tv BBC News at One BBC News July 25, 2023 1:00pm-1:31pm BST
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it's difficult because you haven't got any cooking facility — with two kids, it's not ideal. so you have to go out every day. it does cost a lot of money, it's an awful lot, but it is what it is. we'll be finding out more about what's behind the housing problems. also on the programme... firefighters report new blazes on the greek island of rhodes, as fires continue to rage on other islands and some parts of the mainland. radiographers see right through you! radiographers go out on strike, affecting 37 nhs trusts in england in a dispute about pay. the long running conflict in yemen — we have a special report about the children who can't escape the violence. and the lionesses meet fans at their training camp down under as they prepare for their second match of the world cup.
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and coming up on bbc news: a famous victory for the philippines at the women's world cup but what could it mean for the co—hosts new zealand? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. we will have more on our top story about homelessness in just a few moments. first, let's start this lunchtime with the situation in greece and beyond. firefighters have reported new blazes on the greek island of rhodes, and fires are raging on a number of other islands and some parts of the mainland. the holiday island of crete has been put on high alert, with residents being warned of an extreme risk of fire there. thousands of tourists have fled hotels —
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greece's prime minister is expected to meet his cabinet today to discuss the crisis. our correspondent richard galpin has the latest. the fires in rhodes have not diminished. instead, more have broken out over night and there are concerns the winds could get stronger, fanning the flames even more. for local people living and working here, it's potentially a double disaster. their homes and businesses under threat at the peak of the tourist season. fill" under threat at the peak of the tourist season.— under threat at the peak of the tourist season. ., , , ._ , tourist season. our houses may be not be there _ tourist season. our houses may be not be there tomorrow, _ tourist season. our houses may be not be there tomorrow, maybe - tourist season. our houses may be not be there tomorrow, maybe on | not be there tomorrow, maybe on fire, we don't know what to do. it’s fire, we don't know what to do. it's ve , fire, we don't know what to do. it's very. very — fire, we don't know what to do. it's very, very bad, the situation. we need _ very, very bad, the situation. we need help~ — very, very bad, the situation. we need help. send us help from everywhere. but - everywhere. but for now, the people of rhodes are helping themselves. with no signs of the fire is abating,
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villagers have now started building fire breaks to protect homes. british holiday—makers now have to decide what to do. more flights home have been made available but some tourists say there's holiday companies have not helped them at all. ~ , . �* ., ., all. we 'ust haven't heard, we have not all. we just haven't heard, we have not even had _ all. we just haven't heard, we have not even had a _ all. we just haven't heard, we have not even had a call _ all. we just haven't heard, we have not even had a call from _ all. we just haven't heard, we have not even had a call from tui. - all. we just haven't heard, we have not even had a call from tui. we i not even had a call from tui. we haven't had an e—mail. just nothing, like wejust don't haven't had an e—mail. just nothing, like we just don't exist. some of the locals, the women who were there, they provided transport for us, they found a hotel for us because we didn't even know where we were located in rhodes. find because we didn't even know where we were located in rhodes.— were located in rhodes. and what's ha - eninu were located in rhodes. and what's happening here _ were located in rhodes. and what's happening here in _ were located in rhodes. and what's happening here in rhodes- were located in rhodes. and what's happening here in rhodes and - were located in rhodes. and what's| happening here in rhodes and other parts of greece is also happening in other countries around the mediterranean. in sicily, this fire forced the airport at the capital palermo to close today. and this at the peak of the island's tourist season. in north africa, wild fires are raging. 3a people, including
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soldiers, have lost their lives. in turkey, water bombers are being used to help protect tourist areas in the south of the country. the key question now for the authorities in the region is how long this period of deadly fires will last. richard galpin, bbc news. our correspondent azadeh moshiri in rhodes sent us this report from the south east of the island — where firefighters have been tackling the latest blazes. i'm between gennadi and vati in southern rhodes. that's a wildfire which is spreading. the fire service has said that that is the biggest concern they have right now — this area here. now, this is localised in southern rhodes, that's where this is happening and that's what's so difficult for firefighters to respond to. we've seen water bombers come several times around here and that fire truck is clearly trying to respond to it, too, but it's the weather conditions here that are so difficult. we've been watching the winds literally fan these flames. they were not this close before but they are now.
