Victoria Bourne

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Victoria Bourne

The naturalist's latest documentary Ocean With David Attenborough showed new footage of a bottom trawling net bulldozing through silt on the seafloor and scooping up species indiscriminately. Last week, MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee renewed calls to ban bottom trawling, dredging and mining for aggregates, on the seabed in offshore MPAs.It says it has carried out detailed assessments into the harms caused to habitats and species.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Victoria Bourne

Searches for Madeleine McCann are due to resume on Thursday morning near to where she disappeared from Praia da Luz, Portugal. German and Portuguese investigators have until Friday to look for evidence relating to the disappearance of the British toddler 18 years ago. Officers are scouring a 21 sq km (8.1 sq miles) site between where she went missing and where the German investigators' prime suspect, Christian Brückner, had been staying at the time.

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Jack Fenwick |Victoria Bourne

Image source, MODSir Richard Knighton has been chosen as the next Chief of the Defence Staff, the UK's most senior military officer role, the BBC understands. Sir Richard is set to replace Admiral Sir Tony Radakin who has been in the role since November 2021. He will be expected to oversee major reforms as the government bolsters the UK's defence capability. An official announcement is expected in the coming days, once the decision has made its way through Royal procedure.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Victoria Bourne

Judge in Diego Maradona case accused of behaving like an 'actress'Getty ImagesDiego Maradona pictured months before his death in 2020 at the age 60A judge in Argentina has stood down from the trial of Diego Maradona's medical staff after being criticised for taking part in a documentary about the case. Seven members of the legendary footballer's medical team have been charged with negligent homicide relating to his death in 2020. They deny the allegations.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Victoria Bourne

On Sunday, Netanyahu said his country would allow a "basic amount of food" to enter the territory after a 11-week long blockade but it planned to take "control of all of Gaza". The three Western leaders criticised this as "wholly inadequate" as the "denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable and risks breaching International Humanitarian Law". They added the level of suffering in Gaza was "intolerable".