Disney's share price rose by more than 5% in after-hours trading following the announcement.


Disney hasn't had the success it might have wished for in creating new animated franchises over the past few years.


So it was perhaps inevitable that Disney would return to them at some point.


Management at Disney now plan to do everything that we wanted them to do," he said.


"We will be watching, we will be rooting and the proxy fight is over."


Mr Iger made a shock return as Disney's chief executive, less than a year after he retired from the firm.


Mr Chapek was ousted after Disney's streaming business posted a $1.5bn quarterly loss.


Less than 24 hours after his return to Disney, Mr Iger said he was planning a major shake-up of the business.


Four years ago, Khan was accused of sexual misconduct by eight female colleagues and a journalist.


He had denied the accusations and no police case was brought against him.


It is extremely insulting and demoralising to victims and survivors who continue to fight for justice today," the petition says.


"The power equation in the Hindi film industry is entirely tilted in favour of men.


But women who want to join the industry go there to make a career just like you and me."


We are asking them to not celebrate someone who has got very serious allegations against him."


Viacom18, which owns ColorsTV and Voot, has not responded publicly to the criticism yet.


He denied the allegations, but was suspended by the Indian Film and Television Directors' Association for a year.


After he was also dropped as director from his film Housefull4, he tweeted in 2018:


The fall from grace, he said, was "God's way of telling him that he had to become a better person".


When a beautiful princess leaned over and tried to resuscitate her comatose lover with a kiss, she made cinematic history.


Karma, like a lot of the cinema of the time, was steeped in "exotic orientalism".


"The myth is that it's over four minutes long but that is not true," Ms Desai says.


To begin with it was not one kiss, it was a series of kisses.


In 2007, protests broke out after Hollywood actor Richard Gere kissed Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at a charity event in Delhi.


So, Karma stands out just because of the fact that a film made such a long while back featured a kiss.


"Himanshu Rai was already a success in Europe where he was considered a rising star.


The film got rave reviews, Ms Desai says, especially for Devika Rani, with "critics impressed by her beauty and diction".


But she returned with Rai to Mumbai to set up India's first professional studio, "where she got really busy working hard".


Talented and beautiful, Rani ruled the hearts of her fans and was dubbed "the First Lady of Indian cinema".


On one occasion, she wrote that he hit her with a script until she fell on the floor bleeding.


She lived there until her death in 1994, a year after her husband died.


"After her marriage to Roerich, she probably got the life she wanted," Ms Desai says.


Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan has opened to huge fanfare and enthusiastic reviews in India.


The much-awaited spy thriller marks Khan's grand return to the big screen after a four-year hiatus.


Analysts say the film, which released on Wednesday, is already on track to become the first big hit of 2023.


"Bollywood is back. Shah Rukh Khan is back," film reviewer Shubhra Gupta wrote in her review for The Indian Express.


Its trailer, which dropped on January 10, has been watched more than 50 million times on YouTube.


Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill, which gained a new lease of life this year after being featured in Stranger Things, was the UK's fourth most-streamed song on Spotify, for example, while being entirely absent from Apple's Top 10.


That created space for Nigerian rapper Rema, whose laid-back hit Calm Down was his second most-streamed song of the year; and Camila Cabello, whose duet with Ed Sheeran, Bam Bam, came third.


Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny was the most-played artist overall on Spotify for the third year running, thanks largely to his Grammy-nominated double album Un Verano Sin Ti (A Summer Without You).


Spotify's Wrapped has been expanded, with the service's 456 million listeners discovering not only their most-played songs and podcasts, but the tracks they favour at different times of the day.


"Brits' love of streaming remains as strong as ever, but the effect of high inflation meant consumers were forced to make difficult choices to balance their finances," said Dominic Sunnebo, Kantar's global director of entertainment on demand.


But Kantar said it reflected "short-term" demand in the run-up to Christmas, and more than one in 10 consumers planned to cancel one or more subscriptions in the first three months of this year.


But it also plans to crack down on password sharing, charging users more if they want to share Netflix with people they do not live with, and says it expects a negative reaction in the short term.


However, Kantar said growth at Disney+ in the UK was slowing, with the platform accounting for 11.7% of all new subscribers in the last three months of 2022 - down from 19.3% in the same period a year earlier.


There have been a string of television adverts trailing ahead to the Globes, while billboards around Los Angeles proclaim "Hollywood's biggest party is back". But that will only be the case if Hollywood actually shows up.


The latter two are also nominees - Curtis for best supporting actress for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once, and de Armas for best leading drama actress for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Blonde.


Brendan Fraser, who is nominated for best actor for The Whale, has said he will not attend the ceremony after accusing former HFPA president Philip Berk of groping him in 2003.


He is not nominated for best actor, but his film Top Gun: Maverick was one of the biggest movies of last year and is nominated for best drama picture.


Scarlett Johansson previously encouraged others in the film industry to "step back" from the organisation, while her Avengers co-star Mark Ruffalo wrote last year that the HFPA's reforms were "discouraging".


However, a tweet from the official Globes account on Tuesday suggested Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Selena Gomez, MJ Rodriguez, Jennifer Coolidge, Jenna Ortega and Rihanna will be attending the ceremony.


Taking place in early January, most celebrities are usually on good form at the Globes, thanks to the Christmas break they've just enjoyed, coupled with plenty of complimentary drinks.


Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley biopic, Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion animation Pinocchio, and Todd Field's excellent drama Tár, starring Cate Blanchett as a disgraced orchestra conductor, all have three.


On the television side, school-based comedy Abbott Elementary leads with five nominations, while there are four apiece for The Crown, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Only Murders in the Building, Pam & Tommy and The White Lotus.


While a win at the Globes is not a guarantee of Oscars success, it can often be helpful in raising the profile of a film or actor and give them a momentum boost.


The gap has piqued interest in Khan and also led to a heightened scrutiny of the film, which also stars Deepika Padukone, one of India's most popular stars, and John Abraham.


"If you dare to party at Pathaan's house, then I will have to come to greet you - with fireworks," an unmistakable voice sneers at us, as Khan makes an appearance.


A suave spy with tousled hair and chiselled biceps and abs, Khan effortlessly takes down enemies, hops on moving vehicles, rappels down skyscrapers and seduces women while trying to save his nation from evil forces, led by Abraham.


Over the years, he points out, the actor has experimented with scripts, playing different types of roles, such as the ones in My Name is Khan, Chak de India and Love You Zindagi.


The 33-year-old said she was lucky to be able to afford the cost of her subscription and thought the move Netflix was"a desperate bid to attract more people" that would end up hurting the brand.


But a recent global survey by the Simon Kucher consultancy found that more than a third of streaming customers were likely to cancel a subscription with the next 12 months, especially in markets such as China, India and the US.


"Netflix is making its move into ad supported streaming at exactly the right time and we expect uptake to be fast and significant, as consumers battle to take control over their expenses," he said.


But analysts at Enders Analysis said they did not think many of the company's current viewers would find the savings worth switching for, nor was it likely to draw in large numbers of new subscribers.


"We find it bizarre that some have opined that there will be a material quantity of Netflix subscribers that will actively pursue ad-supported video to save a couple of pounds a month," the firm wrote in a recent note.


Indian Matchmaking - the "cringeworthy" Netflix show that created a huge buzz in India and many parts of the globe two years ago - is back with a second season.


Here, everything happens for a reason - and that is to find a bride or a groom because, as Ms Taparia explains at the outset, "first is marriage, then love" and "everything gets adjusted after marriage".


The new season includes some of her old clients from season one and a number of new faces, hoping that Ms Taparia, who claims to be "Mumbai's top matchmaker", will help them find "The One".


To many, the faith these rich and successful millennials put in the matchmaker - popularly known as "Sima aunty" - may seem questionable, considering none of her matches from the previous season worked out.


In the new season, the matchmaker's edges are softened a bit and she seems to be holding her tongue sometimes - possibly because of the backlash - but the show is still riddled with sexism and gender biases.


So Akshay, a male client who calls himself the "world's most eligible bachelor", is allowed to call women "chicks" and the female clients are routinely told to temper their expectations.


It was also among the top 10 in 13 countries, including in the US, Canada and South Africa, in the first week of its release and remained on the list in seven countries for another week.


Film and trade analyst Komal Nahata says the interest in the show is because season one was "a huge and roaring success - not just among Indians but also in the US and several other countries".


"Because of the growing number of divorces, relatives - or even parents - do not want to get involved, so that they don't get blamed if a marriage doesn't work out.


"What I found most odd was that all these women in the US - who are educated and independent and are free to marry whoever they want to - still seek out someone like Ms Taparia.


It's especially absurd, she says, in a country where thousands of brides are killed every year over insufficient dowry, marital rape is not criminalised and thousands of housewives are driven to suicide every year.


"I want to ask Netflix why are you putting your money into a show that propagates mass misogyny? Why not have a show on single women?" she asks, adding that "marriage is not the benchmark for our lives."


That's how Zeenat Aman, who captivated Indians in the 1970s with her trailblazing style and unconventional Bollywood roles, described herself on Instagram earlier this month, when she made her debut there.


The 71-year-old has only posted about a dozen times so far - mostly photos of herself with musings on ageing, her eventful career and her pet dog Lily - but her presence has captured people's attention and imagination.


Wearing comfortable linen overalls and perched on a stool near a patch of sunlight, Aman ruminated in her caption about how dominant the male gaze was in films and fashion during the 1970s.


But the most remarkable part about her Instagram debut is that an actor whose most memorable performances occurred four decades ago has managed to connect with a much younger audience almost instantly.


