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Sarah Rainsford reports as British astronaut Tim Peake prepares to blast off to the International Space Station.

What does the climate deal mean for me?

British astronaut Tim Peake told reporters how he would be spending Christmas on the International Space Station

UK astronaut Tim Peake says the thing he is looking forward to most on his spaceflight is the view of Earth.

Sarah Rainsford speaks to Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, who spent a record 879 days in orbit.

The rocket that will carry UK astronaut Tim Peake into orbit has arrived at the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

The BBC's Roger Harrabin on how the landmark agreement in Paris took shape in the final hours

The rocket that will carry UK astronaut Tim Peake into orbit has arrived at the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

A deal to attempt to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C has been agreed at the climate change summit in Paris after two weeks of negotiations.

The Soyuz space craft which British astronaut Tim Peake will use for his mission to the International Space Station is delivered to the launch site in Khazakstan.

President Obama says the Paris climate deal is "the best chance we have to save the one planet we have", as China and India also hail the accord.

A landmark agreement designed to limit global temperature rise to less than 2C (3.6F) is adopted by nearly 200 nations at a UN climate summit in Paris.

Key negotiating blocs in Paris, including the G77, and nations such as China and India have indicated they will support the UN's draft climate agreement.

The Russian Space Agency has finished assembling the space vehicle that will blast UK astronaut Tim Peake into orbit.

France's Laurent Fabius says new climate draft would be legally binding and aims to keep temperature rises 'well below 2C'

Organisers of climate talks in Paris say a final draft text has been reached after nearly two weeks of intensive negotiations.

A look at the life of Yuri Gagarin, ahead of Tim Peake becoming the first British astronaut in space.

Negotiators in Paris work through the night in an effort to secure a new global climate deal, amid hopes that a final draft will be agreed by Saturday morning.

Climate deal negotiators have been working through a third night in Paris, with those also attending including activists, journalists and scientists.

A German nuclear fusion experiment produces a special super-hot gas which scientists hope will eventually lead to clean, cheap energy.

Negotiators at the Paris climate summit aim to wrap up a global agreement on Saturday with the French hosts "optimistic" of a deal.

A seal with a deep neck wound may have to wait for treatment because vets do not want to approach him during the breeding season.

Film makers William Davies and Hereward Holland join a World Wildlife Fund expedition in Mongolia, to see what can be done to protect and conserve the snow leopard.

Humans may have to turn to insects as a major source of protein if political efforts to halt climate change fail.

Three important issues remain the toughest for UN negotiators working on a global climate agreement.

With agreement on a climate change deal still looking some way off, the BBC’s environment correspondent Matt McGrath explains how the conference is divided into many, often over-lapping, factions.

Paignton Zoo's 28-stone silverback Western Lowland gorilla, Pertinax, has had a root canal operation.

The high-pitched mating chirp of a group of crickets may have evolved from the insects impersonating predators, scientists say.

The United States has joined with a range of rich and poor countries at COP21 in an effort to secure a final agreement.

A rare Philippine eagle chick has hatched in captivity, giving conservationists hope for the critically endangered bird.

The world's first litter of "test tube" puppies has been born, paving the way for conserving endangered breeds and boosting efforts to fight human diseases, US scientists say.

US scientists unveil first litter of puppies born through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).

Ministers issue the latest draft of a climate change agreement, at the climate change summit, as Rebecca Morelle explains

A white fossil held in a Washington museum since the 1920s is reassessed and found to be from a 15-million-year-old sperm whale cousin with enormous teeth.

Scientists think they can now explain the mysterious bright spots on Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

The European Space Agency signs a 350m-euro contract with Airbus to build a spacecraft to investigate Jupiter and its icy moons.

A critical new draft text is published at UN talks as the deadline looms for a global climate deal.

Nicholas Niksadat reports from Bologna, Italy, on the challenges facing solar energy producers.

In an informal experiment to learn how distinctive plane noise is, BBC News asked plane spotters to take a 'blind test'.

Agricultural and environmental experts in Namibia are hoping that lessons from past droughts can help farmers to fight back against climate change.

Denmark, the UK and Sweden top a chart of nations combating climate change - but the report was written before a UK policy 'reset' downgraded renewables.

Two men are charged after allegedly poisoning lions from a famous pride featured on a BBC wildlife programme in Narok, south-west Kenya.

Britain's wildlife is in an increasingly fragile state, with animals that carry out vital jobs for farmers being lost more rapidly than others, say scientists.

The European Union has formed an alliance with 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in a final push for a climate deal at COP21.

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says people should go meat-free one or two days a week to fight climate change.

An earlier portrait of the Mona Lisa has been found under the existing painting using reflective light technology, according to a French scientist.

Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital's first ever pollution "red alert" comes into effect over smog levels.

Farmers need to dramatically cut the amount of antibiotics used in agriculture, because of the threat to human health, a report says.

Cambridge University's Professor Jerome Neufeld and Dr Bryan Lovell show environment correspondent Matt McGrath how carbon capture works.