These new greenhouses could not only help make the uk self sufficient in produce, but also reduce Carbon Emissions by 75 . So ben, were now walking into the greenhouse, blimey, its really, really big. Certainly one of the largest in terms of the uk. For every hectare of normal land, a greenhouse like this can produce ten times more food using ten times less water. Wed be looking at growing probably about 23 million peppers a year in this particular facility. Wow, so what is that as a percentage of the amount of consumption of peppers in the uk . Id say probably 5 . A conventional greenhouse might use fossil fuels to provide its heat by burning gas or oil, but here the waste heat from the nearby sewage works is pumped 2. 5 kilometres via an enclosed loop system to the greenhouse. The idea to use this waste heat came from thermal engineer neil lawson. Well, it was inspiration from nature really, walking down the river with the dog on a winters day, saw a stream coming in from the left an
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world the United States has recorded an all time daily high of 40 thousand coronavirus infections, according to figures from thejohns hopkins university. Two of the countrys biggest states, texas and florida, have reimposed some lockdown restrictions with the governor of texas ordering all bars to close. Heres our north america editor, jon sopel florida seemed to be flourishing beaches had reopened, bars were buzzing. The republican controlled state was one of the first to lift the shutters, despite not meeting government guidelines. But now coronavirus cases are absolutely skyrocketing up over 60 injust21i hours, and the governor is hitting the pause button, urging people to maintain social distancing and wear masks. But its not going to be an easy sell. I need you to tell me, how do i play saxophone and sing with a mask on . Listen to these people in palm beach. You literally cannot mandate somebody to wear a mask knowing th
From the 6th ofjuly. Its expected british holidaymakers will be able to head to popular destinations like spain, italy, france and greece without having to spend 1a days in quarantine when they return. Details will be announced next week, but its likely visitors to portugal and sweden will have self isolate when they get home. Tom burridge reports. After a long lockdown, some people are desperate for a holiday abroad. We just want to get away from the familiarity of home you know, being locked up together, as much as i love my family dearly like others, john is relieved that he and his family wont have to quarantine once they travel back from their holiday in spain. The self isolation would be a real barrier to going away because of the timing of our holiday. When we get back, we havent got 1a days before our little ones need to go back to school. You know, theyve missed out so much, we cant have them missing out on any more. A series of travel corridors are planned from july 6th. It w
The us Infectious Disease chief says the nation has a serious problem in its handling of covid 19. India records its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases so far, surging to over half a million. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis the British Government is to ease restrictions on travel abroad which were introduced to help to control coronavirus. The advice to avoid all but essential travel is being relaxed from the sixth ofjuly. Its expected british holiday makers will be able to head to popular destinations like spain, italy, france and greece without having to spend 14 days in quarantine when they return. Details will be announced next week. Tom burridge reports. After a long lockdown, some people are desperate for a holiday abroad. We just want to get away from the familiarity of home you know, being locked up together, as much as i love my family dearly like others, john is relieved that he and
The virus gripped italy, suddenly, silently throttling it. The fire that burned through europe was lit here, exporting cases across the world from brazil to britain. We will get the latest on the situation in northern italy with our correspondent mark lowen. Yes, clive, we are just outside the town of codogno, which is the italian epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. We have been driving around this exclusion zone and the streets have been completely deserted. The police told us earlier that if we went a bit further up this road towards the town we would have to go into quarantine, like the more than 50,000 people across 12 times. People across 12 towns. I covered this story from the beginning. I was in lombardy as the first victims died and towns were sealed off. Now im back on a journey to meet those who bore witness, grieved and want answers. How was one of europes richest regions brought to its knees . It feels like a lifetime ago that we were here last, when coronavirus first st