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drums. sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures, and today, the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long—dormant foe — the vikings. cheering. so, this is up helly aa. it's one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year, and this one, in lerwick, is the biggest. up helly aa is best known for its night—time procession. almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set fire to a replica viking ship. the day begins with a march through the to...

proceedings are now live so we can't say what happened. needless to say it's been an extensive search, 200 officers involved in members of the public, as well. you heard there from detective superintendent bassford his thanks for the help they've had from the public notjust in the search button locating the couple who have been on the run since the first weeks of january. but clearly that's not the outcome anybody who's been following the story would've wanted, and our hearts go out to the extended family on that development from brighton this evening. we will of course continue to c...

and new columnist at the times, and for the first half of our programme, professor peter hotez is with us, expert in molecular virology and microbiology at the baylor college of medicine. what we've known for some time about the uk's response to the covid pandemic is that the "protective ring" the government claimed to have thrown around care homes wasn't very protective at all. between march 2020 and april 2021, some 39,000 people died in care homes from covid. the public inquiry, which is still to begin, will examine whether more could have been done. in the interim, some of the ev...

time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. hello, chris. hello. most of us some sunshine. certainly a lovely end for the day. this was the west midlands, birmingham, sutton coldfield, with the setting sun as you can see over the setting sun as you can see over the slate. it was like that everywhere. after a sunny morning in scotland the cloud limit clouds gathered through the afternoon, and a rather dark and moody scene with the wind picking up on rain from these weather fronts. moving southwards at the minute. rain getting across scotland and eventually moving into parts o...

tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long—term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. and a pivotal day in welsh rugby — players are due to reveal whether they will strike during the six nations, over contractual disputes. hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. shamima begum, who travelled to syria and joined the so—called islamic state group when she was just 15, so—called islamic state group when she wasjust 15, has so—called islamic state group when she was just 15, has lost a legal challenge to the covena...