victoria gill reports.s upgrade our smartphone every two years, but the old gadgets pile—up. like many of us, louise has a hidden stash of different devices. there could now be as many as a0 million pieces of old technology languishing in drawers and cupboards around the country. that's according toa around the country. that's according to a new study that investigated how many of our old gadgets we all have just stored away. there is another one! recycling is part of our life now, and if you are doing that with all the products you are using on a day—to—day basis, you see them on a day—to—day basis, you see them on a day—to—day basis. day—to—day basis, you see them on a day-to-day basis. when you see them all like this, what you think?” feel a bit ashamed. because actually, we are not dealing with it, are we? in this busy recycling plant in huddersfield is dealing with some of the half a million tonnes of electronics that are recycled in the uk every year. but that's just a fraction of the mountain of so—c

victoria gill has been trying it out. victoria: abandoned for more than 30 years. one small pocket of the 4000-square kilometer exclusion zone that surrounds the chernobyl nuclear power plant, it is harvest time. experimental farm was s up by a team of scientists, and the crops being grown could be a first step towards using this land productively again. >> very nice, chernobylski rye ain. this means we don't just abandon the land. we can usehis land in different and diverse way and produce something which will be totally clean from radioactivity. victoria: this is what it is being used to produce. >> our idea was distill and produce the kind of moonshine artisan vodk victoria: this is said toth b first consumer product made from ingredients fr within the clusion zone. >>s t no more radioactive than any other vodka. we have checked it. we have had two of the best laboratories in the world looking to see if they could find any radioactivity from chernobyl, andhey have not found any. nectoria: it might not be for everyo, but this is about much more than making a spir

victoria gill, bbc news.djust our diets and move away from adjust our diets and move away from a meat —based diet more plant —based foods in order to help the planet. so what do you think about that? many of you have been in touch. victoria says animal farming is driving climate change, causing water pollution, huge environmental damage. we need a significant overhaul, changing the global food system overhaul, changing the global food syste m o n overhaul, changing the global food system on a scale not seen before. the evidence is therefore all of us to however, we have heard from many others who disagree with that stop patrick says please ease up on all this thinking and thought process about eating meat that is bad for oui’ about eating meat that is bad for our health. we have got another viewer, stephen, who says i must admiti viewer, stephen, who says i must admit i gave up eating meat a few months ago, and i don‘t actually miss it as there are some great alternatives out there. another viewer says we nee

victoria gill, bbc news. impressive stuff. i do have a glass of something here. i think it is,?ou try? oh, god, 0k? alto to get that for you, ben. wow, 0k... 0h, 0k? alto to get that for you, ben. wow, 0k... oh, dear. 0h, guys. i'm not sure about the taste either, then, probably water, which is all we are allowed to drink at work. given the quantities in this class, it is probably just given the quantities in this class, it is probablyjust as well. laughter you've been watching newsday on the bbc. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. we are drinking water, i assure you. and so was banned. will see you $0011. and so was banned. will see you soon. bye bye. —— so was ben. good morning. yet again it was scotland and northern ireland that bore the brunt of the showers for wednesday. the area of low pressure that was responsible, that's now drifting off into the north sea, allowing this brief ridge of high pressure to build before this deepening area of low pressure starts to push into the south—west during the early hours of friday morning. and it's going to

victoria gill, bbc news. the uk than left in the year since march 2018 — that's broadly unchanged since 2016. most of them are from around the world, with roughly a quarter coming from the eu. however there are questions about whether the government can meet its pledge to end the free movement of people if there's a no—deal brexit. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. with a possible no—deal brexit fast approaching, there's been a new surge in eu citizens living in britain applying for what is called settled status. people like aneska, who's been working as a nanny in london for ii years and wants to stay and sees settled status as a key step. it will help me to reach my goal, which is a british passport in the future, and be sure about everything. despite brexit, there is still net inward migration to the uk from eu countries. today's figures show 59,000 more people came here then left in the year to march. but from those countries thatjoined the eu later in 2004, like poland, 7,000 more p

