in july, not the record breaking heat we saw injuly, more a sustained period of very hot and dry weather. that will be uncomfortable for most and of course dangerous for some. always more refreshing towards coastal areas with a sea breeze. on the south coast we recorded 29 celsius earlier on today. those temperatures not as high as we will see later in the week, but still 32 degrees out towards western areas. 26, 20 7 degrees for eastern scotland and northern ireland. always cooler and cloudier with weather fronts towards the north west of scotland through the north west of scotland through the western isles. a warmer night tonight, temperatures down to the mid teens. missed and low cloud for northern ireland perhaps through the thames valley as well. some of that cloud could continue on and off in patches through the day tomorrow, but for most, blue sky and strong sunshine. temperatures reaching 34, 30 five celsius maybe for parts of the midlands on thursday. it will always
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the word help was scratched in the ground. we found two shovels that had what appeared to be blood on them. that just did it for me. i can t even think about how scared she was. a mother s worst panic. there are no signs to get there. just follow the rough, sandy trail from the subdivisions above, turn a corner and there it is, a creek, a low-twisting moving body of water in north carolina, that s nothing less than a garden of eden for teenagers playing hooky from high school. it was like a beach. if the weather was good, her decision was made, go right to the creek and bypass school all together. tell me about an afternoon at the creek, caroline, what would you do? just go swimming. after we were done swimming we would sit by the fire and get dry, and hurry up and go back to the bus and take it home. they would play all day like frisky otters. innocent fun until one day when this secret teenaged world collided with tragedy. i just knew in my heart s
about 15 minutes so felly short presentations and that s gonna leave us plenty of time for questions and discussion at the end and you can type your questions into the q&a box at any time throughout the evening and we will respond to those later after all. he talks have taken place. so we re looking forward to hearing your questions and feedback very much. that s part of the excitement for us going into this evening. our first speaker tonight is going to be dr. caroline wood newhall, and she s very well known around here because she works as the postdoctoral fellow at the virginia center for civil war studies here at virginia tech before that. she earned her phd at unc chapel hill. she s working on a book about black pow w experiences in the confederacy. and by the way, she gave a terrific talk on that topic last fall soon after she arrived in blacksburg, which is now available at the youtube channel for the virginia center for civil war studies. you should be able to find th