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Going to create a worse air quality problem. birmingham's zone generated £37 million in fines over the last 18 months. nationally, poor air quality causes something like 36,000 excess deaths each year. but evidence shows it is cutting emissions. during the first few months after the zones' introduction, we found that there was a significant reduction in the n02 levels in birmingham city centre, so that's a good thing. and we didn't see any change in the air quality on the perimeter of the birmingham clean air zone. there's controversy about plans to expand london's low emissions zone to cover...

Is political will to remove danger from the process, to not intentionally make it more dangerous as a deterrent, that people will avail themselves of that. you're watching newsday, on the bbc. still to come on the programme... sheffield becomes the latest uk city to tackle car pollution — by charging drivers to enter a clean air zone. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables then, suddenly, the tables, chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans...

Arrested in connection with the shooting in the police's main line of inquiry is that is that the dissident republican group the new ira is responsible. sheffield has become the latest city in the uk to introduce a clean air zone which will see some vehicles charged to enter the city centre. the city becomes the seventh in england to join the controversial scheme which charges commercial vehicles that don't meet minimum emissions standards. safety investigators say doctors, ambulance dispatchers and other nhs staff in england are facing "significant distress" and harm as a result of long delay...

Have died and dozens more are feared missing after their boat sank in rough seas off southern italy. the vessel carrying migrants broke apart while trying to land near the coastal town of crotone in the calabria region. survivors said at least 150 people were aboard. police in northern ireland have been given more time to question a man about the attempted murder of an off duty police officer last week. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot outside a sports centre in 0magh on wednesday and remains in hospital. in total, six people have been arrested in connection with the shooting, a...

Welcome to bbc news. i'm vishala sri—pathma. our top stories: almost 60 people — including 12 children — have drowned trying to reach europe, after their boat was shipwrecked off southern italy. translation: we can't be abandoned by - the rest of europe. this type of tragedy should have been avoided, not lived how we're having to live it today. the british prime minister prepares to meet the president of the european commission, in a bid to finalise a new brexit deal for northern ireland. israeli settlers in the occupied west bank set fire to palestinian homes and businesses, killing one...