to the metropolitan police. in transferred from essexh essex police, i will b metropolitan police. in conjunction with essex police, i will review- metropolitan police. in conjunction with essex police, i will review the| with essex police, i will review the investigation, just to make sure there is any learning that we need to take from that. but my assurance to take from that. but my assurance to the public is we will review that missing person investigation from this point. missing person investigation from this oint. , ., , ., missing person investigation from this oint. , ., , this point. five people have been arrested and _ this point. five people have been arrested and released _ this point. five people have been arrested and released on - this point. five people have been arrested and released on bail. i this point. five people have been arrested and released on bail. al arrested and released on bail. a decision on what happens next will be taken following a full debrief. questions remain over hen the case was added to the nation

by essex police and metropolitan police. i think there were some mixed messages.age to the media, who have to communicate information to the public that that person has probably been killed. and therefore the sort of the routes to appealing for in terms of the missing person are kind of close of a little bit. certainly don't have the same impact. that may not be the fault of the police, the police may have been absolutely correct in acting on suspicions or concerns or intelligence to make those arrests, but that certainly i think hampered the missing persons element of the inquiry and a couple of weeks later it was all wrapped up again and we were told owami davies may be out there, and indeed, she was. that is one source of concern in this inquiry. in was. that is one source of concern in this inquiry-— in this inquiry. in particular some --eole in this inquiry. in particular some peeple might _ in this inquiry. in particular some people might focus _ in this inquiry. in particular some people might focus on _ in this inquiry. in particular some people might focu

the search for ms davies by essex police, and then by the metropolitan police, has attracted a largecism — after it was revealed that met officers had made contact with her but allowed her to leave; and then that police had released cctv footage of a different woman. let's hearfrom nigel penney — detective chief inspector at metropolitan police and paul brogden, commander service. this and paul brogden, commander is clearly the outco hopeful this is clearly the outcome we were hopeful for. this is clearly the outcome we were hopefulfor. the this is clearly the outcome we were hopeful for. the finding this is clearly the outcome we were hopefulfor. the finding of this is clearly the outcome we were hopeful for. the finding of the missing lady, i would like to say that she had been found safe outside of the london area and hampshire. and she is currently with officers from my team and i can definitely say that she is safe and well. my officers have worked around—the—clock following thousands of thousands of lines of inquiry in order to locate her and i would like to think the media and

well, it has been i almost two months since owami davies was first reported missing to essex police. , and the key top police officer in charge of the investigation, detective chief inspector nigel penny, today said he was ecstatic upon hearing the news. now, the 24—year—old was found after a member of the public got in touch with the police, following a media appeal. so, this was the 118th sighting of owami. now, i should also tell you that there are questions over how this case has been handled. for example, we know that the metropolitan police issued the wrong image of owami when she was reported missing during an appealfrom them. now, the police changed that image hours later and they have apologised. there is also questions as well overjust when and how long it took for owami to be marked as missing on the police database. that has renewed calls for one national missing persons database to be available to all police forces in the country. but, for now, the met to say that they will review the investigation alongside essex police. now a look at some other stories making the news t

two days later her family reported her missing to essex police. ns investigation just to make sure that there is any learning we could take from that. five people have been arrested and released on bail. a decision on what happens next will be taken following a full debrief. questions remain over when the case was added to the national police database and how the case was handled. one minute the met is saying she hasn't come to any harm at same time are arresting people for kidnapping and murder suspicions. tonight officers say owami davies has spoken to her family. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... ahead of ukraine's independence day and the six month anniversary of russia's invasion, president zelensky has repeated a warning that moscow may make new targeted strikes. china has changed the ending of the latest minions film to suit values approved by the authorities. i must warn you there are plot spoilers coming. minions — the rise of gru follows antihero gru in his teenage days and sets up his evolution into

the information had not yet been shared by essex police across the national systems. conduct, and they'll decide over the next few days whether to investigate. meanwhile, 0wami's family are increasingly worried about her. we miss her. i'm so... i'm broken, i'm empty. and so are her brothers. police are expected to launch a new public appeal for information next week. sancha berg, bbc news. a murder investigation has been launched after a woman was shot dead in liverpool last night. officers were called to a house in the old swan area of the city just after midnight, where they found the woman in the back garden of the house with gunshot wounds. she was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. no arrests have been made yet. boxer tyson fury has called on the government to introduce tougher punishments for knife crime after his cousin, 31—year—old rico burton, was stabbed to death. posting on social media, fury compared knife crime to a "pandemic", adding... "you don't know how bad it is until it's one of your own". in the last hour, greater manchester police gav

