Coronavírus: many schools have closed during lockdown to try and reduce the spread of Covid-19. Is this form of social distancing effective? Is homeschooling really the answer? Neil and Catherine ...
A new spray that makes toilets slippery could save billions of litres of water every day. Neil and Georgina teach you the language the world's media is using to discuss this story. The story: ...
So-called 'loot boxes' in games like Fortnite should be controlled. That's according to The Children's Commissioner for England, who says kids are becoming gamblers. Neil and Georgina discuss the ...
The G20 summit ended with an agreement to help distribute coronavirus vaccines to countries worldwide. This was following concerns about how much is being done to give poor countries access to ...
Do you care about the environment? Billions of coffee cups are thrown away every year. Now some British politicians want to raise money for recycling in the UK by adding an extra charge - the ...
Learn vocabulary to talk about the news story that air pollution can take three years off our life. Air pollution causes the average human life to be three years shorter than it could be, say ...
Is it ethical to alter the DNA of human embryos? News Review from BBC Learning English looks at the vocabulary that's making the headlines in this story Quiz: ...
The story Scientists and diplomats from 130 countries start a meeting in Paris today to examine a huge report on how human activity is crippling global biodiversity. They'll hear how a million ...
Adverts which show men and women in 'old-fashioned' gender stereotypical roles, for example a woman cleaning a house alone, are to be banned from the UK for maintaining gender inequality. Dan and ...
Improve your English with the BBC. Learn the language from this news story about President Trump and the migrant caravan that is heading towards the USA border. The Mexican president-elect Andrés ...
