i think national grid have to do systems. i think national grid have todoa systems.do a lot of work on this, and i'm glad to hear that 0fgem is on to theirs, not just because glad to hear that 0fgem is on to theirs, notjust because of the issue of compensation which is important, but to ensure this doesn't happen again. the two stations that went down, one was gas and the other wind turbines, given that it and the other wind turbines, given thatitis and the other wind turbines, given that it is almost in the nature of wind turbines that they cannot provide guaranteed constant power because of the wind comes and goes, does that not require the system to be even that bit more resilient? so that it be even that bit more resilient? so thatitis be even that bit more resilient? so that it is more likely with the mix of power we now have that these outages will happen, something has to kick in more effectively so that we don't have this level of disruption. my understanding is that what happened with the wind farm, one of the largest in the country, was not that the wind st

is it the national grid?erday for that many of them returning this morning to try to get trains out. it was very, very busy. eight, nine, ten o‘clock here just by me through that concourse. and now it is quite calm here and you go through just your average saturday here at king‘s cross station. thank you very much. spekaing to bbc breakfast, the director of operation for the national grid, duncan birt said there were many lessons to learn from this ‘rare and unusal event‘. we saw an incredibly rare event yesterday evening, the near simultaneous loss of two large power stations. the normal protection systems we have responded normally to try and manage that, but the loss was so large that we went into our secondary systems, and what they do is disconnect small amounts of electrical demand around the country in order to protect the rest of national demand. the power cuts last night made a sick could impact on people‘s evenings, they were related to those protection systems firing. how much of a shock to it was

particular the electric rail least able to cope with a loss of power of that level and though the national gridas a very random, not random but unusual event, nonetheless they designed the system is and why is it that the led to the national rail system collapsing? 0nce that the led to the national rail system collapsing? once the electricity is gone for 90 minutes getting anything running again is a massive job getting anything running again is a massivejob and getting anything running again is a massive job and that is a big set of questions. was still chairman of the national infrastructure commission i would be asking national grid bottom really serious evaluation of the design of their system so that when something like this happens which i think one can accept that sometimes two power stations do go down together, it does not lead to the whole country grinding to a halt. michael gove, the cabinet minister in charge of preparing for a possible no—deal brexit, says a support fund for british businesses will help firms to deal with any "bumps in the road". he spoke openly for the first time

is too early to say whether that was a factor yesterday but the national grid has been adding to its e demand side, industrial responses and companies that have self generation on side exporting to the grid at short notice make up the shortfalls. so it is designing systems that are designed to be able to cope with the increasing mix of renewables in the energy mix but obviously, we will need to see what the details of this drop—off was and why the grid was not able to make up the shortfall in the very limited amount of time it had available. remembering the actual power outage that lasted 15 minutes or so. i'm joined now via webcam from bristol by lawal brown. you are one of the passengers whose journey was heavily disrupted yesterday. thank you very much for talking to us. i would suspect that yesterday as a day you would rather forget so let's get it out of your system now. what was the journey you are hoping to ta ke what was the journey you are hoping to take yesterday afternoon? well, i had been working in stevenage and at the end of the day we wanted to come back to bristol so w

the energy watchdog demands an explanation from national grid after nearly one million people across england and wales lost power on friday. the electricity provider says it will learn lessons from the incident. an incredibly rare event, the simultaneous loss of two large power stations. the normal protection systems we have responded normally, but the loss was so large that we went into our secondary systems. that we went into our iam greg i am greg mckenzie at king's cross station, where services have now resumed to a normal saturday afternoon service, but much of the lines were affected across england and wales yesterday following that power outage. michael gove says there'll be a bail—out fund for businesses hit by brexit. the family of a 15—year—old girl missing in malaysia thank the search teams who are scouring the jungle for her. we are extremely impressed with the effort, your expertise, your dedication. and we hope you find nora. more than a million people are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. and following the death of the nobel prize winning aut

