victoria gill reports. victoria: it is playtime at the kindergarten.mmunity is inside ukraine's officially abandoned exclusion zone. 33 years ago, it was designated contaminated after the world's worst nuclear accident, and explosion at the chernobyl nuclear power plant less than 100 kilometers away. tatiana remembers the evacuation.ci s when the nt happened, all the children aff from the kindergarten were evacuated to clean zones. sein three months we were back. life went on. victia: but the future for these children and their families is uncertain. strict rules mean no agriculture and no new development here. that could be about to change. talks are set to agree to the legal removaof this district from the exclusion zone. >> it is not a secret that half our parents are unemployed, because there is nhere to work i wish we could start to grow again. victoria: but most of the zone is a post-human landscape. more than 4000 square kilometers spanning ukraine and belarus evacuated. where people moved out, wildlife including these wild horses moved in. vict

victoria gill, bbc news, the chernobyl exclusion zone. president putin practising one of his favourite pastimes. he took part in a judo session with russia's olympic team, and used his own black belt qualifications to throw several opponents to the floor, although none of them seemed to want to send their 66 year—old flying through the air. putin did apparently injure his finger during the session but it didn't seem to stop him from finishing the drill. heuir watching bbc news. thank you for your company. —— you are. hello. it was not just love in the air on valentine's day, spring in the air too, as the uk recorded its highest valentine's day temperature in 21 years. and that was at wales. here's a view from aberystwyth, but it was at bala, the temperatures reached 16.1 celsius, top of the valentine's day shop. you can see the extent of temperatures in double figures elsewhere and how far removed from average they are at this time of year. and there is more mild to very mild weather on the way in the next few days. but we know the nights

victoria gill, bbc news, the chernobyl exclusion zone.hernobyl — across the bbc — this weekend. for now that is it. thank you very much for watching. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @duncangolestani. hello. it was not just love in the air on valentine's day, spring in the air too, as the uk recorded its highest valentine's day temperature in 21 years. and that was at wales. here's a view from aberystwyth, but it was at bala, the temperatures reached 16.1 celsius, top of the valentine's day shop. you can see the extent of temperatures in double figures elsewhere and how far removed from average they are at this time of year. and there is more mild to very mild weather on the way in the next few days. but we know the nights are quite chilly and actually friday starts on a colder note in scotland and northern ireland compared with thursday morning, and especially in parts of england and wales. there will be a touch of frost around in places and, the further south you are, the chance of seeing some maybe dense fog patches, that could be rat

victoria gill has been there. it's playtime at the kindergarten in the town of narodychi.ontaminated after the world's worst nuclear accident — an explosion at chernobyl‘s nuclear power plant, less than 100 kilometres away. tatiana remembers the evacuation. translation: when the accident happened, all the children and staff from the kindergarten were evacuated to clean zones. in three months, we were sent back. life went on. but the future for these children and theirfamilies is uncertain. strict rules mean no agriculture and no new development here. that could be about to change. talks are set to agree the legal removal of this district from the exclusion zone. translation: it's not a secret that half our parents are unemployed, because there's no where to work. i wish we could start to grow again. but most of the zone is a post—human landscape. more than a000 square kilometres, spanning ukraine and belarus, evacuated. where people moved out, wildlife, including these wild horses, moved in. they use these abandoned buildings, because they're avoiding of mosquitoes, and he

you can see victoria gill's full report from the chernobyl exclusion zone on bbc iplayer now, or tonighthe papers. music producer steve levine is here to tell us what has caught his eye. good morning to you, are you well?|j am good morning to you, are you well?” am very well, thank you. we will speak to steve in a minute. first, let's look at the front pages. the times leads with the story that the uk's richest man, sirjim ratcliffe, is leaving the country to save billions in tax. a picture of meghan markle on its front page. the observer has its own investigation which it says reveals how the home office hires out staff to private companies to hunt migrants. the paper says it shows an escalation of the hostile environment strategy. the sunday express says the eu is planning to send food aid to britain in the event of a no—deal brexit. it also features a story about how the government plans to outlaw monthly bin collections. and it is courteney cox and jennifer aniston on the front page, said to be shaken after what they describe asa be shaken after what they describe as a terrifying thr

victoria gill, has been given rare permission to go inside the zone 7 and the plant itself.unding the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, more than 4,000 square kilometres, spanning ukraine and belarus, was abandoned. more than three decades on, in a post—human landscape, nature has taken over. what happened to those who refused to leave? has the truth about this place become lost in the infamy of the disaster? standing a kilometre from where the nuclear accident happened, we are getting less of an external dose of radiation than on the flight over? three times less than what we got on the aeroplane coming over. all: i love you. what does the future hold for those who still live in the shadow of chernobyl? 130 kilometres north of the capital, kiev, part of ukraine has been cut off for more than 30 years. heading for the exclusion zone, which is quite exciting. sort of a forbidden place kind of shrouded in mystery. this is a controlled zone, a contaminated area almost twice the size of london, that we have special permission to visit. we are going into the epicentre o

