good evening. i'm tulsen toilet, and this is your sports news where we start with football and sixth tier darvel who've knocked seven time winners aberdeen out of the scottish cup to reach the last 16 for the first time. jordan kirkpatrick managed to manouvre the ball past defenders with less than 20 minutes played which turned out to be the winner and his side will now take on third tier falkirk, also at home, as they look for a place in the quarterfinals. in a stadium that holds just over 2000 spectators those lucky enough to attend were treated to a night they won't forget. i said before the game it was important. we started well and imposed ourselves and i thought we did that in the early stages and i thought we deserved

to go in front with two or three opportunities. we had to show a bit of togetherness at times and a lot of that determination came through. it has been unbelievable. there was one match tonight in the premier league. tottenham bounced back from defeats to manchester city and arsenal by beating fulham1—0. it wasn't the greatest of games, but it was settled by one stunning moment from who else, but harry kane. nick parrott reports. where would tottenham be without harry kane? so often he can produce something from nothing. this was his 266 goal for spurs, putting him alongsidejimmy greaves. it was his 199th premier league goal. 0nly alan shearer and wayne rooney have scored more since the top flight was reorganised. it came against the run of play against for them, despite tottenham having good form at craven cottage, they were lucky to not go behind.

kane's score was the determining point in the match and he would've made the tottenham scoring record his own had it not been for a fulham defender. another chance came and went butjust the one goal it was enough to keep tottenham in touch with the top four. nick parrott, bbc news. everton are looking for a new manager after sacking frank lampard less than a year after he took charge. it comes after their poor run of results which sees them second from bottom of the premier league. lampard helped steer everton to safety last season but the side have lost eight of their last nine games in all competitions. the toffees were beaten 2—0 at west ham at the weekend they're now two points from safety. it leaves the goodison park outfit looking for their eighth permanent manager since may 2016. we've not long to wait until the start of the six nations. it all gets going on saturday week

and the head coaches and captains from all the sides met today for the tournament's launch. reigning champions france are favourites, but much of the talk today was around the new rules on tackle height min england, on tackle height in england, where players in amateur clubs, schools, colleges and universities must tackle from waist—height down from next season. england head coach steve borthwick agrees safety needs to be addressed. i think right now everybody understands the importance of this matter, and i think everybody wants to find the best solution. is there an instant fix? is there an instant answer? no, i don't think so, but is it the right thing to do, to be trying to address the issue? absolutely. i know there are a few who will be publishing further details around this, and i think other nations are trying to address it. great britain's ellie downie has retired from gymnastics at the age of 23. she said that �*after a really tough last few years�* she'd made the decision to �*prioritise her mental

health and happiness�*. in 2017 she became the first british gymnast to win the all—around title at a major international competition, winning gold at the european championships. in 2020, she and her sister becky said abusive behaviour in gymnastics was "ingrained" and "completely normalised". and last year, the whyte review found systemic abuse in the sport in britain. she's been speaking to the bbc�*s laura scott. my mental health was just taking a bit of a beating, really. and i was very, very low on very unhappy, pretty much due to people mistreating me within the programme. which is a big shame because, ultimately, if that hadn't happened i would still be carrying on. in response to downies retirement, the chief executive of british gymnastics, sarah powell said, "ellie has been a tremendous ambassador for the sport and in speaking up about her experiences has been part of helping us to reform the sport" "as part of the wide reform

being undertaken, we must ensure appropriate behaviours and attitudes are maintained and reinforced." to tennis and the quarterfinal line ups are complete at the australian open and there were no signs of the hamstring problem, causing some bother for novak djokovic who breezed into the last 8. djokovic blew away the australian home favourite alex de minaur injust over two hours on rod laver arena. the serbian lostjust five games in a comfortable straight sets victory. he'll go level with rafael nadal�*s overall record of 22 grand slams if he wins in melbourne and it would also be his tenth australian open title. that is all your support for now.

we face a massive dilemma. last year was officially the uk's warmest year on record. london was burning california's fuel choked, highly flammable forests, combined with drier conditions linked to climate change. swathes of land across southern pakistan have been turned into islands.

national records have been broken in eight countries and regional records in three others. climate change is making extreme weather more likely, so tackling it is more urgent than ever. but prices are rising at their fastest rates for a0 years. food and fuel, that energy. all of us have seen the cost of living going up. cost of living. we buy less and we buy cheaper products. if they're not going to give us the wage rises, we can't- compete with inflation. the uk has been trying to lead the global effort to tackle climate change. it's time for humanity to grow up. but climate change is far from the prime minister's only concern. our country is facing a profound economic crisis, but warnings about the effects of climate change are getting louder. we are on a fast track to climate disaster. climate activists say there is no time to waste. if we don't end our contribution to climate change, we will see more frequent and extreme weather events. so here's the question can britain afford to tackle climate change? let's start this journey with a phrase you need to understand that there are.