news, i'm lukwesa burak, the headlines at three: the energy watchdog demands an explanation from national grid after nearly one million people across england and wales lost power on friday. the electricity provider says it will learn lessons. what we saw was an exceptionally rare event that we have not seen since 2008, but we will be looking very ha rd since 2008, but we will be looking very hard at what happened to make sure we minimise disruption in the future. the us financierjeffrey epstein, whose acquaintances included president trump and prince andrew, is found dead in his prison cell in new york while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. wet and windy conditions cause disruption to travellers, with the west coast main line hit by flooding. michael gove says there'll be a bail—out fund for businesses hit by brexit. the family of a 15—year—old girl missing in malaysia thank the search teams who are scouring the jungle for her. we are extremely impressed with the effort, your expertise, your dedication. and we hope you find nora. more than a million people are evacuated from their ho

as a result of that, the frequency in the grids dropped, and national grid had to manage blackouts inall and ensure as many people as possible remained connected. first of all, what could cause one of these generators to power off, or to fall over, so to speak? it is not clear yet. it could be a localised issue, substation transformer on site, which something tripped, to cause it to come off line. so that's not clear yet. but obviously when it does become clear, and what we are talking about is something like 5% of supply, a relatively low amount becoming unavailable, the frequency drops. the frequency in the uk is normally around 50 hertz. it's dropped to 48 hertz or thereabouts, and that was too low. there are safety limits for the national grid infrastructure, and for electricity supply generally. sometimes wonder frequency drops you notice a dimming of the lights. that is what we call brownout, where frequencies drop, but still within acceptable norms. it's dropped further than that and asa it's dropped further than that and as a result the national grid had to respond by taking c

does the national grid have the equivalent of a back—up generator?e are a number of different schemes that allow for back—up supplies quickly so the national grid has capacity and it also has what we call demand—side response measures or sites that live for example industrial sites require people self generating electricity and supplying it to the great or reducing that at that point in time there is a number to manage frequency and supply that happens every day but i think the difference in this case is it's unconfirmed but i've seen a couple of reports suggesting it's the offshore farm off the coast of yorkshire and the gas turbine station and that the check north of london so these are fairly significant sources power supply to knock out in a relatively short space of time very close together. sometimes you can have blackouts as a result, this is easily the most significant blackouts we have seen in the uk for some years. we have got a statement from the national grid themselves confirming what you said is unexpected and unusual events, the loss o

shock was it to national grid that two power generators failed ?t two power generators failed? it is rare, but we are ready for it. the last time we saw a similar event was in 2008, and the progression of that event was very similar. we saw the system is working again and a number of points of electrical demand disconnected around the country. it has a huge impact on people, but our job is to operate the network 2a/7 as reliably as we can make sure that people have the power they need. but when we have a very rare event like this, that systems operate safely. you a jarjob is to operate a system as reliably as you can, it was the idea of two power generators failing in succession is one we are ready for. —— you say yourjob. that does not balance up with the chaos caused. read recognise a significant amount of disruption was caused around the country. people were stuck on trains for hours. it does not sound like you are ready to hold up not sound like you are ready to hold up yourend of not sound like you are ready to hold up your end of the bargain.

it's not only national grid facing questions.ooking into how some trains couldn't be turned back on without a technician. there are questions too about how a back—up generator at ipswich hospitalfailed. today's report is unlikely to provide comprehensive answers. a full report is due in september. well, the overriding question remaining is, put the scale of disruption have been avoided, however rare this event was? was it the necessary resilience in the system there? national grid's report could potentially mention the role of local distribution networks. it's theirjob to take power from the national grid to people'shomes, and theirjob to decide when the supply gets switched on or off at a local level, so there could be questions for them in the report that national grid is submitting. meanwhile, a government investigation is under way into what happened, and it will be looking at things including what could be done to prevent the impact being so severe on the public and public services if a future event like this happens again.

