some of that is because as george eustice said, they have gone home and part of that is due to the factthose are social reactions, personal reactions, to the threat of covid and the way people are reassessing their lives, but they have a big effect on the labour market itself. in have a big effect on the labour market itself.— market itself. in terms of what mi . ht fix market itself. in terms of what might fix that, _ market itself. in terms of what might fix that, do _ market itself. in terms of what might fix that, do you - market itself. in terms of what might fix that, do you think . market itself. in terms of what i might fix that, do you think being market itself. in terms of what - might fix that, do you think being a member of the eu would have helped or you think that's not a big factor? i or you think that's not a big factor? . , . or you think that's not a big factor? .,, ., , , ., , factor? i was a supporter of us remaining _ factor? i was a supporter of us remaining in — factor? i was a supporter of us remaining in the _ factor? i was a supporter of us remaining in the eu,

and george eustice, who is a cabinet minister here, said, "the truth is unless we have a sustainableween great britain and northern ireland, then we are going to have issues — and that itself would become a challenge to the good friday peace agreement." but i'm surprised by this kind of sentence, because there is no surprise. this protocol, very precisely, has been negotiated by mrjohnson himself, by his government, by the civil servants. we are professional in the uk. there is no surprise. we know this situation is complex. now, we have to keep calm. we are already, on the european side — i'm no longer in charge and the vice president is a very wise man — and we are ready to find operational solutions to discuss this solution in the framework of the protocol. but there will be no renegotiation. i was going to say — operational discussions but, as you know, the uk brexit minister david frost has said, "i urge the european union to think again and consider instead working to reach agreement with us so that we can put in place something that will last." i think david frost as someone t

george eustice, environment _ shortage. george eustice, environment secretary, i shortage.d christie goes down before they reach the very first corner. three—time world champion. so it's heartbreak for elise christie yet again. ten—time european champion. oh, they've gone down! but say the name and you think of the falls. christie crashes out, christie is out of it once again. do you replay, is it on a loop? i do at points, especially as you get closer to competition. christie has crashed again! iwill be, like, replaying it in my head, and the frustration is, if i watch it, i get so angry. twice, elise left for the winter olympics full of hope. twice she came back empty—handed. i just can't see living with this feeling, you know? christie, oh, they've gone down! everyone who's in this sport or sport in general doesn't necessarily remember me for the fall. they think i'm unlucky, yeah. but i get remembered as the first european to ever win the world championships. let's say that one more time. first european to win the world championships. shall we do itjust a third? it is g

of conservative mps and councillors and the deputy pm, dominic raab, and secretary of state, george eusticears, well, for decades. animal welfare for many years, well, for decades-— for decades. lorraine, i'm so sorry to interruot. _ for decades. lorraine, i'm so sorry to interrupt, but _ for decades. lorraine, i'm so sorry to interrupt, but we _ for decades. lorraine, i'm so sorry to interrupt, but we have - for decades. lorraine, i'm so sorry to interrupt, but we have just - for decades. lorraine, i'm so sorry to interrupt, but we have just run l to interrupt, but we have just run out of time. lorraine platt, the founding patron of the conservative animal welfare foundation. thank you. just going to take you to southend and show you some of the reaction earlier this afternoon of representatives of three mosques there. sir david amess, he was our great friend, our guardian, and he used to attend our programmes, our celebrations, so we greatly miss him and he will be always missed, and we are very sad. and the whole community in southend are really shocked and we show our respect to his mem

stephen barclay, the cabinet office minister and george eustice, the environment secretary, had beenut she said she struggled to get a meeting with the home secretary, priti patel, but issues surrounding visas because we understand there are some of them government who are pushing for some kind of relaxation of the english language requirement for visas to try and get more foreign workers to come over to help in the pig industry and addressed some of those staff shortages. the problem with this proposed solution is that it is politically quite difficult for the prime minister, especially after he has just prime minister, especially after he hasjust come prime minister, especially after he has just come out of a conservative party conference where his big message was wanting business to move away from a reliance on cheaper foreign labour to what he described as a high skilled, high wage economy. interestingly, as you touched on, that very approach is something that has been criticised just today by some bosses from energy intensive industries, these are industries like the steel indus

here�*s the environment secretary, george eustice. the statutes to give people that they seek. this is what campaigners were worried about — untreated sewage being released into british waters, a threat to wildlife and humans. these pictures of langstone harbour in hampshire gained huge traction online. chris pearsal filmed the footage. i launched my drone from about 100 metres over there, and once i was flying over the top looking at the screen, i just couldn�*t believe what i was seeing. the general reaction from people on social media who�*ve seen the film now, they really are astonished at quite how much of this is happening, and it is happening right along our coastline. and quite simply, it needs to stop. conservative philip dunne, who chairs the environmental audit committee, was one of those who rebelled against the government. here he is giving his reasons. we do know it would cost multi billions and take many, many years. thing there has to be a balance, recognising that it�*s not going to be possible to fix this problem ove

george eustice is the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs. a trawler _ authorities? yes, we understand the trawler is there. a trawler that - authorities? yes, we understand the trawler is there. a trawler that was l trawler is there. a trawler that was issued a licence at the beginning of the year but for some reason it was taken off the list. we are trying to get to the bottom of that and what happened. more broadly the problem with this is it might have been a routine operation by the french but in the context of what they said on wednesday, when they said they were going to introduce all sorts of problems or make life difficult for people, that is why these issues get more attention than otherwise. can ou talk more attention than otherwise. can you talk us — more attention than otherwise. can you talk us through the beating we understand will take place. you can tell me when. the foreign secretary liz truss ordering the french ambassador to attend talks. == liz truss ordering the french ambassador to attend talks. -- the meetinu. ambassad