net zero. when we burn fossil fuels, we release carbon dioxide. some of it is taken up by plants as they grow. the oceans absorb a fair bit, but the rest goes up into the atmosphere. and carbon dioxide is a bit special. it traps the sun's heat. it's why we don't freeze during the night. but the more we put into the atmosphere, the warmer the world gets, which is where net zero comes in. the idea is we need to reduce emissions as much as we can, but at the moment there are lots of things which we just can't make carbon free, things like concrete or aircraft. so scientists and engineers are trying to find ways to capture greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and store them away forever. the aim is the net result will be zero emissions, hence the name net zero. and back in 2019, the then

prime minister theresa may made this promise. we will be ending our contribution to climate change by 2050 and legislating for a net zero emissions target. borisjohnson continued the effort and made climate policies a cornerstone of his premiership. the uk government has decided to become the world leader in low cost, clean power generation. cheaper than coal, cheaper than gas. and all the major parties have put the net zero principle at the heart of their strategies. it's a rare consensus in british politics. aberdeen is the oil and gas capital of europe. let us resolve today to no make it the net zero capital of the world move trillions of dollars, yen, euros and pounds out of fossil fuels and into renewables, 100% clean power by 2030.

so what's the problem? well, a group of vocal tory mps say we are moving too fast. nobody knows what this cost. everyone says, i love it. it's a great idea. here's the bill of it. and then the public starts saying, ah, why are we doing this when the uk is a 1% output of c02 and china is 30% and growing? the net zero scrutiny group was set up by two prominent eurosceptics, craig mckinley and steve baker, who's a junior minister in the new government. young people in my constituency are at once learning to drive and also demanding green measures. i think they're going to be very disappointed when they discover they can't own a car, can't go on a holiday. we'll have expensive heating that comes up to a lower temperature. they've been saying the net zero plans are too big, too hasty and most important, too expensive for voters to stomach. they claim to have up to 50 supporters in parliament, but wouldn't give us their names. the net zero scrutiny group says it

isn't questioning whether climate change is real, but its leaders are closely associated with a think tank operating out of that building over there, the global warming policy foundation. now, it has been questioning the scientific consensus on climate change for years. the group says climate policy is a ticking time bomb in uk politics. we've been down this road before with brexit and that's why i'm warning that we'll have a terrible political crisis if we don't sort it out. sound familiar? and guess who's taken up the issue? we want a referendum on whether the net zero agenda makes sense. what are our demands? a petition calling for such a referendum was submitted to parliament last year, but it got fewer than 25,000 signatures. no major political party supports the idea either. nigel farage has made his career questioning established consensus so small as his campaign may be.

is he onto something? how's things? things are all right if you can afford it. why a referendum on net zero? one of the reasons i've got involved in this debate is this. we've been busy for the last 15 years. we are exporting manufacturing jobs by having some of the most expensive electricity against america, against europe, against obviously the far east and our competitors. so we exportjobs and we import energy. we could produce our own energy, which interestingly would be at a lower c02 output for the world. all i'm arguing is this. you know, am i saying that we should not move towards sensible forms of renewable energy now? i'm not saying that. what i am saying is that if we think by closing down british manufacturing, if we think by not producing our own gas, coal that we still need for steel, etc., that we're somehow saving the world. it's a delusion and a very expensive.

we led the world into the industrial revolution that created this kind of huge production of carbon dioxide. why don't we leave the world out of it with new clean technology? become world beaters because you in a new industry, because number one, you can't do it at the moment without the back—up of substantial amounts of fossil fuel. and therefore the logic is, rather than importing it, we may as well produce it ourselves. the point i'm making in this discussion with you is not that i'm saying global warming is a nonsense, is not that i'm saying we should ignore our responsibilities to future generations. i'm not saying any of that. what i'm saying is what we're doing in the name of combating it is making us uncompetitive and is not actually, in many cases, lowering global c02. the reason is we've

exported much of it. we've actually that's because we switched from coal to gas, which is a much lower carbon carbon content, and we've started using lots of offshore wind. there are a couple of things. so let's on the broader point, you say we're begging ourselves, arguably, we're creating new industries, new renewable, clean industries and exporting and beginning to export the skills we've got here in the uk abroad. who's building the offshore wind turbines in america? british engineers. i tell you what, we're not exporting electricity, we're importing it. can you believe it? we import electricity, but that makes a lot of sense. the what the ukraine war has showed us actually is when it comes to energy, food, the things without which life, normal life of any kind can't continue. there is an argument, even if it's a teensy bit more expensive. there is an argument for self sufficiency. on not being dependent on foreign regimes.

