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Of visitors every year, putting further strain on this fragile environment. but the authorities claim they are moving towards renewable energy. now we are in one of the two production sites we have here, we are eight kilometres in the mine. this is svalbard and norway's last coalmine, which we're told is due to close. it makes me sad. it was a mining town and now it's coming to an end. it is more and more of a tourist town. butjust a fortnight after our visit, the state—owned company announces it's delaying the closure. why? it says europe's energy crisis now makes the mine a more profitable...

Half of the arctic is russian coastline and if we are unable to share knowledge and data, it will hamper our ability to understand what is happening. we need each other in order to do good science. svalbard attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, putting further strain on this fragile environment. but the authorities claim they are moving towards renewable energy. now, we are in one of the two production sites we have here, eight kilometres in the mine. this is svalbard and norway�*s last coalmine which we are told is due to close. it makes me sad. it was a mining town and now it ...

So those projects might not happen for some places? i fear that they may not happen, and that is unfair. just down the road, the same council has plans for the former mining town of eastwood. it's bid for £20 million of government funding for a new gp surgery, swimming pool and library, but already knows the price could climb. this is the kind of overlooked place the government's promised attention. they are going to improve everything, and you never see anything better. nothing ever happens. a community to come to, i you know, ratherthanjust the same food shops, charity shops, - hairdressers...

>> he got work at the local quarry and it wouldn't be long before he knew christina had three kids. erin, levi and katie. >> she would be on the floor playing with them or teaching them or instruction them or coddling them. and it wasn't just her kids, it was all of our kids. >> look at those two lovely people over there. >> christina seemed happy, but carl wanted more than a life working in the quarry. christine's father, alexander, offered a ticket out. the job with a future working in his heating and air conditioning company. >> i said if you ever need a job just come on to california and y...

Making more changes. it wouldn't still be the best place in the world, but it would drastically be different. barnsley is a labour—leaning town. it has two mps in the council. barnsley is a post—industrial town. we used to be a mining town. the vast majority of employment and the vast majority of businesses in barnsley relied on mining. most of that disappeared. so we're a place that's had to reinvent itself economically, reinvent itself socially. what does levelling up need to look like for barnsley? for me, its three significant facets to that. one is to make sure we've got the business ...