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today at 5. the city of glasgow becomes the biggest in the uk to pledge to become carbon neutral in the next ten years. the target comes amid fresh warnings about global warming, with the last decade the hottest on record. but becoming carbon neutral would mean taking a radical approach to cutting emissions. carbon neutral by 2030 is a big challenge, it's certainly one that we're taking very seriously and it's not enough for a few people in the council to be working on it. it's 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. i'm at the glasgow science centre where we will be answering more of your questions on climate change as the city tries to reach that goal of being carbon neutral by 2030. i will be talking to the leader of
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the city council. psychiatrists call for social media companies to hand over their data so they can research what the online world does to children's 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 can't get fired. this is the only job i have ever wanted. i don't 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
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news at 5, i'm jane hill. glasgow has become the biggest city in the uk to attempt to become completely carbon—neutral. it's 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 we're 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
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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 scotland's 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 council's 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
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of what needs to be done. how big a challenge is it? getting to carbon neutral by 2030 is a big challenge, it's certainly one that we're taking very seriously and it's not enough for a few people in the council to be working on that. it's 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 uk's electricity is becoming carbon free. here on the edge of glasgow is one of europe's largest wind farms. there are big plans for many more turbines, and more solar panels, but going totally carbon neutral won't be easy. we've 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 we've set ourselves for becoming carbon neutral. is that remotely feasible? if we start now.
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hardest of all will be making glasgow's housing greener, and that's 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. we're not burning anything on the site, that's 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 don't think so, i think in all honesty, momentum is all about progress. there's 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 haven't even started. it's 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 it's 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.
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i'm 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
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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
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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
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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 glasgow's 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.
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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 braddon's case worker was "woefully inadequate" and "overwhelmed" by her workload. braddon was jailed for life mr marshall's 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
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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.
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reading a statement after this narrative conclusion was given today, conner marshall's 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 coroner's findings have indicated what we have the coroner's 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
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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 marshall's death could not have been seen or prevented. downing street has confirmed that eu citizens won't automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the government's 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
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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
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secure though that this system provides a secure digital status to future proof it's 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
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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. here's angus crawford. she had so much to offer. molly russell's death... and that's 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 can't 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 queen's speech, the government's plans for a new independent regulator and a statutory duty of care.
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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 can't 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 russell's 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
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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 billions from the children using its products. angus crawford, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the city of glasgow becomes the biggest in the uk to pledge to become carbon neutral in the next ten years, amid fresh warnings about global warming, with the last decade the hottest on record. calls for a public inquiry into cuts to the probation service — following the inquest into the death of conner marshall, killed by an ex—offender who was on probation. psychiatrists call for social media companies to hand over their data so they can research what the online world does to children's mental health. calls for a public inquiry into cuts to the probation service, following the inquest into the death of conner marshall, killed by an ex—offender
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who was on probation. in sport, england are in the ascendancy after day two of the third test against south africa. two late wickets gave the site over 400, the first 499. unless they prove they can comply with membership salary caps, they could be relegated. jurgen klopp says losing the likes of mo salad this time next year at the rescheduled africa cup of nations would be a catastrophe. —— most emily thornberry is launching her campaign to become the next leader iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, has led friday prayers in tehran for the first time in almost a decade. he's appealed for unity following anti government demonstrations in the country.
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chanting. a potent display of loyalty, for a leader underfire. this has been a turbulent fortnight for ayatollah ali khamenei. his first appearance at friday prayers since 2012 a chance to reassert his authority and rally his supporters. it's been two weeks since the supreme leader's most trusted general was killed in an american drone strike outside baghdad airport. the man looking down on worshippers now revered as a martyr. those who killed him condemned in familiarfashion. translation: the spokesmen of the wicked american government have said repeatedly they are on the side of the iranian people. they are lying. iran's revolutionary guard is under rare pressure, the subject of angry protests over its role in shooting down
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a ukrainian passenger plane. the supreme leader called the crash a bitter accident, but said general soleimani's quds force was humanitarian organisation, with human values. translation: those few hundred people who insulted the picture of our proud martyr, commander soleimani, are they the people of iran? or this great million strong crowd in the streets? iran's revenge for the general‘s death has, so far, been limited to missile strikes on bases housing american troops in iraq. washington initially said no one was hurt, but now admits at least 11 of its troops were treated for concussion. the threat of further conflict seems, for now, to have receded. but ayatollah khamenei's defiant words suggest the underlying differences remain as deep as ever.