disbelief, they want to know as well why this information was not made visible to met police by essex police as the cctv be met police released of 0wami is from the sex ofjuly and 7th ofjuly when she was seen in croydon, the other footage has been found yet of her and the country so it shows that her last sighting was within the first two days when this information should have been made available. you work closely — should have been made available. you work closely with the local community as part of your role, how do you feel about the nature of trust they have in the police? this is a question _ trust they have in the police? this is a question i _ trust they have in the police? try 3 is a question i think people in my community have as well as the asian community, the problem is we do not know why this information was withheld. if the essex or met police had said they had not made contact with on the day she was reported missing these questions would not be arising now because there will be information we already knew i do think that is part of the trust building process about transparenc

essex police formally handed the case over to the metropolitan police, and earlier this month, five menw know that on the 6th ofjuly, officers from the metropolitan police saw and spoke to 0wami davies at an address here on clarendon road, croydon. someone had raised concerns about a woman's welfare. but she told them she didn't need assistance, so the left. they had no idea that very day she had been reported by herfamily back in essex as a missing person. the matter has now been referred to the independent 0ffice for police conduct. they will decide over the next few days whether to investigate. meanwhile, 0wami's family are increasingly anxious about her. we miss her. i'm so... i'm broken, i'm empty. and so are her brothers. back on the road where she was last seen, local people are worried, too. this is a young woman in the community who has gone missing. it does not really matter where she lived what she was doing in croydon, the fact she has just gone missing is the concern for me, the fact she has gone missing without a trace and nobody can track her. police are expected to launc

that time that she had been reported missing because the information had not yet been shared by essex policeto the independent office of police conduct, and they will decide over the next few days whether to investigate. meanwhile, herfamily are increasingly worried about her. we miss her. i'm so broken and empty. and so are her brothers. police are expected to launch a new public appeal for information next week. sancha berg, bbc news. some breaking news. borisjohnson, joe biden and the french president emmanuel macron have held a joint telephone call to discuss ukraine and in the call according to downing street, the leaders stressed the importance of ensuring the safety and security of nuclear installations in ukraine following the urging of un secretary general that nuclear inspectors should be allowed into the nuclear plant in ukraine. it is now effectively russian —controlled territory and there are concerns that russia intends to disconnect it from the electricity grid. in theory, it should have back—up generators, but nobody is sure about the status of those generators. they are conc

that time that she had been reported missing because the information had not yet been shared by essex policeto the independent 0ffice of police conduct, and they will decide over the next few days whether to investigate. meanwhile, herfamily are increasingly worried about her. i'm so broken and empty. and so are her brothers. police are expected to launch a new public appeal for information next week. sanchia berg, bbc news. a murder investigation has been launched after a woman was shot dead in liverpool last night. officers were called to a house in the old swan area of the city just after midnight. police had reports of concerns for safety and found the woman in the back garden of the house with gunshot wounds. she was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. no arrests have been made yet. as we've been reporting, the daughter of one of president putin's close allies, aleksandr dugin, has been killed in a bomb attack. russian media says darya dugina died after her car exploded near moscow. there's been no comment from the authorities. it's thought that her father — who's often cal

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that time that she had been reported missing because the information had not yet been shared by essex policenduct, and they will decide over the next few days whether to investigate. meanwhile, herfamily are increasingly worried about her. i'm so broken and empty. and so are her brothers. police are expected to launch a new public appeal for information next week. sancha berg, bbc news. a murder investigation has been launched after a woman was shot dead in liverpool last night. officers were called to a house in the old swan area of the city just after midnight. police had reports of concerns for safety and found the woman in the back garden of the house with gunshot wounds at around. with gunshot wounds. she was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. no arrests have been made yet. the headlines on bbc news at 2.16. the unite union has announced eight days of strike action by staff at the uk's largest container port, felixstowe, in a dispute over pay. the met police say they had contact with 0wami davies on the day she was reported missing by herfamily. boxing news now and the ukr

