think is a mistake. i believe in it so that we are going to get there but we are going to get there in decades and not overnight. between now and then we are still going to need oil and gas and if we had got supplies in the uk it seems to me absurd not to use those because it will create jobs and also nick improves our energy security and reduces inflation. we have seen what happens when energy dictators hold us to ransom, so cutting off our own supplies of energy seems short sighted policy and it would the situation worse. on public sector pay, low value public sector workers, they do an incredible job, the nhs or the teachers, for example, and of course everyone would like to be paid more, but i have got to be cognisant of what we can afford and what is responsible and it would be dishonest to say, i m going to borrow money so i can give you a generous pay rise and make my life easier for a give you a generous pay rise and make my life easierfor a bit but knowing full well
more roads are being earmarked for restrictions around the country. if it s the road where you live, which side will you be on? justin rowlatt, bbc news, oxford. you can see more on that story on panorama road wars: neighbourhood traffic chaos which is on iplayer right now. time for a look at the weather. here s stav da naos. thank you very much. the warmest day of the year so far for england, scotland and northern ireland, but a bit too much cloud in wales, 21, the warmest day of the year so far for the uk, that was in the highlands. over the next few days we have a chilly easterly breeze and the temperatures will come down although they will still be quite a lot of dry weather but for england and wales, weatherfronts moving of the new continent, it will introduce more cloud and rain, especially towards the end of the week. more substantial rain in england and wales as the weather fronts move in and a lot of isobars on the chart, as well. the easterly breeze will be quite
false claims after moscow said uk forces helped with a drone attack on russian fleets near the crimean port of sevastopol. there s major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24 hour walkout by scotrail workers. more than 2,000 rmt members are on strike. coming up at 5.40pm, we ll bring you the latest technology news in click. i m maryam moshiri. the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means 0ctopus will take onboard bulb s one and a half million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. bulb is the biggest - green energy company. it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november, bulb found itself in administration. it was only kept going by the govern
russia says it is suspending its participation in an internationally brokered deal to allow grain exports from ukraine. the announcement was in response to what the russian army called a massive ukrainian drone attack on russian ships in occupied crimea. ukraine has called that a false pretext for blocking the grain corridor. earlier, the un secretary general urged all parties to renew the deal on ukrainian grain exports, which was due to expire next month. before the deal was in place, blockages led to food supply issues globally. joining us from dnipro in central ukraine is our correspondent james waterhouse. james, what have the russians been saying? james, what have the russians been sa inc? ~ , james, what have the russians been sa in: ? ~ , ., ., james, what have the russians been sa in? ~ ,., ., ., saying? well, there is a lot going on here, saying? well, there is a lot going on here. but saying? well, there is a lot going on here, but they saying? well, there is