Problem of fly tipping. The local Government Association says there were more than a million offences last year, but only 5 of fines were above £1,000. Richard galpin reports. This cctv footage captures the moment a lorry starts illegally dumping huge amounts of waste in the middle of the night. The premises of a Small Company used by the fly tippers to get rid of the rubbish. In recent years, fly tipping has been getting steadily worse, blighting the environment, causing pollution and threatening Public Health and wildlife. It tends to be businesses trying to avoid paying the costs of disposal. Of course, the rural areas tend to be the areas that are particularly badly affected private landowners or public land. People will find quiet places to dump sometimes quite large loads. Fly tipping in england was at a comparative low ofjust over 700,000 incidents back in Financial Year 2012 13. But by 2018, there had been a sharp rise to more than a million incidents, putting local councils u
Including parts of outer sydney. At 10pm, Rachel Schofield will be here with a full round up of the days news. First on bbc news, the Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is the leading liberaljudge on the us Supreme Court. At 86 she has spent many decades fighting for womens rights. Razia iqbal presents this special programme from new york. I, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the United States, so help me god. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the leading liberaljudge on the us Supreme Court. At 86, she has been fighting for decades for womens rights, including for equal pay and fair access to abortion. It is no exaggeration to say that her crucial work has affected profound change in the legal status for women in america. And it is for this reason that she has been awarded this years berggruen prize for philosophy and culture a prize she will be awarded here at a special ceremony in the New York Public Library in front of an
Cloudy, the odd spot of drizzle, some helpful, but where we keep clear, it will become chile, the east of scotland and england. Tomorrow, a cloudy, drizzly start, then this band of rain will push and accompanied by brisk winds. The skies were clear and we will see something brighter, with some showers. Look at the temperatures on tuesday. Some spots will get to 16 degrees, but with that, some wet and very windy weather. Hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. The headlines hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets in iran to mourn the assassinated military leader general soleimani. President trump warns the us has a list of 52 targets that will be hit very hard if iran decides to retaliate. The Iraqi Government has summoned the Us Ambassador over the airstrike which killed the general. Royal Navy Warships are ordered to escort british flagged vessels in the persian gulf and the Prime Minister is returning to the uk from his caribbean holiday. The australian Prime Ministe
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. The Foreign Office warns against all non essential travel to iran as President Trump says he ordered the attack on irans top military commander to stop a war, not start one. Suleimani as been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilise the middle east for the last 20 years. What the United States did yesterday should have been done long ago. Huge dust storms have begun sweeping across parts of south eastern australia where bushfires have caused thousands of people to flee their homes. Temperature records have been broken in canberra and sydney which experienced 48. 9 celsius. Labour backbenchers lisa nandy and Jess Phillips join the contest to become the partys next leader. Now on bbc news in a special programme razia iqbal speaks to us Supreme Courtjustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the United States, so help me god. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the leading li