the national grid says issues with two generators caused the outage.ht, the regulator is demanding answers. uk growth falls for the first time in six and half years, but the chancellor says "the fundamentals of the economy remain strong." a church warden who tricking a man into changing his will, has been found guilty of his murder. we report from inside kashmir, as tensions rise between india and pakistan over the disputed territory. and it's a baptism of fire for newly promoted norwich, thrashed 4—1 at liverpool as the new premier league season gets under way. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, arsenal's mesut ozil and sead kolasinac will not play in their first match against newcastle because of security reasons. it follows an attempted carjacking last month. good evening. england and wales suffered a major power cut today, affecting homes, transport networks and hospitals. in all, nearlyi million households we re all, nearlyi million households were affected. the national grid says issues with two power generators caused the outage but the pro

we have received a statement from national grid., we experienced issues with two power grids. the issue is not resolved and the system has returned to normal. anyone continuing to experience a local issue should contact their local distribution network operator for assistance. as far as we network operator for assistance. as faras we are network operator for assistance. as far as we are hearing, from the national grid, the problem, the issue, has now been resolved. it might take some time for the system to catch up, and we will of course be watching this and we will have more on this from 7pm. in the meantime, it is sportsday. hello there. i'm holly hamilton. we're live from anfield for the start of the new premier league season. welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme: will manchester city's dominance continue? after last year's domestic treble, who — if anyone — can stop them? new season, new rules, including var — love it or hate it. the video assistant referee will be introduced to the premier league for the first time.

national grid could now face a fine of up to 10% of its annual turnover.that works fine, most of the time, but is exposed when the unexpected happens. you are a king's cross station where the disruption seems to be at an end but there are still plenty of questions surrounding what happened. yes, that's right and i think two words have come to the fore and they are resilience and impact. first the resilience of the national grid, when two power stations fail like this, ina when two power stations fail like this, in a world where increasingly we rely on renewables rather than co ntrolla ble we rely on renewables rather than controllable gas—fired or coal—fired power stations, how we cope with that at the second word is impact. the impact on the rail system was not just because of the impact on the rail system was notjust because of the the impact on the rail system was not just because of the failure the impact on the rail system was notjust because of the failure of power, it has transpired that it was down to a fleet of new trains specified by the departme

national grid could now face a fine of up to 10% of its annual turnover.derinvestment by successive governments is partly to blame, leaving the uk with a power network that works fine, most of the time, but is exposed when the unexpected happens. ben ando, bbc news. and travellers have been affected by further disruption, this time because of bad weather, after heavy rain and thunderstorms hit large parts of the uk. an overnight downpour caused flooding on parts of the west coast mainline, between carlisle and lockerbie, trapping passengers on five trains. heavy rain also affected parts of yorkshire. this footage was filmed in hauz, in the north of the county. and high winds brought down a tree in russell square, in central london, crushing a taxi. police had to close the road. tens of thousands of people in russia, have taken part in nationwide demonstrations, which organisers say were the biggest the country has seen in almost a decade. the protestors are demanding opposition candidates be allowed to take part in local elections. hundreds of people were

it's not only national grid facing questions.ician. there are questions to about how a backup at ipswich hospitalfailed. today's report is unlikely to provide compounds advances, a full report is due in september. —— comprehensive a nswe i’s. due in september. —— comprehensive answers. the overriding question that remains is could the scale of disruption have been avoided, however read this event was, was the necessary resilience in the system there? well, national grid's report could potentially mention the role of local distribution networks, it is theirjob to take power from the national grid to people's homes. it is theirjob to decide when the supply gets switched on or off at a local level. so there could be questions for them in the report the national grid is submitting. meanwhile a government investigation is now under way into what happened, and it will be looking at things including what could be done to prevent the impact being so severe on the public and public services if a future event like this happens again. the h

the national grid according to this have had problems before? experienced three near misses in as many months. so in three months, before friday, which left almost1 million homes and many people stranded, including myself is that i couldn't get back to leeds on friday night from king's cross. that will increase the scrutiny on the national grid, where there is a way is going to be an investigation on the app on friday. the national grid saying these are independent events that didn't necessarily... an u nfortu nate that didn't necessarily... an unfortunate accident. yes, but i think people are perhaps going to wa nt to think people are perhaps going to want to probe a bit deeper into that. the national grid at the time said they blamed the power cut on an incredibly rare issue. two is stations failed within a couple of minutes. incredibly rare but having it happen several times undermines the argument. political argument because jeremy corbyn the argument. political argument becausejeremy corbyn is talking about renationalisation of the grid. ij

