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telling the truth about taxation. we have national emergencies that must be dealt with. and we have to tell the truth. now on bbc news: click. spencer: we've got a tasty programme for you this week. when is chocolate not chocolate? when it's made of... lara: kinky salts! don't knock it till you've tried it! right. lj's feeling out of this world as she explores the new ways to tidy up high—speed space trash. we're going to be bathed in lights and sounds, and apart from that, i have no idea what to expect. and spencer takes a trip to an inner world. yeah, i'm looking at the inside of...

hello there. we've had some warm sunshine with temperatures in the high 20s across eastern england but elsewhere it's been a rather cloudy day with some rain around at times, some damp weather across the south west with a bit of mist at times, too. now, overnight tonight, south—westerly winds will continue to bring some further pulses of rain with low pressure firmly in charge of our weather. no real rain, though, for the south east, where we desperately need it, and our temperatures on the warm side — 16 to 18 degrees, feeling a little on the humid side, probably some mist and l...

An obvious one. what most people don't realise about cocoa and chocolate is that about 70% of it is produced in just two countries in west africa, ghana and ivory coast, in a way that involves outsized water consumption, so about 20,000 litres of water per kilo, and that's way more than beef or soy or avocados. and there are issues with labour in those parts of the world. at a conservative estimate, it's thought that 1.5 million children are on these cacao farms, working with their families, predominantly. is this, however, not taking away income from countries that really need it? those count...

An obvious one. what most people don't realise about cocoa and chocolate is that about 70% of it is produced in just two countries in west africa, ghana and ivory coast, in a way that involves outsized water consumption, so about 20,000 litres of water per kilo, and that's way more than beef or soy or avocados. and there are issues with labour in those parts of the world. at a conservative estimate, it's thought that 1.5 million children are on these cacao farms, working with their families, predominantly. is this, however, not taking away income from countries that really need it? those count...

That really need it? those countries do need that income and those hardworking farmers need to be supported. but the state of the current cacao and chocolate industry is such that those people are working on a dollar or less a day, and it's not an equitable trade. so, this isjohnny�*s story. i grew up in birmingham near the cadbury's chocolate factory, so sometimes we could smell the roasting beans, and it was delicious. so i've always eaten a lot of chocolate. and i started thinking, "why does chocolate taste like chocolate ? " and, you know, if you put your scientist hat on, it's just a bu...