gail maclellan explains.e galapagos islands, are 30 prehistoric giants. until now, scientists thought they had become extinct. translation: 29 have genetic ancestry of the extinct floreana tortoise and one female juvenile tortoise is of genetic ancestry of the extinct pinta tortoise. the last known pinta tortoise died eight years ago. his name was lonesome george and he was 100 years old. he didn't produce any offspring, although scientists had encouraged him for years. but this new discovery could help track down a direct descendant. scientists also hope to facilitate breeding of both the pinta and floreana tortoises to help grow numbers of the fragile species. translation: hopefully, in the very near future, we can bring back two species that are extinct, and with captive breeding and scientific work, we can recover them. it's an exciting opportunity to rebuild the ecosystem, but it might require a little patience. gail maclellan, bbc news. sunday is groundhog day in the us and canada, with celebrations tak

gail maclellan, bbc news., in conjunction with coventry university, found that pollution levels next to serving hatches were many times the legal limit. unions have described the results as horrendous and are calling for urgent action. jonathan gibson reports. britain's drive—thru sector is booming. there's more choice than ever before. but at what cost to workers? the bbc‘s inside out programme set up air monitoring equipment near to the serving hatches at ten drive—thru restaurants across the country, recording levels of two of the biggest airborne pollutants over a two—week period. all of the data that we're gathering is being sent to a server and downloaded, so we can monitorjust how much pollution there is next to the drive—thru window. at this drive—thru in south—east london, average levels of nitrogen dioxide, a known lung irritant, were 25% higher than the annual legal limit. so, the highest we had was 182 micrograms per metre cubed and this is quite harmful to health. at this kfc drive—thru in liverpo

gail maclellan reports.ble, more than a thousand buildings collapsed in turkey where the 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck in iran. several of the dead are children at least 50 people have been injured and some are yet to be found. translation: we come from the neighbouring village. we were told that there are children underneath there are children underneath the degrees of a house over there. we went there and began working. there are no words to describe it. they were children under the rubble. rescue teams searched craters and ruined buildings while homeless survivors sought shelter in the freezing snow, waiting for tents and supplies from emergency services. more than 40 emergency services. more than a0 villages on either side of the border are believed to have been affected. several after—shocks, including a large tremor with a magnitude of four hampered rescue operations. crisscrossed by major fault lines, turkey and iran are among the most earthquake prone countries in the world. and, dozens are reporte