european champions but you would expect the world champion to be from somewhere like hawaii, california or australia. no, he is from here, the north cornwall coast. if you are familiar with this part of the world you will know it is a surfing mecca, a centre for the industry here. now it is starting to produce some champions because skinner will be with us later in the programme with his dad, who is a bit of a chip of the old block. we will do that after you see the news travel and weather in your region. a very good morning from bbc london. i m thomas magill. the mother of stephen lawrence, the teenager killed in a racist attack in south london 30 years ago, says the met still needs to improve. baroness doreen lawrence has been paying tribute to her son ahead of the anniversary of his death this weekend. it comes only weeks after the casey
been cleaned and cut up that turned into plastic granules one of the companies that uses them is the surfboard make us stop a lot in bangkok thailand. then we try to see where we can place to meet great places the civil places in our products from force 15 wherever a people can see them and understand that actually recycling is i can index training. the indonesian island of bali is a surfing mecca that s also battling a tide of plastic waste choking its rivers and beaches the owner of a surfing school on the islands now only uses eco friendly boards. it s pushing others to do the same. we need to educate the riders the surfers and we also need to educate the companies themselves that they can create sustainable programs and be responsible for the products they are using in this or avoids recycling
indeed. this beach is technically closed. the sign no swimming, water hazard. a lot of concern about rip currents but you can see out there perhaps the number of guys out on boards already surfing. this is a surfing mecca in this part of the country. they have been out there for the past hour and there are more guys coming trying to get out here before the rain starts. that s a concern that it s going to start raining at some point. the clouds are building and getting darker over in that direction and the forecasts are calling for more rain and we have already had two intense nights of rain and thunderstorms the past couple of nights that has drenched this area and flooded some of the subways in some areas and there are still flash flood warnings in effect until noon today in much of this region. a lot of concern about the water. a lot of barbecues and things washed out. they had a concerned planned here for yesterday and that got postponed later into the summer. the beach is empty.
you may be familiar with it, a surfing mecca in the wintertime. places like the banzai pipeline and sunset beach and the president close by all that at the childhood home from his friend here in hawaii. we re told they re playing volleyball on the beach. i have to tell you, the way it sounds, i have been up to that north shore, it was probably a nice time for the first family. the president tonight all we can discern of his plans, the spokesman says he will stay inside his home on this island s eastern side. meantime here in wikyky they ll do a fireworks display for all the tourists here and not to mention the assembled white house staff and press, norah. especially big, i m sure, for you guys there. mike viqueira, good to talk to you. thanks so much for joining us. you, too. homeland security chief janet napolitano is in afghanistan where she ll spend new year s eve with the troops.