to a much hotter climate. when storm arwen swept through britain last weekend, six seal pups found themselves separated from their mother. but they were rescued later, and are now on the road to recovery and will soon be released back into the wild. our reporter alex dunlop has been to see them. not the most elegant way to have breakfast but a sort of fish soup in a syringe is keeping these grey seal pups alive. for the next five months, the rspca team here at east winch will be foster parents to these six orphans of storm arwen. it battered swathes of the country over the weekend. mother seals and their offspring were separated by fierce tidal waves. the mother s milk is substantial. it is all they have and it takes three weeks for them to wean, so for the first three weeks, it is very, very important for them to be with their mother. so how did frida s feeding go earlier on today? so she is doing really well. evangelo and his team look
and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. from the year before. and separated from their mothers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has ordered an extra 114 million covid vaccine doses for booster programmes over the next two years. ministers say the deals for both pfizer and moderna jabs will future proof the uk s vaccination programme. the deals include access to modified vaccines if they are needed to combat omicron and other variants that may arise. our health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports and a warning that there is flash photography at the start of her report. a year ago today the uk became the first in the world to approve
a fresh warning over soaring energy bills by next spring a typical gas bill may have doubled from the year before. and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has ordered an extra 114 million covid vaccine doses for booster programmes over the next two years. ministers say the deals for both pfizer and moderna jabs will future proof the uk s vaccination programme. the deals include access to modified vaccines if they are needed to combat omicron and other variants that may arise. our health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports
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but seal pups that live around the coastline have been having an increasingly difficult time. more frequent storms are causing larger numbers of baby seals to be separated from their mothers before they ve learnt to fend for themselves. we ve been to meet a team of mostly volunteers who have devoted their lives to the rescuing and rehabilitation of lost seal pups. meet galaxy. she has become a bit of a social media star for seal rescue ireland, and we arejoining her on her biggest adventure yet. so in this pool, we ve got galaxy, who isjust about ready to be released we re gonna be releasing her tomorrow and she is a very special seal because this is her second time in rehab. and she was one of the smallest. laughs. i just got soaked! galaxy the seal battled through the centre s icu and is the only seal they ve