Harry a year ago. Kane will lead the line against harry kane will lead the line against the german champions tonight. The enviroment and the economy. Well go to the heart of the action in westminster in a moment, but im here in plymouth this evening as we look to report from different parts of the uk. On the stories that affect us all. In the last hour, the Prime Minister has confirmed the news but still insists he can achieve the uks commitment to reach net zero by 2050, which means by then the uk would no long be adding to the total amount of Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere. So these are the key announcements. He says therell be a delay on the Electric Vehicle Target the sale of new petrol and diesel cars wont be banned until 2035 instead of 2030. There will be a delay on the ban on new oil boilers until 2035. The Prime Minister says he will remain committed to the target of net zero by 2050 but wants to take a pragmatic approach. In a moment, well hear from our economics editor, faisal islam, here in plymouth on the business reaction to these changes but first to our political editor, chris mason, whos in westminster. This time last night, here on the bbc news at six, we brought you the news first of what the government was thinking of doing and it provoked chaos within government, a flurry all around westminster and the Prime Minister forced to yank forward his speech about what he intended to do. But this was a speech today, yes, about climate and about targets and promises, but also about targets and promises, but also a bigger vision. About targets and promises, but also a biggervision. Rishi sunak claiming he was clearing up the mess, that was the essence of what he was saying, over decisions made by previous conservative governments, not least boris johnson, and setting out, if you like, his political creed, what drives him, in the first of a series of speeches which he hopes can shift the dial politically as he attempts to ensure he can be competitive in the general election. How we get about, how we live our lives, and the government in a flurry about it. So all eyes on downing street, the Prime Ministers ideas having leaked, his planned speech and rushed forward. Let me net speech and rushed forward. Let me get straight speech and rushed forward. Let me get straight to speech and rushed forward. Let me get straight to it. Speech and rushed forward. Let me get straight to it. I speech and rushed forward. Let me get straight to it. I know speech and rushed forward. Let me get straight to it. I know people speech and rushed forward. Let me get straight to it. I know people in l get straight to it. I know people in our country are frustrated with our politics, i know they feel much gets promised but not enough gets delivered. I know they watch the news or read the papers and wonder why, in the face of the facts as they have them, choices are made as they have them, choices are made as they are. He they have them, choices are made as the are. , they are. He said various green promises they are. He said various green promises were they are. He said various green promises were unrealistic, they are. He said various green | promises were unrealistic, even counter productive, including this one. I counterproductive, including this one. , counterproductive, including this one. ,. , counterproductive, including this one. ,. ,. ,. ,. , one. I am announcing today that we are auoin one. I am announcing today that we are going to one. I am announcing today that we are going to ease one. I am announcing today that we are going to ease the one. I am announcing today that we are going to ease the transition one. I am announcing today that we are going to ease the transition to l are going to ease the transition to electric vehicles. You will still be able to buy petrol and diesel cars and vans until 2035 and even after that, you will still be able to buy and sell them second hand. Here that, you will still be able to buy and sell them secondhand. Here is his case for and sell them secondhand. Here is his case for doing and sell them secondhand. Here is his case for doing this and sell them secondhand. Here is his case for doing this and and sell them secondhand. Here is his case for doing this and more. I his case for doing this and more. The test should be, do we have the fairest credible path to reach zero by 2050, in a way that brings people with us . Since i have become Prime Minister, i have examined our plans and i dont think they meet that test. We seem to have defaulted to an approach which will impose unacceptable costs on hard pressed british families, costs that no one was ever really told about. The erson was ever really told about. The Person Behind was ever really told about. The Person Behind a was ever really told about. The Person Behind a lot of the stuff being diluted today was boris johnson, and he is not happy. In a statement he said. And the reaction of some in business. Noisy. Some in the motor industry, there is fury. Ford said. The view of the industry is we are on track for ending fossil fuel vehicles, not forturning on track for ending