the national grid said the problem was caused by two generators and has now been resolved. the fundamentals of the economy remains song. a churchwarden is found guilty of murdering an author he tricked into changing his will. now police say he drop a list of teacher targets. there is a cold, cult collating, devious man who took pleasure from inflicting both physical and mental torment on his victim. liverpool beach norwich city in the first premier league game of the season. and it's11:30 p.m., the season. and it's 11:30 p.m., another look the season. and it's11:30 p.m., another look at the paper is with our reviewersjohn stapleton, the forecaster and home of as editor of the evening standard, martin bentham. —— home affairs editor. —— broadcaster. good evening. england and wales have suffered a major power cut today affecting homes, transport networks and hospitals. in all, nearly a million households were of the dead. the national grid says issues with two power generators caused the outage however the problem has now been resolved. thousands of passengers were shut out s

national grid could now face a fine of up to 10% of its annual turnover.nvestment by successive governments is partly to blame, leaving the uk with a power network that works fine, most of the time, but is exposed when the unexpected happens. ben is at king's cross for us now. 0ne one of the worst hit stations. yes. i think this evening things are becoming back to normal as far as they can. i had a look a short time ago at the 18 departures scheduled from kings cross in the next hour, four have been cancelled. so the majority are running in the majority of people are able to complete their journey. but i think in the aftermath of what happened yesterday, there are two words that have come to the fore, one is resilience, the other is impact. when it comes to resilience, people asking why have two power stations 01’ asking why have two power stations or two power generators go down, what happened then? was the cut power to people to cut power to businesses and cut power to hospitals or to railways? what is clear is that when it using renewables, it is not al

national grid could now face a fine of up to 10% of its annual turnover.at years of underinvestment by successive governments is partly to blame, leaving the uk with a power network that works fine, most of the time, but is exposed when the unexpected happens. ben ando, bbc news. well meanwhile — there has been more disruption for travellers today after heavy rain and strong winds led to the temporary closure of the west coast mainline between england and scotland and the cancellation of several ferry services. alison freeman reports. dramatic scenes in london as the projected high winds hit the city. in russell square, falling trees ripped an iron fence from the ground and crushed a car. in rice slip in west london, the wind took another casualty, knocking out of own line. across the south and wales, the roads and railways were disrupted by fallen trees. the high winds also causing speed restrictions for trains and routes to be shut to high sided vehicles. the welsh coastline was battered like here, the strongest gust of wind 61 miles per hour was recorde

a major incident on the national grid courses a power cut affecting homes, trains and airports across england. a church warden who tortured a man, tricking him into changing his will, has been found guilty of his murder. here is a cold, calculating, devious man who took pleasure from inflicting both physical and mental torment on his victim. the family of a policeman who survived a "frenzied" machete attack say they're proud of his bravery. we have a special report from inside disputed kashmir as tension continues to rise between india and pakistan. these are people who have just come from a mosque after offering friday prayers, who have just from a mosque after offering friday prayers, who havejust gathered into a spontaneous protest. and a novel way to pass the time in church — taking a ride on a helter—skelter. and coming up on bbc news... joffre archer has been included in the england squad for the second ashes test against australia, but there is no place for moeen ali. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. for the first time in 6.5 years, the uk economy has shrunk. it

national grid say the problem has been resolved.ying the system has returned to normal but we're not entirely sure what the problem was. they say they were issues with two generators, do they mean power stations? they failed ? generators, do they mean power stations? they failed? what are they talking about? we are not clear on that. certainly while the system is returning to normal, things are not retu rna ble returning to normal, things are not returnable —— returning to normal for everybody up and down the country. this has been hugely disruptive, for lots of people, vertically travellers on the rail network, largely powered by electricity. lner trains are telling people not to turn up to king's cross, they are suggesting you wait and travel tomorrow if you can, they said tickets will be valid for tomorrow if they are dated today. other parts of the network are having problems, st pancras international, the midlands, southern trains, gatwick express services and handling services all having problems. on top of that, lots and lots

