could be vacant by 2030. an investigation is under way into the charity set up in honour of the fundraiser and army veteran captain sir tom moore. buckingham palace won t publish the results of an inquiry into the handling of allegations that the duchess of sussex bullied members of staff. we are nearly there around the stumps. wow, look at this. amazing! and the ancient trees that have been growing since the middle ages. campaigners say we should do more to protect them. and coming up on the bbc news channel, a big day for katie boulter awaits. she s one of six british in action at wimbledon and she is first on centre court shortly. good afternoon. the uk is giving ukraine an extra billion pounds in military aid almost doubling british support for the fight against russia. the uk is the second biggest donor to ukraine after the united states, and borisjohnson says it s transforming ukraine s defences . well, since russia s invasion, the uk has sent a total of £3.8 billio
but in the east, in bretton, near peterborough, we saw what victoria was worried about a lone oak, the last fragment of a wood centuries older than the estate that s risen around it. an insurance company said its roots were damaging a nearby house. the council said it was cheaper to fell it. it s trees like this one that perfectly illustrate the conflict between the very ancient world and the modern, and the difficulty in finding a balance between the two. yesterday, this tree lost. any potential threat to a home is gone, but a unique habitat and for locals, a skyscape of memory and imagination has been taken apart. it s not the tree s fault. they knew the tree was there when they built the houses. these living beings are a safe haven as biodiversity levels crash. they also help to cool a heating climate. perhaps armed with the new map of old trees we can help to keep more of them alive. claire marshall, bbc news.
700 years old plus? and today, it s been revealed there could be ten times as many ancient and veteran trees than we thought around two million, say researchers from the university of nottingham. the map that we ve produced is the first estimate of where we think these trees are in england and that will be really, really useful in terms of moving forward and the conservation and protection of these trees. at first, we couldn t believe the results. it s kind of scary in the fact that how little we know means that those trees are not protected at all. a lot are concentrated around london and the historic hunting parks and forests, but also other places such as the lake district, hereford, and northumberland. but in the east, in bretton, near peterborough, we saw what victoria was worried about a lone oak, the last fragment of a wood centuries older than the estate that s risen around it. an insurance company said its roots