{"id":190807,"date":"2024-10-20T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-happens-when-you-set-a-river-free-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T09:00:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T08:00:04","slug":"what-happens-when-you-set-a-river-free-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-happens-when-you-set-a-river-free-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when you set a river free? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Qp7K6pEWEuk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What happens when you set a river free? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qp7K6pEWEuk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Virtually all the UK\u2019s rivers have been physically altered in one way or another \u2013 straightened, dammed, dredged or restrained by barriers in some way along their course.  <\/p>\n<p>Which is why the National Trust decided to do a radical experiment, to see if it is possible to the ecological equivalent of a complete reboot.  <\/p>\n<p>They filled a river in west Somerset in and let it take its own course through the landscape.  <\/p>\n<p>Our climate editor, Justin Rowlatt, has been finding out how the project worked out. <\/p>\n<p>Producer: Harriet Bradshaw<br \/>\nShoot\/Edit: Gwyndaf Hughes<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtually all the UK\u2019s rivers have been physically altered in one way or another \u2013 straightened, dammed, dredged or restrained by barriers in some way along their course. 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