scotland yard and essex police are to review their investigation into her disappearance.lish channel in small boats in a single day has reached a new record high. the uk's ministry of defence says 1,295 people arrived in the uk in this way on monday — the highest daily total since records began four years ago. the totalfor the year is now more than 22,500. i want to tell you about twitter now. a former senior executive at the social media firm has presented detailed allegations to us regulators claiming that the online platform misled them about security problems. peiter zatko was twitter�*s head of security before being sacked. he said the social media site was susceptible to foreign interference, spying and hacking. twitter has denied the accusations. for more on this, i am joined now by vivian schiller, former head of global news at twitter. great to get you on the programme. i suppose, in the first instance, you've worked at twitter as the chair of global news at the time, as i understand it. review surprised by these allegations? i i understand it. review surprised b

scotland yard said it would now review its investigation, along with essex police.in some places but it continues in vulnerable parts of the country. now the weather with carol. good morning. what is going on? various rain in the forecast even the south—east over the next 2a hours. it is a humid start. these are the temperatures if you are just stepping out. quite warm outside. these are the correct temperatures this time! looking at 20 degrees in parts of london at the moment. we have seen rain in liverpool and rain has been coming in across northern ireland, scotland, england and wales and some of it is heavy, particularly in parts of scotland right now. you can see the track it is taking and as we go through the day the weather front which is waving and will move further north and a little further south. it will clear northern ireland and scotland where it will brighten up. breezy conditions in northern england will ease. and although there is cloud in the south that could produce drizzle, it will brighten up. the wind will be a feature this afternoon in parts of

onjuly the 23rd, essex police formally handed the case over to the met.fing yesterday, police said there is no evidence she's come to any harm, and they're hopeful that they will find her alive and well. but a former met police detective superintendent says the force needs to improve communication if they're going to reassure the public. the fact is the public have a right to know what the timeline of activity is, what the police are doing about it, who they're engaging with, and what other activity — what they want the public to do. around 50 officers are currently working on the investigation, and say they're now trawling through 117 reported sightings for any clues that could help find her. alice key, bbc news. dockers striking at britain's largest container port have said they are relying on food banks as the cost—of—living crisis intensifies. almost 2,000 workers walked out from the site in felixstowe in suffolk at the weekend, for the first time in 30 years as pay negotiations broke down between the port and trade union unite. there's now a warning

scotland yard said it would now review its investigation, along with essex police. d had about 700 drinks. ms palus described the accusation as baseless. and finally, to possibly the world's most picturesque location to windsurf. switzerland's lake silvaplana played host to the 45th edition of the engadin windsurf marathon. 250 windsurfers took to the water in a one hour race, with the winner completing the most laps. they were competing in a particular class of windsurfing which will be part of the olympic programme for the first time at the paris olympics in 202a. today, it's goodbye from me. hello again. some of us have got off to a wet start this morning, but all of us to a humid one. but temperatures fell away a lot lower than they did on the 19th ofjuly this summer. the met office has just confirmed that this temperature of 26.8 celsius in sherborne model farm in oxfordshire is the highest minimum temperature ever recorded in a 24—hour period in the uk. now you can see the humidity across us, but as the weather front sinks south, we start to import today some f

street where 0livia lived and died heads been cordoned off and continues to be cordoned off the essex police street, even this area across the whole city. merseyside police have been clear for a while at the murder of olivia pratt—korbel did not happen in isolation. she is one of three people who were shot dead across merseyside within a week. they say they are in relentless pursuit of organised criminal gangs in this city. they say the fact it is part of their wider operation they've now arrested more than 200 people for connections to those gangs and within the last 24 hours alone 32 people have been arrested. merseyside police say they have the assistance of officers from other forces who are coming to help. in such tasks is monitoring the roads, there are police monitoring vehicles in and out. they say there is still a lot to do. and they are being helped by members of the community bringing it back here to this area and around this place, they said they're getting information continually, which they are monitoring acting on and the officers both uniformed and detectives trying to find o

this was a search by essex police and subsequently by metropolitan police and it attracted a large amountuld like to say that she has been found safe and well outside of the london area in the county of hampshire and she is currently with specialist officers from my team and i would definitely say that she is safe and well. my officers have worked around the clock following thousands of lines of inquiry to locate owami davies. i would like to thank the media and members of the public who assisted so much in this case. in conjunction with my officers, we have worked tirelessly with essex police to help find owami davies and we did that to a satisfactory result. she is well, she looks in good health. she is in a place of safety and not currently in a vulnerable state that we were led to believe that she was in at the start of her disappearance.— of her disappearance. obviously, this is the outcome _ of her disappearance. obviously, this is the outcome that - of her disappearance. obviously, this is the outcome that we - of her disappearance. obviously, this is the outcome that we are i of h

