Sit skier Josh Dueck reaches new heights in The Freedom Chair
Extreme skier Josh Dueck is the man behind the first ever wheelchair ski backflip. And his film The Freedom Chair is changing the face of the sport.
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Britain’s botanists are heading out across the country collecting seeds from our most iconic and threatened trees, in an effort to combat invading pests and diseases.
Channel 4 News is examining the alarming changes taking place in the British countryside. Science Editor Tom Clarke takes a look at trees – and why they have never had it so tough.
The internet forum which hosted comments from amateur online detectives during the Boston bombers manhunt apologises for wrongly identifying suspects. But could it happen again?
Runners at the London Marathon are expected to raise £70,000 for Boston bombing victims and their families at a “defiant” 2013 race.
The government has scrapped its initial plans to sell off England’s public forests, safeguarding the areas for future generations.
As the Northern Ireland golfer signs a 10-year deal with Nike worth an estimated £155m, what does the deal says about Nike? And how does it compare with the sponsorship deals of other sportsmen?
The US wants Pakistan to do more in its fight against the Taliban in Waziristan. But the Pakistan soldiers maimed in the war on terror might argue they have already given enough. Chris Woods reports.
The United Nations has dramatically raised the number of people killed in the Syrian uprising and civil war – calling the death toll “truly shocking”. Dozens more people died in attacks today.
Twenty children are among 27 dead after a gunman opens fire at a primary school in Connecticut, US.
Musicians around the world remember Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitar virtuoso who became known to a new generation during the 1960s after he inspired the Beatles’ psychedelic sounds.
Government plans unveiled on Thursday to tackle the spread of ash dieback disease are labelled weak and under-resourced by campaign groups.
Extreme skier Josh Dueck is the man behind the first ever wheelchair ski backflip. And his film The Freedom Chair is changing the face of the sport.
Confirmed cases of the deadly tree disease ash dieback are now so widespread that controlling the illness without a cure will pose “long term problems”, the environment secretary warns.
Britain is to ban imports of ash in an attempt to prevent 80m ash trees being lost to a new and rare fungal disease that has already caused devastation in Europe.
The man who discovered the bodies of four people shot dead in the Alps describes it as a ‘Hollywood scene’, adding that he feared ‘some nutter’ could come and shoot him next.