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now of course, remember, this is southern rhodes. officials have been saying that this is localised. all these fires affected less than 10% of hotels. but, of course, this is why the greek prime minister and officials have been saying there will be a hard time the next few days, that the difficulty firefighters are having with these rising temperatures and these weather conditions are clearly not over. azadeh moshiri reporting there. just to tell you, you can find the latest on the situation in greece and advice about what to do if you have advice about what to do if you have a holiday booked there in the coming weeks, that includes information about flights and travel insurance. you can find all of that on our website. or, of course, on the bbc news app. nhs radiographers, who carry out and analyse scans, have begun a 48—hour strike
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in parts of england. 37 nhs trusts are affected by the walkout in a dispute about pay. the government insists its 5% pay offer is reasonable, but the society of radiographers says talks should reopen because other public sector workers have been offered more. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. picket lines outside hospitals in england again today, but this time it is radiographers showing their discontent. it is radiographers showing their discontent-— discontent. patients are coming throu~h discontent. patients are coming through the _ discontent. patients are coming through the door _ discontent. patients are coming through the door are _ discontent. patients are coming through the door are not - discontent. patients are coming| through the door are not getting discontent. patients are coming - through the door are not getting the care we deserve because we don't have the staff to provide it. it is estimated the _ have the staff to provide it. it is estimated the vast _ have the staff to provide it. it is estimated the vast majority of nhs patients undergo tests or therapy with the radiographer, including mris, ct and ultrasound scans and radiotherapy. i mris, ct and ultrasound scans and radiotherapy-— radiotherapy. i qualified in 2017 and since then, _ radiotherapy. i qualified in 2017 and since then, 2096 _ radiotherapy. i qualified in 2017 and since then, 20% of - radiotherapy. i qualified in 2017 and since then, 20% of my - radiotherapy. i qualified in 2017| and since then, 20% of my class radiotherapy. i qualified in 2017 - and since then, 20% of my class has left radiography, after doing a degree for three years and that is a great shame, really.—
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great shame, really. 30-year-old john kelly worked _ great shame, really. 30-year-old john kelly worked as _ great shame, really. 30-year-old john kelly worked as a _ great shame, really. 30-year-old l john kelly worked as a radiographer in liverpool but still lives with his parents because he says he can't afford to move out. he insists the pressure of the job i'm afford to move out. he insists the pressure of thejob i'm poor afford to move out. he insists the pressure of the job i'm poor pay have made it intolerable. hat pressure of the job i'm poor pay have made it intolerable. not being able to give — have made it intolerable. not being able to give the _ have made it intolerable. not being able to give the care _ have made it intolerable. not being able to give the care that _ have made it intolerable. not being able to give the care that you - have made it intolerable. not being able to give the care that you want | able to give the care that you want to patients, the uk lags behind a number of countries in the number of ct scanners but we don't have the number of staff to man them either and that's why we need to invest in why people are going on strike. the two day strike comes after radiographers rejected a 5% salary increase for this year, plus a one—off payment. but ministers say the rise is a final offer and are calling for an end to the disruption, so the nhs can focus on cutting the backlog of record delays for patients. delays in appointments, particularly for patients with cancer who know how vital it is to be treated quickly, can cause huge anxiety, as centres like this know only too well. maggie
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centres provide support and advice to cancer patients across britain. we have two or three meetings, group meetings, men's group. it we have two or three meetings, group meetings, men's group.— meetings, men's group. it helps you to feel better? _ meetings, men's group. it helps you to feel better? yes, _ meetings, men's group. it helps you to feel better? yes, it _ meetings, men's group. it helps you to feel better? yes, it makes - meetings, men's group. it helps you to feel better? yes, it makes a - meetings, men's group. it helps you to feel better? yes, it makes a huge difference. but _ to feel better? yes, it makes a huge difference. but there _ to feel better? yes, it makes a huge difference. but there are _ to feel better? yes, it makes a huge difference. but there are times... i difference. but there are times... it can be hard? it difference. but there are times... it can be hard?