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the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau has said iran must pay compensation. he said canadians affected immediately would get support from their own government. asa support from their own government. as a first step, the government will give residents $25,000 per victim to assist with needs such as funeral arrangements and travel. this is a unique and unprecedented situation, because of the international sanctions placed on iran and the difficulties that imposes on these families. i want to be clear. we expect iran to compensate these families. i have met them, they can't wait weeks, they need support.
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let's get a summary of today's other news. china's economy grew by 6.1 % last year, its slowest rate for nearly three decades. china has faced weak domestic demand and a bitter trade war with the united states. it's announced measures to try to stimulate growth, including tax cuts. a british teenager found guilty of lying about being gang—raped in cyprus, has launched an appeal against her conviction. the 19—year—old returned to the uk last week, after being given a four—month suspended jail sentence. she says police officers in cyprus pressurised her to withdraw her accusation. 0ne one in seven people in britain is said to be a neuro diverse.
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employers are trying to attract people with neuro diversity. gchq has in doing so for many years and a major record label aims at making the working environment more inclusive. put these goggles on and what they will do is turn your world upside down. can you see? yes. now try and shake my hand. pleasure to meet you. people see the world differently. something universal music uk picked up on when discussing diversity in the workplace, especially neurodiversity, which refers to people with adhd, dyspraxia, dyslexia and the autism spectrum. the record label wanted a guide on how to talk about neurodiversity in the workplace but, when they couldn't find one, they made one. to help support our existing staff and also to try and reach out to all of that untapped talent out there, that's why we're doing it. you know, there are brilliant folks out there that we've already spoken to as part of this research that just wouldn't even have considered applying to the likes of us or,
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indeed, many companies. not every work environment is like universal music uk. 31—year—old yvonne is a marketing consultant who works in a typical office, open plan, lots of phones and computers. colour post—its and colour books that we've got as well, so thatjust helps me to distinguish what's going on in terms of the information and i can dial down to what's important and i can see it clearly. so you are neurodivergent. yes, lam. what is your neurodivergency? so, i'm dyslexic. my ds and bs tend to get mixed up. i don't easily recognise errors in terms of spelling, punctuation and grammar. one need that is often not met is even how you apply for a job. employers should think of more options. applying for a job for some can be tricky. employers still expect you to fill out an application form and if you have a neurodiversity like dyslexia, that can be challenging. so how about sending in a short video explaining exactly why you are the right person for thejob instead?
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what are you working on, april? matt boyd started the neurodiverse recruitment agency exceptional individuals. he couldn't get a job because of his dyslexia. many of our community that we work with have been told almost what they're bad at and not what they're good at, so when they get to the workplace, if employers can focus on the benefits and strength areas of the individual, and society as a whole, it will make a big difference for everyone with adhd, dyslexia, dyspraxia and autism. there are employers who actively seek neurodiverse people, like the intelligence agency gchq, and the government does offer a grant for employers to help meet any needs of neurodiverse people. but until the traditional way of work changes, they are a community who will continue not to be included in any diversity conversation. chichi izundu, bbc news.