victoria gill, bbc news. ordered to leave because she brought her baby to work. zuleika hassan brought her five—month—old to work because of an emergency at home and because parliament doesn't have a creche. according to house rules, "strangers" are not allowed into the chamber, children included. the speaker ordered her out of the chamber and said she could only return without the baby. she says parliament will need to create a more family—friendly atmosphere if it wants more women mps. much more on all the news any on the bbc news website. you can contact me and much of the team on twitter. thank you very much for watching. good morning. yet again it was scotland and northern ireland that bore the brunt of the showers for wednesday. the area of low pressure that was responsible, that's now drifting off into the north sea, allowing this brief ridge of high pressure to build before this deepening area of low pressure starts to push into the south—west during the early hours of friday morning. and it's going t

victoria gill, bbc news. that's all from me. now it's time for the news where you are.them the advantage in their champions league qualifier in romania. amongst all the transfer rumours — manchester city get a deal done — joao cancelo signs from juventus for £60m. world number two rafa nadal triumphs in the rogers cup after dispensing with dan evans in straight sets. it was a tense night in romania for scottish champions celtic as they drew 1—1 away to cluj. at times their defence looked exposed but they return to glasgow with an away goal advantage going into the second leg after a james forrest goal. ben croutcher reports. the champions league, the pinnacle of cloud football. no, really. they do not beat barcelona, but if celtic wa nted do not beat barcelona, but if celtic wanted to challenge the big teams, they have dover team one of the smallest, the earliest exchanges showed that would not be straightforward. it got a lot more complex just after the half—hour when they finished a clinical counterattack to put the romanians ahead. now that is more like it. celebrati

victoria gill, bbc news. i'm not sure if i would want to drink that.s essential you sample a bit of it. i'm glad that victoria was sticking with the rules for us. about's rate. stay with us, we are going awayjust yet. fans of samsung won't have to wait too long, the latest models of the compa ny‘s smartphones wait too long, the latest models of the company's smartphones will be coming out in a couple of hours, we will tell you what to expect. thanks for watching. good morning. yet again it was scotla nd good morning. yet again it was scotland and northern ireland who brought the brunt of the showers on wednesday, now this brief ridge of high pressure is building before this deep area of low pressure sta rts this deep area of low pressure starts to build in in the early hours of friday morning. and it is going to stay with us friday, into the weekend as well, heavy rain and gales are going to be a feature of the forecast. but the next few hours, we still have a few sours to scotla nd hours, we still have a few sours to scotland and northern ireland in p

our science correspondent victoria gill had a taste of what's on offer.ilometre exclusion zone that surrounds the chernobyl nuclear power plant, it's harvest time. this experimental farm was set up by a team of scientists, and the crops being grown here, they say, could be a first step towards using this land productively again. very nice chernobylski rye grains. this means we don't just abandon the land. we can use this land in different and diverse ways and we can produce something which will be totally clean from the radioactivity. and this is what it is being used to produce. our idea was to distil it and produce a kind of moonshine artisan vodka. this is set to be the first consumer product that's made entirely from ingredients grown within the exclusion zone. i tremble when they pick it up, because this is the only bottle in existence. this is no more radioactive than any other vodka. we've checked it, we've have two of the best laboratories in the world looking to see if they can find any radioactivity from chernobyl and they haven't found it. it m

victoria gill, bbc news.paso, the scene of a mass shooting on saturday targeting hispanic people. he has met medical staff and survivors of the attack, in which 22 people died. protesters and leading democrats say mr trump's anti—immigrant rhetoric has fuelled violence and racism. that's it for now, thank you for watching. good morning. yet again it was scotland and northern ireland that bore the brunt of the showers for wednesday. the area of low pressure that was responsible, that's now drifting off into the north sea, allowing this brief ridge of high pressure to build before this deepening area of low pressure starts to push into the south—west during the early hours of friday morning. and it's going to stay with us friday, into the weekend as well, heavy rain and gales are going to be a feature of the forecast. but, for the next few hours, we've still got a few showers through scotland and northern ireland in particular. and a little bit of patchy mist and fog forming in western areas. elsewhere, we'll s

