Science

This year’s climate has already smashed records, with temperatures last week topping 40 degrees Celsius.

We spoke to Professor Michael Wooldridge from Oxford University – a computer scientist who’s been an expert on AI for over 30 years.

Climate scientists are clear that it’s already too late to go back to the kind of weather we used to have, but can we stop things from getting a whole lot worse?

Our weather presenter, Liam Dutton, looks at all the records broken by today’s unprecedented heatwave in the UK – and explains why the climate crisis means this weather will become more commonplace.

This is no ordinary weather – burning wildfires, melting runways, warped roads and overheated hospitals – this is the reality of the UK’s unprecedented heatwave.

Our Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson spoke to the COP26 president Alok Sharma – before the first Conservative leadership debate took place.

It’s getting so hot across large parts of Britain that the Met Office has issued an amber warning for extreme heat lasting well into next week, saying there’s a potential for serious illness or even danger to life. 

Climate scientists say the early heatwaves across parts of France, Spain and the UK over the past few days are a sign of things to come.

Today is Clean Air Day – the UK’s largest air quality campaign embracing business, schools and the wider community which aims to highlight the dangers of air pollution. 

Given there are many out and proud athletes in other sports, why is male professional football so far behind?

Hundreds of people have taken part in protests against water companies dumping raw sewage into rivers and waterways.

Climate change activists have blocked streets in London and Paris, to protest what they call “climate inaction” by the authorities.

With England’s restrictions now about to be scrapped altogether -we’ve been back to speak to some of the people in Bradford who we’ve followed throughout the pandemic. 

Our Health and Social Care Editor Victoria Macdonald explains the potential health implications of the government lifting all Covid restrictions in England – despite scepticism from many medics and scientists.

So this is what it’s like for a nation to live with Covid – as the Prime Minister announced the end to all mandatory restrictions in England – a plan Labour dismissed as ‘half baked’.