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now a discovery may have changed that. there is something here, that is hard. that is bone right next to the skin. this is the moment dinosaur�*s leg was discovered, captured by a bbc documentary crew. the fossil belongs to a small plant eating dinosaur called a thescelosaur. the team thinks it died in a huge flash flood settled by shock waves from the asteroid strike. this looks like an animal whose leg has been ripped off really quickly. there is no evidence of disease, there are no obvious pathologies or traces of the leg being scavenged. this could be the first bit of dinosaur ever found that died as a direct result of being involved in the cataclysm that involved after the meteorite hit. tanis is 2000 miles away from where the asteroid struck but what links the two are these tiny beads scattered amongst the fossils. it is thought they are remnants of the molten rock thrown up by the impact which rained back down
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as glass droplets. inside one may be something maybe even more remarkable, fragments of the asteroid itself. we are able to identify the composition of the material. all the evidence, all the chemical data from that study, suggests strongly that we are looking at a piece of the impactor, the asteroid that ended it for the dinosaurs. these discoveries now need to be submitted to the scientific community for scrutiny but the team says they have only scratched the surface and there is much more of this lost world waiting to be revealed. rebecca morelle, bbc news. dinosaurs: the final day with david attenborough will be on bbc one on the 15th april — that's good friday — at 6:30pm football now and real madrid have beaten chelsea 3—1 in the first leg of their champion's league quarterfinals. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks was at stamford bridge.
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in the pouring london rain, the winds of change are blowing through stamford bridge. but as the search for new owners intensifies, old friends are in town. ancelotti's real madrid are much improved since defeat to chelsea last season, and when the blues failed to capitalise on their chances, karim benzema pounced, with feeling. it was about to get worse, chelsea were undone again just moments later. commentator: 0h, he is going to get another one! | benzema, maturing like a fine wine. chelsea needed to shake off this hangover, and fast. you couldn't take your eyes off this one. laying the foundations of a second—half comeback? no — chelsea were instead architects of their own downfall. commentator: and there's l the hat-trick, karim benzema! chances of redemption came and went. a masterclass, then, from an old pro means the champions have a mountain to climb. natalie pirks, bbc news, stamford bridge. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.
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have a very good night. hello and welcome to bbc news. just before we look at tomorrow's papers front pages, we have some breaking news to bring you. the government has just published its energy security stategy — a its plan to tackle net zero, soaring energy prices and reduce reliance on russian oil and gas supplies. let's take a look at some of the key points. the strategy includes a significant acceleration of nuclear, with the hope of up to 2a gigawatts to come from this source of power by 2050. 0n offshore wind, the plan outlines the ambition of producing up to 50 gigawatts of energy by 2030, which the government says would be more than enough to power every home in the uk.
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thatis that is obviously just that is obviouslyjust eight years away. and the government will also look to increase the uk's current 1a gigawatts of solar capacity which it says could grow up to five times by 2035. 0ur political correspondent ione wells is with me. ione, what do you think stands out from this policy? there has been quite a lot of toing and froing between the treasury and number 10. i think what stands out clearly as the two big bets the government are making here is a nuclear and offshore wind in particular, some pretty ambitious targets they have set out on both fronts. nuclear as you touched on, they want 25% of the uk's electricity to be produced by nuclear power by 2050, and that is going to require a massive expansion of nuclear power stations across the uk, which they say is something that they want to start the process of next year, opening a competitive bidding process for different power stations across the uk. secondly on
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offshore wind as well they want that to generate enough power to power every home in the uk by 2030, again a massive expansion there. more controversial is that sort of onshore counterpart, onshore wind has been the subject of much debate over the last couple of weeks, it has divided cabinet ministers and is controversial within the tory party itself with some mps not particular fans of the idea of more onshore wind turbines popping up in their constituencies. it seems that after quite a bit of wrangling over this particular issue, ministers have reached a sort of compromise. they say they will be consulting at identifying local communities in england where there is support for more onshore wind, where they could look to develop new onshore wind turbines in england in exchange for cheaper energy bills in the nearby area to wear some of these new wind farms might be. currently as it stands, the planning laws around onshore wind farms are much tighter in england than they are in scotland. they're also a little bit looser in wales that they are in
