surfing clean up its act? i ve surfed for more than a decade, but this is my first day on the water for over three years. new year s day 2020 and the fin of my board went into my face. i was left with 16 stitches, and it has taken me this long to start trying to get over my fear. today i ve come to the calmer waters of an inland surf lake near bristol to try and start getting back my love of surfing. as a journalist covering the environment, time away has made me question a lot about the sport, including its impact on the planet. so, um, some hairy moments, a lot of boards flying around and i was quite worried, but i m going to get back into surfing, get back on my board and i will do it better this time, try and be sustainable and green, and see what i can find out. because all of this is a world away from surfing s origins. riding waves was once a sacred practice. in ancient hawaii it was a way for men and women to praise the ocean gods. surfing struggled through colonisati
Thousands descend on washington s national mall marking the 60th anniversary of a civil rights march where the i have a dream speech was delivered by martin luther king junior. and fifa suspends spain s soccer chief over world cup final kiss as coaching staff resign. three people are dead in the us state of florida in what authorities are calling a racially motivated mass shooting. we ve just heard that president biden has been briefed on the situation. the attack took place in the city of jacksonville at a dollar general store. the city s sheriff says the suspected shooter was a white male in his 20s, who turned the gun on himself. he killed two women and one man, all black, with no other injuries reported. the gunman was carrying a handgun and an ar is style rifle, while wearing a mask and tactical vest. the sheriff says it is believed
Marking the 60th anniversary of a civil rights march where the i have a dream speech was delivered by martin luther king jr. and fifa suspends spain s soccer chief over world cup final kiss, as coaching staff resign. hello, i m helena humphrey. we begin in the us state of florida, where three people are dead in what authorities are calling a racially motivated mass shooting. we ve just heard that president biden has been briefed on the situation. the attack took place at a discount store in the city of jacksonville. the city s sheriff says the suspected shooter was a white male in his 20s, who turned the gun on himself. he killed two women and one man, all black, with no other injuries reported. the gunman was carrying a handgun and an ar is style
Procedure against him. translation: this has now ended the saga temporarily, because fifa has acted much faster than spain s institutions. but on monday proceedings will begin against him here in spain. luis rubiales appears to be in a stand off, notjust with the country s female football players but also with much of spanish society. yet fifa s decision to suspend him gives this whole affair an international dimension. spain is hoping to host the 2030 men s world cup in a joint bid with portugal and morocco, but the concern is that this crisis in spanish football could undermine that candidacy. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. the threat of wildfires on the hawaiian island of maui hasn t yet passed. authorities have issued an evacuation order
Marking the 60th anniversary of a civil rights march, where the i have a dream speech was delivered by martin luther king jr. and fifa suspends spain s soccer chief over world cup final kiss as coaching staff resign. hello. i m helena humphrey. we begin in the us state of florida where three people are dead in what authorities are calling a racially motivated mass shooting. we vejust heard that president biden has been briefed on the situation. the attack took place at a discount store in the city of jacksonville. the city s sheriff says the suspected shooter was a white male in his 20s who turned the gun on himself. he killed two women and one man, all black, with no other injuries reported.