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the actor derek fowlds has died at the age of 82. he's best known for his role as the hapless bernard woolley in the bbc political satire ‘yes minister', and it's sequel ‘yes prime minister'. his family said he died in hospital in bath, from complications following pneumonia. for the first time, a british coin has been sold for £1 million. the sovereign was made when edward viii became king but never went into mass production because he abdicated in 1936. the coin has been bought by a private collector, in a deal brokered by the royal mint. here's kevin peachey. revealed, a £1 million treasure. 22 millimetres across weighing nearly eight grams and with a face value ofjust £1. this coin is worth so much more because only six such sovereigns were ever made as part of a trial set. this is why. i have found it impossible to carry
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the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as i would wish to do. edward viii abdicated in december 1936, a month before the sovereigns were due to go into mass production. what fascinates collectors and historians isn'tjust its rarity but how the king broke the rules. for centuries, convention dictated that each new monarch faced the opposite direction to its predecessor, but not edward. so, edward viii is quite a vain character and the way the monarch faces should alternate by reign. the long tradition that goes back centuries, but edward viii would have been the first monarch to have broken those centuries of tradition, purely because of vanity. he insisted on facing the same way as his father because he believed that that was his best side. this coin is so rare and precious i am not allowed to touch it. nearly six years ago, it sold for a record £500,000 but the new owner says, for a once in a lifetime opportunity, they were prepared
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to pay twice as much. when you are paying £1 million, you want the real thing. here in a lab at the royal mint, they test and authenticate coins and precious metals. we are able to provide a service to our customers where they can feel confident in buying coins, especially coins of this significant amount of money, that they can feel confident that it has been through the authenticity checks that we do here at the royal mint and that it is a genuine coin and that they paid a fair price for it. a price which, for the time being at least, makes this the uk's most valuable coin. kevin peachey, bbc news. the weather will come at the top of the hour, we will be turning to politics now as emily thornberry launches her campaign to become leader of the labour campaign. she has gone to her town of guildford. let us listen. i stood up for you.
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and now it is your turn to stand up. and now it is your turn to stand up. and while she never imagined yourself becoming a counsellor, she knew that other people need to help that she had got. and she felt that urge, that obligation to stand up and to fight for them which is what she did for 20 years. including what she did for 20 years. including what she always like to call her time as the socialist mania of guildford. i learned other things about standing up learned other things about standing up wheni learned other things about standing up when i was young. most of all, bullies at my school. i was at the secondary modern just around the corner and the use to wait for me everyday on the corner of the estate. i could have taken the long way home, i could have gone all the way around the back, just to avoid that group of girls, but i never did. wheni that group of girls, but i never did. when i used to go home, beaten and bruised, as i used to far too often, i always stood up and i a lwa ys
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often, i always stood up and i always fought back and i never let them make me walk the long way around. i left guildford when i was 15 to go and live with my dad and i retook my own levels, started my levels and then dad went for an interview in new york one weekend and he did not come back. and so like many young people at the time, and sadly, even more of them today, i had to stand up and fight for myself again to avoid falling through the cracks. when i got through the cracks. when i got through my levels and go to university, i worked through my levels and go to university, iworked in through my levels and go to university, i worked in every odd job that i could find to make and meet. i worked job that i could find to make and meet. iworked in job that i could find to make and meet. i worked in careful homes, pubs and factories and i cleaned out the toilets on the cross—channel ferries, which i can assure you, is just as much fun as it sounds! i did all of that but at the same time, i would spend my evenings going door—to—door in hammersmith on my own as a 17—year—old party member,
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canvassing labour voters and then i went off to study law at university but i was there in the early 80s during that attack time when quite frankly, far too many of the senior judiciary which is so reactionary and there was extensive corruption infartoo many and there was extensive corruption in far too many of our police forces. i kept hearing that voice in my head saying, when are you going to stand up? when are you going to stand up, not just for to stand up? when are you going to stand up, notjust for yourself but for your community is mike notjust by knocking on doors for the party, but by fighting for its values. so i became a barrister in the chambers of mike mansfield who is the most inspiring warriorjustice that i have ever met. he medically to me from day one in the med 805, your job is to stand up for the workers fighting thatcherism. so i went and represented 5triking miners who were fighting for their livelihoods. i
