Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At Five 20200117 : vimarsan

Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At Five 20200117

The city council. Psychiatrists call for social Media Companies to hand over their data so they can research what the online world does to childrens mental health. The Probation Officers Union has called for a Public Inquiry into cuts to the Service Following the inquest of Conner Marshall, who was killed by an ex offender on probation. I cant get fired. This is the only job i have ever wanted. I dont want to be on tv, i want to be on fox. And coming up, three women at fox news bring to light a Sexual Harassment scandal. Find out what what mark kermode thinks of bombshell, in the film review. Good evening, welcome to the bbc news at 5, im jane hill. Glasgow has become the biggest city in the uk to attempt to become completely Carbon Neutral. Its promising to do so within the next 10 years, but that will mean radically cutting emissions. It comes amid fresh evidence of global warming, with the last decade the hottest on record. Glasgow is hosting an International Summit on Climate Change later this year and today were looking at the changes the city is making as part of our series, our planet matters. My colleague Annita Mcveigh is in glasgow and joins us now. Thank you very much. Welcome to the Glasgow Science Centre. Unprecedented levels of cooperation, massive behaviour change, those are the sort of themes that have been emerging today in our discussions about what it will take for glasgow to become Carbon Neutral. And of course, the focus for all of this is later this year, across the river, across the river clyde from where we are now, at the scottish exhibition centre, when those World Leaders will gather to produce an International Response on Climate Change, glasgow really wants to show that it change, glasgow really wants to show thatitis change, glasgow really wants to show that it is leading the way. Our science editor has been out and about in the city, asking exactly how people might do that. The morning rush hour in glasgow. Commuters pour into scotlands biggest city, nearly all their cars releasing pollution. Motorways run straight through glasgow. For decades, the car has been king. But now there is a radical plan to go Carbon Neutral. New charging points for electric vehicles are being installed. The aim is to make the city green in ten years. And the councils gritting lorries are going to be adapted to run on clean hydrogen, as well as diesel. But this is only one very small part of a long list of what needs to be done. How big a challenge is it . Getting to Carbon Neutral by 2030 is a big challenge, its certainly one that were taking very seriously and its not enough for a few people in the council to be working on that. Its a challenge that everybody has to take part in, that we need to get everybody across the city engaged with and that we need to be working on now. Already, more and more of the uks electricity is becoming carbon free. Here on the edge of glasgow is one of europes largest wind farms. There are big plans for many more turbines, and more solar panels, but going totally Carbon Neutral wont be easy. Weve done some studies recently which show that we need to start installing 4000 heat pumps and electric vehicle charging points every day across the uk. Every day . Every day in order to meet the targets that weve set ourselves for becoming Carbon Neutral. Is that remotely feasible . If we start now. Hardest of all will be making glasgows housing greener, and thats the case across the country because most homes are heated by gas. The mass of pipes being worked on here is part of a scheme to draw warmth from the river clyde and use it to heat an entire district. Were not burning anything on the site, thats the beauty of it. I asked dave pearson, who is in charge of the project, if glasgow is really on course to be Carbon Neutral. I dont think so, i think in all honesty, momentum is all about progress. Theres lots of ideas, lots of talk, but we need to actually decide that the city will become gas free by a date and how best to do that. At the moment, we havent even started. Its hard to believe, as things stand, how glasgow or any major city could possibly be Carbon Neutral in as little as ten years time. But the council says it wants to send the signal that at least its trying. And this matters because an International Summit on Climate Change is due to take place here in november, and the world will be watching what this city does. David shukman, bbc news, in glasgow. Im joined now by our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, and david shukman, our science editor. Lorna, first of all, Carbon Neutral by 2030. How do you do that . Lorna, first of all, Carbon Neutral by 2030. How do you do that7m lorna, first of all, Carbon Neutral by 2030. How do you do that . It is very challenging, the council says it is extremely challenging and ambitious target reach. There is a lot of blue sky thinking, quite innovative ideas on the table. Decisions in some areas but i think we will get the full plan in three oi we will get the full plan in three orfour months we will get the full plan in three or four months plan. We will get the full plan in three orfour months plan. We have already seen increased