receiver so he can get coverage outside, too. immediately improving farm safety. if there is an accident, it s extra minutes, isn t it, to try and get emergency services here. we would have to run down home or take a vehicle down home and ring from the house. and you know, time is lives, isn t it? i can t enjoy what other people enjoy and take for granted. sam is 22. he hopes better connectivity will see people stay and live here. it probably would influence, maybe not young people, but families, to move back. and that would have a knock on effect and make their children hopefully stay in the dale and start their own business, or want to work from home like i want to do. after the imminent 5g switch on, mobile phone coverage is planned to follow bringing this ancient dale into the 21st century. danny savage, bbc news, coverdale. the prime minister has said
will see people stay and live here. it probably would influence, maybe not young people, but families, to move back. and that would have a knock on effect and make their children hopefully stay in the dale and start their own business, or want to work from home like i want to do. after the imminent 5g switch on, mobile phone coverage is planned to follow bringing this ancient dale into the 21st century. danny savage, bbc news, coverdale. the artist willard wigan is best known for creating tiny works of art, often displayed in the eye of a needle or on the head of a pin. they are so minute that they can only been seen through a miscroscope. during a motivational talk for school children, willard described his autism as a blessing and said it had inspired his success. joanne writtle was watching. you know, there s a saying, the best things come in small packages. little things mean a lot. willard wigan has become world famous for his minuscule works of art which can sit in the head of a
retired folk. alison s 88 year old mother has been with us for two days. but the house immediately below us, a lady is recovering from a stroke and she has not been able to be moved because she has one of these electric aids to be moving her in the bed and only today, one of our neighbours who acts as an un take care of, for want of a better word managed to get the extension lead from our house down to their to allow various things, including heating to go in. it has not been great. i including heating to go in. it has not been great. not been great. i am sure she is really grateful, not been great. i am sure she is really grateful, as not been great. i am sure she is really grateful, as people - not been great. i am sure she is really grateful, as people often | not been great. i am sure she is i really grateful, as people often are at times like this for the good offices of the neighbours. things are obviously calming down and you are obviously calming down and you are grateful
were still rescuing. we ve just come from a place where they are tidying up and trying to get back to normal but 30 kilometres north, here, it s still a recovery operation. rescue workers there in fluorescent life jackets. and if ijust swivel you around to the right, well, this is a road that s turned into a river, a lake, call it what you like. 100 metres down there, the water is at knee level. even further it s at chest level. so the rain has stopped for now but this is still a crisis. from above, the huge scale of what happened here becomes clearer. the electricity supply and mobile phone coverage is not fully restored, but the worst of the rain seems to have passed for now which leaves time for other things. fishing. . . in an underpass? robin brant, bbc news, zhengzhou in eastern china. china has rejected a plan by the world health organization for a second phase of an investigation into the origins of covid 19. a senior chinese health official said the proposal
still a crisis. from above, the huge scale of what happened here becomes clearer. the electricity supply and mobile phone coverage is not fully restored but the worst of the rain seems to have passed for now, which leaves time for other things. fishing in an underpass? robin brant, bbc news, zhengzhou in eastern china. staying in china. china has rejected a plan by the world health organization for a second phase of an investigation into the origins of covid 19. a senior chinese health official said the proposal, to consider whether the virus could have escaped from a chinese lab, did not respect science and disregarded common sense. the white house press secretary, jen psaki, was asked about this in the last few hours and gave this response. we are deeply disappointed. their position is irresponsible and frankly dangerous. alongside other member states around the world, we continue