emissions target for 2040. how far will the uk have to go to reduce the committee responsible for monitoring climate change be emitting just 13% of the greenhouse the good news is, we are already more than halfway there.

it's meant switching away from polluting fossil fuels to more renewable power. emissions reductions will increasingly depend of our cars are going to need to be electric, and half of our homes are going to need one of these — the message is very clear — the uk needs to do whatever it can to electrify everything. so what have we here, lucy? as lucy haden�*s home illustrates. this is my hot water tank. as well as her heat pump, lucy has this. she charges it up when prices are low, so she has cheap with the battery, it's currently costing me £100 a month to run my home.

if i still had a gas boiler, and so i was still heating the home with gas. so the heat pump isn't saving you money, lucy? it might be a small amount, but not really, no. key recommendation. we say you have to make electricity cheap, but it is also the fuel of the future. what we are laying out today is a massive industrial revolution. it's an energy transition. it will benefit the economy. it saves people money on their energy bills. but all of that is underpinned by a cheaper electricity price.

just ten years' time. it says we should be eating less meat and dairy, by 2040, it says, and suggests some pastureland could become woodlands or wetlands. and it also says the cost of flying will likely rise as airlines pay for the industry to be expensive. two weeks back, reform uk said it would scrap the net—zero agenda entirely. everybody agrees — the greens agree, the snp

agree, plaid agree — everybody achievable and attainable. apart from, that is, the new kids on the block in the climate change committee's response to that? it says investing in net zero is notjust about climate, it is also an investment in the country's future prosperity. in from around 2040. justin rowlatt, bbc news. to increase investment in oil and gas production and slash it to 381 million dollars last year signifcantly down from 15.2 billion dollars in 2023 in the face of higher costs and weaker oil and gas prices. earlier, i spoke to cornelia meyer, who's

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as it seeks to boost the uk's trade and economic growth. now, whose market value has sunk below one trillion and the uk have dropped. michelle fleury was watching all the action in new york. 0ne number to keep in mind is tesla's share price to the presidency — november 5th last year. tesla shares finished that day at $251.44. in mid—december, or around 90%. but on tuesday, it closed back below $303.

in other words, the massive post—election gain in tesla's share price and some of elon musk�*s paper as rivals' sales rose. one reason is increased competition from chinese evs in the euro area. stand on musk�*s political interventions. elections on sunday. he's also made waves in the us with his involvement with disappointing sales and a share price now under with the reality that elon musk�*s electric car juggernaut could face a weaker—than—expected first quarter. after passing the scottish

budget yesterday, first minister of scotland, john swinney, has been said the passing of the budget demonstrated that parliament and politics can deliver. he warned that scotland must unite against the from �* right. i to set out details of an want to set out details of an initiative that begin by initiative that will begin by bringing representatives from civic society, churches, trade unions together with the leaders of scotland two w parties. this parliamentary parties. this to be held at the end wwew w april,wone year the of april, one year before the next scottish election, is a chance to work together for decency, democracy and respect. will extend an invitation to i will extend an invitation to from all the leaders from all the parliamentary parties and wider darliamentary parties and wider society tojoin me in civic society to join me in this endeavour. i want thisicritical endeavour. i want to work together to agree approachw www approach asserting a common approach to asserting the values of our to

the values of our country, to bring people together and to a cohesive socie creating a cohesive society for everyone. these are pivotal moments for our country and our moments for our countryand our if to future. if we are to build trust in our we must w -ww �* public services that deliver public services that better for the people that work better for the people that we the budget enables we serve and the budget enables us to do so. but we do us to do so. but we must do more. it is time to come �*to draw a line in the together to draw a line in the sand, to set who we are and we believe in because a what we believe in because a politics of fear is a politics of despair. it is a politics will divide us and much bf” ’ z much of'what : waugh of'what we ' much 35th we hold 1 ' wmuch ofvvhat we hold dear. 7 so much of what we hold dear. scotland's first ministerjohn 0rganised criminal groups are targeting the waste to the environment agency. the country one billion pounds a year, and a number of sites our environment correspondent

