olivia otigbah, bbc news.ss the uk. the environment agency is investigating an alleged dumping of large quantities of waste on four acres of land in kent. local people talk of a steady stream of lorries and skips turning up at the site in rochester from early in the morning to late in the evening. the land lies within the kent downs area of outstanding natural beauty. yvette austin reports. a blot on the landscape beside the river medway. and the villagers of the nearby borstal say they have had enough. they say they have been watching lorries carrying waste, rubble and soil—like loads being tipped on the site for about a year. and the piles have grown. residents are worried to speak out forfear of reprisals. one has spoken to us, but we are not revealing his identity. they started bringing in van loads of rubbish and burning it. and that was putting smoke over the village and there were complaints on the local facebook about what was the smell in the mornings? what was the smoke about? and then from there, th

olivia otigbah, bbc news.n ambitious rescue operation is under way with around 80 rescue workers, including divers and police. after nearly six hours of work this 800 kilo beluga whale whose fate has been captivating a worldwide audience is delivered into the immediate care of a dozen vets. translation: the moment when we got the beluga out of the water was - stressful and extremely intense. he was surprised and moving about, and we thought he was going to escape from the net. it was quite astonishing. but he is alive and he's on the barge. days of preparation paid off, trying to help the four—metre whale, a protected species usually found in much colder arctic waters, which found itself stuck in the river north—west of paris for a week. it was also failing to eat after straying so far south from its natural environment. but the rescue operation has some way to go. next it will be taken back to the coast on a refrigerated truck, with several days of treatment before, hopefully, being released back into the ope

olivia otigbah, bbc news.orth american innovations — such as putting pineapple on pizzas. dominos says the coronavirus pandemic led to local pizza restaurants encroaching on their home delivery market. a man has walked 625 metres across a line suspended between two of the tallest buildings in rotterdam in the netherlands. swaying in the wind, jaan roose sometimes stopped to catch his balance whilst crossing the river maas. the slackline measured 2 centimetres wide — the width of a postage stamp. i will leave it there, shall i? you are watching bbc news. hello again. if you are looking for rain in the forecast, some might see some showers on sunday evening but more likely to break down next week. what we have is an amber met office extreme heat weather warning. it is a valid thursday to sunday and covers much of england and east wales. you canjust see it includes the isle of wight as well. it means be prepared. you might find for example some disruption to your travel arrangements. what we have todayis travel a

olivia otigbah reports., otherwise the public could lose confidence in policing. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the details. because of the — physically where the car was, they were able to creep down the side of the car without triggering the camera. on the 14th of february, stefan borson's car was stolen outside his london home. he was inside the house and knew immediately it had gone. although his camera missed most of the crime, there was one picture and an exact time, and the street was full of cctv, and the car had a tracker. i received, two days later, a letter dated the 15th of february. but the next day the police sent him this letter, saying they were closing the case. they hadn't been around, they hadn't called. they, as far as i know, they hadn't done a kind of site visit without me being aware. i think it's unlikely that they would have done that without at least knocking on the door. so i'm not sure on what basis they could have said that they'd investigated all potential le