Want to extend our condolences to families who lost their lives to the storms. And like to offer our support to the impact of these storms and local environment agencies. I had meetings with the colleagues and others and in addition to my duties, i will have other meetings today. I would like to extend my thanks to the Prime Minister and those helping in the amp fterma of storm dennis. It brought record high water levels. Parts of my area have been flooded. And one just breached its banks. Will the Prime Minister use his influence in the budget and later this year in the comprehensive Spending Review for flood defenses for communities at risk as part of this is determination in this year of 26 to show Global Leadership taking action on Climate Change and adaptation and mitigation . Indeed i can. I thank my honorable friend saying we have been insuring the minister of Housing Needs and local government is able to extend where appropriate and i can tell my honorable friends of course we
As saying that adding more ethanol to the uks fuel mix would cut carbon by as much as taking 700,000 cars off the roads. The same mps say that adding e10, a mixture of 10 ethanol with 90 petrol, could also boost the biofuel industry. And ending with arguably our favourite character on our phones emojis. Forbes points out that today is world emoji day. The paper says that apple has released 20 new emojis on occassion of the day, with more to follow in autumn. Many of you have been in touch about your favourite emojis or the fact that you dont like them at all. With me is michaela bergman, principal social specialist at the Asian Infrastructure investment bank. Lets get stuck in. You are based in beijing, but of course, you are a brit born and bred, and i guess you are keeping a close eye on this story from china, are you . Political wranglings in the uk. Im trying to explain it to people who are not british, that is even more complicated, because it is hard to explain what is going on.
October 31, no arguments. He wants this over and done with by october31, no arguments. He he wants this over and done with by october 31, no arguments. He wants to appeal to the hardliners in his party and the 160000 and hope that that woos them his ways. He was taken to task by a couple of his contenders, not the least rory stewart who i thought emerged as the most likeable, certainly. The audience like tim. He got a better round of applause than anybody else for anything he said. Round of applause than anybody else foranything he said. He round of applause than anybody else for anything he said. He said the parliament is not just for anything he said. He said the parliament is notjust the welding. You are trashing democracy, that was another thing he said. They said that if you tried to do it like that, it have legislature in the next door and you cannot Treat Parliament like that. Matt hancock says he will back borisjohnson to be next Prime Minister but he would had a different agen
Amount of time children spend on phones as hes visited a youth club today. The prince asked some of the children how long they spend on their phones, with one girl saying she spends up to 15 hours a day. The future king said grown ups were also guilty of excessive time and of excessive screen time and said weve all got to get better at managing it. He also poked fun at his apparent lack of artistic skills as took part artistic skills as he took part in decorating biscuits, in decorating some biscuits, saying wife is the arty saying that his wife is the arty one. And for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now its back to. Patrick. The reality of what a car crash, a Labour Government would be is now unfolding before our eyes. They are getting away with things in opposition that will rip them apart in government. Labour put a muzzle on deputy leader Angela Rayner for around 42 days while she was fending of
Has Angela Rayner just has Angela Raynerjust lit has Angela Rayner just lit a fuse that will blow the labour party to pieces. Next . Party to pieces. Next . Good evening from the gb newsroom at 9 00. Your top story this hour. The Prime Minister has ruled out holding a general election on the 2nd of may, amid speculation he could choose to go to the polls early. In an interview with itv, rishi sunak was asked if there would be an election on the same day as the local elections, which takes place on the 2nd of may. He replied there wont be a general election on that day. Michael election on that day. Michael gove has named some of the groups to be investigated under a new definition of extremism, which he says will mean the government can express more clearly than ever who poses a risk to britain. Some of the groups included are alleged to have islamist views, with others described as neo nazi. Todays described as neo nazi. Todays new extremism definition will be used to assess whether s