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thought for my former p and 0 collea g u e5 thought for my former p and 0 colleagues and when i was not representing strikers, i was defending lgbt men forced to conduct their sex lives in secret and then charged with gross indecency when cottaging 5o. charged with gross indecency when cottaging so. the more i stood up, against that kind of injustice, the more i realised that this was the true vocation of my life. standing up true vocation of my life. standing up and fighting for my beliefs, standing up and fighting for others in need of help. when i did that, i did it when i was standing up against section 28 by the poll—tax or the war against section 28 by the poll—tax orthe war in against section 28 by the poll—tax or the war in iraq, and against section 28 by the poll—tax orthe war in iraq, and i did against section 28 by the poll—tax or the war in iraq, and i did that, standing upfor or the war in iraq, and i did that, standing up for minority communities. there was no fight or campaign or movement has waged in my lifetime where i don't believe i haven't been on the front line with the people. since coming into parliament 13 years ago, i have
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again been on the front line in the fight against climate emergency, universal credit, the anti—abortion laws in northern ireland. i have led the charge as shadow foreign secretary against donald trump in the war in yemen and the two years i shadowed borisjohnson as foreign secretary, i showed up and every timei secretary, i showed up and every time i showed him up to be lying, reckless charlatan he is. yes? i am starting here today and i am standing to lead our party because i wa nt to standing to lead our party because i want to be the woman and i know i can be the woman who stands up and leads the fight back against boris johnson. and we are going to need to have somebody tough and somebody resilient and somebody experienced and battle hardened to win that fight. because we all know that it is going to be a long, tough road
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back to power. after the painful and crushing defeat that we have suffered last month. i am filled with sorrow. not just suffered last month. i am filled with sorrow. notjust for my brilliant parliamentary colleagues who lost their seats from midlothian and bishop auckland, to hayward and wrexham, but also for all the brilliant candidate that i met in the country. they worked so hard to win and will make fantastic mp5 in the future. but i'm also sorry, more than anything, for the activists i met in the 50 plus constituencies i visited in the campaign. in every region and nation of the country who fought with such passion and devotion to our cause. they deserved a better result and the country, the country deserves better than another five years of borisjohnson. a man who has been elected on one issue
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alone and now feels empowered to dictate to our country the countries direction on every issue. well, we may be hurting and we may be winded, but we are not beaten. we are not beaten. we are going to stand together and we are going to stand up together and we are going to stand up and tell borisjohnson, no! 0ur fight is not over, ourfight is up and tell borisjohnson, no! 0ur fight is not over, our fight is just starting and we will fight with the same spread that we showed in that election campaign and watch our party shown has throughout its history and when borisjohnson tries to drive through extreme right—wing policies on brexit, public services, social security, workers' rights, environmental protection, we are going to stand up and fight him all the way. while i have, i believe quite rightly, criticised the decision to give borisjohnson the election that he craved, the brexit election that he craved, the brexit election he craved, i have also been
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proud to serve injeremy corbyn's shadow cabinet for the past four yea rs shadow cabinet for the past four years and to do so with unwavering loyalty to him and his leadership, especially at times when he was under pressure. i have been proud to see my friend and my neighbour turned our party into a mass movement which has defined notjust by the size of the membership, but by the size of the membership, but by listening to the membership and our unions and by listening to the membership and ourunions and our by listening to the membership and our unions and our young and our activists and our student activists, not just seeking to activists and our student activists, notjust seeking to antagonise them or to define ourselves against them as has happened far too often in the past, we all chairmen a debt of gratitude for the passion that he has inspired and our party. but the question we now face is, how can we deliver the dream ? question we now face is, how can we deliver the dream? how can we deliver the dream? how can we deliver the dream of turning is a great mass movement into a great
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party of government? that will have two, the great party of government that we know, is to change our country and through our leadership, change the world. but as we debate the decision for the coming weeks, we must not make the mistake of defining it as a choice between who is going to take us to the left or who will take us to the right or who will take us to the centre, because the only issue, the only issue that many matters now is, who is going to ta ke many matters now is, who is going to take as a forward? who will stand up and lead the fight, who will give us the strength, the experience and the passion and who will give us an unashamedly socialist and deliverable manifesto? who will bring back the voters we lost in the last two years and crucially, crucially, they will bring us back to victory and take us back into