remember, herfamily reported her missing to essex police. ity asking, is the met taking this case seriously and are they handling this correctly? frustration both with the police and parts of the media saying, you know, would there be different reaction if this was a young white woman who had gone missing too? now it�*s time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. thank you. met very mixed fortunes across the country with a weather front that is gradually moving its way from west to east. grey skies and outbreaks are many. outbreaks are many across central scotland. across the scottish borders as well but further east it is what we have. blue sky and sunshine. as we head through the rest of the day this weather front moves eastward introducing a lot more cloud and outbreaks of rain. these will be the top temperatures, the low 20s. high teens for scotland, we see the best of the sunshine 25. it is going to feel mild and humid, muggy airfor the south—west of england. these will be the temperatures to start the day tomorrow. tom

and then different bodies with law enforcement so you're looking at new jersey transit, essex county police, the prosecutors investigators office. new jersey transit .conrail has a police force. all these places. so that he came before me and he was really upset but he was just lost in it. so a part of his sentence was to write an essay. at the time i did not know the extent of what it was that happened to him. so he read his essay, how good decisions and bad decisions might impact my life and he was sent off and one day i was at the law school and this nicely dressed young man comes up and says i don't know if you remember meand he is now at that time a prosecutor . ghright, because processing him on that ticket would have created an issuefor him . and it just said disorderly person but i don't know what that means. that could mean anything and it could mean you just spoke. you spoke when the officer spoke to you. then i see himso i'm like this is amazing and i said to him you got a second chance. when you see somebody who gedeserves a second chance you give it to them . you get them back

onjuly the 23rd, essex police formally handed the case over to the met.o are her brothers. during a briefing yesterday, police said there is no evidence she's come to any harm, and they're hopeful that they will find her alive and well. but a former met police detective superintendent says the force needs to improve communication if they're going to reassure the public. the fact is the public have a right to know what the timeline of activity is, what the police are doing about it, who they're engaging with, and what other activity — what they want the public to do. around 50 officers are currently working on the investigation, and say they're now trawling through 117 reported sightings for any clues that could help find her. alice key, bbc news. our reporter frances read is outside scotland yard for us this morning. clearly this is a large, complicated investigation. what is the latest from police?— from police? yes, it really is. owami davies _ from police? yes, it really is. owami davies was _ from police? yes, it really is. owami davies was first - fr

fourth man on suspicion of murder. 2a—year—old 0wami davies from grays in essex was last seen in west croydon on 7thjuly. policei on the street. the family of archie battersbee have insisted they will fight to get him moved to a hospice, after the european court of human rights rejected their request to postpone the withdrawal of his life support. the 12—year—old has been in a coma since he was found unconscious after an accident at his home in essex in april. for nearly four months, archie battersbee has been at the centre of a lengthy legal battle. now the family has acknowledged it has come to an end, they have one final wish, for archie to be moved to a hospice where they can say goodbye privately. where they can say goodbye privately-— where they can say goodbye rivatel . , , ., ., privately. every single day of archie's life, _ privately. every single day of archie's life, i— privately. every single day of archie's life, i have - privately. every single day of archie's life, i have told - privately. every single day of archie's life, i have told him| privately. every single day of| archie's life, i have t

suspicion of murder. 24—year—old 0wami davies left herfamily home in grays, essex, and was last seen in west croydon on 7thjuly. policespeak to a van driver seen passing 0wami on the street. across the world, birds are being photographed tangled up in our rubbish, including discarded ppe. images are being submitted to an online project called birds and debris, and nearly a quarter of the photographs show them nesting or entangled in disposable facemasks. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has more. a grim but familiar sight in many urban waterways. how many different types of plastic are just floating here? yeah, i can see easily one, two, three, four, five, six, seven... seven or eight different types of plasticjust here. and it is the wildlife that inhabits these waterways that is living with and living in our rubbish. these images, submitted by members of the public and collected by scientists, show the global extent of the problem. scientists ask people to upload photographs and reports of birds tangled or nesting in rubbish. we have got about 400 reports covering every continent, except antarctica. so litera

