today, following the firm s takeover by elon musk. prince william has announced the finalists for his global we are going to find a solution is to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize . good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the government could delay or scrap major energy and transport projects as it tries to rein in public spending a spokesperson said we are reviewing every major project . the treasury is due to reveal its tax and spending plans under the new prime minister rishi sunak in the autumn statement on the 17th of november. the bbc understands that plans for a new nuclear power plant called sizewell c in suffolk are under review borisjohnson pledged £700 million for the project in september, with a call to go nuclear and go large . a high speed rail line promised by liz truss for the north of england could also be scaled back. the government is also expected to try t
time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. but so much in the west because we have this cloud spilling in. it is wrapped around that big area of low pressure, and the low itself will not reach us just yet but i had a bit, pushing well ahead of it, all of this cloud and that is beginning to arrive across parts of northern ireland, limiting the sunshine. further east, it has been a beautiful day, this was the picture at whitby in north yorkshire. we have seen one or two light show is running in off the irish sea into parts of north west england and one or two bumping into the far west and fat north of scotland but generally it is dry with a lot more sunshine to come over the next couple of hours with temperatures holding at around 12 13 celsius and it ll get cold this evening for eastern areas with those clearer skies. to the west, some more showers running in off the irish sea, heavy showers in scotland moving up towards the northern isles, then that now that we saw i
stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. with the key us midterm elections just four days away, donald trump drops his strongest hint yet that he plans another run for the white house. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, 0k? very, very, very probably. we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of those prepared to work in the uk drugs industry on arrival. it comes as record numbers of migrants are us
the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of people who looking for better economic prospects and are prepared to work in the uk s illegal drugs trade. albanians account for at least one third of the 38,000 people who ve crossed the channel to england this year, according to the latest government figures. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says he was approached by recruiters for the uk drugs trade in a dunkirk migrant camp. translation: they offered me lots of things - - to pay for thejourney, to give me a job, but i wasn t interested. they asked me four or five times. this is where the albanian migrant trail begins. small towns like laknas marked by absence the shuttered houses and empty ca
this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. plans to develop infrastructure are under review northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris says there will be no stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. twitter begins cutting jobs around the world following the firm s takeover by elon musk. a memo has gone out to staff detailing how they ll be sacked. people in the uk office have been