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been injured in a series of incidents involving a firearm on the isle of skye and the kyle of lochalsh, in scotland. all children in london aged between one and nine will be offered a polio booster vaccine after more traces of the virus are found in the capitals waste water. four days of extreme weather is forecast in england and wales. # were walking in the air... the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the 1978 classic, the snowman, has died, aged 88. hello, good ev...

It looks increasingly likely that the Nord Stream mystery will never be conclusively solved, and even if the perpetrators were implicated with hard evidence, there is currently little political interest in pursuing a case.

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So think how the system is going to run? >> its like wall street, you make more money if you sell more crappy mortgage bonds. youre not a bad guy, its a bad system. >> its a bad system. we have to look at the rules and look at the business models. >> when it comes to nuclear as a base concept, ed crooks, is there a way to do it safer than the wear were doing it now? >> yes, the things that are available now that have increased safety protections build in. in particular they have a passive coolin...

Its a tragedy, because this issen best innovation source in the world. >> so many jobs, so much security, the trade deficit, so many reasons to do this. >> heres one way to think about it, dylan. about 10% of our gdp is spend on energy. if we could free of 3 per or 4 per through efficiency and reinvest that in local jobs and vibrancy we would have a completely transformed economy. >> incredible. health care, we pay double the rest of the world, take a bit off the gdp, its unbelievable. a pleasur...

That, thand buys you time. its not the perfect solution, but certainly it will buy you a few days in which to put things right. that would prevent one would pe. generatial is better. etr theye tter enougwe can have a debate about that, but certainly there are things to do that would prevent those kinds of problem as weve seen in japan. >> although, ed, wouldnt you agree that safety might even be a secretary issue? there were a lot of concerns already about the costs of nuclear energy. citicorp u...

Rely on it mike at ttofhein which promotes efficient use of our resources. from new york were joined by ed crooks, energy editor at "the financial times. qus ed, nice to see you again. michael, you talk about how inefficient we are. how does it relate to nuclear power? what are your views how inefficient this country is right now? >> well, thanks, dylan. as you mentioned before, more than two thirds of the energy that we create we just waste just because of bad design and poor decisions. this is...

Sunset. pretty much weve solved this. right? joining us now, from london. ive taken a likely to the brits lately. ed crooks. energy editor at the financial times. he has details and reaction from across the pond. it seems obvious to me, ed, now that we no longer have to deal with this unseem bli and torrid british accent describing why it wasnt bps fault and we can learn to an american explin waiy it wasnt bps fault, we should be fine. >> that seems to be the case. if you look at the reviews bob...