That same year, she catapulted to dizzying fame with her performance in the hit film Hare Rama Hare Krishna, where she played a naïve, young flower child who is a drug addict.


Her most controversial role was in 1978 - Satyam Shivam Sundaram sparked a flurry of controversies because of the scanty outfits worn by Aman's character Roopa and an intimate scene between her and the actor Shashi Kapoor.


"I was always quite amused by the accusations of obscenity as I did not and do not find anything obscene about the human body... Rupa's sensuality was not the crux of the plot, but a part of it," she wrote.


On Instagram, the actor is charming and exudes an air of naturalness as she reminisces about her youth and stardom, not through a lens of regret, but simply from the vantage point of being older.


"We believe we are on a path to a profitable streaming business, assuming that we do not see a meaningful shift in the economic climate," he said on a conference call to discuss the firm's results.


Disney has poured billions of dollars into its streaming platforms in recent years, remaking itself from a company rooted in traditional television and movies into one of the streaming industry's major players.


"I'm so pleased to announce that we have sequels in the works from our animation studios to some of our most popular franchises: Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia," he said.


The announced job cuts amount to around 3.6% of Disney's workforce around the world and are part of a plan to save $5.5bn (£4.5bn) and make its Disney+ streaming service profitable.


And while the film did much much better on Disney+, it's likely that it was watched and enjoyed more by existing subscribers, rather than encouraging new viewers to join the service.


Freddy Colquhoun, investment director at JM Finn, told the BBC: "Disney has been in quite a bit of trouble over the last year or so and in particular with trying to make its streaming business profitable."


At the time he said he had tasked a group of executives with designing "a new structure that puts more decision-making back in the hands of our creative teams and rationalises costs".


But ever since the show revealed the names of the housemates, hundreds of people, many of them women, have taken to social media to express their "disgust" and "anger" at his inclusion.


The protest is also because of the reach of Bigg Boss - it is considered to be India's most popular reality show, racking up tens of billions of hours of viewing time.


In India where there is deep-seated patriarchy, Ms Chauhan says that women already have an uphill battle and this sends out a message to those who made the allegations against him that they are being totally unseen and unheard.


The allegations against Khan came in 2018 - after the MeToo movement started in the US, many women in India took to Twitter to call out comedians, journalists, authors, actors and filmmakers.


But his return to the limelight obviously hasn't gone to plan - the outrage over the allegations against him have meant that many are still unwilling to give him a second chance.


The kiss - from the 1933 film Karma - featuring real-life couple Devika Rani and Himanshu Rai - has long been written about as the first-ever Bollywood film to have a lip lock and "Bollywood's longest kiss ever".


The press at the time reported that the kiss was more than four minutes long, and the couple exchanging it on screen have been the subject of much myth-making in India ever since.


Rai and Rani went on to set up Bombay Talkies, India's first professional film studio, in 1934 which dominated the first decade of talking cinema in India and set trends, many of which are still followed to this day.


A 2020 book, which recently received the National Film Award for Best Book on Indian Cinema from the country's president, tries to set the record straight on the kiss and the tumultuous lives of the couple.


Described as "a love drama", the 63-minute film was directed by British filmmaker JL Freer Hunt and boasted that it "featured actual royal palaces and scenes of oriental splendour".


The kiss takes place almost at the end of the film as the desperate princess kisses the prince in a bid to revive him as he lays unconscious, bitten by a cobra.


And the kiss was not a selling point of the film at the time, she says, adding that "it became a popular myth much later, most likely created by the press".


But, she adds, the intention behind making this film was not its popularity but to use it "as a showpiece to tell the world that they could make cinema for the world stage from Bombay".


After Rai suffered a nervous breakdown and died in 1940, Devika Rani ran the studio as a producer, giving breaks to legendary actors such as Madhubala and Dilip Kumar, and delivering many superhit films.


Some have critiqued the film's plot - calling it over the top and silly - but others said that Khan had managed to revive his magic on the silver screen.


Ms Gupta said it was a dazzling affair of "non-stop action, leavened by glamorous leads, topped by the guy who can save the world, a high-octane set piece and an emo line at a time".


Film critic Deepanjana Pal, who writes for the website FilmCompanion, called Pathaan "a hero for today's India" who brings familiar gestures to the role but in new and different ways.


Film critic Nandini Ramnath said there were moments when "the narrative slumps, when the stunts feel too familiar or derivative, when the thrills look like they are in danger of running out".


Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer all said the track was their top performer of the year, beating competition from Ed Sheeran, Drake and Taylor Swift.


Spotify listeners showed a huge appetite for UK rap, with releases by Dave, Aitch and D-Block Europe all performing well.


However, he could not replicate that success in the UK, where audiences still seem averse to music sung in languages other than English.


The Official Charts will reveal the overall biggest songs of the year - tallying streams, downloads and physical sales - in January.


The statistics come as the streaming services release their end-of-year recaps - which provide users with a customised deep dive into their listening statistics.


Fans will also be given a "listening personality" - that analyses their habits in categories such as "exploration vs familiarity" or "variety vs loyalty".


"It's always interesting to see who wants to share and who doesn't want to share," said Tom Connaughton, MD of Spotify for the UK.


"If you go and stand by our music team, they're the least likely to want to show you [their results] because they're scared of what it says about them."


Apple has also revamped its Replay feature, telling users how many individual songs and artists they played over the year, and preparing a playlist of their most-played songs.


It also produces a shareable list of your Top 10 artists, along with the number of minutes you spent listening/dancing/driving/studying/falling asleep to their music.


Analysts Kantar said the number of paid-for video streaming subscriptions in the UK fell by two million, from 30.5 million to 28.5 million.


"That financial pressure increasingly meant cutting back on video streaming subscriptions, particularly where households often had three or more different services in the same household."


Gregory Bortkiewicz, 36, and his partner Tanya Kant, 37, from Brighton subscribed to Netflix a decade ago and chose to cancel their subscription last summer.


"I always found myself flicking though it and not finding good content so me and my partner decided we should cancel it," Greg, a consultant, told the BBC.


He said he does not regret it as "there are so many other options and it got to the point where the little amount we were paying, adds up".


Kantar said the UK streaming market returned to growth in the last three months of the year, with new subscriptions up by 300,000 compared with the previous quarter.


Last summer Netflix, the world's biggest video streaming company, said it had lost almost a million subscribers between April and July worldwide after it put up prices.


But in the last three months of 2022, the Californian company reported gaining seven million, taking the total number of signed-up viewers to 231 million.


The firm has launched a cheaper service with adverts in 12 countries, including the UK, which it plans to roll out more widely.


In November, the media giant said it had added more than 12 million subscribers globally to its Disney+ streaming platform in the three months ending in September.


The organisation behind the ceremony hopes to restore the status of the Globes, as well as its own reputation, after a controversial two years.


The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once lead the 2023 nominations at the film and TV awards, followed by Babylon and The Fabelmans.


The newspaper's investigation also alleged the group often accepted "freebies" from studios and PR agencies who were campaigning for nominations, along with other ethical failings.


The expose led NBC to cancel its broadcast of the 2022 ceremony, which ended up taking place behind closed doors with few stars in attendance.


Meanwhile, the HFPA announced a series of reforms, such as expanding and diversifying the membership, and a ban on accepting promotional items from film and TV studios.


All eyes will now be on Tuesday's ceremony at the Beverly Hilton hotel to see whether the Globes have been let out of Hollywood's dog house.


We know four stars who will definitely be there - director Quentin Tarantino and actors Billy Porter, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ana de Armas.


The HFPA found that Mr Berk "inappropriately touched" Fraser, but that it "was intended to be taken as a joke and not as a sexual advance".


In 2022, he won an Emmy for writing his stand-up special Rothaniel and was nominated for guest hosting Saturday Night Live that same year.


"Traditionally, it was always considered the most fun [of the awards] to be at," Gervais told the Telegraph earlier this week.


The Banshees of Inisherin, a dark comedy starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, leads the pack at the Globes with eight nominations.


Rachel Zegler, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ariana DeBose, Emma Corrin, Richard Madden, Awkwafina and Taron Egerton have all won trophies when their stars were on the ascent.


But there are also titans of the big screen in contention for major prizes - such as Cate Blanchett, Olivia Colman and Daniel Craig.


Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's latest film Pathaan, which releases on Wednesday, has been hitting the headlines in India for the past several weeks.


Charming, funny and with millions of fans at home and abroad, the actor is often described as Bollywood's "most important cultural export", whose popularity travels beyond his films.


Starting in December when the filmmakers began releasing promotional videos of Pathaan's songs, the film has been the subject of incessant chatter on social media.


Khan's tweet of the Hindi trailer has had 3.9 million views and an additional half a million each for the Telugu and Tamil versions.


A fan called it a "paisa vasool [value for money] experience", adding that he would try to catch the film as soon as it released.


But ever since his comments about growing religious intolerance in India a few years back, the barrage of attacks from Hindu right-wing groups have become more personal and concerted.


"It has acquired a distinctly communal twinge, as they seek to anchor the actor's image around his religious identity," says author and film critic Saibal Chatterjee.


Until a few years back, he says, Bollywood was seen as a place that existed beyond religious and political differences and "entertainment was the only thing that mattered".


They accused Khan of insulting Hindus as saffron is a colour associated with their religion, even though Padukone changes costumes several times during the song.


But as the countdown to Pathaan's release begins, Khan and the filmmakers have skirted around the controversies, instead concentrating on the film's promotion.


And earlier this month, Khan visited Dubai where a large crowd of cheering fans watched Pathaan's trailer, projected on the façade of Burj Khalifa.


