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    Video caption: The young climate scientists who want their voice heard

    Thousands of young people are joining a mission to help solve the environmental crisis facing their generation.

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    Video caption: Climate change: Ysgol Bro Dinefwr's zero-carbon bid

    Pupils at a Carmarthenshire school embrace its bid to become Wales' first carbon-neutral secondary.

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    Video caption: The woman giving toys a new life

    Rebecca transforms people's old and unwanted dolls and then gives them away for free.

  4. Living with Obesity: Stories of Stigma

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    Video caption: Reporter Jeremy Cooke talks to some those who are living with obesity.

    New research has found those living with obesity are 50% more likely to develop chronic kidney disease.

  5. Climate change: Leaders demand more power

    Council leaders and regional mayors are calling for more power and money in order to hit climate change targets.

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    The influential figures who will be attending a summit hosted in Birmingham on Tuesday have signed a letter calling for "further and faster" action to protect the environment.

    The government has set a target to get the country to net zero by 2050, with a 78% reduction in emissions by 2035 compared with 1990 levels.

    Andy Street, Conservative mayor of the West Midlands and summit co-convenor, said: "We're asking ministers to give us the powers and the funding to do more.

    "We want to work hand-in-glove with Government to accelerate the drive to net zero."

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    Video caption: Dippy: Norwich Cathedral dinosaur installation captured in time-lapse

    It has taken a week to reassemble the 292 bones of Dippy the dinosaur at the last stop of a UK tour.