fossil fuel vehicles, not for turning back and the uk should be leaving it both as a market and as a manufacturer. Should be leading it. A market and as a manufacturer. Should be leading it. Should be leading it. Easing off on the phasing should be leading it. Easing off on the phasing out should be leading it. Easing off on the phasing out of should be leading it. Easing off on the phasing out of gas should be leading it. Easing off on the phasing Out Of Gas Boiler should be leading it. Easing off on the phasing Out Of Gas Boiler is. Should be leading it. Easing off on the phasing Out Of Gas Boiler is to| the phasing Out Of Gas Boiler is to be replaced by heat pumps has prompted a blast of cold air from the Energy Company eon told us. Number 10 will have known this would divide the Conservative Party and it has. I divide the Conservative Party and it has. ,. Has. I am much more concerned about affordability has. I am much more concerned about affordability in has. I am much more concerned about affordability in a has. I am much more concerned about affordability in a cost has. I am much more concerned about affordability in a cost of has. I am much more concerned about affordability in a Cost Of Living affordability in a Cost Of Living rises with inflation still above 6 and doing things that make peoples lives harder and these targets we are going to put costs on the british taxpayer and im against that. ,. ,. British taxpayer and im against that. ,. , , that. There is no significant body in callin that. There is no significant body in calling us that. There is no significant body in calling us to that. There is no significant body in calling us to reverse that. There is no significant body in calling us to reverse our in calling us to reverse our ambition in calling us to reverse our ambition on this agenda and it risks leaving ambition on this agenda and it risks leaving the ambition on this agenda and it risks leaving the Conservative Party and the government on the wrong side of history the government on the wrong side of histo. �. , the government on the wrong side of histo. History. Boris johnson says you are falterin , history. Boris johnson says you are faltering, businesses history. Boris johnson says you are faltering, businesses say history. Boris johnson says you are faltering, businesses say you history. Boris johnson says you are faltering, businesses say you have| faltering, businesses say you have robbed them of certainty and one of yourformer robbed them of certainty and one of your former cabinet colleagues suggested this risks putting you on the wrong side of history. Is this or because you are panicking about losing the election . By, or because you are panicking about losing the election . Abs. Lat or because you are panicking about losing the election . Or because you are panicking about losing the election . A lot of people i auoin to losing the election . A lot of people i going to have losing the election . A lot of people i going to have their losing the election . A lot of people i going to have their views losing the election . A lot of people i going to have their views and losing the election . A lot of people i going to have their views and i i going to have their views and i respect their right to disagree with me but ultimately it is incumbent on them to then explain to families up and down the country why, if they disagree with me, they are willing to impose those costs. £10,000, £15,000 on those families up and down the country why, if they disagree with me, they are willing to impose those costs. £10,000, £15,000 on those families, in pursuit our Carbon Targets without it, a question for them because i think my approach is the right one. What we can rishi sunak as an to today, what we can rishi sunak as an to today, put what we can rishi sunak as an to today, put into it by liz truss and other today, put into it by liz truss and other right wing tory mps, is undermine a crucial bit of our economy undermine a crucial bit of our economy. Undermine a crucial bit of our growth economy. Undermine a crucial bit of our Growth Strategy in this country. We should our Growth Strategy in this country. We should be taking advantage of the transition we should be taking advantage of the transition to electric vehicles. Fury transition to electric vehicles. Fury and transition to electric vehicles. Fury and praise, grabbing attention, seizing the agenda is what this is all about, and, seizing the agenda is what this is allabout, and, boy, it has certainly done that. Is the big question now, will it be popular . Chris mason, bbc news, At Westminster. Our economics editor, faisal islam, is here. Youve been speaking to businesses today here in plymouth and around the country. Whats their reaction to the changes to the net zero targets . As critics touched on, the business backlash against this policy when the bbc news revealed it last night was remarkable because they had not heard the full policy and they had not heard the full policy and theyre normally a lot more diplomatic about government policy, some suggesting that maybe anticipation the government