From the actor's reputation to the film's 2.5bn rupee ($30m; £25m)-budget, a lot is at stake and some have wondered if the negative publicity could impact the film's success.


"Khan is not just an actor, he is a brand, probably the biggest we've had in the country, and most certainly in Bollywood," he says.


Shrayana Bhattacharya, author of a book called Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh Khan, says the star's fans will "never reduce him to religion or political calculations".


But some are wondering if the spy-thriller genre is the right kind for Khan's return to the big screen after a four-year gap?


Khan made his name playing a romantic hero, an actor who defined love - its language, fickleness and the anxieties that come with it - for an entire generation.


And women, who make up a large part of his fan base, may not be interest in seeing him as an action hero.


A few days back, the actor said he always wanted to be an action hero and that's why Pathaan "is a dream come true for me".


"But at this point in his career, he can afford to do that. He is fearless and he is experimenting. He has nothing to lose."


People settling in to their sofas for a bit of Netflix now have a new option  - to pay less for their favourite shows but watch with adverts.


It is charging £4.99 a month in the UK, and $6.99 in the US for the new plan - a roughly 30% discount to the firm's cheapest ad-free option.


At Netflix, the number of subscribers fell by more than 1 million in the first half of the year, as the company pushed through its latest round of price hikes.


That's a tiny fraction of its roughly 220 million global accounts, and the company made up for those losses over the three months to September.


But while Netflix once distinguished itself by being commercial free, surveys by Kantar and others suggest that acceptance of adverts among audiences is growing.


For now, both aged 20, said they weren't directly concerned with the expense of Netflix, since they watch on someone else's account.


With Netflix warning of plans to crack down on password sharing, they said the new option could be "good for students".


Among non-subscribers, however, a survey in the US by DISQO found only 25% to 35% were interested in signing up for a service with ads.


But forecasting analyst Peter Newman cautioned that the new plan will draw most of its sign-ups from Netflix's existing audience, rather than expanding the pool of viewers.


It has once again renewed the debate about whether the show is regressive or if it holds up a mirror to society.


Despite its immense popularity, season one was called out for in-your-face misogyny, casteism and colourism and caused much outrage, with many describing it as regressive.


There are no lower castes or religious minorities, except for one Sikh, and I can't remember seeing anyone who has darker skin colour."


Despite the criticism, the series was among the top five shows in India for two weeks since its launch on 10 August.


"For people in the West, where most go to Tinder and Bumble and other websites to find matches, the show had shock value.


This type of matchmaking that we have in India is very unique and Westerners couldn't believe that it actually happens like this," he told the BBC.


In India too - where 90% of all marriages are still arranged - there's growing interest in professional matchmaking, at least in cities and towns.


"It made me sad to think that all these women have learnt nothing from living all these years in America," she adds.


In an interview with Variety last week, Smriti Mundhra, the show's creator, agreed that "some of the show is cringey".


Her first couple of posts were photos shot of her by a young woman photographer in the "comfort of [her] home".


The post has since been shared thousands of times across social media platforms, with Aman being praised for sparking a meaningful conversation in the simplest of ways.


She was already a successful model when she started her career in Bollywood in 1971 with small role in a film called Hulchul.


From blowing smoke rings in crowded, dingy rooms to dancing in scanty tie-dye dresses with hippies, Aman - and the film - transformed women's fashion in the film industry.


She was not a traditional Bollywood heroine - her unconventional beauty, bold fashion choices and outspoken ways stood out too much.


"Gradually even I got absorbed into the mainstream but towards the second half of my career I did films that had different roles."


In one of her Instagram posts, Aman revisited the controversy as she shared a photograph of herself taken during a camera test for the film.


She had a magnetic screen presence, but it was the self-assurance with which she conducted her life - including traumatic personal experiences - that made her even more popular.


It was only once I contemplated upon my own hesitations that I realised I really don't care to buttress our society's idolisation of youth," she wrote.


The actor also includes light personal anecdotes - last week, she said she learnt the meaning of the word "thirst-trap" from her sons.


As one Twitter user said: "Zeenat Aman joining Instagram is one of the best things that has happened on the internet in recent times."


The media giant said it had added more than 12 million subscribers to its Disney+ streaming platform in the three months ended in September.


The company now counts more than 235 million subscriptions across its three streaming platforms, which also include the sports-focused ESPN+ and wider enterainment site Hulu.


As it turns its focus to profitability, Disney has announced plans to raise prices and introduce a version of Disney+ with adverts.


Overall the company said revenues rose 9% in the three months ended in September, and were up 23% for its financial year.


The firm was also hurt by weakness in its traditional movie and television business, which saw declines in advertising, and rising costs cut into its profits.


Paolo Pescatore, an analyst at PP Foresight, said it was a "disappointing quarter" that "underlines the challenges a media giant faces in pivoting towards a streaming future".


Disney chief executive Bob Iger has announced sequels for Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia as he detailed plans to turn around its streaming business.


"We'll have more to share about this production soon, but this is a great example of how we're leaning into our unrivalled brands and franchises."


The plan will see the company restructure into three segments - entertainment which will include film, TV and streaming; sports-focused ESPN and Disney parks, experiences and products.


"This reorganisation will result in a more cost-effective, co-ordinated approach to our operations," Mr Iger told analysts on a conference call.


One of Bob Iger's key strategies in his previous stint running Disney was to maximise the use of popular properties in its existing back catalogue.


The last instalments of Toy Story and Frozen both took more than $1bn at the global box office, as did Zootopia (Zootropolis in the UK).


No doubt it hopes that as well as performing well at the traditional box office, well-known titles like this will also help to drive increasing numbers to Disney+.


Disney's changes address some of the criticisms raised in recent months by billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz, who criticised the company for overspending on its streaming business.


In an interview on Thursday with the business broadcaster CNBC Mr Peltz said he would no longer seek a seat on the board to push for change.


He was brought back to steer the company through turbulent times after its share price plummeted and Disney+ continued to make a loss.


Mr Iger, who had previously headed Disney for 15 years, replaced Bob Chapek, who took over as chief executive in February 2020.


Bigg Boss, the wildly popular Indian version of Big Brother, has been mired in an ugly row since it  premiered on Colors TV on Saturday.


The 16th season of the show, hosted by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, has been criticised for including film director Sajid Khan as a housemate.


Singer Sona Mohapatra said Indian TV channels were a "depraved and a sad lot" for including men called out for sexual harassment.


Since Saturday, ColorsTV and the show's official Twitter account have put out several hundred promotional tweets, but they are yet to respond to the criticism.


Its popularity has gone up many times since 2020 when it was made available on Voot - an Indian digital streaming service.


So calls have been growing to drop Khan from the show - a petition to banish him from the Bigg Boss house has already received more than 5,000 signatures.


Khan's inclusion in the show, she says, alongside one of India's biggest heroes like Salman Khan, will provide him with an opportunity to "whitewash his image" in public.


Khan, a successful director who had worked with some of Bollywood's biggest stars, was among those named by mostly aspiring actresses and a female journalist.


It was packed with clichés the West liked - the Indian royalty, a tiger hunt, mating cobras and a snake charmer.


Public displays of affection on and off screen have been largely taboo in India for decades - though cinematic depictions have got bolder in recent years.


In another incident a couple of years later, a young married couple in Delhi were charged with obscenity for kissing in public.


"The actress singing in an operatic style was not really meant for the Indian masses who didn't like it much," Ms Desai says.


This, she says, was necessary as the prospective investors were British or members of the affluent Parsi community who were very Western in their outlook.


The great-niece of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, she had been schooled in England from the age of nine and "was cast in the Western mould and was cosmopolitan".


One newspaper wrote that "it would be difficult to find anyone lovelier than her" while another raved about "her lovely features and lustrous eyes and graceful movements".


The film catapulted the actress into a league of her own, turning her into "India's only internationally-renowned star, who was being wooed by Hollywood and European cinema".


Her relationship with Rai also soured when she discovered that he was married before and had a daughter," Ms Desai says.


The outbreak of World War Two severely impacted the Bombay Talkies as its entire German staff was detained and put in camps by India's British rulers.


But in 1945, she sold her shares, married Svetoslav Roerich and moved to the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, and eventually relocated to Bangalore.


Bombay Talkies, however, didn't survive long once Rani left - "it limped along for a few years before folding up in 1954", she adds.


The film tells the exhilarating tale of Pathaan, a suave Indian spy played by Khan, who is on a mission to stop a group of terrorists from attacking India.


And on Wednesday, Khan tweeted that 25 single screen theatres had re-opened in northern Indian to screen the film, after they were shut down during the Covid-19 outbreak.


Ticketing platform BookMyShow told news agency PTI that the audience response had been "phenomenal" with over one million tickets booked by Monday itself.


"The romantic hero is gone, replaced by an older, scruffier man who is determined to fulfil the responsibilities placed up him by his circumstances," she wrote.


Uday Bhatia, while reviewing the film for Mint Lounge newspaper, said it was a "maximalist fun, spy actioner that piles spectacle on silly spectacle".


That would have earned the star and his co-writers about £1.5m in royalties.


"Thanks to everyone that supported us in 2022 - Big Love."


It said that Prime Video, AppleTV+ and Paramount+ had driven the gains.


New subscriber growth also slowed at Now TV and Britbox, it said.es.


But some will be notable by their absence.


Another big star almost certain to skip the ceremony is Tom Cruise.


This year, US comedian Jerrod Carmichael will take on hosting duties.


"Of course, what's better for the audience isn't always great for the performer.


As audiences get drunker, you have to work harder to get their attention.


The Golden Globes are also particularly good at recognising new talent.