pedestrianisation, cycleways, more unusual ideas are perhaps having a bus company run by the council where perhaps the tickets are free. To try and encourage people onto the buses and from cars. Remember this is a city where 70 of people live in flats so another area of the consideration is how do you convince those people to use electric vehicles, how do they charge them . Might they be able to charge them . Might they be able to charge them . Might they be able to charge them using street lamps overnight . There is a big area for carbon reduction in terms of heating, how does the council encourage and other organisations are encourage more Community Based heating schemes . Might they put heat pumps under this part . There are 90 parts year, it is a very green city. They are under no illusions, they need business and individuals to come on board as well and this might not be the top priority for some people who have other things on their mind and some of the decisions to be made are not going to be popular but they say they have to act and they have to act soon. That is the goalfor 2030. Act and they have to act soon. That is the goal for 2030. David, act and they have to act soon. That is the goalfor 2030. David, remind us why 2020 is so important as World Leaders gather later this year . Us why 2020 is so important as World Leaders gather later this year7m is really key moment because a summit issue and it is hard to get your head around it. It will be the largest of World Leaders ever on british soil. The police in scotland have been talking today about the potential for 90,000 people to be here during the course of the fortnight of the talk and the reason they are so important is because there are these us summits every year, they come and go, the last one in madrid did not really achieve a lot, widely criticised for that. That passes the burden of Decision Making to British Government as host of this event but the really key thing is that at the moment, emissions of gases heating the planet globally are going up rather than down. Which is what climate Scientists Say should urgently happen. At the summit, governments around the world are due to come forward with new pup pledges to come forward with new pup pledges to make deeper cuts in their own Carbon Emissions to try to turn the tide on carbon change. The British Government will have a massive change to try and persuade fellow leaders to take those kind of stepped but without them happening, it is hard to see how the tide will be turned on global warming. Thank you both very much for your thoughts on all of that. Staying on the theme of working towards a Carbon Neutral society, a taxi firm in nottinghamshire, taxis in nottinghamshire, taxis in nottinghamshire have been told they will be able to charge their taxes wi relessly will be able to charge their taxes wirelessly at the railway station. An Interesting Development on the day that we consider what glasgows contribution will be to cutting the carbon footprint. Just a reminder. To find out more about Climate Change and what you can do, go to our website or the bbc app. Later this hour, i will be talking to the leader of Glasgow City Council about their plans for the decade. But now, back to the studio. The Probation Officers Union has called for a Public Inquiry into cuts to the service, after the inquest of a teenager murdered by a serial offender. 18 year old Conner Marshall was beaten to death in 2015 by David Braddon, who was on probation. Today, at the second inquest into his death, the assistant coroner said braddons case worker was woefully inadequate and overwhelmed by her workload. Braddon was jailed for life mr marshalls murder. Tomos morgan joins me from our cardiff newsroom. New have been following this desperately heartbreaking case. Explain more about the probation issue and all of this. This case began in 2015, it was on a saturday night, the 7th of march when Conner Marshall night, the 7th of march when conner ma rs hall left night, the 7th of march when Conner Marshall left the family home to stay overnight in the caravan park in porthcawl. He told his mother he would be back the following morning to celebrate her birthday with her but at 7 30am, it was not Conner Marshall at the door but the police to say that David Braddon had beaten her son to death. The Probation Service element of this story is important in 2015, they were reformed to the private companies looked after the Probation Service. The company, caseworker looking after David Braddon who was a serial offender on probation for drug offences and for beating a police officer. The coroner has ruled in this inquest that the caseworker, the probation worker, was overwhelmed by the work she had. She was new to her role in 2014 and the management and supervision that she received was woefully inadequate. Reading a statement after this narrative conclusion was given today, Conner Marshalls mother blamed the privatisation of the Probation Service for her sons death. Today is the culmination of almost five years of struggle to obtain truth and justice for conner and to find out why our much loved son is a victim of callous, unprovoked attack. The coroners findings have indicated what we have the coroners findings have vindicated what we have always known to be true. That the supervision of David