Newsnight s Nicholas Watt reports from tees valley. An icon of a vibrant industrial past, now out of action, symbolising an area struggling to find its feet. Tees valley, an infant hercules in its days as a World Capital of iron and steel making, is now clearing sites of past glories and looking for new ventures. A painful process with economic decline, alongside pockets of affluence. That has placed this area on the National Political map, and now a mayoral contest with high stakes for the two main parties. A Rumbustious Conservative mayor became the first poster boy of the redwall, after his narrow win here in 2017. Re elected in a landslide in 2021, ben houchen is now hoping to buck the national trend. A local labour stalwart hopes to win back what was once a heartland for his party a win for chris mcewan would ease keir starmer s path nationally. And the lib dem outsider placing the fight of Child Poverty at the heart of his campaign. Over the past decade or so, Tees Valley Felt ne
say the reason is extreme the high c temperatures. say the reason is extreme the high c temperatures- temperatures. thank you. extremely temperatures. thank you. extremely high temperatures. thank you. extremely high c temperatures. thank you. i extremely high c temperatures. members of the scottish green party are to vote on whether to continue their power sharing agreement with the snp. it follows an outcry about the scottish government s decision to ditch key targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, a move which is said to have angered green party colleagues. the vote will be held at an extraordinary general meeting, and officials say it will be binding on the party. 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 railfirm eurostar. under the much delayed entry exit system, non eu citizens will need to register fingerprints and a photo at t
what s the purpose of the new eu border scheme? this new it system is supposed to replace that traditional stamp in the passport and it will mean that is basically more oversight of he was entering and leaving the eu. for british travellers, it will mean they will have to scan their passport, there is an automated kiosk where their details will be registered. the system is already delayed, it was due to coming in october 2022, delayed, it was due to coming in 0ctober2022, but delayed, it was due to coming in october 2022, but even so there are still plenty of concerns about what this will mean amongst the industry about how these changes will come in, whether it will lead to more disruption and queues at bases in particular like the port of dover, eurostar and eurotunnel where those checks are carried out by french officials before people leave the uk. why is the app not ready in time? this app is being developed by the european commission and it is one of
the ways that many people hoped that some of these issues could be speeded up and smoothed out. but now the chief executive of eurostar has confirmed to the bbc she is not expecting that technology to be ready by the tiny coming in october this year. some groups have said it may be months until this app is up and running and the director of p&0 ferries has said he would like to see that delayed date of october 2024 west back even further. harper see that delayed date of october 2024 west back even further. how are they preparing 2024 west back even further. how are they preparing for 2024 west back even further. how are they preparing for the 2024 west back even further. how are they preparing for the delays? - 2024 west back even further. how are they preparing for the delays? the - they preparing for the delays? the chi is they preparing for the delays? tie: chip is active of they preparing for the delays? ti2 chip is active of eurostar told us while the app would make things sm