Page 17 - Blackpool News Today

energy bosses warn that the governments plan to cap the price of electricity produced by older renewable facilities is risky. hello and welcome to bbc news. ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing, as some people are still thought to be missing. eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation, but are describing what happened as "a trag...

president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collasped, but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014 and, after occupying these regions of ukraine in red, its managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge — connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea — was an imp...

have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland. president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collapsed but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014, and after occupying these regions of ukraine — in red — its managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerc...

katy austin has the details. the latest in an series of strikes to effect britains rail network was meant to be starting tomorrow when members of the rmt union who work for network rail and 1a train companies were due to take part in strikes on saturday, monday and on wednesday. now, they have been called off this afternoon. the rmt says it will enter a period of intense negotiations with the employers, with network rail and the train companies, but crucially the announcement was made ...

you are watching bbc news. next its time for ian hislop�*s 2022 in conversation with amol rajan. even by recent standards, 2022 has been a tumultuous year in news. russia launched a war in europe. her late majesty queen elizabeth ii died just months after her platinum jubilee. and britain went through three prime ministers and even more chancellors. one man whos tried to make sense of it is ian hislop, whether on tv or as editor of private eyes fortnightly magazine and latest annual....

today, following the firms takeover by elon musk. prince william has announced the finalists for his global we are going to find a solution is to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the �*earthshot prize�*. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the government could delay or scrap major energy and transport projects as it tries to rein in public spending — a spokesperson said �*we are reviewing every major ...

and another unexplained death involving a russian oligarch. the sausage tycoon pavel antov has been found dead at an indian hotel. now on bbc news, we look back at how rugby star kevin sinfield raised £1.5 million for motor neurone disease charities by completing seven ultramarathons in seven days after the diagnosis of his former teammate rob burrow. burro! seventh try! it is a little known — burro! seventh try! it is a little known win _ burro! seventh try! it is a little known wi...

famous theatres in london lose grants in favour of bodies outside the capital, in a major change to arts funding in england. and exactly 100 years since its discovery — we hear about the continuing fascination with tutankhamun�*s 3,000—year—old tomb. coming up on the bbc news channel, england know they have to beat sri lanka tomorrow to reach the t20 world cup semifinal, after australia edged a close win over afghanistan. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in a week thats ...

stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter — a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. with the key us midterm elections just four days away, donald trump drops his strongest hint yet that he plans another run for the white house. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, 0k? very, ver...

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has suspended strike action planned from tomorrow, after the train operating companies promised to table a pay offer. the union has said it will now enter into a period of negotiations with network rail and the operators, meaning the walkouts planned for tomorrow, and november 7th and 9th are off. lets get more on this from our transport correspondent katy austin. i think that this was unexpected. yes, this is a significant moment, ...