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pope francis pay tribute to his predecessor. the former pontiff will be lying in state from today until his funeral on thursday. now on bbc news: whats killing our rivers? you see herons and dragonflies. you see lots of little shellfish in the shallow parts. sometimes you will see a salmon jumping out of the water. you start to realise that how many people dont have stuff like this, particularly in lockdown, when we were very grateful to have it. these school friends have made the most...

and nine fire trucks, had been called to the incident. thousands of roman catholics have begun paying their respects to the pope emeritus benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. youre watching bbc news. now, whats killing our rivers? you see herons and dragonflies. you see lots of little fish in the shallow parts, and then, sometimes, youll see a salmonjumping out of the water. you start to realise how many people dont have stuff like this, particularly in lockdown, ...

included employees of a private company involved in the maintenance and management of the bridge. now, bbc wales investigates: whats killing our rivers? you see herons and dragonflies. you see lots of little shellfish in the shallow parts. sometimes you will see a salmon jumping out of the water. you start to realise that how many people dont have stuff like this, particularly in lockdown, when we were very grateful to have it. these school friends have made the most of a record—brea...

Into the soil around the river wye every year. much of that by spreading muck from poultry farms. but only some of that is absorbed by crops. the rest is excess. youre left with a difference of about 3,000 tonnes of phosphorus thats above the crop requirement of what we would call a surplus. which is nationally very high, its about 60% greater than the national average. fundamentally, if you have a surplus, you have too much phosphorus in your environment, its likely that youre going to have wor...

Or fertiliser or any phosphorus input. scientists here are clear, to start fixing the problem muck spreading should be stopped completely in some parts of the wye. theres loads of algae. ew. you dont have to go in, its all slimy. for those who get out on the river regularly, the current state of the wye is having a real impact. ew. we were swimming and jumping off a rock and stuff when everything looked 0k. i think about a year- and a half, maybe two years ago, the whole river- went green in the...

The soil around the river wye every year. much of that by spreading muck from poultry farms. but only some of that is absorbed by crops. the rest is extra. youre left with a difference of about 3,000 tonnes of phosphorus that is above the crop requirement of what we would call a surplus. which is nationally very high, its about 60% greater than the national average. fundamentally, if you have a surplus, you have too much phosphorus in your environment, it is likely that you are going to have wor...

Muck from poultry farms. but only some of that is absorbed by crops. the rest is excess. youre left with a difference of about 3,000 tonnes of phosphorus thats above the crop requirement of what we would call a surplus. which is nationally very high, its about 60% greater than the national average. fundamentally, if you have a surplus, you have too much phosphorus in your environment, its likely that youre going to have worse water quality. the data shows quite clearly, there are parts of the ca...

Much of that by spreading muck from poultry farms. but only some of that is absorbed by crops. the rest is extra. youre left with a difference of about 3000 tonnes of phosphorus that is above the crop requirement of what we would call a surplus. which is nationally very high, its about 60% greater than the national average. fundamentally, if you have a surplus, you are too much phosphorus in your environment, it is likely that you are going to have worse water quality. the data shows quite clear...

Muck from poultry farms. but only some of that is absorbed by crops. the rest is extra. youre left with a difference of about 3000 tonnes of phosphorus that is above the crop requirement of what we would call a surplus. which is nationally very high, its about 60% greater than the national average. fundamentally, if you have a surplus, you have too much phosphorus in your environment, it is likely that you are going to have worse water quality. the data shows quite clearly, there are parts of th...

Fundamentally, if you have a surplus, you are too much phosphorus in your environment, it is likely that you are going to have worse water quality. the data shows quite clearly, there are parts of the catchment where soil phosphorus levels are very high, if not a little bit too high. so those areas do not need phosphorus at the moment. they do not need muck spreading? no, they dont need muck or fertiliser or any phosphorus input. scientists here are clear, to start fixing the problem muck spread...