might change in the next couple of years is feeding into that, but i also think that many in business, having invested billions on the assumption of a certain pathway to net zero, are questioning if we have put those investments in the right place. They also quibble with the actual idea that this eventually saves money. They point out that ten, 15 years ago, when the conservative government under David Cameron rowed back on some net zero policies, we cut back on subsidies for insulation and had they been in place we would have saved a lot more money on our subsidies in the Energy Crisis which ended up eating the air outside peoples homes. On the car industry specifically, not all that industry speaks with the same voice, some were worried about the effective impact of the policy would be to subsidise cheap input on electric cords from the likes ofjohn and others are saying, hang on, our entire investment plan, from batteries to factories, depends on people buying these cars and there was no less of an incentive to buy them at the Bigger Picture here is this, that the burden reaching zero, that has often been left to businesses and it was always going to require consumers to do more. And another big story, that unexpected small fall in inflation to 6. 7 last month. A slight fault but one that surprised a lot of people . Surprise the market surprised a lot of people . Surprise the market and surprised a lot of people . Surprise the market and the surprised a lot of people . Surprise the market and the chancellor surprised a lot of people . Surprise the market and the chancellor and| the market and the chancellor and the market and the chancellor and the Bank Of England and all the main measures of inflation are now going in the right direction. Inflation is still high and painfulfor in the right direction. Inflation is still high and painful for people around the country and here in plymouth but some glimmers of light. Morning the price of fish has been rising for two years. The latest figures show it is up 7 on last year, but it was closer to three times that at the beginning of 2023. For Plymouth Fishing Fleet owner ben, the cost of doing business remains sky high. We are all feeling it, arent we . You know, the employees and the general public, and on the trawlers, you know, there is only so far you can go with the fuel going up. You know, its very difficult and if it keeps going up, there is a strong chance that the uk fleet, some of the fishing boats, a lot of them, will get tied up. While these costs are passed on to all of us, at home and in restaurants, on the Royal William Dock Front at least they say they can see a Turning Point after three years of inflationary shocks. And what about food prices . They were going up very rapidly. Have they sort of levelled off now . Yeah, they are. I think, again, we try and purchase everything fresh. They are starting to kind of naturally level out and plateau, hopefully. I think there has to be a point where they need to be capped. Todays figures showed the rate of overall price rises, or inflation, easing to 6. 7 , better than expectations of a rise. It is still the highest of the major economies. Crucially, though, underlying measures of inflation, core inflation, which strips out food and energy, fell back significantly after being stubbornly high for months. Along the coast on the other side of plymouth, imports of petrol and diesel arrive and the tankers line up to fill up for delivery to stations across the region. Inflation literally passes through these pipes as prices head back up again. Over three years, we have had a relentless series of Global Inflationary shocks arriving on our shores and then that Inflation Hanging round the british economy longer than it has done for other, similar economies. Well, todays numbers seem to show the first signs of us shaking off that record, but other dangers lurk. The black clouds from the petrol and diesel markets, for example, which remain, as we retain our reliance on those fuels for our transport. The chancellor welcomed the figures as progress, but households and businesses such as this microbrewery say they are not Out Of The Woods yet. We have to be very, very diligent about which suppliers we use for which products, who is offering the best price of the day, and we do kind of split who we order our goods from, just based on who is offering it at what rate. The inflationary waves are still rough, but they have calmed enough for the likes of the Bank Of England to ponder a pause in the rise in interest rates. Faisal islam, bbc news, in plymouth. A metropolitan Police Officer is be charged with the murder of a 24 year Old Black Man who was shot in south london last year. Chris kaba died when he was hit by a bullet that went through the windscreen of the car he was driving. The Police Officer, who is due in court tomorrow, has not been named. Greg mckenzie reports. Almost exactly a year ago, chris kaba was shot dead by a metropolitan Police Officer in south london. He was 2a years old, just months away from becoming a father. His death sparked a number of protests. The audi car mr