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time for a look at the weather, here's ben rich. good afternoon. we had split fortunes temperature wise in the last few days. it has been cold in the south of the uk and another frosty start this morning but temperatures will slowly creep up a little over the next few days. this is aberdeen where yesterday it was close to 16 degrees. really mild in the north of the uk but here temperatures will be dropping away a little so essentially we end up whole in the same boat. things are starting to change because of this cold front, behind that the air is relatively cold so temperatures comi...

and the threat to seals from the plastics in the sea. we report on a new scheme in the uk that should reduce the danger. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in ukraine, where russia has launched a wave of missile strikes across the country. president volodymyr zelensky described the escalation as an effort to wipe ukraine off the face of the earth. france's emmanuel macron said the russian attacks signalled a profound change in the war. president biden said the us wi...

Years to break down in the sea. so we always collect whatever we can. it's a fantastic way to show people what a problem plastics and other materials are in the sea. and everyone always laughs when i say this. i was born in 1993. so a lot of this is absolutely older than i am. , ., ., of this is absolutely older than i am. the litter is bad enough to look at. but am. the litter is bad enough to look at- but the — am. the litter is bad enough to look at. but the real— am. the litter is bad enough to look at. but the real problems _ am. the litter is bad enough to look at. but the real probl...

Of the litter out at sea. picking up the pieces is an endless task. collected in recent months, some of this was thrown away more than 50 years ago. materials like plastics are extremely durable. they take literally hundreds and hundreds of years to break down, so, for example, take a plastic bottle you drink out of, it takes roughly 450 years to break down in the sea. so we always collect whatever we can. it's a fantastic way to show people what a problem plastics and other materials are in the sea. and everyone always laughs when i say this, but i was born in 1993, so a lot of this is absolu...

From flamborough, in east yorkshire. the spectacular sight of an east coast winter tide. oh, that's fishing line. but it brings with it little reminders of a planet damaged by plastic. they actually think that we only roughly find about 15, 15%, of the litter out at sea. picking up the pieces is an endless task. collected in recent months, some of this was thrown away more than 50 years ago. materials like plastics are extremely durable. they take literally hundreds and hundreds of years to break down, so, for example, take a plastic bottle you drink out of, it takes roughly 450 years to break...