younger people say to me they never really had their message, their voices, heard before. this, they say, could be a turning point. i after today, they are all going to gather together and will continue being disallowed as they go north of the border to glasgow for cop26. being this loud. the border to glasgow for cop26. bein: this loud. ., ~ i. , . being this loud. thank you very much indeed. last week saw the highest levels of coronavirus infections ever reported across uk according to the office for national statistics. the infection survey found that nearly 1.3 million people in the uk, around one in 55 people, would have tested positive for coronavirus in the week to last friday. but the survey does not cover the week that s just ending, where the daily number of infections has appeared to be beginning to fall. our head of statistics, robert cuffe, is here. robert, talk us through the data. well, we are seeing winter levels of infections, and the moment, but we re not really se
i m quite sure at the back of her mind is that she wants to be absolutely fine and fighting fit on the 14th of november for remembrance sunday, the most sacred day in her calendar. to go to glasgow and to stand in a room full of coughing, wheezing delegates from all over the world is probably an engagement too far. the message from the palace remain calm. the queen is still carrying out official engagements, and she spoke to the chancellor about his budgetjust a few hours ago and she will address the delegates to the conference, albeit by video, and the journey to glasgow, however, was just too long for her doctors liking. the climate change conference is close to the heart of the queen, and when opening the welsh parliament a few weeks ago, she was overheard
of her mind is that she wants to be absolutely fine and fighting fit on the 14th of november for remembrance sunday, the most sacred day in her calendar. to go to glasgow and to stand in a room full of coughing, wheezing delegates from all over the world is probably an engagement too far. the message from the palace, remain calm. the queen is still carrying out official engagements, and she spoke to the chancellor about his budgetjust a few hours ago and she will address the delegates to the conference, albeit by video, and the journey to glasgow, however, was just too long for her doctors liking. the climate change conference is close to the heart of the queen, and when opening the welsh parliament a few weeks ago, she was overheard complaining about those
in her calendar. to go to glasgow and to stand in a room full of coughing, wheezing delegates from all over the world is probably an engagement too far. the message from the palace, remain calm. the queen is still carrying out official engagements, and she spoke to the chancellor about his budgetjust a few hours ago and she will address the delegates to the conference, albeit by video, and the journey to glasgow, however, was just too long for her doctors liking. the climate change conference is close to the heart of the queen, and when opening the welsh parliament a few weeks ago, she was overheard complaining about those who hadn t said whether they would turn up. and at the queen s absence is a blow for the conference and its organiser, the government. meeting the queen is an experience few turn down, even fewer forget. jonny dymond, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. we speak to environment campaigner bill mckibben as part of our climate
that there are a lot of levers to press. so some of my colleagues, senator manchin in particular, has ruled out, you know, some of the more comprehensive approaches to climate, like incentivizing electricity distributors to bring new more renewable energy on to the grid. but i think there can be agreement on tax incentives for consumers, and businesses to build renewable energy. there can be consensus around the buildout of electric technology in this country, modernizing the power grid so we can bring more offshore wind and solar on to the grid. i think we can send the president to glasgow with a sizable package on greenhouse gas reductions. it might not be as big as some of us would like, but i would still argue that it will end up being the most significant piece of climate legislation that congress has ever passed. we ll see.