. luckily for her she wasn t in a race to toss her pancake as it took her quite some time to unstick it from the frying pan. but she got there eventually. i m not sure what her family would have made of that particular pancake, though. i don t think i would have done any better. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett.
cloisters like quite nice that her life ended there, really. in lloyd, lovely to hear those thoughts of yours as you either races as well. thank you very much indeed. so the life of the here, this was indeed james matthews be with those animals that she loved. sit with dogs here on the lawn at balmoral castle. yeah, she s very happier. balmoral castle she has been coming here ever since she was a child. and watching the family arrived here, with children grandchildren imagine they will take comfort from the comfort that she took from being here. and she was happy, as we saw on tuesday smiling chuckling with a photographer in the room talking about how the skies
and restoration of gloucester cathedral s cloisters, known to many around the world as hogwarts. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than 1,000 people are now thought to have died from disastrous monsoon rains in pakistan. the national disaster management authority says 119 people have died of sindh and khyber pakhtunkhwa. a government minister says her country is unable to cope with the unprecedented flooding and that the disaster is a consequence of climate change. millions of people have been affected and many have been forced to abandon their homes. 0ur correspondent farhat javed has reached one village where people are waiting for help.
from classified papers that were seized from donald trump s home in florida. and restoration of gloucester cathedral s cloisters, known to many around the world as hogwarts. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. pakistan is appealing for further international assistance to help cope with flooding, which has already claimed more than a thousand lives. millions of people have been affected and many have been forced to abandon their homes. a government minister says her country is unable to cope with the unprecedented flooding and that the disaster is a consequence of climate change. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters from the north flow downriver. our correspondent pumza fihlani