kaba was driving was not his vehicle. It had been flagged by a Police Automatic Number Plate Recognition camera as being linked to an incident the previous day. He was shot in the head. The 24 year old was unarmed. The independent office for Police Conduct investigated the shooting and handed their evidence file to the Crown Prosecution Service. The family of mr kaba spoke to the bbc earlier this month. What about us . When do i have to do the proper mourning for chris . Its very disappointing. Very. Today, the Crown Prosecution Service has authorised a charge of murder against the officer who fired the gun. In a statement, the Deputy Assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police said todays announcement is a significant and serious development. The officer involved in the shooting will formally be charged tomorrow and will then appear At Westminster magistrates� court. Greg mckenzie, bbc news. For the first time in the history of the nhs, both consultants and Junior Doctors in england are on strike today in their dispute over pay. The walk out, by members of the british medical association, means Emergency Care will be provided but therell be Skeleton Levels of staffing elsewhere. The nhs has said it is having to pay millions of pounds to plug gaps in staffing caused by the strikes and theres No End In Sight to this dispute. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. A e on a double strike day. The same number of patients as usual but not so many doctors. They say Emergency Care is safely maintained but fewer medics elsewhere in the hospital causes bottlenecks. Our patients here in the department will have to wait longer to flow through the department to get into a bed. As a result, we may have delays in off loading ambulances and because ambulances cant off load, then they cant go out into the public and help other people. At the same time, we have more pressure in the department to see the patients who are backlogging in here. My role is to make sure that we are creating the right conditions. The Chief Executive told me just how many patients had been affected by all the strikes so far. Around 6,000 patients who weve had to cancel and re provide their booking for either outpatients or for some form of treatment and that has a really significant cumulative effect. This organisation has good teamwork and goodwill from our clinicians but clearly that is put under ongoing strain the longer the industrial action continues. This double walk out is for 2h hours. Next time, in early october, it will be for 72. This hospital and many others are facing mounting costs because when Junior Doctors are on strike but consultants are working, the senior doctors are asked to do extra shifts to cover the strikers and the cost about art far than the savings made by not paying out wages to those who are on strike one hospital, University Hospitals plymouth, had to pay out £3000 for a single overnight 12. 5 hour shift to be covered. The time isjust the time is just after 6. 15. A reminder of our main story this evening. A ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the uk is being delayed until 2035, as the Prime Minister says he is softening his approach to green policies. And coming up, as large parts of england and wales are hit by high winds and heavy rain, we find out what happened to 96 year old betty, whose house was flooded at the weekend. And at 6 30pm, a look at Ken Livingstones contribution to london politics as his family reveal the 78 year old coming up on sportsday. Many members of the spain squad have called off their strike after assurances that changes would be made. Of its members who have been banned or expelled from the sport. The Governing Body had made the pledge to publish the names as part of an action plan to make gymnasts safer, after an independent review found systemic abuse within the sport. Natalie pirks reports. From grassroots to the very top, years of heartbreaking testimony forced british gymnastics to confront a coach led culture of fear, but todays promised list of those banned from the sport was far from what campaigners were hoping for. It is beyond disappointing. It is an absolute indictment against a failed organisation who are struggling to tackle the immense task of reforming the Coaching Culture of their sport. The list is by no means exhaustive. 62 names all but one of them coaches with little detail given for the bans and expulsions, beyond the majority having criminal convictions. Those members currently only suspended and being investigated do not feature. The barrister behind the report, which revealed systemic abuse in gymnastics last year, told us she is surprised by the list� s lack of detail. Whilst any increase in transparency is to be welcomed, when you compare that scant level of information with the Information Available on the websites of many other governing bodies, then i suspect the community will consider that, so far, the information is not enough to inform the community that complaints are being quickly and adequately managed. Nicole pavier was the first gymnast to speak to the bbc, back in 2020. She