87. 8 of the vote in the president ial election which was tightly controlled by the kremlin, with no credible opposition candidate allowed to run. The Electoral Commission says turnout was 77 which would be a post soviet record. Mr putin said the result demonstrated Peoples Trust in russias current path, and when russians were united, no one could intimidate or suppress them. As our Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg reports, in a rare move mr putin also mentioned his late critic, Alexei Navalny, by name. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Translation you may be surprised, but a few days before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to ex
Ill also be joined by the state of the nations regular monday night regulars. We may not have jacob for here now, but we do have another rees mogg, former brexit party mep and journalist Annunziata Rees mogg, and the author and broadcaster amy nicholl turner. As ever, and most importantly , we want to most importantly, we want to hear from you this monday night. Its a crucial part of the programme. Email me mail mog at gbnews. Com. But now its time for the news of the day with my old pal polly middlehurst. Chris, thank you and good evening to you. Well, as chris was just saying, mps are due to vote tonight on ten changes to the rwanda bill amendments suggested by peers in the house of lords. Peers have been considering and debating the controversial legislation over the few weeks, and now its the last few weeks, and now its down to the commons. The legislation aiming to deter Illegal Migrants from coming to the uk small boats by the uk on small boats by deporting them to rwanda. Downin
Steel, will begin shutting down operations at its site in port talbot from wednesday. Thats due to what theyre calling stability concerns, the steel group said it had been forced to make the closures earlier than previously planned because the equipment can no longer run safely. Coke ovens are used to turn coal into coke, a key raw material used in the process of making steel. The former making steel. The former environment minister Zac Goldsmith , has been banned from goldsmith, has been banned from driving for a year. Its after he was caught breaking the speed limit seven separate times. Driving in london between april and november last year, the conservative peer was also caught speeding on two motorways, most recently in december in his hybrid electric car. December in his hybrid electric can he december in his hybrid electric car. He pleaded guilty to all the offences and was fined 5500 pounds and ordered to pay a surcharge of 2000 plus costs. Surcharge of 2000 plus costs. The gov
He was caught breaking the speed limit seven separate times. Driving in london between april and november last year, the conservative peer was also caught speeding on two motorways, most recently in december in his hybrid electric car. December in his hybrid electric can he december in his hybrid electric car. He pleaded guilty to all the offences and was fined 5500 pounds and ordered to pay a surcharge of 2000 plus costs. Surcharge of 2000 plus costs. The governments been warned that the sales of heat pumps will need to increase dramatically to achieve Climate Change targets. The government wants to install 600,000 low carbon heat pumps annually by 2028, but the National Audit office said ministers had been too optimistic to think that target could be reached, despite the governments climate aims, only 55,000 heat pumps were sold in the uk in 2022. The independent public spending watchdog saying efforts to encourage people to install them have been slow because costs are high and Publ
And it is blowing at the moment. North east england, 2a miles an hour. 73 miles an hour over the tops of the pennines. At the moment we have got gusts of wind of 57 miles an hour, so two or three times the strength of the winds elsewhere in Northern England. Overnight it will stay quite blurry and there will be a lot of cloud around with Rain Pushing Northwards and westwards. None of the rate will be heavy. Temperatures four to seven overnight. The weekend whether prospect is dominated by this low Weather Pressure further south. It will throw in bands of rain across the uk, and on saturday we start off with Rain In The South West going into Northern England and that will move northwards to Reach Scotland and Northern Ireland in the afternoon. At the same time it will brighten up across east anglia and the midlands with hazy, sunny spells coming through. Could get up to 13 in the sunshine. But in the north sea coast cold again, temperatures just six or seven celsius. Saturday looks like