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government? we will leave that they're in guildford for now. emily thornbury joining the race to become the next labour leader. the first testings are taking place this weekend in liverpool and we will find out on aprilfour liverpool and we will find out on april four who liverpool and we will find out on aprilfour who has been chosen liverpool and we will find out on april four who has been chosen as the next labour leader. let's return to our top story. glasgow could become the first city in the uk to be completely carbon—neutral and has pledged to do so by 2030. the city will host a un climate summit later this year where up to 30,000 delegrates will attend. annita mcveigh is there for us. but here at the glasgow science centre where i am joined by the woman in charge of delivering this plan, the leader of glasgow city council stop thank you very much for coming along to talk to us. is it fairto coming along to talk to us. is it fair to describe this as an ambition rather than a target because
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although clearly it is a hugely admirable goal to have, it is going to be really hard to achieve? admirable goal to have, it is going to be really hard to achieve ?|j would describe it as an emissions target. it is a target we do aim to get there but we don't underestimate the scale of the challenge that we have set for ourselves and glasgow. we are not the only city in the uk talking about 2030 four carbon neutrality but glasgow perhaps, because of our industrial legacy and the physical challenges that has left us with as a city, we perhaps have some bigger tasks in front of us and other cities and we are going to have to reduce carbon hardware, if you like, but that is not a bad thing. we see that as something very worthwhile and it is why glasgow has to ta ke worthwhile and it is why glasgow has to take the lead because if we can do it, if we can take on these challenges here, if glasgow can be a test bed for some of the toughest decarbonisation challenges, then
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really, that means anywhere can do it. how are you going to measure it? what, for you, will be success, to say, yes, we have achieved a carbon neutral status? i think we are learning all the time about how to measure carbon output and how to define that but right now we know we have made progress on the per capita output of carbon from the city. the uk average is about 6.5 tonnes a year. glasgow is 4.2 and to put that in context, the usa is 15, so we are doing pretty well. that is going to be your key measure? yes, for now, but i would expect in the next ten yea rs, but i would expect in the next ten years, that we are going to learn more and more about how to measure and refine that and really understand how to get into progress and see where progress has stalled so we can see different contributors
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to carbon, rather than just the overall picture. where are we reducing, where are we offsetting, how are those playing off against each other? the more we can understand that, the better we will be able to do. let's talk about some at the city will host at the end of the year in november. i think we can see it through a very wet window on the other side of the river from where we are. that will be the focus of that un climate summit. 100,000 people at that event. you went to madrid, the last event, to try and get a sense of what it was all about so what other challenges in hosting something of that scale? there are logistical challenges obviously. we got a really good record here of hosting big events like the commonwealth games for example. we do it really well, we got expertise in the city but this is the biggest ever. we are confident we can put on
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a great show but we also want the name of glasgow to have a positive association. we want to have good outcomes from this. what madrid showed is that we cannot necessarily rely on the state, the government to deliver on that. they clearly did not deliver what was helped from them in madrid. the stakes are very high for glasgow and non—state actors, the jargon they use, like business and industry, it means that the onus is on us, both to demand progress from the governments, from national governments, but also to demonstrate what we are doing practically, that we are getting on and doing this. we are not hanging about and waiting for governments to deliver, to decide where the decimal point goes, we are actually in cities like glasgow. we are
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practically delivering change that is reducing carbon and improving lives and quality—of—life in our city and across the planet. thank you very much for your time. i am sure we will be revisiting these conversations as we follow glasgow's progress throughout the year and as we look ahead on our planet matters on bbc news and build up to that very important climate summit in glasgow this november. that's it from our team here on the news channel here in glasgow. right now, a look ahead to sportsday. we have the very latest in the situation at saracens. facing relegation after continued breaches of the salary cap regulations just a couple of months after they were docked 35 points. jonathan trott joins us to look back on a very good
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day for england because my cricketers in south africa that included a maiden test tonne for 0llie pope. we will look ahead to the return of conor mcgregor and also a big weekend for the england rose netball team as they face world champions new zealand. that's coming up champions new zealand. that's coming up at 6:30. now it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we have a bombshell which is up for three 05cars. a hidden life and weathering with

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