police are treating her death as unexplained. detectives investigating the disappearance of a student nurse from grays in essex have arrested a fifthth ago in west croydon, after leaving her family home in essex three days earlier. the man is being questioned on suspicion of kidnap. four others have been bailed. a london museum says it will return ownership of artefacts that were looted in the 19th century to nigeria. the horniman museum said 72 objects which were forcibly removed from the kingdom of benin, during a british military incursion in 1897, would be handed over to the nigerian government. joining me now is our correspondent sachia berg. so what is happening here? the nigerian government asked for the return of these artefacts which been kept since 1897 in the collection of a tea trader who turned his collection and house into a museum in south—east london so the nigerian government made the request for the return of the artefacts, bonuses and other artefacts of ivory and brass. backin other artefacts of ivory and brass. back in january. other artefacts of ivory and brass. back injanuary. the museum held an independent in

essex three days earlier. the man is being questioned on suspicion of kidnap. four others have been bailed. thames valley policean 11—year—old girl at a water park in berkshire. the child went missing during a friend's party at the liquid leisure water park, and was found later. the venue has remained closed since her death. the environment secretary, george eustice, is urging more water companies to take action to preserve water supplies. hosepipe bans are already in place in parts of southern england. mr eustice said water companies should do more to reduce leakage and help customers use less. four more ships carrying grain and sunflower oil have left ports in ukraine after the deal to restart its exports and try and ease shortages and higher food prices in countries that have depended on them. the ships left odesa and chornomorsk and will travel through the safe maritime corridor to turkey where they'll be inspected. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has this report. they continue to move. four isn't many, but these ships still have a corridor to travel through. eight vessels have now made it out in

london. 2a—year—old 0wami davies left herfamily home in grays, essex, and was last seen in west croydon on seventhjuly. the metropolitan police groups. it's the first electoral test of the issue since the supreme court decision two months ago which allowed individual states to ban the procedure. more than 60% voted to allow women to access abortion in the state. nomia iqbal was in kansas for us as the results came in. the first to deliver how americans are feeling after roe v wade was overturned two months ago. this is a quiet room now but a short while ago, there wasjust quiet room now but a short while ago, there was just huge elation after the projection came in and it is a projection at the stage. it will be confirmed in about a week's time and this is where one of the main groups that was leading the campaign to preserve the constitutional rights to abortion held at their watch party when that projection came through, people were crying, mothers of their daughters are saying they never thought that something like this would happen in a deeply conservative state like kansas. �* ,, . ,, a deeply conservative state like kan

essex three days earlier. the man is being questioned on suspicion of kidnap. four others have been bailed. thames valley policee. the child went missing during a friend's party at the liquid leisure park and was found later. the venue has remained closed since her death. the environment secretary, george eustice, is urging more water companies to take action to preserve supplies. hosepipe bans are already in place in parts of southern england. mr eustice said water companies should do more to reduce leakage and help customers use less. let's return to our top story this hour, a possible ceasefire between the islamichhad group and the israeli air strikes. any sign of this coming into effect, yolande kneu this coming into effect, yolande kneuin this coming into effect, yolande knell injerusalem? yellow night in the last few minutes we heard that israel appears to have agreed to the ceasefire that the egyptians had to those —— welcome in the last few minutes. those -- welcome in the last few minutes. �* ., those -- welcome in the last few minutes. �* . minutes. but at the same time the palestinians _ minutes. but

essex three days earlier. the man is being questioned on suspicion of kidnap. four others have been bailed. thames valley police—year—old girl at a water park in berkshire. the child went missing during a friend's party at the liquid leisure water park and was found later. the venue has remained closed since her death. research by bbc news has found that holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals have been cut in value — or stopped — by 43 councils across england. the children's society is warning of a "�*postcode lottery of support�* and that millions of children could go hungry this summer. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, reports. zed watches every penny. today, she's shopping at a community food pantry to pick up discounted essentials for the children. last summer, zed got a free school meal voucher in the holidays worth £15 a week. but here in birmingham, that's been scrapped. £15 might not sound like a lot of money. actually, in the grand scheme of it, it is. when you've got two children to be paying for, like, it is a big loss. the vouchers have been replaced with free holiday cl