victoria gill, bbc news.tion this morning, despite a strike by pilots over pay and conditions. the pilots' union balpa says the 48—hour walkout has caused huge cost to ryanair, but the company says 97% of flights took off on time this morning. the brazilian president jair bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to fight wildfires raging across the amazon rainforest. satellite images show there's been a massive increase in the number of fires this year. but conservationists have blamed brazil's government for what's happening, saying the president has encouraged the clearing of land by loggers and farmers. camilla mota reports from sao paulo. fire in the amazon's rainforest. this is happening in the world's largest and most important ecosystem, that's home to three million species of plants and animals and one million indigenous people. it generates more than 20% of all the oxygen in our atmosphere. this is what it's like at ground level. brazil's had more than 73,000 fire outbreaks this year and mor

victoria gill, bbc news.ensible, despite the pm wanting to scrap it. why a no—deal brexit could lead to more domestic waste ending up in landfill sites in england. the gcse pass rate is up slightly and that's despite warnings from teachers that some students struggled. the latest official immigration figures show that 226 ——— 226,000 more people came into the uk than left in the year since march 2018. that's broadly unchanged since 2016. most of them are from around the world, with roughly a quarter coming from the eu. however there are questions about whether the government can meet its pledge to end the free movement of people if there's a no—deal brexit. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. with a possible no—deal brexit fast approaching, there's been a new surge in eu citizens living in britain applying for what is called settled status. people like aneska, who's been working as a nanny in london for 11 years and wants to stay and sees settled status as a key step. it will help me to re

our science correspondent victoria gill reports.technology, our old gadgets are piling up. 0h, 0k! wow. and like many of us, louise has a hidden stash of different devices. there's all these phones here... there could now be as many as 40 million pieces of old technology languishing in drawers and cupboards around the country. that's according to a new study that investigated how many of our old gadgets we all have just stored away. oh, there's another one. recycling is part of our lives now and if you're doing that with all the products you're using on a day—to—day basis, you use these on a day—to—day basis. when you see it all together like this, what does it make you think? well, as i said before, i feel a bit ashamed. because actually, we're not dealing with it, are we? this busy recycling plant in huddersfield is dealing with some of the half a million tonnes of electronics that are recycled in the uk every year. but that's just a fraction of the mountain of so—called e—waste that's building up in landfill and in people's homes

victoria gill reports. 0ur rivers are the veins of our towns and cities and countryside. 0ur rivers areountryside.” likejumping off into rivers. towns and cities and countryside.” like jumping off into riversm towns and cities and countryside.” likejumping off into rivers. it is so warm likejumping off into rivers. it is so warm now! but beneath a picturesque surface there is a festering problem. i have a few friends who feel a bit poorly after going in. just a bit of feeling sick. as these videos are captured in west yorkshire ‘s show, when heavy rain overload sewage treatment pie, untreated sewage is released into the river. and campaigners here argue that the water companies allowing this to happen too often. the limit, the amount of inflow going into the sewage plant was that 17 years ago. we have a significantly different environment 110w significantly different environment now with much more run—off, much more building going on and we have huge population increases and climate change. so more water is flowing into the sewage plants. so it is filthy and it sits on the bed of the ri

our science correspondent victoria gill has this report.s, but as we embrace all that new technology, our old gadgets are piling up. oh, ok! wow! and like many of us, louise has a hidden stash of different devices. there could now be as many as a0 million pieces of old technology languishing in drawers and cupboards around the country. that is according to a new study that investigated how many of our old gadgets we all have just stored away. there is another one. recycling is part of our life now and if you are doing that with all the products you use on a day—to—day basis, you use these. when you see it all together like this, what do you think? as i said before, i feel a bit ashamed because actually we're not dealing with are we? this busy recycling plant in huddersfield is dealing with some of the 500,000 tons recycled in the uk every year. that is just a fraction of the mountain of so—called e—waste building up in you —— land feel and people ‘s homes. here, devices are stripped down to the roar materials that can be made into new produ