And Pathaan is his first film after a four-year hiatus.


And when its trailer dropped on 10 January, the fan frenzy peaked.


It has been watched more than 51 million times on YouTube.


The authorities scramble to fight them, but time is running out.


A pulsing music track accompanies the shots.


But right from the start, Pathaan has been mired in controversies.


But, he adds, the industry has now become increasingly polarised.


It's an assessment Chatterjee disagrees with.


With Pathaan, he says, Khan is clearly "breaking the mould".


But streaming audiences are clearly getting restive.


Many of Netflix's competitors already combine streaming with adverts or have plans to.


"An ad-supported tier isn't going to reverse Netflix's fortunes overnight," he said.


Additional reporting by Charlotte McDonald


"They are all rich, upper-caste and fair-skinned people.


Thousands have taken to social media to share their impressions of the show.


So, matchmakers have proliferated, they are everywhere."


"Indians have a national obsession with marriage, and it's a very unhealthy obsession.


No lights, no makeup artist, no hairdresser, no stylist, no assistants.


Just a lovely sunny afternoon together," she wrote.


But her penchant for starting conversations is unchanged.


"I just love how frill-free and real she is," says another.


And fans, young and old, loved every bit of her innocence.


Netflix, by comparison, has about 223 million subscribers.


It reported profits of $162m, up from $159m last year.


Mr Iger said he did "not make this decision lightly".


The company's streaming service remained its top priority, he added.


Its first big post-Covid release Strange World was a box office failure.


So it's no huge surprise to see these sequels being announced.


But he said the results "were actually really reassuring" and beat expectations.


"This was a great win for all the shareholders.


Bob Iger says he's proud of his achievements at Disney


"So, we are asking ColorsTV to not give him that platform.


"An industry known for abuse could take a better stand.


In fact, as a country we could take a better stand," she adds.


"It's said that failure destroys people.


But in my case, it was success that destroyed me," he said.


"The kiss is obviously not the longest ever in a Bollywood film.


If you time it, it couldn't probably cross two minutes."


Protesters burned effigies of the actor, claiming that he had insulted Indian culture.


And that's where Rani's presence helped.


But her relationship with Rai soon began to unravel.


"She was working very hard and was not credited enough.


There was significant Hollywood fallout to a scathing exposé of the HFPA published in the LA Times in February 2021, which found there were no black members in the 87-strong voting body, and that relatively few members worked full-time for notable foreign publications.


Normally, an acerbic host such as Ricky Gervais, Seth Myers or the pairing of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler would make fun of the A-listers in the audience and Hollywood in general, in a way that would not happen at the more formal Oscars.


The 57-year-old is making a comeback on the big screen after a series of setbacks in his personal and professional life, including the arrest of his son Aryan Khan last year on fake charges of drug possession - the charges were eventually dropped - and a number of films that didn't do well.


Already riled by the film's name Pathaan - a Muslim title - the hardline Hindu groups raked up a controversy over one of its songs after Padukone was seen in a saffron-coloured bikini in the song Besharam Rang - which translates from Hindi to shameless colour.


There have been calls to ban the film unless the song is removed, protesters have torn up posters and burnt Khan's effigies, a petition has been filed in a court accusing the cast of hurting the sentiments of the Hindu community and the film has been accused of promoting nudity and obscenity.


During the Fifa World Cup, footballer Wayne Rooney appeared along with the actor in a short promotional video, repeating after Khan in Hindi - "Apni kursi ki peti bandh lo, Mausam bigadne wala hai [Fasten your seatbelts, the weather is about to get turbulent]".


"If they are going to be offering ads, it feels like less of a premium service that people will be happy to continue paying for," she said, adding that clogging shows and movies up with commercials would make Netflix "just another YouTube".


With concerns about the cost of living rising, Netflix with ads has a chance of helping it hold on to its audience, said Dominic Sunnebo, global consumer insight director at Kantar World Panel, which has found that for many of the households in the UK, quitting Netflix means dropping out of streaming altogether.


"This goes against Netflix's (extremely) effective conditioning of its subscription base to see advertising as the ultimate annoyance and expect nothing less than the cleanest and least intrusive video viewing experience possible—a strategy that has worked to the expense of every other competing and trailing service."


There was a "flurry" of interest from advertisers after Netflix announced the service, though some brands became "more reticent" when they found out how much the advertising would cost, said Liz Duff, head of commercial and operations for Total Media, which buys advertising slots for big household name brands,


The eight-part reality TV show - included in the list of the 50 most influential reality TV shows of all time by Time magazine - once again follows elite Indian matchmaker Sima Taparia as she tries to find suitable matches for her wealthy clients in India and the US.


The show has also made headlines in India over Ms Taparia's controversial comment on age difference - she tells a female client that her relationship with a man who is seven years younger is not a good match, "just like that of Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas".


Ms Bajpayee says that people go to matchmakers "because it's not easy to find a match, and sometimes you need a bit of help", but adds that there are a lot of problems with the show as "it's still not critiquing regressive ideas" and "just propagates known biases".


But Sreemoyee Piu Kundu, author and founder of Status Single, India's first and only community for urban single women, questions the rationale behind promoting a show on weddings in India "where women are judged all the time for not getting married".


From Sheetal in Roti Kapda aur Makaan (1974), who chooses a suave, rich man over her unemployed boyfriend, to Bharti, a rape survivor on a quest for justice in Insaf Ka Tarasu (1980), Aman constantly pushed the boundaries of cinema and also inspired many women to do the same in their lives.


"At a time when technology and Instagram filters are rewriting our bodies and faces, Aman - with her gorgeous silver bob and soft wrinkles - is sparking a more honest assessment of what it means to be a woman," says one fan.


Announcing them all at the same time (although we don't know when they're likely to be released) is a clear signal to shareholders and audiences that at a time when Disney is cutting jobs and looking to make savings, it will continue to pour resources into areas that have served it well in the past.


Journalist Barkha Dutt tweeted that Khan's inclusion showed "utter contempt for what so many women feel" and MeTooIndia - an unofficial account created by a journalist after the 2018 movement to amplify the voices of Indian survivors - wondered why the organisers were silent.


Sukriti Chauhan, lawyer and public health advocate and a co-author of the petition, told the BBC that the allegations against the director were "quite disturbing, graphic and horrific" and giving him a prime-time slot on one of India's most popular shows was "not right".


"In the wake of the allegations against me and the pressure being put on my family, my producer [and] the stars of my film Houseful4, I must take the moral responsibility of stepping down from my directorial post, till the time I can allay the allegations and prove the truth… I request my friends in the media to kindly not pass judgement till the truth is out."


At Saturday's premier, he acknowledged the allegations against him - he said he had been sitting at home for the past four years because he did not get much work, but blamed his downfall on his "arrogance", saying that after a number of his films became hits, he started to believe that he was infallible.


The trade body for UK airlines said the sector was committed to the 2050 target and that sustainable fuels would be a key factor in reaching it.


Demand for flights is expected to increase, and governments and the aviation industry are experimenting with ways to reduce the climate impacts of traditional kerosene fuel.


The authors of the Royal Society report looked at four options for greener fuels to replace the 12.3m tonnes of jet fuel used annually in the UK.


A new fuel needs to be financially viable, safe, usable around the world, and to have high enough energy density to be used on long-distance flights, they say.


The trade body for UK airlines, Airlines UK, said in response that sustainable fuels were safe and increasingly commonplace, and that the sector was committed to the 2050 'jet zero' target.


"A Frequent Flyer Levy would target reduced demand amongst the group responsible for most of the environmental damage today, while leaving the annual family holiday untouched," he says.


It found textiles were just 4% of what was binned in 2021, in terms of weight, but accounted for 32% of the carbon footprint generated by household waste.


Zero Waste Scotland said that the clothing we buy is often produced via long supply chains which generate large volumes of greenhouse gas emissions at every stage.


The idea is to help people - particularly families with children - reuse clothes and cut down on global emissions as well as the fashion industry's impact on global communities.


Ms Eriksen says the shop has been designed to recreate a typical shopping experience, although admits items can be more expensive than the cheapest clothes sold on the high street.


She said: "Lots of people buy second hand already and it's part of the choices they make as consumers, but for a lot of others, they wouldn't choose to do that.


"If we can see enough of that clothing continuing to circulate at that high level, then we're reducing the demand on the planet and on our global communities as well."


Food waste was the second highest contributor to the carbon impact of household waste - making up 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, but only 18% of household waste by weight.


Iain Gulland, chief executive of Zero Waste Scotland, said: "If we're serious about tackling climate change we need to rethink our consumption of goods and materials.


The Scottish government funded agency is encouraging Scots to "do things differently" and look to the circular economy model - where people are encouraged to reuse, donate and recycle products.


Emissions from producing and making the raw materials for our textiles is equal to about two and a half times the greenhouse gases emitted from our international aviation and shipping in 2020.


The minister in charge, Green MSP Lorna Slater, said the move would give businesses "the clarity and confidence they need" to take part in the system.


The deposit return scheme (DRS) aims to improve recycling rates for certain bottles and cans by providing a financial incentive to recycle and pick up litter.


The customer can get that money back when they take the empty container to a return point, either over-the-counter at a shop or using an automated reverse vending machine.


Producers have until the end of the month to register for the scheme, which will require them to declare how many items they intend to put on the Scottish market.


Many small businesses have warned that while they support the general sentiments, the scheme will impose unacceptable costs and other strains while they are still recovering from the Covid pandemic.


In particular they are worried about cashflow impact of paying deposits and administrative fees in advance, as well as pressure to produce special barcodes on products destined for the Scottish market.


