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
time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. perhaps not so inspiring today. we got snow weather changes today. some big contrasts from place to place. for many of us, quite cloudy, some rain in scotland this morning, it will ease i think as we go on through the day. we have also seen some sunshine coming through the clouds. a lovely picture here from hampshire. the satellite picture shows the extent of today s cloud. a few breaks coming and going across the south. the midlands and east anglia. clearskies the south. the midlands and east anglia. clear skies to the north west as well but in between, a lot of cloud today and rain showing up lot of cloud today and rain showing up on the radar picture. most of it is falling along this cold front and will continue to put eastwards over the next few hours and, as it does so, we will get something brighter coming in from the west and scotland and into northern ireland as well so becoming drier and brighter and cooler. some w
it has arrested eight people in connection with saturday s bombing of the kerch bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. a bbc investigation finds that up to 70% of donations being sent to displaced families in syria via tiktok are being taken by the social media platform. and tributes pour in for the british born actress, angela lansbury, best known for her role in murder she wrote, who has died in los angeles aged 96. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are more concerns for the uk economy as official data shows it shrank in august. meanwhile the governor of the bank of england said he won t extend a financial support package beyond this friday. the emergency measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. official figures released show the uk economy fell by 0.3% in the three months to august. if it falls again in the next three months we ll be in a recession. there s