jack fenwick, bbc news, westminster.tal campaigners, as a way of reintroducing lost species to the uk. but there's a number of activists who are taking things one step further, by releasing rare animals into the wild — without permission. derek gow is the uk's leading "guerilla rewilder" — breeding extinct dormice, adders and lynx with plans to release them, regardless of government rules. our climate editorjustin rowlatt went to meet him. derek gow is a renegade. some would call him a criminal. he breeds british indigenous animals with a view to releasing them into the wild. what he is doing is potentially illegal because some of the animals he breeds became extinct here hundreds of years ago, and there are laws against their release. animals like these magnificent creatures — lynx. derek, when was the last time these would have been seen in the wild in the uk? late middle ages — so you're looking at probably somewhere in region of 400, 500 years ago. freeing animals like this into the wild is very controversial. a few

jack fenwick, bbc news, westminster.ficers who worked in the assad security services to surrender and join the new administration. for decades, the syrian regime ran an extensive surveillance of its citizens, monitoring opposition groups, members of the civil society and journalists. when she was living in syria, our correspondent lina she went back to the security service branch where she was last investigated, looking for her files. so this is exactly where i entered. but they would keep me outside waiting, and i had to walk all the way without a phone, without an idea, without any contact with anyone internally, externally. and i would go up for investigation knowing that there are many prisons down, many stories underground. it was all set on fire by the regime before they ran away, i'm told. and every file i opened, its like an accusation of terrorism, belonging to terrorist groups. you don't know where to start. there are hundreds of, or maybe thousands of files belonging to thousands of syrians. living through syr

are "turning off the tap" — to stop people stealing from tax—payers. 0ur political correspondent jack fenwick can today announce a crackdown on fraud in our welfare system. and today we've had the details. the plans could see new powers to retrieve the bank account details of some benefit claimants, and for government officials to recover public cash lost to fraud during covid, as well as people who defraud the system to the tune of £1,000 being stripped of their driving licence. the government department responsible can already take away driving licences of the government minister could not say how often the powers are used. i minister could not say how often the powers are used. i do minister could not say how often the powers are used-— powers are used. i do not have the number of — powers are used. i do not have the number of the _ powers are used. i do not have the number of the top _ powers are used. i do not have the number of the top of _ powers are used. i do not have the number of the top of my _ powers are used. i do not have the number of the top of my head - powers are used. i do