of warwick in coventry, there s a look on their face. oh, yeah. remember, guys, it s only 30 words. longford primary is hoping for more success in the finals this year, but ultimately it s all about giving children more opportunities. kevin reide, bbc news, coventry. now it s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. changes in our weather are going to be taking place very slowly over the next few days. certainly for the rest of today we keep clear skies overhead. that has allowed for a lot of sunshine. still some snow lying on the ground in places. still some icy conditions, but largely sunny skies overhead. just a few showers grazing these eastern coasts and a bit more cloud pushing into the far south west of england. temperatures between four and eight degrees, but they will drop away very quickly into the evening. it is going to be another cold and frosty night. however, across northern ireland and the western side of scotland, this is where changes begin to tak
like this, and on a clear night, when the streetlights start to glow, the sky glows and that obscures the faintest stars. and as that glow gets brighter every year, we lose more and more of those stars from our view. light pollution doesn tjust obscure the night sky. it s been shown to affect the behaviour of nocturnal animals and to disrupt our sleep and affect our health. and unlike so many complicated environmental problems, this one could be fixed by simply turning down the lights. victoria gill, bbc news. if you ve ever watched the channel 4 comedy show taskmaster, you ll know it involves contestants undertaking bizarre challenges the sillier, the better. now those challenges are being put to a more serious use in primary school classrooms. kevin reide s been to find out more. it s little alex horne! taskmaster has been a huge success on channel 4, with celebrities set often quirky challenges by hosts
have really taken to this today. and theirfinal task is to draw what they imagine represents the law. i m drawing a person breaking into my house. last year, longford won a pilot created by warwick, but in future there could be 25 universities involved. fun fact about me, i m the first person in my family to go to university. it s so successful, they re now bringing in students to help it expand. it s to get the students to get interested from quite a young age and quite inquisitive about being in sort of a competitive environment and, you know, like aspiring high, basically. i think with the socioeconomic, like stereotypes of coventry put a lot of people off. so when i tell people i go to the university of warwick in coventry, there s a look on their face. oh, yeah. remember, guys, it s only 30 words. longford primary is hoping for more success in the finals this year, but ultimately it s all about giving children more opportunities. kevin reide, bbc news, coventry.
but it s quite difficult to budget, really. i m worried about cost of fuel, my car, gas, electric. food prices have shot up. it is two years of turnover boosted by staycations which is enabling this place to weather the cost of living crisis. now, that s important because this attraction is a major employer in the area. 600 staff rely on the place for their wages. unlike the animals here, they re not oblivious to the rising prices. colin campbell, bbc south east today, port lympne. a school has decided to adopt the use of virtual reality headsets in its lessons, after seeing a rise in pupil attainment when they were first introduced during the pandemic. race leyes junior school in warwickshire says it gives the children almost life like experiences in places they may never go. our reporter kevin reide visited the school earlier this month. they gasp.
area as well. the school is part of the griffin trust which runs schools in areas where there s social deprivation and not so many opportunities. they aim to reverse that. kevin reide, bbc midlands today, warwickshire. a full skeleton cast of what could be the largest animal ever to walk on land, is coming to the uk in the new year. the dinosaur known as patagotitan, will go on display at the natural history museum in london. measuring 115 feet from nose to tail, it could have weighed up to 60 or 70 tonnes, more than five double decker buses. it s just absolutely enormous.