Producers have to pay the 20p deposit, as well as a small fee, to the scheme's administrator for every item they produce that is destined for sale in Scotland.


They can recoup the 20p by adding it to cost of their products when they sell it to  wholesalers - who in turn pass it on to retailers.


The Scottish Conservatives - who have called for the scheme to be paused - claimed the "last-minute" changes were an acknowledgment that its design was flawed.


MSP Maurice Golden said: "This sudden discovery of £22m just days before the deadline for firms to register is not enough to make it fit for purpose in its current form.


It also does not add to the growing problem of e-waste once it reaches the end of its life in the way that solar panels and batteries currently do.


Prof Di Lorenzo said: "The principle is that hydrocarbons are digested by the organisms in the soil into less or totally non-harmful components and in doing so they release electrons."


She added: "Once again we generate electricity with that and in this way we achieve two things - we purify contaminated soil and you generate electricity at the same time."


It could prove transformative for places like the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, which repeated oil spills have turned into one of the most polluted landscapes on earth.


"The technology is extremely low-cost and it could be a solution to areas like Nigeria that don't necessarily have access to really expensive treatments," Prof Di Lorenzo said.


"Also the amount of energy can be used to make the overall process self-powered and self-sustaining, or maybe to power some devices such as sensors placed there to monitor the progress of the treatment."


"SMFCs only generate a tiny amount of electricity but together with other renewable technologies hopefully they can help us to phase out fossil fuels," Prof Di Lorenzo said.


To meet the UK's climate change targets, the government wants to install 600,000 low-carbon heat pumps annually within five years - currently only 50,000 are installed annually.


Heat pumps use electricity to run and are three times more efficient than a gas boiler, so as we switch to renewable electricity homes will be cheaper to heat and produce less emissions.


The government's own research from Autumn 2022 shows 80% of people in the UK did not know what a heat pump was, let alone were aware of the scheme.


A government spokesperson told the BBC: "We've recently launched a marketing campaign to further increase public awareness and will consider options to ensure our targets are met."


John Taylor, 71, another recipient of the BUS voucher, also said the government needed to make it clearer which installers to use: "I searched online and found cowboys out there.


The committee said the government is funding some training places for installers but needed to give more certainty to engineers that it is worth investing their time in getting retrained.


He said that model was not new and was already being used in Scotland, where they also offer a free energy advice service to help households navigate installing a new heating system.


Countries like France and Germany have also pledged twice as much money to their low carbon heating schemes and offer larger grants for low-income households up to £9,700 to make heat pumps more affordable.


The UK government wants a new power station where carbon dioxide is captured and stored under the North Sea - either in old oil and gas reservoirs, or permeable rocks known as saline aquifers.


Carbon capture power stations are seen as part of the solution, along with the increased use of nuclear energy, and other rapidly-evolving technologies such as hydrogen.


The other largest sectors - transport, residential, energy supply, business, and land use, land use change and forestry - have shown a decrease in that time.


The report said the downward trend was mainly driven by the energy supply sector, as electricity generation moves away from using fossil fuels and switches to using more gas and renewable generation.


They are projected to decrease by 8% from 2020 to 2031, largely driven by the expected increase in electric vehicles and changes in carbon dioxide regulations for vehicles.


Michael Benfield, who helped set up the new political movement in the 1970s, said he believed the "battle for the world's environmental survival" was "at this moment, lost".


Speaking at an event to mark the party's 50th anniversary, Mr Benfield told the BBC he had become "somewhat of a doomsayer" about efforts to protect the environment.


"It doesn't mean to say that we can't perhaps do other things to put things right, but it's a very dire situation that we have," Mr Benfield said.


The group was formed in a Coventry pub by Mr Benfield, fellow estate agent Freda Sanders and solicitors Lesley Whittaker and her late husband Tony.


The three surviving founders of what would turn out to be Europe's first green political party were among those who gathered at the London School of Economics to mark the milestone.


"I think that's the vital space the party occupies today, which is both that vision for a hopeful future and tangible real-life examples of where we're making change," he said.


AK Saseendran, wildlife minister in Kerala, was reported as saying that his government may consider solutions including sterilisation or culling to check tiger numbers in the state.


By then, his comments had set off a discussion on wildlife conservation, with several experts expressing outrage and pointing out that culling was a "legally untenable" suggestion.


A federal wildlife protection law, implemented in 1972, makes it virtually illegal to kill or capture tigers - designated India's national animal - even when they are involved in such conflicts.


But the minister told the BBC that the suggestion on culling came from locals who had attended a meeting with all the political parties to discuss a way out.


Dr Ullas Karanth, a conservationist and tiger expert, told the BBC that over the past 50 years, the population of tigers had only increased by a thousand, far less than capacity.


Praveen Bhargav, a former member of the National Board for Wildlife, said that a recently amended section of the national Wildlife Act does not permit declaration of tigers "as vermin".


But the suggestion to cull tigers found some support from reputed environmentalist Madhav Gadgil, who told The New Indian Express newspaper that India should allow "rational hunting" of animals to check their numbers.


Hampshire Constabulary said the bird initially tested positive for avian influenza and also had rodenticides in its system, but neither factor was found to have caused its death.


A police investigation into another sea eagle found dead in north Dorset in January 2022 was ended after no one person could be proved criminally responsible.


The Isle of Wight was chosen to reintroduce white-tailed eagles, also known as sea eagles, as it offers an ideal habitat with plenty of fish in its surrounding waters for them to feed on.


There is a robotic scraper - it helps reduce emissions from cows waste by removing it from the open air more quickly and regularly than can be done by hand.


"The problem with cauliflowers is, between losing them in the dry weather in the summertime and the frost in the wintertime, you maybe only have 70% cut," Stephen says.


"So, with price pressure from supermarkets - quality, you know - we basically dropped the cauliflowers in the really cold weather and the really hot weather, but we're back to a 12-month programme now."


Regardless of which of the climate bills currently progressing through Stormont crosses the legislative line first, agriculture is in the crosshairs for targets to reduce the emissions it produces.


"We have floods regularly and I have never seen this amount of rubbish brought down with the water, the actual branches have been totally covered in plastic."


The definition of "green space" in the UK includes any land with vegetation on it - it could be a playing field, a disused railway line or an allotment.


World Wildlife Fund production policy head Alec Taylor said: "Access to green space is without doubt vital - but when that space is polluted or devoid of nature, it doesn't mean much."


The government has now set out how it intends to meet legally-binding targets on water quality, biodiversity and waste as well as international targets agreed at the COP15 UN biodiversity summit in December.


Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton, has raised separate concerns about how the plans to get people back into nature could affect farmers in the UK.


"At the moment nearly three million people live more than 10 minutes from green space and any new access would be needed to be protected in perpetuity," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.


Plans for climate-friendly flying rest on creating greener jet fuels that have less impact on the environment.


Switching to sustainable fuel is also key to the government's aim to reach "jet zero" flying by 2050.


But the Royal Society concludes there is currently no single, clear alternative to traditional fuel.


Flying is responsible for 2.4% of global greenhouse gas emissions and 8% of UK emissions.


London Heathrow is the largest global user of biofuels but it accounts for just 0.5% of the airport's fuel.


However the UK currently does not generate enough renewable electricity to make enough green hydrogen.


The authors say it remains unclear exactly how much each alternative fuel would reduce the climate impacts of flying.


(16:20 GMT - This story has been updated to add a response from the UK airline industry trade body)


Zero Waste Scotland's carbon metric report tracks the full lifecycle impact of items thrown away by Scottish homes.


The report looked at the emissions generated by the products Scottish households consume and then throw away.


It also looked at the emissions from the disposal of household waste items through landfill or incineration.


The textiles category included clothing, shoes and carpets - with clothes and shoes accounting for about 80%.


Izzie Eriksen is the founder of the ApparelXchange social enterprise, based in the southside of Glasgow.


Its stylish shop sells second-hand clothes that come from donations, school drives or lost property.


Zero Waste Scotland said the increase in textile waste was the main contributor to this.


The clothes we wear can have a huge impact on the climate, even more so than the aviation industry.


Most of our textiles, particularly clothes, are made abroad and emissions are attributed to the country of manufacture.


But the scale of the problem is not insignificant and, since we're creating the demand, really it's our problem.


And think how much pressure there is for us cut down the amount of time we spend in the air.


Changes have been announced to the plans for a deposit return scheme for cans and bottles in Scotland.


But opposition parties still want the plans put on hold so they can be reviewed.


The Scottish Conservatives claimed the "last-minute" changes were an acknowledgment that its design was flawed.


Firms producing fewer than 25,000 units a year will also be given the option of using stick-on barcodes.


Mr Golden said a well-designed scheme could be beneficial, but that in its current form it was unworkable.


Scientists are harnessing the microorganisms in soil to generate electricity that could one day help decontaminate polluted landscapes.


They are soon to launch a start-up to bring soil microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) to a commercial market.


"All we do is capture those electrons so we can make electricity out of them," she told BBC West.


Closer to home, the planned start-up will initially focus on "smart" agriculture applications.


The government's flagship green heating scheme has been described as "seriously failing" by a Lords inquiry.


The Boiler Upgrade Scheme grants households £5,000 to help switch from a gas boiler to a low-carbon heat pump.


The government responded by saying it would launch a marketing campaign to make people more aware of the scheme.


Anthony Hibbs got a heat pump installed in his new-build home in Newcastle-under-Lyme through the scheme last year.


There is not a lot of guidance leading you to decent people - you are on your own."


There are an estimated 3,000 heat pump installers in the UK compared to 130,000 registered gas heating engineers.


