andrew owen has been working in bird conservation for more than three decades.his colleagues from zoos and wildlife conservation organisations around the world visit the market as often as they can to study it. they are looking for protected birds being sold illegally, but the market can also show them which species are most at risk, what is most popular, or an increase in price that might suggest a bird is becoming more rare. that bird there is a straw—headed bulbul, which is one of the birds of extreme concern for us, and it has been wiped out across almost all of its range, it is extinct injava, it has been listed as endangered and the next step may be it has to go to critically endangered. researchers monitoring the trade found that most birds here are caught from the wild, and protected species are sold in markets. so why do so many people here want to own songbirds? driving around, you certainly see evidence of the demand. birdcages hang outside shops and houses. but this goes well beyond the desire for a companion in a cage. how many do you have in your h

for andrew owen, this place is the focal point of his work on the songbird crisis.an green magpie that is bred here. this is one of the rarest birds on the planet? how many are left in the wild? there are 60 in the breeding programme, so 60 on the planet, that we know of, and maybe a handful in the wild. that makes this centre the unlikely international hub for a conservation mission. we have three magpies to examine. one needs chipping, all three of them sexing. this team, made up of senior zoologists, is from chester zoo in the uk. this one is 8970... ajuvenile bird has been caught for a vital health check. he could be 1/60th of the entire world population. so the chester vets educate the keepers in carrying out thorough assessments. these can be surprisingly risky. that's a privilege, to be bitten by a critically endangered species. i'm not going anywhere near it with my fingers. every bird has a tiny identification microchip implanted under its skin. blood samples will also reveal which males and females are most genetically compatible. every future chick is pre

i am joined by labour by owen smith, drew hendry from the snp, and andrew percy from the conservativesum, i think, owen smith. will your party come behind at? i hope so because after what we have seen over the last couple of days, the civil war in the tory party being displayed for the whole country, it is clear where we are heading at the moment is towards i'io are heading at the moment is towards no deal, and that is what the erg around jacob rees—mogg want and it would be utterly disastrous for our economy if that is where we end up andi economy if that is where we end up and i think the only democratic and sensible route out of that is to give the people the chance to reject that no deal scenario and have another vote. andrew, you leader here this lunchtime said parliament isn't able to function at the moment because the divisions are so great, but isn't it that parliament now has to decide what kind of brexit we have? it is a complete and utter farce in this place at the moment. you have a prime minister in office but not in power, squeaking through votes through the shameful coll