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Badly affected and they are in conversations with the uk government about discussions of extra financial assistance to help those in south wales as have other communities across the uk been affected by storm dennis. thank you very much. the government is to ban the sale in england of bags of coal and fresh logs for burning on open fires and in stoves. ministers say coal and wet wood create air pollution that can cause serious health problems. they want people to switch to cleaner alternatives, as our correspondent katie austin reports. a cosy way to heat a home, but some materials commonly use...

Of people so you might want to be aware we are discussing in the next few minutes details of the case. so we‘re going to spend the next few minutes discussing the use of "rough sex" to try and reduce sentences. we will try to navigate this as sensitively as possible, of course. we‘re joined now by writer louise perry who works for the group we can‘t consent to this and from our london newsroom is criminal barrister laurie ann power. is there within uk law currently, a crime of rough six defence? there is no legal defence of rough six, it does not exist and further than that, a person can...

Thank you. the sale of coal and some types of wood for wood burners, open fires and stoves will be banned in england from next february, as part of the government's efforts to cut air pollution. instead people will have to buy "smokeless" coal or wood that has been seasoned or dried in kilns. wood—burners and coal fires are the largest source of an air pollutant which can cause lung cancer, stroke and asthma. the changes will mean that sales of bagged house coal will be phased out by february 2021, and the sale of loose coal direct to customers will end by 2023. sales of wet wood in small un...

If you burn coal, and you burn wet wood, the smoke that comes out of that is causing a whole raft of nasty health conditions, from cardiovascular disease to cancer, asthma and there is clear data about that. it is good news, there is still so much more to be done on this issue of air pollution, and also the associated issue of healthy heat for people across the uk, but this is a good first step. in terms of the timescale, well, people have had warning, they first announced this policy about 18 months ago. it is not a sudden announcement. sales of bagged traditional house coal and sales of smal...

Prince charles has visited pontypridd in south wales this afternoon to meet residents and businesses affected by severe flooding following storm dennis. elsewhere, heavy rain today caused flash flooding in parts of scotland. this was scene earlier in paisley. the uk is bracing itself for another weekend of rain, with the met office issuing a yellow weather warning for parts of northern england and scotland. now, if you own a wood burner or a stove or an open fire, from next year in england you'll no longer be able to buy wet wood or coal to burn in them. the ban, which will be rolled out, is p...