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good morning. the prime minister borisjohnson will visit belfast today to urge the main northern ireland parties to resume power—sharing. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the government of northern ireland because of the post—brexit trading arrangements with the eu, known as the northern ireland protocol. the uk government is expected to introduce legislation which would allow ministers to override parts of that protocol. our political corr...

a super blood moon. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister borisjohnson will visit belfast today to urge the main northern ireland parties to resume power—sharing. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the government of northern ireland because of the post—brexit trading arrangements with the eu, known as the northern ireland protocol. the uk government is expected to introduce legislation which wou...

Gill Battarbee, chair of Addingham Civic Society reports on Climate Action Addinghams (CAA) - Zero Waste Week

Tens of thousands of people sign up to Greenpeace UK and Everyday Plastic's Big Plastic Count to measure scale of UK waste between 11th and 17th March

Thats because today is the first day of the big plastic count, the uks biggest ever investigation into how much household plastic waste we throw away. heres our climate and environment correspondentjonah fisher. every year, each of us, on average, produces about 400 kilos of household waste. 44% of it is then recycled. this is one of the biggest recycling plants in britain — in southwark, in south london. this facility deals with the recycling for about two million people every year. thats 150...