this week, we re diving into the world of artificial reefs. the advantage to this is you can take all of the best qualities of a natural reef and you can exaggerate them, completely. the robots have come to town. and paul finds out how old bangers are being given an afterlife. it s an engine ina dishwasher. course it is! our oceans and the marine life they support are under threat. climate change is causing them to warm at record levels and as the seas absorb more co2 they also become more acidic. and that as well as other man made damage like trawling for fish can have a devastating impact on important habitats like reefs, but can technology offer a solution? well, adrian murray has been finding out about some conservation efforts to help bring back marine life in two very different parts of the world, starting in denmark. just off the island of samso, plans are under way to build an artificial reef, and i m about to join a group of researchers on the water for a closer loo
here at the bbc s headquarters in central london for unspun world. this week how many casualties has russia suffered in its war against ukraine, and how do we find out? we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine, and we get information from more than 65 cemeteries all over russia. xijinping, china s leader, at 70. is he turning into an emperor? the status he s got now, he is either a king or emperor. he s the supreme leader. and how bad is the world s climate crisis, really? enough to keep the people in the know awake at night? the world is changing rapidly. we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in the w
i said i was going to a mental health facility, because people knew i had mental health episodes that were bad, but nobody knew i was an addict. i kept my gambling a secret for years, and obviously it did eventually all come out. these british women fought to keep their gambling addiction a secret, until they were offered a lifeline a place in a residential centre, and a chance to confront their addiction. i can t remember the exact amount, but it shocked my parents, it shocked my partner at the time, because i think it worked out to be about £30,000 in the space of three months. recent studies indicate that around the world, the number of women gambling is growing. and for those with addiction, is often done in secret. we seem to be sleepwalking, it feels like, towards a problem. elissa used to gamble regularly in pubs, on fruit machines and down at the bookies. but she has got out of hand when she started doing it online in her 30s. i think it started when i was quite yo
from its stunning towns, sitting between the coves and cliffs on the amalfi coast, to the ruggedness and tranquillity of sardinia, and the hectic life between the ancient ruins in rome, italy is truly a place like no other, where art, food, culture and history all meet. though the history isn t consigned just to museums sometimes, it feels like it s all around you. and we start this look back at our adventures to italy with the time that i was in a small town in the north of the country called ivrea, taking part in the annual bruising battle of the oranges. its origins are unknown, but the festival dates back to medieval times, as locals battle between the carted henchmen and the locals defending the town. i was lucky to join a team for some last minute preparations before battle commenced. so, this is the first time i ve been on this cart. this is going to be my carriage. this is where i will be the baddie. and i ll be going through town, throwing these things at other peo
three people. we know two of the three people. we know two of the three people who died were university students from nottingham university and we know that one of the people injured in the attack and the people injured in the attack and the incident with the van is critically in hospital and two others suffered less serious injuries. we don t have details about the other person who died at the moment. hopefully the press conference will reveal some more details. for police they say a 31 year old man is in custody, arrest and under suspicion of murder and no one else is involved and you can see from nottingham that some of the cordons have been listed although police have kept a pretty tight grip on things in the city centre as they do their investigations, gather evidence and so on. i think the key for police and what it is puzzling everyone is to find out what was behind this attack. what were the motives, what was the reason for it. it appears on the face of it, a sort of