victoria gill, bbc news, wytham wood.ns of the united kingdom the polling stations have been busy and soon we'll have the voters' verdict. it's the biggest test of public opinion before the next general election, so stay with us for the results. borisjohnson, voting in westminster today with the family dog dylan, has had a testing time with partygate, the war in ukraine, and the covid crisis, so does he still have the voters' trust? does he still have the winning touch? sir keir starmer, voting in north london today, became labour leader by promising to rebuild the party after the corbyn years. but last year's council elections were disappointing for labour. he needs a stronger showing this year. the first minister of scotland was voting in glasgow.

victoria gill, bbc news.hird of all services on scotland's newly—nationalised rail network from next week is "not acceptable." almost 700 trains a day will be cut from monday. scotrail says it introduced the temporary timetable because services were already being disrupted by a dispute with the union aslef about pay and overtime, combined with a shortage of drivers. for the first time in the 92—year history of the football world cup, female referees will take charge of matches at this year's finals in qatar. stephanie frappart of france, who refereed the women's world cup final in 2019, rwanda's salima mukansanga and yoshimi yamashita from japan have been selected on fifa's official list of 36 referees for the tournament, which kicks off on november 21. now, to the high court, on the final day of the so—called �*wagatha christie' case, where coleen rooney's lawyer accused rebekah vardy of being a "highly unreliable witness". at one point, mrs vardy walked out of court. she is suing mrs rooney for libel for al

our science correspondent victoria gill reports.d site of about a square mile, there are 1,200 specially built nest boxes. because wytham woods near oxford is a very special site of scientific interest. is this officially the most studied woodland in the world, do you think? i mean, it certainly must be one of them. this year marks the 75th anniversary of the wytham great tit project. scientists have systematically monitored every chick hatched in their nest boxes here since 1947. and we are about to meet the newest generation. wow, how many are there? there are eight. that's a very standard size for a great tit. now these parents have got a lot of work to do. they have got to find about 10,000 caterpillars for these. 10,000 to get them to fledge? yeah. people are quite divided on whether they think they are cute or ugly. i think they are sort of cute—ugly. it is precisely because this has been a continuous study for all those decades that researchers have been able to see and to measure the change in the timing of spring here. the

victoria gill has been to wytham to find out more about the project.n one woodland site about and in one woodland site about a square mile, there are 1200 specially built nest boxes, because wytham woods near oxford is a very special site of scientific interest. is this the most officially studied woodland in the world, do you think? it woodland in the world, do you think? . ., , , , ., think? it certainly must be one of them. think? it certainly must be one of them- we — think? it certainly must be one of them. we published - think? it certainly must be one of them. we published more . think? it certainly must be one i of them. we published more than 350 papersjust of them. we published more than 350 papers just from the wytham tit project alone. width that is impressive! this year marks the 150th anniversary of the white tip which project. we are about to meet the white tip which pro'ect. we are about to mee_ about to meet the newest generation. _ about to meet the newest generation. wow. - about to meet the newest generation. wow. how i about to mee

our science correspondent victoria gill reports.ary of the wytham great tit project. scientists have systematically monitored every chick hatched in the nest boxes here since 1947, and we're about to meet the newest generation. wow, how many are there? eight, so that's a very standard size for a great tit. yeah. now, these parents have got a lot of work to do. they've got to find about 10,000 caterpillars for these. 10,000? to get them to fledge? yep. it's precisely because this has been a continuous study for all those decades that researchers have been able to see and to measure the change in the timing of spring here. the 75 years that we've been studying the tits here, we've seen quite a marked shift in the timing of egg laying. so they're now laying about three weeks earlier. the tits here are actually managing to track the other members of their food chain quite well. so both the caterpillars and the eggs have also shifted their timing earlier. so the whole sort of food chain has shifted earlier in spring. the woods were beque

victoria gill reports.y built nest boxes. because wytham woods near oxford is a very special site of scientific interest. is this officially the most studied woodland in the world, do you think? i mean, it certainly must be one of them. we've published more than 350 papers just from the wytham tit project alone. oh, wow, that is impressive. this year marks the 75th anniversary of the wytham great tit project. scientists have systematically monitored every chick hatched in their nest boxes here since 19117. and we're about to meet the newest generation. wow, how many are there? eight. that's a very standard size for a great tit. eight seems a lot. eight very hungry babies to feed. you can actually see most of their digestive systems. they are almost transparent. mouths open, "feed me, feed me". now these parents have got a lot of work to do. they have got to find about 10,000 caterpillars for these. 10,000 to get them to fledge? that's a lot of work. so i guess mum and dad will be out just gathering caterpil

