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News the licences will help britain meet its net zero pledge. Were announcing these new licences in the north sea with more to come , which will ensure more to come, which will ensure our Energy Security moving forward. It means well be less reliant on hostile foreign actors for our energy baseload, for the fossil fuels that were going to be relying on. For some years come, which will mean years to come, which will mean that will be reducing our c02 that we will be reducing our c02 emissions not importing those emissions by not importing those fossil fuels. But the announcement on future and further Carbon Capture and storage projects means that well be taking that Carbon Dioxide of atmosphere dioxide out of the atmosphere and it onto the north and storing it onto the north sea, means that getting to sea, which means that getting to net zero will be more achievable i k m an k man has been a british man has been released from prison in cyprus after sentenced for the after being sentenced for the manslaughter of his wife. David hunter was given a two yearjail hunter was given a two year jail term for killing his terminally ill at their home in paphos ill wife at their home in paphos in 2021. The 76 year old has been released after cypriot authorities calculated his time to serve. David hunter claimed to serve. David hunter claimed his wife asked him to end her life as she suffered from blood cancen life as she suffered from blood cancer. He spoke of his relief outside court a short time ago. Outside court a short time ago. 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Campaigners say theres a long established precedent of wild camping in the National Park in devon times running out for people to use any non barcoded stamps. Todays the last day they can be used from the 1st of august old stamp designs without the barcode cant be used or the recipient will be asked to cover the cost. The changes affect any the cost. The changes affect any non barcoded stamps featuring the late queens profile on a plain background special issue stamps or christmas themed editions will remain in use. This is gb news. More from me shortly. Now though, its back to mark and. To mark and. Pip and welcome back to the live desk with rishi sunak. The Prime Minister shortly set to announce hundreds of new licences for nonh hundreds of new licences for north sea oil and Gas Exploration. The start of exploration. The start of a campaign, perhaps secure britains Energy Security. Britains Energy Security. But conservative mp Chris Skidmore, former uk cabinet minister for energy and chair of the net zero review, has criticised the move, saying excuse me, it is on the wrong side of the future of the economy. Modern voters and history. History. A bit difficult to swallow. Therefore so lets speak to our scotland reporter tony maguire, who can join us from grangemouth in scotland, of the six in scotland, one of the six remaining refineries in the remaining Oil Refineries in the uk. And tony, as we say, were expecting more in about 20 minutes, but perhaps a clue as to what we may prime to what we may get. Prime minister reporters minister has spoken to reporters saying efficient saying that its more efficient to actually produce our own oil and gas and shipping it halfway around the. World. Around the. World. Yes, thats right. And certainly one of the lines that were hearing time and time again is to avoid the unnecessary reliance on hostile states such as russia. And of states such as russia. And of course, i think everybody remember that astronomical pnces remember that astronomical prices to which petrol rose following the russian invasion of ukraine. And certainly that is one of the several reasons that rishi sunak is looking to invest more. I think another invest more. I think another quite interesting thing that the Prime Minister came out with yesterday is that even after 2050, once we are Carbon Neutral as a nation , we will still rely as a nation, we will still rely on oil and gas to furnish around 25 of our energy needs. So this 25 of our energy needs. So this move today with this two prong approach into granting further oil and gas licences in the nonh oil and gas licences in the north sea , as well as the carbon north sea, as well as the Carbon Capture and storage plan with project acorn in scotland and project acorn in scotland and project viking down on the humber. And the plan is really to take this forward. And if you to take this forward. And if you can cast your mind back to cop26 in glasgow , one of the big in glasgow, one of the big messages from that week was a Just Transition plan, and that is to maximise the economy and sustainable jobs as the country moves into a period of becoming net zero. So as you also mentioned, however, there are been critics. Ed miliband has accused the government of a cultural war and climate. And in cultural war and climate. And in taking maybe a more protract acted approach, as alex salmond , whos waiting to celebrate until he sees the colour of rishi sunaks money. However if you look at the plant behind me, about 1700 workers there of the almost quarter of a million around Great Britain that work in the oil and gas sector behind me, put out about 9,000,000l a day. And obviously that makes it day. And obviously that makes it one of the biggest polluters in the country. So time will really tell to see whether this plan for sunak of reusing and for rishi sunak of reusing and refurb fishing, the legacy transfer support networks and Production Networks that have gone into oil and gas for this Carbon Capture will actually come good and hopefully make the people over here at ineos behind me feel a little less bad about the amount of Carbon Monoxide theyre pumping into the atmosphere. Yeah with the steam and the smoke rising behind you into the sky. Tony, you very much indeed tony, thank you very much indeed for that. For that. Lets get more analysis now from our economics and Business Editor halligan with on the editor Liam Halligan with on the money. How do you read it then . Money. How do you read it then . Liam . Is it is it good for the economy . Theres certainly a lot of political changes happening now. I think that uxbridge and South Ruislip by election, which the tories just about won because of local opposition to sadiq khans ulez ultra low emission zone it kind of unearthed a huge debate thats been going on just outside the mainstream. But certainly on Government Back benches. Certainly on Government Back benches. Look, the main problem benches. Look, the main problem weve got is that oil and gas from the north sea is receding. Weve gone down from over two and a half, almost 3 Million Barrels of oil and gas equivalent a day in 20 in the year 2000 to around 1 million now. And yet were using a lot more oil and gas. And oil and gas is still accounts for three quarters of our electric of our total energy including electricity, transport and heating and so on. And its much better for the environment as rishi sunak says, to produce our own oil and gas if were to going need oil and gas rather than importing it. If we import lng , liquefied natural gas from lng, liquefied natural gas from america , you have to get the gas america, you have to get the gas in america. You have to turn it into a liquid, put it on a diesel ship, 3500 miles across the atlantic. Regasify it. It uses three times more carbon than just drilling our own gas in the north sea. This at all . This at all . Well, because okay, its being branded a reckless decision. Decision. Okay . Okay . People use words , but do they people use words, but do they really stack up with reality . I really stack up with reality . I repeat, three quarters of our energy that we currently use in this country is oil and gas. And by the end of 2030, it will still be half. And thats according to the head of the Climate Change commission, which is the governments own kind of in house environmental consultancy. Everyone around consultancy. So everyone around the world realises were going to need oil and gas for a long time, even though were going to be less and less be using less and less and less oil gas. But its going to oil and gas. But its going to take years this take years to unravel this completely. And have a look at this. Maybe this is what readers and listeners and viewers really want know. Lets have a look want to know. Lets have a look at this graphic these at this graphic here. These numbers are really hard to find, but them out over the but i dug them out over the weekend was writing weekend when i was writing a newspaper column. These are residential user electricity residential end user electricity pnces residential end user electricity prices , right. In june 2023. Prices, right. In june 2023. That thing on the right, thats just its euros per kilowatt houn just its euros per kilowatt hour, but its a bit complicated. But you can get the idea. So in the uk we are paying ,45 roughly per kilowatt hour for electricity. For our residential electricity. Look numbers in france look at the numbers in france where theyve got lots of nuclear ,27, spain ,20. Jersey germany of course have closed down all their Nuclear Power and theyre heavily reliant on russian gas. So theyre suffering. Even theyre suffering. But even theyre cheaper us. And look at the cheaper than us. And look at the us ,18. 9 per kilowatt hour. So we are paying the euros. The eu average, by the way, is about ,2,025. So we are paying hugely more for electricity even more for our electricity even though got all these though weve got all these renewables us. And the reason is that you use lots of that when you use lots of renewables, you have to have these gas fired power stations just there on standby so just sitting there on standby so you can use them on the days and even weeks when the wind doesnt blow sun doesnt shine. Blow and the sun doesnt shine. And particularly happens in and that particularly happens in Winter Energy is winter when demand for energy is very, very high. So whats going on here . Why is back in the cameron days the tories said, 90, 9, cameron days the tories said, go, go, vote blue, go get green because they were trying to take votes off the lib dems. Frankly, now the tories real election battle is in the red wall and theyre going up against labour voters of labour voters and a lot of labour voters. They traditional labour voters. They traditional labour voters they really dont like voters, they really dont like this net stuff at all this net zero stuff at all because feel theyre the because they feel theyre the poorer, vulnerable poorer, more vulnerable households theyre going to have to the likes of to pay. Thats why the likes of the a huge union, our third the gmb, a huge union, our third Biggest Union, hugely against keir starmer, banning licences for new north sea oil and gas. The same with unite , the second the same with unite, the second Biggest Union in the country. So this isnt straightforward at all. Youre now getting splits in the labor party and indeed in the tory party. You just read out something from chris out something there from Chris Skidmore. Former skidmore. Hes a former minister, former high flyer, a lot of younger tories want this net zero stuff. So a lot of people will say its political splits, dont what splits, they dont know what were were really were doing, what were really seeing for first time seeing here for the first time in long time. And i think gb in a long time. And i think gb news has to bring this news has helped to bring this about debate , not about is a proper debate, not necessarily , yes, were necessarily about, yes, were going to move away from oil and gas. Clearly we are. But how we do it and most importantly, who pays . We think that perhaps in the next 50 minutes we may hear that the lay off, if you like, is Carbon Capture technology. Thats how hes going to balance the books on the environment. But theres another debate on what type of Carbon Capture technology and whether you can use that to actually generate rather than just sticking the stuff in the ground. What Carbon Capture technology to explain is when technology is to explain is when you generate fossil fuels and you generate fossil fuels and you burn fossil fuels, you then the carbon thats emitted , you the carbon thats emitted, you then bury it in old oil and gas fields in the north sea. You know, below, below the sea, below the seabed. And there are major Carbon Capture facilities being built in tyne in tyneside and teesside, where the argument the jobs are going to come. Thats right. And you do get jobs from those, some some environmentalist would say, just to be completely fair, that carbon excuse Carbon Capture is just an excuse for continuing use fossil for continuing to use fossil fuels. Its a of continuing fuels. Its a way of continuing to fossil fuels. I would say to use fossil fuels. I would say as an analyst, an ofcom regulated analyst, i would say that actually its clear we are going to need oil and gas for quite a few years. Even the quite a few years. Even the Climate Change Commission Says that and what the tories that and thats what the tories are so if you are are talking about. So if you are going and make that less going to try and make that less damaging for the environment, then carbon could help. Then Carbon Capture could help. That a lot well, given that a lot of people will be scratching their heads when hear this, why heads when we hear all this, why is then its full is he then saying its full speed ahead on the 2030 ban on diesel and petrol cars . Because it seems that, you know , i think it seems that, you know, i think the political reality , he the political reality, he doesnt want to frighten the horses too much. You know, hes got the tory reform group, the so called one nafion and reform group, the so called one nation and just nation tories and we just heard from skidmore there , from Chris Skidmore there, whos, you know, hes never going get another going to get into another sunak government, right . So maybe he thinks going lose the thinks theyre to going lose the next dont know. So next election. I dont know. So youve in the tory youve got splits in the tory party i chance my party i would i would chance my arm here though, mark. I would say that 2030 ban say i dont think that 2030 ban will. I think the will survive. I think the technological reality be is that the car making industry across the car making industry across the world just isnt ready for it. Cant get them made in time at the moment. Just to be clear, the is that by 2030 you the law is that by 2030 you cant buy a new petrol or diesel car. In the uk , you can still car. In the uk, you can still buy second hand petrol and diesel cars and classic cars and vintage cars and all the rest of it. You buy a new it. But you cant buy a new petrol car in the uk petrol and diesel car in the uk by 2030. German we have shifted that 2035. I think we will that to 2035. I think we will end up doing that now. For business, itll be bad for business, couldnt it . Mean what with itll be bad for business, cou tata it . Mean what with itll be bad for business, cou tata announcementt with itll be bad for business, cou tata announcement, with itll be bad for business, cou tata announcement, investing the tata announcement, investing in theyre in the battery plant, theyre working 2030. Working towards 2030. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They suddenly backtracking. They suddenly backtracking. Theyre working for 2030 in order to get them to invest in that plant. Having failed to get anyone of these anyone to invest in any of these gigafactories for years, weve had to bung them half £1 billion. Whats worse for billion. So whats worse for business not building a gigafactory or closing down the main way that we transport that stuff around the country . If there are many, many trade offs here and again, whats whats what viewers and listeners can hear and see right now, suddenly weve got a debate suddenly people like me are allowed to say, oh, you know what, there might be a problem if we do this without being cancelled as some kind you know, mad kind of you know, mad anti environmental lunatic. Im not all. Us to move not at all. I want us to move away gas. Just away from oil and gas. I just understand how its to understand how difficult its to going be. Frighten horses so dont frighten the horses. A horse ,. Or maybe just buy a horse, ehhen. Or maybe just buy a horse, either. A horse, indeed. Thank you very much for that. More analysis coming up, because we are hear rishi are expecting to hear from rishi sunak scotland shortly. Sunak in scotland shortly. Well have live with the have that for you live with the very reaction. Stay with us. Us. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello, im alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. A fairly drab monday for most outbreaks of rain on and off. It wont rain all day. Therell be some brighter spells, particularly over northern scotland. But pressure scotland. But low pressure is continuing to dominate in these weather springing weather fronts, springing outbreaks of rain. The isobars fairly close together as well. So quite breezy end to july. Staying fairly soggy across much of scotland as i said, the far north may well see some brighter spells. The south as well. And across the south as well. Im hopeful cheer a im hopeful itll cheer up a little bit through the day. Parts of south wales, South West England seeing some decent spells later and spells of sunshine later and maybe ireland, but maybe Northern Ireland, but there will always lot of there will always be a lot of cloud and many places seeing showers and temperatures mostly at average for the time at or below average for the time of year. High teens , low 20s at best. High teens, low 20s at best. Well continue to see outbreaks of rain, particularly across scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England the night. The the uk the southern half of the uk becoming largely dry with some decent, clear spells. Temperatures mostly holding up figures as 1314 up in double figures as 1314 across towns and cities through the south into tuesday. And for the south into tuesday. And for most it looks like a dry out, brighter day, certainly compared to today. Not completely dry, still cloud and rain at times, especially early on over Northern Ireland, southwest scotland and northwest england. That ease as we go through that may ease as we go through the day. Decent spells of sunshine central and sunshine across central and northern mostly dry. Northern scotland, mostly dry. Further just 1 2 further south, just 1 or 2 showers, but look here, more wet and windy weather on and windy weather thats on the way. And again, way for wednesday. And again, temperatures mostly around average. Average. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news as id welcome back to the live desk and the Prime Minister has been speaking about giving the green light for 100 licences for new oil and gas drilling and exploration in the north sea. This is what he had said in the past few minutes. Its the past few minutes. Its really important for everyone to recognise that even in 2050, when we are at net zero, it is forecast that around a quarter of our energy needs will still come from oil and gas. Thats why technologies like Carbon Capture and storage are important. Carbon capture and storage are important. But what is important then that get that oil and then is that we get that oil and gas the best possible way, gas in the best possible way, and getting from and that means getting it from here home. For our here at home. Better for our Energy Security, not reliant on foreign better for foreign dictators, better for jobs, example, 100,000 jobs, for example, 100,000 supported here in scotland, but also better for the 100,000, because if were to going need it, far better to have it here at home rather than shipping it here from halfway around the world two, three, world with two, three, four times amount of carbon times the amount of Carbon Emissions versus the oil and gas we have here at home. So it is entirely consistent with our plans get to net zero carbon plans to get to net zero Carbon Capture. Capture. W capture. These, though, plans like these, though, will nowhere near will be doing nowhere near enough to offset the scale of emissions. If you approve rosebank. So can confirm rosebank. So can you confirm today that you wont be going ahead rosebank . Ahead with rosebank . Licencing decisions are well, licencing decisions are obviously the normal obviously made in the normal way, id say is way, but what id say is entirely consistent with transitioning to net zero that we use the energy weve got here at home because were going to need decades. So far need it for decades. So far better economy , for jobs need it for decades. So far bett for economy , for jobs need it for decades. So far bett for climate onomy , for jobs need it for decades. So far bett for Climate Emissionsor jobs need it for decades. So far bett for Climate Emissions. jobs need it for decades. So far bett for Climate Emissions. So s need it for decades. So far bett for Climate Emissions. So we and for Climate Emissions. So we get from here rather than get it from here rather than shipping it from halfway around the Carbon Capture the world. But Carbon Capture and a fantastic and storage is a fantastic new technology that will help us transition to net zero means that we can take carbon from industrial processes and then sequester it in the ground. Were very here in britain were very lucky here in britain that we are poised to lead the world in this new technology and industry because of our expertise, skills of the expertise, the skills of the incredible working here, incredible people working here, the infrastructure that you see behind the pipelines going behind me, the pipelines going out then the north sea, out and then the north sea, where geology perfect for where the geology is perfect for sequestering storing this sequestering and storing this carbon. So everyone be carbon. So everyone should be excited prospect of us excited about the prospect of us leading the world, transitioning