one key thing is they are looking at the amount of back—up power held by the national grid because thatlso looking at whether any of the parties involved in this, companies that run the wind farm, the power station, the distributors of the electricity, and the national grid, whether they breach their licence conditions, so down the line that has the potential for financial penalties. why did this because so much disruption? that was felt on the railways. this was largely due to a reaction that was largely due to a reaction that was unexpected to the disturbance, 30 change requiring engineers to go and restart them, and that caused the widespread chaos. the foreign office says it is extremely concerned about reports that a british consulate worker in hong kong has been detained at the crossing with mainland china. simon cheng, a trade and investment officer, is believed to have gone missing on the 8th of august while on a business trip. the british embassy in beijing is providing support to his family. the family of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran for

the national grid has until the end of today to submit a formal report. the best and worst connected cities outside london are revealed. good news for birmingham and manchester, not so positive for leicester or here in liverpool. i'll find out why. england have a battle on their hands to keep their ashes hopes alive, sliced and diced for 258 on the first day's play, as england's batsmen are left reeling at lord's. in a uk tv exclusive, brad pitt and leonardo dicaprio talk to charlie about hollywood, making it in the movies, and of course, hair styles. iam standing i am standing in the doorway with an outstanding, outstanding. good morning. it is another wet and windy day. the u nsettled another wet and windy day. the unsettled theme continues into the weekend. not as much rain, but still some blustery showers and some strong winds. i will have all your details throughout the morning. it is friday 16 august. our top story: seven teenagers, one as young as m, are being questioned after a 52—year—old man was stabbed to death with a screwdriver in newcastle.

so, should the national grid be more resilient?ant electricity when needed. simply, the incident could have been avoided. what we need is more back—up fast response power such as batteries, which operate in less than a second. if we had those, we wouldn't have seen an outage. as we go further forward with climate change and more renewables, these incidents will happen more and more. that's something the energy regulator will also be looking at as part of its investigation. it could fine the national grid or any of the other electricity companies involved, if they are found to be at fault. emma simpson, bbc news. throughout this week across bbc news, we're looking at the issues facing farmers in the uk, and brexit is, of course, a key one. the uk's farming unions have warned that leaving the eu without a deal would cause severe disruption to the industry. the minister responsible, george eustice, said the government would support the sector through what he called "short—term turbulence". gareth barlow reports. brexit has brought unc

so, should the national grid be more resilient?deliver instant electricity when needed. simply, the incident could have been avoided. what we need is more back—up fast—response power such as batteries, which operate in less than a second. if we had those, we wouldn't have seen an outage. as we go further forward through climate change and more renewables, these incidents will happen more and more. that's something the energy regulator will also be looking at as part of its investigation. it could fine the national grid or any of the other electricity companies involved, if they are found to be at fault. emma simpson, bbc news. long—awaited plans to upgrade the transpennine railway between manchester and york have been announced. the route will be part—electrified, stations rebuilt and tracks upgraded to create a 100 mile per hour railway, as spencer stokes reports. it's one of the busiest railways in the country and it shows. many services on this line are late and overcrowded so network rail is effectively starting from scratch, r

so, should the national grid be more resilient?by to deliver insta nt supply. it's on standby to deliver instant electricity when needed. simply the incident could have been avoided. what we need is more back—up, fast response power such as batteries which operate in less than a second. if we had those we wouldn't have seen an outage. as we go further forward with climate change, this will happen more and more. that's something the energy regulator will also be looking at is pa rt regulator will also be looking at is part of its investigation. it could fine the national grid or any of the other electricity companies involved if they are found to be at fault. emma simpson, bbc news. the time is 6:15. our top story this evening. a 20—year—old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of police officer andrew harper last week. and coming up: down on the farm in norway — a glimpse of what the future might hold for british farmers after brexit. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: twitter say they've suspended several accounts af