said that daily weighing as a child made her bulimic. Her coach, who denied the allegations, was suspended but is not on the list. She says british gymnastics needs to speed up the processes for whistle blowers. They need to get investigations completed and really make it possible for people to speak up and feel supported in doing that. It is a lot for someone to take on, to bring up all of that trauma all over again, and actually, sometimes it is a lot easier just to walk away. British gymnastics says nothing is more important to them than the safety and well being of those in the sport. It says this list is merely the first step on the long road to reform. Natalie pirks, bbc news. Ajudge in edinburgh has retired to consider whether the uk government had the authority to block a law passed by the scottish parliament, that would have made it easier for people in scotland to change their legal sex. In a two day hearing, the Scottish Government argued the unprecedented decision was unlawful and politically motivated. The uk government insisted it had used its veto power lawfully, to avoid an adverse impact on the operation of british equalities law. King charles and Queen Camilla have arrived in paris today at the start of their three day state visit. They were met at the Arc De Triomphe by the french president and his wife. Tonight, the king is due to make a speech much of it in french as our Royal Correspondent Daniella Relph reports. God save the king plays six months later than planned, the king and queen made it to paris. At the Arc De Triomphe, a full ceremonial welcome, lead by the president. There were reminders of shared sacrifice at the tomb of the unknown soldier. As they met invited guests, what binds the uk and france together will be the focus of this trip. Post brexit, the relationship has bumpy, even hostile. But it was a show of friendship from the king and the president , as they shared a sun roof down the champs elysees, much of which had been close to the public for security reasons. State visits are about strengthening future relationships, finding common ground. But on this trip, there is a touch of nostalgia, too. The queen speaks in french. During her reign, the late queen made five state visits to france. Her son will walk in her footsteps this week, revisiting some of the same places. But right from the start, the message of this visit was clear, even the fly past was a joint enterprise the French Air Force and the red arrows flying together, for a trip where shared experiences will be the focus. Daniella relph, bbc news, paris. Heavy rain and high winds have again been battering large parts of england and wales, with yellow Weather Warnings in place for much of the day. It comes after flash foods swept through parts of South West England earlier this week. You may remember on monday, we spoke to 95 year old betty, after mud flooded the ground floor of her home in haberton here in devon. Well, our Reporterjanine Janson has been to see how shes getting on. I was so i frightened, frightened to death. I didnt really think that i was going to get out alive. Betty will never forget the terrifying moment she got trapped upstairs, in the middle of the thunderstorm. And there was somebody outside and he saw me with my torch, hanging out the window and i was saying, i cant get out, i cant get out so he broke in. More than 50 villagers pitched in with their shovels to help clear the mud. Its people that mean more to me than the damage thats been done to my house. Itll be months before betty can move back in and today, shes going to a respite home. Im so sad to be leaving haberton and that is. The worst part of it all, is leaving haberton. But youll be back . I hope so. We can all overcome it. I can buy new furniture, but they cant buy another me. Betty finishing that report. I need to correct something on a piece we ran on monday about pubs closing. We said the green tree in North Yorkshire had closed for good but we are glad to say that after being closed for extensive renovations, it is in fact reopening for business in october. Our next story tonight is about Plastic Pollution in the sea. Marine biologists here at the University Of Plymouth have spent the past 20 years trying to identify the source of microplastics the tiny particles found on land and sea. Its long been known that many come from plastic bottles and bags, cosmetics, even clothing fibres. But the team has identified another kind of microplastic polluting these waters, and it has surprised them. Millions of vehicles use our roads in britain. Every time their wheels turn, the tyres leave something behind. Tiny particles of rubber. Now, marine biologists are trying to find outjust how many of them are ending up in the sea. Im holding a bag, about four kilograms of tiny bits of rubber. These are the particles generated when you drive along the road. Every time you put the brakes on, the friction will generate Tyre Particles. All of those particles are entering the environment, including the Marine Environment here. Beneath the surface here in plymouth, amongst the cuttlefish and lobsters, the Tyre