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But first, the scientists need to get there. Its so difficult to operate here all of the planes are grounded. They say we wont fly anywhere. One only does anything in antarctica with the cooperation of the weather. Antarctica is a place of extremes. It is the coldest, highest, driest and windiest continent on earth. Capped by an ice sheet of up to five kilometres thick, this continent contains 90 of the worlds ice. I begin myjourney in new zealand. I dont need your passport, thats all good. They...

The story of London Marathon runner who sacrificed his own race time to help an exhausted athlete reach the finish line. I was like shouting in his ear, saying, come on, come on, we can do this, we will finish. Its 200 metres. Ill stay with you. And a british woman is recovering after being attacked by a shark while swimming off a Remote Island in the South Atlantic. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that france now faces just under a fortnight of intense campaigning between Emmanuel Macron and Ma...

Has never been stronger that is the message from Public Health england after a review has found that being overweight greatly increases your chances of being hospitalised or dying if you have covid 19. Ministers are due to publish a new strategy for tackling obesity this week. Simonjones has the story. The warning from Health Officials is clear. If youre overweight or obese and get coronavirus, youre more likely to end up in hospital, more likely to become critically ill. This graph illustrates ...

England, but there is a warning, up toa england, but there is a warning, up to a third may stay shut because of financial troubles. British grown musician wiley is dropped by his management following a stream of anti semitic comments on his social media accounts. Peter green, the influential blues guitarist and co founder of the band Fleetwood Mac has died at the age of 73. Antarctica is one of the worlds most remote places. We went to see the so called doomsday glazier. Domesday glacier. Antarc...

The black lives matter protest has shone a light on racial inequality in britain, prompting calls for schools in written to teach black history. Also highlighting some of the issues black teachers face in the uk, such as discrimination and barriers to getting promotion. Currentlyjust over 196 promotion. Currentlyjust over 1 of Senior Leaders and schools are black. Good morning class. Woah this assistant principal has helped thousands of pupils in bristol helped reach their full potential. But fo...

The duke of cambridge has been discussing Mental Health and football among other things with peter crouch, footballer, as part of his latest podcast was that he welcome the group to Kensington Palace with the original filming to Kensington Palace with the originalfilming before to Kensington Palace with the original filming before the lockdown. Our real correspondence Daniela Relph has this story. The duke of cambridge, prince william, welcome to the podcast. As informal as we have seen him, a f...

Now on bbc news, one of the highlights of the year from our world. Antarctica is one of the most remote and inhospitable places on earth. Reporterjustin rowlattjoins an International Team of scientists travelling to thwaites, the so called doomsday glacier. Antarctica the worlds most remote and inhospitable continent. This is the story of a team of scientists who are trying to get to thwaites, the so called doomsday glacier. No ones has really been under thwaites, and what icefins going to do is...

Thousands of migrants are sleeping outside in freezing temperatures in bosnia since fire swept through the camp they were living in. 0fficials a former resident set fire to tents. There are no reports of any injuries. The un says the refugees are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Lets get more 110w humanitarian aid. Lets get more now from our balkans correspondent. This particular centre which you have seen the fire there, its called lipa, in North Western bosnia and that city is quite close to ...

Now on bbc news. Antarctica is one of the most remote and inhospitable places on earth. In this edition of our world Justin Rowlatt joins an International Team of scientists travelling to thwaites, the so called doomsday glacier. Antarctica the worlds most remote and inhospitable continent. This is the story of a team of scientists who are trying to get to thwaites, the so called doomsday glacier. No ones has really been under thwaites, and what icefins going to do is get up and close to the sea...

This is bbc world news. The headlines millions are preparing to return to work in virus hit china after the extended Lunar New Year break. But severe travel restrictions remain in place and many workplaces are still closed. Coronavirus has now killed more people than sars. Thousands of mourners have attended a vigil in thailand for 29 People Killed in a mass shooting. The gunman a rogue soldier was shot dead after a standoff lasting several hours. Irelands Political Landscape has been transforme...