victoria gill, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes.ern uk, with the north seeing thicker cloud in patches of rain, particularly across northern ireland and northern england, and scotland as well. in scotland, the rain will be at its heaviest across western areas. it will push across a central belt into the northwest of scotland overnight. the heaviest rain always across these western parts, but there will be patches of rain and even getting into eastern scotland from time to time. away from our weather front, there will be quite a bit of cloud across the north and west of the country overnight. a milder night compared to recent nights, with temperatures between 11-15dc. nights, with temperatures between 11—15dc. tomorrow our area of rain pushes away from the mainland, bringing wet weather for a time to shetland friday afternoon. elsewhere, cloud will thin and break with some spells of sunshine coming through, with the best of the sunshine across southern and eastern parts of england and wales, with the highest temperatures reaching a h

victoria gill, bbc news.ins us via webcam. good evening. no river currently safe to swimming according to an environmental scientist, how do you seeit? environmental scientist, how do you see it? sadly that is certainly the case, in terms of the level of pathogens, viruses and bacteria that are going into our rivers every day. it is perhaps unsurprising but it is a sad indictment in the way in which we are still relying on our water courses as a way of getting rid of our waste. until we start investing much more heavily in protecting our water and rivers and streams from the waste abbey generate then we will not solve the problem anytime soon. there will be speed at danger when people are using water that they are going to be exposed to bacterial pollutants and perhaps also chemical pollutants. it is not just the sewage treatment works, urban run—off also contributes in agricultural settings which contribute to pollution. wedges say we should put the waste instead? u nfortu nately, we should put the waste ins

our science correspondent victoria gill reports.ny of us, louise has a hidden stash of different devices. there could now be as many as a0 million pieces of old technology languishing in drawers and cupboards around the country. that's according to a new study that investigated how many of our old gadgets we now have just stowed away. there's another one. recycling is part of our life now and if you are doing that with all the products you use on a day—to—day basis, you use these on a day—to—day basis. when you see them all together like this, what does it make you think? as i said before, ifeel a bit ashamed, because, actually, we are not dealing with it, are we? this busy recycling plant in huddersfield is dealing with some of the half a million tonnes of electronics that are recycled in the uk every year. but that's just a fraction of the mountain of so—called e—waste that's building up in landfill and in people's homes. here, devices are stripped down to the raw materials that can be made into new products. but hidden in all tho

victoria gill, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's chris fawkes. you might say we have a mobile weather pattern at the moment for the wet weather for scotland and northern ireland but set to get warmer into the weekend back up to around 30 celsius. before that we have this set up, a weather front in the north—west of the country bringing rain across northern ireland and scotland. that will be quite heavy at times. and some widespread showers across wales and into the north midlands and the north of england. further south of england and wales join north of england. further south of england and walesjoin up north of england. further south of england and wales join up with some sunshine and feeling pleasantly warm. 0vernight tonight the weather front pushing down into the north of england and wales. to the south of that sum drier weather, showers back in the north west of scotland and temperatures between ten, 14 degrees. tomorrow the band of rain changes direction moving back north so we changes direction moving back north so we have another helping

our science correspondent victoria gill reports.has a hidden stash of different devices. there could now be as many as a0 million pieces of old technology languishing in drawers and cupboards around the country. that's according to a new study that investigated how many of our old gadgets we now have just stowed away. there's another one. recycling is part of our life now, and if you are doing that with all the products you use on a day—to—day basis, you use these on a day—to—day basis. when you see them all together like this, what does it make you think? 0h! as i said before, ifeel a bit ashamed, because actually, we are not dealing with it, are we? this busy recycling plant in huddersfield is dealing with some of the half a million tonnes of electronics that are recycled in the uk every year. but that's just a fraction of the mountain of so—called e—waste that's building up in landfill and in people's homes. here, devices are stripped down to the raw materials that can be made into new products. but hidden in all those screens an