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
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
But there has been Widespread International concern over the fate of the more than one million palestinians sheltering there. Our correspondent anna foster is injerusalem. Welcome to you, and weve been talking for more than a week about the latest round of talks and it seems there is increasing pressure on hamas to reach a deal. Yes. Seems there is increasing pressure on hamas to reach a deal. On hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the on hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the same on hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the same stage on hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the same stage where an. Are at the same stage where an israeli deal has been put on the table and was described at the start of the week by the us Secretary Of State as extraordinarily generous and it seems to be that in this latest iteration of the deal there have been some movements in terms of potentially agreeing to talk about a permanent ceasefire. From israels Point Of View its priority is trying to e
In for alicia menendez. American voices will be back tomorrow. Welcome back to a Special Edition of velshi. We begin this hour with dysfunction in the house of representatives. The federal government will shut down one week from tonight, if House Republicans cannot figure out a path forward to perform their basic constitutionally assigned duties. This chaos and disorder is 100 avoidable in congress if they just do their job. Shut down now seems all but certain if speaker Kevin Mccarthy cannot find convince a faction of farright republicans to sign off on a deal from the government. Today on capitol hill, members of the Roads Committee discussed the path forward for Appropriation Bills that mccarthy plans to put on the house floor on tuesday. Speaker mccarthy is not relying on hope to somehow pull a rabbit out of a head for a solution. I always believe, when you get to the final deadlines, thats when the real crunch. Comes on believing in Human Behavior furthest that have been holding o
Shut down one week from tonight, if House Republicans cannot figure out a path forward to perform their basic constitutionally assigned duties. This chaos and disorder is 100 avoidable in congress if they just do their job. Shut down now seems all but certain if speaker Kevin Mccarthy cannot find convince a faction of farright republicans to sign off on a deal from the government. Today on capitol hill, members of the Roads Committee discussed the path forward for Appropriation Bills that mccarthy plans to put on the house floor on tuesday. Speaker mccarthy is not relying on hope to somehow pull a rabbit out of a head for a solution. I always believe, when you get to the final deadlines, thats when the real crunch. Comes on believing in Human Behavior furthest that have been holding out, no one that crunch time is coming. Even if they say, why didnt all this happen sooner . They are the ones that held it up. Maybe theyll see the pressure and do something differently. Hes relying on Hum