Witness. Hello, welcome to witness. I am here at the British Library to guide you through another five extraordinary moments from the recent passed. We will meet the man who discovered whales on and the daughter of one of the most prolific land and sea record breakers of the 20th century, and the chemist who went to live in the city built the sciences. But first, in january 1958, the city built the sciences. But first, injanuaryi958, Godtfred Kirk christiansen patented the lego brick which took the world by storm. Lego was special at the bricks were designed in such a way that they could be stacked linked with each other in countless combinations. Godtfred kirk christiansens then ten year old son regularly helped his father to test out the new toys in the family workshop. The village carpenter invented them after turning his hand to toy when they was not enough work for him. It developed into a huge danish export. My grandfather was a very happy person. He made a lot of different kinds
From most of the koreans. So they we re from most of the koreans. So they were not going to be in england. Yeah, it was very difficult as a time. What do they signify for you . They want to see redemption. It is the dream. Every athlete, to be an olympic medallist. Where do you keep them . Is there room for an olympic one . Three big smackers here. The dream is to go out and sit in second place and the dream is to go out and try and win the gold. And that what. I try and win the gold. And that what. Lam not try and win the gold. And that what. I am not scared of doing that, in terms of what i have worked so hard. I deserve to win and it does not matter what anyone else has to say about it. The speed skater Elise Christie speaking to david mcdaid. Lets ta ke lets take a look at the weather prospects. I wonder if well all be skating on thin ice by the end of next week. Its staying cold. Its cold and producing some sleet and snow in parts of the uk this afternoon. It really is quite green
Not completely dry. This is what it looks like the rest of the night. Still a lot of cloud at the above most of the rain be sizzling away. Temperatures whether youre in the south of the country are very far north will be more or less the same. A couple of degrees above freezing. Tomorrow, it starts off quite bright for many others. Touch of frost even bear. But we will see an increase in wind blowing out of the north east, particularly around the north sea, east anglia and south east, increasing clouds as well in the afternoon later on and even one or two sweet and snow showers. It will feel cold tomorrow, maybe a couple of degrees above freezing. Hla, brightly with occasional showers and snow showers expected into early monday. Particularly kent in the coming days, could catch a few flurries of snow. This is bbc news our latest headlines. A conservative led council in northamptonshire which has imposed emergency spending controls has said it has been warning ministers for years about
Of effort myself, kazuhiro and lucy have put into it and the people behind the scenes, such a big team involved. We are getting the credit and our names are on the award, but the amount of people in the workshops involved is amazing. We are to receive our reward. The 39 year old make up artist has a cv full of blockbusters to his name, but this is his first ever oscar nomination. But look at the work here, the colour. Spending a bit more time prepping, that is why the day was so long, i wanted to make sure i painted all of it perfectly so that they match every day. David flies out to los angeles for the oscar nomination lunch this weekend. Then back for the baftas, before heading off to la again for the oscars themselves on the 4th of march for what could be his finest hour. Now the weather. It has been a fine winters gave for many of us with sunshine around. One or two showers dotted about in the east of england in particular. Overnight in the keen easterly winds some of these will fa