scaled back, but transport for london insists it is still needed. this railway is not built for today or tomorrow but for the next 100 to 150 years, we believe it is a catalyst propose pandemic recovery. you can see the reaction of customers are wild by the railway, we think it will drive customers back onto the railway.- we think it will drive customers back onto the railway. there was a celebratory back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere as - back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere as the - back onto the railway. there was a | celebratory atmosphere as the new railway arrives with a promise to transform travel across london on the south east. it is not clear when something like this might be built again. katy austin, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s stav da naos. probably best to stay below ground today, don t be fooled by the sunny spells, the ominous sky behin
heart of china s highly secret in incarceration. includes details of the sheet kill policy. the murder of this toddler. the boyfriend is jailed. west ham defender pleads guilty to kicking and slapping a cat under offences under the animal welfare act. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. speaking for the first time, insiders who attended gatherings in downing street during covid lockdowns have told bbc news that they would arrive at work to find bins overflowing with empty bottles from the night before, and that parties were routine. they say staff sat on each other s laps at a leaving do in november 2020, where the prime minister has now been pictured, and that security guards were laughed at when they tried to stop one party from taking place. borisjohnson is facing fresh questions about his attendance at the leaving party, and the metropolitan police are facing calls to explain why the prime minister wasn t issued with a fine. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has
business, so that will be about 60%, and then you will have the balance of it being the low carbon energy production streams. what does that transition mean forjobs in a place like aberdeen? can there be enough jobs created to replace the jobs that will be lost? absolutely, we are quite convinced about that. others, though, say that won t be the case across the industry, with these requiring fewer people to run them than a big oil installation. there is evidence that aberdeen is serious about embracing alternative energies. this centre now trains people to transfer from boats onto wind turbines in the middle of the sea. we all know the pace of energy transition is really picking up and so we, like other businesses, just have to adapt to that. it is why we have made investments in new facilities specific to the renewables industry, for example. aberdeen is a city trying to shake its tag as europe s oil capital, in favour of europe s energy capital.
obviously it is exciting with the renewables sector, and it is a welcome and needed change, but i think oil and gas will be around for a long time. aberdeen harbour has been the beating heart of the oil and gas industry for many decades now, but even it is changing to make room for these new industries, not least the growing number of wind farms that are cropping up along the east coast. change is on the horizon here, but it is still an oil town and that is by far the biggest source of employment, although the numbers are gradually declining. the head of bp s operation here tells me that the biggest change will come in the next eight years. we will be about 60410 by 2030 in those two pillars. infavourof.? we will have a 40% reduction from today in the oil and gas business, so that will be about 60%, and then you will have the balance of it being the low carbon energy production streams. what does that transition mean forjobs in a place like aberdeen? can there be enough