piano grade possible. more from us the top of the hour. 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 neve
now, it s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. today is a bank holiday everywhere, except for in scotland, and it could turn out to be one of the coolest, if not the coolest late august bank holiday on record. what we have at the moment is cloud building. we started with some sunshine, but, through the day, the cloud will continue to build. it will flatten out. so where we ve had sunshine to start with, you will have a bit more cloud in the afternoon. having said that, there still will be some brightness. temperatures 13 to 18 degrees. below par for the time of year. you can see here a weatherfront, which is meandering in from the atlantic. it will eventually bring some rain across parts of western scotland and northern ireland overnight. these are the overnight lows only 6 degrees in newcastle overnight, but 10 in cardiff. tomorrow, we start off with variable amounts of cloud, some sunny skies. the weather front continuing to push east, taking
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
the government in the last few moments confirming in the light of covid rates rising quickly across the capital they have reviewed the closure of schools and decided that schools will remain closed primary schools will remain closed primary schools will remain closed primary schools will remain closed from monday the 4th of january. london schools will be required to provide remote learning to all children. vulnerable and critical worker children will continue to attend school. earlier will remain open in london as will provision in special schools. children s education well being remains a national priority. as infection rates rise gci’oss priority. as infection rates rise across the country but generally now we must make this move to protect oui’ we must make this move to protect our country and the nhs. we will have much more of course throughout the evening. now on bbc news a chance to watch again the untold story of 13 year old hazel hill and her crucial role in th
now on bbc news. one of the highlights of 2020 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: