sir david attenborough talking about the impact that blue planet 2 has had.sumption. madeleine and aiden and andy and freya are here. thank you for coming in. massively reduced your plastic consumption. what are the biggest things you have been doing? we have been leaving our plastic at the supermarket when we can. what else have we done? straw plastic straws. i use a metal straw for drinking. he needs a straw when he drinks. straws have touched people's hearts. this is about disposable plastic and tackling that much, much more. much more than plastic that we cannot avoid. keyboards and the plastic in aden's, for examples. things we can find alternatives to. it is difficult to find a wooden keyboard or wooden things will aid in's but things we can easily find an alternative to, why wouldn't we? that is the point. how easy, or maybe the question should be, how difficult has it been? i think that says it all. nowhere near as hard as i'd thought it would be. i thought it would be really hard. as soon as you get into the habit of doing it quick you stop thinking

also this morning: sir david attenborough launches a new campaign to tackle plastic pollution, and sayse's been "astonished" by the response to blue planet. will have full coverage of the and the fact there will be two sides on the fact there will be two sides on the brexit from today, the second anniversary of the brexit referendum and both of those for and against brexit are coming out in force. good morning, it is seven o'clock. the us navy is drawing up plans to house thousands of illegal immigrants in detention centres on remote military bases, according to reports. the department of defence wants to build on facilities to abandon airfield ina build on facilities to abandon airfield in a bid to meet president trump's zero policy against migration. and in sport. yes, in sport, it's all about swiss timing at the world cup. they score two cracking goals to turn their match around against serbia and keep up with brazil at the top of their group. and sarah keith—lucas has the weather. good morning. a dry and warm weekend ahead. the sunshine might be a little hazy at times that the tempe

also this morning: sir david attenborough launches a new campaign to tackle plastic pollution and sayse's been "astonished" by the response to blue planet. so many people have written and sent m essa 9 es so many people have written and sent m essa g es to so many people have written and sent messages to say that they want to do something. and there are simple things that we can do, and people are doing them. thank you. the us navy is drawing up plans to house thousands of illegal immigrants in detention centres on remote military bases, according to reports. in sport, it was a day of great goals at the world cup. this one the pick of the bunch as switzerland leave it late against serbia. and sarah keith—lucas has the weather. good morning. a dry and warm week ahead. the sunshine may be hazy at times that the temperatures will be on the kop. all of the details in around 15 minute. —— on the up. good morning. first, our main story: leading cabinet ministers in favour of brexit have gone on the offensive to mark the second anniversary of the eu referendum. the interventions come as anti—

here's renowned naturalist and blue planet presenter sir david attenborough, to tell us more. that live in it. i've been absolutely astonished at the result that that programme has had. i never imagined there would be quite so many of you who would be inspired to wa nt to many of you who would be inspired to want to change. no plastic straws! you have been on beaches, with thousands more of you than ever before, picking up rubbish. we live so close to beaches and our water we don't want to do before the plastic. families have changed their habits. for me blue planet ii was a pivotal point. there is anything is people can do. and schools and communities across the country have searched for ways to reduce their single use plastic footprint. the challenge! we have moved away from single use plastic. all of a sudden, before 100 plays we were wasting, can be used, what, and reduced again. what is more, the strength of your response has not gone unnoticed in the corridors of power or business boardrooms. more than 40 countries have signed up to initiative to cut back but decrease in

back campaign was launched by the bbc with david attenborough today. —— that campaign.to the low 20s in the south and the high teens in the north. —— lifting the temperatures. we did have rain and drizzle in scotland but that should pull away from most parts of maine and scotland as we go through the night. temperatures will tumble again. —— mainland scotland. not quite as low, the temperatures, so therefore they should get a little higher through the course of sunday. when the early—morning mist goes, it should be a lovely, sunny day for most. there might be more clout in east anglia and the south—east limiting temperatures to the low 20s. without the cloud in scotland and northern ireland were tempered as will get into the 20s, 24, 25 in the south. —— where will get. —— where temperatures will get. good afternoon. the latest headlines. thousands of people have been marching through london to demand a vote on the final deal on the eu's departure from the eu. survince deal on the eu's departure from the eu. sur vince cable spoke to the crowds. it is not the politicians

sir david attenborough launches a new campaign and says he's been astonished by the response to the bluelanet series. and the dateline london panel discuss the latest on brexit and take a closer look at the migration crisis — that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. senior cabinet ministers have stressed the uk is still prepared to walk away from brexit talks without a deal. on the second anniversary of the referendum vote, the international trade secretary, liam fox, told the bbc that theresa may was "not bluffing" about her threat to quit the negotiations. he was speaking ahead of a march later by campaigners in favour of a vote on any final brexit deal. the event is being organised by the organisation people's vote, and speakers will include lib dem leader vince cable, the conservative former minister anna soubry, and labour's david lammy. we'll have more on this afternoon's march in a moment, but first, let's hear some of that interview from our political editor laura kuenssberg with the international trade secretary liam fox. the prime minister