to strengthening to net zero and strengthening our security. Thats the our Energy Security. Thats the right balance and thats what im Prime Minister. Many people will see, especially this will especially in this area, will say, you know, weve been here before. Weve heard promises say, you know, weve been here befothisiieve heard promises say, you know, weve been here befothis before. Eard promises say, you know, weve been here befothis before. Eard you1ises like this before. Can you confirm that with this announcement today that the scheme fergus will scheme here at saint fergus will actually and will actually be operational and will go ahead . Its incredibly yeah, its incredibly exciting for acorn exciting news for the acorn cluster here in aberdeenshire as well as the other clusters we have uk. Now this well as the other clusters we have uk. Now this is have around the uk. Now this is businesses industry coming together and now being able to talk to government formally about they plan to deliver about how they plan to deliver Carbon Capture storage so Carbon Capture and storage so that collectively we can strengthen our Energy Security, but also transition to net zero. But importantly , lead the world but importantly, lead the world in this new technology. And in this new technology. And scotland is well placed to do that. And thats im excited that. And thats why im excited to here making this to be here making this announcement. Been talking to be here making this announcerwho. Been talking to be here making this announcerwho are been talking to be here making this announcerwho are involved. Lking to people who are involved. Theyre incredibly optimistic about the future holds, and about what the future holds, and im to be backing im delighted to be backing them. Getting f getting to them. Getting to my last im just getting to my last question. So isnt all this softening green policies softening on green policies not a knee jerk reaction in a bit of a knee jerk reaction in to keeping uxbridge because of ulez . Worried about ulez . Arent you worried about alienating who alienating the many voters who do you to take strong do want you to take strong action on Climate Change, especially blue wall especially in the blue wall where lib dems make a good enough . So when i was Prime Minister, i became Prime Minister. I set up a brand new department for Energy Security and net zero. And i think both of those things are important. Of course, im are important. Of course, im committed to net zero, but im also committed energy also committed to our Energy Security we will get to net security and we will get to net zero in a proportionate and pragmatic doesnt pragmatic way that doesnt unnecessarily burden families with costs or hassle that they dont need in their lives right now. Im really proud of the uks track record. Weve decarbonised faster than any other country in the g7 group of large countries. We are leading the world in new technologies like capture and storage, like Carbon Capture and storage, which today. So which im announcing today. So i feel very optimistic about the future. Prime minister, thank future. Prime minister, thank you. You much. You. Thank you very much. Was the prime so that was the Prime Minister last minutes minister in the last few minutes in aberdeenshire. The in aberdeenshire. Lets get the views now. Professor stuart hazeldine, expert carbon hazeldine, expert in Carbon Capture and i lost capture and storage and i lost count the number of times the count of the number of times the Prime Minister used that phrase. A lot of people will be thinking what is environmentally friendly about producing as much carbon as just to bury it in as you want just to bury it in the ground and. Well, it depends which question youre asking me on that, really. So today looks like a bit like your poster with a deal with the devil in the sense that engaging in Carbon Capture and storage is really good news because there are lots of Carbon Emissions which were committed to in the future from fossil fuels, which we need to clean up and we need to put back underground. And Carbon Capture underground. And Carbon Capture and storage can certainly help with but the tricky bit i with that. But the tricky bit i think for many people, myself included, is that the joining of that together with this drilling of 100 additional boreholes , of 100 additional boreholes, because if you work out the amount of carbon stored in one Carbon Capture and storage project, for example, in acorn, that might be 20 or 30 Million Tonnes over a 15 year period. Whereas if you work out the additional Carbon Dioxide released from the rosebank field going ahead or the jackdaw field going ahead or the jackdaw field going ahead or the jackdaw field going ahead with shell oil, then that will be 270 Million Tonnes. So the arithmetic doesnt balance. We need to get to balance. We need to get to a place where one tonne of carbon out is balanced by one tonne of carbon in and the conservative announcements today are a long, long way from that. Long way from that. Professor hazeldine dissenters are saying that Carbon Capture is ridiculously expensive live and simply doesnt work. Its a non functioning technology. What would you say to that . Would you say to that . Well, i wish some of these folks would actually be go and talk to companies who are operating Carbon Capture and storage. So, for example, in the storage. So, for example, in the nonh storage. So, for example, in the north sea, the Norwegian Company equinor has been operating Carbon Capture and Carbon Dioxide storage on top of the sleipner oil field since 1996. And thats exactly the type of project which is being proposed here from acorn. And so that here from acorn. And so that captures a Million Tonnes a year at at sleipner puts that safely and securely underground and it was so successful that the norwegian have developed a second project called snohvit snow white at the north end barents sea end of norway that does a similar thing for 800,000 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide every year since 2008. Thats so successful that the norwegians as a country have now entered into the Carbon Dioxide Storage Market looking for people to who they can collect Carbon Dioxide from in Norwegian Shipping tankers take the Carbon Dioxide away and be paid for that, and store that offshore of the west of norway. So the uk and is maybe a bit behind that, but is proceeding forcefully to develop carbon storage. But its clear that Carbon Dioxide capture and storage works and has worked for many, many decades right now weve got a body, the associate foundation for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology , saying and Clean Technology, saying its the wrong type of Carbon Capture. We shouldnt be sticking it in the ground, but we should be talking about bioenergy applications , as i refer to you applications, as i refer to you now to explain to us what is a bioenergy application in. Right. Well, obviously, i dont know what these folks are thinking exactly , but my answer thinking exactly, but my answer to that is what weve just talked about is Carbon Dioxide on fossil carbon, on coal and gas and oil. Yeah, on carbon, which grew on the surface of the earth hundreds of millions of years ago has been buried. And were bringing that out and were now bringing that out and releasing that into the atmosphere very rapidly. Atmosphere very, very rapidly. Biocarbon will be carbon thats growing on the surface of the earth now, for example, a Sustainable Oil harvest from forestry or a sustainable harvest from wheat straw or rice husks, organic material, which is were currently we could regard as not very useful that can be gathered, that can be combusted to produce heat, can be gathered, that can be combusted to produce heat , to combusted to produce heat, to produce electricity, produce, heating in a district heating system. And the Carbon Dioxide system. And the Carbon Dioxide can be captured from that and put back underground. The advantage from that , of course, advantage from that, of course, is that the vegetation has taken Carbon Dioxide from air and put that into the vegetation and we can put that Carbon Dioxide deep into the ground. So we have a negative emission, we have a decrease of Carbon Dioxide atmosphere. Atmosphere. Okay. So it balances the figures. Another stupid question figures. Another stupid question for you to a very clever man, why dont we just plant more trees to soak up the carbon . Trees to soak up the carbon . Well, of course, thats a great idea. And very, very popular. And that will be that popular. And that will be that is a very Cost Effective way of capturing carbon. So if we grow trees, then weve got extra carbon comes out of the air and weve got that in, in standing trees. But we then have to realise is how long we need to keep that carbon out of the atmosphere. And when we atmosphere. And when we undertake the climate modelling , when we look back in the geological past, we need to keep that carbon out the that carbon out of the atmosphere for 10,000 all atmosphere for 10,000 years. All right , so atmosphere for 10,000 years. All right, so storing atmosphere for 10,000 years. All right , so storing carbon in right, so storing the carbon in a tree for ten years, 40 years or even 200 years just doesnt cut the mustard, unfortunately. So its great to capture, but we need to add on something to capture and store that carbon back underground. And thats where bioenergy again could come in. But lets not get distracted just by one strand of what weve got is an offer from the uk government today of Carbon Capture and storage on huge tonnages of fossil fuel emissions. And thats a really emissions. And thats a really good offer. What i think there good offer. What i think there needs to be a lot of conversation and perhaps some finger pointing about is coupling that with the wish to develop hundreds of tonnes of extra hundreds of millions of tonnes of extra Carbon Dioxide emission and are you confident, professor, that Carbon Capture and storage, it is going to be material, it is going to materially us because it has been promised for the last couple of decades . Well the couple of decades . Well the delay in Carbon Capture and storage in the uk has really been delays in government policy and changes in government policy. So there have been several false starts on Carbon Capture and storage. First of all, in fact, in the north east of scotland, around the peterhead power plant, which is part of this project were talking about, that was proposed in 2005 by the oil company bp , in 2005 by the oil company bp, together with scottish and southern electricity. But it was southern electricity. But it was clear that the westminster government wasnt to government just wasnt ready to consider they hadnt consider that they hadnt foresighted at all. They foresighted that at all. They hadnt foresighted that at all. They hadnt ahead. Hadnt been looking far ahead. So the government rejected that and gone through three and weve gone through three more cycles of proposals and rejections. So now this is really the end of a 20 year wait to get this across the line to be developed as a Carbon Capture and storage project. Its and storage project. Its important also to say which rishi sunak avoided in his questioning, his important to say that the government issued documents have no timescale in them at all. This is an offer for the viking project and the Acorn Project to enter into negotiations with the uk government. And we know from government. And we know from previous experience that that can be a very long and protracted negotiation professor to them is what i say. Professor heseltine, thank you very much for all your time. Its been very interesting talking your talking to you with your Immediate Reaction and well see what emerges what else emerges this afternoon. Much indeed. Pleasure. Thank you. Pleasure. Thank you. Pleasure. Thank you. There is, of course, plenty more news to bring you here on the desk on gb news. Lets the live desk on gb news. Lets get a roundup of all your headlines. Heres. Tamsin pip. Headlines. Heres. Tamsin pip. Thanks very much. Here are the headlines at 1233. The Prime Minister says allowing new drilling for oil and gas in the nonh drilling for oil and gas in the north sea is entirely consistent with the governments net zero plan. Speaking in aberdeen , he plan. Speaking in aberdeen, he said domestic oil and gas saves on emissions as it avoids shipping it from halfway around the world this morning. Number ten announced plans to grant hundreds of new oil and gas licences off the coast of scotland to boost British Energy independence. This a british man independence. This a british man has been released from prison in cyprus after being sentenced for the manslaughter of his wife. David hunter was given a two year jail term for killing his yearjail term for killing his terminally ill wife at their home in paphos in 2021. The 76 year old has been released after cypriot authorities calculated his time to serve. David hunter his time to serve. David hunter claimed his wife asked him to end her life as she suffered from blood cancer. He spoke of his relief outside court a short time ago. Time ago. Thank you to all the people who donated to me, and especially my mates, my workmates. I dont know where workmates. I dont know where id be without. I hope im id be without. I hope im feeling the same as my family when im talking about that. Im talking about all my lads, all the families. When you work in the families. When you work in a colliery family , new rules have colliery family, new rules have come into force which will prevent serious criminals from gaining british citizenship. Gaining british citizenship. Changes to the good character requirement of applications will see tougher rules applied to anyone whos received a 12 month prison sentence. Currently, prison sentence. Currently, applications are normally refused. For people whove been refused. For people whove been given a four yearjail refused. For people whove been given a four year jail term refused. For people whove been given a four yearjail term as given a four year jail term as well. You can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gbnews. Com. Welcome back to the live desk. Lets bring you some breaking news on industrial action by teachers and members of the National Education union. The largest Teaching Union have accepted a 6. 5 pay rise and voted to end their strike action. Yes, the National Education union said 86 of its teacher members in england who took part in the electronic ballot voted to accept the progress made in the pay dispute and call off the industrial action. There was a 60 turnout and members of the eu staged eight days of strike action in state schools in england. Thats since february. Because of this pay disruption dispute. So lots of disruption caused. Caused. Yeah, members of the association of school, College Lecturers leaders have lecturers or leaders have already voted to accept the pay rise from september. The and the National Association of head teachers still to respond. But we think that they may go the same way and accept this which would bring to an end whats been quite an extended period of industrial action in the classroom. So all the latest on that as it comes through. That as it comes through. British pensioner david hunter is a free man this lunchtime after being released from a cypriot prison after serving 19 months for causing the death of his terminally ill wife. Wife. Well, she was killed at their retirement home at paphos on the island back in december 2021. Mr hunter told the court his wife had requested him to help end her life because of her suffering from pain, from blood cancen suffering from pain, from blood cancer. He was convicted, though, of manslaughter. Yes and those pictures you are looking at is when he was released. Only a couple of hours ago, after spending ago, released after spending that time in prison. Well, the case and many others have now raised questions about assisted dying and whether it should be legalised. Legalised. Well, joining us now, rabbi and chair of dignity in dying, doctor jonathan and chair of dignity in dying, doctorjonathan romain, and chair of dignity in dying, doctor jonathan romain, who campaigns for assisted suicide to become legalised. Thank you very much indeed for your time, doctor romain, we have to add, of course, that this wasnt a finding of the court. He was still actually convict , wanted still actually convict, wanted of manslaughter. Yes , thats right. And of yes, thats right. And of course, the whole thing is desperately sad that he was in this situation and his wife , this situation and his wife, too, in the first place. And thats exactly the reason why we want to have a legalised assisted dying whereby somebody who is mentally competent and is suffering in pain and is about to die can have a legal option to die can have a legal option to gently let go of life. And its precisely because she didnt have this. Thats Janice Turner , colins wife. Davids turner, colins wife. Davids wife , that he went to this wife, that he went to this extraordinary length, which was something that, you know, unfortunately is also also happenedin unfortunately is also also happened in this country in a number of cases. And really at the moment, there are a lot of people who unfortunately cannot be helped by Palliative Care if they can. Thats great. But for those people who cant be and are dying in pain, theyve only got bad options either this sort of manslaughter , taking the of manslaughter, taking the action into your own hands , action into your own hands, which is appalling for everybody or the person trying to commit suicide, which is desperately sad for them to have to do. It sad for them to have to do. It happened to even have father evan daviss father the other week , as was also publicised in week, as was also publicised in this country. And all they just this country. And all they just have to suffer on in pain. So theres no good options at the moment, which is precisely why one medically controlled so that one doesnt have to do it through subterfuge. And with this trauma subterfuge. And with this trauma that the whole family has gone through. Through. But isnt there a risk of so many pitfalls with this, such as the risk of conversion , the risk of conversion, conversion, coercion . I apologise. And when you are apologise. And when you are encouraging people to perhaps take their own lives when they really are at their most vulnerable. Well were not encouraging people to take their own lives. Own lives. This is just an option for people who so wish. I mean, frankly, most of us will carry on to our dying breath. And thats of force life thats the sort of force of life within us to hold on to life. But are people who want to but there are people who want to let they are let go because they are suffering know, suffering from, well, you know, motor , motor neurone cancer, parkinsons. Im sure many of your listeners know family or your listeners know a family or friend in that dreadful situation, and they want to say, thank you, god. Its been a great life so far, but i dont want to suffer any more. And to avoid the problem that youre talking about of coercion , then talking about of coercion, then we want there to be some very strict guidelines to monitor it so that it can only apply to someone whos terminally ill only if theyre mentally competent and only if theres a clear desire by them that its their own voluntary decision. And if those three red lines are met, then i think we can avoid any problems and make sure that people who want to die , die people who want to die, die peacefully, can do so. And thats what you used . Yeah, you used that that word. Very loaded word. God, thats the difficulty. Who actually makes the decision . Who becomes god, if you like . Is it a god, if you like . Is it a lawyer . Is it the doctor for is it that the partner, the husband , whoever . And what are the consequences once theyve made that decision . That decision . Im very clear that it is the decision of the person concerned. I mean, we have a right to live a life as good as possible. We also have a right to have a good a death as possible. So this isnt about shortening life. Its about shortening life. Its about shortening the pain of death. And, you know , were making and, you know, were making decisions about our lives all the time, arent we, when we have heart transplants, blood transfusions. So this is an important decision that we all have a right to make. Why should we have rights about how we live . You know, for some 80 years, but not at the final bit, particularly if its painful, if its distressing and we dont want to go through it. So were not talking about somebody in their 40s whos having a bad patch or depressed. Were talking about somebody who is coming of their life. Coming to the end of their life. Its been medically already decided only got a few decided theyve only got a few months weeks to live and why months or weeks to live and why should they carry on they do should they carry on if they do not to do so . In whose not wish to do so . In whose interest are forcing people interest are we forcing people to live against their will in pain . Doctor jonathan romain, thank you very much indeed for your thank you very much indeed for youthanks for joining on thank you very much indeed for youthanks forjoining on gb thanks forjoining us on gb news very , very difficult, that news very, very difficult, that one. Now is the war in ukraine being taken onto russian soil . Mother russia, if you like, presents zelenskyy declaring that ukrainian attacks on russian territory are inevitable , natural and absolutely fair process in their continuing conflict. Meanwhile, president putin has hinted that he would be open to peace talks, but only if kyiv accepts russias annexation of five ukrainian provinces. Five ukrainian provinces. Lets get now the views of former head of Counter Terrorism at the ministry of defence , at the ministry of defence, Major General chip chapman, of course, whos been the course, whos been following the conflict us here on gb conflict