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nec talking about the billions being invested in electric transport vehicles. but experts are asking, what good is all of this if investment isn t also going into infrastructure? crucible chaos. protesters disrupt play on day three of the world snooker championship in sheffield. good morning. yesterday temperatures reached 21.2 celsius in northern scotland. as we go through the rest of the week, temperatures will slide down. the first half of the week is staying fairly subtle for most, all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 18th of april. our main story. the energy watchdog ofgem will ban suppliers from forcibly installing prepayment meters in the homes of customers over the age of 85 as part of a new code of practice. there s been a temporary halt on forced installations since february after it was revealed that some british gas agents were breaking into properties to fit them. here s our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith. for the last two months ....
chris page has the details. blown out walls, a crumpled roof and tons of rubble, with the signs this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was left of the petrol station to see who amongst their friends and relatives may have been caught up in the incident. some drive tractors to start removing the debris. a coastguard helicopter arrived to help tell if the injured to hospital. paramedics and firefighters from northern ireland came across the border to join their colleagues in the irish republic in the operation. they searched through the remains of flats which were above the garage shop, and largely collapsed. there were reports that several people who were reports that several people who were trapped managed to make contact with the emergency services, but it still isn t clear how many are missing. krishna is a small village with about 400 residents. never with the community have imagined facing ....
people in the us state are being urged to turn down their air conditioning, switch off unneccesary lights, and avoid using major appliances in the afternoons and evenings. now on bbc news, the media show. hello and welcome to this week s the media show. now, we re going to talk about news podcasts this week. there s been a very high profile launch. it s called the news agents. it s from global, and it s presented byjon sopel and emily maitlis, both big figures at the bbc before they left to set this up. emily maitlis has also been in the news because she gave a mactaggart lecture in which she raised concerns about how the bbc is approaching some parts of its coverage. now, emily is not able to join us on this edition, but we will hear from jon sopel. we re also going to hear from deano sophos, the man behind this new podcast, someone the times has called the new prince of podcasts. deano, good to have you on the programme. that s quite a title to live up to. thanks, ros ....
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other stuff that has been announced, are the ? ., ., , are they? know, and it s interesting. are they? know, and it s interesting. we - are they? know, and it s interesting. we are - are they? know, and it s| interesting. we are going are they? know, and it s - interesting. we are going to look are they? know, and it s interesting. we are going to look at where the labour party s positioning itself at these next few stories. a lot of people have been saying at the labour party conference already, so from union leaders to, you know, metro mayors have been saying, look, cara starmer really needs to be a lot bolder at the moment. now is not the time for sitting on the fence and prevaricating. but the time for sitting on the fence and prevaricating. the time for sitting on the fence and prevaricating. but is he right to sa , and prevaricating. but is he right to say. as and prevaricating. but is he right to say. as we and prevaricating. but is he right to say, as ....