in rural herefordshire, the architects of the future are at work.ers across the country, has been badly hit by the worldwide shortage of wood supplies. in every sector of the timber supply market, prices have gone up, supply chains have been less reliable, delivery drivers have been hard to get, so just everything has been difficult. on top of problems caused by the pandemics, forests around the world are ablaze. oh, my god, look at that! canada, one of the world's biggest timber supplies, has cut the amount it will sell, blaming it largely on climate change. fire, weather, drought and now things like bugs and beetles, meaning that a lot of the timber cannot be used, that the trees can get damaged and destroyed, that the timber will not be the right quality needed for construction and those forests have to be chopped down. that is what is happening on this estate in herefordshire. a stand of ashes being felled. the trees were infected with ash dieback. currently we import about 80% of our wood. this woodland is being managed sustainably, but with pr

clare marshall, bbc news, herefordshire.over the disaster. initial shock has evolved into anger that a year on nobody has been held to account, with political leaders refusing to be questioned. since the blast, the country has sunk deeper into economic crisis, with more than half the population now living under the poverty line. the sprinterfrom belarus — krystina timanovskaya — who refused orders to fly home from the olympics early because she feared for her safety is due to arrive in poland this evening, after being granted a humanitarian visa by the polish government. during the day the most prominent opposition leader left in belarus — maria kolesnikova — was being tried in secret on charges of plotting to seize powerfrom president lukashenko. the president has been robustly condemned by many world leaders for his regime's human rights abuses. our correspondent bethany bell is in the polish capital, warsaw. what is going on? well we're at warsaw airport _ what is going on? well we're at warsaw airport where _ what is goi

claire marshall, bbc news, herefordshire.ies. ramzan karmali has the details. a barbie doll with a difference. this one is modelled on the scientist, professor dame sarah gilbert. she�*s the co—designer of the oxford coronavirus vaccine. and though she finds the concept of a barbie doll created in her likeness strange, she hopes it will inspire girls to think about a career in science. i hope that my barbie doll, as well as others of women who work in science and medicine, willjust keep reminding them there are many careers open to them, so when they are playing they�*re also thinking about what they might like to do in the future. in total, mattel has created six new models based on women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. mattel said the aim of creating these dolls was to help shine a light on the efforts of all front line workers during the pandemic. dame sarah joins the likes of beyonce and marilyn monroe with this new honour. where will she keep the doll? probably in my office at work, along wit

in rural herefordshire, the architects of the future are at work.able, delivery drivers have been hard to get, so just everything has been difficult. on top of problems caused by the pandemics, forests around the world are ablaze. oh, my god, look at that! canada, one of the world�*s biggest timber supplies, has cut the amount it will sell, blaming it largely on climate change. fire, weather, drought and now things like bugs and beetles, meaning that a lot of the timber cannot be used, that the trees can get damaged and destroyed, that the timber will not be the right quality needed for construction and those forests have to be chopped down. that is what is happening on this estate in herefordshire. a stand of ashes being felled. the trees were infected with ash dieback. currently we import about 80% of our wood. this woodland is being managed sustainably, but with prices around the world for timber getting so high, the demand for illegally logged timber is sure to increase. all this is feeding into calls for the uk to improve its own home—grown ind

cleared away but you see the storms elsewhere through parts of england and is, really coming down in herefordshiret places drive for the second half of the night and away from the city centres, dipping down into single figures. early rain affecting the isles of scilly and cornwall, a greater chance tomorrow of catching a shower in scotland, those most won't, a brighter day in northern ireland with a shower possible later. for england and wales, most staying dry with sunny spells, but slow moving and torrential thundery downpours that could bring some flooding and slowly fading as we get on into tuesday night. for wednesday, the focus of the heavy showers will be across northern areas and northern ireland, northern

cleared away but you see the storms elsewhere through parts of england and is, really coming down in herefordshire, shropshire, somerset and storms nadia el—nakla here may cause flooding if they haven't already before gradually fading into the night. rain in northern ireland dying out, most places drive for the second half of the night and away from the city centres, dipping down into single figures. early rain affecting the isles of scilly and cornwall, a greater chance tomorrow of catching a shower in scotland, those most won't, a brighter day in northern ireland with a shower possible later. for england and wales, most staying dry with sunny spells, but slow moving and torrential thundery downpours that could bring some flooding and slowly fading as we get on into tuesday night. for wednesday, the focus of the heavy showers will be across northern areas and northern ireland, northern england and scotland could see the downpours on wednesday, there were a shower is possible just about anywhere. pleasantly warm where you get to see some sunny spells. thursday onwards into the weekend, the weather

hello from the worcestershire herefordshire border.re here of them and just look at this close—up. this is the golding flower and would give your beer a bitter citrusy honey flavour. every year in the uk, it's estimated we need around 70,000 seasonal workers come and pick crops, the number has reduced significantly because of brexit. those with settled or pre—settled status can fill those roles. and there are 30,000 seasonal permits from across the globe but is 30,000 enough? it's up to businesses like this, the government says, to look at labour markets in the uk with unemployment at 1i%, so why is there not enough people to pick these crops? let's talk to alison. first and foremost, how clarify you from finding out whether or not some of your harvest will simply be wasted! ~ , ., ., , , wasted! well, we started the hops esterda wasted! well, we started the hops yesterday and _ wasted! well, we started the hops yesterday and our _ wasted! well, we started the hops yesterday and our apples - wasted! well, we started the hops yesterday

we are on the worcestershire/herefordshire border, among the vines of the hops.oney—like flavour to your beer. they need about 70 workers to make sure this harvest comes in. but like a lot of farms, they're struggling. let me talk you through the wider picture. across the uk it is thought about 70,000 seasonal workers are needed to pick harvests. formerly they came from places like romania and bulgaria and now post brexit thatis and bulgaria and now post brexit that is the problem. people can either have settled or presettled status if they're not british citizens or apply for a seasonal workers' permit. under the pilot scheme there are only 30 thousand of those available. the government are encouraging businesses to pivot to domestic labour and say why not use british labourers, but the problem is just 11% of people who picked crop last year were from the uk. that leaves a problem in recruitment. justin is one of people who has to do thatjob. it is your role to fill these big holes in farm labour. the government says we have unemployment at 4%. bring british wor