that's why i agreed to join. the earthshot prize council. of this is a desire to move beyond the often gloomy headlines. among the finalists, this 14—year—old from india, who has designed a solar powered ironing art that can even charge mobile phones. across london, to mark this moment, and environmental light show at a number of landmarks — most notably a green buckingham palace. that was david sillitoe reporting. let's speak now with german climate activist luisa neubauer — she's a member of the earthshot prize council panel and assigned with the task to award the one million pound prize to five of the finalists to support their innovative environmental solutions. good to have you with us. can you give a sense of the range of ideas and entries you have been going through and how impressed you have been with them. it through and how impressed you have been with them.— been with them. it has been an adventure- _ been with them. it has been an adventure. we _ been with them. it has been an adventure. we have _ been with them. it has been an a

you know, he was one of the first names on the list for the council and we have got this earthshot prize councile through a number of filter processes, through expert advisory panels and everything else, it comes to us as the council members to sign off the winners, and david was the first person on the list along with christiana figueres. we needed their expertise, their sort of global interest, to kind of test it on them. i remember, the first meeting with david, discussing about the earthshot prize, and he would sit there and, you know, he would look at me very sincerely and nod along and then he sort of, he looked around and thought about it for a bit and then he said, "yeah, i think this is exactly what we need" and that was my little moment where i was like, "do you know what? this is ok." kerching, yeah. has he given you just an amazing piece of advice that you can just link everything to? he has been a constant support through all of this. he has never once said no or, "i wouldn't do it like that." he has steered in his gentle david way. and we have navigated a few things together. and,

earthshot prize council member and environmental activist hindou ibrahim spoke to me earlier. k the prize, it's really very important for the world, not only for the individual who are winning it, because we are in a time of crisis, when you see all the reports come out. but when you go to the communities, you are seeing the climate changing every day, impacting the life of the peoples. at the end of the day, we can't live with it, we want to have solutions. and those people, those finalists, they are all carrying solutions that can help recover nature, and that is why the prize is really very important, and it is right on time in order to help us all hasten the solution. so very proud of all them and more proud about the prize that is set up. and talk to me a little bit about what sort of entrants you would be looking for, because these will tackle projects both big and small, some very innovative solutions, but some may be relatively simple but theyjust need the funding to be rolled out on a much bigger scale. so talk to me about some of the work that is being done. that's tr

that's why i agreed to join the earthshot prize council. using charcoal. | the earthshot finalists include 14—year—old vinisha umashankar from tamil nadu in southern india. she's designed a solar—powered ironing stall. it even has a mobile phone charging point. and earlier this week, buckingham palace and other london landmarks were lit up in green to mark this evening's earthshot awards. james reynolds, bbc news. windermere in the lake district could become ecologically dead within years, because of the amount of sewage being pumped into its waters, according to campaigners. an online petition calling for a ban on sewage pollution, has now reached over 99—thousand signatures. but, the situation is complex, as our environment correspondent judy hobson explains. tourists come to the lake district for its outstanding natural beauty, but campaigners say the water quality in windermere is so poor, it is a national scandal. there has just been the biggest blue—green algal bloom, all because of sewage entering the lake. a local conservationist has

joining me now is hindou mbororo ibrahim is an environmental activist and earthshot prize council memberey thatis of this prize and the prize money that is available will make a huge difference, but talk to me about the importance of the prize and the royal backing that comes with it. right, thank you for having me. i think the prize, it's really very important for the world, not only for the individual win it. because we are in a time of crisis when you see the reports coming out, but in the communities you have seen the climate changing by day and impacting the life of the peoples. we can't live wit. —— live with it. we can't live wit. —— live with it. we want to have solutions. those finalists are all carrying a solution that can help recover nature and that is why the prize is important and it is right on time to help us all find the solution. so very proud of all of them and more proud for the prize that is set up. talk to me about what sort of entrants you would be looking for. because these tackle projects big and small. but some may be relatively simple, but they need the funding

that's why i agreed to join. the earthshot prize council.en gloomy environmental headlines to inspire and reward people coming up with solutions. among the finalists, 14—year—old vinisha umashanka from india, who has designed a solar—powered ironing cart that can even charge mobile phones. and across london to mark this moment, an environmental light show at a number of landmarks — most notably, a green buckingham palace. a host of stars arrived at alexandra palace ready to watch the much—anticipated ceremony hosted by clara amfo and dermot o'leary. yeah, i think we are both feeling obviously naturally a tiny bit nervous, because it is a big deal, the first one, but there is a calm there because i think of the intention of this event and what we are trying to let people know, prince william, trying to let people know, it is for the best of us all, so i think there is a joy into delivering that message to the people we will see tonight. these ideas are truly, truly incredible. and are here to celebrate how great they are. and i think it would