She said: "Government and business need to work together on this, we hope the grant will continue.


Even with the grant, Mr Taylor and Mr Hibbs spent £8,500 and £6,000 respectively on their heat pumps.


It is not going to be acceptable if the underspend in the first year somehow disappears back to the treasury.


The UK government is set to announce where a ground-breaking power station will be built.


Carbon capture power plants are part of the government's commitment to remove carbon from UK electricity production by 2035.


It hopes to build at least one by the mid 2020s, although that deadline now looks improbable.


There are three proposals under consideration: one at Keadby in north Lincolnshire and two near Redcar on Teesside.


All would require the construction of a pipeline to transport the captured CO2 under the North Sea for storage.


The amount being captured at these proposed power stations is very small by comparison.


None of the three proposed carbon capture plants claims to capture more than two million tonnes a year.


The government has set a target to capture between 20 and 30 million tonnes of CO2 a year by 2030.


The cost of a new gas power station at Keadby, providing electricity for nearly a million homes, is £350m.


The cost of renewable energy for example has plummeted in the last decade.


The only carbon capture power station currently operating is a coal-fired plant at Boundary Dam in western Canada.


Agriculture remains Northern Ireland's highest-emitting sector, new figures from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs show.


Overall, Northern Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions have decreased by 24% between 1990 and 2020.


Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which include carbon dioxide and methane, trap heat from escaping into space.


The inventory estimated 2020 emissions to be 21m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e).


This was a 24% decrease on the 28 MtCO2e emitted in the 1990 base year.


The sector contributed 16% of emissions in 2020, and is predicted to have a similar share (17%) in 2031.


The battle for the world's environmental survival is, at this moment, lost," he said.


In a speech to the gathering, Green MP Caroline Lucas, warned: "We don't have another 50 years."


An Indian state minister's comments on culling tigers has sparked a debate on conservation.


He was speaking amid outrage over the death of a farmer in a tiger attack.


The minister later told the BBC he only repeated a suggestion from locals regarding culling tigers.


The attack in Kerala took place on 13 January in the Mananthavady forest range in Wayanad district.


After his death, angry locals protested against forest officials and demanded that the tiger be killed.


Local media reported that Mr Saseendran had mooted culling as a possible solution to the issue.


"So the suggestion to cull tigers to reduce their numbers is not a sound idea," he says.


In large parts of eastern and north-east India, tigers are virtually extinct because of excessive hunting of prey and tigers.


If tigers enter human habitats and prey on livestock, authorities should immediately pay compensation, he says.


No other country protects wild animals outside of its national parks," Mr Gadgil said, according to the report.


An investigation into the death of a white-tailed eagle has found no evidence of unlawful killing.


The satellite-tracked eagle was found dead on Bowcombe Road, on the Isle of Wight, in February 2022.


A police statement said specialist post-mortem examinations found the cause to death to be "uncertain".


The birds are all fitted with GPS tracking devices, allowing their flight paths to be monitored.


They are the UK's largest bird of prey, with a wingspan of up to 8ft (2.5m).


County Tyrone farmer says her industry is trying to offset its greenhouse gas emissions


But it's also Northern Ireland's biggest producer of greenhouse gases (GHG) - responsible for 27% of emissions.


"I think we need to be given credit for what we do to sequester carbon," says Jessica Pollock.


But we also sequester a lot of carbon, so this needs to be accounted for."


She has introduced some green measures since taking over her family farm after returning from university.


And the farm itself is powered by a water turbine she installed, along with solar panels on the outbuildings.


"This is not about reducing and destroying the beef and dairy herd, but we have to recognise the science."


"It's just at what speed and they're capability to do it with the profit margins they have."


Stormont MLAs have agreed to move Northern Ireland's first ever climate bill to the next stage.


The bill sets a 2045 net zero greenhouse gas emissions target for Northern Ireland.


It does not specify the level of reductions required in various sectors like agriculture, transport and energy.


The bill would also create the role of Climate Commissioner to oversee progress against those targets.


As the sector which emits most greenhouse gases, the farming sector fears it will be disproportionately affected.


It said that would be a fair contribution to a wider UK net zero target.


Mr Poots claimed his policy proposals were being held up by Sinn Féin at the Executive.


Sinn Féin, Alliance, the SDLP, the Green Party, Ulster Unionists, and several independents back the bill.


They have been out litter-picking every day for weeks to try and clear the area of sanitary waste.


"The plastic in the river is really not going to be good for the wildlife at all."


Byron Baker-Brown, who owns Channel Kayaks, saw his business premises completely carpeted in debris following the floods.


He said the local community had been hiring kayaks just to help with the clean-up effort.


"Individuals need to take more responsibility for what they are sending down toilets," he said.


Everyone will live within 15 minutes' walk of a green space or water under new government plans to restore nature.


Habitat for wildlife will be expanded and there will be 25 new or enlarged national nature reserves.


More money will go to protecting rare wildlife, such as hedgehogs and red squirrels.


The Ordnance Survey mapping agency estimates 28% of people live further than 15 minutes away from their nearest public park.


The government promised in 2018 to leave the environment in a better state for future generations.


The post-Brexit green watchdog warned the country was facing a "deeply concerning decline in biodiversity".


Green groups have been calling for a "quantum shift" in action and ambition on restoring nature.


Yet, the latest figures show key animals and plants declined by 82% between 1970 and 2018.


The pine marten was once found across the UK, but has declined dramatically due to deforestation and hunting.


The government is setting up a multi-million pound Species Survival Fund to protect and restore habitats.


Some researchers say it's the second greatest environmental risk to health in Western Europe.


It's not just Birmingham, this model can be applied to any town or city.


Giving it a cash value will help make the case for even more new tree planting to come.


It also accuses zoo authorities of mistreating the animal - the BBC contacted officials but they declined to comment.


They are everywhere, in temples, in private ownership and are embedded in our history," she said.


Animal rights activists have long advocated for more humane treatment of India's captive elephants, which live in dismal conditions.


Many, owned by private individuals, are used for religious processions, logging activities and sometimes even begging.


Shankar wasn't always alone - he came to India in 1998 with a companion, Bombai.


Zoo officials have said they don't know where in Africa the elephants are from.


For some years, Shankar and Bombai seemed content enough at the zoo, touching, nuzzling and smelling each other.


These gases warm the atmosphere, contributing to global warming and climate change.


It concluded that none could replace fossil jet fuel in the short term.


Some airlines now use very small amounts of biofuel, largely made from crops.


Another option is fuel made from hydrogen produced with green electricity.


Another major barrier is that existing plane engines cannot use hydrogen-based fuel.


Environmental campaigners say the government must also encourage people to fly less.


The environmental body said Scots "need to rethink our consumption of goods".


Each of these steps will create greenhouse gases in the country of production.


It's an environmental imperative that we turn this around."


Concerns had been raised about the impact of the recycling programme on small businesses.


Circularity Scotland announced £22m of cashflow support to remove upfront charges from some companies.


A 20p deposit will be added to cost of items sold in Scotland.


They will then be invoiced for deposits and fees.


Producers will also be given two months' credit terms for payments.


The researchers hope SMFCs can help the world end its reliance on fossil fuels.


"It's an exceptionally simple device," Prof Di Lorenzo said.


She told the BBC: "The scheme isn't working as well as it needs to.


He told the BBC his new heating system was "absolutely brilliant".


It wasn't easy at first and I have never seen the scheme advertised as such."


The government declined to comment on what would happen to this unspent funding.


The money was set aside for a good purpose."


In 2021, the UK emitted 425 million tonnes of CO2.


That could involve other industrial processes as well as power generation.


The technology has been around for decades.


There are no such plans to use the CO2 from the new proposed power stations.


The hope is that the price might fall over time.


The latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory details emissions in 2020.


Agriculture was responsible for 28% of local emissions in 2020.


Compared to the base year of 1990, that is a rise of 7%.


From the base year to 2020, transport emissions decreased by 2%.


"I'll say to you now that it's too late.


The focus now, he thought, would have to be on mitigation.


A medical report said that his wounds had caused "excessive bleeding".


"The proposal of the forest minister is legally not tenable," Bhargav said.


"But in 90% of tiger forests there is no such problem.


We should not lose sight of this basic fact," he says.


"India is the lone country having legislation for protecting wild animals.


I think it is irrational, foolish, unconstitutional and nothing to be proud of.


How the Indian government launched ‘Project Tiger’ to save the animals from extinction


The force said there was "no evidence of criminal offences".


Many of them return to the island after their travels.


Agriculture in Northern Ireland feeds 10 million people across the UK.


Methane is a potent, if short-lived, GHG.


She's a young farmer, running a dairy farm just outside Castlederg, County Tyrone.


"It's very difficult to implement strategies without being profitable on farms."


But one expert says innovations are only a part of the puzzle.


Stephen Murdock can see the science in his fields.


He grows vegetables near Comber and is in a race to harvest his broccoli.


It's a different issue with some of the other brassicas he grows.


Elsewhere in his fields, the water lies - drowning cauliflowers that will go unpicked.


The land is simply too boggy to get to them.


It's something Jessica has mixed feelings about.


"What is good for the environment is often good for farms too," she says.


"I do think it's very important that every farm is progressing.


It establishes a legal framework including five-year plans for emissions cuts.


Those would come later, be set by Executive departments and require assembly approval.


It is opposed by farmers, Agriculture minister Edwin Poots and his DUP party.


Mr Poots told MLAs it would be "extremely detrimental to our economy".


Bill sponsor Clare Bailey said there was nothing in it which "harms farming".


The DUP and Jim Allister of the TUV oppose it.


