Reflect on the most significant meteorological events of 2019 in weather world. This time on weather world were in cambridge, where right here during 2019s record setting european heatwave the temperature was the highest the uks ever recorded. At the uks hottest weather station ill discover how you go about accurately recording temperature, and ill be finding out whats behind another year of record heatwaves. The science is overwhelmingly clear that the cause of this Climate Change is our activities as humans putting more and more Carbon Dioxide and other Greenhouse Gases into the atmosphere. And im at Cambridge University, where a new look at pioneering Data Collected in the 19705 is revealing the real impact Climate Change is having on our melting ice sheet today. Also on weather world, 2019s biggest storms, from devastation in the bahamas hit by its most powerful hurricane, to the fire ravaging parts of our world. And climates in crisis as a swedish teenager becomes the face of publ
At Club La Costa world near fuengirola. Reports suggest that a 9 Year Old Girl got into difficulties in the water and her father and brother tried to rescue her. A powerful typhoon has caused major disruption in parts of the central philippines. 16 people are thought to have died and 25,000 have been stranded since the storm hit the islands yesterday. Winds of more than 120 miles an hour battered towns and villages. The Authorities Say theyve yet to assess the full scale of the damage. Thousands of people in australia have been forced from their homes for the holidays as the country battles some of its worst bushfires in years. Since september, almost 3,000 firefighters have been out every day in New South Wales tackling fires, some of which are the size of small european countries. The royal navy skipped yesterdays festive celebrations to monitor a russian ship as it made its way through the english channel. The hms tyne was sent at short notice from portsmouth to monitor the vessel o
The duke of edinburgh has returned to sandringham in time for christmas after spending four nights in hospital. Prince philip walked out of the king edward vii hospital in Central London, and got into a car before being driven away. He travelled to the hospital on friday as a precautionary measure. Buckingham palace say his four night stay was for observation and treatment. A statement from Buckingham Palace said the duke of edinburgh has today left hospital after being discharged by his doctor and is now back at sandringham. It went on to say his Royal Highness would like to thank everyone who sent their good wishes. In a moment we will be speaking to our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, who is at sandringham. But first, lets go tojohn mcmanus who is in Central London, outside the hospital where Prince Philip was receiving treatment. We still dont know why he was in hospital but people will be relieved to see him walking out himself. Unsurprisingly, the king edward vii hospital beh
What do we want . Answers it is a travesty, it has devastated our lives because of Thomas Cook Airlines uk. The captain turned around to me and said it was gone. I went into the flight deck and cried. It has not been possible to save one of the most loved brands in travel. After 178 years it was all over. As i got to the airport, i started to cry because i thought, im coming here in a uniform and ive got nowhere to go. You cant just leave brits stranded abroad. I want to go home bankruptcy, bitterness and rage. I think it has been a National Scandal to let a company of that size and heritage just fall like that. They took millions of british tourists abroad every year. The biggest brand offering winter or summer sunshine. Thomas cook was the uks oldest travel business, also the best known travel brand on the high street as well. It had a huge amount of love and respect from customers and employees. It changed how people travel. Two weeks in greece, late july. Lets see they created a ne
Alltime high, President Trump signed an interim trade deal ahead of that the agreement averts new tariffs on chinese goods that were due to kick in this weekend. It is 4 00 a. M. In the u. K. I am Tracy Alloway in hong kong. You are watching the pound this morning. As soon as we got the exit poll, that was six hours ago, suggested we would see a big majority for Boris Johnson. Everything we have seen seems to confirm we all we will see a big majority for Boris Johnson. The pound goes higher, up by 2. 4 . The euro falls against the pound. We have not just been covering the brexit ramifications. There is also the trade narrative, progress between the u. S. And china. That is having an impact on agricultural products. There are two walls crumbling friday. One is the redwall and the other is the proverbial wall of worries for investors. Look at the price of soybean futures, those are surging off the back of speculation that lots of add products will be bought by ag products will be bought