phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.hs, two of america's largest dairy producers filed for bankruptcy including the country's guest. compared to a decade ago, the number of dairy farmers has dropped by 30%. a few factors are contributing. 0ne of which is if you compare it to a decade ago, the number of dairy farms is declined. this local coffee shop in brooklyn offers three kinds of milk. 0nly this local coffee shop in brooklyn offers three kinds of milk. only one offers three kinds of milk. only one of those comes from a cow. what did you just order? chaya. of those comes from a cow. what did youjust order? chaya. oatmeal. what kind of milk was to mark difficulty armoured or coconut. i use soy milk and arm and milk. of all the alternative milks, oat is the newcomer and its popularity has skyrocketed, with sales in the us surging more than 600% last year. they are pretty popular. i consider them kind of the norm at this point. actually kind of surprised when people order normal milk. an oat milk makes up a small part of

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney., has won a resounding victory in the latest contest to choose a democrat no candidate for november's us presidential election. he was backed by more than 40% of voters in nevada's caucuses. the former vice—president, joe biden, finished second. 0ur correspondent sophie long has sent this report. nevada's caucases were the first chance for democratic presidential hopefuls to show their appeal to a diverse group of voters, in a state with a population representative of the country as a whole. the 78—year—old senator from vermont had already left nevada for campaign events in texas when he claimed victory. i think all of you know we won the popular vote in iowa! cheering and applause we won the new hampshire primary! cheering and applause and according to three networks and the ap, we have now won the nevada caucus. cheering and applause his triumph cements his status as the democrats' national frontrunner, but it will deepen concern among moderates in a party who feel the self—described

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.ed the war effort are being urged to come forward to help mark the 75th anniversary of ve day. a series of events will be held to mark the end of the second world war in europe, on the 8th of may, as katharine da costa reports. sardines had nothing on the crowds in trafalgar square and piccadilly. after six long years of fear, blackouts and war, suddenly the national mood shifted to celebration. the children, many of whom have known nothing else but war, this day must have seemed like an entry into never—never land. on may 8th1945, more than a million people in britain took to the streets after winston churchill announced the war in europe was over. hostilities will end officially at one minute after midnight tonight, tuesday the 8th of may. we may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing. to recreate that iconic moment 75 years on, an extract from that victory speech will be broadcast in public spaces across the uk. this was a service of thanksgiving at westminster abbey on the 70t

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.c sport centre, here's holly. england are chasing a target of 257 to win the third and final one day international in south africa. adil rasheed starred with the ball, taking three wickets, while saqib mahmood marked his international debut by removing reeza hendricks. jonny bairstow got england off to a flying start with 43 off 23 balls. but he and jason roy went out in quick succession — england now 86 for three. england must win the game to level the series at 1—1. england's women are out of the t20 tri—nation series in australia, after losing by 16 runs to the home side. england bowled well, restricting australia to 132—7 from their 20 overs. but they couldn't produce a good performance with the bat, finishing on 116—7. it's not the best preparation for the t20 world cup for england, who only have three more games before their first match on 23rd march. manchester city's premier league match against west ham has been called off because of storm ciara, which is affecting numerous sp

from sydney, phil mercer reports. this is a land of extremes. has fallen in new south wales and parts of queensland. some drought—hit farmers have had their best rainfall in a decade. sydney is anticipating its heaviest downpours since the late 1990s. roads have been turned into rivers. the authorities have warned of life—threatening flash flooding. the deluge is helping a marathon firefighting effort. a huge bushfire south of sydney that burned for more than 70 days and destroyed 300 homes has finally been put out. what a wonderful welcome the rainfall‘s been in the last couple of days, and the good news is, there's a forecast for the rain to continue and particularly spread across south—eastern new south wales, where our fires continue to burn and present challenges for firefighters and all those being impacted by the fires. in western australia, the cleanup continues after a tropical cyclone across the state's north—western coastline, bringing destructive winds and torrential rainfall. the storm is weakening, but weather forecasters say it's

the bbc‘s phil mercer reports from sydney.driest inhabited continent. water in australia is increasingly scarce. a long drought continues, and the dams that supply sydney are less than half full. residents are under the toughest water restrictions seen in a decade. this is one of the fundamental challenges for humanity — how does it deal with its water resources ? does it deal with its water resources? we hear a lot, and rightly, about the impacts of climate change, but the grip of water scarcity is just as big an issue for humanity, and places like australia and syd ney places like australia and sydney need to really get to grips with that. sydney's population is growing rapidly, but its reservoir levels are falling. securing water supplies for more and more people is a big challenge. the next 12 months will be critical. will the droughts in the big dry finally come to an end, or will australia's biggest city face even tougher water restrictions? a new light rail network is helping sydney to absorb a growing population. every

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.o sad to see. let us chat with andrew marr and find out what is coming up on his programme at nine o'clock on bbc 0ne. programme at nine o'clock on bbc one. good morning to you. good morning. you'rejust mentioning climate change in that report and a little a lot of this country is underwater with lighting. i'm going to be talking to george eustice, the environment secretary, about whether the government is doing enough about that and about immigration. i'm going to be talking to nicola sturgeon, first minister of scotland, about scotland's immigration problems and her plans for independence. i've got this singer david grey and the former exit secretary, david davis, who has stern words by the government over huawei. busy at nine o'clock. david grey and david davis. that is a joo—ho. grey and david davis. that is a joo-ho. and chris mason as well. i will be reading the news on that. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and chris mason. good morni