It is the most famous plane from world war ii. It played a crucial role in the battle of britain. But what we didnt know until now was the role that a 13 Year Old Girl played in this design. This new generation of fighter plane had originally been designed with just four machine guns. But this man, captain fred hill, a scientific officer in the air ministry, became convinced that four guns would not be enough. Each plane needed eight. He faced stiff opposition. Most thought eight guns would be too many, impossible to fit onto the planes, but captain hill was convinced he was right, so he turned to an unlikely person for help his 13 year old daughter, hazel, a talented mathematician. Together, around their kitchen table, they worked through the night on complex calculations to prove that eight guns firing at least 1,000 rounds a minute was essential for success. They talk about burning the midnight oil and coming into the office late after everybodys gone, to carry out further calculati
The World Health Organization has reported a record daily total of global coronavirus infections. Nowhere has been hit harder than the United States. The countrys Top Health Official for Infectious Diseases now says some us states should delay ending their lockdowns. This graph shows the number of daily cases since the start of the pandemic. The number had been falling towards the end of last month, but now theres a steep rise, topping 60,000 in recent days thats the highest single day tallies for any country since the pandemic began. The states in darker blue have had the most cases per head of population in the last week, with the worst hit being south carolina, with an average of 305 daily cases per million people, louisiana with 321, and florida with 423. But the state with the most cases is arizona, from where our correspondent, sophie long reports. Music plays. When the governor of arizona lifted the states stay at home order, people partied, pre pandemic style. It was a joke to
Adults contact the nspcc with concerns about a child during lockdown. They urge the government to have a plan for helping children dealing with trauma. Clapping. Hundreds of people turn out in sussex for the funeral of Dame Vera Lynn. 0n the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of britain, the story of the 13 Year Old Girl who helped design the spitfire, which was crucial to the rafs victory. Travellers arriving in the uk from dozens of countries are no longer required to quarantine for two weeks. The rules are being relaxed for arrivals from more than 60 countries, but scotland still requires anyone travelling from spain to quarantine, unlike england, wales and Northern Ireland. Travel agents says the easing has led to an increase in demand forforeign holidays, though the Foreign Office is still advising against going on a cruise. John mcmanus has this report. Spains tourist industry is keen to say hola to british holiday makers as soon as possible. One of them, paul, is headin
Good morning. It is time to dig out the swimming and those toggles because Swimming Pools are reopening gcioss because Swimming Pools are reopening across england in just because Swimming Pools are reopening across england injust over two weeks time. I have come to the local pool in manchester to find out what regulations need to be in place before we all dive in. Plus, today marks the anniversary of the battle of britain. I am amongst the hurricane s and the spitfires to see the significance of that battle. Plus that we can forecast which is drier and brighter after a sunny and showery day today. All details coming up and breakfast. Coming up coming up and breakfast. Coming up on breakfast. Its friday the 10th ofjuly. Our top story foreign travel to dozens of countries without the need to quarantine is possible from today, as government advice against all but essential travel is formally lifted. The list of places includes holiday destinations like france and italy, and means tourists
Who helped the raf, beat the luftwaffe. Total of global coronavirus infections, and nowhere has been hit harder than america. The countrys Top Health Official for Infectious Diseases now says some us states should delay ending their lockdowns. This graph shows the number of daily cases since the start of the pandemic, the number was falling towards the end of last month, but now theres a steep rise, topping 60,000 in recent days, the highest single day tallies for any country, since the pandemic began. The states in darker blue have had the most cases per head of population in the last week, with the worst hit being south carolina, with an average of 305 daily cases per million people. Louisiana with 321 and florida with 423. But the state with the most cases is arizona, from where our correspondent, sophie long reports. Music plays when the governor of arizona lifted the states stay at home order, people partied, pre pandemic style. It was a joke to us. We werejust like, covids fake n