— difference. but there are times... it can be hard? it can be very hard. it's a bit frightening, _ it can be hard? it can be very hard. it's a bit frightening, really. - it can be hard? it can be very hard. it's a bit frightening, really. what l it's a bit frightening, really. what does it feel _ it's a bit frightening, really. what does it feel like _ it's a bit frightening, really. what does it feel like if _ it's a bit frightening, really. what does it feel like if you _ it's a bit frightening, really. what does it feel like if you are - it's a bit frightening, really. what does it feel like if you are a - does it feel like if you are a cancer patient waiting for an appointment and there is a delay? very worrying. i have had several appointments cancelled and if you are waiting for results or waiting for a _ are waiting for results or waiting for a scan, — are waiting for results or waiting for a scan, it are waiting for results or waiting fora scan, itjust are waiting for results or waiting for a scan, itjust leaves you in limba— fora scan, itjust leaves you in limbo for— for a scan, itjust leaves you in limbo for longer.— limbo for longer. cheering with a million _ limbo for longer. cheering with a million people - limbo for longer. cheering - with a million people estimated to be waiting for radiography services, the strike will inevitably cause further delays. radiographers have apologised but insisted there could be more walk—outs if their concerns are not addressed. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the number of people living in temporary accommodation
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in england has hit a record high. the latest official data shows that at the end of march, nearly 105,000 households were in temporary accomodation — and in need of help with housing from their local council. that figure includes a record 131,000 children. they're the highest figures since records began 25 years ago, and are a result of a combination of factors including the cost of living crisis — as our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. my my old room was a lot bigger, this one is really small. but my old room, i could do stuff in, like i would usually like draw a picture and just nail it into the wall but i can't do that here.— and just nail it into the wall but i can't do that here. one of a record number of — can't do that here. one of a record number of homeless _ can't do that here. one of a record number of homeless children - can't do that here. one of a record number of homeless children in i number of homeless children in england. this is temporary accommodation after the 12—year—old spent two months living in a hotel.
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the family cannot decorate, the furniture came with the flat and they could be moved at any minute. just not knowing. any day, this isn't _ just not knowing. any day, this isn't secure, it's not like i'll be definitely— isn't secure, it's not like i'll be definitely going to live here? something could happen with this place _ something could happen with this place. we could move on again. i�*m place. we could move on again. i'm aaivin ou place. we could move on again. i'm giving you a — place. we could move on again. i'm giving you a quick call because i've been _ giving you a quick call because i've been given— giving you a quick call because i've been given information _ giving you a quick call because i've been given information you - giving you a quick call because i've i been given information you homeless this evening? — been given information you homeless this evening? the _ been given information you homeless this evening?— this evening? the homeless team at pl mouth this evening? the homeless team at plymouth city _ this evening? the homeless team at plymouth city council _ this evening? the homeless team at plymouth city council have - this evening? the homeless team at plymouth city council have never- plymouth city council have never known it so busy. over 200 families are living at hotels or bed and breakfasts. brute are living at hotels or bed and breakfasts-— are living at hotels or bed and breakfasts. ~ . . ' ., breakfasts. we get charged £95 a niuht. .. breakfasts. we get charged £95 a niht... it breakfasts. we get charged £95 a night--- it is— breakfasts. we get charged £95 a night... it is projected _ breakfasts. we get charged £95 a night... it is projected to - breakfasts. we get charged £95 a night... it is projected to cost - breakfasts. we get charged £95 a night... it is projected to cost the night... it is pro'ected to cost the council nearly — night... it is projected to cost the council nearly £700 _ night... it is projected to cost the council nearly £700 million - night... it is projected to cost the council nearly £700 million this i council nearly £700 million this year, ten times more than they spent five years ago. so the whole system is effectively broken? the five years ago. so the whole system is effectively broken?