Snowdonia. Figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. Later in the programme we will find out why. Ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. But how have they changed the way we live . Ill be finding out. Weve come to sheffield to hear about a multi Million Pound plan by the Lawn Tennis Association to revamp grassroots tennis and were also launching our Breakfast Summer Challenge with world number one andy murray the first to take it on. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a lot of cloud across the skies today bringing heavy rain for northern and western parts. I will have a full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning, first our main story. A retired court of appealjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, is today expected to be appointed to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they do
At the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference starting this weekend in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the European Commission will call on all Parties to take urgent action to bring down greenhouse gas emissions and respect the commitments they made under the Paris Agreement and in the Glasgow Climate Pact adopted last year at COP26.
The Gozo Business Chamber, in collaboration with Bank of Valletta, will host a webinar on Thursday from 12.30 to 1.30pm on affordable and accessible financing for green investments.
During the event, Mark Scicluna Bartoli, executive product management and development at BOV, together with colleagues from the European Investment Bank, will provide information on the BOV Energy Loans.
The loan is an innovative financing scheme aimed at assisting enterprises reduce their energy costs. It is available to both SMEs and Mid-Caps (firms employing up to 3,000) and benefits from a guarantee offered by the EU and the Maltese government permitting the bank to provide an attractive interest rate and collateral terms. The loan also benefits from a two per cent interest rate subsidy for the first three years that will contribute towards improving the payback of green investments.