it's being fronted by sir david attenborough, who says he's "astonished" by the public‘s response tolowing the tv series blue planet two. it comes as new footage reveals how plastic is killing seabirds on a remote island off the east coast of australia. simonjones reports. searching for food but these sea birds are all too often finding and eating pieces of plastic. tens of thousands of flesh—footed shearwaters nest on this remote island hundreds of miles off the east coast of australia, but even here plastic is killing them. and another. some young birds have so much of it in their stomachs, fed to them by their parents, that there is no room for food. to see them emerge at two and a half months of age, just their stomachs, you know, bursting with plastic, it's just... harrowing in a way that i could never have imagined. researchers are now trying to save the birds by flushing out their stomachs. industrial pollution and the discarding of plastic waste must be tackled. it was the bbc‘s blue planet two that opened many people's eyes. a recent survey suggested 62% of us want to make c

sir david attenborough launches a new campaign, and says he's been "astonished" by the response to theplanet series. and the travel show team find out how to to explore florence on a budget. that's in a half an hour's time here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. two years on from the eu referendum, cabinet ministers insist the uk is prepared to walk away from brexit talks without a deal, saying the prime minister is "not bluffing". let's take a look at what's happened since 23rd june 2016. david cameron resigned the day after the vote, and theresa may became conservative party leader and prime minister. she waited nine months before triggering article 50 of the eu governing treaty, which started the clock ticking on the process for the uk's departure. in june last year the uk and the eu begun the formal negotiations on the withdrawal a couple of weeks after as the conservatives lost seats with labour making gains. late last year the eu agreed to move on to the second phase of negotiations after an agreement was reached on the brexit "divorce bill", and eu citizens‘ righ

also this morning: sir david attenborough launches a new campaign to tackle plastic pollution and sayswritten and sent m essa 9 es so many people have written and sent m essa g es to so many people have written and sent messages to say that they want to do something. and there are simple things that we

sir david attenborough launches a new campaign, and says he's been "astonished" by the response to the blue planet series. on talking books in half an hour: norwegian journalist and author asne seierstad speaks to gavin esler at hay festival. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. two years after the brexit referendum, thousands of people are protesting in central london to demand what they call a "people's vote" on the outcome of the negotiations with the eu. we'll be going live to central london in a moment to hear more about the march, but this was the scene in the past hour as a few thousand people demonstrating against it in what they're calling the uk unity and freedom march. it all comes as the german engineering firm siemens, which employs 15,000 people in the uk, called on the government to remain closely aligned with the single market. senior cabinet ministers have again said the uk is prepared to walk away from the negotiations rather than accept a bad deal. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. two years to the day since the brexit vote, visions of the future

sir david attenborough launches a new campaign, and says he's been "astonished" by the response to the

sir david attenborough launches a new campaign, and says he's been "astonished" by the response to

ijust wonder, if of david attenborough, blue planet.me addicted biggest. how do you as campaigners try to keep us wherein tried to make change and keep up momentum? one way is by telling these stories. there are many places which capture the hearts and imaginations of the uk public. this yearin imaginations of the uk public. this year in october, governments have a chance to come together and create the world pot —— the wall‘s largest protected area and that is something greenpeace is campaigning for. the ocea ns greenpeace is campaigning for. the oceans would be more resilient to problems like plastics. this plastics the only material we need to worry about? all throwaway packaging can find its way into the ocean. we have such a gerald —— had terrible plan of dealing with it, that it terrible plan of dealing with it, thatitis terrible plan of dealing with it, that it is a good one to focus on. the main stories this morning. the nightclub owner peter stri ngfellow the nightclub owner peter stringfellow has died at the age of 77 which ha

my children certainly fits the bill, and think it is blue planet and david attenborough and the picturesd to write an essay it would be about the virtues of playing fortnight! one frenchman has become one of the luckiest men in the world — defied 16 trillion to one odds. he has managed to win the same lottery twice in less than two years, first in november 2016, and now again last month. each time the winning tickets — bought in the same tabac — giving him a million euros each time. he must feel just like me, he must feeljust like me, winning the lottery working here everyday!” thought you were going to say that if you won you would not be working with me everyday! hello. what about your outdoor plans are for the next few days i don't think the weather will get in the way too much for many parts of the british isles. most areas will be dry, some sunshine and one or two isolated pockets of showers. for the dry and settled whether we have to thank thejet dry and settled whether we have to thank the jet stream which is up over iceland and into scandinavia and in that big bend there is high

he speaks, everybody listens and it was a family friendly tv documentary —— blue planet with david attenborough on their level ina have written puts it on their level in a story, beautifully illustrated. it explains through the use of something they can relate to, a familiar format. the third thing is i believe is the surfers against sewage campaign which is putting the focus on each community to become plastic free. there is a lot of information going into communities around the country on what they can do to make changes. together with the schools, children writing to local businesses, the campaign groups on the ground, you can quickly start to the result is happening. lovely to talk to you, thank you very much forjoining us. now, something rather different. in 12 days' time, england kick off their world cup bid. they play tunisia in volgograd, formerly known as stalingrad, a city devastated by world war ii, in which britain and russia fought as allies. with the poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter in salisburyjust the latest in a series of hostile acts blamed on russia, our correspon