another test flight has successfully made its way back here to oban. needed for doctors, nurses and carers. but what happens when these items — mostly made of plastic — get thrown away? the bbc‘s tim allman reports on the potential hazards of discarded ppe. in the waters off the coast of southern france, a perhaps unexpected consequence of covid—19. this video, shot by an environmentalist called laurent lombard, appears to show disposable gloves on the sea bed, near the resort of antibes. and it‘s notjust gloves. there are face masks, too, in amongst the usual plastic pollution of the mediterranean. laurent lombard is part of a group called operation clean sea, which describes the oceans as our heritage that must be respected. this is what he found during just two hours of snorkelling, dozens of plastic bottles and, lying in a row at the front, face masks and latex gloves. the demand for personal protective equipment has been, understandably, huge, country after country scrambling to get hold of as much of this stuff as they can. france alone is report