his family name was immortalised by roald dahl.|j used to walk through here with my dad as a child and i still do now with my children. from today, that ends, it is all gone. h52 say the multi—billion pound infrastructure project connecting london first to birmingham then on to will not only bring but help the uk's transition toa bring but help the uk's transition to a low carbon economy. we have created an ambitious plan to create a green corridor up and down the railway, so we are planting 7 million trees and shrubs along phase one alone. these trees in warwickshire were in the way of the hs2 line. they were cut down in april. there are only tiny fragments of ancient woodland left. this one will also soon be gone. the question is whether the environmental cost of creating a faster train line is too high. claire marshall, bbc news, buckinghamshire. a fleet of small boats and a group of marine experts have spent the day trying to rescue a pod of northern bottlenose whales that have been stuck in gare loch, near argyll, for a few

she stars alongside octavia spencer in roald dahl's "the witches" now on hbo max. please say hello to anne hathaway. how are you? >> i'm great, how are you? >> jimmy: i lime what you're wearing there. i'm doing well. what is that, address, a shirt, what's going on? >> it's a casual sparkle dress, thank you. >> jimmy: oh, casual -- i didn't know they made casual sparkle dresses. >> you learn something new every day. >> jimmy: yeah, well, usually. >> how are you? how are you doing? >> jimmy: i'm doing great. how are you? you had a baby since the last time i spoke to you. >> yes, yeah, he's almost 11 months now, so it's been a minute. >> jimmy: 11 months. what did you name him? >> jack. >> jimmy: jack, that's good. solid, regular name, jack, right? >> yes, it is. a jonathan and a jack. >> jimmy: my family is all js. >> are they? >> jimmy: a brother jonathan, sister jill. yeah. all js. >> are you angling for me to go for a third and name him jimmy? >> jimmy: yes, i am, yeah. [ laughter ] or her. you can name her -- or jazzy jeff is nice too, you could go with. >> there

the stars from the newest take on roald dahl, they're with us live from "the witches." >>> a remarkable story of the opera singer and the former inmate who joined forces to create some really beautiful music together we'll have that for you. first, your local news and -- look at that creepy guy -- and some weather. >> are you six feet away, al >>> good morning. it's 8:26. i'm kris sanchez. the overnight howling winds in some cases did more than just wake people up. firefighters near dublin quickly moved to knock down this wind-driven grass fire that sparked up just before 1:00 this morning. burned about four acres near the eden canyon exit along interstate 580. winds also toppled trees including this one that luckily landed between two houses in concord. meteorologist kari hall is tracking the winds leaving a lot of folks without power right now. >> yeah. we are still seeing some pretty high wind gusts in parts of the bay area as we take a look at where we are right now. in parts of santa rosa heading up toward fairfield. still winds about 25 to 30 miles per hour. but the highest wind w

his family name was immortalised by roald dahl along with farmers boggis and bean who failed to outwit wiley mr fox. i used to walk through here with my dad as a child and i still do now with my children. but, from today, that ends. it's all gone. hs2 say the multi—billion pound infrastructure project connecting london first to birmingham and then on to leeds will not only bring jobs but help the uk's transition to a low carbon economy. we have created an ambitious plan to develop a green corridor up and down the railway, so we are planting 7 million trees and shrubs along phase one alone. these woodlands in warwickshire were in the way of hs2. they were cut down in april. there are just tiny fragments of ancient woodland left, covering around 2% of our landscape. back in jones hill wood, another night falls. with some protesters still up in the canopy. there are many future benefits of high—speed rail, but are they worth the price being paid by the natural world today? claire marshall, bbc news, buckinghamshire. that's it. good night. hello to the us in the uk joining those around

dahl be on saturday night in what the germans call the mother of all dobby's the pun demick meant signal a do not park was unusually under capacity but darby tension was still clearly in the air for the few diehards lucky enough to get tickets the gap in quality between the 2 rivals has rarely been so stark but sheltered held out until the 55th minute when manuel a country put dortmund ahead after a slick corner kick routine the defender showing a striker's instinct to puns. after that there was no holding back the black and yellow tape rolling holland's delightful drink made it to nil 6 minutes later. another corner led to dortmund 3rd on 78 minutes header sealing a 3 no win. poland and dortmund took the plaudits from their socially distant support at the end as they kept pace with champions buy in but. doesn't have his troubles to seek with his team still without a league win this season. you're watching news from. is up next. how does a virus spread. through the town. and. is called spectrum if you would like any information on that or any other science topic you should really check o

his family name was immortalised by roald dahl along with farmers boggis and bean who failed to outwit wiley mr fox. i used to walk through here with my dad as a child and i still do now with my children. but, from today, that ends. it's all gone. hs2 say the multi—billion pound infrastructure project connecting london first to birmingham and then on to leeds will not only bring jobs but help the uk's transition to a low carbon economy. we have created an ambitious plan to develop a green corridor up and down the railway, so we are planting seven million trees and shrubs along phase one alone. these woodlands in warwickshire were in the way of hs2. they were cut down in april. there are just tiny fragments of ancient woodland left, covering around 2% of our landscape. back in jones hill wood, another night falls. with some protesters still up in the canopy. there are many future benefits of high—speed rail, but are they worth the price being paid by the natural world today? claire marshall, bbc news, buckinghamshire. whales are threatening to scupper europe's largest joint military

she's author of new york times bestsellers the irregulars, roald dahl and the british spy ring in world war time washington and tuxedo park, wall street tycoon and the secret palace of science that changed the course ofworld war ii . she'll be speaking tonight about her new book the great secret: the classified world war ii

she's author of new york times bestsellers the irregulars, roald dahl and the british spy ring in world war time washington and tuxedo park, wall street tycoon and the secret palace of science that changed the course ofworld war ii . she'll be speaking tonight about her new book the great secret: the classified world war ii operation that launched the war on cancer. >> thank you and i also want to thank the museum are inviting me to be with you tonight. alas it's virtually but i'm going to do my best. my first resume presentation so bear with me everyone. i've had a lot of coffee and i'm thinking now i should have had a lot of wine but here we go . let i'm going to start us off with a quote from winston churchill. he had a way with words. he once observed men occasionally stumble across the truth but most of them pick themselves up and hurry offas if nothing happened . lieutenant colonel stewart francis alexander, the remarkable hero of my book did not scurry off. in fact, he refused to leave the scene of a military disaster even when churchill warned him to. he stayed, paid attention,

almost half of an ancient woodland, which is said to have inspired roald dahl to create fantastic mr fox, is to be cut down to clear the way for the hs2 high speed rail network. protesters have been demonstrating against the decision by camping in jones hill wood in buckinghamshire. hs2 said work to "translocate" ancient woodland is due to start today and this morning hs2 security contractors and police, arrived to start evicting the protestors. let's cross to our correspondentjo black who is near the protest injones' hill wood, near great missenden in buckinghamshire. give us a sense of how many people and there and what they are trying to achieve. we are here injones hill wood which is around eight miles from aylesbury and this is an ancient woodland, many people concerned about its future and what will happen when hs2 goes through here. people have been living here in the woods for around six months, maybe longer, a hardcore of around eight protesters are staying here but they told me today you can come on some nights and there will be around 40 people, lots of local people coming