uk power networks say they believe it is because of a failure on the national grid failure.inconvenience this is causing... we have had reports of outages across north staffordshire. cheshire police have been tweeting. .. a staffordshire. cheshire police have been tweeting... a whole range of problems that are beginning to emerge from cuts on the national grid, on the power supply. causing all four subproblems around the country. we will continue to keep you informed and updated. 0ur country. we will continue to keep you informed and updated. our latest headlines. that is our top story. a power cut is affecting large areas of the country — it's thought to be due to a national grid failure. it is affecting trains, airports and traffic lights. a churchwarden found guilty of murdering an author he had tricked into changing his will. the chancellor says he doesn't expect the uk to slide into a recession — after the economy shrinks for the first time since 2012. and a look at the market numbers for you. this is how london and frankfurt ended the day, and the states, how the dow a

from the national grid perspective, it's challenging to manage these managed outages to local areas ande same level across the grid but you are absolutely right, we have to look at situations where critical infrastructure was obstructed, but we have to understand this was a very rare event that last happened 11 years ago. it isn't very common. but secondly, you mentioned hospitals for example, it's really important to those hospitals have resilience plans and back—up generation power stations that they do. we learned from last week, we need to make sure they work absolutely as planned so they work absolutely as planned so they can provide uninterrupted power services and secure power to critical infrastructure. obviously an opportunity for lots of different organisations to look at how they are supplied with power. my understanding is, if there is this shortfall of power then there is in the first place meant to be some sort of reserve that the grid can draw on. why do you think that didn't happen in this case? we are still waiting to find out the detail, but you are right in that there

the national grid says two generators failed which triggered an emergency response to limit access touters navigating clapham junction station in darkness. this evening's power cuts did not last long but the impact affected more than a million people. including thousands of train passengers across the country, some unable to board. i am going to hang around and see if they put the trains back on and fix the issue but if not, i'm going to have to find somewhere to stay tonight and get a train tomorrow. no—one has come over and spoken to me. no—one seems to know what is going on. if you go and ask for help, no—one really knows what is going on at all. while some were stuck on trains. i was on a train to edinburgh through to london, we stopped in the countryside for an hour and a half with no information. we were starting to conserve water but now they are sending us back to peterborough station where we are just going to have to be, i presume, dumped off. london kings cross is one of the country's busiest railway stations. passengers turned up this evening to find there were delays and

national grid says the power system where there was exceptional.xactly what happened and when. we already know what triggered the blackout. first the power station in bedfordshire developed a problem and disconnect itself from the grid. at the same time, a wind farm in the north sea went off—line. that created instability in the grid and triggered an automatic 5% cut in supplies. within seven minutes new sources of power have been brought in on the system is running normally again. across the country disruption lasted for hours. we want to know why the knock—on effects was so severe and by critical infrastructure such as railways and hospitals like this in ipswich lost power. normally the supplies are protected. some experts believe the growth of renewable energy sources has made the electricity grid mode difficult to manage. critics and lack of investment has left more vulnerable to serious value. today's orders on those that you provide complaints of answers. investigations including a separate government enquiry will take weeks. answers will eve

national grid said the issue was caused by the loss of two generators that connect to the gb transmissioncy of the electricity system and it had to disconnect part of the network. it said that by 6:30pm, all demand was restored by the distribution network operators, and the system was operating normally. by then the loss of power had affected drivers, too, with some traffic lights out. newcastle airport experienced power issues too, as did ipswich hospital, where the back—up generator failed. my mum got stuck in the scan lift, so we were looking at her ten feet off the ground, wondering how on earth she was going to get into the lift, because it wasn't working, or get down again, and it was quite a terrifying 20 minutes, wondering what is going to happen, are we going to have to get the emergency services? people whose friday evening journeys turned into a nightmare will be wondering how this could have happened. for the first time in 6.5 years, the uk economy has shrunk, falling in the 3 months tojune by 0.2 percent. the contraction in gdp, or the total value of goods and services made a

