in the lakes, and that information on safety is available at its lakehead car park in wasdale. ben longton says he wouldn t have fallen if there had been signs or a fence and he says he owes his life to rescue volunteers. mark mcalindon, bbc news. the distributor of two of the uk s most popular vape brands says it is well equipped to survive the ban on disposables products. elfbar and lost mary have already launched reusable versions of their popular disposable vapes. the company behind both brands said it was addressing demand for a tool to help smokers quit. but councils have warned the government that it shouldn t let producers exploit loopholes in the ban. with more on this is our business reporter, esyllt carr, who joins me from the newsroom. tell us about this. that ban on disposable tell us about this. that ban on disposable vapes tell us about this. that ban on disposable vapes was - tell us about this. that ban on i disposable vapes was announced earlier this year and is
and they give the example of that usb port to an otherwise similar product to something that they feel is really sort of designed to bypass the restrictions. and that s a view that s been echoed by some environmental groups, which have questioned whether these alternatives will actually make enough of a difference. now, elf bar, a spokesperson for elf bar have said that they re continuing to diversify their product lines by providing viable alternatives to single use devices and addressing the demand for a harm reduction tool that s helping to assist millions of people to quit smoking. esyllt carr. 0ur our business reporter. history is being made on the streets of london today, as 50,000 people take part in the london marathon. participation is at an all time high, and injust the past hour, a new world record has been set in the women s category. let s go live to our sports reporter matt graveling, let s do the elite runners first, we had a world record in the women s category. we had
as soon as possible . but energy suppliers only believe about 2,500 people require compensation. with more on this is our business reporter esyllt carr, who joins me from the newsroom. it is good to have you on. why this big difference of opinion when it comes to the scale of this? you may remember there comes to the scale of this? you may remember there was comes to the scale of this? you may remember there was huge comes to the scale of this? you may remember there was huge criticism l remember there was huge criticism after it emerged some vulnerable customers were wrongly having pre metres forcibly installed in their homes. and of gem are still energy companies to review the cases after a period of 13 months to see whether these procedures had been followed correctly, and where they hadn t that they could offer the customers some financial redress. 0ff gem have said around hundred and 50,000 cases have been reviewed and of those, 1500 customers have
to scan their fingerprints remotely and prevent long queues. with more on this is our bbc reporter esyllt carr, whojoins me from our london newsroom. just remind us, what is the purpose of this new eu border scheme? this is the entry of this new eu border scheme? this is the entry exit of this new eu border scheme? ti 3 is the entry exit system, as you said, and it is designed to streamline those movements of people in and out of the eu, and the eu says to improve security, and keeping track of who is coming in and out. it will mean those coming from non eu countries, including britain, will have to provide some extra information at the border and thatis extra information at the border and that is a photo, passport details and fingerprint information as well. there will be an extra amount of admin and there has been lots of issues with this, meaning the scheme has been a delay. it was due to come into effect in october, 2022, but it is now due to start in october this year. is no
further details about how the welsh government will help fund councils to reverse changes on certain roads will be announced on tuesday. some within welsh labour had been critical of this policy and in an expected general election year there is no doubt, the government here is facing political pressure to keep the public onside. tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff. an app designed to reduce disruption for people travelling from the uk across the channel will not be ready in time for a new eu border scheme, according to the boss of the rail firm eurostar. under the much delayed entry exit system, non eu citizens will need to register fingerprints and a photo at the borderfrom 0ctober. the app is meant to replace passport stamping by allowing passengers to scan their fingerprints remotely and prevent long queues. i spoke to our business reporter esyllt carr earlier about what this means.