Water companies must also keep sewage out of the water, rowers say.


It is going to take a long time," he added.


Access to green spaces varies considerably across the UK and for different groups.


The ambitions of the Environmental Improvement Plan include:


The plan also looks at restoring natural habitats.


"We need to think on a landscape scale," he said.


"There is no magic bullet, but by modernising airspace to make flying more efficient, by introducing new zero emission technology like hydrogen aircraft and by upscaling the use of sustainable aviation fuels this decade, it can be achieved," it said in a statement.


Regarding the Royal Society's assertion that sufficiently supplying the UK aviation industry with sustainable fuels would put pressure on food supplies, Airlines UK said the UK had sufficient feedstocks, that they would be drawn initially from household, commercial, agricultural and forestry waste and waste industrial gases, and that they did not compete with food crops.


"Decarbonising aviation is undoubtedly a challenge, and the sector is working closely with government on ways to accelerate the transition and maximise both the environmental and huge economic opportunities from leading the 'jet zero' transition,"Airlines UK said.


"Not all aspects of modern life in Western nations have an easy 'technofix' for the damage they do to the environment, and nowhere is this truer than for air travel," suggests Leo Murray, director of innovation at climate charity Possible.


"We're trying to encourage people to go second hand - part of that is the experience they have when they come in, things are well displayed, it meets quality standards and the pricing and labelling so it's really easy to find.


Mr Gulland added: "The circular economy gives us the opportunity do things differently without compromising on quality of life, evolving an economy that's better for both people and planet in which goods and materials are valued and made to last."


Circularity Scotland, a private non-profit company set up to administer the DRS, has now said firms selling fewer than three million units a year will not have to pay deposits and fees for the first month of the scheme.


"Instead of this desperate bid to save face, Lorna Slater should swallow her pride and accept that the scheme should be paused at once for an independent review to address the numerous concerns of business."


In 2019, the team conducted a pilot in a semi-arid fishing village in the north east of Brazil which is reliant on water stored from the rainy season for use throughout the rest of the year.


Water can be made safe using an electrochemical reactor that generates oxidants to purify the water through the application of a current, but this can be problematic for remote communities because it requires a reliable source of energy.


The University of Bath team has successfully powered the reactor through a stack of MFCs, and their latest version of the technology is able to purify enough water per day to meet the needs of a family of five.


But in her letter to the government, Baroness Parminter, chair of the Lords Committee, heavily criticised ministers for not doing more to raise awareness of the scheme - which is on track to issue just half of the allocated grants.


The problems with the scheme are reminiscent of the government's previous Green Homes Grant which was meant to support households with energy efficiency measures like insulation, but was scrapped after less than a year in 2021 for lack of installers.


But Rebecca Dibb-Simkin, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Octopus Energy, which was praised by the Committee for its investment in heat pump design and training, said the scheme had boosted confidence in the industry and Octopus Energy has 50,000 people on its waiting list for a heat pump.


The committee has said that for lower- and middle-income households the grant is not enough, and they are being put off by the higher upfront costs of installing a heat pump compared to a gas boiler.


Stew Horne, head of policy at The Energy Savings Trust told the BBC: "That upfront cost is a real issue, and policy has to focus on addressing that... through grants or low-cost loans or through green finance."


The Lords Committee for Environment and Climate Change said the government needed to expand the programme to match this scale and also guarantee that the unspent funding from Year 1 of the BUS - which they estimate at about £75m - would roll over to subsequent years.


There has been a big expansion in renewable energy in the last decade - in particular the use of offshore wind - but the unresolved question is how to keep the lights on when the wind isn't blowing.


"These power stations look like another excuse for the government to show preference to their friends in the oil and gas industry, making energy more expensive to everyone else's disadvantage," says Dr Doug Parr of campaign group Greenpeace UK.


"The climate and nature crises are more critical than ever, and it feels to me that what falls upon the shoulders of the Green Party is a most extraordinary responsibility but an awesome opportunity as well."


Deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales Zack Polanski said it was "vital" to be "honest about the urgency of the situation", but cautioned against underestimating "the importance of hope alongside practical action".


There is, however, a provision in the law "in case of serious human-wildlife conflict", where a state's chief wildlife warden can allow a tiger to be hunted "after being satisfied that it cannot be tranquilised or translocated", he added.


"Standard toxicology testing was not possible due to the avian influenza positive test, but the limited analysis that was undertaken did reveal elevated background levels of two rodenticides, brodifacoum and difenacoum, though not at sufficiently high levels to have caused the death of the bird," it said.


"We're going to have to shift to where we're subsidising farmers to sequester carbon, to pay them to re-wet bogs and peatlands, and there's some experiments already going on, to plant native trees because this sucks out carbon from the atmosphere.


Vice-captain of The Minerva Bath Road Rowing Club Ian Burdiss said: "The state of the river is as bad as I have ever seen it and I have been rowing for 40 years, 30 of them in Bath.


Jules Taylor, one of the rowers who has joined the clean up effort, said: "The rubbish just makes rowing really unpleasant, we are quite low in the water and you can smell it and things get in your oars as well."


"This plan provides the blueprint for how we deliver our commitment to leave our environment in a better state than we found it, making sure we drive forward progress with renewed ambition and achieve our target of not just halting, but reversing the decline of nature," he said.


In 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported black people in England were nearly four times less likely than white to have access to outdoor space at home, whether it be a private or shared garden, a patio or a balcony.


In 2020, the government adviser for the natural environment, Natural England, found "that people who live in neighbourhoods with greater amounts of green infrastructure tend to be happier, healthier and live longer lives than those who live in less green places".


The Wildlife Trusts Chief executive Craig Bennett said the plans must ensure "the whole of government is acting to halt the chronic loss of nature and tackle this existential threat to our prosperity, our ability to produce food, and to have enough clean water".


One lesson for how to turn around the fortunes of some of the UK's native wildlife comes from conservation efforts to protect the pine marten, a small woodland mammal that is making a return to southern Britain.


"The pine marten is a good example of how a species can recover if people stop killing them, you provide more habitat and you direct conservation efforts," said Lizzie Croose of the Vincent Wildlife Trust.


David Fletcher from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has come up with a model that looks at the trees in a city and turns their noise reducing benefits into a cash value based on the impact on our health.


He would be the first to admit reducing a beautiful urban park to just a cash value can seem crass, but when you do that of course it allows the people holding the purse strings to compare the financial benefits of trees to other options properly for the first time.


You may be hoping that guilt-free flying is just around the corner, but scientists warn it is still a long way off.


To produce enough to supply the UK aviation industry would require half of Britain's farming land, putting pressure on food supplies, the Royal Society says.


Ammonia and synthetic fuels are also under consideration, but they need even more green hydrogen and it is unclear if existing planes could use them.


But they stress that in the long term a successful alternative fuel will probably be developed, but that airplanes and airports will need to be re-designed.


They are calling for more research into sustainable aviation fuel, suggesting that the UK could become a global leader if it invested in solving the problem.


His organisation wants the government to tax frequent flyers, the small number of people who take around 70% of flights from UK airports.


A Department for Transport spokesperson said: "The UK's Sustainable Aviation Fuels programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world.


Sustainable Aviation Fuels and Hydrogen are key elements of this, and we will ensure that there is no impact on food crops."


Textiles such as clothing and shoes are the most environmentally-damaging type of household waste in Scotland, according to a new study.


This included the extraction of the raw materials which make up those products and the manufacturing of them - processes which often happen abroad.


This might include the production of the yarn or the fabric and then the manufacture of the finished product, such as washing and dying.


There was a slight overall increase in the total carbon footprint of Scottish household waste, rising by 0.9% on last year.


"The average Scot consumes more than twice the sustainable amount of materials per year, and our throwaway culture encourages that approach.


This is a problem which is hidden from official statistics since we only count greenhouse gases emitted on our own shores.


The body set up to run the scheme - due to go live in August - has now announced extra support for small firms.


The deposit gets passed down the chain, eventually to the customer who pays 20p more for the bottle or can.


The customer gets this back when they hand the used container in at a return point, either over the counter, or using a reverse vending machine.


Retailers will act as return points - and will reimburse customers from their own funds, but can claim this back from the scheme's administrator.


Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater said she hoped the changes would address many concerns raised by smaller producers such as craft brewers.


She said: "It addresses initial cash flow challenges, and provides a pragmatic and simple solution to the issues raised around barcodes for smaller product lines.


"This is a package that gives businesses the clarity and confidence they need to be part of Scotland's deposit return scheme."


A team at the University of Bath has already used the clean technology to help remote communities in Brazil purify their water supply.


Mirella Di Lorenzo, a professor of biochemical engineering, explained how microorganisms generate electrons as they break down organic matter in soil.


SMFCs only generate tiny amounts of electricity, but unlike established renewable technologies it does not rely on materials that are difficult or unsustainable to source.


Prof Di Lorenzo said its advantage was how cheap the material is and also the fact it needs very little maintenance once set up.


The community usually uses chloride to disinfect the water, which can cause health problems such as vomiting and diarrhoea when consumed in large amounts.


Elsewhere, the team has funding from the European Commission for a project to use MFC technology to decontaminate fossil fuel pollutants in soil.


These include sensors to monitor soil health and allow growers to tailor fertiliser application and minimise pesticide use to improve sustainability.


On Wednesday, the Lords Climate Change Committee said grant take-up is so low the national target for green heating is "very unlikely to be met".


Heating in UK homes produces nearly 17% of the country's greenhouse gas emissions, which are responsible for climate change.


The Boiler Upgrade Scheme was meant to kick-start the heat pump industry in England and Wales, and reduce the cost of installation for homeowners.