our headlines today: what went wrong with the national grid after a huge power blackout in england and wales? millions were left without elelctricity, and hundreds of travellers were stuck on trains into the early hours. the mother of a teenager who went missing on holiday in malaysia has thanked the emergency services and has made a fresh appeal for information. liverpool kick off the premier league season in style, as last year's runners—up thrash newly promoted norwich 4—1 at anfield. a number of outdoor events have already been cancelled because of bad weather — we'll be on the isle of wight where the annual sailing regatta has been suspended. add strong wind will be the main weather story, particularly across england and wales, 50 — six mrs powell wind, some disruption. thundery downpours elsewhere, join me for the full forecast later. it's saturday the 10th of august. our top story: the energy watchdog has demanded an urgent report from the national grid, after yesterday's massive power cut which affected nearly a million people in england and wales. ofgem has warned it could tak

so, should the national grid be more resilient? back—up, fast response power such as batteries which operate in less than a second. if we had those we wouldn‘t have seen an outage. as we go further forward with climate change, this will happen more and more. that‘s something the energy regulator will also be looking at as part of its investigation. it could fine the national grid or any of the other electricity companies involved if they are found to be at fault. well, let‘s speak now to the energy consultant, georgia elliott—smith, who joins us live from enfield in north london. we do not know the full story but based on that, what do you make of that? well, obviously as your report said, the fact that it was two stations that went out at the same time within seconds of another was really unprecedented event in fact, it has not happened for over a decade and less time it happened was in 2008 where a nuclear station and a power station both at interrupted and a half million people lost power so this was a much larger scale. the poi

the national grid claimed it as a very rare nationwide power cut, but if it happened three times...would want to depict and they need to tackle it. it's become political, hasn't it? there's been a consensus over the last 20 yea rs been a consensus over the last 20 years that there is a privatised utility and that was that and now labour are saying this is one of the things it would like to renationalise and anything like this is helpful to that argument. renationalise and anything like this is helpful to that argumentlj renationalise and anything like this is helpful to that argument. i think it would be to jeremy corbyn. i've noticed labour have been quiet this summer. ithink noticed labour have been quiet this summer. i think it is something where they could find a tagline. summer. i think it is something where they could find a taglinelj don't know whether nationalising it would make a great deal of difference but some of these statistics are quite scary. there's been a severe dip in the grid pulse pulse frequency in every month since may. someone has got to know about how to get

national grid says last week's power system failure was exceptional. provide more detail about exactly what happened, and when. we already know what triggered the blackouts. first, this power station in bedfordshire developed a problem and disconnected itself from the grid. at almost the same time, a wind farm in the north sea also went offline. that created instability in the grid, and triggered an automatic 5% cut in supplies. within seven minutes, new sources of power had been brought in, and the system was running normally again. but, across the country, disruption lasted for hours. 0fgem will want to know why the knock—on effects were so severe, and why critical infrastructure such as railways and hospitals like this one in ipswich lost power. normally, their supplies are protected. some experts believe the growth of renewable energy sources has made the electricity grid more difficult to manage, while critics say a lack of investment has left it more vulnerable to serious failures. today's report is unlikely to provide comprehensive answers. inve

our headlines today: what went wrong with the national grid after a huge power blackout in england and wales? millions were left without elelctricity and hundreds of travellers were stuck on trains into the early hours. the mother of a teenager who went missing on holiday in malaysia has thanked the emergency services and has made a fresh appealfor information. liverpool kick off the premier league season in style, as last year's runners—up thrash newly promoted norwich 4—1 at anfield. a number of outdoor events have already been cancelled because of bad weather. we'll be on the isle of wight where the annual sailing regatta has been suspended. gusts of wind, maybe 50 or 60 miles an hour, could cause disruption gci’oss an hour, could cause disruption across england and wales. with lively and thundery downpours elsewhere, you will want to join lively and thundery downpours elsewhere, you will want tojoin me for the full cup —— full forecast here on breakfast. it's saturday, the 10th of august. our top story: the energy watchdog has demanded an urgent report from national grid, after yes

the headlines: national grid says it will learn lessons after nearlyi million people across england andes lost power on friday. what we saw yesterday evening was an exceptionally rare event, one that we haven't seen since 2008, but we will of course be looking very hard at what happened to make sure we minimise disruption in future. michael gove says there'll be a bailout fund for businesses hit by brexit. real pay for millions of lower and middle—income earners is lower than it was a decade ago, says the tuc. the mother of missing teenager nora quoirin thanks search teams scouring the malaysian jungle for her. more than a million people are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. now on bbc news, in a series of documentaries, we will explore how best we can protect our precious planet, exploring sustainable solutions around the globe, and meeting the people at the forefront of driving change. how can we best protect our precious planet? climate change and pollution are taking their toll. that much is now scientifically evident. but for all the uncomfortable truth,

