roger harrabin, bbc news, devon. very industrious power. take a look at the weather. when the sun has been out. of the day in buckinghamshire. we have had some sunshine for many of us have had some sunshine for many of us by clear skies overnight. but little bit cooler than it was last night, but turning dry. quite a few showers and northern ireland ‘s. thundery ones, lightning flashes across scotland, particularly north of the central belt. still a few sharp showers around at the moment across northern scotland and eastern parts of northern ireland. fading away before too long. a few showers lingering around some western coasts, but probably dry overnight. clear skies and light winds. co mforta ble clear skies and light winds. comfortable sleeping. 11 degrees minimum in towns and cities. two or three in rural parts. quite a bright and sunny start tomorrow but showers quickly gathering more readily across these western coasts, pushing eastwards through the day. developing more widely across scotla nd developing more widely across scotland and northern ireland. the sho

our environment analyst, roger harrabin, has more details.ir of sharp—toothed beavers has re—engineered this woodland into a wetland. they have felled willow trees to lie horizontally because they like to chew the bark off the vertical sprouts. their stick dams have recreated the sort of landscape that existed before beavers were hunted to extinction. this is another of the ponds that has been created by beavers, and right here demonstrates just how much they can re—engineer the landscape. so where i am, it looks like there is just grass growing out of the ground — wrong. this is a beaver stick dam, right underneath me. the place has been shaped by rodents‘ teeth. the way that they have manipulated this site has just been dramatic. we have had a range of different species coming in, particularly bats, amphibians, lots of wetland plants, it has just been incredible. in scotland, where beavers have been brought back, some landowners have angrily complained that they have damaged farmland, trees and watercourses. the nfu fear unintended conseque

roger harrabin, bbc news, devon. some wet and windy weather on the way for some of us.especially scotland and northern ireland. some have developed in england and wales, drifting further east. you may need an umbrella deceiving as you head out. when you come home, most of the showers will have faded away. clear skies overnight, but showers continuing into the northern isles. temperatures dipping away, turning quite chilly away from larger towns and cities. some sports, in highlands and grampian, getting close to freezing. tomorrow morning, most close to freezing. tomorrow morning, m ost pla ces close to freezing. tomorrow morning, most places with blue skies. showers kept going quite readily across parts of wales in south—west england. in scotland, northern ireland, northern england, the odds heavily one around. some drifting east during the day. this is 4pm in the afternoon. showers dotted around, heavy, thundery with the risk of hail. quite breezy as well. not everyone will see the showers. and improving picture in wales into the afternoon, also in north—west england.

roger harrabin, bbc news. our correspondent jane o‘brien is in washington for us. his most divisive move yet? it has certainly inflamed passions on both sites. you have the base, who are delighted. they thought it was a lousy deal. they debate the existence of climate change. for them, this was the right move. but it has inflamed anger on the part of the liberals, on the left—leaning pa rt the liberals, on the left—leaning part of the country, who are absolutely furious, so much so that we are now seeing three states, california, washington and new york, the governors of those three states have formed their own alliance to fight climate change, saying that even as the administration leaves the paris agreement, they will gang together and uphold its principles. and we are seeing this kind of sentiment across the country. it‘s important because states and local governments are actually responsible for imposing their own regulations independent of anything the administration does. so they have real power in this. another interesting division we are also seeing emerge

roger harrabin, bbc news. if you need funds, email an emir., near helston in cornwall. the village shares its name with one of the most famous stables in the world — owned by the emir of dubai. people were so desperate for funds for their local church that one contacted sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum for help. here's lisa hampele. godolphin cross, a quiet village in cornwall where the pace of life is gentle and the methodist chapel looks set to stand empty forever. the villagers were giving up hope of finding enough funds to buy it, and convert it to a community centre. but a bright spark thought of the ruler of dubai. sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum. and his link to godolphin cross. their village shares its name with the world —famous godolphin stables in newmarket which he founded. he's rubbed shoulders with the establishment and the powerful. residents sent him a letter, more in hope than expectation, and were amazed when he offered help. i think it's a wonderful gesture. it's not the only giving that they do. they give to othe

