therese coffey, thank you. that interview. coffey, thank you.l legal target was over 100%— 2027, the original legal target was over 100% of our rivers would be in good _ over 100% of our rivers would be in good ecological status. we now know it is going _ good ecological status. we now know it is going to be six. what you are looking _ it is going to be six. what you are looking at— it is going to be six. what you are looking at is — it is going to be six. what you are looking at is actually three decades of a failure — looking at is actually three decades of a failure of political oversight, a failure — of a failure of political oversight, a failure of— of a failure of political oversight, a failure of regulation, and three decades— a failure of regulation, and three decades of water companies gaining the system for the benefit. given where we are, do you accept it isn't easy? tt given where we are, do you accept it isn't eas ? . given where we are, do you accept it isn't eas ? , ., ~ , isn't easy? itjust takes determination - isn't easy? itjus

the environment secretary, therese coffey, will next week bring together experts to try to define thehere's simonjones. another attack, another death. ian price was set upon by two dogs believed to be american xl bullies near walsall on thursday. the department for environment, food and rural affairs, which oversees the dangerous dogs act, will, in the coming days bring together the police, veterinary experts and animal welfare groups to discuss. a ban is backed by one mother whose daughter was bitten by a suspected xl bully. it's so sad that that man has sadly lost his life to the xl bullies. it is... it's just it's really devastating that this is actually happening in our... on our streets. i've been trying to get the ban put in place since luna's attack. this attack last week was caught on camera in birmingham. the american xl bully has been responsible for more than a fifth of all reported non—fatal attacks since the start of the year. the government admits stopping people owning, breeding or selling them won't be a simple process as it isn't currently a recognised breed in the uk

the environment secretary, therese coffey, will next week bring together experts to try to define thejones. another attack, another death. ian price was set upon by two dogs believed to be american expeued dogs believed to be american expelled bullies near warsaw on thursday and department for environment, food and rural affairs which oversees the dangerous dogs act will in the coming days we together the police, battery and animal groups to discuss the ban, backed by one mother whose daughter was bitten by a suspected bully xl.- daughter was bitten by a suspected bully xl. that is so sad that the _ suspected bully xl. that is so sad that the man _ suspected bully xl. that is so sad that the man lost - suspected bully xl. that is so sad that the man lost his - suspected bully xl. that is so sad that the man lost his life | sad that the man lost his life to the bully. it is devastating that this is happening on our streets. i've been trying to get the ban in place. the attack last _ get the ban in place. the attack last week - get the ban in place. the attack last week was - get the ba

environment secretary therese coffey announced the ban injanuary.heir trading standards teams. but, local authorities are concerned that not enough businesses or individuals are aware of these changes. police say cannabis farms are driving a major increase in cases of electricity theft in england and wales. electricity thefts are where meters are tampered with or bypassed to avoid paying for energy. thefts have grown by more than 75% since 2012. the rising cost of living is also being blamed for the problem. you're live with bbc news. members of the spanish parliament will on friday vote for a second time on whether to appoint popular party leader alberto nunez feijoo as prime minister. feijoo failed to obtain enough support on wednesday to form a government. the popular party won the most votes injuly�*s national election, but fell short of a majority, and has struggled to attract sufficient coalition partners. mr feijoo is also expected to lose friday's vote. if that happens, spain's sitting prime minister, the socialist pedro sanchez, would then

environment secretary therese coffey announced the ban injanuary.. but, local authorities are concerned that not enough businesses or individuals are aware of these changes — as nick garnett has been finding out. polystyrene and plastic, the packaging of choice for the high street. from next week, you won't be able to eat with one of these or eat out of some of these type of packages. it's very confusing, though, for shopkeepers. some of them didn't even know about the ban until we came in and told them about it. i don't know how much we have, a lot. to be honest with you, i don't hear anything about it. that's the first time, you guys come in and you're saying something new for me, i don't have anything before. across the road, jalal�*s bought up to two weeks supply of polystyrene boxes and says the wholesalers are still full of the soon to be banned packaging. i have been to the warehouse yesterday. they have everything like what i have, fork and a box, they have it, still they have it. so what has changed? for consumers buying ready to eat food,