— is effectively broken? the whole s stem is is effectively broken? the whole system is broken _ is effectively broken? the whole system is broken at _ is effectively broken? the whole system is broken at the - is effectively broken? the whole l system is broken at the moment, is effectively broken? the whole - system is broken at the moment, yes. when _ system is broken at the moment, yes. when people are in temporary accommodation, there is nowhere for them _ accommodation, there is nowhere for them to— accommodation, there is nowhere for them to move to which means there is nowhere _ them to move to which means there is nowhere for— them to move to which means there is nowhere for people in bed and breakfast to move to so we have a sitted _ breakfast to move to so we have a sitted up _ breakfast to move to so we have a silted up system. at breakfast to move to so we have a silted up system.— silted up system. at the heart of the problem _ silted up system. at the heart of the problem is _ silted up system. at the heart of the problem is a _ silted up system. at the heart of the problem is a lack _ silted up system. at the heart of the problem is a lack of - silted up system. at the heart of i the problem is a lack of affordable homes. housing benefit levels have been frozen for the past three years
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whilst rent has sought an analysis last month indicated just one in 20 private rented properties across england were affordable to people needing help to pay for housing foster fundamentally, the government need to get on with building and creating many more social homes and genuinely affordable home so people at the lower end of the private rented sector have affordable rents and it would also mean that councils have more homes in which people who have more homes in which people who have been made homeless to place them in. �* .,, have been made homeless to place them in. �* ' 11:11: have been made homeless to place themin. 11:11: ., , them in. almost 14,000 households in encland them in. almost 14,000 households in england were — them in. almost 14,000 households in england were living _ them in. almost 14,000 households in england were living in _ them in. almost 14,000 households in england were living in hotels _ them in. almost 14,000 households in england were living in hotels or - them in. almost 14,000 households in england were living in hotels or bed . england were living in hotels or bed breakfast, a near—record level, with many staying long after the statutory six week limit. i suffer from a lot _ statutory six week limit. i suffer from a lot of _ statutory six week limit. i suffer from a lot of mental— statutory six week limit. i suffer from a lot of mental health - from a lot of mental health problems, some days i won't come out my room _ problems, some days i won't come out m room. .,, problems, some days i won't come out m room. , ., my room. lisa has been living in a sinale my room. lisa has been living in a single hotel _ my room. lisa has been living in a single hotel room _ my room. lisa has been living in a single hotel room for _ my room. lisa has been living in a single hotel room for six - my room. lisa has been living in a single hotel room for six months. | my room. lisa has been living in a l single hotel room for six months. it is a struggle because you don't have any cooking — is a struggle because you don't have any cooking facilities. they provide you with _ any cooking facilities. they provide you with a — any cooking facilities. they provide you with a fridge and microwave when you with a fridge and microwave when you get _ you with a fridge and microwave when you get on— you with a fridge and microwave when you get on the list but you just get given— you get on the list but you just get given a _ you get on the list but you just get given a kettle at the beginning and
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it's hard _ and michael is here now. so record figures. where are the solutions, what are the solution is? the governmentjust simply solutions, what are the solution is? the government just simply for a statement saying they are spending £2 billion over three years in helping councils to tackle homelessness. they say they are committed to building 300,000 homes as well per annum but the problem is, in the middle, the council and the people are in the middle of a perfect storm in many ways. in the sense that housing benefit levels have been frozen for three years at a time of soaring rents. the government statement says these rates are not intended to cover all rents in all areas. the problems a lot of people would say is they barely cover any rents in any areas. the institute for fiscal studies last month highlighted analysis which said just one in 20 private rented properties were affordable if you needed housing benefit to help. so you have those rising costs. you