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our science correspondent victoria gill spent a week there with scientists who are studying the radiation—contaminatedo still live within the exclusion zone. after the 1986 explosion at the chernobyl nuclear power plant, more than 4,000 square kilometres spanning ukraine and belarus was evacuated. where people moved out of towns and villages, wildlife moved in. but not every village was left for nature to reclaim. we are deep in the chernobyl exclusion zone, and some people still live here. victoria. nice to meet you. today is maria's 78th birthday, and she has made us breakfast. oh, wow. thank you. up until the day of the accident, this had been the only home she knew. her family simply walked back across the then—patchily—enforced boundary. they refused to abandon the place. maria and her neighbours make up a remote community ofjust 15, a tiny village reclaimed after the disaster. and, before we go, there's just time to show you these pictures from venice where thousands of people turned out along the city's canals for the start of the traditional carnival, which runs for two weeks. the festival dat

victoria gill reports. workers, producing ourfood, cleaning up our waste. but changes we are making to the environment threaten the very existence of earth's insect population. that's according to scientists, who analysed dozen of insect surveys that were carried out all over the world over the last 13 years. it revealed that many species are now sliding towards extinction at a dramatic rate. overall, a1% of the world's insect species are in decline, and that includes some very familiar creatures. 49% of beetles are declining, 37% of mayflies, and 53% of butterflies and moths. so that is one of the groups that is troubled ? absolutely, moths and bees and beetles are all massively in trouble right now... those losses, scientists say, could jeopardise our way of life. so much of our atmospheric carbon, which is linked to climate change, that's stored in the soil, and that's cycled through the soil by insects. our food is grown in the soil, that's made by insects. and then our food is then pollinated by insect

more details from our environment correspondent, victoria gill.. but changes we are making to the environment threaten the very existence of earth's insect population. that's according to scientists, who analysed dozen of insect surveys that were carried out all over the world over the last 13 years. it revealed that many species are now sliding towards extinction at a dramatic rate. overall, a1% of the world's insect species are in decline, and that includes some very familiar creatures. 49% of beetles are declining, 37% of mayflies, and 53% of butterflies and moths. so that is one of the groups that is troubled ? absolutely, moths and bees and beetles are all massively in trouble right now... those losses, scientists say, could jeopardise our way of life. so much of our atmospheric carbon, which is linked to climate change, that's stored in the soil, and that's cycled through the soil by insects. our food is grown in the soil, that's made by insects. and then our food is then pollinated by insects. every single step along that has an insect asso

here's our environment correspondent, victoria gill.ood, cleaning up our waste. but changes we are making to the environment threaten the very existence of the earth's insect population. that is according to scientists who analyzed dozen of insects surveys, carried out all over the world, over the last 13 years. it revealed that many species are now sliding towards extinction at a dramatic rate. 0verall a1% of the world's insect species are in decline. that include some very familiar creatures. 49% of beetles are declining, 37% of mayflies and 53% of butterflies and moths. it is one of the groups that are troubled ? absolutely, moths and bees and beetles are all massively in trouble right now. those losses could jeopardize our way of life. so much of our atmospheric carbon which is linked to climate change, that is stored in the soil and that is cycled through the soil by insects and our food is grown in the soil that is made by insects and then our food is then pollinated by insects. every single step along that has an insect associate

pesticides, agriculture and climate change are being blamed. 0ur environment correspondent victoria gill essential workers, producing ourfood, cleaning up our waste. but changes we are making to the environment threaten the very existence of the earth's insect population. that is according to scientists, who analyzed dozen of insects surveys, carried out all over the world, over the last 13 years. it revealed that many species are now sliding towards extinction at a dramatic rate. 0verall, a1% of the world's insect species are in decline. that includes some very familiar creatures. 49% of beetles are declining, 37% of mayflies and 53% of butterflies and moths. that's one of the groups that are troubled ? absolutely, moths and bees and beetles are all massively in trouble right now. those losses, scientists say, could jeopardise our way of life. so much of our atmospheric carbon which is linked to climate change, that is stored in the soil, and that is cycled through the soil by insects. 0urfood is grown in the soil — that is made by insects — and then our food is then pollinated by insec

here‘s our environment correspondent, victoria gill.tion. that‘s according to scientists who analysed dozens of insect surveys that were carried out all over the world of the last 13 years. reveal that many species are now sliding towards extinction at a dramatic rate. overall a1% of the insect species are in decline and then include some very familiar creatures. for now percent of beatles are declining at 37% of mayflies and 53% of butterflies and moths. one of the groups that‘s troubled. moths are all massively in troubled. moths are all massively in trouble right now. those losses, scientists say, could jeopardise our way of life. so much of our carbon which is linked to climate change is stored in the soil and that‘s cycle through the soil by insects. our food is grown in the soil is made by insects in our food food is grown in the soil is made by insects in ourfood is food is grown in the soil is made by insects in our food is then pollinated by insects. every step along that has an insect associated with it during an importantjob

victoria gill has been looking into this for the bbc website — she recorded this for us.e come to rely on. an increasingly human dominated landscape, there is some wildlife thatis landscape, there is some wildlife that is moving into our territory and consuming what we may throw away. one of the species is black bears in colorado, they have about 30% of whom and food in their diet, crops, even pets, livestock and also the food that we throw away into dumpsters and landfills. but scientists studying biology have shown that actually these bears hibernate less if they eat more human food and shifting in the way that they behave. it coincides with what is happening in europe, endangered species of vulture, the egyptian vulture that really likes the landfill and gets a lot of nutrition from it is not getting quite enough vitamins and minerals to boost its in immune system. so we are providing a lot and there is a lot of it, tonnes of waste going into landfill, we are also having su btle into landfill, we are also having subtle changes and affecting the ecosystem that we are in