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Are currently without electricity. that was at around the height of the storm. the wind and rain has caused flooding in various locations, pumps have been brought into 0magh in county tyrone to protect houses and prevent rivers bursting their banks. there is travel disruption as well. some disruption to flights, and some ferries have been cancelled. rail transport, it is not a huge network in northern ireland, but it is running at a reduced speed because of the strength of the wind. the amber wa...

Was not compromised. leaders around the world condemned the russian military for recklessness, but russias envoy at the un security council insisted it was untrue that his countrys forces had shelled the plant, insisting that ukrainian saboteurs were to blame. it was ukrainian emergency crews that dealt with the fire, and the immediate danger now appears to have passed. but nuclear experts say the situation is still precarious. were not looking at another- chornobyl accident, but the primary con...

Pumps put into place. as i say, the amber warning hasjust pumps put into place. as i say, the amber warning has just lapsed. there are continuing strong winds this morning which has impacted travel. roads are blocked with fallen trees but there have also been delays and cancellations for ferries and flights overnight yesterday and continuing now into this morning. the advice is to be careful, stay safe if you do have to travel this morning. the lights starting to come up morning. the lights star...

Been affected. about 30 or so we are told, about a dozen people have been evacuated but quite a lot of people we talk to this morning decided to stay because they are kind of use to this and in fact some of them have permanent pumps in their basements to deal with this sort of thing. a couple of those houses were built in the 1600s so theyve already survived a flutter to another time. the environment agency say they think the flood might have peaked and when they are sure that they will try to p...

Spin bowler of all time. the cost of gas in the uk is now 13 times what it was a year ago, because prices on wholesale markets have risen to record levels amid fears that supplies from russia could be cut off or restricted. it comes as the president of the world bank said that the war in ukraine was a catastrophe for the world, which would slow economic growth. faisal is one reports. —— faisal islam. the impact of this war 1500 miles away is starting to be felt everywhere. a price shock is c...

Warfare at a nuclear power plant. the blaze, which was quickly extinguished, was in a training facility. and, critically, it didnt affect any of the six nuclear reactors. the reactor building complex is about a kilometre long and now only one of the reactors is reported to be operating, with the rest safely shut down. we, of course, are fortunate that there was no release of radiation and that the integrity of the reactors was not themselves compromised. in themselves was not compromised. ukrain...

Going above $100 that will ultimately pretty quickly filter through to prices that we are paying at the pumps. as you point out, also, russia is a major exporter of natural gas, the biggest of the european union. in the a bit player to the uk but when those prices go up to the uk but when those prices go up it means well end up paying higher prices as well and as we all know, gas prices have gone up too. we not talking about home heating bills only. it affects all aspects of the economy and base...

Impacting directly on the pumps in the uk, as no doubt it will be impacting elsewhere as well. and the impacting elsewhere as well. and the impact in russia on what is happening economically has been severe. we heard this morning the rouble has fallen dramatically. russias central bank has more than doubled its key interest rate to 20% to try to stop the value of the rouble plunging further because of sanctions over ukraine. our business correspondent rob young is with me. tell us more about the...

But russias envoy at the un security council insisted it was untrue that his countrys forces had shelled the plant, insisting that ukrainian saboteurs were to blame. it was ukrainian emergency crews that dealt with the fire, and the immediate danger now appears to have passed. but nuclear experts say the situation is still precarious. were not looking at another- chornobyl accident, but the primary concern here is that the electricity sunpiy gets cut off, _ it stops the pumps from working that c...

Nuclear component to the plant. if not, then there is no immediate cause for concern. which will then immediately start to look for is, does it have external power? these plants power themselves. the pumps, the cooling systems, theyre powered by the nuclear plant. if they fail, and they should have secondly and to sherry power sources, which allow that cooling to take away the heat, and make sure that the nuclear reactor and the nuclear field doesnt melt, so thats one of you looking for and watc...