And surfing fesitval in cornwall this weekend have been told its off because of Severe Weather warnings. High winds and heavy rain are expected on friday and saturday. The organisers say the event in newquay has been cancelled after discussions with the police over safety and tickets will be refunded. Fiona lamdin reports. Dismantling the party that never had the chance to get going. A years worth of planning for this Music Festival unravelled within hours, all brought to a sudden halt by strong winds forecast for this weekend. We couldnt guarantee the safety of our customers given the impending Severe Weather hitting us on friday and saturday. We have forecast winds of perhaps 94 km h, and took the very difficult decision, but the only one we could make, to ensure that we put the safety of our guests first. And while today the stages stayed silent, crowds instead gathered at the train station. We had an 11 hour coach journey. It was going down the coach, wasnt it . Everyone was sudden
Literary planes and helicopters have been dumping water on the fires. Military. Now on bbc news click. This week, we get our teeth into future food meat free burgers bursting with flavour . And some rotten food for thought. Theme msuic. I love food. Who doesnt . And like Everything Else in our lives, food has become globalised. We have access to a multitude of cuisines. Out of season, a thing of the past. But the true cost of this indulgence is becoming apparent with a spiralling Public Health crisis and environmental destruction. I have been to a facility in north london where our discarded food ends up. In this country, Household Waste makes up for at least 70 of whats thrown away. Currently only half the uks food waste is being processed. If it all came to a place like this it could power 350,000 households. This place receives about 30 lorries a day. Full of waste, mostly coming from homes. This whole operation is powered by the waste that comes in here. And, surprisingly, there is
Already been cancelled. The first ashes test is finely poised, australia have a lead of 3a going into day 4 but are three wickets down. Talisman steve smith remains at the crease. After a brighter day, it looks like the clouds will be closing in again. More details coming up. Its sunday 4 august. Our top story at least 20 people have been killed in the latest mass shooting in the united states. The massacre happened in a mall in the city of el paso, where many families were out shopping. A 21 year old white man has been arrested and police are looking into whether he deliberately targeted the hispanic community. Our north america correspondent Chris Buckler reports. Families were out shopping on a saturday morning when they were advised to run. The mall in el paso, armed officers moved in, responding to another report of an active shooter in america. The gunman walked into the packed walmart supermarket, firing indiscriminately. The estimates of numbers of shoppers in walmart was betwe
To refill his kerosene a french inventor has successfully crossed the English Channel this morning on a jet powered hoverboard. Franky zapata took off from sangatte near calais, stopped half way on a boat to refill his kerosene backpack and completed the crossing in 20 minutes. It was franky zapatas second attempt to cross the 20 mile stretch of water. He tried it last month but fell into the sea when he failed to land on a refuelling platform. Now its time for a look at the weather. Hello. There will be spells of warm sunshine for many parts of the uk today but that sunshine is going to act as energy, particularly through the afternoon, injected into the atmosphere in combination with the weather front moving across the uk. There is the potential for heavy, thundery showers to develop across the north midlands, into Northern England and scotland in the second half of the day and into the evening. On the site, generally drier and brighter. Cloud lifting in the south west, turning the s
Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. Two Mass Shootings in the United States the first at a Walmart Shopping Centre in texas in which 20 people died the gunman is in custody. We are treating it as a domestic terrorism case and were going to do what we do to terrorists in this country, which is to deliver swift and certainjustice. Hours later, america saw a second deadly gun attack this time nine People Killed in ohio. These are two incredible places. We love the people. Hate has no place in our country. A six year old boy is airlifted to hospital with critical injuries, after being thrown from a viewing platform at the tate modern art gallery in central london. A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Efforts to shore up a damaged dam in derbyshire continue as police urge those who remain in homes within the evacuation zone to leave immediately. Those people who remain in that zone are putting