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england too, and i understand the way this scheme works as people would be able to get cheaper energy bills near those onshore wind farms in scotland and wales as well, but i think this is really a kind of incentive to try and boost more in england given the planning laws currently in england are a lot tougher than in other parts of the uk. ., , ~ tougher than in other parts of the uk. a, , ~ , o, tougher than in other parts of the uk. ., ,~ n o, tougher than in other parts of the uk. let me ask you, lone, about another story — uk. let me ask you, lone, about another story that _ uk. let me ask you, lone, about another story that is _ uk. let me ask you, lone, about another story that is breaking . uk. let me ask you, lone, about. another story that is breaking news, and this is about the tax status of the chancellor of the exchequer�*s wife. the chancellor of the exchequer's wife. . , ., , , wife. that is right, it has been revealed that _ wife. that is right, it has been revealed that she _ wife. that is right, it has been revealed that she has - wife. that is right, it has been - revealed that she has non-domicile revealed that she has non—domicile status, meaning that she does not have to pay a certain amount of tax in the uk, she has said that she pays all the taxi is legally
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required to pay, but labour said it is staggering that rishi sunak�*s family might have been benefiting from tax reduction schemes, especially on the day we are seeing national insurance taxes here in the uk go up. akshata murthy�*s spokeswoman has said that she is a citizen of india, the country of her birth and her parents�* home, and india doesn't allow its citizens to hold citizenship of another country which is why she has non—domicile status in the uk. mr sunak declared this to the cabinet office when he was appointed a minister in 2018 at the treasury was also made aware of this as well in case of any conflict of interest, but certainly adding to some of the pressure that has been on the chancellor in recent weeks, particularly as he grapples with the cost of living crisis hitting the uk at the moment.— cost of living crisis hitting the uk at the moment. ., ~ , ., ~ i. at the moment. lone wells, thank you very much- — i'm nowjoined by rob gross, professor of energy policy and technology at imperial college, and director of the uk energy research centre. professor, thank you forjoining us
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to give us your thoughts as this strategy is launched. some of it is very ambitious indeed. yes. strategy is launched. some of it is very ambitious indeed.— strategy is launched. some of it is very ambitious indeed. yes, as you “ust said, very ambitious indeed. yes, as you just said, there _ very ambitious indeed. yes, as you just said, there are _ very ambitious indeed. yes, as you just said, there are a _ very ambitious indeed. yes, as you just said, there are a couple - very ambitious indeed. yes, as you just said, there are a couple of - just said, there are a couple of really— just said, there are a couple of really big — just said, there are a couple of really big bets. they are placing a bi! really big bets. they are placing a big bet_ really big bets. they are placing a big bet on— really big bets. they are placing a big bet on offshore wind already, and they— big bet on offshore wind already, and they have made that bit bigger still, and _ and they have made that bit bigger still, and if you like to think the government have been wanting to place _ government have been wanting to place bets— government have been wanting to place bets on new nuclear and haven't — place bets on new nuclear and haven't really quite managed to find a way— haven't really quite managed to find a way to— haven't really quite managed to find a way to put the chips down if you like, _ a way to put the chips down if you like. but — a way to put the chips down if you like. but it — a way to put the chips down if you like, but it is important to remember that all of these technologies are quite long term options — technologies are quite long term options. nuclear in particular is a very— options. nuclear in particular is a very long—term option, and what i think_ very long—term option, and what i think perhaps it would have been good _ think perhaps it would have been good to— think perhaps it would have been good to have seen more of in this strategy— good to have seen more of in this strategy is — good to have seen more of in this strategy is a bit more action on things— strategy is a bit more action on things to — strategy is a bit more action on things to be done in the short term, particularly — things to be done in the short term, particularly on energy efficiency for people in their homes, that could _ for people in their homes, that could begin to make a difference straightaway or in time for next winter~ — straightaway or in time for next winter~ ft— straightaway or in time for next winter. �* .., , straightaway or in time for next winter. ~ , ., , winter. a couple of things we clearly are — winter. a couple of things we clearly are not _ winter. a couple of things we clearly are not going - winter. a couple of things we clearly are not going to - winter. a couple of things we clearly are not going to knowj winter. a couple of things we - clearly are not going to know about