with us here on gb news. Thanks for your time again , looking at , chip. Just looking at zelenskyys assertions, i mean, is he upping the ante because he believes that the counter offensive is starting to have an effect . It well, you have to effect . It well, you have to understand about the theatre of war. So the close battle is the force on force stuff, which is going on in zaporizhzhia and kherson, bakhmut. This is part kherson, bakhmut. This is part of the deep battle. So youve had the deep battle from the russians in terms of lost last winter, trying to destroy the energy infrastructure, recently trying to destroy the grain structure. So this is the ukrainian reciprocal deep battle which seeks to have psychology ripples because this is not turning out to be a special military operation. Its turning out to be a war. Its turning out to be a war. And those psychology ripples are supposed to affect the elites in russia and the population in russia to say, hang on, whats going in this and enable fractures which may lead to some sort of settled point in the future. Point in the future. So has or has done in response to ukraine is intense fired their strikes on Ukrainian Military infrastructure. The military infrastructure. The defence minister Sergey Shoygu has been saying that. So its a very, very risky approach, is it not, for president zelenskyy no, i dont think its a risky approach. Its something hes got to do and what it really shows is if you look at the original objectives from a russian perspective, which were demilitarisation and denotes vacation, weve got a Ukrainian Military which is able to reach out to the capital city of its adversary. Now, kyiv looks like adversary. Now, kyiv looks like its been well protected, and yet weve got these drones hitting moscow. Its that sense of vulnerability alongside those incursions of belgorod by the various militia groups that is going to unhinge russia. That is the Russian Volunteer corps and the Russian Volunteer corps and the freedom of russian legions. The freedom of russian legions. So how is this deep battle going . I mean , have we any going . I mean, have we any indication what the unease is in terms of those around putin in the kremlin and if there are further drone strikes on these various areas in moscow and elsewhere, you know, how will the pressure increase on him . The pressure increase on him . Well, we always say that authoritarian regimes look really secure up until the moment theyre not. And weve seen a disunity of command in the last few weeks. Firstly, we had the prigozhin mutiny or coup , depending on what you want to call it. Secondly, we had the theatre commander sorokin, who may have been part of that, and weve had girkin, one the weve had girkin, one of the main protagonists for the 2014 invasion, are arrested and the and the leader of the 58th guards army sacked for alarmism. All this plays into the fact that the russians are eating themselves from within. From a ukrainian perspective. Ukrainian perspective. And of course what russia wants to portray is that its an act of desperation by ukraine because theyre suffering various setbacks. Various setbacks. Yeah, and of course, thats the problem for putin, because he keeps on saying that theyre winning and destroying the ukrainians. And it certainly ukrainians. And it certainly looks to me that momentum or looks to me that the momentum or the momentum is not necessarily just forward but it is just forward movement, but it is increased pressure. Looks like its with the ukrainians at the moment. Cant measure these moment. You cant measure these things territory things by necessarily territory captured, but it looks like sort of eroding stalemate. It is of eroding stalemate. It is actually in favour of ukraine at the moment. And last quick thought, what should we be thinking about the wagner sort of escapade , if you wagner sort of escapade, if you like, in belarus and heading towards the polish border . I mean, is there a real threat there . There . I dont think there is because you cannot have plausible deniability anymore in the way that you could in 2014 with little green men in the donbas. So take it seriously. But i think it can be overplayed. And if that were to be an incursion in nato territory , it would be quickly territory, it would be quickly moved on because there would be satellite and signals intelligence any movement of intelligence of any movement of armoured vehicles. It would be very difficult to do by light infantry. Theyd be wrapped up and destroyed fairly quickly. I think. Think. Okay. Major chip okay. Major general chip chapman, for your time chapman, thanks for your time again joining on gb again and joining us here on gb news. Much. More news. Thanks very much. More than 60 citizens advice workers have gone on strike in hull and east riding for the first time in a dispute over pay their union, unite to say that citizens advice had refused to implement a national pay deal. After years of real terms pay cuts while yorkshire and humber reporter anna riley joins us now with the latest. And clearly its coming to something when the citizens advice cant help you out themselves. Themselves. It certainly is , mark. Yes, it certainly is, mark. Yes, and good afternoon, pip as well. Of course, the charity citizens advice, theyve been established since 1939 and especially with the cost of living crisis, theyve been helping more people than ever. They help millions of people each year from across england and wales with a variety of queries that they may have over their benefits employment, housing, legal issues and more. Housing, legal issues and more. But its now the workers here at hull and east yorkshire who are saying enough is enough. Theyve gone to strike. Theyve been out on the picket line this morning andifs on the picket line this morning and its all about pay. They say over the last ten years theyve had a real terms pay cut of 27. That they say that their administrative workers were at £5,000 above the minimum wage in 2014. But now theyre only being paid £0. 10 above the minimum wage of £10. 40. And thats why this strike action is happening. I spoke to a unite representative on the picket line earlier , ray davies and line earlier, ray davies and this is what he had to say about the strike action, the huge efforts that theyve put into this sort of job are not are not being rewarded by the employer for, you know, if its a case of we feel undervalued , paid and we we feel undervalued, paid and we feel its unfair that the very first time that the award has gonein first time that the award has gone in our favour that that they say, no, were not were not paying that and deal with some very Vulnerable People. People on very low incomes, people sometimes with with Mental Health issues and problems. And were here to problems. And were here to hopefully we make their life better in some way by getting them some more funding into their household. Their household. And we should just say that staff are due to take further action on the seventh, ninth and 11th of august. So for strike dates, theyre more than 60. Hull and east riding citizens advice workers going on strike for the first time in a dispute over pay. But just to update you of course, the breaking news we were bringing you from the education front is that their strike action will, at least in terms of the National Education union, Teaching Union, the largest Teaching Union has been voted to end union that has been voted to end after accepting a six and a half pay after accepting a six and a half pay rise , 6. 5 pay rise. And the pay rise, 6. 5 pay rise. And the other unions may also follow will keep monitoring that for you. The will keep monitoring that for you. The rest of the afternoon. So did different approaches there to industrial policy. There to industrial policy. Well, theres plenty more to come in the next hour here on the live desk , including the the live desk, including the latest , as the live desk, including the latest, as mark was saying, on on that strike action. And weve also well be hearing from rishi sunak , whos announced more than sunak, whos announced more than 100 north sea oil and gas licences. Its a pretty controversial announcement from rishi sunak. Well be analysing rishi sunak. Well be analysing it for you very soon, maybe capturing a bit of carbon as well. Who knows . Who knows . Who knows . The temperatures rising in boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello, im alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. A fairly drab monday for most outbreaks of rain on and off. It wont rain all day. Therell be some brighter spells, particularly over northern low northern scotland. But low pressure is continuing to dominate and these weather fronts springing outbreaks of rain. The isobars are fairly close together as well. So quite a breezy end to july , staying a breezy end to july, staying fairly soggy across much of scotland. And as i said, the far scotland. And as i said, the far north may well see some brighter spells. The south as spells. And across the south as well. Itll cheer well. Im hopeful itll cheer up a little bit through the day. Parts of south wales, south west a little bit through the day. Parts of seeing vales, south west a little bit through the day. Parts of seeing some South West England seeing some decent spells later and spells of sunshine later and maybe Northern Ireland, but there will always be a lot of cloud and many places seeing showers mostly showers and temperatures mostly at or below average for the time of year. High teens low 20 at best. Well continue to see outbreaks of rain particular across scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England through southern ireland and Northern England throrofl southern ireland and Northern England throrof the southern ireland and Northern England throrof the uk southern ireland and Northern England throrof the uk becoming uthern ireland and Northern England throrof the uk becoming largely half of the uk becoming largely dry with some decent , clear dry with some decent, clear spells. Temperatures mostly holding up in double figures as 1314 across towns and cities through the south into tuesday. And for most it looks like a dnen and for most it looks like a drier, brighter day, certainly compared to today. Not completely dry, still cloud and rain at times , especially early rain at times, especially early on over Northern Ireland, southwest scotland and northwest england. That may ease as we go england. That may ease as we go through the day a decent spells of across and of sunshine across central and northern dry. Northern scotland, mostly dry. Further south, just 1 2 further south, just 1 or 2 showers. But look here, more wet and weather thats on the and windy weather thats on the way for wednesday. And again, temperatures mostly around average. Average. The temperatures rising. Boxt the temperatures rising. Boxt solar power sponsors of weather on. Gb news i. On. Gb news i. John gb news because i was sick and tired of not hearing my views being represented not just mine but so many people that i knew and spoke to. I just couldnt get my voice out couldnt say out there. I couldnt say anything. Do anything. I couldnt do anything. I couldnt do anything. Narrative anything. Whatever the narrative was, to follow it. Was, i kind of had to follow it. 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Its 1 00 and youre watching the live desk here on gb news. Coming up this monday lunchtime, the Prime Minister is given the green light for 100 new licences to extract oil and gas in the nonh to extract oil and gas in the north sea, saying he wants to boost britains energy independence. Well hear from rishi sunak and have reaction and analysis. And have reaction and analysis. But the government facing more pressure to do more to support motorists as rishi sunak orders a review into low traffic neighbourhoods. He still seems to be heading full speed towards the 2030 petrol car ban. On and the 2030 petrol car ban. On and war is written turning to russia. That is the warning from ukrainian president Vladimir Zelenskyy as drones are downed over moscow. Former russian over moscow. Former russian president Dmitry Medvedev says his country may be forced to use Nuclear Weapons if the attacks continue. Continue. And schools not out for summer, it seems members of the National Education union, the uks Largest Union vote to accept their pay deal and end their strike action, all the latest headunes strike action, all the latest headlines now with tamzin. Mark. Headlines now with tamzin. Mark. Thank you and good afternoon from the gb newsroom. At 1 01 member of the uks largest Teaching Union have accepted a 6. 5 pay rise for teachers in england. The National Education england. The National Education union says 86 of its members voted to accept the latest pay offer, with a 60 turnout. It comes after Union Members staged eight days of strike action in state schools since february in a dispute over pay. The prime a dispute over pay. The Prime Minister says allowing new drilling for oil and gas in the north sea is entirely consistent with the governments net zero plan. Former Energy Minister Chris Skidmore says its the wrong decision at the wrong time and that modern voters will vote with their feet as they look for policies that protect the environment. Speaking in environment. But speaking in aberdeenshire this morning, rishi sunak said the plan is a step in the right direction, describing it as better for Energy Security and better for jobs. When it comes to our Energy Security , we are still going to security, we are still going to need oil and gas. 25 of our energy will come from oil and gas even in 2050, far better than we get that from here at home. Better for the economy , home. Better for the economy, better for Energy Security, better for our Energy Security, better for our Energy Security, better , and better for better for jobs, and better for climate rather than Climate Emissions. Rather than shipping it here from halfway around thats shipping it here from halfway arou weve thats shipping it here from halfway arou weve got thats shipping it here from halfway arou weve got more thats shipping it here from halfway arou weve got more north ts shipping it here from halfway arou weve got more north sea oil why weve got more north sea oil and gas licences being announced , us on , but also were speeding us on our to net zero with carbon our path to net zero with Carbon Capture and storage. A british man has been released from prison in cyprus after being sentenced for the manslaughter of his wife. David hunter was given a two year jail term for killing his yearjail term for killing his seriously ill wife at their home in paphos in 2021. The 76 year old has been released after cypriot authorities calculate his time to serve. David hunter claimed his wife asked him to end her life as she suffered from blood cancer. He spoke of his relief outside court just a short time ago. Short time ago. Thank you to all the people whove donated to me, and especially my mates, my workmates. I dont know where workmates. I dont know where id be without. I hope im id be without. I hope im feeling the same as my family when im talking about that. Im talking about all my lads, all the family. When you work in a the family. When you work in a country , a family plans to house country, a family plans to house migrants on the bibby stockholm barge in dorset could face delays after reports the facility hasnt received approval from local fire services. Services. The barge is expected to accommodate around 500 men, but there are fears the vessel could present a fire danger. The government says the barge is undergoing final preparations to comply with regulations. It comes as the government aims to provide cheaper accommodation for those arriving in small boats. New rules have come into boats. New rules have come into force which will prevent serious criminals from gaining british citizenship. Changes to the good citizenship. Changes to the good character requirement will see tougher rules applied to anyone who has received a 12 month prison sentence. Currently applications are normally refused for people whove been given a four yearjail refused for people whove been given a four year jail term refused for people whove been given a four yearjail term. The given a four year jail term. The Home Office Said the reforms will remove the previous rules whereby some criminals could be granted it after a certain number of years have passed. 1 number of years have passed. 1 in 4 gps now have private health care due to concerns over long nhs waiting times. Care due to concerns over long nhs waiting times. A survey nhs waiting times. A survey found 21 have personal insured loss and 4 have it through their employers. It comes as the their employers. 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Now, though, its back to mark and. Pip tamsin. Daniel stamp of approval. Thanks very much indeed. Lets thanks very much indeed. Lets update you now on more of the live desk with rishi sunak announcing those hundreds of new licences for north sea oil and Gas Exploration and drilling. Although were not sure about the rosebank field all at the start a campaign to secure start of a campaign to secure britains Energy Secretary security. Heres the Prime Minister outline those plans at aberdeenshire earlier. Aberdeenshire earlier. Its really important for everyone to recognise that even in 2050 when we are at net zero, it is forecast that around a quarter of our energy needs will still come from oil and gas. Thats why technologies like Carbon Capture and storage are important. But what is important then is that we get that oil and gas in the best possible way, and that means getting it from here better our here at home. Better for our Energy Security, not reliant on foreign dictators, better for jobs, example, 100,000 jobs, for example, 100,000 supported here in scotland, but also better for the climate, because if were going to need it, far better to have it here at home rather than shipping it here halfway around the here from halfway around the world two, three, four world with two, three, four times the amount of Carbon Emissions versus the oil and gas we here at home. So it is we have here at home. So it is entirely consistent with our plans get to net zero. Plans to get to net zero. But as you would expect, the announcement has been criticised with worlds leading climate with the worlds leading climate scientists and the governments own net advisers, arguing own net zero advisers, arguing the plans will not improve Energy Security. Well, lets get more analysis from our economics and Business Editor Liam Halligan with money. Good halligan with on the money. Good afternoon to you, liam. Lots of criticism , as you would expect, criticism, as you would expect, including oxfam uk, the Climate Policy by the government is hypocritical. Dangerously inconsistent and wrongheaded. Inconsistent and wrongheaded. How can they be pursuing this net zero policy by 2050 . But announcing these licences today because the opinions on this are very, very mixed. Of course, professional lobbying groups get their say on on the media, but if you look at polling evidence, the majority of people when asked do support the target of. Net zero by 2050. The target of. Net zero by 2050. In terms of reducing our Carbon Emissions. But over half of people then disagree with it if it affects their household directly , financially. And of directly, financially. And of course, many of us realise that it does affect our household. If the government goes through with this ban on new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, it is going to affect a lot of households. Many households cant afford heat pumps , their houses arent heat pumps, their houses arent suitable for heat pumps. A lot of our victorian housing stock. So this is starting to cost money and i think what rishi sunak wants to do, he wants to put clear blue water. Now after that uxbridge and South Ruislip by election which the tories lost because so many local people didnt like the extension of the ulez of 500 votes in it though. Sure but okay. But most of the media said, and most of the betting market said labour would win by a landslide. And so would win by a landslide. And so it just goes to show you how wrong can be, how wrong media pundits can be, how wrong media pundits can be, how wrong betting markets can be, how little we actually understand about ordinary, how ordinary women think. Ordinary men and women think. Oak and suu nak now wants to tap into the idea that there is a debate going on about net zero, not because he doesnt believe that we should have less Carbon Emissions. He totally believes that, but because he now recognises or hes recognised for years. But now hes finally for years. But now hes finally got the guts to say it as Prime Minister, that for a lot of people pays for net zero is people who pays for net zero is really, really important. The really, really important. The office for budget responsibility just put an obscure report just put out an obscure report thought which showed the cost of achieving net zero by 2052. This economy will add 25 Percentage Points to our national debt, and thats getting on for almost £1 trillion. So whos going to whos going to pay pay , pay for whos going to pay pay, pay for that . And increasingly, i think a lot of traditional labour voters and a lot of conservative voters and a lot of conservative voters feel that too many politicians , too many pundits, politicians, too many pundits, too many ngos , frankly, talk too many ngos, frankly, talk about wanting net zero without really understanding how much its going to cost. Ordinary people and where those costs are going to fall. And that that debate is now punching its way out into the open. Lets do some maths, though, because its interesting. Because its quite interesting. Seemingly the Prime Minister is laying off this with Carbon Capture. Thats the sort of capture. Thats the sort of magic sort of way of making it all disappear. But professor Stuart Haszeldine speaking to us last hour, pointing out you can put about 20 to 30 Million Tonnes of carbon into this acorn