sir david attenborough talking to the bbc‘s newsnight programme.er of bbc radio 2's breakfast show. she'll be taking over from chris evans injanuary and becomes the first female breakfast show host on radio two, something she achieved on radio one. the bbc has not revealed her new salary yet, but say it will be made public in the annual bbc pay disclosures next year. now it's time for the weather for the week ahead with louise lear. good evening. for many it was quite a cloudy start to the day. slowly and surely, as we went through the day, the cloud started to be in and break across the south and west. that allowed for some beautiful late afternoon sunshine to come through, as depicted by this weather watcher picture sent in from devon. it was devon that saw the highest value today with 21 celsius. different story where the cloud lingered in the northern isles just story where the cloud lingered in the northern islesjust got story where the cloud lingered in the northern isles just got degrees. it looks like the northern and western isles could se

apart from examining the prime minister's dance moves we hear from david attenborough a0 years aftereries life on earth are we asking how tv has changed, how the world has changed and whether we should stop eating meat and more. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming upforyou. britain is open for sport. big plans to bring world events to the uk are revealed. barcelona made to sweat but messi tidies things up at wembley as they beat spurs. and liverpool on the receiving end of an italianjob as they lose to napoli. hello and welcome to sportsday. more on the champions league to come. but first news that uk sport intends to bid to host a whole series of high profuile sporting events over the next few years. a potential world cup bid received government backing last week and now it's been announced that further events are being targeted, including the ryder cup, cycling's grand tours and world athletics again. our sports editor dan roan told me the uk has a good track record already. 0ver over the last few years, as you know, britain has been spoiled with the amount of evidence that has

sir david attenborough.e they can afford to rent, let alone buy. millennials have become known as ‘generation rent‘ — and in many places, they're badly squeezed. the bbc has carried out research into the depth of this financial strain in the uk — based on the national housing federation's assessment that .. if you're spending more than 30 per cent of your salary or income on rent — that's unaffordable. and our data shows that across two thirds of the uk, if you're in your twenties and you want to rent a one—bedroom home — you just won't be able to afford to. and across 12 per cent of the uk, if you've teamed up with someone else and want to rent a two bed home together — that's still not going to be affordable for you. that's the situation in the uk but what about here in the us, and the so—called american dream. joining us now isjenny schuetz, a senior fellow at the brookings institution who specializes in metropolitan policy the idea here in america is that you can own your own home. and we see in a simila

sir david attenborough has urged the world not to panic about the state of the planet — despite donaldhe bbc‘s newsnight programme — the broadcaster said he doubted the extent to which the usa would withdraw from global agreements on climate change — and reflected on the global reaction to climate change. up up to five years ago i was really very pessimistic. the paris agreement as you say will, the time to be at last the nations committed senses. i walked out of those conferences, i was there, alongside the chief scientist of this country. he was walking on air. he said we've got it, we've got the agreement! and we have got the agreement, it is true that president trump does not go along with it. and to what extent the united states will withdraw from it we will see. my suspicion is that people will realise that actually the united states and the attitude is outdated. it does not apply anymore, and i think that will be overcome. there are, a groundswell internationally of recognising what we are doing to the planets and the disaster that awaits unless we do something. the trouble is t

sir david attenborough. it is 8:11am., thank you. good. but as! are. are you well? i am well, thank you. good. but as i mentioned in the introduction to you, the sport, which you are absolutely brilliant at of course, has taken its toll on your body. are you surprised by the extent to which it has affected your life? for me it is something you just put up with. it is old news. i retired from the sport in 2012 because of my injuries and i guess it becomes part of your daily life. yes, i have got bad discs in my back. i do have cranky knees, shall we say? but i think you just manage it and we say? but i think you just manage itandi we say? but i think you just manage it and i have played with it and i still exercise and i still do all the things that i love. ijust know what my limitations are. if i do too much, i have more consequences for the next few days. i suppose the reason we talk about this is because you are seen as a role reason we talk about this is because you are seen as a role model, you are role model, and you

over 500 new books hit the shelves today, by authors from david attenborough to jacqueline wilson.e autobiography straight outta crawley hits the shelves today. asa as a sussex refugee myself, that made me laugh, so you are halfway there. i hope the title is not the only laugh in it. i get the mickey taken out of me about living in crawley, but i thought i would go for it, the whole hog. i love crawley. sussex is brilliant in every way, we have to say that, but for people who have no idea about crawley, why do you still get the mickey taken out of you? crawley is seen as a mickey taken out of you? crawley is seen as a faceless kind of commuter town, i guess. seen as a faceless kind of commuter town, iguess. but seen as a faceless kind of commuter town, i guess. but my mum and dad left sri lanka and they could have gone anywhere in the world, but they chose crawley. if that isn't a recommendation, i don't know what is. absolutely brilliant. the bit like the office being set in slough. laugh or cry, but the notion here we are in october talking about christmas so when you're publishe

sir david attenborough has urged the world not to panic about the state of the planet despite donald for more than 60 years, and says we can still be optimistic about its future. here he is speaking to the bbc earlier today. up to five years ago i was really very pessimistic. the paris agreement as you say will, the time to be at last the nations committed senses. i walked out of those conferences, i was there, alongside the chief scientist of this country. he was walking on air. he said we've got it, we've got the agreement! and we have got the agreement, it is true that president trump does not go along with it. and to what extent the united states will withdraw from it we will see. my suspicion is that people will realise that actually the united states and the attitude is outdated. it does not apply anymore, and i think that will be overcome. there are, a groundswell internationally of recognising what we are doing to the planets and the disaster that awaits unless we do something. the trouble is the problem is getting and worse by the day and we don't have time to spare. don't f

two or three each day and i know it is a tiny thing and it was inspired by you on the back of david attenboroughre. apparently they are not exceptionally intelligent chimp had with other animals and they found that wolves and pigeons performed better at some tasks, and sheep have a similar ability to recognise faces. we love dogs, don't we. yeah. a growing number of patients with learning disabilities are being physically restrained in hospital units, according to new figures obtained bbc radio 4's file on 4 programme. there's been a 50% increase in the past two years in england and a former social care minister who introduced guidelines to reduce the use of restraint says it's shameful. our correspondent lucy adams has this report. it broke my heart, to be honest with you. i still find it difficult to deal with now. louise's son austin spent more than a 10th of his life in hospital units. once he was detained, she couldn't get him back out. he didn't break the law, but he has autism and learning disabilities. in the unit, she says he was often restrained. it's various levels of restraint. you c