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according to this strategy. 0ne clearly are not going to know about according to this strategy. one is we won't know yet what the financial incentives the government may have to offer in order to ensure that these nuclear power stations are built. it is talking about one nuclear power station a year at some unspecified point in the future rather than one a decade. the other thing we won't know about is how willing people are going to be to sign up to onshore wind, which is clearly controversial even within the conservative party itself. having parked those two because we don't know about them, is there anything in the strategy that addresses the short—term? the?t anything in the strategy that addresses the short-term? they have said they are — addresses the short-term? they have said they are going — addresses the short-term? they have said they are going to _ addresses the short-term? they have said they are going to set _ addresses the short-term? they have said they are going to set up - addresses the short-term? they have said they are going to set up an - said they are going to set up an advice — said they are going to set up an advice tine _ said they are going to set up an advice line or an advice website that wiii— advice line or an advice website that will help households with energy— that will help households with energy efficiency. they have already cut vat _ energy efficiency. they have already cut vat on _ energy efficiency. they have already cut vat on energy efficiency products. so both of those things have _ products. so both of those things have the — products. so both of those things have the potential to have immediate short-term _ have the potential to have immediate short—term impact. ithink have the potential to have immediate short—term impact. i think one of the things— short—term impact. i think one of the things that i would like to see during _ the things that i would like to see during the — the things that i would like to see during the summer is more like an information— during the summer is more like an information campaign around energy efficiency— information campaign around energy efficiency that can really begin to
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make _ efficiency that can really begin to make a _ efficiency that can really begin to make a difference. but the thing is that the _ make a difference. but the thing is that the energy system is quite slow to change _ that the energy system is quite slow to change. even energy efficiency takes _ to change. even energy efficiency takes time to do the installations, so for— takes time to do the installations, so for the — takes time to do the installations, so for the very short term, we still have _ so for the very short term, we still have to _ so for the very short term, we still have to he — so for the very short term, we still have to be thinking about how we help the — have to be thinking about how we help the most vulnerable consumers through— help the most vulnerable consumers through what will be a difficult winter— through what will be a difficult winter with very high energy prices, and then— winter with very high energy prices, and then we need to sort of think about— and then we need to sort of think about the — and then we need to sort of think about the sequence of things that we can do. _ about the sequence of things that we can do, short, medium and long term. at the _ can do, short, medium and long term. at the moment, there is an awful lot of the _ at the moment, there is an awful lot of the long _ at the moment, there is an awful lot of the long term in the strategy, and much — of the long term in the strategy, and much less attention to things we can do— and much less attention to things we can do straightaway to help households right now. professor gross, households right now. professor gross. thank _ households right now. professor gross, thank you _ households right now. professor gross, thank you very _ households right now. professor gross, thank you very much. - hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster
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john stapleton and annabel denham, director of communications, at the think tank institute of economic affairs. tomorrow's front pages. let's start with the ft — the uk, us and eu impose the toughest sanctions yet against russia's biggest banks and bankers in response to allegations of war crimes committed by russia in ukraine. in the telegraph — a ukrainian woman tells her experience of returning to her small village after hidding in a neighbour—cellar with her daughter and grandchildren, to find russian soldiers and their chilling threat. according to the guardian, the prime minister's push for nuclear energy to be at the heart of the uk's new energy strategy has created deep divisions among senior tories and enraged green groups. 0n the front page of the metro — the prime minister says he has absolutely no problem with putting national insurance tax up for millions of workers, as he says it's best way to help the nhs cope after the pandemic. and in the i — akshata murty,
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who is married to the chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak, has revealed that she has non—domiciled status for uk tax purposes. the status means that legally ms murty does not have to pay the uk authorities tax on any income that she earns outside the uk. she is an internationalfashion designer. let's kick off, john and annabel, lovely to have you with us. shall we start tonight with the first story, picking up on the energy plan. there is a little bit of everyone in here.— energy plan. there is a little bit of everyone in here. there is, it has been _ of everyone in here. there is, it has been planned _ of everyone in here. there is, it has been planned for— of everyone in here. there is, it has been planned for some - of everyone in here. there is, it i has been planned for some time, of everyone in here. there is, it - has been planned for some time, all the more important that we know that we cannot rely on russian oil. well—intentioned plans, ithink we cannot rely on russian oil. well—intentioned plans, i think most people would agree, not everybody in the tory party agrees with every aspect of it not all of the environmentalists do, but we are pledging for about 95% of electric to come from green sources by the
