authorities that this is primarily a local issue, you can sort things out in a local sort of way. but it has been taken to court and accused of failing in its duty to protect its citizens, and the european court has found the uk is guilty. the government has to prove to the court it is putting in a plausible plan to end toxic emissions where people live as quickly as possible. this issue is the one it has fallen down on in the past, where the government has said it is going as quickly as possible and the court has ruled, no, we think you can go an awful lot faster. so the pressure is on the government again to come up with results on this issue. as you mentioned, it is still under the jurisdiction of the court because the court case started before brexit. what happens now is if the european commission decides again it does not
gas and particularly by cars. the uk actually hasn t challenged the fact that it has been in breached over emissions rules in 16 different areas but it argues that it has been trying to clean up as quickly as possible but it also passes part of the blame onto volkswagen and other car makers who cheated with their emission standards and given that councils and government the wrong impression of what pollution would look like so it is now considering what it s going to do next. th look like so it is now considering what it s going to do next. in terms ofthe what it s going to do next. in terms of the british what it s going to do next. in terms of the british relationship what it s going to do next. in terms of the british relationship with - of the british relationship with this court though, in future, will we be bound by these limits and these rulings now brexit has happened? these rulings now brexit has hauened? ~ , , , these rulings now brexit has hauened? , , , , happened? wel
today where she writes and says, these were dominic cummings mates and that s why they seem to get all this work. now, mr cummings denies that and the government denies that it s acted improperly. there are actually rules during an emergency that you can give out contracts without them going out to competition, without them being done in the normal way. but what that has done is lead to a lot of allegations of cronyism and people being reported as we ve seen with the ppe, the protective equipment contracts, when maybe they shouldn t have done. people being rewarded. so, this case is still going on today. we re not likely to get the decision from the judge today but i think it will come at some stage later. lucy manning. 8:44pm. the headlines on bbc news. caution over coming out of lockdown borisjohnson gives no guarantees saying we are in
knows only too well. are you all right, kim? sorry, yeah. pollution is, i would say, the biggest trigger, really, to making my lungs worse. can you tell when the day is particularly polluted? yes, i can tell, because it triggers coughing immediately. kim has a lung condition called bronchiectasis, which leads to a build up of mucus. it makes my lungs bleed. it makes your lungs actually bleed? yeah. and sometimes it can be so bad, the air pollution cough, the coughing will make me physically sick. air pollution is dangerous for us all, but older people and those with lung disease are particularly vulnerable. one of the main culprits are the tiny particulates in vehicle exhaust gases and other pollutants. researchers collect the particles, which are so small they can lodge in the lungs and even pass into the blood, damaging
kim has a lung condition called bronchiectasis, which leads to a build up of mucus. it makes my lungs bleed. it makes your lungs actually bleed? yeah. and sometimes it can be so bad, the air pollution cough, the coughing will make me physically sick. air pollution is dangerous for us all, but older people and those with lung disease are particularly vulnerable. one of the main culprits are the tiny particulates in vehicle exhaust gases and other pollutants. researchers collect the particles, which are so small they can lodge in the lungs and even pass into the blood, damaging veins and other organs. you can see that the lungs are very black and most of the lung tissue there has been destroyed. lung scans show the damage air pollution can cause. we estimate that at least 30,000 people every year die prematurely because of air pollution. we ve known about the harms caused by pollution for a long time.