a scottish airline pilot who contracted covid 19 in vietnam and was given just a 10% chance of survival is now on his way home. now on bbc news, this week marked the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of britain, when the raf defended the country as nazi germany launched wave after wave of bombing raids over britain. the raf‘s young pilots held them off with their new fighter planes the spitfires and hurricanes. the aircraft became iconic, a symbol of britain s resilience under attack. but what has never been revealed before is the role that a school girl from london played in their success, as sophie raworth has been finding out in the schoolgirl who helped win a war. it s a wonderful aircraft, absolutely wonderful. it fitted you like a glove, you see, that s what i liked about it. without victory in the battle of britain, i think it s almost certain that we would have been invaded by germany. it was a darn close run thing. it is the most famous plane from w
because obviously, people can t go off site to fetch that and we re making sure that we are looking after the welfare of people. to mask or not to mask? senior uk minister michael gove says face coverings shouldn t be mandatory in england, but worn out of consideration for others. on the whole, my view is that it s always better to trust people s sommon sense, to give them a clear sense of what is wise and i think that individuals and businesses are responding well to that lead. the uk government announces a £700 million plan for improvements to british border controls at the end of the brexit transition period. three generations of bollywood s bachchan family test positive for coronavirus. now on bbc news, this week marked the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of britain, when the raf defended the country as nazi germany launched wave after wave of bombing raids over britain. the raf‘s young pilots held them off with their new fighter planes, the spitfires and h
it s 1:30am, you re up to date. now on bbc news, the school girl who helped to win a war. it s a wonderful aircraft, absolutely wonderful. it fitted you like a glove, you see, that s what i liked about it. without victory in the battle of britain, i think it s almost certain that we would have been invaded by germany. it was a darn close run thing. it is the most famous plane from world war ii. it played a crucial role in the battle of britain. but what we didn t know until now was the role that a 13 year old girl played in its design. hazel‘s role, like so many others, has hitherto been untold. i think we can look back and be extremely grateful for the contribution she made. churchill: we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. we shall never surrender. newsreel: way up in the sky, there are messerschmitts, junkers, heinkels and dorniers that are going to get the thrashing of their lives. in
now on bbc news, the untold story of 13 year old hazel hill and her crucial role in the design of the famous spitfire and hurricane fighter planes in the run up to the battle of britain. it s a wonderful aircraft, absolutely wonderful. it fitted you like a glove, you see, that s what i liked about it. without victory in the battle of britain, i think it s almost certain that we would have been invaded by germany. it was a darn close run thing. it is the most famous plane from world war ii. it played a crucial role in the battle of britain. but what we didn t know until now was the role that a 13 year old girl played in its design. hazel‘s role, like so many others, has hitherto been untold. i think we can look back and be extremely grateful for the contribution she made. churchill: we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. we shall never surrender. newsreel: way up in the sky, there are mess
to extend the scheme but said it is helping the sector in other ways too. this london cafe is one of a large number carrying on their own half offer in september. it still needs a boost following a terriblejuly. now we are telling everybody that we continue, so you can see people are extremely happy and i think it will help us a lot for the trade. and as well we are going to have a lot of people who are back to work in the offices. with the furlough scheme coming to an end in october, businesses like these hope people s interests in eating out will still be on the menu come the autumn. katy austin, bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather, with nick miller. hello. if it is a bank holiday where you are, you will no doubt have noticed it s not a particularly warm one out there, but it is dry across the uk. variable cloud, a few bright or sunny spells coming through. just a light breeze, and temperatures for the most part just around 15 to 17 degrees. a few spots in sou