suspicion of murder. 24—year—old owami davies, left herfamily home in grays, essex, and was last seen in west croydon on 7thjuly. police to speak to a van driver seen passing owami on the street. now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. thank you for your company. it's been two years since a massive explosion in beirut killed more than 200 people. an investigation into what happened was paused in december after political pressure, and the un is now being asked to intervene. as our correspondent carine torbey explains, it leaves a city still in limbo, and victims still searching for answers. graduation marks the start of a new journey for these students. but one seat is empty. this gown was supposed to be worn by a student killed in the beirut port explosion. he was at home. his classmates remember him as a great friend and an aspiring rapper. in our case, it is not only the feeling of grief that kills you from the inside, there is another feeling of injustice that shatters you in every way. this injustice is because of the way our loved ones were killed, and there was no war, and it wasn't a terrorist attack. it has b

fourth man on suspicion of murder. 2a year old 0wami davies from grays in essex was last seen in west croydon on 7thjuly. policen the night she was last seen alive. they are keen to speak to a van driver seen passing 0wami on the street. taiwan says china has fired several ballistic missiles in the waters around the island, as part of beijing's biggest ever military exercises in the area. china announced the drills in response to a visit to taiwan by american democrat, nancy pelosi. the exercises stop ships and planes from using maritime and air space. taiwan says they amount to a blockade. stephen mcdonell reports. in volley after volley, missiles were fired into the waters off taiwan and, according to the people's liberation army, hit their targets. attack helicopters flew past pingtan island, one of china's closest points to taiwan. after assembling for days, china's military has staged massive live fire exercises, in a dramatic escalation of pressure on a place it considers a rogue province. these are normally busy shipping lanes, but in six huge areas surrounding the island, commercial vessels and aircraft

london. 24—year—old owami davies left herfamily home in grays, essex, and was last seen in west croydon on 7thjuly. the metropolitan policethis vessel is that it is the first successful trial of this landmark deal to resume exports from ukraine. this was very much a voyage through uncharted waters. we had the ship setting sail from uncharted waters. we had the ship setting sailfrom ukraine, setting sail from ukraine, navigating setting sailfrom ukraine, navigating its way through mine infested waters, arriving here off the coast of istanbul last night, and today we had the inspection which was carried out by a joint inspection team with officials from the warring parties, but also from turkey and the un, which brokered that agreement. the inspectors were on board for about an hour and a half, they met the crew, they checked the cargo. under the terms of that deal only foodstuffs and fertiliser can be exported. then the ship was given permission to go on its way. we have had a statement from the joint coordination centre which was established in istanbul to make this arrangement work and they said this was a proof of conce

suspicion of murder. 24—year—old 0wami davies left herfamily home in grays, essex, and was last seen in west croydon on 7thjuly. policeompany of a man on the night she was last seen alive, and are keen to speak to a van driver seen passing 0wami on the street. the supermarket, marks & spencer, has stopped selling disposable barbecues in all of its stores across the uk, following a number of wildfires linked to last month's heatwave. the retailer said it wanted "to help protect open spaces and reduce the risk of fires." it comes after the commissioner of the london fire brigade called for disposable barbecues to be taken off the shelves across britain. it's 6:13 am. now the weather with carol. it still seems pretty pleasant. as always it depends where you are. we have had heavy rain overnight in parts of northern ireland and scotland which will clear. for the rest of the week it will be dry for most of us and there will be scattered showers. it will feel much fresher you can see the rain moving towards the north sea. it also extends down into northern england. that will clear. then a day of sunshine and showers. most o

essex in april. archie's mother says she wants him transferred to a hospice, so he can die with dignity, but doctors argue that he's too ill to be taken out of hospital. the policetbreak of bird flu — thousands of birds have died so far. so, what's happening and where? let's take a look. avian flu has been found in 61 species in 3li7 locations around the uk. during the current outbreak, 1,400 wild birds have tested positive for bird flu, compared to just 446 last year. in scotland, a new variant has been spreading through seabird colonies. the population of gannets on yellowcraig beach in east lothian shrunk after hundreds were found dead injune. many parts of northern ireland have had bird populations affected too, including rathlin island which is home to the nation's largest seabird colony. rangers on the farne islands off the northumberland coast say they've found more than 3,000 dead birds on land — but estimate ten times more may have died and fallen into the sea. just last week, the attenborough nature reserve in nottingham found more than 150 dead birds in suspected avian flu cases. further south, wildlife sanctuaries in sussex have had to close their do