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
Translation i was in an armour plated vehicle, when suddenly there was an explosion. I was in the back seat. My driver was blown out onto the ground and injured. The area of the attack is home to foreign embassies and the citys police headquarters. The road had been closed to public transport. The taliban claimed responsibility. This is their second deadly assault on the city in the space of a week. 20 people were killed in an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel last week. This evening, work was continuing to clear the scene of the latest bombing. This is a very secure area, and security is very tight here usually, and the question will be how they got through this far. The afghan military, backed by us air power, has intensified its campaign to drive out the taliban from its rural strongholds. But, as todays strike proves, they are still able to mount deadly attacks against civilian targets in the heart of the countrys major cities. Zia shahreyar, bbc news, kabul. The french capital,
The Afghan Government has accused pakistan of providing support for militants who killed at least ninety five people in a suicide bombing in kabul. It says the attack on saturday was carried out by the taliban linked haqqani network. Islamabad has always denied supporting afghan militants. President trump has called for decisive action. It is one of the deadliest attacks on kabul in recent months, and the second to target the capital in a week. An ambulance packed with explosives was blown up in a busy part of the city. Zia shahreyar reports. An ambulance packed with explosives, driven into crowds on their way to work. The force of the blast shook the windows of buildings at least a mile away. Some low rise structures collapsed. A plume of smoke was visible across the city. The attacker had driven his vehicle past a police checkpoint, claiming to have a patient inside. When guards at a second checkpoint became suspicious, he detonated the bomb. Translation i was in an armour plated veh