roger harrabin, bbc news.er decision not to sign a letter from european leaders protesting at president trump's decision to pull out of the paris climate accord. mr corbyn said it showed mrs may's "silence and subservience" towards the president. but downing street said she'd expressed her "disappointment," and a source said other major countries had refused to sign. a short time ago the prime minister gave this response. we remain committed to the paris agreement, it's an important international agreement on climate change. i made the uk position clear to president trump last week at the g-7 to president trump last week at the g—7 meeting as did the other g—7 i—d z駧;;;;§;;:é $15): % é i—d z駧;;;;§;;:é $15): ia a? and i—d z駧;;;;§;;:é $15): ia a and | mg the uk to clear to presidenttrump fast mghfi japan have - signed clear to presidenttrump fast mghfi japan have signed ;: ' canada and japan have not signed up later, neither has the uk but we all have the same view that we remain committed to the paris agree

roger harrabin, bbc news, devon. time for the weather.e and showers going into this evening, but if you are going out, you might have an umbrella with you when you're coming home this evening as it is looking guy. showers continue overnight for the northern isles but elsewhere they will fade, largely clear skies, could turn out to be chilly away from the larger towns and city centres, so these are the urban temperatures overnight, but single figures for the countryside, sheltered glens, scotland close to freezing, one or two mach four patches by tomorrow morning. most places tomorrow will have a blue sky start to the day. the shower clouds build again, scattered and heavy showers for scotland, northern ireland and england, a bachelor south—west england and wales getting eastwards, other areas will remain dry. some places will miss the showers altogether. 20, 20 one celsius only sports, most of us fall short of that. secondly different picture on monday, been pushing east across the uk and when strengthening in the south later. hello, this

roger harrabin reports. and windy yesterday lunchtime. records for wind power are being set right across northern europe. it is almost midsummer. the sun is high in the sky, so solar power has been humming. ever since electrical devices came into our homes, your kettle, your toaster, your washing machine have been powered by electrons created by burning gas, or burning coal, but now we've reached a turning point. a cup of tea may well nowadays be solar—powered. and you may have wind—powered toast. which is something to chew on. offshore wind contributed 10% of the uk's power on tuesday. remarkable for a newcomer whose costs have been plummeting far faster than expected. add nuclear into the mix and low carbon sources yesterday were producing a staggering 72% of uk power. it shows what a big player renewable energy is. 25% of power across the whole of last year, 50% yesterday, and who knows how much more we can do moving forward. renewable energy isn't a fad anymore. it's a backbone technology of our power sy

our environment analyst roger harrabin reports.driving president trump away from the global climate deal. before his election, he promised jobs for american miners. we're going to cancel the paris climate agreement. the president is now scrapping rules to clean up coal—fired power stations, but will that work? his economic adviser, gary cohn, says it won't. "coal doesn't even make that much sense any more," mr cohn said recently. the president disagrees. my administration is putting an end to the war on coal. and the glad—handing climate deal signed in paris represents exactly the sort of liberal internationalism his supporters despise. but the likelihood that he'll reject that paris deal has been met with worldwide dismay. at the hay book festival on the welsh border, children are learning how solar power transforms african villages. president trump has scrapped funding for this sort of thing. as he promised, he's putting america first. after years of working together to get a consensus, with all the countries finally working toge

roger harrabin, bbc news.ions are that president trump is set to pull america out of the paris climate agreement. that‘s the signals the white house is sending, from anonymous sources, that he is looking at pulling out of the agreement, as he pledged to do during his campaign. he is getting strong voices from his voter base, the coal—mining industry, pledged to bring jobs back to the coal producing areas of the united states is and is under pressure to keep that campaign promise. and also from some republican senators on certain businesses that say the environmental regulations imposed because of the climate agreement are on the risk, they are bothering business and that there is no way to actually enforce them globally and therefore the us would be at a disadvantage in following them. so he is hearing those voices, but in that build—up to his announcement he said to journalists he that build—up to his announcement he said tojournalists he is hearing from both sides. we know there is a strong lobby on the othe

