and he s doing it in honour of tom smith, the former scotland rugby captain, who died from the disease back in april, aged just 50. martin geissler went to meet him. andy petersen has lost family and friends to bowel cancer. so he decided to get on his bike to raise awareness of the condition and help to fight it. the symptoms, broadly, are blood in your stool, is a big one, abdominal pains, sudden loss of weight, change in bowel habits, all of which, actually, i m about to experience in the next seven days. but not because of bowel cancer, but because i am spending 16 hours a day on a bike. this is no ordinary challenge. over the next week, with no support team and just the bare essentials strapped to his bike, andy will cycle literally the length and breadth of britain. starting at lizard point, the southernmost tip of the mainland, he will go to the easternmost lowestoft in east anglia. from there, it is an enormous schlep up to dunnet head, the most northerly tip of mai
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. temperatures are soaring across continental europe with wildfires burning in parts of france, spain and portugal. strong winds and tinder dry conditions are fuelling the flames. more than 300 people are known now to have died in spain and portugal due to the high temperatures. to have died in spain and portugal and it comes as a national emergency has been declared in the uk after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, as temperatures could hit a0 degrees celsius. mark lobel has our first report. it s still sweltering in south western europe where wildfires have come sooner, more intense, frequent and longer lasting. 900 firefighters are still cycling around ten fires across portugal, one firefighter killed plane crashed as he was putting out flames in this region. it hit a july record reaching 47 celsius on thursday before dropping slightly on friday. translation: this got | a bit worse th
a new president, after mass protests drove ex president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. temperatures are soaring across continental europe with wildfires burning in parts of france, spain and portugal. strong winds and tinder dry conditions are fuelling the flames. more than 300 people are known now to have died in spain and portugal due to the high temperatures. more than 12,000 people have been evacuated so far in france s gironde region as fires continue to burn out of control. in southern spain, near the costa del sol, about 2,300 people had to flee a wildfire spreading in the mijas hills. and it comes as a national emergency has been declared in the uk after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time as temperatures could hit a0 degrees celsius. mark lobel has our first report. it s still sweltering in south western europe where wildfires have come sooner, more intense, frequent
to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win ireland make history with their first ever series win in new zealand. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. temperatures are soaring across continental europe with wildfires burning in parts of france, spain and portugal. strong winds and tinder dry conditions are fuelling the flames. more than 300 people are known now to have died in spain and portugal due to the high temperatures. more than 12,000 people have been evacuated so far in france s gironde region as fires continue to burn out of control. in southern spain, near the costa del sol, about 2,300 people had to flee a wildfire spreading in the mijas hills. and it comes as a national emergency has been declared in the uk after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time , as temperatures could hit a0 degrees celsius. mark lobel has our first report. it s still sweltering in south western europe where wildfires have come
this week, two nations with caretaker readers, and problems that cannot wait. in israel, a coalition has collapsed. joe biden has been in a middle east seeking more saudi oil. they and the israelis want the united states to pledge action against iran. you re in the uk, if famous and not so famous five are vying to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. but in a context of tax cuts, is that the answer to what even ministers describe as a cost of living crisis? in the studio to discuss all of that, an american journalist and senior writer at bloomberg business week, based in london since the late 1970s, he writes on arab affairs. you burrow is a columnist with the male newspapers, he has reported from all around the middle east during his time and was a speech writer on david cameron s successful general election campaign in 2010. welcome to you all. let s begin in the middle east. stephanie, joe biden is engaged in this middle east trip, s