A children’s author from Stroud has launched a new book inspired by the area and is offering 10 free copies to local primary schools. The Guinea Pig Gardeners, written by Caroline Pankhurst, introduces children to the joys of gardening, the environmental needs of our time, and to looking after nature. Caroline, who attended Callowell Primary School and Stroud Girls’ High School, created the book with Stroud’s wildlife in mind and hopes it will aid children in discovering nature during lockdown. “I was inspired by my friends’ guinea pigs and all the squirrels I see doing acrobatics on bird feeders, as well as all the other wonders of nature around us here in Stroud,” said Caroline, who now lives in London but is spending lockdown back in her hometown.
conditioners will be on the brink. i know. generally a bright sunny day. most of this week, we ll have high temperatures in the 90s. 75 at reagan national. gurvir mentioned it s warm start. humidity is up a little bit too. 7 #%. preshurs way on up. high pressure is anchored right across the washington area and it is not going to move all week. we ll be in for fine weather and by fine, i mean bright sunshine. it will be hot around here but no showers, no thunderstorms. to be honest with you, nothing more than a few clouds in the forecast for the next couple of days. so definitely plan accordingly here as these temperatures will be flirting with records over the next couple of days. 96, it can be dangerous heat. lots of sunshine, hot temperatures this afternoon. 96, we ll start to cool off a little bit tonight. more details on the forecast. we mentioned code orange air quality which is a moderate air quality in the region later this afternoon. thank you so much. we ll c
of sunshine. the humidity won t be quite as bad as what we dealt with for most of july and all of august as well. code orange air quality. not a bad start. 74 in town. that is not comfortable but 64 in frederick. 66 at dulles. winchester, a temperature of 71 degrees. ocean city, 71 degrees. temperatures will jump very quickly in the morning sunshine and you can see with our satellite picture with a lot of clear skies out there, there will be plenty of morning sunshine. just a few fair weather clouds during the course of the afternoon and lots of hot weather. that area of high pressure is anchored right across the mid- atlantic. a big h overhead and you get the idea of what it will be like today. high temperatures in the middle 90s. code orange air quality. more details on the forecast in just a couple of minutes. thank you. there is a warning from police in georgetown that comes after a young woman was assaulted inside her own home yesterday morning. she woke to a man ass
august 29, 2010: it has been a cloudy, rainy day here, but no match at all for what this city saw on august 29 five years ago when hurricane katrina rolled in with a vengeance. in the next 30 minutes, we ll take a look at new orleans past, present and future. but first, the news of the day. president obama ended his vacation this sunday and came here to new orleans to pay his respects and make some promises. here is senior white house correspondent bill plante. reporter: fresh from their vacation on martha s vineyard, the obama family s first stop was for lunch. i m going to try this alligator sausage. reporter: like most of the city, this popular restaurant was underwater after katrina roared through. at historically black xavier rebound story, mr. obama hailed the city s renaissance but admitted new orleans still has a long way to go. there s still too many people unable to find work, and there s still too many new orleanian folks who haven t been able to come home
challenge. and we kick off a special week ahead. we re devoting the power of this network to explore what s right and what s wrong with america s school system. a special investigation on the federal program meant to help students. billions of your tax dollars are paying for it. hello. i m don lemon reporting from the lower ninth ward of new orleans. we re here to chronicle a comeback of a neighborhood, a city and the entire gulf region. it was five years ago tonight that hurricane katrina slammed into new orleans and blasted the coast with devastating results. this is an aerial photo of the area i m standing right now. this is how it looked five years ago when the levees broke and a barge floated right into this neighborhood from the industrial canal. this is what it looks like right now. starting from the bridge over that industrial canal into the lower ninth ward. a neighborhood decimated by wind and water. these modern energy efficient homes are going up throughout the ar