Particles are so small, theyre impossible to see. So the scientists here have had to develop new tests to try to measure how many are ending up in the sea. Ive been sampling some sediments from Underneath Roadside Drains in the estuary, which is where when it rains, all the particles get washed into the waterways. Weve also been looking at what would fall out from the atmosphere right next to a roadway. And weve also been looking for tar particles in Surface Waters and seeing if theyre getting exported out to sea. So lets see what weve got in this first sample. Today, theyre Scooping Up Mud from the tamar estuary. When we get this back to the lab, we can work out what the proportion of Tyre Particles is amongst the natural mud that wed expect to be on the sea bed. And this is what theyll find under the microscope black, elongated rubber particles finer than a grain of sand. New chemical tests give the team a much better idea of how many there really are. Weve been Tracing Microplastics in the environment for 30 years. Weve been tracing the sources. Weve looked at the microbeads in cosmetics, the fibres coming from clothing. But, actually, ithink that the biggest proportion could be from Tyre Particles. It might even be as much as two thirds of all the microplastics entering the environment. So what about the impact on humans . Its a long way from getting the answers in terms of possible effects on human health, and i dont want to Ring The Alarm Bell on that, but certainly the concern is there, and thats why were probing into those questions a little bit more. Since the team started this research six years ago, theyve been looking at ways to reduce this form of Plastic Pollution. Were onlyjust learning about what the potential solutions to this emerging problem are. Theyre likely to lie in better driver behaviour, correct adjustment of the tyres. But probably most importantly, you can help to reduce the emissions of plastic to the environment by better design. Professor Richard Thompson talking to me about his research into microplastics that should be finished next year. Now lets go back to our main story and confirmation from the Prime Minister this evening that the government is delaying some its net zero environmental policies. Leila nathoo has been to stevenage in hertfordshire to get reaction to the changes. Almost ready for its first tenants, this new Housing Development has been built for Stevenage Council with Energy Efficiency as the top priority. And theres no gas in the building at all . No gas. Kieron, whos 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 dont, it doesnt happen. Particularly if they flip flop and arent consistent all the way through would concern me. Its 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, im 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 theyre doing with the ulez stuff, doing more harm to the Working Class than anyone else. I think its good that theyre giving us more time now but this could have been stopped| and prevented in the past if they had educated us. Confirming major policy shifts, like pushing back the ban on new petrol and diesel cars to 2035, rishi sunak said he wanted to ease the burden on working people. The country cant afford to do all the things that are being proposed. Ive got grandchildren, you know, and i have to look for their future. Not so much mine but their future is important. Leila nathoo, bbc news, stevenage. This is the first time i had seen blue sky and plymouth all day. Torrential rain, high winds for most of it. Chris can give us the weather. It has been pretty bad for a lot of people, hasnt it . You are right, a wet and windy day pretty widely. This was one of the spots with some of the strongest winds, where we started with gusts of wind reaching 70 mph this morning. Reports of some trees coming down in wales. Also very wet, 133 millimetres of rain in the last 2a hours stop a big chunk of the september rainfall. It has already been wetter than average and we have another a week and half to come. More rain across Eastern England and some strong winds buffeted the hebrides in the highlands. The gusts of 60 or 70 miles an hourfor a time of 60 or 70 miles an hourfor a time of the night before they eased down. The raining Eastern England very slow moving for east anglia and the south east. Heavy enough to cause surface water flooding. Between these two areas are wet weather, some clear spells in a cooler night compared with last night. Tomorrow, they say area of low pressure becomes slow moving across northern scotland. It will be bringing a band of Rain Back Southwards across scotland and back into Northern Ireland through the day, still with strong winds, reaching gale force at times. England and wales, the wind is a lot lighter. A day of sunshine and showers but some of the showers could merge together across parts of South West England to bring some really hefty prolonged downpours. Temperature is quite close to average at the moment, 14 18 or so. Friday, same area of low pressure is still across northern scotland. Lots of showers
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