our environment analyst roger harrabin reports.mate deal. before his election, he promised jobs for american miners. we‘re going to cancel the paris climate agreement. the president is now scrapping rules to clean up coal—fired power stations, but will that work? his economic adviser, gary coen, says it won‘t. "coal doesn‘t even make that much sense any more," mr coen said recently. the president disagrees. my administration is putting an end to the war on coal. and the glad—handing climate deal signed in paris represents exactly the sort of liberal internationalism his supporters despise. but the likelihood that he‘ll reject that paris deal has been met with worldwide dismay. at the hay book festival on the welsh border, children are learning how solar power transforms african villages. president trump has scrapped funding for this sort of thing. as he promised, he‘s putting america first. after years of working together to get a consensus, with all the countries finally working together, we‘re now in a situation where the richest

roger harrabin, bbc news. conservative mp alan mac is joining me.ment. we have some clear frameworks in the white paper about what we want to achieve. it is disappointing that we did not win a majority in the election but we are determined to get on with the job of government and deliver brexit. working with the dup to make sure we have a strong government to deliver for the people. the difficulty is those negotiations with the dup are still underway and clearly will be much more difficult than people thought. the queen ‘s speech is now delayed and talks with the eu begin on monday. and everything is up in the airand appears on monday. and everything is up in the air and appears chaotic. we won the air and appears chaotic. we won the biggest number of seats, we're not that far from an overall majority which is why we have immediately started to get on with the business of government by speaking with the dup. i'm determined to make sure the government is going to get a good position and start negotiations in a strong position next week. but you're no

roger harrabin, bbc news, devon. the weather looked nice there but how is it looking today?miller has all the details. icy rain! icy sunshine! sunshine and showers today, and mixture, not everyone will catch a shower. scattered about scotla nd will catch a shower. scattered about scotland and northern ireland, heavy ones with thunder, may catch mixed m, ones with thunder, may catch mixed in, drifting east of england and wales into this evening but they die away. most places away from the northern isles, which they showery, look dry. mid single figures away from the town and city centres, the grampians remaining freezing, maybe fog around on sunday. morning sunshine tomorrow and showers get going again in scotland, northern ireland and northern england, this batch for wales drifting east, eastern england staying dry until late of the day, with showers, some places missing the more together and staying dry. 2! celsius possible in spots, most falling short of that. if you want rain on the garden, on monday, rain pushes north and east would low—pressure bringing stronger wind ov

roger harrabin, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime. terrorists — filmed outside a gym days before the attack. coming up — the one place where you never want to be the star attraction — we visit the museum of failure. coming up in sport: diego costa's exit from chelsea looks more likely. after scoring 20 goals on the way to the premier league title, costa claims manager antonio conte has told him he can leave. fossils discovered on a hillside in morocco are causing scientists to rethink the way mankind evolved. up until now, the first humans of our species — homo sapiens — were thought to have evolved almost 200,000 years ago in east africa. new research, published in thejournal nature, suggests our ancestors are actually 100,000 years older than previously thought — and they were very like us. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has been to paris to see casts of the fossils that many are saying will rewrite our understanding of human evolution. the face of one of the very first of our kind. and more casts of bone fragments of the

our environment analyst roger harrabin reports.ts coal that striving president trump away from the global climate deal. before his election he promised jobs for american minors. we are going to cancel the paris climate agreement. the president is now scrapping rules to clean up coal fired power stations, but will that work? his economic adviser gary coen says it won't. cole doesn't even make that much sense any more, he said recently. the president disagrees. my administration is putting an end to the war on coal. and the climate deal signed in paris represents exactly the sort of liberal internationalist and his supporters despise. but the likelihood he will project but paris deal has been met with worldwide dismay. at the hay book festival, children are learning how solar power transforms african villages. president trump has scrapped funding for this sort of thing. as he promised, he is putting america first. after years of working together to get a consensus, when all the country is finally working together, we are now in a sit