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also have landlords exiting the private rented sector entirely because their mortgages are going up, buy to let rates are going up and they are seeing legislation coming down the line that means it'll be harder to get rid of tenants. it is hard to see how this gets sorted in the short term. thank ou ve gets sorted in the short term. thank you very much _ gets sorted in the short term. thank you very much for — gets sorted in the short term. thank you very much for now. _ gets sorted in the short term. thank you very much for now. michael - you very much for now. michael buchanan, our social affairs correspondent. we were hearing at the start of the programme about the wildfires in greece and elsewhere. this heatwave in europe and in the us would have been all but impossible without human induced climate change, that is according to a study by a group of international scientists. the study�*s authors say its findings highlight the importance of the world adapting to higher temperatures because they are no longer "rare". our climate reporter georgina rannard has been looking at the detail and joins me from cardiff. explain more about what these
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findings say. 50 explain more about what these findings say-— explain more about what these findinus sa . ., , ., findings say. so while millions of --eole findings say. so while millions of people have _ findings say. so while millions of people have been _ findings say. so while millions of people have been struggling - findings say. so while millions of - people have been struggling through these heat waves around the world, scientists have been looking at the exact role climate change has played in this heat, in europe, in china and the us. it is not always immediately possible to say the role of climate change, although we know it is making heatwaves longer and more intense. what they say it in these heatwaves, climate change played an absolutely overwhelming role. in the us and in southern europe, it would have been virtually impossible to have those temperatures without climate change. in china, which had record—breaking temperatures, climate change made it 50 times more likely. they have been able to put a number of these temperatures, too. we would have had a heatwave now anyway, even if humans hadn't pumped greenhouse gases into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels but it would have been cooler and probably shorter. but in southern europe, the temperatures were around 2.5 degrees higher because of climate change and in the
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us, 2 degrees. they also say we could no longer say these events are rare or unusual. this is part and parcel of our warming world, as a result of humans pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. but they say we still have time to fix the problem, this runaway global warming or global collapse. there is a menu of solutions out there and sign to say we need to act quickly to implement those.— say we need to act quickly to imlement those. , ., . . . implement those. georgina rannard, thank ou. nearly one in five people in england will be living with a major illness by 2040, according to new analysis from the charity the health foundation. at the moment 6.6 million people in england live with conditions such as dementia or cancer — but that's predicted to rise to more than nine million in the next 20 years, which will have a major impact on the nhs. our health correspondent nick triggle is here. nick, what's behind this? well, these are perhaps the most comprehensive set of projections yet about how the health of the
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population in england will change in the coming decades. the rise to 9.1 million people living with a major illness, which we can see here on a chart, is an increase of 37%. and it's notjust been driven by the ageing population. we can also see a significant increase in the number of under 70 is shown with the blue part of the bar is living with major illness. obesity is a major factor and that's going to be driving significant increases, the health foundation says, in terms of the number of people with diabetes, chronic pain and anxiety and depression. in comparison, be healthy working age population is only forecast to increase by 4% by 2040, and that, the health foundation says, will have significant implications for both the economy and the nhs. it says the health service is not prepared and
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is focused too much on providing hospital services when what people need to help them live independently as more support the community. they are also calling for more work to prevent some of this ill health but there are warning a lot of it is already baked and because it is related to the way we have lived their lives for the past 10—20 years. so that is why they are saying as a country it is essential we start planning and preparing for this change. we start planning and preparing for this change-— this change. thank you, nick trir ule. our top story this afternoon. a record number of children are living in temporary accomodation in england. still to come, we will be discussing whether the uk is ready for the electric car revolution. coming up on bbc news, scotland are looking to make it four wins out of four in the t20 world cup qualifiers. george munsey hitting 132 runs.