it's so interesting. mr farage clearly thinks he's on to something. he clearly thinks that he can mobilize millions of people against net zero. so, you know, is is a movement forming? is the momentum beginning to gather? i mean, to be honest, i'm not so sure. but let's be honest, the political elites here in britain massively underestimated the popularity of brexit. so could the call for a net zero referendum become the springboard for a political movement? how are you doing? esther webberfrom politico has been following the story closely. it does seem at the moment that there's been no kind of real breakthrough kind of moment that has seen the campaign explode

or really hit home. so if you can contrast what's happened here with, say, the election in france, which was driven a lot by petrol prices. so actually you've written about the parallels between brexit and net zero. what do you think they are? first of all, you have the personnel. so there's a kind of subset of the conservative party who are questioning how these policies are made and who has consented to them just as there was with brexit. so the campaigners are really looking at lower income voters and trying to sort of position them against what they call the kind of cosy elite consensus. and they're trying to use the same kind of wedge argument on net zero. has net zero got the traction that brexit had? you see in polls, there's sort of general and rising support for the idea of tackling climate change by the government.

but it's more of a split when you drill down into people's views on how those things should be paid for. and that's the kind of area that the sceptics are looking to get into. do you think the energy crisis that was brought about by the by the ukraine war, do you think that will dilute the commitment of politicians in westminster to net zero? well, it's really interesting, i think, about the dynamic of this current conservative party is we've had a lot of new mps elected in seats that had never been tory before, the so—called red wall. and people are seeing that perhaps those employees are going and people are seeing that perhaps those mps are going to be sceptical of net zero. in fact, it's more mixed than that. and a lot of those employees see

the net zero agenda as key to creating newjobs in places like the all things. like the north east. well, the net zero sceptics have certainly plugged into some serious concerns the energy crisis, inflation, the cost of living. what about the costs of not zero? the costs of not decarbonizing our economy? that is certainly what lots of climate activists argue. hey, how are you doing? great to see you. good to see you. thanks so much. nice electric car. fantastic. this lady is an energy and climate analyst.

so, we are in the middle of a massive cost of living crisis. is this really the time to be pouring money into into going net zero? fossilfuels, gas, oil, coal. inherently volatile markets. they cost an absolute fortune and they've driven up household bills by almost double already. that's simply unacceptable. fossil fuels are actually driving the cost of living crisis, and they're working against our national interest. what would we see if we didn't go net zero? if we don't go net zero, we don't end our contribution to climate change. and if we don't end our contribution to climate change, we will see more frequent and extreme weather events. we will see more extreme heat flooding, which is going to cause untold damage to human lives, livelihoods, agriculture, biodiversity, our infrastructure, our economies. the reality is, is that every fraction of a degree matters. the sooner that we can end our contribution to climate change, the fewer of these devastating events that we'll have to tolerate.

how much would it cost us not to tackle climate change? there are economic costs and they're human costs. we know that 200,000 homes and businesses on the coastline of england alone are at risk of rising sea levels by 2050. and this is already happening. but that's a human cost. but we will also see a cost to our economy. it's been estimates of around 7% of our gdp by the end of the century through climate impacts. you say it's worth the cost worth investing in net zero. but the truth is, what is the point? if other countries around the world much bigger emitters than britain, britain'sjust1% of global emissions, other countries aren't making the effort. what is the point of britain making the investment? last year alone, china built more offshore wind capacity in one year in 2021 than the uk as a whole over a decade. we are in a position where we can actually get ahead, develop

the technologies, develop the net zero dividend not only for our citizens, but that we can then export across the world. it's a win win. but what people like nigel farage say is, look, there's no democratic mandate. the public haven't been asked if they want to make these investments in tackling climate change, have they? there absolutely is a public mandate on this. we've seen it time and time again. climate change and environment is consistently in the top three concerns of the british public going legislating for net zero. going for net zero policies was on the front page of the conservative party manifesto in 2019, which the public voted for. and we've polled the public on... hold on labour and the lib dems all support net zero as well.

