Attack in somalia, many of the dead were students. Lynn faulds wood and Senior Reporter campaigners call for a radical overhaul of britains railways, at the sunday times, Rosamund Urwin. Including majorfare reforms many of tomorrows front pages are already in. And an end to nightmare journeys. Tomorrows sunday mirror has the news that speedboat killer and in half an hour well be taking Jack Shepherd is planning his an in depth look at the papers wedding from prison despite not yet being divorced with our reviewers the broadcaster, Lynn Faulds Wood from his first wife. And Senior Reporter for the sunday times, Rosamund Urwin do stay with us for that. The sunday people leads on the story of a mother who says her babys organs were kept by the police. Do stay with us for that. The mail on sunday has the claim that ministers bent rules on visas for foreign polo players after Buckingham Palace took an interest in the issue. The sunday telegraph leads on plans to make police disclose when the
One of the worlds rarest birds, the spoon billed sandpiper, has been successfully reared in captivity for the first time, raising hopes the species can be saved from extinction. Its taken almost a decade, from rescuing eggs in russias far east wetlands, to breeding two of the birds, at the wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in gloucestershire. Victoria gill reports. The first sign of a conservation breakthrough. These spoon billed sandpiper chicks hatched from eggs collected in the far east of russia and brought into captivity in the uk. That rescue mission was eight years ago. Now, at last, those critically endangered birds have read their own chicks, the first captive bred spoon billed sandpipers. We have to cover up our outdoor close, so everything from rubber boots that we can wash on the way in, to overalls, to this very attractive handout, because we dont want to be taking anything in there, into the aviary, where these very precious birds are that might hurt them or make them sick. Thi
Reporter an improvement she hopes to achieve by calling on city departments and the board of supervisors to commit every spare budget dollar towards homelessness, Mental Health s. F. , as well as people who are struggling with Substance Use disorder. Those will be our priorities because we want to make sure that we change what we know people are frustrated over. Reporter a lot of the frustration is coming from Business Owners who, according to the San Francisco chamber of commerce, are concerned about our streets. Our level of street care is not great enough, and that we need to up our game when we can all step up and be part of that. Reporter oracle reits entitlely announced it will move its world conference to las vegas. One of the reasons, poor street conditions. Do you think San Francisco is falling apart . I dont think its falling apart, but i think it could if we dont be more careful and take bolder steps. Reporter the oracle open world conference will cost San Francisco an estim
Hello and welcome to world news today. We begin with discord at the un Climate Summit in madrid, where negotiations have been extended because of serious disagreements between countries. The talks, which began two weeks ago, aim to find a formula for implementing a deal that was reached in paris back in 2015. The European Union and many small island states are pushing for more ambitious action from all countries but some of the biggest polluters, including the us, brazil and india, have objected. Heres a spokesperson for the summit outlining where things stand. From outlining where things stand. The comments from i this from the comments from the floor this morning, you can see there is a big array of concerns, and delegations ask for the introduction of new tags, but at the end of the day, there was a common denominator, the vast majority of delegations are asking for more ambitious text, and thatis asking for more ambitious text, and that is where we are aiming at. We need to strike
This is a story about stubbornness and ingenuity, and yes, about speed, too. It is the story of a quest to design and build the worlds fastest car, and then to find a place flat enough, long enough, to actually drive it. There are not many spots on this particular planet suitable for racing faster than the speed of sound. You cant just pick a straight stretch of road. At 500, 700, 900 miles an hour, the wheels would rip apart mere tarmac, which is why we have come to a remote corner of south africa, close to the borders of botswana and namibia, to a place called the hakskeen pan, on the southern edge of the giant kalahari desert. So here we are, we have come to the hakskeen pan. Beautiful, flat, miles and miles of dried mud, this lake bed, surrounded by these low, dark, red brown hills. A stunningly beautiful place. We are 800 metres above sea level here, a lakebed of mud and salt that floods briefly, once every year or two, and those white tents on the lake edge, well, think of them a