site theyve talked about, which is basically underneath the nonh is basically underneath the north sea. But if they go ahead north sea. But if they go ahead with drilling on this new rosebank field, wed need room for 270 Million Tonnes of carbon to be put away. A lot of very respectable, very knowledgeable people in the Environmental Movement. And outside environmental outside of the Environmental Movement that whole movement think that the whole idea capture you idea of Carbon Capture that you can carbon and bury can capture the carbon and bury it in old oil and gas fields under sea is of a wheeze under sea is a bit of a wheeze really. Its a bit a way for really. Its a bit of a way for the oil and gas industry to justify more oil and gas and deny a move away from oil and gas. So im not sure if these gas. So im not sure if these Carbon Capture schemes are going to stick long term, even though a lot of money and effort and time is being and jobs and jobs, of course they once youve actually the thing actually built the thing running, take many actually built the thing runni it, take many actually built the thing runni it doesnt take many actually built the thing runni it doesnt takeake many actually built the thing runni it doesnt take many, ny jobs. It doesnt take many, many, many, many people. What many, many, many people. What i would say is that theres now a sense that and rishi sunak is right, he just said, if you import gas from overseas, it can cost two, three, four times more in terms of Climate Emissions. And thats exactly right, because, of course, for the most part, you we import gas from america, from qatar in the middle east, from australia. No middle east, from australia. No pipelines are long enough. You pipelines are long enough. You can have a pipeline from norway to the uk, just about or from germany to russia, the longest undersea pipeline in the world. You cant do a pipeline, a gas pipeline from the uk to america. So how do we import gas from america . We put it into ships in liquid form and then we regasify it here, which costs huge amounts energy. So that does amounts of energy. So that does cost three times more in terms of Carbon Emissions. And yet to hit these net zero target, its we rather import really expensive gas by the time it gets to us from the us. So we can say that were doing that zero when actually theres lots fewer Carbon Emissions. If you just take the gas out of the nonh just take the gas out of the north sea where there is still lots gas and there are lots of gas and there are 250,000 people employed in aberdeen and elsewhere by the uk, oil and gas industry. Aberdeen and elsewhere by the uk, oil and gas industry. So uk, oil and gas industry. So huge natural, which is why a lot of unions, a lot of the big trade really dont like trade unions really dont like Keir Starmers ban new oil Keir Starmers ban on new oil and gas in the uk in the north sea. And theyve said that in no uncertain terms. Theyve threatened to withdraw funding. So, the good guys so, you know, even the good guys in the eyes of many of the sort of the trade of liberal media, the trade unions, even, they dont want this ban that keir starmer is putting into place. And so sunaks just trying to be a little bit less labour in the nonh little bit less labour in the north sea than labour is. And the 2030 ban for new oil and gas cars or for new oil and petrol and diesel cars excuse me, in 2030 that may hold. I mean rishi sunak saying for now hes going to keep it there. But the germans have moved theirs to 20, 35. A lot of the car industry is saying, hey, mate, were not ready yet. Iain and Iain Duncan Smith now saying letting the saying youre letting the chinese in through the back saying youre letting the chine if in through the back saying youre letting the chine if ithink ugh the back saying youre letting the chineif ithinkugithee back saying youre letting the chine if ithink ugithe end k saying youre letting the chine if ithink ugithe end that door. If i think in the end that ban new petrol and diesel ban on new petrol and diesel cars will go from 2030 cars in the uk will go from 2030 to 2035 at least, okay. Well, lets head back to scotland now because tony mcguire, our scotland reporter, is waiting for us there grangemouth in for us there at grangemouth in scott, one of the six remaining Oil Refineries the and Oil Refineries in the uk. And interestingly, even though we had announcement had the announcement of the drilling nothing drilling licences, nothing said in the rosebank oil in detail about the rosebank oil field, which would be huge up there. Course. There. Of course. Yes, thats correct. Mark certainly. Rishi sunak was keen to distance himself from making any snap judgement or assertions today, but ill putting all his focus into in the last 24 hours into these two elements of his plan to make sorry to power britain from britain and is of course, as we heard there, that , you know, the Prime Minister believes that we can save up to four times on Carbon Emissions by producing far much more of our own. Now behind me is our own. Now behind me is Grangemouth Oil refinery , Grangemouth Oil refinery, something of 9,000,000l of petroleum is produced here every day and that is overseen by 1700 workers. A drop in the ocean , workers. A drop in the ocean, you might say, over the quarter of a million workers around the uk in oil and gas sector. But certainly one of the biggest polluters on these islands and rishi sunak is undoubtedly wanting to do something for that , all by the means of the Just Transition, which we would like to see more jobs make use of the transition even as we move towards net zero. Now, theres been quite a lot of comments around that today. Been quite a lot of comments around that today. But before we around that today. But before we move on to them , i think we have move on to them, i think we have a clip from the Prime Minister as he spoke up in aberdeenshire this morning. As he spoke up in aberdeenshire this morning. Oh i bet. I beg this morning. Oh i bet. I beg your pardon. So what. But what the Prime Minister has said this morning of course was that that 2030 ban on new petrol vehicles and diesel vehicles will go ahead and i think some members of the public will be kind of seeing through some some mixed messaging here. However this Acorn Project, the acorn, and down south on the humber project, viking being able to use the old network for oil and gas to be able to deal with a lot more of the offshoots, certain only seems like a way to continue working and keep people working in the oil and gas sector , which has been so sector, which has been so important and just lastly, i think its very interesting that rishi sunak pointed out that even after we get we achieve net net zero, we will still rely on oil and gas to furnish around a quarter of our energy needs. So oil and gas doesnt seem to be going anywhere either. Tony, thank you very much indeed for that. And we will indeed for that. And we will indeed be hearing more from the Prime Minister a little later. So thats quite successful so thats quite a successful tease we in there. Thank you tease we put in there. Thank you very much indeed that new very much indeed for that new rules have come into force today to prevent criminals to prevent serious criminals from gaining british citizenship. The application means are likely to be rejected for anyone who has spent between 12 months years in 12 months to four years in prison, unless 15 years have passed that event. Passed since that event. It comes as the home office attempts to bolster immigration rules designed to be stricter and more specific. Mc the home and more specific. Mc the home secretary Suella Braverman , said secretary Suella Braverman, said she cracking down on abuse of she is cracking down on abuse of the introducing the system by introducing a tougher threshold so that serious criminals cannot gain british citizenship. Lets get more with our reporter Theo Chikomba now whos at the home office and theo, one wonders what of course , reaction wonders what of course, reaction there may be from human rights lawyers to this, bearing in mind reaction to Previous Home Office initiatives. Initiatives. Thats right. Well they say this will be tougher and stricter when it comes to criminals getting british citizenship. They say theres more requirements now to the so called good character requirements and some of these factors in clude criminal convictions and immigration offending and serious behaviour like war crimes, terrorism and genocide. Now, previously , as genocide. Now, previously, as you just mentioned a few minutes ago , that if someone had served ago, that if someone had served ago, that if someone had served a sentence between 12 months and four years and if they did meet those requirements of good character, they would be able to then apply for british citizenship. But now the citizenship. But now the government say that theyre going to be tougher when people attempt to get british citizenship. Now, in terms of what the home secretary Suella Braverman, has said, she said british citizenship is a privilege. Those who commit crimes shouldnt be able to enjoy the breadth of rights citizenship brings, including holding a british passport, voting and access to Free Medical Health care from the nhs. And she went on to say, im cracking down on abuse of the uks immigration and nationality system by introducing a tougher threshold so that serious criminals cannot not gain british citizenship. This is the british citizenship. This is the fair and right thing to do for our country. Now, fair and right thing to do for our country. Now, just a few weeks ago, interestingly , a weeks ago, interestingly, a report came out looking at the number of cases the government currently has around 21,000 foreign criminals in the uk also looked at how many of them are in jail. Around 6000 of them, and how many more of them are in the community. And in response to that, a watchdog said this is not the right way to run a government, a Home Office Spokesperson said this report that had come out doesnt look at all the details. And when it at all the details. And when it comes to complex cities of sending or returning foreign criminals and that things such as covid 19 has had an impact. But, of course, as you mentioned, itll be interesting to hear what human rights lawyers say when it comes to these new tough measures described by the home secretary. But they say this will align with the immigration rules which are currently in place at the moment. Thea, thanks very much indeed for coming up, schools not for that. Coming up, schools not out for summer. It seems. Members of the Largest Teachers Union accept the pay deal say the strike is at an end and the education secretary Gillian Keegan just said news keegan has just said good news for good news for for teachers, good news for parents. Most of all, good news for children. More reaction for the children. More reaction coming. Coming up. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers, proud up. Boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello, im alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news a fairly drab monday for most outbreaks of rain on and off. It wont rain all day. Therell be some brighter spells, particularly over northern scotland. But low pressure continuing to pressure is continuing to dominate in these weather fronts, springing outbreaks of rain. The isobars fairly close together as well. So quite a breezy end to july, staying fairly soggy across much of scotland. As i said, the far scotland. As i said, the far north may well see some brighter spells. The south as spells. And across the south as well. Im hopeful itll cheer up a through the day. A little bit through the day. Parts southwest parts of south wales, southwest england seeing some decent spells later and spells of sunshine later and maybe Northern Ireland, but there always be a lot of there will always be a lot of cloud and many places seeing showers temperatures mostly showers and temperatures mostly at or below average for the time of year. High teens, low 20s at best. Well continue to see outbreaks of rain particular across scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England through nights. The southern through the nights. The southern half becoming largely half of the uk becoming largely dry with some decent, clear spells. Temperature is mostly holding up in double figures as 1314 across towns and cities through the south into tuesday. Through the south into tuesday. And for most it looks like a dner, and for most it looks like a drier , brighter day, certainly drier, brighter day, certainly compared to today , not compared to today, not completely dry still cloud and rain at times, especially early on Northern Ireland, on over Northern Ireland, southwest scotland and northwest england. That ease as we go england. That may ease as we go through decent through the day. Decent spells of across central and of sunshine across central and northern scotland, dry northern scotland, mostly dry further south, just 1 or 2 showers. But look here, more wet and weather. Thats on the and windy weather. Thats on the way wednesday. And again, way for wednesday. And again, temperatures around temperatures mostly around average. Average. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. So lets take you back to school right the way. But school right the way. But september maybe because members of the National Education union, the uks largest Teaching Union, have accepted the 6. 5 pay rise for teachers for england and voted end their strike action voted to end their strike action education secretary Gillian Keegan has said the decision will bring an end to disruption. That sounds actually like a bit of an understatement because theyve lost so many days of learning. Lets speak to gb news political reporter catherine forster, whos got more on this. So have we heard from all the unions now . Unions now . No, weve heard from two of them. But the National Education union that we had the result in the last hour is the biggest. Theyve got about 450,000 members. Theyre the biggest Education Union in the whole of europe. Actually so the others are expected to follow suit. Yes. One of already yes. One of them has already agreed. Thats a headteachers union. Results union. Theres two more results expected shortly, but it does look like the teachers strikes in england at least, are at an end, which will be wonderful for news parents and students in state schools have lost a full eight days of school this year. This is two weeks effectively, isnt it . Nearly two weeks of learning just gone. Theyre not going to get that back. And of going to get that back. And of course, they lost so much because schools were closed twice lockdown. So a huge twice in lockdown. So a huge amount learning has been lost amount of learning has been lost over the last few years. So this over the last few years. So this will be great, great, great news. And the teachers feeling like theyve had a significant win. Win. Yeah, the unions taking the same line as weve heard. Of course , with the Health Service course, with the Health Service as well that the lack of pay was not just leading to a lack of recruitment, but retention problems as well, that people were leaving. So given this, were leaving. So given this, 6. 5 accept this, what does that tell you . Now for the other pubuc tell you . Now for the other Public Services or perhaps transport as well, where clearly, you know, there asking for quite a bit above that . For quite a bit above that . Well, theres no sign of a breakthrough with the rail strikes, is there . But certainly only, you know, the government had heavily briefed these independent pay review recommendations, only going back like three weeks that they might not accept them. And then they accepted all of them. And i think thats why why this has has gone down. So this is the figure that the pay review body put forward. This is what they recommended. And teachers were very that that money very worried that that money would come out of existing budgets. Apparently budgets. But theres apparently an extra 500 million in this Financial Year and an extra 900 million in next Financial Year. So a significant chunk of money has been found. So the nurses has been found. So the nurses strikes are finished, the teachers strikes in england are finished. Important to say scotland was already sorted. Scotland was already sorted. Still not negotiating in Northern Ireland and wales, but no strike dates planned there at the moment. But of course the Junior Doctors, the consultants , the consultants, yeah, were a long, long way away because the offer that was made mid july, i mean, we know Junior Doctors are asking for, what, 36. So there seems to be a huge gulf there still. So really good news in that obviously nurses , teachers that obviously nurses, teachers and for the broader economy because every time that parents have to stay, take time off work to stay home with their children, that has a bad effect on economic output, doesnt it . Gdp and yeah, whats happening in uk plc. But you made quite an interesting observation there and that is that there is new money because of course the fear was it could have been taken out of pre existing budgets, given that theyve got all these problems now structures of school now with structures of School Buildings , with this sort of the buildings, with this sort of the type of concrete asbestos, all these that head teachers these things that head teachers are really worried, look, were going twice for going to have to pay twice for the staffing and for the buildings. Yes. The new, i think, are and the new, i think, are very, very happy about that. And i was at the press conference when the Prime Minister announced they were going to accept all these recommendations. We were trying to dig into where the money was coming from, and they were talking about reallocating pots of prioritisation here and there. But it does seem like money has been found from somewhere. So good news for education, although the eu are saying our campaign for better funding for the Education System will not go away. So theyre will not go away. So theyre still saying there is an issue, but certainly at least teachers will be back in schools every day. Day. And if your parents, with your kids at home with some holidays, you can just breathe a little easier. Youre not looking the barrel at looking down the barrel at more strikes autumn. Strikes in the autumn. Theres a lot said for that. Yeah, lot to be said for that. Yeah, exactly. To make all those plans, i think youve got a smile on your face in that respect well. Respect as well. Yes, i have. Eight days. Yes, i have. Eight days. Yes, i have. Thank you very much for okay. Thank you very much for updating us. And of course, well continue monitor all well continue to monitor all the industrial action with the health and see Health Unions as well and see what happens the coming what happens in the coming weeks. Coming war weeks. Also coming up, war coming thats coming to russia. Thats a warning , yes, president warning from, yes, president zelenskyy those drone zelenskyy after those drone attacks moscow. Well be attacks on moscow. Well be talking to former uk ambassador to moscow after the headlines. Now with tamsen. Now with tamsen. Mark, thanks very much. Here mark, thanks very much. Here are the headlines at 130, members of the uks largest Teaching Union have accepted a 6. 5 pay rise for teachers in england. The National Education union says 86 of its members voted to accept the latest pay offer, with a 60 turnout. It comes after Union Members staged eight days of strike action in state schools since february in a dispute over pay. The prime a dispute over pay. The Prime Minister says allowing new drilling for oil and gas in the nonh drilling for oil and gas in the north sea is entirely consistent with the governments net zero plan for Energy Minister Chris Skidmore says its the wrong decision at the wrong time and that modern voters will vote with their feet as they look for policies that protect the environment. Policies that protect the environment. But speaking in aberdeenshire this morning, rishi sunak said the plan is a step the direction, step in the right direction, describing it as better for Energy Security and better for jobs when it comes to our Energy Security, we are still going to need oil and gas. 25 of our energy will come from oil and gas even in 2050. Far better we that from far better than we get that from here better for the here at home. Better for the economy, for our energy economy, better for our Energy Security jobs, security, better for jobs, and Better Climate emissions, better for Climate Emissions, rather than shipping it here from around the country. From halfway around the country. So why got more so thats why weve got more nonh so thats why weve got more north gas licences north sea oil and gas licences being , also were being announced, but also were speeding path to net speeding us on our path to net zero Carbon Capture and zero with Carbon Capture and storage. Storage. Members of the conservative party have issued a joint letter to the chancellor concerned the natwest de banking scandal. The letter, which is signed by several mps , including sir iain several mps, including sir iain duncan , warns that the duncan smith, warns that the Financial Conduct Authority may have inadvertently encouraged the culture within banking. That the culture within banking. That led to nigel farage losing his coutts account. They say the fca coutts account. They say the fca should be investigated. A should be investigated. A british man has been released from prison in cyprus after being sentenced for the manslaughter of his wife. David hunter was given a two yearjail hunter was given a two year jail term for killing his seriously ill wife at their home in paphos in 2021. The 76 year old has been released after cypriot authorities calculated his time to serve. David hunter claimed his wife asked him to end his life as she suffered from blood cancer. Life as she suffered from blood cancer. Well, you can get more cancer. Well, you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews. Com i direct bullion sponsors, the Financial Report on gb news for gold and silver investment. Gold and silver investment. Well, heres a quick snapshot of todays market. Its the pound will buy you 1. 