there isn't a choice for the public. there was no one that they could vote for if they didn't support net zero. we've polled the public and we've seen that actually. rather than wasting time on a referendum by by a factor of 2 to one, theyjust want to see the government to get on with delivering their manifesto commitment to implement net zero. i mean, look around you now. i mean, the truth is these wind turbines aren't turning. renewable energy isn't a reliable source of power. the point of a future electricity system, is that it's diversified. you have a huge range of sources. you've got onshore wind, you've got offshore wind, you've got solar, you'll have hydrogen. you depending on the policy choices that are made, you may even have some some nuclear, you may have some abated gas. but the reality is, is that our electrical engineers, these are serious people who have been working on this issue for a very long time, and they know what they're talking about. they're notjust some hippies protesting about climate change. they are saying that they can run on 100% renewables by 2035, which is the government target. so who are we to argue? even if we do transition to net zero along the way, we're going to need to use some fossil fuels.

yeah. so why not use domestic fossil fuels? why not exploit the resources in the north sea, the shale gas that we've got under our feet here? the north sea is a very mature basin. frankly, there's not really much more we can squeeze out of it. this isn't the 19805 any more where we had prolific supplies of gas. there are not 50 years worth of shale gas beneath our feet. actually, the best estimates say around six months worth at best. and to get at that is going to be hugely expensive, hugely disruptive, and the public simply don't want it. as the bbc�*s climate editor, i'm often responsible for bringing some pretty terrifying warnings, warnings about the future of the places where we've built our

lives, built our communities, which is why i've come to east yorkshire. this place already experiences some of the worst coastal erosion in europe. up to ten metres of coastline vanishes into the sea in a bad year. this is happening for a number of different reasons, but the rising sea levels and more extreme weather climate change will bring are likely to make the problem worse. now how we get to net zero is an open question. depending on who you ask, you might get a different answer. but what most politicians from all the main political parties agree is the need to get there. and the science is clear on this. reaching net zero and fast is our best hope of tackling climate change.

hello. some big contrasts in the weather across the uk this monday. to the south, temperatures struggling to get above freezing in many areas. certainly that was the case for richmond park — the grass looking white even through the middle part of the day. scotland and northern ireland, the grass was largely green, much milder air around here, but quite a lot of cloud and some drizzly rain at times. and there you see that contrast in map form. we've got air that's come from quite a long way south in the atlantic to the north of the uk, air further south that's come across from the continent which originated in the arctic. another frost to the south of the uk to start us off on tuesday — perhaps not quite as cold, though, across parts of the south—east and east anglia. another mild night for scotland and northern ireland. this finger of high pressure building across from the continent is what's pulling that arctic air in.

it will also make, though, for very light winds across a central swathe of england and wales into the smaller hours of tuesday. with lots of moisture still around after the heavy rain, freezing fog likely to be an issue in some spots across the west midlands, down into the welsh marches, and i think for parts of east anglia early on on tuesday. not necessarily exclusively those areas, but those are the favoured spots. there's just that bit more cloud here again towards the south—east on tuesday, so slightly greyer skies, but the thickest cloud sitting towards the north—west where that milder air is across scotland and northern ireland. some breaks to the lee of high ground, some drizzly conditions further west, particularly across the western—facing hills. 0vernight tuesday into wednesday, we start to see some of this cloudier weather sinking its way further south. there's a weak weather front in there as well, so there'll be a bit of rain pushing into scotland and northern ireland. and you can just see that the midlands and wales looks a little bit milderforfirst thing on wednesday. still quite frosty across southern england and east anglia.

and this front through wednesday will continue to push its way south, i don't think bringing anything too heavy in the way of rainfall through the day into england and wales, at least. we pick up a north—westerly wind. now, normally we would be going, "oh, that's going to be "a colder wind direction for us," but this air has come around the top of an area of high pressure and originally came from further south in the atlantic, so it's getting milder to the south as that north—westerly breeze picks up, the colder arctic air getting squeezed away. the front could bring some heavy rain into the south and east of england through the small hours of thursday. thursday daytime, though, high pressure looking like it will dominate across the uk. a lot of fine weather. northerly wind along the east coast will make for a chilly feel, could bring in some showers here as well. but in contrast to the start of the week, when the south is sat in the arctic air, it is relatively milder. you can see though, across scotland, temperatures have come down to the order of 2 or 3 degrees on those first thing this week. as for the end of the week

into the weekend, it looks very much like high pressure is going to try and dominate our weather. some fronts will try and get into the act to the north—west of the uk, picking up the wind a little to the north—west of scotland, trying to edge some outbreaks of rain in here, and generallyjust spilling some thicker cloud into scotland and northern ireland at times. england and wales looking fine and, as promised, temperatures up on those from the start of the week. around average values. and that basically is the upshot of what our weekend is looking like at the moment as well. reasonably amount of dry weather, temperatures around average. perhaps, though, some persistent cloud at times.

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