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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
There are warnings of further possible flooding in northern Nepal as rescuers search for survivors of a flash flood that has killed at least 469 people.
In Trishuli, roads are caked in mud with vehicles left half-buried, while police barricades block entry to the worst-affected areas near river beds. Casualty figures continue to rise in what has become the country’s worst disaster since the 2015 earthquake.
The clear-up of one of England’s largest illegal waste tips at Kidlington in Oxfordshire has been completed, landing taxpayers with a £6m bill.
Around twenty-two thousand tonnes of rubbish was dumped at the site in 2025. The government has vowed to recoup clearance costs for Kidlington and seven other dumps by confiscating money and assets from the criminals responsible following a national crackdown on waste crime.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has called for a freeze on approving new data centres in England over concerns regarding their energy and water consumption.
Mr Polanski urged ministers to introduce stricter environmental rules and grant local communities a greater say. The government warned that any pause would cost the UK vital investment and leave the country reliant on overseas computing for sensitive data.
There are some smells that can transport you through time faster than any photograph. One moment you're standing in your kitchen in 2026. The next, you're back in your childhood bedroom, sitting in the back of the family car, walking through the school gates or waiting for your mum to finish shopping. You don't even have to think about it. You smell it, and suddenly you're there. For a generation […]