yvette austin has the story. it's april 2024, and a lorry is tipping its load of waste illegally on land in rural north kent. the diggers provide a sense of scale. from needing one. we're protecting their identities. it's not just what's happening to our area. it's the flies, the rubbish, the disease, the dirt. there's a steady stream of lorries. this isn't throwing the odd bit out the back of a car or transit van or something. traffic is still there. it'sjust constant. they're acting with utter impunity. looking close up at the waste, it's clearly been shredded and contains plastic. birds are scavenging. you can see from the nature

of it, certainly from those in any way that complies with environmental legislation. there could be carcinogenic stuff in there, there could be all sorts of stuff in there that is toxic and dangerous to handle. the runway of waste is no longer visible, but a tractor is pulling load after load across the wet ground and tipping it into trenches that have been prepared by a digger. a tipper lorry is adding to the piles, which are then fed to the tractor�*s trailer. a number of different lorries depositing their loads. the waste could have come from a variety of locations. but i want to know where at least some

it enters a shipyard, where it's reloaded. illegal waste dumping is a problem nationwide. most of it's flytipped. this is staffordshire, hampshire and london. in fact, government data suggests around 18% that's around 34 million tonnes. it undercuts the responsible operators out there, to do the right thing, trying to recycle better, trying to manage our waste better. so it's really important that we put pressure on these a spokesman for the environment agency said...

so i'm thinking, if i want some waste taken away by anyone other than the local authority, how can i make sure that it won't end up somewhere like this? through a chain of other handlers for processing. operators are thought to engage in illegal activity. yvette austin, bbc news.

the uk government is expected to respond to the findings of the grenfell tower inquiry later. the report found the fire was the result of dishonest companies, failures by governments, and a lack of strategy by the fire service. 0ur correspondent graham satchell reports. the question at the bottom of grenfell tower was partially answered in a i,700—page report by last year's public inquiry. through greed, corruption, incompetence and negligence.

buildings, the fire testing of construction products it made a number of recommendations. to oversee new products, fire testing, building control and the licensing of contractors. it said the current definition of a higher—risk building — anything at least 18 metres high — is arbitrary and should change to reflect who lives there, particularly evacuation plans to help vulnerable residents it's expected to give its full response to the grenfell tower inquiry later today. a mother whose twin sons both endured cancer treatment

devastatingly, just two weeks after the funeral, but after more than three years of treatment, jack is now 17 and cancerfree. groundbreaking radiotherapy research. joanne writtle reports. # i'm going make a supersonic man out of you... born a minute apart, jack parton ben, an extrovert, adored by his brother. he was the more outgoing and more adventurous, and you used to follow him, hadn't you? he was like, good fun. together, do everything together. in 2019, aged just 11, ben was diagnosed with a rare and hard to treat brain tumour called glioblastoma. eight months later. then, two weeks after

ben's funeral, jack was diagnosed with leukaemia. it was horrendous. like, just losing one child, and then being told your only it was, it was really upsetting. ijust said, you can't let him die. and they didn't. an apprentice carpenter. radiotherapy research, with the help of a £1 million grant towards the world—leading work they do. accelerator, a device which enables scientists to study groundbreaking

new developments into scientists hope that boron neutron capture therapy could, in future, give fresh hope to patients with aggressive tumours, like ben had. whatjulie and jack have seen has given them insight into how options when he was alive. that could be done. passionate about.

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roads. we now have more than 40 million miles of them and gravel, and a waterproof substance called bitumen. but a research project between swansea university and king's college london is looking at ways of reducing the cracks before they develop... ..by healing itself. and have a look at how it works. is itjust a case now that you mix these two together? they laugh. aggregate. it's not like anything i've ever cooked.

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live from london, this is bbc news. kyiv says it has reached a deal with the us to washington for talks with donald trump, after announcing a boost to the uk's defence spending. officials from israel and hamas say the stalled release of 600 palestinian prisoners will go ahead

israeli hostages. the uk has set an ambitious carbon emissions target for 2040. russia's foreign minister has rejected calls for european peacekeepers to be deployed on ukrainian soil under the terms of any peace deal. kyiv to rearm itself.