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year 2030. to come from green sources by the year2030. it to come from green sources by the year 2030. it all sounds quite exciting but it is very long—term, and nothing is going to change tomorrow and what is probably needed far more right now is your expert was saying earlier was help for people who are going to have difficulty with their energy bills, and education about how they can use less energy on things that they have in their home at the moment to do with their washing on their heating. but yes, onshore wind turbines, a controversial issue, causing a lot of noise, people think they are a scar on the landscape, but others don't mind them at all apart from the noise that they make. i think there has been a row in the tory party, and environmentalists are concerned because the government seems to be indicating that they have got to continue drilling for oil in the north sea, and they haven't actually ruled out fracking
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yet, although maybe that is a dead duck now, particularly in the north west of england. so something for everybody. but west of england. so something for eve bod . �* . west of england. so something for eve bod. ., ., ., ., everybody. but “am tomorrow, annabel, and _ everybody. but jam tomorrow, annabel, and that _ everybody. but jam tomorrow, annabel, and that is _ everybody. but jam tomorrow, annabel, and that is the - everybody. but jam tomorrow, - annabel, and that is the difficulty, we are in a hole now.— we are in a hole now. absolutely riaht, we are in a hole now. absolutely right. this _ we are in a hole now. absolutely right. this is _ we are in a hole now. absolutely right, this is very _ we are in a hole now. absolutely right, this is very much - we are in a hole now. absolutely right, this is very much looking i we are in a hole now. absolutelyl right, this is very much looking to the future — right, this is very much looking to the future and how the government is going _ the future and how the government is going to _ the future and how the government is going to try— the future and how the government is going to try and deliver energy security— going to try and deliver energy security having been, with the country — security having been, with the country having really felt of the coronavirus pandemic, and more recentiy— coronavirus pandemic, and more recently the war in ukraine. john is right— recently the war in ukraine. john is right that _ recently the war in ukraine. john is right that there is something in there _ right that there is something in there for— right that there is something in there for everyone, but the emphasis is rather— there for everyone, but the emphasis is rather different across those various — is rather different across those various goals that have been set out. various goals that have been set out it— various goals that have been set out. it really does say something that the — out. it really does say something that the government was able to get this over— that the government was able to get this over the line, there has been that wrangling between number 10 and number— that wrangling between number 10 and number ii _ that wrangling between number 10 and number" over how that wrangling between number 10 and number 11 over how it is going to be funded, _ number 11 over how it is going to be funded, and — number 11 over how it is going to be funded, and kwasi kwarteng, the business — funded, and kwasi kwarteng, the business secretary, said to be
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opposed — business secretary, said to be opposed to fracking, for instance. jacob _ opposed to fracking, for instance. jacob rees—mogg are said to be in favour— jacob rees—mogg are said to be in favour of— jacob rees—mogg are said to be in favour of it — jacob rees—mogg are said to be in favour of it. this is undoubtedly very— favour of it. this is undoubtedly very ambitious, but it still suggests to me at least that the government prefers targets and picking — government prefers targets and picking winners to trusting markets to solve _ picking winners to trusting markets to solve climate change, perhaps through _ to solve climate change, perhaps through a — to solve climate change, perhaps through a carbon tax for instance, and this— through a carbon tax for instance, and this is— through a carbon tax for instance, and this is disappointing and really and this is disappointing and really a wasted _ and this is disappointing and really a wasted opportunity, and i think some _ a wasted opportunity, and i think some tempering of ambitions might be required _ some tempering of ambitions might be required in _ some tempering of ambitions might be required in the not—too—distant future — required in the not—too—distant future. this expansion of targets for wind — future. this expansion of targets for wind and solar was inevitable, and the _ for wind and solar was inevitable, and the nod to regulatory approvals will help. _ and the nod to regulatory approvals will help, but no thought seems to have been— will help, but no thought seems to have been put into ensuring that these _ have been put into ensuring that these industries carry out the costs of their— these industries carry out the costs of their intermittency, which will continue — of their intermittency, which will continue to increase, and as your expert— continue to increase, and as your expert from — continue to increase, and as your expert from imperial were saying earlier, _ expert from imperial were saying earlier, let's not forget that by the government's own impact assessment, they will, it will cost around _ assessment, they will, it will cost around 24-63,000,000,000 assessment, they will, it will cost
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