a farmer in the us has planted a massive field of sunflowers as a surprise gift for his wife. lee wilson from kansas planted 1.2 million sunflowers on 80 acres of land for his wife, renee, to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. he got his son to help secretly plant the field back in may. tourists have flocked to the field to take pictures of the state flower in bloom. what a great effort. that is all from us for now. goodbye. hello. well, the weather started off so bright and sunny in many parts of the uk and now it s mostly going downhill. very disappointing. the outlook for the week ahead, cool, rain at times, surprise, surprise. if i move out of the way, i want to show you this daisy chain of weather systems sweeping across the atlantic and where they re heading, heading straight for us. and the reason for it is this jet stream, which is also pointing
a farmer in the us has planted a massive field on sunflowers as a surprise gift for his wife. lee wilson from kansas planted 1.2 million sunflowers on 80 acres of land for his wife, renee, to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. he got his son to help secretly plant the field back in may. tourists have flocked to the field to take pictures of the state flower in bloom. hello. it has been a promising start to the day with some sunshine and a few showers around two but if we look out in the atlantic, this weather system is pushing in the cloud and that will be bringing some rain to some parts of the country. around that first area of low pressure, we have had the showers swirling across scotland and northern england. the worst of those are moving away, so fewer showers and still some sunshine into the afternoon.
something for everybody on social media. well done, josh. finally, how s this for a declaration of love? a farmer in the us has planted a huge swathe of sunflowers as a surprise gift for his wife. lee wilson from kansas planted 1.2 million sunflowers on 80 acres of land for his wife, renee, to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. he got his son to help secretly plant the field back in may. tourists have flocked to the field to take pictures of the state flower in bloom. that s all we have for you. goodbye for now. hello. july has been a very wet month across the uk. and as we look towards the very end of the month, and, indeed, into the start of the new one, well, there s more rain on the way. spells of wind and rain this week, rather cool as well. now, looking back at the rainfall we ve had so far, these figures are valid up to 10am on sunday. can see that in preston 285% of the averagejuly rainfall. that means preston has had close to three times the rainfall we would expect in
nowjust before we go how s this for a declaration of love? a farmer in the us has planted a massive field on sunflowers as a surprise gift for his wife. lee wilson from kansas planted 1.2 million sunflowers on 80 acres of land for his wife renee to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. what a lovely story. you are watching bbc news. hello. it s turned cloudy and wet in many parts of the country and if the rain hasn t reached you yet, it is not far away. here is the outlook for the week ahead. there is no let up to the kind of weather we have been experiencing for the last few weeks. more unsettled weather on the way. if you look at the satellite picture, you can see a daisy chain of weather systems sweeping off north america and across the atlantic and heading in our direction, propelled by quite a strong jet stream,
a midwife who told a patient that terrorists could contaminate milk formula to quote kill the babies has been struck off. anna semenenko, who worked at royal gwent hospital in newport, made the remark when trying to persuade a patient to breastfeed. she was banned from the profession earlier this month. the nursing and midwifery council found mrs semenenko s comments were false and misleading . finally this half hour, how s this for a declaration of love. a farmer in the us has planted a massive field on sunflowers as a surprise gift for his wife. lee wilson from kansas planted 1.2 million sunflowers on 80 acres of land for his wife, renee, to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. he got his son to help secretly