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Sky diamonds - are they the future of jewellery making?

A factory in Gloucestershire has come up with a solution to produce diamonds derived from carbon in the atmosphere, but can they ever replace the stones mined from the earth?

Video journalist: Kathryn Emerson

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27 October 2021

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Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi holding diamond

Watch: Moment Botswana's president feels weight of giant diamond

Clare Greener

'We grow our flowers as sustainably as possible'

Vishesh Goel

'It's shown us how to navigate around the city'

Coventry & Warwickshire

Ros Atkins on trees

Ros Atkins on… tree planting and climate change

Science & Environment

Chris Martin

Coldplay announce new 'eco-friendly' tour

Entertainment & Arts

Wuzhou

Inside the Chinese city that can't stop constructing

Graphic illustration of scales balancing factories with fumes and trees

Can carbon offsetting help the planet?

Stock image of a building being demolished

Climate change: Should we be demolishing buildings?

A family planting a tree

People share stories behind their tree planting

Graphic illustration showing industry, commodities and a footprint

How can you reduce your carbon footprint?

Science & Environment

Vale nickel refinery

Carbon zero push "for me and my kids"

Prof Peter Newell (L), Kasia Madera (C) and Sam Hall (R)

How can world’s wealthy alter polluting behaviour?

Science & Environment

Ninebarrow

Band plants trees to offset carbon footprint

Climate activists

Five ways to reduce your carbon footprint

Science & Environment

Players heading football in flooded pitch

Storm Bert: Football team swims in flooded pitch

Football players from Gloucestershire refused to let Storm Bert stop them from taking the pitch.

Gloucestershire

Van driving into front drive with mini roundabout, with trees

Historic Cotswold house starring in TV series Rivals

The hit-TV series stars David Tennant, Alex Hassell and Bella Maclean.

Gloucestershire

Two people dressed as ghosts with sheets over their body and dark sunglasses covering their eyes

Spooks dress as ghosts for scary Halloween surprise

Two spooks from the intelligence agency take part in the viral social media trend.

Gloucestershire

A green HGV with a driver, whose face has been blurred, sitting behind the wheel

Lorry driver caught eating with a spoon at the wheel

Gloucestershire Police share footage from an operation involving officers in an unmarked HGV.

Gloucestershire

Gloucester Brick Project founder Dan Petley standing in front of the painted wall

Community works together to paint huge city mural

The project involves hundreds of local people painting their own artwork on individual bricks.

Gloucestershire

Gloucester Rugby players Tomas Williams and Gareth Anscombe sitting on the pitch at Kingsholm Stadium

Rugby players take on 'milk challenge'

Gloucester Rugby players aim to drink eight pints of milk in 20 minutes.

Gloucestershire

A red car is seen on dashcam footage driving in the middle of the road towards another car

Police share dashcam videos of dangerous driving

The force has a dedicated officer reviewing submitted footage, which may lead to prosecutions.

Gloucestershire

Student Holly standing in the University of Gloucestershire campus wearing a bright blue cardigan

Student reviving county's old language

Holly wants to revive old Gloucestershire words like "flittermouse", which means bat.

Gloucestershire

River footballers

Annual river football match takes place

Crowds gather to watch two football teams battle it out in the River Windrush.

Gloucestershire

Combat

Inside the world of 'medieval combat'

The unique sport includes weapons, armour, fights and shields.

Gloucestershire

A woman stood in a dark room amongst hundreds of blue lights

Immersive light experience comes to shopping centre

The artwork in Eastgate Shopping Centre is free for anyone to attend until 31 August.

Gloucestershire

People celebrating Jamaican Independence Day at GlosJam

Gloucester celebrates Jamaican Independence Day

People enjoyed the warmth in Gloucester Park as a Caribbean celebration was held.

Gloucestershire

Three women stand in front of an advertising board with feeling the pinch written on it

Burger van offering donated meal scheme for families

The business has launched a pay it forward scheme to help families struggling to afford food.

Gloucestershire

Image of two men. They have their arms around each other and are laughing

Pupils past and present enjoy annual cricket match

Pupils from when the school opened in the 1950s joined the current year sixes for the annual tradition.

Gloucestershire

A Red Arrows pilot prepares to get into his plane at the Royal International Air Tattoo

Red Arrows arrive at Royal International Air Tattoo

The famous planes will take to the skies at RIAT in Gloucestershire this weekend.

Gloucestershire

A Globemaster aircraft comes into land at Fairford ahead of RIAT 2024

Aircraft arrive for Royal International Air Tattoo

About 150,000 people are expected to visit the annual show this week.

Gloucestershire

Colourful houses in Tredworth

Streets transformed with colourful murals

Artist Tash Frootko is known for lining the streets of Gloucestershire with colour.

Gloucestershire

Two black Labradors sitting on a stone ledge. Both are wearing special badges with their ID photos.

Labradors brought in to meet and greet Abbey visitors

Eric and Florence also act as therapy dogs to support people visiting Tewkesbury Abbey.

Gloucestershire

Richard Graham

'The centre and the centre-right is now split'

Former Conservative MP for Gloucester, Richard Graham, has lost his seat to Labour's Alex McIntyre.

Gloucestershire

Woman in Gloucester

Have you heard the phrase 'genny lec'?

Asking people how they feel about the new slang term "genny lec".

Gloucestershire