that's why i agreed to join the earthshot prize council. ing charcoal. | the earthshot finalists include 14—year—old vinisha umashankar from tamil nadu in southern india. she's designed a solar—powered ironing stall. it even has a mobile phone charging point. and earlier this week, buckingham palace and other london landmarks were lit up in green to mark this evening's earthshot awards. james reynolds, bbc news. joining me live from the green carpet is our media and culture correspondent david sillito — an exciting evening ahead. it was president kennedy in the 19605 it was president kennedy in the 1960s gave a challenge to put a man on the moon and this is a challenge to find solutions to environmental problems. 15 nominated making decisions a number ofjudges, one of him joins me now. from global optimism. we himjoins me now. from global optimism-— himjoins me now. from global optimism. himjoins me now. from global otimism. ~ . , ., ., optimism. we are truly grateful to prince william _ optimism. we are truly grateful to prince william is _

that's why i agreed to join the earthshot prize council. inalists include 14—year—old vinisha umashankar from tamil nadu in southern india. she's designed a solar—powered ironing stall. it even has a mobile phone charging point. and earlier this week, buckingham palace and other london landmarks were lit up in green to mark this evening's earthshot awards. james reynolds, bbc news. the us real estate heir, robert durst, has been hospitalised with covid, just days after he was sentenced to life in prison. on thursday, he was found guilty of murdering his best friend susan berman in 2000, to stop her talking to the police about his wife's disappearance. the 78—year—old has other medical issues, and is on a ventilator. the musician alan hawkshaw, who composed some of tv�*s most recognisable theme tunes — including grange hill and channel 4 news, has died aged 8a. he was admitted to hospital this week with pneumonia and died in the early hours of this morning. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his work. during the career

that's why i agreed to join the earthshot prize council. sts include 14—year—old vinisha umashankar from tamil nadu in southern india. she's designed a solar—powered ironing stall. it even has a mobile phone charging point. and earlier this week, buckingham palace and other london landmarks were lit up in green to mark this evening's earthshot awards. james reynolds, bbc news. the government has taken over the running of the southeastern rail network —— which connects kent and some of east sussex with london. the move was announced last month after govia, which had been running the franchise, failed to declare more than 25 million pounds of taxpayerfunding. passengers have been told they are unlikely to see any immediate changes to services. windermere in the lake district could become ecologically dead within years, because of the amount of sewage being pumped into its waters, according to campaigners. an online petition calling for a ban on sewage pollution, has now reached over 99—thousand signatures. but, the situation is complex, as our

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new environmental award the earthshot prize is underway —— hosted by the duke of cambridge and after almost two weeks —— the bbc understands that brighton and hove city councilached a deal with the unions to end the bin strike in the city and, baring it all forart, the new photoshoot from artist spencer tunick involves hundreds of people getting their clothes off at the dead sea in israel now on bbc news, it's time for our world — the battle for the channel. it's a game of cat and mouse played in a ribbon of sea between britain and france that pits people smugglers against police patrols and governments against each other. we have offered to the french many times for us to deploy british officers onto the beaches — it's not something they feel that they need. where migrants are packed into flimsy, inflatable boats and sent off into the sea. record numbers of migrants are now reaching british shores this way, and the smugglers are always one step ahead. so who's winning the battle in the channel? we're out on patrol to ask why two of the world's richest and most powerful countries can't stop migrants crossing 20 miles of sea. it's four o'clock in the morning,

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among the winners of the first ever earthshot prizes a new environmental award presented by the duke of cambridge. and after almost two weeks, brighton and hove city council have reached a deal with the unions to end the bin strike in the city. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster, daisy mcandrew and the financial times whitehall editor, sebastian payne. let's take a look at some of tomorrow's front pages, starting with... let's start with the metro and an emotional message from the family of sir david amess. they say they're "absolutely broken" by his killing, urging everyone to set hatred aside and work towards togetherness. that message is also on the front page of the i, along with confirmation from home secretary priti patel that there will be new measures to improve mps�* safety. according to the daily mail, sir david's alleged killer had been referred to a deradicalisation scheme which aims to stop individuals becoming terrorists. it raises questions on whether an oppotunity to stop him in the times — security sources say that all avenues are being explored in the inves

new environmental award the earthshot prize is underway, hosted by the duke of cambridge and after almost two weeks, the bbc understands that brighton and hove city councilhed a deal with the unions to end the bin strike in the city and, baring it all forart, the new photoshoot from artist spencer tunick involves hundreds of people getting their clothes off at the dead sea in israel now on bbc news, it's time for talking movies. hello from the bfi london film festival and welcome to talking movies, i'm tom brook. in today's programme, highlights in one of the uk's biggest annual film events. the movie, spencer, brought kristen stewart onto the red carpet with herfictionalised portrait of diana, princess of wales. we were so influenced and inspired by this woman. a personalised memoir of his belfast childhood from kenneth branagh. in black and white, is it his version of the oscar winning roma? the story of the film is this nine—year—old boy finding a way to navigate with his family through this period of intense change. acclaimed film maker edgar wright on the festival carpet for the first time with his dark valentine to soho in the 1960s. i've never had

new environmental award the earthshot prize is underway —— hosted by the duke of cambridge and after almost two weeks —— the bbc understands that brighton and hove city councildreds of people getting their clothes off at the dead sea in israel now on bbc news, it's time for our world — the battle for the channel. it's a game of cat and mouse played in a ribbon of sea between britain and france that pits people smugglers against police patrols and governments against each other. we have offered to the french many times for us to deploy british officers onto the beaches — it's not something they feel that they need.