to most people fleeing war and persecution, and urged the british government to pursue what it called more humane solutions. archaeologists say they ve discovered a roman shrine buried beneath a former graveyard next to leicester cathedral. a team has spent the last year digging at the site ahead of building a new visitors centre, to support the influx of tourists since the remains of richard iii were found a decade ago. the recent dig took place less than 50 metres from where the king s remains were discovered. phil mackie has been given special access to the site. deep beneath leicester city centre, they ve been uncovering 2,000 years of history. so we ve been excavating here for about nine months now. matthew morris is excited. and he s the man who unearthed the remains of richard iii, in a car park barely 50 metres away 10 years ago. in this corner, eight metres underground and right next door to leicester cathedral, they ve made an important discovery. these are our sort
days. we are forecasting a0 celsius in paris on saturday, that s very early in the season. it won t be in it won t be as hot in the uk is paris. it s a brief spell of weather because there is a cold front sinking southwards introducing fresh conditions for all over the weekend but also for some, heavy, thundery downpours. in summary, here s the headline. hot and downpours. in summary, here s the headline. hotand humid downpours. in summary, here s the headline. hot and humid across the south with temperatures peaking tomorrow. further north it s cool and cloudy. there will be outbreaks of rain and also sunshine at times. let s take a look at the rest of this afternoon. 0utbreaks let s take a look at the rest of this afternoon. outbreaks of light patchy drizzle for western areas of scotland. perhaps brightness for the east got in. the lion s share of sunshine and england and wales, temperatures into the 20s. there are high pollen levels, hay fever sufferers beware. this eve
To the cathedral being built on top of it. they knew the area had been a graveyard for centuries, but they didn t know exactly how long. well, they ve found over 1,000 sets of human remains. there are three more buried here. these were around 1,000 years old. so from around the 11th century. and at the end of the dig, these human remains will be taken away and ultimately reburied by the cathedral. these two children were buried much earlier than that. they re probably from the early anglo saxon period, maybe eighth century. that gives the archaeologists more evidence of what happened after the romans left leicester. this 3 d image shows the excavation at the end of the dig, but now the work s complete, it s all being filled back in again. phil mackie, bbc news, leicester. now on bbc news: the travel show. this week on the show keeping it caribbean: 75 years on, we celebrate
And what do you think it tells us about how we were living back in that time? so i don t like the term dark ages, which is quite often associated with the anglo saxon period, and it is finds like this and the quality and craftsmanship that really highlights the fact that they weren t the dark ages. people lived in clearly quite some style. for some, even important archaeological discoveries do not justify the construction of h52. but others see it as an opportunity to understand and explore periods of our hidden history. jo black, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s elizabeth rizzini. we saw a little bit earlier on how hot it isn t getting even hotter? certainly is, we are talking about the exceptional heat in europe and the exceptional heat in europe and the heat and humidity moving northwards over the next couple of