Nature and Environment

As large swathes of the country were blanketed in heavy snow.
Yellow weather warnings in place after dozens of care home residents were rescued from flooding across northern England.
Mild flooding also occurred at a pharmaceutical plant manufacturing the Oxford/ AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, but disruption was averted.
Torrential rain and melting snow will make for a “volatile situation” in parts of northern England, as some councils prepare for evacuations.
As the government tries to explain that we’re all in this together, senior ex-MPs Caroline Flint and Caroline Spelman talk about their cross-party work to ensure the least well off areas of the country are not left behind in the drive to achieve net zero carbon emissions and tackle the climate emergency, with Arj Singh and Paul Waugh.
Less than two weeks into 2021 and it's already brought us lasso snakes.
The year rounds off the hottest decade ever recorded globally.
As the world turned to face Covid, dozens of extreme weather events wrought havoc on our planet.
Fire and rescue services were called hundreds of times after heavy rain battered areas including Gloucester and East Anglia.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan also fought against wind farm developments in her rural constituency in northern England.