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you very much for talking to us. thank— the time. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. - the time. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. and - the time. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. and if i the time. thank you very much for| talking to us. thank you. and if you are in the uk, you can watch the interview tonight at 10:30pm on bbc two. here in the uk, the lake district is well known for being home to rare creatures like otters and ospreys. water voles should also be on that list, but their population has been decimated in the last 50 years. now a major new conservation project is putting water voles back where they belong. our science and environment correspondent victoria gill went to find out more. being prepared for a new home. more than 200 water voles transported here all the way from devon are being checked, ready for release in this cumbrian valley. it's part of a two year mission to bring the endangered mammals back to the lake district. oh, it's really exciting. when you work in conservation, you want to see things that should be in the landscape. and sometimes things come naturally and sometimes you have to give them a bit of a helping hand. so all of the work that the team's been doing on site for the last few years to make sure that the site is suitable for water voles, for it to eventually end up with the release of water voles is just a fabulous thing to see. water voles used to be widespread in the rivers, streams and lakes of cumbria, but there are nowjust a few isolated populations left here. all of these animals have been bred in captivity and most of them will be introduced to their new habitats in these special soft release pens. just very carefully carrying the water voles down onto the site. it's been prepared for about two years, this area, but it's been kept a secret, the exact location to protect these mammals. a key way this habitat has been prepared for today is by controlling the population of non—native american mink, predators that decimated the water vole population. volunteers will check on the pens daily until the doors are opened in about three days' time. for a few of the more mature voles, though, it's straight into the water. and while some are enthusiastic to swim, others seem keen to hide in the undergrowth. it's really exciting. they're an important component of the landscape. their effects on vegetation, by the way they burrow and how they make little lawns and grays, but they also provide a really good food source for native predators, the kind of animals that should be preying on water voles and eating them. so there is one in here. it's just good to see them back where they should be, returning them back to the place where they should be in the first place. in total, for this project, 350 animals will be released in two locations in cumbria, bringing a missing species back to the landscape where it belongs. victoria gill, bbc news. some really lovely memories being shared and tributes being paid to sir michael parkinson who has died at the age of 88. if you go to the bbc website you can see them all they are. we have collated them from around the world. eltonjohn said he was an icon who brought out the very best. sir david attenborough said he always wanted the interviewee to shame. there is a collection of posts from his best interviews, as well as the most clicked on things people are looking and the bbc news website. thank you. although it is staying warm over the next few days, it will turn humid and we will see thundery downpours coming in off the atlantic. warm and humid over the next few days. an increasing threat of downpours thanks to this area of low pressure. that is bringing us a fresh and south—easterly wind. the humidity will increase over the next few days. through this afternoon, variable cloud. some sunshine and the risk of one or two showers in northern england and scotland. temperatures reaching 2a to 25 celsius. sunny spells. as we head into this evening, the first of some weather fronts pushing into this evening, the first of some weatherfronts pushing in to into this evening, the first of some weather fronts pushing in to the south and west of the uk. the wind is starting to increase as well. thunderstorms mixed into this band of rain in the south. warm in the south. pressure in the north. still in double figures across the board. for friday, this band of rain will be spreading northwards and eastwards. a strong gusty winds around the irish sea, particularly in north—west wales. gusts up to 60 mph. because there is more cloud around, showers and temperatures will reach 23 celsius. through friday night, an active band of rain pushing northwards. again some thundery rain which will tend to clear away, and then it is a bright day, with sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be across western areas, quite blustery in the north and west. temperatures coming down here, and very slowly, the humidity will drop across the south—east. we could have up to 25 or 26 degrees again. sunday, a similar story. a blustery day in the north and west, with sunshine and showers. most of the showers in the north and west, dry across central, southern and eastern areas. those temperatures close to the mid 20s. less humidity, i think, for all areas by this point. as we head into next week it could turn very warm for a time across south—east england. as we head into next week it could turn very warm for a time across south—east england. further north and west we hold onto that theme of sunshine and showers. live from london, this is bbc news. tributes are paid to the tv chat show legend sir michael parkinson, who has died aged 88. more than 60 migrants are presumed dead after their boat is found drifting off cape verde, in west africa. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman is invited to the uk, according to a government source. the wait is over for hundreds of thousands 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"there will never be a chat show host like him." just one of the many tributes which have come in for sir michael parkinson, the talk show host and journalist, who died today at the age of 88. the interviewer was one of a kind — attracting some of the world's biggest names onto his shows throughout his career. overfour decades, he interviewed around 2,000 guests. including boxer muhammad ali — pictured here sparring with the host on his second visit in1971i. other guests included some of the world's greatest actors — such asjudi dench — tom hanks — musicians such as david bowie and paul mccartney.