Man bitten by Fidel Castro's crocodile
Image copyrightEPA Image caption The man was delivering a speech at an aquarium in Stockholm when he was bitten by the crocodileA man has been hospitalised after he was bitten by a crocodile that once belonged to Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The man, in his 70s, had been attending a crayfish party at the Skansen […]
West Lane Hospital patients 'at high risk of avoidable harm'
Image copyright Google Image caption The mental health unit for children and adolescents is run by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust A mental health unit for young people where two patients died in two months has been rated inadequate. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) found patients at West Lane hospital in […]
Tesla sued by Walmart over solar panel fires
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Walmart wants Tesla to remove all solar panels from its stores and pay damages US supermarket chain Walmart is suing Tesla’s energy division, after solar panels on seven of its stores caught fire. It alleges that the firm was negligent in how it installed the panels on the roofs […]
Does the future of farming exist beneath city streets?
In a disused air raid shelter under London one company is growing salad crops, but what are the benefits, and drawbacks of vertical farming? We travelled to Growing Underground in Clapham to meet one of the founders, Richard Ballard. Video journalist: Alex Dackevych For more Focus on Farming content, visit our web page at www.bbc.co.uk/focusonfarming […]
G7 summit: Inside the climate activist training camp
Climate activists are gathering in Biarritz, France, ahead of the G7 summit this weekend – and they are likely to know what they’re doing. The campaign groups ANV, Alternatiba and Friends of the Earth have held a joint training camp for more than 1,000 activists to share effective tactics for non-violent protest. But is it […]
Former Farc rebels become eco-warriors to stop deforestation in the Amazon
Former Farc rebels in Colombia, who spent decades fighting the government over land and power, have reinvented themselves as eco-warriors protecting the Amazon rainforest from illegal logging. According to the government, deforestation in the Colombian Amazon rose by 60% between 2015 and 2018. The rainforest had been a no-go area during the conflict, but illegal […]
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