Lauren Freyer

West London's Greenford tube station used to flood.

Please mind the gap between the train and the platform.

Until a new family moved in nearby.

I crept up to their rather muddy doorstep.

Their home is made of sticks because these new neighbors are beavers.

Sean McCormick is a local veterinarian who started this project.

The city was planning to build a levee here.

McCormick convinced authorities to try something different.

Not only has the nearby tube station stopped flooding, freshwater shrimp have appeared in the creek.

Plus eight new species of birds, two types of bats and rare brown hair streak butterflies.

Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.

The prime minister's cabinet is split over whether Starmer should stay or go or set a timetable for his resignation.

This is after anti-establishment parties trounced the ruling Labour Party in local elections last week in an indication of what could happen in the next national election expected in three years.

Starmer has refused to resign, promises bold change to win over his, quote, doubters, but has been hemorrhaging support.

If his party does force him out, it's unclear who would succeed him and when.

One of the contenders, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, would have to win a seat in Parliament first to be eligible.

Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.

The British Beer and Pub Association says an average of two pubs closed per day in the first three months of this year.

That's about 2,400 jobs lost.

The association blames rising rents and taxes.