2861 and ,1. 166. The price of gold is £1,523 at £0. 03 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is. At 7694 points. The ftse 100 is. At 7694 points. Direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for physical well, welcome back to the live desk. Lets bring you some breaking news were getting from the met who say one of the met police who say one of their has been charged their officers has been charged with stalking ben bunzel, who with stalking pc ben bunzel, who was attached to the central south command unit alleged to have stalked a woman between june july this year and june and july this year and alleged to have taken place when he was off duty, the force said. Now suspended from duty , will now suspended from duty, will appearin now suspended from duty, will appear in custody, they say, at westminster magistrates court. So clearly well update you as we get more on that. Russia comes to terms with as russia comes to terms with another drone attack on its caphal another drone attack on its capital, president zelenskyy has declared the war is declared that the war is returning to russia and that ukrainian attacks on russian territory are an inevitable natural and absolute fair process. In the continued conflict. President putin, meanwhile , president putin, meanwhile, hinting that he will be open to peace talks, but only if kyiv accepts russias annexation. Of those five ukrainian provinces. Those five ukrainian provinces. Lets get more now with the former uk ambassador to moscow, sir tony brenton, who can join us. Sir tony, thank you for your time. Just to pick apart first, time. Just to pick apart first, what zelenskyy is saying and the way hes saying it as well. I mean, we assume this maybe is a bit of psychology pressure on putin inside the kremlin. Putin inside the kremlin. Well, i wonder i think you need to place this all in the context of the very uncertain future of ukraines counter offensive against russia, which is going now , now, and which is going on now, now, and which is going on now, now, and which is a of progress is not making a lot of progress. Zelenskyy has to find some red meat to throw to his own popular opinion. And this thing about attacking bits of inside russia serves that purpose. Yes, serves that purpose. Yes, i would guess that in terms of zelenskys aim to actually get talks going with russia , it talks going with russia, it doesnt take him very far because just as with russias attacks on ukrainian civilian sites, it is likely to further enrage russian population against ukraine and make any approach to a settlement harder rather than easier. Do you think he wants talks, though, or is the is the game plan really to try and isolate putin from those around him in the kremlin . The kremlin . Well, that was a misspeak. The kremlin . Well, that was a misspeak. He has not admitted to wanting talks. Hes been very clear what his terms for peace are and no ones anywhere near them. I think its very unlikely that even if its very unlikely that even if it is his intention, this will isolate putin from from the people around him in the kremlin and the people around him in the kremlin very close to kremlin are very close to him and really committed and are really quite committed to strategy. Despite all the to his strategy. Despite all the prigozhin on. And as i prigozhin goings on. And as i say, the likely effect of drone attacks, whatever, inside russia will be exactly the same as the effects of russian attacks inside ukraine to strengthen pubuc inside ukraine to strengthen Public Opinion against the other side. And russia appears to have been pretty quick to retaliate. Missile attacks , killing at missile attacks, killing at least one person, injuring more than ten. And thats been in Vladimir Zelenskyys home town, happening just hours after he said that his troops were returning the war to moscow. Returning the war to moscow. Yes. And this is one of the nastier, more pointless features of this whole war. These tit for tat attacks on civilian sites , tat attacks on civilian sites, which, apart from anything else, are also are internationally illegal, and theyre making settling the whole business harder rather than easier. And you mentioned about the ground offensive and what the ukrainians have admitted is a slowing of that process. I mean, slowing of that process. I mean, is the key still crimea that if they can actually get hold of crimea, the access to the black sea port, it is game over for russia . Well , its russia . Well, its a bit more complicated than that. They have to get there first and then that would have a very significant effect in russian domestic politics. And at that point , if politics. And at that point, if they do take crimea, then putin would almost certainly fall. Yeah but theyre long way from yeah but theyre a long way from that the moment. But that at the moment. But what they looking for is they are looking for is significant advances over the next few weeks before autumn sets in, which then can tell the russians to reconsider for their terms that theyre likely to accept for eventual peace. At accept for eventual peace. At the moment, the russians are taking a pretty tough position. Youve said they want to hang on to provinces. Theyve to these five provinces. Theyve annexed are annexed the ukrainians are certainly to certainly not going to agree to that. But the russians that. But if the russians suddenly rediscover the fact that are losing the war on that they are losing the war on the ground in fairly dramatic way, then they may be willing, more willing to get into serious talks and how do you read what the former russian president has said that moscow would be forced to use a Nuclear Weapon if kyivs counter offensive was a. Counter offensive was a. Success. I wouldnt take Dmitri Medvedev to seriously. Hes obviously a sort of outlying attack dog on behalf of the Russian Administration saying things intended to scare us. But the calculation on the use of Nuclear Weapons remains what it has been for some time. They has been for some time. They wouldnt work in the particular military situation that russia is in now. So they would simply enrage of opinion, enrage a lot of world opinion, including really including people who really matter to russians, like the matter to the russians, like the chinese, against just russia. Thats the situation at the moment. I think, therefore, the likelihood using likelihood of russia using a nuclear in the current Nuclear Weapon in the current circumstances is very if circumstances is very low. If russia finds itself with russia really finds itself with its the wall. You its back against the wall. You mentioned earlier. Mentioned crimea earlier. If, for example , theyre in real for example, theyre in real danger losing crimea, then danger of losing crimea, then the temptation to use a Nuclear Weapon will grow. But i think weapon will grow. But i think were quite a long way away from that at the moment. And just to be clear, well be talking tactical be talking about a tactical battlefield weapon than battlefield weapon rather than any kind attack a nato any kind of attack on on a nato nafion any kind of attack on on a nato nation. Nation. E mean, even in oh, yes. I mean, even in moscow, nobody is crazy enough to contemplate major strategic to contemplate a major strategic nuclear. Nuclear exchange. Tony brenton, thank you sir tony brenton, thank you very indeed your time. Very much indeed for your time. Thank joining here thank you for joining us here on gb lets speak now to gb news. But lets speak now to russian journalist alexei villa, who can join us with his assessment. Alexei, i dont know if youre hearing what sir tony was saying there, but his assessment that these assessment was that these attacks russia proper could attacks on russia proper could actually strengthen resolve there. Is that your reading of it . Well i believe its been it . Well i believe its been actually , despite the russian actually, despite the russian population, even more, because while mr zelenskyy said its only natural and fair that the war would spread to the territory of russia, but it seems like every other week now in moscow, we have those drone attacks, especially the drone attacks, especially the drone attack yesterday when the drones struck a Business Centre in the heart of moscow. Its the symbol of new russia andifs its the symbol of new russia and its the symbol of putins reign. Earlier, two drones also reign. Earlier, two drones also struck at the very heart of moscow , the at the red square, moscow, the at the red square, the kremlin, well, those are more of propagandist moves, i think, because what was the mayor of moscow, sergey sobyanin, said there was no real damage, like the minor damage to the facades of the building. But it does it does spite a lot of angerin it does it does spite a lot of anger in russia and, well, ukraine. When it comes to ukrainians, the opinion here is divided as well because and they said even though their own houses have been destroyed , they houses have been destroyed, they do not support such a terrorist actions as attacks on civilian infrastructure inside russia. At infrastructure inside russia. At the same time yesterday, i spoke to a really close friend of mine, ukrainian as well, and he said, well, was quite glad to said, well, he was quite glad to see those rights and moscow so well as the previous guest was saying, this tit for tat logic, i think it can only lead to further escalation and well, lets see where it goes. I hope not to nuclear war. And its been a little bit difficult to hear. We have a couple of technical problems, but well pursue this for a few more alexi, just to more moments. Alexi, just to explain the location of moscow is only about 300 miles from the ukrainian border, and it has until this period very rarely been targeted by ukraine. In yeah, well, one major difference is , is the first difference is, is the first first, for example, the same day the Crimean Peninsula was targeted and over 20 uavs were downed by Russian Air Defence and ground attacks on moscow, as i said, are more symbolic. And ground attacks on moscow, as i said, are more symbolic. Plus, i said, are more symbolic. Plus, we need we need to understand here that attacks on moscow , here that attacks on moscow, attacks on the capital, well, as before, kyiv was not claiming the responsibility for any of those attacks. Like at best, they were hinting that, yes, well, we behind the well, maybe we are behind the attacks. This time attacks. And, well, this time zelenskyy , well, zelenskyy himself said, well, its only natural. So he is claiming the responsibility for those attacks, basically doubung those attacks, basically doubling down on their attacks on civilian infrastructure, which again , i can say can only which again, i can say can only lead to further escalation on. Alexi, thank you for that. We are little bit of are getting a little bit of interference this but interference on this signal, but we message. You we got the message. So thank you very much for updating us with with assessment and more. With your assessment and more. Of course, as indications are that zelenskyy will continue with this approach in terms of direct hitting moscow, if they can. More than 60 citizens advice workers have gone on strike in hull and east riding for the first time in a dispute over pay their union unite say that citizens advice had refused to implement a national pay deal. After years of real terms pay cuts while yorkshire and humber reporter ana riley can join us now with the latest. And anna, as we were saying, obviously its a sad state of affairs when the Citizens Advice Bureau cant help their own. It seems. Seems. It certainly is. Yes citizens advice workers have been helping people throughout this cost of living crisis, helping them with any benefits that they may be entitled to help with extra payments, in particular, fuel payments, in particular, fuel payments as well, which has really hit people hard. But now really hit people hard. But now the citizens advice workers here are saying theyre facing their own cost of living crisis due to the pay that they are receiving. They say that the last ten years theyve faced a real terms pay cut in effect, of 27 because their pay hasnt been rising in line with inflation. And theyve said that administrative workers here were on £5,000 above the National Minimum wage in 2014, and now theyre only being paid £0. 10 more than that minimum wage. So thats why theyre out striking today. And theres also been recommendations from the National Council who put in pay structures for local government Like Councils and also the citizens advice theyve recommended that a consolidated payment should be given to workers here in hull and east riding of £1,925. But citizens advice have said no to that. Theyve said that they feel they have given a credible pay offer , especially in the financial circumstances that theyre facing at the moment. And they say that they are still in talks with unite the union about coming to an agreement over pay. I spoke to ray davies earlier on the picket line here he is, the unite representative for hull and east riding citizens advice. And this is what he had advice. And this is what he had to say. Bucha efforts that theyve put into this sort of job are not are not being rewarded by the employer. You not are not being rewarded by the employer. You know, its the employer. You know, its a case of we feel undervalued and we feel its unfair that the very first time that the award has gone in our favour, that that they say, no, were not were not paying that and deal with some very Vulnerable People and people on very low incomes , and people on very low incomes, people sometimes with with Mental Health issues and problems and were here to hopefully make their life better in some way by getting them some more funding into their household. Household. Ray theyre just saying how vital that the Citizens Advice Service is here for the region. And last year they helped one sorry, last month in june, they held 1500 people face to face with queries that they may have had around Employment Benefits , had around Employment Benefits, housing, legal advice. And so housing, legal advice. And so certainly on strike days like today, people that are coming to get that advice wont be able to they will be able to look online. But the union have said that next week there will be three further strike days if an agreement cant be come to it, cant become decided on over pay cant become decided on over pay. Anna thanks very much indeed for updating us there with the latest. Thank you , sport. Thank you, sport. Thank you, sport. And england cricket star stuart broad has revealed he is set to retire after the fifth test today on what has been an unbelievable series, the 37 year old said in his statement, ive always wanted to finish at the top and as it stands on the final day of the ashes, australia will need 210 runs in 85 overs to win the ashes. They 85 overs to win the ashes. They are currently at lunch. Yeah, are currently at lunch. Yeah, 238 for three. Smith survived a close call, hit his glove , but the catch not hit his glove, but the catch not completed. And so lets speak to completed. And so lets speak to Monty Panesar about the well is it about the ashes or is it about stuart and his last day at uh. Well, as a glorious occasion. Hopefully, if he can manage to get them over the line. Isnt it . Yeah. Look, i think the ideal scenario will be if after lunch, you know, we can stuart you know, we can see stuart broad few wickets like he broad get a few wickets like he has done. I remember back in 2009 when he actually took his first five wicket haul against australia and it was five for 37 and a similar scenario , it was and a similar scenario, it was sort of, you know, just after lunch and suddenly that lunch and then suddenly that gave a amount of gave him a huge amount of confidence to that against confidence to think that against the can produce the australians i can produce these sort of magical spells and you know, very often the fans and everyone loved him that. And everyone loved him do that. Yeah. And what happens . Whats difference . Is it whats the difference . Is it that you can regroup, refresh at lunch is that, you know, lunch or is it that, you know, you have a chance to get together say, right, this together and say, right, this is what do and what were going to do and maybe, know, a new plan maybe, you know, its a new plan of yeah, look, some players have yeah, look, some players have a nice bath for a couple of minutes, know, its minutes, you know, really . Its obviously yeah. Minutes, you know, really . Its ovaeahy yeah. Minutes, you know, really . Its ovaeah , yeah. Minutes, you know, really . Its ovaeah , yeah. Yeah. Minutes, you know, really . Its ovaeah , yeah. Ye not yeah, yeah. Thats not a lunch, is it . Yeah yeah, thats not an ideal lunch but, know, lunch at all. But, you know, some will have some energy dnnks some will have some Energy Drinks will just drinks or others will just quietly just, you have a quietly just, you know, have a lunch then maybe go for lunch and then maybe go for a crossword or Something Like that just mind. And just to switch off the mind. And then before, you then five minutes before, you know, back to go out. Know, everyones back to go out. Ben stokes will get the, you know, everyone and ben stokes will get the, you knowlm everyone and ben stokes will get the, you knowlm sure ryone and ben stokes will get the, you knowlm sure theyll and ben stokes will get the, you knowlm sure theyll probablylnd then im sure theyll probably say to stuart broad can make one final push from you. And i guess he doesnt need much firing up, does he, in this occasion . He doesnt. Occasion . No, he doesnt. Not at all. You know, hes one of sort of the one of the sort of one of the few players england few players from the england side rose to the side that has really rose to the occasion when this cricket occasion when this ashes cricket going hes going on. And, you know, hes australias tried to mute him at was at brisbane when they all was it at brisbane when they all booed him you know when he famously edged the ball to his to slip in trent bridge during the ashes here in england and when he got there he showed strength and he got strength of character and he got a fifer in that game well. A fifer in that game as well. Michael vaughan, described michael vaughan, as described him. Agree with him. Tell me if you agree with this, he says broad him. Tell me if you agree with this, both he says broad him. Tell me if you agree with this, both them ays broad him. Tell me if you agree with this, both them as; broad him. Tell me if you agree with this, both them as englands rivals both them as englands greatest ashes performer ever. Thats quite a compliment. Yeah thatis thats quite a compliment. Yeah that is a huge compliment. You know, i think throughout most of our sort of playing days, we used to always look at you ian botham as as you know, sir ian botham as as the person, you know, to look up you know, sir ian botham as as theespecially u know, to look up you know, sir ian botham as as theespecially ,1 know, to look up you know, sir ian botham as as theespecially , youyw, to look up you know, sir ian botham as as theespecially , you know, look up you know, sir ian botham as as theespecially , you know, i ok up to, especially, you know, i think taken over 140 ashes think hes taken over 140 ashes wickets he well in wickets and he did so well in australia. I think stuart broad is definitely up there. You know , hes taken i think 46 , hes, hes taken i think 46 wickets 15 test matches, but wickets in 15 test matches, but hes taken about 105 in england, so hes more suited to the conditions england. But conditions here in england. But hes performances are hes yeah, performances are right there. Right up there. Youve played with him. And youve played with him. Whats then as whats he like then as a character . I mean, you see him, character . I mean, you see him, you in his in his bandana. You know, in his in his bandana. You know, hes something you know, hes got something about him, people about him, hasnt he . People said become be a said hes going to become be a great broadcaster if thats the way to yeah. Way he wants to go. Yeah. Think he definitely yeah. I think he definitely will be. You know, i think hes going footsteps of going to follow the footsteps of like and alastair like Nasser Hussain and alastair cook, who are probably were cook, who are probably feel were the players to the other two last players to get farewell. I get the perfect farewell. And i think going think stuart broad is going to get that as well. You know he likes whole nation being likes the whole nation being right know, right behind him and, you know, he go on a high and, he is going to go on a high and, you know, very often we all you know, talk our wickets know, we talk about our wickets and its actually how you and runs. Its actually how you make feel when and runs. Its actually how you makplayed feel when and runs. Its actually how you makplayed cricket feel when and runs. Its actually how you makplayed cricket , feel when and runs. Its actually how you makplayed cricket , youzl when and runs. Its actually how you makplayed cricket , you know,n you played cricket, you know, for your country. And were true abroad. Hes got so much love and support fans. And support from the fans. Hence headline in yeah. Hence his headline in the the mail. We need the back of the mail. We need you one last time. Australia is threatening victory threatening a historic victory and the other and of course, thats the other thing. Even thing. I guess even though theyve the you theyve retained the urn, you know, series know, it does level the series at if can do it. At 2 2. If they can do it. Yeah, it does. And it will probably be the perfect scenario. We see scenario. You know, we see stuart on a high and to stuart broad go on a high and to beat australia thats what he wants as well desperately and they know i was they could do it. You know i was there an hour ago sitting there only an hour ago sitting in committee and youve in the Committee Room and youve come talk to come here to talk to us . Yeah. Em e the attraction, and whats the attraction, monty . Monty . Exactly. Think its you got exactly. I think its you got a lunchtime show here and i cant miss that. Yeah. Yeah yeah. Yeah better than an ice bath, isnt it . Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. But whats he going to do then . I but whats he going to do then . I mean, presumably hell still the game. Still be with the game. I think he still yeah, i think he still will be. You know, after. Be. I think, you know, after. After retires, you see after he retires, you can see him to, you know, on sky him go to, you know, on sky sports, cricket know, sports, cricket you know, do commentating , work with the commentating work, work with the likes of, you know, other great broadcaster, mike atherton, you know, is there coaching know, ian ward is there coaching as you know, its as well because, you know, its important back into the game. Theyve learnt, what theyve learnt, isnt it . Yeah. Look thats something. Yeah. Look thats something. Its really. What he its his choice really. What he wants to do afterwards and if he wants to do afterwards and if he wants you know, into wants to, you know, go into coaching, do that and coaching, he can do that and weve already, i think, seen him, know, do bit of him, you know, do a bit of broadcasting. So think, broadcasting. So i think, i think thatll probably be the its isnt it, when you its tough, isnt it, when you do you because do when you retire because youre relatively young youre still so relatively young. Know, its hard. It is. You know, its hard mentally, i imagine. Yeah, it is because , you know, miss the because, you know, you miss the camaraderie of your team mates. You miss competitiveness you miss the competitiveness against opposition , the against the opposition, the whole preparation that goes through and sometimes through it. And sometimes its fine. Its difficult to find fine. Its difficult to find that next stage in your life. And, you know, like myself, i ended just doing a masters ended up just doing a masters in sports journalism and sort of being as do. Yeah, yeah , being as you do. Yeah, yeah, exactly. As all sports people do. And after this top plane and then. Yeah, thats my next line, you know, working as a broadcaster and on tv. Right. Right. Well , lets, lets put you right. Well, lets, lets put you on the then. Whats going to the spot then. Whats going to happen this afternoon . Whats your think what i want to well, i think what i want to happen to abroad take a happen is to abroad take a wicket in his first wicket probably in his first over and then fairly early on. Yeah, early and then yeah, fairly early on. And then if australia get bowled if we see australia get bowled out 320, another out for 320, you know, another hundred runs, we see seven wickets for i think theyve still put on a show. Obviously if they do that, thats the other aspect isnt it. Will. It. Yeah, they will. Theyre still be theyre still going to be very know, even very competitive, you know, even when sorry theyre when im so sorry theyre screaming at us, weve got to go. We love chat to you, but weve to thank you so, weve got to go. Thank you so, so are back at the top so much. We are back at the top of with us here of the hour. Stay with us here on gb news. A brighter outlook with boxt solar. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Im alex deakin. Welcome along to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Pretty drab one out there today. Many places seeing some outbreaks is going some outbreaks of rain is going to turn a little brighter across parts of south the parts of the south through the afternoon northern scotland afternoon and northern scotland and north of this area of and to the north of this area of low continuing to see low pressure continuing to see a little. Generally little sunshine. But generally this spinning in a lot of this low is spinning in a lot of cloud outbreaks of rain are where does brighten up. We where it does brighten up. We could heavier showers could see some heavier showers and more weather and well see more wet weather coming ireland coming into Northern Ireland later northern scotland, later on, say northern scotland, mostly dry and fine. And mostly staying dry and fine. And in it is going turn in the south it is going to turn steadily drier, certainly through and through this evening. And overnight, some overnight, well see some lengthy, spells over the lengthy, clear spells over the midlands and eastern england. Midlands and eastern england. Temperatures to about temperatures dropping to about 12 to 14 celsius. Still breezy through the course of tuesday. And hopefully for most itll be something a bit drier and a bit brighter as well. Still some outbreaks of across outbreaks of rain across northwest england, southwest scotland and a few showers continuing here and there through the day. But for much of the and a good of the south and a good part of scotland, should brighten scotland, skies should brighten through the day. Well see a little gb news. Its 2 00. A very good afternoon. Youre watching the live desk here on gb news. And coming up this monday afternoon , the Prime Minister is set out his plan to boost britains Energy Security by giving the green light for 100 new licences to extract oil and gas in the nonh to extract oil and gas in the north sea. But rishi sunak has been criticised by green campaigners and some of his own mps. Indeed, the government facing growing pressure to do more to support motorists. S the prime support motorists. S the Prime Minister ordering a review into low traffic neighbourhoods but still to be heading full still seeming to be heading full speed ahead towards a 2030 petrol car ban. And as drones petrol car ban. And as drones are downed in moscow , theres a are downed in moscow, theres a warning from president zelenskyy that war is returning to russia i the former russian president , Dmitry Medvedev, says his country could be forced to use Nuclear Weapons if the attacks continue. Continue. And how schools not out for summer members of the National Education union, the Biggest Union voting to accept their pay deal and end strike action. Lets get the latest headunes lets get the latest headlines now with tamzin. Mark headlines now with tamzin. Mark thanks very much. Good afternoon from the gb newsroom. At one minute past, two members of the uks largest Teaching Union have accepted a 6. 5 pay rise for teachers in england. Rise for teachers in england. The National Education union says 86 of its members voted to accept the latest pay offer, with a 60 turnout. It comes after Union Members staged eight days of strike action in state schools since february in a dispute over pay. Education dispute over pay. Education secretary Gillian Keegan has welcomed the decision as good news for teachers, parents and children. The Prime Minister has children. The Prime Minister has defended a planned expansion of oil and gas drilling in the nonh oil and gas drilling in the north sea, saying its entirely consistent with the governments net zero plan. But former Energy Minister Chris Skidmore says its the wrong decision at the wrong time and that modern voters will vote with their feet as they look for policies that protect the environment. But speaking in aberdeenshire this morning, rishi sunak said the plan a step in the right plan is a step in the right direction, describing it as better Energy Security and better for Energy Security and better for Energy Security and better jobs as it comes to better for jobs as it comes to our Energy Security, we are still going to need oil and gas. 25 of our energy will come from oil and gas even in 2050. Far better than we get that from here at home. Better for the economy, for our energy economy, better for our Energy Security better for jobs, and security, better for jobs, and better for Climate Emissions rather shipping it here rather than shipping it here from the country. From halfway around the country. So why got more so thats why weve got more nonh so thats why weve got more north oil and licences north sea oil and gas licences being announced, also were being announced, but also were speeding on our path to net speeding us on our path to net zero with capture and zero with Carbon Capture and storage. Storage. The conservative members of the conservative party have issued a joint letter to the chancellor concerning the natwest de banking scandal. The letter, which is signed by several mps, including sir Iain Duncan Smith, warned that the Financial Conduct Authority may have encouraged have inadvertently encouraged the culture within banking that led to nigel farage losing his coutts account. They say the fca should be investigated. A should be investigated. A british man has been released from prison in cyprus after being sentenced for the manslaughter of his wife. David hunter was given a two yearjail hunter was given a two year jail term for killing his seriously ill wife at their home in paphos in 2021. The 76 year old has been released after cypriot authorities calculated his time to serve. David hunter claimed his wife asked him to end her life as she suffered from blood cancen life as she suffered from blood cancer. He spoke of his relief outside court. Outside court. Thank all the people whove donated to me , and especially my donated to me, and especially my mates, my workmates. I dont mates, my workmates. I dont know where id be without. I know where id be without. I hope im feeling the same as my family when im talking about that. Im talking about all my lads and all the families. When lads and all the families. When you work in a colliery or a farm, the Building Products suppuer farm, the Building Products supplier marshalls is cutting 250 jobs and closing a factory in scotland following a slump in the number of new homes being built. The company says it faces persistent weakness in new build housing, citing high inflation and increasing interest rates. Among its key challenges , recent among its key challenges, recent figures from hmrc show that house sales were down by 15 in june, compared to the same time last year. June, compared to the same time last year. Plans to house migrants on the bibby stockholm barge in dorset could face delays after reports the facility hasnt received approval from local fire services. The barge is expected services. The barge is expected to accommodate around 500 men at a time, but there are fears that the vessel could present a fire danger. The vessel could present a fire danger. The government says the danger. The government says the barge is undergoing final preparations to comply with regulations. It comes as the government aims to provide cheaper accommodation for those arriving in small boats. New arriving in small boats. New rules have come into force which will prevent serious criminals from gaining british citizenship. Changes to the good character requirement will see tougher rules applied to anyone who has received a 12 month prison sentence. Current applications are normally refused. For people whove been refused. For people whove been given a four yearjail refused. For people whove been given a four year jail term refused. For people whove been given a four yearjail term. 1 given a four year jail term. 1 in 4 gps now have private health care due to concerns over long nhs waiting times. Care due to concerns over long nhs waiting times. In a survey nhs waiting times. In a survey found 21 have personal insurance and 4 have it through their employers. It comes as the their employers. It comes as the nhs waiting list in england have reached a record level of 7. 4 million patients waiting for routine treatment and time is running out for people to use any non barcoded stamps. With just hours to go before they become invalid from the 1st of august. Old stamp designs without the barcode cant be used or the recipient will be asked to cover the cost. Special issue stamps or christmas themed editions will however, remain in use. This is gb news. More from use. This is gb news. More from me shortly. Now though, its back to mark and. Back to mark and. Pip tomson. Thank you and welcome back to the live desk. As the Prime Minister announces hundreds of new licences for north sea oil and Gas Exploration and drilling, he says it will make britain more energy independent. Well, here is rishi sunak outlining those plans earlier in aberdeenshire. Its great to be in scotland to strengthen our Energy Security with more licences for the north sea, but also speed us on our way to net zero with Carbon Capture and storage. Now when it comes to our Energy Security. We are still going to need gas. 25 of our need oil and gas. 25 of our energy will from oil and energy will come from oil and gas even in 2050. Far better than we get that from here at home. Better for the economy, better for our security, better for our Energy Security, better for our Energy Security, better jobs, better for better for jobs, and better for climate rather than Climate Emissions rather than shipping it here from halfway around country. So thats around the country. So thats why weve got more north sea oil and gas licences being announced, were announced, but also were speeding to net speeding us on our path to net zero with Carbon Capture and storage. Two clusters storage. Two new clusters announced including here announced today, including here in aberdeenshire. Thats going to be fantastic. This a new to be fantastic. This is a new technology that britain can lead the in and thats going to the world in and thats going to be right here, which be happening right here, which im incredibly excited about. And jobs and opportunities and the jobs and opportunities that create. That it will create. Do you square two how do you square those two things, though . How do you square those two thirbecause gh . How do you square those two thirbecause in . How do you square those two thirbecause in announcing of because in announcing all of these licences, you these new licences, arent you just the fossil fuel just extending the fossil fuel industry and wrecking your own net zero pledge at the same time . I think its really important for everyone to recognise that evenin for everyone to recognise that even in 2050 when we are at net zero, it is forecast that around a quarter of our energy needs will still come from oil and gas. Thats why technologies like Carbon Capture and storage are important. But what is important then is that we get that gas in the best that oil and gas in the best possible way and means possible way, and that means getting at home. Getting it from here at home. Better for our Energy Security, not foreign not reliant on foreign dictators, better for jobs, for example, 100,000 supported here in scotland, but also better for the climate, because if were going to need it, far better to have it here at home rather than shipping it here from halfway around the world with two, three, four times the amount of carbon versus oil Carbon Emissions versus the oil and have here at home. And gas we have here at home. So it entirely consistent with it is entirely consistent with our plans to get to net zero Carbon Capture plans like these, though, will be doing nowhere near offset the scale near enough to offset the scale of emissions if you approve. Rose bank. So can you confirm today that you wont be going ahead with those . Decisions are well, licencing decisions are obviously normal obviously made in the normal way, but what id say is entirely consistent with transitioning to net zero that we use the energy weve got here at home because were going to need far need it for decades. So far better economy , for jobs better for our economy, for jobs and Climate Emissions. So we and for Climate Emissions. So we get it from here rather than shipping halfway shipping it from halfway around the Carbon Capture the world. But Carbon Capture and a fantastic new and storage is a fantastic new technology that will help us transition to net zero. It means that we can take from that we can take carbon from industrial processes and then sequester it in the ground. Were very lucky here in britain that are poised to lead the that we are poised to lead the world new technology and world in this new technology and industry because of our expertise, the skills of the incredible people working here, the that you see the infrastructure that you see behind the pipelines going behind me, the pipelines going out and then the north sea where the geology is perfect, the sequester and storing this carbon. Should be carbon. So everyone should be excited prospect of excited about the prospect of us leading world, transitioning leading the world, transitioning to net zero and strengthening our security. Thats the our Energy Security. Thats the right thats what right balance and thats what im Prime Minister. Many people will see, especially this area, will many people will see, espeyou. Y this area, will many people will see, espeyou know,|is area, will many people will see, espeyou know, wevea, will many people will see, espeyou know, weve been. Many people will see, espeyou know, weve been here say, you know, weve been here before. Promises before. Weve heard promises like you like this before. Can you confirm this confirm that with this announcement that announcement today that the scheme fergus will scheme here at saint fergus will actually operational and will actually be operational and will go ahead . Yeah, its incredibly exciting the acorn exciting news for the acorn cluster here in aberdeenshire as well as the other clusters we have the uk. Now this well as the other clusters we have the uk. Now this is have around the uk. Now this is businesses industry coming together and now being able to talk government formally talk to government formally about they to deliver talk to government formally about capturey to deliver talk to government formally about capture and to deliver talk to government formally about capture and storage iver talk to government formally about capture and storage sor Carbon Capture and storage so that collectively we can strengthen our Energy Security but also transition to net zero, but also transition to net zero, but importantly lead the world in this new technology and scotland is well placed to do that. And thats why im excited to be here making this announcement. Ive been talking to are involved. To people here who are involved. Theyre optimistic theyre incredibly optimistic about future and about what the future holds, and im to be backing them. Im just going to my last question. So isnt all this softening on green policies not question. So isnt all this s bitning on green policies not question. So isnt all this s bitning knee een policies not question. So isnt all this s bitning knee een jreactioniot question. So isnt all this s bitning knee een jreaction to a bit of a knee jerk reaction to keeping because of keeping uxbridge because of ulez . Arent you worried about auens ulez . Arent you worried about aliens meeting the many voters who do want you to take strong action on Climate Change, especially blue wall especially in the blue wall where the lib dems may cover them up . Where the lib dems may cover the s01p . I was Prime Minister, so when i was Prime Minister, i Prime Minister. I set i became Prime Minister. I set up a brand new department for Energy Security and net zero. And i think both of those things are important. Of course, im are important. Of course, im committed to net zero, but im also committed our energy also committed to our Energy Security. We will get to net security. And we will get to net zero in a proportionate and pragmatic that doesnt pragmatic way that doesnt unnecessarily families unnecessarily burden families with costs or hassle that they dont need in their lives right now. Im really proud of the uks track record. Weve uks track record. Weve decarbonised any decarbonised faster than any other country in the g7 group of large countries. We are leading the world in new technologies like capture and storage, like Carbon Capture and storage, which announcing today. So which im announcing today. So i feel optimistic about the future. The Prime Minister speaking in aberdeenshire earlier. Lets stay in scotland and speak to our correspondent tony maguire, who join from grange who can join us from grange eyemouth scotland. And eyemouth in scotland. And clearly weve got the licences about to be announced about 100, but we still dont know, tony, if this controversial rose bank field to the west of shetland is part of that. Yes thats part of that. Yes thats correct, mark. And certainly we earlier on today , the Prime Minister was today, the Prime Minister was quizzed specifically about rosebank , to which he said that rosebank, to which he said that while remaining entirely consistent with transitioning to net zero, he believes that we use the energy that weve got here at home because were going to need it for decades. So not to need it for decades. So not really a yes or a no or a forward or back from the Prime Minister there, but certainly it very much sounds like he is. He is open to using everything at our disposal to power britain from britain, which has his new slogan for this prime effect and series of plans. So its a two part plan from the Prime Minister the first being, as we mentioned there, that the Acorn Project, acorn , Carbon Capture project, acorn, Carbon Capture and underwater storage. Now thats quite an Interesting New Technology that were seeing come forward. And certainly come forward. And certainly since march, the 31st, which was when the uk government signed up to this project exactly four months ago, they were quite impressed with the potential. And certainly jeremy hunt as chancellor, he had earmarked £20 billion over the next two decades to go into Carbon Capture technology. Ultimately seeing this as a way forward towards a net zero. And as you also mentioned there, mark, the other 100 lines sciences for new oil drilling. Other 