Papers obtained by bbc panorama show drax took timberfrom papers obtained by bbc panorama show drax took timber from rare forest in canada that it had claimed were no go areas. It comes as the government decides whether to give the firms yorkshire side billions more in environmental subsidies, funded by energy bill payers. Drax says its wood pellets are sustainable and illegally harvested. Lets get more on this from our reporter who conducted that investigation. What did you find . This is about a Power Station in england. This is the worlds biggest woodfired Power Station. It does say by burning wood pellets. It receives a huge amount of public subsidy, as you just mentioned, because these wood pellets, when you burn for electricity, that is counted as renewable energy. The Power Station gets through an awful lot of wood pellets each year, about 6. 5 million tonnes. All of these are imported into the uk from overseas, many of them coming from the us and canada, where drax runs 17 pell
Bitcoin hitting record highs, the continuation of a rally that has been building for a couple of months. There are a couple of factors the mainstreaming of bitcoin. You may recall earlier this year regulators in the us open and investing opportunities attached to crypto currencies to more investors, and since then funds have been pouring into that. There was a report that huge figures have been raised. That has definitely increased things on the demand side. On the supply side, there is a 0n the supply side, there is a process called halving, part of the bitcoin protocol, only a certain number are issued, and once every four years, a reward for bitcoin miners, that number decreases. That may also have an impact on what investors think the supply will be. All of this i think you can safely say is leading to that craze for laser eyes, the meme that bitcoin fund is used when they are feeling optimistic about it. ~. , they are feeling optimistic about it. We will come back to it. Michelle.
Effective bankruptcy in the next few years unless the Funding System is reformed. A report by the local Government Information Unit has Found Services like parks, Leisure Facilities and libraries are at risk of being cut, while council tax could rise in some areas. Our reporter Vincent Mcaviney has more. Yay well done. Alex is about to turn 18, and on top of the regular worries parents have about their children, mum, sylvia also has to think about alexs autism and the extra support he needs to gain independence. Support thats under fire for her and other families as Birmingham City council struggles with financial difficulties. What you get is families that are on their knees with a trauma presentation, traumatised kids, and they never get decent outcomes. Theyjust end up constantly trying to get the basics, which everybody else s child gets naturally. And its Notjust Birmingham thats struggling. Across the country, councils are warning that front line neighbourhood Services Like parks
Than cast a ballot for the president because of his stance towards israels war in gaza. So far more than 40,000 had chosen uncommitted, however mr biden has received 80 of the vote, according to cbs news. Lets speak to our North America correspondent peter bowes. Hello to you. Tell us more about the outcome, it is what we were expecting, for Bothjoe Biden and donald trump . H0 biden and donald trump . No Surrises Biden and donald trump . Fir . Surprises here, no surprise that donald trump should defeat nikki haley, his only remaining opposition to get the nomination for the republican party. Nikki haley still insisting in the last few hours that she would stay in this race, all the way through to at least in a weeks time super tuesday when several states go to the polls. It does not seem to the polls. It does not seem to be any route in terms of those remaining states for nikki haley to make an impact against donald trump, in fact as to trump releasing a statement after these results s
throughout at least early tuesday morning. we re keeping our eye on the storm and keep you updated on that. stay safe, everyone. american warriors taking action launching a fresh round of air strikes to protect u.s. navy ships and merchant vessels in the red sea. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning. i m bill hemmer. they canceled a golf tournament at pebble beach because of the storm. that never happens, right? you have the dramatic video showing the moment u.s. warships unleash a barrage of missiles at iranian-backed houthi targets in yemen getting ready to launch missiles. the white house warning they re not done yet. dana: republican lawmakers are slamming president biden for his slow response saying we need to turn the heat up on iran. here is lindsey graham. hit something they value. soleimani was killed with a single strike. there was nothing left but a smoldering car and ring finger. the tactics works. minor areas,