the environment secretary, george eustice, has announced that legislation going through parliament is the bill has been debated this evening in the house of lords, before returning to the commons. let's hear more from mr eustice. when it comes to our environmental legislation, we are world leaders. we have had a reduction of over a0%. we have had a reduction of over a0%. we are the first country in the world to set a biodiversity target, to halt by 2030. when it comes to water quality, we are also acting. this government is the first government ever to give a clean instruction that we want to see a reduction in the use of these storm overflows. joining me know is the labour shadow enviroment secetary, luke pollard mp. your reaction to this? it's a start, isn't _ your reaction to this? it's a start, isn't it? _ your reaction to this? it's a start, isn't it? only— your reaction to this? it's a start, isn't it? only a few days ago, the government was telling us that doing more with— government was telling us that doing more with either too expensive, too difficult _ more with either too

here's the uk environment secretary george eustice.e believe these are disappointing and disproportionate and not what we would expect from a close ally and partner. the measures being threatened do not appear to be compatible with the trade and cooperation agreement or wider international law. and it carried through will be met with an appropriate and calibrated response. i am aware of reports of enforcement activity being undertaken by the french authorities in respect of two vessels and we are looking into these matters urgently. so that was the view from the uk. and here's the french prime minister for the view there. translation: i would like nothing more than for de—escalation to take place _ more than for de—escalation to take place was _ more than for de—escalation to take place was that the british, the government in london has all the keys to _ government in london has all the keys to achieve it. we are always open _ keys to achieve it. we are always open to— keys to achieve it. we are always open to discussion morning, noon

the environment secretary, george eustice, has announced that legislation going through parliament ise voted in favour of an amendment designed to curb outflows of raw sewage into rivers and coastal waters. this is what mr eustice had to say earlier. when it comes to our environmental ambitions, we are world leaders. we have removed carbon from our energy mix faster than any of the other 0ecd countries. we've had a reduction of over a0%. we're the first country in the world to set a biodiversity target, to halt the decline of biodiversity by 2030. when it comes to water quality, as i said, we are also acting. this government is the first government ever to give a clear instruction to 0fwat that we want investment to see a reduction in the use of these storm overflows. space stories have the tendancy to boggle the brain. and this no exception to that. astronomers think they have found what could be the first planet everdiscovered outside our galaxy. we know of 5,000 so called "exoplanets" — those worlds that are orbiting stars beyond our sun — but all of them have been located within t

speaking in the commons in the last half an hour, the environment secretary george eustice said he wasioner regarding the comments that french officials had made. the uk stands by its commitments in their trading cooperation agreement and as i have said has already granted 90% of licence applications to fish in our waters. we also supportjersey and guernsey's handling of the fisheries licensing decisions. we have remained in close contact with them throughout. their approach has also been entirely in line with the provisions of the trading cooperation is agreement. finally, i am aware of reports of enforcement activity being undertaken by the french authorities in respect of two vessels. we are looking into these matters urgently. our paris correspondent hugh schofield has more details about the detained british trawler. it's at the quayside in le havre. it was impounded yesterday, as you said, when the french maritime authorities conducted this reinforced checks on boats in the area off le havre. they stopped two boats. one was fined for not obeying an initial order to stop and allowi

well, speaking to bbc breakfast this morning, this is how the environment secretary, george eustice,he partner we deal with internationally on these things. obviously it's always open to us to increase the enforcement that that we do on french vessels — to board more of them if that's what they're doing to our vessels. we've said that, for now, we're not going to respond in the way that france has — we're going to raise this with the commission and we're going to raise it through diplomatic channels with the french ambassador. but we'll reserve our right to do more things, obviously, if france continue to press ahead with these threats. a cross—border rail line remains closed this morning after two road bridges were washed away in dumfries and galloway. network rail has confirmed the extreme weather had forced the closure of the line between dumfries and carlisle until further notice. a major incident was declared in hawick last night after hours of torrential rain. police have described the flooding as some of the worst in the region for a number of years. aruna iyengar has this rep

obviously you would have heard george eustice speaking earlier today, he was saying the british governmente more french vessels in uk waters than there are uk vessels in french waters and if we go down this biscuit for tat route it will get messy. but at the end of the day we try to make the business work and this is not making our lives easy. how do your members feel out there in the waters at the moment? q0 how do your members feel out there in the waters at the moment? do they feel safe? they _ in the waters at the moment? do they feel safe? they feel _ in the waters at the moment? do they feel safe? they feel safe _ in the waters at the moment? do they feel safe? they feel safe in _ in the waters at the moment? do they feel safe? they feel safe in as - in the waters at the moment? do they feel safe? they feel safe in as much i feel safe? they feel safe in as much as they wouldn't fish if they didn't feel safe, but in terms of the rigour and resilience of their business, they have seen that socked away since brexit and certainly through covid and some of them are just hanging on. here w

it also sums —— comes off the back of environment secretary george eustice saying c02 prices would rise there needs to be a tighter regulation of what is happening here, on the domestic market we have the energy price cap which is partly why we've seen lots of the smaller domestic energy companies going bust in recent weeks but it is also why we as the consumer have been largely buffeted from what is happening on the wholesale market, the quadrupling of prices of wholesale gas, and what a lot of industries are saying, today is a day when in leaders from the steel industry and ceramics industry, paper industry are meeting with government and many are meeting with government and many are calling for a price cap for industry as well to help buffet them from what happens on the wholesale market. is there a way they can safeguard themselves from these macroeconomic international events to do with a spike in the wholesale price and to do with supply chain issues coming from all parts of the world? is there something in the street could do as well to protect themselves from events largely outs