to support the british food and farming industry by buying british food and farming secretary therese coffeyinesses. >> let's go to our national reporter, ellie costello . the reporter, ellie costello. the last time we saw her was on a tractor. oh, she's off. have you have you have you been doing much work or just tooting? ellie like you were last time ? like you were last time? >> well, yeah . >> well, yeah. >> well, yeah. >> well, yeah. >> well, all i actually managed to do was toot the horn. they didn't trust me to plough the field behind me. i did ask, though, mark. did set that though, mark. i did set that challenge, didn't challenge, but they didn't trust me don't them. i me and i don't blame them. so i am childerditch today, am in childerditch farms today, which is 1600 acres in essex . which is 1600 acres in essex. and let me show you what they make because it's oat barley and wheat. we've got a big bucket of it here. so at the breakfast table in great britain, if you're tucking into your cereal and your bread, or perhaps you're making bread with flour, this is what you'll be using.

therese coffey you said you wouldn't weaken environmental protections, and yet that's just what you'reoing. you lie and you lie and you lie . lie again. you lie and you lie. lie again. now that literally reads like keir starmer has taken over their social media accounts . in their social media accounts. in my view, it's very intense brit language for a charity that's there to protect sparrows , there to protect sparrows, finches and hummingbirds. in my view, they've made a blue tit of themselves. now, it's not unusual for a campaigning charity to be critical of government policy, but this highly personal attack on individual isles demonstrates how partisan the charity sector is becoming . with a political is becoming. with a political post on social media demonising the prime minister and two of his cabinet colleagues, the message is clear these concerns of politicians are bad people on their twitter account, the rspb described themselves as nature's voice . but this controversial voice. but this controversial post suggests they're more like labour's voice or the lib dems or the greens

therese coffey you said you wouldn't weaken environmental protections, and yet that's just what you'reoing. you lie and you lie and you lie . lie again. you lie and you lie. lie again. now that literally reads like keir starmer has taken over their social media accounts . in their social media accounts. in my view, it's very intense brit language for a charity that's there to protect sparrows , there to protect sparrows, finches and hummingbirds. in my view, they've made a blue tit of themselves. now, it's not unusual for a campaigning charity to be critical of government policy, but this highly personal attack on individual isles demonstrates how partisan the charity sector is becoming . with a political is becoming. with a political post on social media demonising the prime minister and two of his cabinet colleagues, the message is clear these concerns of politicians are bad people on their twitter account, the rspb described themselves as nature's voice . but this controversial voice. but this controversial post suggests they're more like labour's voice or the lib dems or the greens

what was therese coffey? god knows what else. and she's an what else. and now she's an environment, know, and they environment, you know, and they have suddenly be the have to suddenly be leading the country this . and whereas country on this. and whereas somebody actually local somebody who actually local councils i used to remember, you know, you when you was a know, when you when you was a young reporter looking at who represented at local represented people at local councils what was their councils and what was their expertise except expertise in brief except they shouted than most shouted louder than than most other confident. other people very confident. >> thing say >> the only thing i would say here i sometimes the here is i think sometimes the rhetoric how we talk rhetoric around how we talk about how politicians be about how politicians can be dangerous. you think about jo dangerous. if you think about jo cox sir david emerson cox and sir david emerson southend, i think there is a lack of respect in

special programme from langstone harbour in hampshire. jon spoke to the environment secretary therese coffeythree quarters of all the measures in order to try and achieve good status is being achieved. that's a substantial increase from where we were and the way that the regulations work you have 20 different factors. if one of them fails, everything fails. well, we've since learned that while we were live at langstone harbour — there was another case of sewage pollution unfolding less than a0 miles away in lyndhurst. tristan pascoe has more. the picturesque late summer scene of a babbling brook feeding the beauly river. but a month ago it was very different. this is raw sewage, hundreds of thousands of litres from the burst sewer main nearby cascading into the beauly river, flooding the entrance to new forest golf club. it was really unpleasant and it actually went on for quite a few days with the lorries and things and it was quite unpleasant here. the videos, which i took myself, shows a significant amount of murky brown water here. what the pictures don't tell you is the unpleasant smell