they are controversial with farmers who say they damage fields, but as our environment analyst roger harrabincause they like to chew the bark off the vertical sprouts. their stick dams have recreated the sort of landscape that existed before beavers were hunted to extinction. this is another of the ponds created by beavers. this demonstrates how much they can re—engineer the landscape. here, it looks like there is grass growing out of the ground. wrong. this is a beaver stick dam, right underneath me. the place has been shaped by the teeth of rodents. the way they have changed this site is dramatic. it has been incredible. the nfu fear the consequences of reintroducing beavers. they have helped to prevent downstrea m they have helped to prevent downstream flooding by building dams. they want to reintroduce this nationwide. not all are convinced but the beavers are making their own watery case. i wonder if we are going to see enough water falling from the sky is for the need for more damning. i see what you did there. showers running to wales and west in england and heavier in northern ireland

odds with his record of opposing measures to combat climate change, as our environment analyst roger harrabine has sunk their praises. he has called himself a shy grin. conservatives, he said, intend —— tend instinctively towards conservation. that instinct was tested in his own constituency. he said the eu's strict laws protecting places like this had forced up the cost of housing, so those laws should be relaxed. environmentalists oppose his appointment. this is a really concerning appointment for young people. michael gove tried to ta ke young people. michael gove tried to take climate change out of the national curriculum for schools. young people are really concerned about the environment. if this is an attempt to engage with the youth vote, it is a bad start. it was over climate change mr gove most enraged environmentalists, notjust by 20 y bit off the geography curriculum, but by trying to prevent a colleague from attending climate change talks. he has voted against amendments to reduce emissions. yet within weeks he will have to deliver a clean air strategy. it is a tremendous opportu

they are controversial with farmers who say they damage fields, but as our environment analyst roger harrabine extraordinary. a toilet, and electrified fence powered by solar. this site is a scientific experiment on reintroducing beavers. in six yea rs, on reintroducing beavers. in six years, a pairof on reintroducing beavers. in six years, a pair of sharp tooth beavers has re—engineered this would land into a whitland. they fell the willow trees to lie horizontally because they like to chew the bark off the vertical sprouts. their stick and have recreated the sort of landscape that existed for beavers we re landscape that existed for beavers were hunted to extinction. —— stick dam recreated. this is another of the ponds created by beavers. this demonstrates how much they can re—engineer the landscape. i am, it looks like there is grass growing out of the ground. wrong. this is a beaver stick dam, right underneath me. the place has been shaped by the teeth of rodents. these are beta sticks. you can see the teeth marks where they have cut them off the tree. they use these to create the dams, a

here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. we have more and more gadgets all the time.mittee. it's because appliances like this are being forced to be ever more energy—efficient by eu regulations. that means they do the same amount of work but for less power. it cuts down bills and it reduces carbon emissions. but for how long? the biggest saving has been thanks to insulation and gas boilers. gas demand is down 23% since 2008, the report says. it is exciting that we have managed to keep bills down as well as getting emissions down. the reason for that, the reason we are spending £20 a month less on our bills is because of the tough eu regulations. this government will have to make sure that we replicate those regulations and improve them. greater home insulation is the big challenge ahead. the committee says the government has to find some way of persuading people to invest in making their homes warmer. without that, the uk's target for emissions and affordable energy will be missed. roger harrabin, bbc news. the cholera outbreak in yemen is now affecting more than 200,

