so it could be solvent drying, air drying, orfreeze drying. we ll have to test and see how the horn responds. it is quite an unusual material to survive in a marine environment, due to the sea water which can be alkaline, which horn doesn t respond to very well. this might be a small pot of wax but it is hugely significant, probably used as a seal on the letters of the future king. to have such a large esteemed, shipwreck to work on, it has been fantastic. i do feel privileged and honoured to work on this. i started my career working on the mary rose many years ago, working on the splendid finds from there, and these are comparable, if not better, actually, so it is an interesting dayjob. these items are being identified, stabilised and catalogued, the past slowly uncovered to protect and exhibit for the future. debbie tubby, bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello, exceptional heat to come for the uk in the days ahead, the potential for tem
tv debate this evening. a cargo plane carrying weapons has crashed in northern greece killing all eight people on board. translation: there were flames, we were scared, a lot of cars came| but they could not approach because there were continuous explosions. hello and good evening. an amber warning for extreme heat is now in force across most of england and parts of wales, as the uk braces for record temperatures in the coming days. the alert will extend to southern scotland from tomorrow, when the first red extreme heat warning issued by the met office will take effect in england, from london to manchester and york. a national emergency has been declared, with temperatures predicted to reach up to 41 degrees celsius. our correspondent jon donnison reports. an amber heat warning for much of the country, so what better to do than limber up for a half marathon? runners in london s richmond park undeterred, with hydration the order of the day. stayed cool yesterday by drin
so it could be solvent drying, air drying, orfreeze drying. we ll have to test and see how the horn responds. it is quite an unusual material to survive in a marine environment, due to the sea water which can be alkaline, which horn doesn t respond to very well. this might be a small pot of wax but it is hugely significant, probably used as a seal on the letters of the future king. to have such a large esteemed, shipwreck to work on, it has been fantastic. i do feel privileged and honoured to work on this. i started my career working on the mary rose many years ago, working on the splendid finds from there, and these are comparable, if not better, actually, so it is an interesting dayjob. these items are being identified, stabilised and catalogued, the past slowly uncovered to protect and exhibit for the future. debbie tubby, bbc news.
combs that we found. as you can see, it is quite a large comb but we think it may be used for wigs or even possibly horses, we are not honestly sure. also we had a quite small comb that was found, which is in lovely condition, actually. i willjust get it out. it is a double sided nit comb. we have gone through iron stain removal with a very specific type of acid. once that s done, we re going to test different methods of drying the combs out, so it could be solvent drying, air drying, orfreeze drying. we ll have to test and see how the horn responds. it is quite an unusual material to survive in a marine environment, due to the sea water which can be alkaline, which horn doesn t respond to very well. this might be a small pot of wax but it is hugely significant, probably used as a seal on the letters of the future king. to have such a large esteemed, shipwreck to work on, it has been fantastic.