was the boogie man hiding in your closet under your bed to. you never really knew what he looked like what you it was th this. [laughter] i had a really wide closet. there was the threat of nuclear war, kidnappers who kept the back of milk cartons filled with interesting breakfast reading material. great white sharks, quicksand, remember quicksand? we would be busy looking out for quicksand and then we get hit by a drunk driver. [laughter] also there were cults like the manson family and they were not much of a family. i m glad i got out of that ear early. at his eight fears, some are not real others mostly overblown. i envy the kids today not just because they are taller, they just have much more to be scared of. there is this, and this. and this. and this. but worse, the streets were filled with nightmarish characters that would make freddy krueger call on huber instead of walking the four blocks home. there s a mentally ill and criminally deranged to roam the streets, than
voting. the biggest prize the balance of powner congress. for democrats that means the ability to push forward with president biden s agenda. he will be in maryland tonight to rally for the democratic candidate for governor there. and here is a look at what is at stake. 35 spots in the senate. there for the taking and as jim just mentioned, dozens of governor votes will be cast. secretary of state and attorney general as well. voter enthusiasm is soaring into the election. more than 40 million ballots have been cast across 47 states outpacing the 2018 numbers in states where the data is available. it is still too early to know what overall turnout will be. will it reach 2018 levels could. could that be higher. we ll have to wait longer to find out. let s kick off this morning in wisconsin. hotly contested senate race there could be perhaps one of the states that is a decider for democrats in their hopes of keeping power in the chamber. luc lucy kafanov is there. ron johnson
hundreds of people streamed down here to try to get a good spot to watch tonight because my party at the palace. a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. travel disruption continues. airlines cancel more flights today and rail passengers are being warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is under way, with members of the royal family attending celebrations across the uk. the duke and duchess of cambridge are at cardiff castle with their two older children prince george and princess charlotte. the day will end with an open air concert at buckingham palace where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. lets head there now and to the bbc s jane hill. warm welcome back to the mall. thousands and thousands, a very large number of people ha
sunshine. and that will lift the temperatures, 17 in cardiff. temperatures still below par for the time of year. into wednesday, yes, still some showers in the forecast. again some heavy thundery ones. but these western areas seeing more dry weather and more sunshine and temperatures nudging up a little. that is a sign of things to come. as we led into the long weekend, we have this area of high pressure that means plenty of dry weather. but one little feature pushing in from the north could introduce some showers and this low to the south again brings the threat of one or two be showers. particularly in southern parts as we head through into sunday. but to sum up it will be often be dry through the weekend. spells of sunshine, but the chance of showers and a bit of uncertainty how many there will be. that s all from the bbc news at six. so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. in
to come and staff shortages. it is half term and lots of people trying to get away and having a tough time. whose fault is it. whose fault is it. usually disappointing. whose fault is it. usually disappointing. have - whose fault is it. usually| disappointing. have them whose fault is it. usually - disappointing. have them going anywhere, half term in thejubilee, and it looks it is a bit of a blame game going on and staff shortages, within a plan for, was not accounted for in clear that it s for the most extended bank holiday weekend and some blame directed towards them for the government and working with the alliance and try to prevent this, there also the telegraph reporting that the makers for turning up too early to airports and therefore, causing delays in causing this chaos. none of which is particularly helpful to the people were not experiencing this but it is a great shame that this was not, in many ways foreseen because clearly people would want to try and take a