the whale shark is considered the largest species of fish making this rescue effort exceptionally difficult. the whale shark is also considered one of the world s most vulnerable species. incredibly, the divers managed to release the whale sharks one by one by cutting through the nets that had imprisoned them and guiding them away to freedom. a happy ending for the whale sharks. time for a look at the weather. here s sarah keith lucas. it s looking a bit mixed over the next few days. we had a bit of sunshine out there today. we ve also had some showers around too. this was the picture earlier in county durham. the theme of sunshine and showers will stick with us at least for the next 2a hours but over the next few days its remaining cool and unsettled and during the weekend will see the arrival of some pretty wet and windy weather for all of us. looking at the expected rainfall over the next three or four days, 50-70 over the next three or four days, 50 70 millimetres by th
fa ct double 20 years ago, despite the fact wayde van niekerk is not through as one of the fastest qualifiers in a semi final which was won by ramil guliyev. the south african was leading down the home straight but had to settle for silver in the end as ramil guliyev beat him for the second time in as many days to claim turkey s first gold medal of the championships. and there was more of a shop in the 400 metres hurdles as the czech republic haynova was expecting to win, but it was kori carter to claim the first medal of her career. in the triple jump, christian taylor did not get the world record he wanted, although he did retain his world title with i7 he did retain his world title with 17 metres and 68 centimetres. elsewhere, caster semenya through to the semi final in the 1500 metres, 1800 the semi final in the 1500 metres, 1800 metres, over her short distance which is herfavourite, and she hasn t lost an 800 metres race since the world championship semifinals in be