To the Wildfire Emergency in france now, and overnight it worsened forcing the Mass Evacuation of 10,000 people. This is the affected area in the south east of france the popular Provence Alpes cote dazur region. Lets try and show you how many individual fires lets try and show you how many individualfires are lets try and show you how many individual fires are burning along the mediterranean coast and on the mountains. Thousands of Fire Fighters and Military Personnel have been sent to the area. There has been a treat from the president marielle macron. Marielle macron. The bbcs Duncan Kennedy is in the south of france. The raging power of the fires was at its most this was bormes les mimosas, west of st tropez, where hillsides were engulfed by the burning shrubs and trees. For hours, it swept across the countryside in an unstoppable curtain of flames. Thousands of people, including british tourists were forced out of campsites and other homes. At around midnight we were then woken up
To the Wildfire Emergency in france now, and overnight it worsened forcing the Mass Evacuation of 10,000 people. This is the affected area in the south east of france the popular Provence Alpes cote dazur region. Lets try and show you how many individual fires lets try and show you how many individualfires are lets try and show you how many individual fires are burning along the mediterranean coast and on the mountains. Thousands of Fire Fighters and Military Personnel have been sent to the area. There has been a treat from the president marielle macron. Marielle macron. The bbcs Duncan Kennedy is in the south of france. The raging power of the fires was at its most this was bormes les mimosas, west of st tropez, where hillsides were engulfed by the burning shrubs and trees. For hours, it swept across the countryside in an unstoppable curtain of flames. Thousands of people, including british tourists were forced out of campsites and other homes. At around midnight we were then woken up
Michael buchanan, bbc news, manchester. Great britains adam peaty has continued his winning streak, claiming his second gold medal in the World Swimming Championships. Competing in the 50 metre breaststroke, hejust missed out on breaking the world record which he set in the semi final yesterday. Our Sports Correspondent joe wilson was watching. Commentator hes bringing it home, this is utterly brilliant when adam peaty swims, he brings britain with him. But there is one superfan. Come on, quick when peaty won olympic gold in rio, Grandmother Mavis was glued to the telly in uttoxeter. Yes the World Championships in budapest well, shes travelled in person. To be here at this time meant the world to me. Its very touching, really. I couldnt go and see him in rio, but, as i say, this has made up for everything, and im so, so pleased that ive come. And its 20 years since ive flown, but it was well worth it. Mavis was watching adam head to lane four in the 50 metres final, looking for the bla
Recorded. What happened what you think at the time . Is of little strange how that works but three days earlier i site it was before twitter and facebook but i still have the of side the person that runs of for me since me the fan mail they think i am interested in and a friend from high school and says seniors used to pretend to me me up and one i knew pretty well that wrote its been 20 years but some of the other wrestlers are catching up and we are proud of you hope everything is going well pope that we read into again and see you soon. Then three days later sunday with a shaved head and muscular just like my friend from High School Stars running towards me and i think there is lots of video that you dont need to go watch it doesnt get better but i am smiling because i am thinking what are that odds three days later . That i dont even have time to sing again before i am on the ground and that is the way we used to joke and wrestle in high school. Then i realized how serious this was
James, tell me to kick start it, what happens when youre standing outside the grand hyatt many front of the public in front of the public, and a Police Officer comes up to you out of the clear blue, slams you to the ground, handcuffs you and, luckily, it was recorded by a camera . What happened and what are you thinking at the time . Yeah. At the time its a little strange how life works. But about three days earlier, i have a web site, and i know im still a dinosaur, so its before twitter and facebook and instagram, but i still have a web site. And the person that runs it for me sends me a lot of the fan mail or emails that he thinks i would be entered in. A friend of mine from high school who i was just talking about, a wrestler freshman year in high school, and the seniors used to playfully beat me up. One of the guys that was a senior that i knew pretty well had written in. I hasnt i had lost touch with him. Wrote in to the web site, i know its been 20 years, but we were catching up