Putting more than 2000 jobs at risk. A surge in migrants risking their lives crossing the channel has increased calls for the government to step up border patrols. Potholes are getting worse more than half a million were reported for repair last year, according to research. A lucky escape for the cornish fisherman who fell overboard and survived after clinging to his boats nets forfive miles. Now on bbc news, its time for a christmas edition of weather world. Nick miller and Sarah Keith Lucas report on the awesome power of wind, from the destruction caused by hurricanes, to its huge potential to power the planet. On one of the windiest days of the year, we have come to one of the windiest places in the uk. Which is just as well, because this is the uks biggest onshore wind farm. Hold onto your hats. This is weather world. We will be getting up close to find out how these Wind Turbines work, and revealing how much power they can generate on a stormy day like this. Its opposite to how a
Of murdering five people in an explosion which destroyed a shop and a flat in leicester. The three planned the blast in february, so they could make an insurance claim. 0ur correspondent Kathryn Stanczyszyn reports. A massive explosion shatters a quiet sunday evening. Shortly after 7pm on the 25th of february, this building, on one of leicesters main roads, was completely destroyed, leaving five dead. Mary ragoobeer, two of her teenage sons sean and shane, and his girlfriend, leah reek, had been spending an evening together in their flat. The light went out of our world on that terrible night, and it is so difficult to put into words how much we miss leah. She was an amazing, inspirational young lady, who was just starting out on her life adventure. Leah made a lasting impression on everybody lucky enough to know her. She was beautiful inside and out and she truly shone when she entered a room. She was never aware of the impact that she had on so many just by smiling at them. We will a
President trump says the partial Us Government shutdown will go on, until his demand for funds to build a Mexican Border wall is met. Now on bbc news its time for a christmas edition of weather world. Nick miller and Sarah Keith Lucas report on the awesome power of wind, from the destruction caused by hurricanes, to its huge potential to power the planet. On one of the windiest days of the year we have come to one of the windiest places in the uk. Which is just as well, this is the uks biggest onshore wind farm. Hold onto your hats. This is weather world. We will be getting up close to find out how these Wind Turbines works and how much power they can generate on a stormy day like this. Its opposite to how a fan operates. A fan will plug into electricity and use it to generate wind. The turbines do the opposite. Also on weather world, the years august storms. The floods that rage with unimaginable force. Cyclones so powerful they transform a coastal paradise into piles of rubble. And a
Which is just as well, because this is the uks biggest onshore wind farm. So, hold onto your hats. This is weather world. We will be getting up close to find out how these Wind Turbines work, and revealing how much power they can generate on a stormy day like this. Its opposite to how a fan operates. A fan will plug into electricity and use it to generate wind. The turbines do the opposite. Also on weather world 2018s biggest storms. The floods that rage with almost unimaginable force. Cyclones so powerful they transform a coastal paradise into piles of rubble. And amid warnings of climate catastrophe to come, wildfires reach new scales of size and devastation. And im at Imperial College london, where they make their own wind to research how to keep the public safe. The wind turbine its the modern incarnation of humans attempt to harness the power of the air that blows for our own needs. The use of this cleaner, greener Renewable Power source is expanding across the world, reaching new
Costa Blanca (Season 1 Episode 17): On the Costa Blanca, James meets a fisherman selling Denia shrimp. James Martin's Spanish Adventure airs on ITV1 London +1 at 6:05 AM, Wednesday 12 June. On the Costa Blanca, James meets a fisherman selling Denia shrimp