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The half brother of north koreas leader was killed by a substance classified as a weapon of mass destruction, according to malaysian authorities. Leicester city say Player Revolt wasnt behind Claudio Ranieris sacking. Gary lineker calls the move gut wrenching. I shed a tear. I shed a tearfor claudio, i shed a tear for football and i shed a tearfor my club. And in the film review well get Jason Solomons take on patriots day, the Hollywood Blockbuster based on the Boston Marathon bombing. It was b...

Good morning, after a showery end to the week it looks like our weather will settle down a little for the weekend. Nothing too warm to come just yet, we will save that for the end of the week ahead. More details a little later. Its saturday 2 may. Our top story the us authorities have approved the use of an anti viral drug which they believe may help to treat covid 19. Its called remdesivir, and is already used on ebola patients. Here in the uk, the government says it has beaten its target of 10...

The met office is expected to confirm that last month was the hottestjune ever recorded in the uk. and environmental campaigners say the high temperatures caused the deaths of unprecedented numbers of fish in rivers as well as disturbing insects and plants. the wildlife trusts — which represents uk conservation charities — say nature is being "pounded by extreme weather without a chance to recover". our climate editorjustin rowlatt is in solihull. they were scooping the fish out of this cana...

To locally—grown food. the peoples plan says access to the environment should be a human right. the proposals have been backed by conservation charities. our science correspondent, helen briggs, reports. come down here and just sort of escape it all... rebecca has been visiting the fields near her oxfordshire home since she was a child. growing up with nature on my doorstep, weve always enjoyed being in and around it and its something that does need to be protected. its really scary to think w...

Conservation models that were very successful in southern africa. the killing of cecil the lion by an american hunter in zimbabwe in 2015 sparked global outrage. in 2016, some conservation charities criticised prince william after he said that commercial hunting can have a positive impact on efforts to save endangered species. whatever parliament decides, many will never agree on this deeply divisive issue. tim muffett, bbc news. lets take a look at todays front pages. most are reacting to the b...

Its big business, though, but the money doesnt go to poor communities. it goes to organisations that arrange trophy hunting. as well as government and cross—party support for this private members bill, there has also been high—profile backing from celebrities. but there is real concern that if the ban becomes law, then the hunting industry in many countries will be hit hard and that the effect will be widespread. the trophy hunting bill is going to destroy and reverse conservation models tha...

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Milder as we push further south. sticking with the snow, you can see as we go through the evening and overnight kind of totals that we are looking out across scotland. as we go through the rest of the country through the night, you can see how this also continues to drift steadily southwards. most of it will be on the hills, the hills for example staffordshire, shropshire, into the west hills as well, and it will be cold in the north, there will be cold in the north, there will be cold in the no...

On all sectors of society to act now to protect the natural world. the national trust, wwf and rspb want us all to take action. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, explains. killerwhales, eagles, dormice. just a few of the natural treasures featured in sir david attenboroughs new series wild isles. but sir david has a warning. though rich in places, britain as a whole is one of the most nature—depleted countries in the world. never has there been a more important time to invest in our own wild...

For the first time the three biggest conservation charities in the uk are uniting to call on all sectors of society to act now to protect the natural world. the national trust, wwf and rspb want us all to take action. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, explains. killerwhales, eagles, dormice. just a few of the natural treasures featured in sir david attenboroughs new series wild isles. but sir david has a warning. though rich in places, britain as a whole is one of the most nature—depleted co...