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while global attention has been focused on the war in ukraine, yemen' 5 long running conflict is grinding on — and children remain in the firing line. the united nations says more than 11,000 children have been killed or injured in nine years of war, in the arab world's poorest country. there's been less violence since a temporary truce last year between houthi rebels backed by iran, who seized the capital sanaa in 2014 and a saudi—led coalition backed by the uk and the us which intervened in 2015 trying to reinstall the internationally recognised government. but the young can't escape the danger. the bbc�*s senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from the city of taiz in southwest yemen, which is almost surrounded by houthi forces.
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yemen's young know nothing but war. eight years on, the guns are quieter, but a generation bears the scars. and if there's one place that shows they're suffering, it's al—rasheed street, a front line neighborhood in the city of taiz. it's home to badr al—harbi, who's seven. he and his brother, hashim, were hit by houthi shelling last october, coming home from school. since the attack, the boys' world has shrunk. they no longer go to classes. their physical wounds may have healed, but their trauma remains, like the danger — conflict echoes around them. do you hear a lot of sounds from the war, hasim?
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"bullets, explosions, air strikes, shells", he says. hashim, is it very scary when you hear the explosions and the gunfire? "i feel scared and run. "there's a lot of explosions." badr wants to be a doctor when he's older. he wants to help people. first, the brothers need to return to school. "i want to go back", he tells me. "but my leg has been cut off. "how can i go out of the house?" and right next door, another little life upended. amir was maimed on the same
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day last october, in a second round of shelling. it killed his cousin and his uncle in their own home. amir�*s father, sharif al—amri, shares his pain. he says his sleeping son, who's just three, needs another operation and has deep wounds of memory. translation: he remembers every moment from the - shelling to the hospital. he says, "this happened to my uncle. "this happened to my cousin." he talks about the smoke and the blood. it's always on his mind. back on the street, sharif tries to distract amir. "don't be scared, my love. "you're a man." but he's just a child who has seen too much.
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he asks amir what he wants in the future. "buy me a gun", he says. "i will put a bullet in my gun... "and fire at those who took my leg. "it will go right to them." most of the children maimed and killed in taiz over the years have been victims of the houthis, but some died in air strikes by the saudi led coalition. if peace comes, and many yemenis have their doubts, the young will carry this war forever. orla guerinjoins me from taiz, and orla, is there any hope for peace?
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when you talk to people here, the answer really is no. i don't think i have met anybody in the 2—3 weeks we have met anybody in the 2—3 weeks we have been here and i have had many conversations, i haven't met anybody confident there could be peace. what we have seen is a complicated civil war that was made more complicated still by the intervention of regional powers saudi arabia and iran. they have shaken hands and made up and restored diplomatic relations, but the underlying conflict, the civil war in yemen remains, and this is a country of 32 million people that does not have a functioning government. it has not had one since 2014. two thirds of the population need humanitarian help and the country itself is in the control of different armed groups. we have the houthis in the north who seized the capital back in
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2014 and still hold it. they hold the northern section of the country where most of the population live. here in the south you have what remains of the internationally recognised government but also a secessionist movement that wants the south of yemen to be a completely independent entity as it was until 1990, so many wonder about the survival of their country and also wonder about how they and their families are supposed to get by day today with less and less international coming in. thank you, orla guerin — international coming in. thank you, orla guerin in _ international coming in. thank you, orla guerin in yemen. _ the plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 will go ahead, according to the cabinet minister michael gove. he insisted it was an immovable deadline. it follows reports that the government is considering watering down some net—zero policies. ministers say they don't want to add unnecessary costs to households. so here's the question: is the uk ready for the electric car revolution? our climate editor, justin rowlatt, reports. the uk has put itself at the forefront of
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the electric car revolution. its 2030 deadline to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars is world leading. but there are some major bumps in the road. there's basically only a few places you can actually get charging and then half the time they're full up. i should be able to take this car across the country without worry, but i can't. a lack of public chargers is a stumbling block, especially for the 35% of us who don't have off street parking. so what is holding it up? mark constable works for one of the few dozen private companies who are trying to install more public chargers on our roads. in the next ten years, we've got to deliver ten times the amount of infrastructure that's been delivered in the last ten years. all of the councils in the uk are kind of having to work through a set of rules and regulations that weren't designed for this type of works in mind.
