The England Rugby team. And remember you can get in touch with us, about any of the stories were covering this morning. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. It isa it is a busy show, so lets get started with news that. London city airport has been closed after a World War Two bomb was found nearby in the river thames. The royal navy are removing the device. The airport will be shut all day and all flights have been cancelled, affecting up to 16,000 passengers. Last year, more than 4. 5 Million People used london city airport, which is close to londons financial district. Our news correspondent andy moorejoins me now. Welcome. This is the closest airport to the city of london. 16,000 people use it everyday. Tell us about how many will be affected. 16,000 people will be affected today. Something like 200 flights. The airport is used a lot by the business community. A lot of people would have been flying to go to work at ca nary wharf have been flying to go
Allegedly struck in a london pub. Ajudge will decide later a judge will decide later today where the terminally ill baby charlie gard will die. At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by the fire, along british holiday makers. The brother of diana, princess of wales, has said he still has nightmares about the harrowing experience of her funeral. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Iam ben i am ben brown. All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce Air Pollution. The government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from Diesel Vehicles. The government will publish later its clean air strategy, favouring electric cars as part of a global shift towards replacing the old combustion engines. As our reporter Holly Hamilton explains. He drives up in a 1908 model t. Weve come a long way, in terms of design, but for 100 years weve been relying on v
Focus around land use and alternatives to lawns and do workshops to teach people how to cheat mulch and they have done great programs in the spring last year. As steve mentioned, weve seen a continued reduction in water use. That has been phenomenal, every week when those reports come out we get very excited in our office. But its important that that is sustained so we are taking this opportunity to create this message as much as possible to talk about this is a great opportunity for everybody to be weary about what they are doing about landscaping. I got calls about droughts and water and they say why do we want to save water today, isnt it going to agriculture . I said no, absolutely not. You are in a Single Source system in a system that these customers have paid for and used and San Francisco owns and operates for you and every drop of water that you save today is available for you later. I think its a perception that not Everybody Knows and sometimes gets confused by the media. Wi
Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. All in favor say, aye. Aye. The ayes have it. Next item 14. City clerk item 14 14. Approve modification no. 2 to the agreement between the United States Forest Service and the city and county of San Francisco regarding acquisition of 25. 2 acres of land at camp mather, tuolumne county; and authorize the general manager to execute an amendment extending the duration of the agreement up to one year, for a total duration of threeyears and six months. The time extension reflects the reevaluation of the original timber appraisal as a result of the rim fire. 1 year, for a total duration of threeyears and six months. The time extension reflects the reevaluation of the original timber appraisal as a result of the rim fire. 1234 president Vince Courtney 6 months. The time extension reflects the reevaluation of the original timber appraisal as a result of the rim fire. 1234 president Vince Courtney thank you, jasmine, commissioners. So moved. Second. Public
Item 13 approve an increase in the construction contract cost contingency for contract no. Wd2685, with cal state contractors inc. , for reservoir and tanks improvement 20133, in the amount of 682,000; and authorize the general manager to approve future modifications to the contract for a total revised contract amount up to 9,997,900. The requested increase is due to new Water Conservation work requested for twin peaks reservoir. The work includes preparing and installing new water barriers along all submerged concrete slab joints to inhibit water leakage from the reservoir to its underdrains. There will be no change in contract duration due to this joint sealing work1234 thank you, jasmine. Commissioners . So move. Second. Its been moved and second. Is there any Public Comment on item no. 13. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. All in favor say, aye. Aye. The ayes have it. Next item 14. City clerk item 14 14. Approve modification no. 2 to the agreement between the United States For