It is absolutely critical that the government boosts public awareness... we need to give people the confidence to know about why these changes are important."


But he said finding information on installers and the scheme was difficult: "I had to look online and do a lot of research.


"We know we can generate demand, and the grant would help people with the cost… it's kind of a perfect relationship."


Baroness Parminter told the BBC she had made it very clear to government: "They have got to get that money back.


The carbon capture plant is designed to stop most of the carbon dioxide (CO2) it produces being released into the atmosphere.


Burning fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal to generate electricity emits CO2, which is the main driver of climate change.


The carbon capture process stops most of the CO2 produced from being released, and either re-uses it or stores it underground.


It's mainly been used in industries where captured CO2 can be reused, for example to force out oil and gas from underground reserves.


Catherine Raw of energy company SSE told the BBC that building a similar sized gas power station with carbon capture would roughly double the cost.


There are those who see carbon capture as too expensive and believe the money would be better spent on renewables and power storage (like batteries).


In September 2022 there were just 30 carbon capture facilities in the world, according to a report from the Global CCS Institute.


Almost all of these are attached to industrial plants carrying out activities such as natural gas processing or fertiliser production.


Once built, it is hoped other industries would use the UK power station's pipeline to store CO2 under the North Sea.


However, several carbon capture gas power stations similar to those proposed in the UK are in development, mostly in the US.


It says agriculture is the only sector to have shown an increase since the base year of 1990, with all other sectors reducing their emissions.


The emissions estimates in this report cover seven greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulphur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride.


Based on the projections released on Thursday, agriculture is expected to see a decrease of just 1% between 2020 and 2031.


But its share of emissions is projected to rise to 32% by 2031, as "other sectors reduce emissions at a faster rate".


Over the coming years, emissions are expected to decrease year-on-year, with an overall estimated reduction of 13% by 2031.


It added that the business sector will contribute almost a third of (31%) the overall reduction in emissions from 2020 to 2031.


The residential sector's emissions have fallen by 23% between 1990 and 2020, with a decrease of 24% expected between 2020 and 2031.


And energy supply emissions have decreased by almost half (46%), with a slower rate of reduction anticipated from 2020 to 2031.


WATCH: Green Party co-founder Michael Benfield tells the BBC that the battle for the world's environmental survival is now lost.


One of the founders of what would become the Green Party of England and Wales has declared "it's too late" to save the environment.


"I think we have succeeded in helping to educate... but we have failed in dealing with the battle for environmental survival.


The scale of the solutions which he believed were necessary would be simply too unpalatable for any political party to propose, he argues.


He was speaking 50 years since the first public meeting of PEOPLE, which would become the Ecology Party in 1975 and the Green Party in 1985.


She said: "We are living through maybe one of the most consequential decades of human history, which I appreciate is a very big thing to say.


India is home to more than 70% of the world's tigers - according to the most recent government estimate, the numbers stand at 2,976.


But their habitats haven't expanded at the same rate, forcing so-called "surplus" tigers to move outside protected reserves and come in conflict with humans.


The victim, 50, sustained serious injuries to his hands and legs and died of a cardiac arrest while being transferred from one hospital to another.


"We have to find a solution to control the animals... I am not in a hurry to cull," he said.


Dr Karanth said that sometimes problems do arise in a few tiger habitats where there is a high density of the animals.


And if they become man-eaters, they should be "immediately killed", Dr Karanth adds, calling it "damage control in specific instances".


The bird was part of an ongoing conservation project, run by Forestry England and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation.


Both organisations were involved in an investigation into the bird's death lead by Hampshire Constabulary, after it was found dead on 24 February.


It urged users of rodenticides - particularly brodifacoum which is known to be highly toxic to wildlife - to always follow user guidelines.


The white-tailed eagle project started in 2019 and sees at least six birds released annually on the Isle of Wight.


Data from the trackers has shown they explore widely, with some making it to the north of Scotland, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.


The industry is feeling the pressure to reduce that amount, while also calling for the work it does to protect the environment to be recognised.


The land in Northern Ireland is mostly suited to raising meat and dairy, but cows produce methane in large quantities.


"There's very few other industries that can sequester carbon, so I think from that perspective, yes, cows do emit a lot of methane.


"Making sure the farm is profitable to sustain that until that can make a profit for you is necessary," she says.


"Farmers are the stewards of the land, they have particular challenges," says John Barry, professor of green economics at Queen's University Belfast.


"We should finish cutting broccoli middle-November, but we're here just past the middle of October and all the broccoli is ready."


They voted 58 to 29 in favour after more than six hours of debate, meaning the proposed legislation will proceed to detailed scrutiny at the assembly.


She said the goal was to see farms of all sizes thrive, not see the industry continue to contract and consolidate.


The minister is drawing up his own legislation which draws on a recommendation from an advisory body to government on climate.


The Climate Change Committee said it suggested a reduction of at least 82% in emissions by 2050 given Northern Ireland's economic reliance on agriculture.


Ulster Unionist Roy Beggs said he could not support the bill but would back one reflecting the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee.


Rowers are pleading with the public to stop flushing hygiene products after huge volumes of litter washed into the River Avon during January's floods.


One rower said he had seen branches "totally covered in plastic" as volunteers used rakes to retrieve potentially hazardous rubbish.


She added: "It's not great, there's a lot of wildlife out here, we see otters, we see birds, there's a lot of fish.


"When you look at it today it doesn't look too bad, that's because of the efforts of a lot of people," he said.


"We've been doing this for a couple of weeks now, clearing, and there's quite a few weeks left to do.


Mr Baker-Brown said litter pickers were being encouraged to wear personal protective equipment such as face masks because of the potentially toxic material they were collecting.


"I think the companies that are managing that waste need to look very closely at what they are allowing into the rivers," he added.


The research team looked at hundreds of previous studies on the benefits of physical activity and concluded that even doing half the recommended amount could prevent one in 20 cases of cardiovascular disease and nearly one in 30 cases of cancer.


Not everyone finds it easy to do the exercise recommended by the NHS - two out of three people say they do less than 150 mins (2.5 hours) of moderate exercise and fewer than one in 10 manage more than 300 mins (five hours) per week.


Some 3,000 firms operate 10,000 pharmaceutical factories making generics (copies of branded medicines that usually sell for a fraction of their price), over-the-counter medicines, vaccines and ingredients in what is one of the world's largest drug-making countries.


In 2013, after a seven-year long investigation, top Indian drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories was ordered to pay a record $500m fine in the US, the biggest handed down to a generic drug maker for improper manufacturing, storing and testing of drugs.


Official government records reveal that between 2007 and 2020, more than 7,500 drugs sampled in just three of India's 28 states and three union territories had failed quality tests and had been declared drugs "not of standard quality" or inferior, research by Dinesh Thakur, a former Indian drug executive-turned-public health expert, found.


"The total number of patients affected by such inferior drugs possibly runs into hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions over the last decade," says Mr Thakur, co-author of The Truth Pill, a piercing look at drug regulation in India.


He believes that the DEG-related incidents had occurred at home - and now abroad - because some firms "quite often fail to test either the raw materials or the final formulation before shipping it to the market".


"Given the sheer quality of drugs detected as "not of standard quality" over the last decade from the open market it is obvious that a large number of manufacturing facilities are completely flouting quality and process control procedures that form the core of 'good manufacturing practices'" says Mr Thakur.


Dr Rahul Baxi, a Mumbai-based diabetologist, told me that only once in recent years he became suspicious about a drug when glucose levels of a patient shot up after he switched off from branded drug to a cheaper generic.


"Many of my patients that come from far flung parts of India buy six months of prescribed drugs from pharmacies in the city because they say they don't trust drugs available in their areas," Dr Baxi said.


Alice Wiseman, Gateshead director of public health, said a report in 2020 showed that, while life expectancy across the UK had stalled, it had started getting shorter for those in the bottom 10% income bracket in the North East.


Nel Huws, 23, from Clwb Pêl-droed y Felinheli football club, said: "It doesn't even cross my mind sometimes that there are no facilities, because you just become so used to the fact that there aren't any.


"The Welsh government has been thinking about its period dignity plan - actually, how can we factor in providing funding, providing facilities for clubs, that are maybe struggling but can see that this is quite a wide issue across Wales, across multiple sports?"


According to the body's assistant director, Owen Hathway, ensuring sufficient facilities for women is essential "not just to address the issue of women and girls' participation around their period, but also their participation in general and feeling like they're a part of the sport sector in Wales".


The Welsh government said: "Since 2018 we have invested around £12m to ensure that children and young people and those on low incomes have access to free period products, as well as committing £24m in capital funding over the next three years to Sport Wales to develop facilities across Wales.


Dr Catherine Sharp from Public Health Wales said the survey is still in its pilot stage, but seeks to ask members of the public for their opinions on a range of topics, which in turn could shape future policies.


"In order for us to understand what we should be doing, what direction we should be travelling in, we need to understand what the public's view is, and how we can help to work with them to shift patterns.


The treatments can help those with depression, anxiety, PTSD and body dysmorphia and are centred on the use of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) - a talking therapy which can help a patient manage their problems by suggesting alterations to their thought process and behaviour.


Using a series of modules on topics related to depression, online programmes such as Beating the Blues and Deprexis offer worksheets and exercises to help people better understand their mental health problems, alongside techniques for changing their behaviour or thinking patterns.


Professor Dame Til Wykes, of the School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences at London's King's College, cautioned "we don't know enough" about the effectiveness of online therapies and whether the therapies will offer sufficient support for mental health patients.