100 lines sciences for new oil drilling. Now thats at oil drilling. Now thats at complete odds with what keir starmer has been saying in recent months. He has said that there will be would be no new licences under a Labour Government , but certainly these government, but certainly these two sides of the argument are going to be a constant fixture as we all try to get to grips with the Just Transition of moving towards net zero targets. But while not causing any significant or long term irreparable damage to the economy. So here at grangemouth, behind me, theres about 1700 people employed. Here, producing people employed. Here, producing around 9,000,000l of fuel. A day. But that is really a drop in the ocean to the 213,000 employed in oil and gas right across Great Britain. Now, this new carbon capturing technology, the Prime Minister suggested will support up to 25,000 jobs at project acorn. And thats at project acorn. And thats just one of two being announced. The other project, viking, will be on the humber and we expect that that will implement Similar Technology and its all going to be using the legacy infrastructure of the oil and gas network right around the country. And interestingly country. And interestingly enough, ineos, who own this plant behind me, they they had said that that 20 billion from the chancellor well thats only about half of what the uk needs to mop up its carbon usage. So well definitely see how this goesin well definitely see how this goes in forward. But its certainly Interesting Times for the Petroleum Gas technology sector. Indeed, tony, thank you very much indeed for updating us there at grangemouth. Well, lets get more analysis on from our economics and on this from our economics and Business Editor Liam Halligan with on the money. Liam a lot of with on the money. Liam a lot of people are thinking that the Prime Minister is being tremendously inconsiderate instant here and he wants to be a Global Climate leader. But how can do that when hes going can he do that when hes going to issuing these licences . To be issuing these licences . He might want to be because he might want to be a Global Climate leader, but he also wants to win the next general election. And its clear that there are there are that there are while there are a lot people out there who lot of people out there who agree the net zero targets, agree with the net zero targets, 2050 on, theres also a 2050 and so on, theres also a lot people, a majority , lot of people, a majority, according who dont according to polls, who dont agree with net zero, 2050. If it starts really imposing on them and their households and the money that they have and its clear that the price of net zero is going to be very, very high in financial terms. Is going to be very, very high in financial terms. And the in financial terms. And the question of how that burden is going to be spread, whos going to pay it when the timing of it. Thats now up for grabs. So thats all now up for grabs. So a lot of people will say this has only happened since the uxbndge uxbridge and South Ruislip by election. Id say if they think they havent been think that they havent been paying paying attention because this debate happening for debate has been happening for months even years, it just months and even years, it just hasnt really broken into mainstream media. Now it is mainstream media. But now it is. I think thats a good thing. And think gb news can take and i think gb news can take some for and what some credit for that. And what sunak doing is hes saying sunak is doing is hes saying instead of vote blue, get green, which David Cameron used to say dunng which David Cameron used to say during his hug, a hoodie hug, a hoodie phase and hug a husky phase. Hoodie phase and hug a husky phase. Theyre now saying, the phase. Theyre now saying, the tories, we understand your pain if youre a van driver, if you if youre a van driver, if you if youre a van driver, if you if you if you dont like the expansion of the ulez zone around london, if you dont like all these extra taxes on fuel and were going to make it a bit easier by using our own oil and gas in the north sea, which of course labour have said theyre going stop new licences going to stop any new licences because air and because thats cheaper air and actually emits less carbon an than importing gas from overseas. By the time youve uquefied overseas. By the time youve liquefied the gas and put it on a ship, youve touched on a very interesting point there. That is despite this and that is despite this announcement and despite, you know, ahead. Know, green light. Go ahead. Whatever if labour whatever what happens if labour get power and stop this get into power and stop this process . I mean, you know, can they actually do that once the wheels started turning, then wheels are started turning, then you get something much you get something very much what investors call political risk. The uk will, if you have the two main parties, is completely at loggerheads under when it comes to a sector that employs 300,000 people in this country, is strategically vital to our economy, then its really hard to get investment further down the line because people will say, oh, do you remember when labour came in and everything changed or Jo Anne Nadler changed orJo Anne Nadler remember changed remember the tories changed their say being, their mind, as you say, being, being accused of being him, being accused of hypocrisy. Pip so there are massive dangers in this. To some massive dangers in this. To some people, net zero is a parlour game. Oh, im nicer than you and youre not a very kind person, but were talking about companies that invest billions of pounds to get oil and gas out of pounds to get oil and gas out of really difficult parts of the world, and they need some kind of consistency. And in the last year or so, of course, uk producers of oil and gas, were not talking about the massive oil majors. Were talking about oil majors. Were talking about the little that now the little guys that operate now in sea. Theyve had in the north sea. Theyve had tax on their profits go up from. 30 to 65 now to 75. All the way till 2028. And they still get a tax break, dont they . If they reinvest. If they reinvest. Yeah, but the Small Companies that im talking about, they dont the Balance Sheet to dont have the Balance Sheet to reinvest. They cant raise the money cant money to reinvest. They cant get off capital get money off the Capital Markets because markets to reinvest because theyre big theyre not really big companies. And i think rishi sunak this for sunak has understood this for a long when long time. Certainly when ive spoken him. Now after spoken to him. But now after uxbndge spoken to him. But now after uxbridge South Ruislip, he uxbridge and South Ruislip, he seems to have got a bit more sort of political verve when it comes to this issue, taking on, as you say, pip, a lot of ngos, as you say, pip, a lot of ngos, a lot of environmental lists, a lot of the labour party and a lot of the labour party and a lot of the labour party and a lot of his own backbenchers who dont want him to water down these net zero targets. Talking about vavavoom, hes been very clear that hes on the side of the motorists now. Well, yeah, saying in favour of yeah, hes saying in favour of these low traffic neighbourhoods. Yeah. You dont think petrol and diesel cars are going to be phased out in 2030 . No, i think there will be a delay. I think almost delay. I think its almost inevitable technologically, politically, geopolitically. I mean , think of the rare earths mean, think of the rare earths you need for electric vehicles, mean, think of the rare earths you lithium, electric vehicles, mean, think of the rare earths you lithium, the ctric vehicles, mean, think of the rare earths you lithium, the copper. 1icles, mean, think of the rare earths you lithium, the copper. Wheres the lithium, the copper. Wheres all this stuff going to come from . By 2030 . Because you know, pnces from . By 2030 . Because you know, prices of lithium and copper have gone over the last have gone nuts over the last 6 to 12 months of hasnt got enough for it all. Yeah, well, poldark is all very a bit mining in very well a bit of mining in cornwall, but its not as if weve the lithium build, weve got the lithium to build, you be a major you know, be a major manufacturer of electric vehicles huge reliance manufacturer of electric veiparts huge reliance manufacturer of electric veiparts of huge reliance manufacturer of electric veiparts of the huge reliance manufacturer of electric veiparts of the worlds reliance manufacturer of electric veiparts of the world thatance on parts of the world that arent always friendly to the west, that have these rare earths. Youre right. Of course, his rhetoric has changed. Hes saying hes going to be friendly to because to the motorist because to continue the car analogy, the rubber hitting the road and rubber is hitting the road and the real cost of net zero is now coming to the fore. You know, if youre if you run a small Business Building business or something, need think something, you need to think really next really carefully about the next van to buy. Thats van youre going to buy. Thats the expense got the biggest expense youve got apart from your mortgage, right . The payments on that. And if we are to phase these are going to phase out these petrol cars in pretty petrol and diesel cars in pretty short order, certainly for new builds, then there are going to be costs and those costs rightly will be debated in the political domain. And up until now they havent been, but now they are. Havent been, but now they are. Liam, thank you for that. Indeed. Coming up, is it slowing for down the 20 mile an hour speed limits or is it full speed ahead to discussing that ahead to 2030 . Discussing that shortly, the that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers are proud sponsors of weather on. Gb proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news im alex deakin. Welcome along to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Pretty drab one out there today. Many places seeing outbreaks is seeing some outbreaks of rain is going a little brighter going to turn a little brighter here parts of south here across parts of the south through and through the afternoon and northern scotland north northern scotland to the north of area of low pressure of this area of low pressure continuing to see a little sunshine. This sunshine. But generally, this low is spinning in a lot of cloud outbreaks of rain where it does brighten up, could see does brighten up, we could see some heavier showers and well see wet weather into see more wet weather coming into northern later id Northern Ireland later on. Id say mostly say northern scotland mostly staying and in the staying dry and fine. And in the south it is going to turn steadily drier, certainly through this evening and overnight, well see some lengthy, the lengthy, clear spells over the midlands england. Midlands and eastern england. Temperatures dropping to about 12 to 14 celsius. Still breezy through the course of tuesday. Through the course of tuesday. And hopefully for most itll be something a bit drier and a bit brighter as well. Still some outbreaks of rain across northwest southwest northwest england, southwest scotland and a few showers continuing here and there through the day. But for much of the south and a good part of scotland, skies brighten scotland, skies should brighten through the day. Well see a little sunshine, but little bit of sunshine, but generally spells generally just brighter spells still on the cool side. Temperatures still struggling in the teens. Maybe low 20s the high teens. Maybe low 20s across the southeast. But notice across the southeast. But notice down to the southwest , more wet down to the southwest, more wet weather lurking and that is an area of low pressure thats going bring pretty wet and going to bring a pretty wet and blustery across most areas blustery day across most areas dunng blustery day across most areas during the course wednesday. Blustery day across most areas duringheavyourse wednesday. Blustery day across most areas duringheavy downpours,dnesday. Some heavy downpours, likely persistent rain over parts of Northern England and southern scotland. Friday, scotland. Thursday, friday, again, look a little drier with some brighter spells, but still a showers and never a few showers and never particularly warm. Particularly warm. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Welcome back to the live desk on gb news. Some breaking news for you regarding Just Stop Oil protesters. Now, you might remember a few months ago, two of them scaled a bridge on the Dartford Crossing, forced police to close it to traffic, and they were sentenced to more than two and a half years each for causing a public nuisance. Well Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker were hoping to have their jailed reduced. They have jailed terms reduced. They have just lost a court of appeal bid to do that. And theres more news about Just Stop Oil. Yeah , separate hearing at yeah, separate hearing at westminster magistrates court. Three just stop protesters three Just Stop Oil protesters denied invading the lords Cricket Ground to throw that orange powder during the second ashes this is judith ashes test. This is judith murray, 69. Daniel knorr, whos 21, and jacob bourne, 27, all accused of running onto the pitch. Remember to disrupt the match in england and australia back in june. But theyve pleaded guilty to aggravated trespass that they trespass on the basis that they say they had no intention of obstructing or disrupting activity. Not wanting to hear activity. Not wanting to hear proof, they say that the property, i. E. The pitch is private , the court heard. So private, the court heard. So its actually going to be reheard in terms of that hearing on september 28th. Were told bail conditions not to enter the grounds of any sporting event. More reaction on that as we get it. But lets return to the politics now, rishi sunak ordering a review into low traffic neighbourhoods and also saying that it may take action against those councils trying to impose 20 mile an hour speed limits. Limits. In his latest move, the Prime Minister is trying to show his support as he brands the labour party as anti motorist. But many campaigners have urged mr sunak to do more to end the war on motorists. Lets get more with catherine was joining us in the studio because hes putting the foot to the floor. It seems on the 2030 ban on petrol and diesel cars. Theres some mixed messages here. Yes, indeed. But hes very clearly positioning himself now as the motorists friend , isnt as the motorists friend, isnt he . And i think we can date the beginning of this back to the uxbndge beginning of this back to the uxbridge byelection. Well, theres a thing a week and a half which , of course, and a half ago which, of course, the conservatives managed to hang to by less than 500 votes. And what won it for them was opposition to ulez. So they looked at that and they thought, aha, what else can we do to try to keep votes to ourselves . With to keep votes to ourselves . With the general election looming . So the general election looming . So now were hearing all of these policies reviewing low traffic neighbourhoods which are hated by many popular also with many looking at the 20 mile an hour speed limit. Obviously opposing the expansion of ulez, but huge , huge amounts of debate about the current 2030 date for the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. Theres plenty of conservative mps that want that pushed back and 40 i think, wasnt it last count . Yes, a lot of them and making very public noises about colleague Liam Halligan is predicting it will be 2035. You would wonder. Apparently they were advised that 2032 would be a better date. But bofis would be a better date. But Boris Johnson wanted a round number as he does so, i think i think it is important to say rishi sunak up in aberdeen has said again, as has andrew bowie, the Energy Minister , that that the Energy Minister, that that date is not going to shift. I think it is worth just pointing out though , it is only a ban on out though, it is only a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. Its not the case that if youve got a petrol or diesel car , youve got to get diesel car, youve got to get rid of it. In fact you could buy a petrol or diesel car presumed early in december 2029 and drive it for 20 years. But one of the problems weve seen, of course, with ulez and autotrader touched on this, that those compliant cars are 2016. If youre trying to get them second suddenly you have second hand, suddenly you have to an extra 2 to £3000 to pay an extra 2 to £3000 because it pushed the price up of those second hand cars because coming in very because its coming in very suddenly and abruptly with this big £12. 50 charge. Other people have suggested , other people have suggested, why dont you bring it in . You know, you charge £4 for the first year, £8 up it gradually. But that seems to be not happening. So, yes , theres a happening. So, yes, theres a real war really within the conservative party now and indeed within the labour party about how fast and how far to go with these Climate Policies where weve previously seen pretty much just yunan remus support. But i think whats happening is obviously Boris Johnson was a huge believer in how important it was to get to net zero environmentally friendly policy forces. But now that these dates are starting to get that little bit closer, the reality of what its going to cost and the elections getting that little bit closer to the election are all starting to hit home. And also lots of questions about electric cars. We dont have the infrastructure for charging , do have the infrastructure for charging, do we . Have the infrastructure for charging , do we . Theyre not charging, do we . Theyre not affordable enough. Sure, china might want to sell us loads of them and they might put spyware in that could immobilise them. In that could immobilise them. Iain duncan smith, one of many, wont be driving, will he . I think hell stay with his. I think hell stay with his. Morgan he certainly wont. But you know, are we going to be ready by 2030 . So, yes , the ready by 2030 . So, yes, the government are saying theyre not it but would not moving on. It but they would say that right up until the point that they do move on, it catherine. Well see what emerges in terms of any policy u turn or is it a sort of slight swerve to the left or right . Who knows for the left or right . Who knows for the moment. Thank you very much indeed. Coming up, well have the latest on moscow and kyiv. Who is winning the battle of words . Whos winning the battle of the drones . It seems all that to come. First, the headlines with. Tamsin mark, thanks very with. Tamsin mark, thanks very much. Here are the headlines at 231 to Just Stop Oil protesters have lost an appeal to have their jail terms reduced. A morgan jail terms reduced. A Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker scaled a bridge on the Dartford Crossing in october last year, leading to the bridges closure for 41 hours. Both men were eventually removed by specially trained officers. The public has trained officers. The public has a right to camp in Dartmoor National park, to according a ruling by the court of appeal in the last few minutes. It comes after a High Court Judge previously ruled against granting people the right to pitch tents overnight without obtaining landowners permission. Farm as alexander and diana darwell brought a successful legal challenge against the Dartmoor National Park Authority , arguing the campers destroyed the environment. The Park Authority we asked appeal judges to overturn the ruling. Earlier this month. Members of the uks this month. Members of the uks largest Teaching Union have accepted a 6. 