they are controversial with farmers who say they damage fields, but as our environment analyst roger harrabind, signs of the extraordinary. a toilet, and an electrified fence powered by solar. this site is a scientific experiment reintroducing beavers. in six years, a pair of sharp—toothed beavers has re—engineered this woodland into a wetland. they fell the willow trees to lie horizontally because they like to chew the bark off the vertical sprouts. their stick dams have recreated the sort of landscape that existed before beavers were hunted to extinction. this is another of the ponds created by beavers. this demonstrates how much they can re—engineer the landscape. here, it looks like there is grass growing out of the ground. wrong. this is a beaver stick dam, right underneath me. the place has been shaped by the teeth of rodents. these are beaver sticks. you can see the teeth marks where they have cut them off the tree. they use these to create the dams, and the way that they have manipulated the site has been dramatic. we have had a whole range of different species coming in, bats, amphib

odds with his record of opposing measures to combat climate change, as our environment analyst roger harrabinnservatives, he said, tend instinctively towards conservation. that instinct was tested in his own constituency. he said the eu's strict laws protecting places like this had forced up the cost of housing, so those laws should be relaxed. environmentalists oppose his appointment. this is a really concerning appointment for young people. michael gove tried to take climate change out of the national curriculum for schools. we know young people are really concerned about the environment. if this is an attempt to engage with the youth vote, it is a bad start. it was over climate change mr gove most enraged environmentalists, notjust by 20 y bit off the geography curriculum, notjust by 20 wiping it off the geography curriculum, but by trying to prevent a colleague from attending climate change talks. he has voted against amendments to reduce emissions. clean air strategy. it is a tremendous opportunity to do a job at the heart of government which will ensure we enhance one of our greatest as

roger harrabin explains. the highlands of scotland, michael gove has sunk their praises.towards conservation. that instinct was tested in his own constituency. he said the eu's strict laws protecting places like this had forced up the cost of housing, so those laws should be relaxed. environmentalists oppose his appointment. this is a really concerning appointment for young people. michael gove tried to take climate change out of the national curriculum for schools. young people are really concerned about the environment. if this is an attempt to engage with the youth vote, it is a bad start. it was over climate change mr gove most enraged environmentalists, notjust by 20 by trying to wipe it off the geography curriculum, but by trying to prevent a colleague from attending climate change talks. he has voted against amendments to reduce emissions. yet within weeks he will have to deliver a clean air strategy. i think it's a tremendous opportunity to do a job at the heart of government which will ensure we enhance one of our greatest assets, our countryside. i want to do ev

roger harrabin reports. plastic, plastic everywhere. the consumer economy has developed faster than systems to cope with waste. the big polluters say they are going to clean up their act. there is enormous momentum now from governments, from citizens and from business, to take on the horrendous plastic problem in the seas, because we see sea birds full of plastic in their stomachs and we see our beautiful beaches, where we want to go for a swim, being so polluted. china says it will improve the way it deals with waste. thailand is putting a plastic control programme in place. indonesia is educating children to stop throwing away plastic. all of them are looking for new materials, so we don't use so much of the stuff. greenpeace says there is some progress, but not nearly enough. it's election day and dogs have turned out in force at the polling stations across the uk and predictably the hashtag #dogsatpollingstations has become a social media trend. this is phoebe in manchester waiting patiently outside her polling station. richard walk

here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. we have more and more gadgets all the time.more energy—efficient by eu regulations. that means they do the same amount of work but for less power. it cuts on bills and it reduces carbon emissions. but for how long? the biggest saving has been thanks to its elation and gas boilers. gas demand is down 23% since 2008, the report says. it is exciting that we have managed to keep bills down as well is getting emissions down. the reason for that, the reason we are spending £20 a month less on our bills is because of the tough eu regulations. this government will have to make sure that we replicate those regulations and improve them. greater home installation is the big challenge ahead. the committee says the government has to find some way of persuading people to invest in making their homes warmer. without doubt, the uk's target for emissions and affordable energy will be missed. she is one of the biggest stars on the parliament and her live shows as aladdin minutes. but last night, dell suggested her to could be the last time she t