victoria gill, bbc news, wytham wood. weather next. but ijust want to bring you news.omplete their training and the trials, and be able to fly to patients in distress in the cumbrian mountains as early as this summer. here is the weather. here's helen. good evening. the weather's been a tale of two halves today. certainly more sunshine around than yesterday, particularly across england and wales — and strong sunshine at that. so it's been warmer more widely — we've had 21 degrees celsius and we'll have similar warmth over the coming few days as we've got the south—westerly winds and the azores high with us. but the weather, we realise — temperatures in the high teens, low 20s — will depend on the amount of cloud we have. and we've had rather more cloud further north under a weather front. particularly for the north and west of scotland, that weather front will continue here this evening. 1—2 sharp showers elsewhere, but nowhere near as many as yesterday — fairly isolated, they will fade away. and under the starry skies, it'll be a bit of mist around, probably more mist

victoria gill, bbc news, wytham wood. time for a look at the weather.verything is coming into bloom. yes, this spring—like warmth for the next couple of days for some of us, the showers yesterday, they were sporadic but they brought much—needed rain for some. this is edgbaston, in bloom. as martine mentioned there. it is not the same right the way across the uk. a tale of two halves. this is the highlands of two halves. this is the highlands of scotland. we have a resident weather front. of scotland. we have a resident weatherfront. whether of scotland. we have a resident weather front. whether you see the sunshine or not is whether you will see the high temperatures, but you can see where the rainfall is, it might brighten up in northern ireland. we have a few showers across england and wales, fair weather cloud building, not as angry as the showers we had yesterday but the odd one here and there. mostly dry, with good spells of sunshine and where we have that sunshine in the south, that is where we have high levels of tree pollen, grass pollen season

victoria gill, bbc news, wytham wood.lly collins. she's from the centre for environmental policy at imperial college london. good to see you, thanks to being with us. 60% in 20 years or less then 20 years, it seems that the dramatic fall. why should we be worried by this? it is dramatic fall. why should we be worried by this?— worried by this? it is a dramatic fall and we _ worried by this? it is a dramatic fall and we need _ worried by this? it is a dramatic fall and we need to _ worried by this? it is a dramatic fall and we need to be - worried by this? it is a dramatic fall and we need to be very - worried by this? it is a dramatic . fall and we need to be very worried about this, because looking at your previous article, insects are incredible important parts of food webs. in the countryside, and we really need them to underpin the vertebrate biodiversity, to feed chicks. we need insects doing many things in error countryside. tail: chicks. we need insects doing many things in error countryside.- things in error count

our science correspondent victoria gill reports.or a great tit. yeah. now, these parents have got a lot of work to do. they've got to find about 10,000 caterpillars for these. 10,000? to get them to fledge? yep. it's precisely because this has been a continuous study for all those decades that researchers have been able to see and to measure the change in the timing of spring here. the 75 years that we've been studying the tits here, we've seen quite a marked shift in the timing of egg laying. so they're now laying about three weeks earlier. the tits here are actually managing to track the other members of their food chain quite well. so both the caterpillars and the eggs have also shifted their timing earlier. so the whole sort of food chain has shifted earlier in spring. the woods were bequeathed to oxford university by a wealthy local family back in 1942. since then, they've been the site of dozens of different scientific projects. but the longest—running is the great tits study, which chris perrins has been involved in for more

victoria gill reports., in one woodland site of about a square mile, there are 1,200 specially built nest boxes. because wytham woods near oxford is a very special site of scientific interest. is this officially the most studied woodland in the world, do you think? i mean, it certainly must be one of them. we published more than 350 papers just from the wytham tit project alone. oh, wow, that is impressive. this year marks the 75th anniversary of the wytham great tit project. scientists have systematically monitored every chick hatched in their nest boxes here since 1947. and we are about to meet the newest generation. wow, how many are there? eight. that's a very standard size for a great tit. eight seems a lot. eight very hungry babies to feed. you can actually see most of their digestive systems. they are all transparent. transparent, mouths open, "feed me, feed me". now these parents have got a lot of work to do. they have got to find about 10,000 caterpillars for these. 10,000 to get them to fledge? th

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