5 pay rise for teachers in england. The National Education union says 86 of its members voted to accept the latest pay offer with accept the latest pay offer with a 60 turnout. It comes after Union Members staged eight days of strike action in state schools in february. Since february , in a dispute over pay february, in a dispute over pay. The Prime Minister says allowing new drilling for oil and gas in the north sea is entirely consistent with the governments net zero plan. Former Energy Minister Chris Skidmore says its the wrong decision at the wrong time and that modern voters will vote with their feet as they look for policies that protect the environment. But speaking in aberdeenshire this morning, rishi sunak said the plan is a step in the right direction, describing it as better for Energy Security and better for jobs. It comes to our Energy Security. We are still going to security. We are still going to need oil and gas. 25 our need oil and gas. 25 of our energy will come from oil and gas. In 2050. Far better gas. Even in 2050. Far better than we get that from here at home. Better for the economy, better for our Energy Security, better for our Energy Security, better and better for better for jobs, and better for climate than Climate Emissions rather than shipping here halfway shipping it here from halfway around so thats around the country. So thats why weve got more north sea oil and being and gas licences being announced, but also were speeding our path to net speeding us on our path to net zero Carbon Capture and zero with Carbon Capture and storage as well. Storage as well. You can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website , gbnews. Com. Well, welcome back to the live desk. Lets update you now on the latest in the ukraine conflict with another drone attack on the russian capital. Moscow president zelenskyy declaring that the war is returning to russia and that ukrainian attacks on russian territory were inevitable , territory were inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process in the conflict of course, between the two countries. Meanwhile president putin has hinted that he would be open to peace talks , but only be open to peace talks, but only if kyiv accepts russias annexation of five ukrainian provinces as well. Lets get the latest now with peoples deputy in ukraine, andriy osadchuk, joining us once more. Thank you very much indeed for your time. Lets just talk first about president zelenskyy his approach is he trying to bolster support at home in kyiv or is he trying to frighten moscow . So look , our to frighten moscow . So look, our experience, even before this big war, even during 17 months of the big war, is saying that russian federation, the kremlin regime , they understand only regime, they understand only force, only power. Force, only power. So thats why the only way how to communicate with them is to give them strong response. To give them strong response. Only under these circumstances , only under these circumstances, they start to think and they start to treat you seriously and even discussions about any negotiations are treated by moscow as a weakness. Thats moscow as a weakness. Thats their political tradition, if you want. So thats why ukraine was trying to respond to all this month. We were increasing our capability , liz. And our capability, liz. And definitely we will continue to respond to any Russian Missile attack on ukraine. I just want to remind you that we are 17 months at war under daily missiles and kamikaze drone attacks daily. Today morning, the kira rudik, the hometown of president zelenskyy was attacked. Huge residential block of seven storey building was fully destroyed. Four people was killed. And it is our daily reality. So thats why zelenskyy is right. The only way for russians who support the policy of Vladimir Putin is to understand that the war is not on their tv screen with the comments from russian propaganda. But they should see the war like we see it through our windows on our streets. So thats why we will continue to attack as long as it will be needed to defeat russians and to stop them and to force them withdraw all Russian Troops from ukrainian territory as we replied, dozens repeated dozens of times, its the only way how to stop this war. But so far, ukraines aerial attacks, theyve targeted , well, attacks, theyve targeted, well, military targets, ammunition depots. Now it does look like they could be targeting russias civilian centre hours. Thats not a good look for president zelenskyy, is it. Zelenskyy, is it. I want to remind you, with the history of the second world war, if you remember before 1940, it was a bad idea to conduct carpet bombing and international law. But when destroyed london and other cities in the United Kingdom, the only answer from United Kingdom and their allies, the united states, was full destruction of a number of german cities. And today, after german cities. And today, after 80 years since that event , no 80 years since that event, no one is saying that it did something wrong. Defending something wrong. Defending yourself. And finally, you won yourself. And finally, you won that war. We are absolutely in the same situation. We are under daily attacks. We have huge daily attacks. We have huge asymmetry with our capabilities. Russians are attacking us from thousands kilometres. We are able to answer only on 7000, 8100km distance. Yes we are developing our Drone Industry too. Yes russians are fighting with our drones using Different Technology which may change the trajectory of the flight of the drones. But for us its important to target russian official institutions , russian official institutions, Russian Military institutions , Russian Military institutions, russian warehouses, and thats exactly what we are doing. Thats exactly what we will continue to do if they will bring to any civilian casualties. Sorry, its civilian casualties. Sorry, its a big war. Russians killed thousands , tens of thousands of thousands, tens of thousands of ukrainians. Yeah. And we will ukrainians. Yeah. And we will never forgive that. Never forgive that. Andre. We are getting some interference on the sound, but well stay with it. Can i put it well stay with it. Can i put it to you, though . Does it indicate perhaps that there is a weakening on the military front in terms of the counter offensive that zelenskyy is having to look at other opfions is having to look at other options given that this process of trying to regain land , as you of trying to regain land, as you say, is becoming a long and slow process . We remind you that process . We remind you that first time we blow up premier bridge a year ago in august 2022, meaning everything is depends on our capabilities. I absolutely do not accept this. The tone of voice of slow this. The tone of voice of slow ukrainian counter offensive trying to save the lives of our soldiers. Thats why we are soldiers. Thats why we are trying to be extremely accurate. If anyone in the west are so concerned about the speed of our counter offensive, the only real accelerators for counter offensive is f 16 , which is offensive is f 16, which is still on the warehouses somewhere in the west. Its atacms missiles, which still somewhere in the warehouses in the west. We live part or mean the west. We live part or mean abrams tank which was promised to ukraine but still not here. So i think its not really good to comment that we are moving not so fast, not giving us everything what is needed for counteroffensive based on my information, based on reports from our military, we are moving quite good. Mostly thinking about life of our soldiers and trying to target russia and logistics. Thats the priority number one for today. But but clearly that the problem is you have weeks, perhaps months before the weather, then also becomes an enemy for you. Enemy for you. Already survived during last winter. We know that the winter is not the best ally for any military actions. But dont forget that all last winter it was not a frozen conflict. It was not a frozen conflict. It was hot stage of the conflict of the conflict. Despite of the weather. I think the same will happen this time during winter. 23 to 24. Yes so we would be happy to move faster. But again, very much depend on the quantity and the quality of military ammunition which Ukrainian Army has. It is still not enough to be better than we are said that we perform very well comparing to what we have from ammunition point of view. Andrey also, thank you very much for joining us there from kyiv. Apologies again for the sound quality, but we got the message loud and clear. Thanks for your time here on gb news. Once more , new rules have come into force today to prevent serious criminals from gaining british citizenship. Well, the applications are likely to be rejected. For anyone whos spent between 12 months to four years in prison, unless 15 years have passed since that sentence. This comes as the home office attempts to bolster , they say, attempts to bolster, they say, immigration rules designed to be strip actor and more specific , strip actor and more specific, the home secretary, Suella Braverman, said she is cracking down on abuse of the system by introducing a tougher threshold so that serious criminals cannot gain british citizenship. Well, we can now speak to our reporter theo Theo Chikomba at the home office. Yes, it does the home office. Yes, it does sound like the home secretary is being very, very tough here. Theo it does indeed. Shes described these measures as tough and will ensure that criminals arent able to get british citizenship easily as they previously were able to before. So before, in the previous system, if you had served a prison sentence, for example, between. 12 months and example, between. 12 months and four years, youd have to wait around ten years. And if youd 15 years, sorry. And if youd served a sentence less than one yean served a sentence less than one year, then youd have to wait ten years. So now now this appues ten years. So now now this applies to anyone whos served a sentence. 12 months minimum. And sentence. 12 months minimum. And they are now some stricter requirements. When you do apply for british citizenship. Now, for british citizenship. Now, some of these factors or requirements include criminal conviction , ones immigration, conviction, ones immigration, offending and serious behaviour like war crimes, terrorism and genocide. Whereas previously it genocide. Whereas previously it didnt matter when or how you had committed that crime. Now, the home secretary has said that people should be living in their rightful way , abiding by the rightful way, abiding by the rules in this country and having access to things such as the nhs , free healthcare in this country. This is things that country. This is things that british citizens are able to have. British citizens are able to have. But when it comes to the have. But when it comes to the home offices performance report came out just several weeks ago looking into the performance of how theyve been dealing with cases over the last couple of years. The latest report saying years. The latest report saying around 21,000 foreign criminals were in this country and there were in this country and there were figures also about how many of them are in jail, for example, around 6000. And of course, many more of those people, over 10,000 are living in the community. But when these rules come into force today , it rules come into force today, it will make it tougher for people. When it comes to the so called good character requirements, when people can then apply for british citizenship. There have been some criticisms also in terms of when it comes to getting foreign criminals out of the uk. Over the last couple of years, the number has decreased from around 6000 to 2000, and the Home Office Spokesperson says its because of some legal arguments which have been made by people. And of course, covid 19, which which halted many of the operations that the home office were putting in place. But again , that could be picking but again, that could be picking up again as the years go forward. But of course, these new measures will, of course, make it tougher, according to the home office , theo, in the rain home office, theo, in the rain at the home office. Thank you very much indeed for updating us there. And lets actually update you on that weather front, because just to sort of depress you , were being sort of depress you, were being told that the met office is saying that the current jet stream, which is causing all this unsettled weather, is likely to stay with us through much of august , that we wont much of august, that we wont see any dry or settled interludes until late august. No signals for prolonged or excessive heat at, say, the experts and apparently theyre blaming atmospheric rossby waves, which are planetary waves created by the earths rotation ocean partly responsible for the two extremes of the hot weather down in europe and the wet unsettled weather for us. Once they become blocked, they can cause relentless heat to build. In regions and, well, in some regions and, well, relentless rain for the rest of us. Us. It seems its hard to know where to go, isnt it . Because if you stay at home, youre going really, youre going to get really, really you go to a really wet. And if you go to a lot of places in southern europe, its just too stinking lot of places in southern eur and its just too stinking lot of places in southern eur and its jus riskinginking lot of places in southern eur and its jus risking the1g hot and youre risking the wildfires. Although today we havent talking havent actually been talking about, keeping havent actually been talking ab0|out keeping havent actually been talking ab0|out just keeping havent actually been talking ab0|out just to keeping havent actually been talking ab0|out just to see keeping havent actually been talking ab0|out just to see what1g havent actually been talking ab0|out just to see what the eye out just to see what the latest is in greece and elsewhere in the mediterranean. But it seems the but it seems that the conditions there conditions have eased there a little. But, of course, well update any more on update you as we get any more on that. Across europe, than that. Across europe, more than 60 citizens, advice 60 citizens, citizens advice workers have gone on strike in hull and east riding for the first time in a dispute over pay their union, unite says that citizens advice had refused to implement a national pay deal after years of real terms. Pay cuts while yorkshire and humber reporter anna riley joins us now with the latest there. And anna, as weve been reflecting, its a sad past, isnt it, when they cant get help from the Citizens Advice Bureau. Yes theres a there is a bureau. Yes theres a there is a lot of sadness and anger thats been on the picket line here today with those citizens advice workers coming out on strike. They obviously its a charity citizens advice. They help with a variety of matters, help millions of people every year , millions of people every year, whether its questions that theyve got around benefits, employment , theyve got around benefits, employment, housing or legal matters. They help both face to matters. They help both face to face in centres like the Wilson Centre here in hull and online. But people have been picketing workers that have been represented by unite here in hull due to pay. Now the National Joint council is the body that recommends pay structures and what pay grades should for be local government. And they also assess citizens advice, pay scales as well. Now, theyve said that they believe a consolidated payment should be given to citizens advice workers here of £1,925, but that has not been followed through by citizens advice unite the union also say that for the last ten years, citizens advice workers here have faced a real terms pay cut of 27 because their pay hasnt gone up in line with inflation. And to give you some context, context on that, they say that their admin workers were paid £5,000 above National Minimum wage in 201418. But now theyre paid just £0. 10 above National Minimum wage. So thats why theyre striking citizens. Advice though , have said that advice though, have said that they feel that they have given a fair pay offer to unite on behalf of its workers in the financial constraints that theyre currently faced and that theyre currently faced and that they will continue to work with they will continue to work with the to union come to an agreement. Now i spoke to ray davies on the picket line here earlier. Davies on the picket line here earlier. Hes a unite representative , and this is what representative, and this is what he had to say about the strike action. Huge efforts that theyve put into this sort of job are not are not being rewarded by the employer for, you know , its employer for, you know, its a case of we feel undervalued and we feel its unfair that the very first time that the award has gone in our favour, that that they say, no, were not were not paying that. And there were not paying that. And there were some very Vulnerable People and people very low incomes , and people on very low incomes, people with with people sometimes with with Mental Health issues and problems and were here to hopefully make their life better in some way by getting them some more funding into their household. Household. So that was ray. Theyre just reflecting on the work that citizens advice do. Indeed, last month here, they helped 1500 people with the request that they had. So very Vital Services that they provide here at this strike. Action, though, will continue you for the next three days, next week, if the pay dispute does not come to an end, there could be further strike action. Indeed, after next week as well. As well. Pretty much that is almost it for today. But we just must remind you and youll thank us for it. Check your stamps because stamps without a barcode , today is your last chance to post them. Have you got stamps in your wallet . Ive got stamps from last christmas. Well, actually, youre okay if theyve got a christmas picture or theyre sort of commemorative stamps, i think youre okay. But if its ones with the monarchs heads on. But why . But why . Why are they issuing the new ones with the barcodes without King Charless head . Thats the other issue. That is very true. That is very true. If youre paying extra money, you want the right monarch on it, dont you . True. But its that is very true. But its all do with app that all to do with the new app that is introduced. So is being introduced. So christmas stamps special christmas stamps and special stamps images dont need stamps with images on dont need to be dont need to be swapped. But if you if you might get into trouble because if you post a stamp today without a barcode, then its the recipient that has to pay the £1. 10 charge thatll make you popular or my mom will go make you popular or my mom will 9 my make you popular or my mom will go my wallet long enough. Go my wallet long enough. Itll become like the penny black, even more valuable. Who knows . Youll thank for us it. Youll thank us for it later. It now. Yeah. Thats it for now. Yeah. Thats it for now. Yeah. At 12 noon. But back at 12 noon. But patricks with next. Patricks with you next. Stay with on gb news and with us here on gb news and well you updated by letter well keep you updated by letter or by other means. See you tomorrow. The see you tomorrow. The temperatures are rising. Boxt solar. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Im alex deakin. Welcome im alex deakin. Welcome along to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Pretty drab one out there today. Many places seeing some outbreaks of rain is going to little brighter across to turn a little brighter across parts of the through the parts of the south through the afternoon scotland afternoon and northern scotland to north of this area of low to the north of this area of low pressure continuing to see a little sunshine. But generally little sunshine. But generally this is spinning in a lot of this low is spinning in a lot of cloud outbreaks rain. Where cloud outbreaks of rain. Where it brighten up, we could cloud outbreaks of rain. Where it someighten up, we could cloud outbreaks of rain. Where it some heavierip, we could cloud outbreaks of rain. Where it some heavier showersuld cloud outbreaks of rain. Where it some heavier showers and see some heavier showers and well see more weather well see more wet weather coming ireland coming into Northern Ireland later on. Id say northern scotland staying and scotland mostly staying dry and fine. And in the south it is fine. And in the south it is going turn steadily drier, going to turn steadily drier, certainly this evening. Certainly through this evening. And overnight, some and overnight, well see some lengthy, spells over the lengthy, clear spells over the midlands england. Midlands and eastern england. Temperatures dropping to about 12 to 14 celsius. Still breezy through the course of tuesday. And hopefully for most itll be something a bit drier and a bit brighter as well. Still some brighter as well. Still some outbreaks rain across outbreaks of rain across northwest england, southwest scotland and a few showers continuing here and there through but for much of through the day. But for much of the good part of the south and a good part of scotland, should brighten scotland, skies should brighten through the day. Well see a little of sunshine but little bit of sunshine on, but generally just spells generally just brighter spells still side. Still on the cool side. Temperatures still struggling in the , maybe low 20s the high teens, maybe low 20s across the southeast. But notice down to the southwest that more wet weather lurking and that is an of low pressure thats an area of low pressure thats going pretty wet and going to bring a pretty wet and blustery across most areas blustery day across most areas dunng blustery day across most areas during the course wednesday. During the course of wednesday. Some likely some heavy downpours likely persistent over parts of persistent rain over parts of northern and southern Northern England and southern scotland thursday , friday, scotland thursday, friday, again, look a little drier with some brighter spells, but still a showers never a few showers and never particularly warm. Particularly warm. The temperatures news at 3 pm. Is Patrick Christys gb news. And this has just come through to us in the last few moments. Very shortly i will be interviewing the lawyer for david hunter , who has just been david hunter, who has just been released from cypriot prison released from a cypriot prison after that so called mercy killing of his wife opens up killing of his ill wife opens up a huge can of worms there about whether or not euthanasia should be legal. But look, this is what we were originally going to go in a bit of a juxtaposition this. But in terms foreign this. But in terms of foreign criminals is coming uk criminals is coming to the uk and british passport. And getting a british passport. Criminals a criminal record criminals with a criminal record as their are allowed as long as their arm are allowed in. Apparently in. Well, that apparently is going good news. This going to stop. Good news. This is good news, though, is also good news, though, because Just Stop Oil. Yes, skewered. Just stop oil. Yes, thats right. Apparently we are now going to be drilling for more new oil gas. Hes more new oil and gas. Hes saying still marry up saying it can still marry up with his net zero targets. How on does that work . In on earth does that work . In other i will also be other news, i will also be talking about this is time talking about this is it time to make illegal, david make de banking illegal, david davis, that political powerhouse, will be joining to us discuss. And finally as well, were going to be talking about this well. A life coach this as well. Get a life coach now. Apparently gps are going to be prescribing life coaches to people instead of medication. I people instead of medication. I think is a good thing. Its think this is a good thing. Its time took time that more people took personal responsibility for their health loads they get their own health loads they get stuck here with me, stuck into. Here with me, patrick news. Get Patrick Christys on gb news. Get those emails coming in. Gb views. Cbnnews. 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