Lieutenant. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Environmental and Health Campaigners have criticised the governments long awaited clean air strategy, saying it doesnt go far or fast enough to tackle pollution in our towns and cities. The plan, ordered by the high court, includes a ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040, and measures which could allow local councils much sooner to change road layouts, remove speed humps or penalise the dirtiest vehicles. The aim is to encourage us all to switch to electric vehicles. Heres our science editor david shukman. 0n the worst days, the pollution hangs like a mist over our cities. The gases and particles cause asthma and heart trouble, maybe dementia. And theres evidence that dirty air shortens lives, linked to an estimated 40,000 premature deaths in britain every year. And the biggest source of pollution is Diesel Engines, and we have millions of them. So the government has a vision for a future where all our cars will be electric. N
Lieutenant. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Environmental and Health Campaigners have criticised the governments long awaited clean air strategy, saying it doesnt go far or fast enough to tackle pollution in our towns and cities. The plan, ordered by the high court, includes a ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040, and measures which could allow local councils much sooner to change road layouts, remove speed humps or penalise the dirtiest vehicles. The aim is to encourage us all to switch to electric vehicles. Heres our science editor david shukman. 0n the worst days, the pollution hangs like a mist over our cities. The gases and particles cause asthma and heart trouble, maybe dementia. And theres evidence that dirty air shortens lives, linked to an estimated 40,000 premature deaths in britain every year. And the biggest source of pollution is Diesel Engines, and we have millions of them. So the government has a vision for a future where all our cars will be electric. N
Lieutenant. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Environmental and Health Campaigners have criticised the governments long awaited clean air strategy, saying it doesnt go far or fast enough to tackle pollution in our towns and cities. The plan, ordered by the high court, includes a ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040, and measures which could allow local councils much sooner to change road layouts, remove speed humps or penalise the dirtiest vehicles. The aim is to encourage us all to switch to electric vehicles. Heres our science editor david shukman. 0n the worst days, the pollution hangs like a mist over our cities. The gases and particles cause asthma and heart trouble, maybe dementia. And theres evidence that dirty air shortens lives, linked to an estimated 40,000 premature deaths in britain every year. And the biggest source of pollution is Diesel Engines, and we have millions of them. So the government has a vision for a future where all our cars will be electric. N
My guest today has been called americas greatest living crime writer. In his la quartet and many other novels, james ellroy has painted a uniquely dark portrait of this city of angels, a nightmare world of psychotic killers, corrupt cops and depraved appetites. Ellroy writes of what he knows, his own mother was murdered when he was a child. And is that simple, terrible fact the key to understanding all the words hes ever written . James ellroy, welcome to hardtalk. Hey, boss, whats shaking . We are going to talk about 35 years of Novel Writing and of your books has been set in and around los angeles. Absolutely untrue right off the bat, bam. Ive wrote three novels, the underworld usa trilogy, the american tabloid, which was time magazines novel of the year year in 1995. The cold six thousand and bloods a rover are set outside la. Right, but Southern California is your world. Im from there and its where i go when women divorce me. I suppose what im getting at is whether youve ever been
My guest today has been called americas greatest living crime writer. In his la quartet and many other novels, james ellroy has painted a uniquely dark portrait of this city of angels, a nightmare world of psychotic killers, corrupt cops and depraved appetites. Ellroy writes of what he knows, his own mother was murdered when he was a child. And is that simple, terrible fact the key to understanding all the words hes ever written . James ellroy, welcome to hardtalk. Hey, boss, whats shaking . We are going to talk about 35 years of Novel Writing and of your books has been set in and around los angeles. Absolutely untrue right off the bat, bam. Ive wrote three novels, the underworld usa trilogy, the american tabloid, which was time magazines novel of the year year in 1995. The cold six thousand and bloods a rover are set outside la. Right, but Southern California is your world. Im from there and its where i go when women divorce me. I suppose what im getting at is whether youve ever been