Braddon was not robust and the Management System in wales crc were wholly inadequate. This was a direct consequence of the chaos caused by the privatisation of Probation Services in this country. The coroner identified seven major failures. Had these failures not occurred, we will never know whether our son conner would still be here today. Following the inquest, the trade union for probation officer said it had already raised serious concerns about the Company Working links which looked after the Probation Service in wales which is now in administration and the union has called for a public enquiry into the uk government reforms of the Probation Service. Having given his decision today, the coroner had added that he was satisfied there was no possible link that led to Conner Marshalls death could not have been seen or prevented. Downing street has confirmed that eu citizens wont automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the governments settled status scheme by the deadline ofjune next year. 0ur Political Correspondent helen cattjoins me now. What exactly is the position for people . This is come about after a visit from Guy Verhofstadt, he met with stephen barclay, the brexit secretary and said he had been reassured on a couple of concerns he had about the settled status scheme that eu citizens need to sign up to to stay after brexit. The first is what happens if they do not sign up by the deadline next year, would they be automatically deported . He said he had been reassured they would not be and today the Prime Minister spokesman has said that his not the case. If you get to june next year and they have not signed up, and have a good reason for that, their case will be looked at. Bradley lewis said they do not want to get to that point, they want people to sign up now. The other issue Guy Verhofstadt said he had some we assurance on was the concern that the Online System does not provide people with a physical document which they compete and show as proof of their status. He said the government had said they were looking into having printouts so people could use those, the home 0ffice people could use those, the home office has today clarified printouts are available but you are not able to use those as evidence. It says though that this system provides a secure though that this system provides a secure digital status to future proof its because documents can be lost or torn. So that is where the rfs. Before i let you go, quick thoughts on other matters, we are only a couple of weeks away from the country formally leaving the eu. People know that big ben is in the news because of that. I think it is an update on that . This is a campaign to get back down big ben to bonn for brexit. The Prime Minister said he was looking at plans. It has since emerged that could be a problem from the house of commons authority from taking publicly raised donations however, fa ns publicly raised donations however, fans have still been set up. They have reached two to £5,000 raised in cash, there is some thought perhaps the government could put a motion on the government could put a motion on the table to overrule the decision of the house of commons. That seems extremely unlikely. We will see where this heads. Thank you for now. Leading psychiatrists have said Companies Like facebook should be forced to hand over their data to researchers, so they can study whether social Media Technology is harmful to children. The Royal College of psychiatrists wants independent experts to assess how youngsters are affected by their experiences online, amid concern from parents and schools. Heres angus crawford. She had so much to offer. Molly russells death. And thats gone. Sparked a national outcry. These are companies that count their profits in the billions, and they turn round and say to us that they cant protect our children . Questions about young people and mental health. Do you actually have the power to compel them to do what you think needs to be done . Yes, absolutely. Focussing public anger on the tech giants and demands for greater regulation. Announced in the queens speech, the governments plans for a new independent regulator and a statutory duty of care. My ministers will develop legislation to improve internet safety for all. But the Royal College of psychiatrists wants tougher action. Social Media Companies are very wealthy, they have got a huge amount of knowledge, they can create complex algorithms which hook young people into their platforms. Why cant they be using that same amount of energy, knowledge and funding to try and harness the positive benefits, and help try and protect children and young people more . Tech giants should be forced to share data with university researchers. And be taxed on their global turn over. New apps should be designed to be age appropriate. Molly russells father ian fully backs the plans. And if there was a levy that was forced upon them so that they had to pay, it would be a tiny amount in terms of their profits, but it only needs to provide for good, proper Academic Research with anonymised data so that the whole world can better understand the sort of problems that are driving young people into desperate places. Radical solutions which many not be popular with an industry making b

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