national grid says it will learn lessons after nearly! an exceptionally rare event, one that we have not seen since 2008 but we will of course be looking very hard at what happened to make sure that we minimise disruption in future. iamat we minimise disruption in future. i am at king's cross station, one of the worst affected by yesterday's power cut. today, the trains are now running a normal service albeit it is the inbound trains where passengers have reported delays of up passengers have reported delays of up to three hours to reach the capital this morning. michael gove says there'll be a bail—out fund for businesses hit by brexit. real pay for millions of lower and middle income earners is lower

the headlines: the energy watchdog demands an explanation from national grid after nearly one million people across england and wales lost power on friday — the electricity provider says it will learn lessons from the incident. what we saw yesterday evening was an exceptionally rare event, one we have not seen since 2008, but we will be looking very hard at what happened to make sure that we minimise disruption in future. us media reports suggest that financierjeffrey epstein has been found dead in his prison cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. michael gove says there'll be a bail—out fund for businesses hit by brexit. the family of a 15—year—old girl missing in malaysia thank the search teams who are scouring the jungle for her. more than a million people are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. now on bbc news, the acclaimed african—american writer toni morrison died this week at the age of 88. in 2014, razia iqbal interviewed her at the hay festival in a special edition of talking books. i'm razia iqbal, and i'm at hay festival for a specia

the national grid said the blackout was the result of an "extremely rare and unexpected" event.vestigation into the power cuts which left thousands of rail passengers stranded and a hospital temporarily without power. according to a report. earlier this morning, bbc breakfast‘s business presenter steph mcgovern explained the issues the national grid faced on the day. so they want all the power to be going out at 50 hertz frequency, but because of this power drop it meant it fell below that stable 50 hertz. this then kicks off a safety system and national grid which then means more supply is brought into try to get the frequency back up to 50. what happened was they did not have enough, there was not enough back—up to get that back up to 50. if the frequency is not at 50, it triggers power outages in order to protect the whole network, meaning that by cutting off the houses, the hospital, the airport and things, it meant there was not an even bigger power outage by the whole thing, so various safety elements were triggered, but the problem was it was not enough to bring everythin

there's a report into the recent blackout that struck much of southern england by the national grid, losses at hornsey and little barford, caused losses at hornsey and little ba rford, caused by losses at hornsey and little barford, caused by lightning strikes and an unfortunate series of events according to the national grid perspective on all of this. and some detailfrom perspective on all of this. and some detail from that report author who says that this is the kind of thing that happens every ten years or so. stay with us, you are watching business live. you're watching business live. our top story: a crucial day for italy's prime minister, who will address parliament later today and could face a vote of no—confidence. now let's talk about plastic. it's everywhere and can be useful and convenient, but it's also a massive pollution problem, especially in our oceans. over the years there's been a worldwide efforts to get rid of the material in every corner of our lives. well now, the fight against plastics has moved to the kitchen. and it's proving to be a tough challenge, especia

demands to know why nearly one million people across england and wales lost power yesterday — national gridwill ‘learn lessons‘. what we saw yesterday evening was an exceptionally rare event, one we have not seen since 2008, but we will be looking very hard at what happened to make sure that we minimise disruption in future. the us financier jeffrey epstein — whose acqauintances included president trump and prince andrew — is found dead in his prison cell in new york while awaiting trial on child sex—trafficking charges. michael gove says there'll be a bail—out fund for businesses hit by brexit. wet and windy conditions cause disruption to travellers, with the west coast mainline hit by flooding. the family of a 15—year—old girl missing in malaysia thank the search teams who are scouring the jungle for her. more than a million people are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, shutting down the net. speeding up border checks. and completing the circle of life. oh, everyone, calm down. we're here. the back—up has arrived!