Special task force to crack down on the crooked lawyers aiding and abetting false asylum claims, undermining the rule of law. Could this be the solution to the perennial woes of the lefty lawyers . Plus commercial success that is the sit down with sitwell today. State of the with sitwell today. State of the nafions with sitwell today. State of the nations culture correspondent is particularly disgruntled by the new alcohol duty regime. He claims this is just another attack on the great life enhancing body fizzing , enhancing body fizzing, energising, laughing gear. But his alcohol preserver here at the said nation, we advocate for drinking responsibly and no responsibly is not a brand of scrumpy or somerset cider state of the nation starts now. Of the nation starts now. Indeed holding the state of the nafion indeed holding the state of the nation in from somerset, flabellum tonight is the telegraph chief restaurant cricket william sitwell, star of the sit down with sitwell. But as al
The sit down with sitwell. But as always , i want to hear from as always, i want to hear from you. Its the most important part of the programme. Email me. Mail at gbnews. Com. Now its time for the news of the day with polly middlehurst. It. With polly middlehurst. It. Jacob. Thank you and good evening to you. Well, we begin this gb news bulletin with some breaking news coming to us from Northern Ireland in the last 15 minutes or so. Its understood ad a major data breach within the Police Service of Northern Ireland has released the personal details of every serving Police Officer and civilian staff member. These details just coming to us as the story develops. But details just coming to us as the story develops. But our details just coming to us as the story develops. But our reporter story develops. But our reporter Dougie Beattie is in Northern Ireland and doing his to best get across it for us. Dougie what do you know . What do you know . Well, i have seen this particular document.
Polly middlehurst. Michelle, thank you. Good evening to you. Well, the top story tonight on gb news is that teachers are no longer on strike. All four teaching unions in england have accepted a 6. 5 pay in england have accepted a 6. 5 pay rise, meaning all industrial action has been called off. Now it comes after Union Members staged eight days of strike action in state schools since february in their dispute over pay february in their dispute over pay the education secretary, Gillian Keegan welcomed the decision and explain where the money for the pay rise was coming from within the School Budgets with the 2 billion extra that we already got when i was very first in the job at the end of october last year, there was a 3. 5 that schools had budgeted for a pay increase for teachers within that, obviously the strb came back at 6. 5. So the extra 3 is being funded by the department for education. Education. The Prime Minister says the planned expansion of oil and gas drilling in the north
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 sentence