leila nathoo has been to stevenage in hertfordshire to get reaction to the changes. as the top priority. and there's no gas in the building at all? no gas... kieron, who's been working on the project, is disappointed to hear the prime minister is now watering down green targets. the government needs to set the initiatives and enforce industry to follow along and if they don't, it doesn't happen. particularly if they flip—flop and aren't consistent all the way through would concern me. it's places like stevenage that are going to be the key battlegrounds come the next general election. rishi sunak�*s gamble is that changing tack on green policies will prove to be a vote winner. it would definitely influence the way i vote. at the moment, i'm not sure the government is doing enough. it is difficult at the moment. i think with the cost of living crisis... but someone of my age, i think you just have to accept it. what they're doing with the ulez stuff, doing more harm to the working class than anyone else. i think it's good that they're - giving us more time now but thi

now he's returned to his hometown of stevenage, to meet students who want to work in areas like scienceited natalie pirks along tojoin him. two days into a new school year and a racing legend turns up in your classroom. cheering it's been the star to a—levels for the teens of this college. lewis hamilton was back where it began in stevenage to meet students like patricia who taught him about extracting dna. ifeel patricia who taught him about extracting dna. i feel like patricia who taught him about extracting dna. ifeel like i will mess this up. he met george, who wants to be a formula i engineer. what team do you want to work for? mercedes. he came from the same city and he's _ mercedes. he came from the same city and he's got _ mercedes. he came from the same city and he's got this amazing life. it is great, — and he's got this amazing life. it is great, it— and he's got this amazing life. it is great, it makes me believe in myself— is great, it makes me believe in myself and _ is great, it makes me believe in myself and want to spread my wings. hamilton's_ myself and want to spread

upcoming elections, this is how the professor of political science at the university of california in stevenageexplains the situation. in fact, the ruling party law and justice has a very large circle of voters among farmers in small towns and rural regions in general, but on the other hand, it is not entirely clear how smart a move this is on the part of the right-wing justice party in the sense that it reveals their maps in a certain way, we should not forget that this party in poland has been in power since 2015 , it has distanced poland from democracy and brought it closer to putin's model , of course not in the way that putin did, but in fact this party in its ideology is somewhat close to putin's in comparison with ordinary european liberalism. this fact was not obvious during the last year and a half because the poles helped the ukrainians very much, poland accepted 8 million ukrainian refugees, of which a million people are there, if great britain accepted 16 million refugees proportionally, this is the same as what poland did, so the poles also accepted ukrainian refugees extremely den

natalie pirks, bbc news, stevenage.next few days will deteriorate further, particularly across parts of northern ireland, england and wales before approving again before the weekend. what some of you will have seen yesterday is saharan dust coming to their shores. the dust was lifted up in the sahara and transported to a sway up in the atmosphere on southerly winds. what happened is because we saw a few showers yesterday in parts of western england and wales, some of the dust was brought to the ground and gave deposits on the cars and property, as we saw. there could still be a little bit of that over the next couple of days as well. it has already been a record—breaking run of days above 30 degrees and more to come. we could get up to around seven days, believe it or not, of days above 30 degrees, in the uk by the time we finish the weekend. the day will be hot and mainly selling with high cloud around at the moment. that has been transported to us on a southerly wind due to high pressure in the use and low pressure in

five years ago, lewis hamilton used the word �*slums' when referring to his upbringing in stevenage.ime formula one world champion, as he met students who want to work in those stem subjects, of science, technology, engineering and maths. two days into a new school year and a racing legend turns up in your classroom. cheering. it's been the start to a—levels for the teens of this college. he came from the same city where we are in now and it's great, it makes me believe in myself a little bit more and makes me want to spread my wings. back in 2020, a report he commissioned about formula i is a structural and cultural racism problem. three years on he has seen change. i knew if i hadn't done this research, nothing will change. did i know it was me who would spark it and get it going? no. this season on the track, things haven't gone his way. red bull has won every race with hamilton's last win in december 2021. these past two years... whilst we haven't had success, it's been an amazing period of time and we pulled together. there was a suggestion this week from someone that you don't

now in the past, lewis hamilton has been openly critical about his home town — stevenage, but now thereat, it makes me believe in myself a little bit more and makes me want to spread my wings. back in 2020, a report he commissioned about formula 1 is a structural and cultural racism problem. three years on he has seen change. i knew if i hadn't done this research, nothing will change. did i know it was me who would spark it and get it going? no. this season on the track, things haven't gone his way. red bull has won every race with hamilton's last win in december 2021. these past two years... whilst we haven't had success, it's been an amazing period of time and we pulled together. there was a suggestion this week from someone that you don't have the hunger. there are people with very short... short minded, who made the comments, not knowing the work in the background. one thing i hope, and i never want to do, is when i one day stop and look back on the next generation, i want to encourage them, and let them know it is ok to make mistakes. i want to be an inspiration rather than showi

national rail says all lines between london king's cross and stevenage in hertfordshire are closed duenumber of incidents . flooding closed due to a number of incidents. flooding has closed due to a number of incidents . flooding has also incidents. flooding has also affected rail lines in burnham in buckinghamshire and between swansea and llandrindod in wales. heavy and thundery showers are expected to ease today. showers are expected to ease today . and five companies have today. and five companies have been hit with fines totalling £590,000 for making unwanted calls to elderly and vulnerable people. they were found to be pressuring them into buying insurance for household appliances like washing machines and fridges. the information commissioner's office has fined 16 companies almost £1.5 million since 2021 for similar calls . since 2021 for similar calls. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com. now it's back to andrew and . bev back to andrew and. bev >> good morning. thank you for joining us. it's 934 now. prime minister rishi sunak has de