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this is a brand new challenge for the council. with long planning delays, over 200 local authorities and little co—ordination from the centre, at the current rate, the uk will be 100,000 chargers short of its 2030 net zero target. so does the head of the government's climate change watchdog think it is putting enough effort in? no, it's not sufficient and to give the government some credit, they do have a plan to increase the number of public chargers that we have in this country quite significantly. but it's quite difficult to know how that plan will be delivered. and we don't have a planning system that's set up for net zero in the round. so the targets are there but what we don't have is a government that's put its shoulder to the wheel on it. the government says it has told local authorities they need to develop their own plans for installing chargers, but says the rate of installation is going up. and the government's net zero plans have huge implications even beyond the way we all get around.
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this is the ford plant at dagenham in london. the traditional car industry is worth £14 billion a year to the british economy. this huge plant is an important employer. about 2,000 people work here, crucialjobs in quite a deprived part of the country. but if it doesn't adapt to the ev revolution, it could face a death sentence in years to come. justin rowlatt, bbc news. and you can see more on this in a programme tonight on bbc one: �*electric cars: what they really mean for you', that's at 8pm or you can find it now on iplayer. the government says all state schools in england now have access to a potentially life—saving defibrillator. more than 20,000 defibrillators, which give an electric shock to the heart of someone in cardiac arrest, have been delivered across the country since january. it follows a long campaign
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by mark king, whose12—year—old son oliver suffered a sudden fatal cardiac arrest during a school swimming lesson in 2011. mark king told bbc breakfast that defibrillators had already saved many lives in schools. the defibrillators have already been used, not in the schools that we put in, but with the defibs we've put out ourselves as a foundation, we've actually saved 71 lives. so it does work, it will work. and hopefully our children won'tjust become a statistic, they can enjoy their lives. the philippines have produced the biggest upset of the women's football world cup so far, beating the co—hosts new zealand1—0. it's the philippines' first time at the competition, and their first victory. their manager said it was one of the biggest wins in the country's sporting history. thousands of fans have turned out to watch the lionesses train today — in their first session on australia's central coast
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since defeating haiti 1—0 in their opening match of the world cup. the lionesses face denmark next, with both teams knowing a win could all but secure a place in the last 16 with a game to spare. katie gornall is with the team out in australia and sent this report. cheering a roarfor the lionesses, this was england training with an aussie twist. around 2,500 people turned up to watch england's first session at their new base on the central coast. the chance to see their heroes in 3d too good to miss. from the north of england, now living in sydney, to see the lasses here and playing and practising, it's just great to get behind them. i really lucked out, i live round the corner. i'm like, this is amazing, i'm going to go and see the lionesses and i'm about 20 minutes away. it's excellent. it's been really good, hasn't it? the shots have been really powerful. and the saves from the goalkeeper.
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you got to catch a ball. i got to catch a ball. for many of sarina wiegman's players, this is a whole new experience and they've already been made to feel at home. we were doing runs at the start and they were clapping for us as if we were in the olympics and stuff, so it's been a great atmosphere and we really feel the warmth from everyone coming down to support us. there are some people who have travelled from england to be here but i feel like the locals are on our side too. england have settled in well to their base camp here in the coastal town of terrigal. this will be their home for the rest of the tournament and they can put themselves on the brink of the last 16 with victory over denmark on friday. and it's won, and it's in! a late winner against china saw denmark pick up all three points in their opening match. they are predicted to be england's toughest opponents in this group. there is a relaxed atmosphere around the england camp but they know they need to raise their level if they are to capture their moment in this world cup. katie gornall, bbc news, on the central coast.
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