National security, but did not name any of the diplomats. It said the move was a measure against multiple unfriendly acts. Its not clear whether the diplomats are currently in russia. In response, the Foreign Office here in london says that russia had revoked the staff members diplomatic accreditation last months and that russias accusations against them were completely baseless. The statement adds that the uk was unapologetic about protecting its national interests. For the very latest on this developing story, i spoke to our eastern European Correspondent sarah rainsford. I think the timing of this is key, its not accidental that this has been released, that this is happening precisely as those discussions are taking place in washington about whether or not ukraine can use western long range missiles to strike inside russia. They are absolutely connected. Its interesting looking of a statement from the fsb, the russian security agency, talking about expelling essentially six members
Her from two committees. The Prime Minister is being urged to block plans for a new coalmine whitehaven in cumbria. Dozens of environmental groups have written to him and saying they are mystified that the government has not intervened even though it is due to host a climate in glasgow this year. Downing street insists the government is a world leader and will not reverse the decision. Newsreel and beneath this land lie more than 200 million tons of coal. Its more than half a century since the last deep coal mine opened in the uk. The plan is to burrow under the irish sea to access a vast deposit of high quality coal. The local mayor is delighted. I think the project is absolutely fantastic. You know, itll bring huge amounts ofjobs and prosperity into the area. Its been broadly welcomed right across copeland. Ive never known a project thats carried so much public support. The coal produced here wont be used to generate power, but to make steel, he says, and means less will need to be i
perfect and there was more that needed to be done but he said that every year that the conservatives were in power, they had built more houses than labour did in its previous administrations and we will have to go and fact check that but thatis have to go and fact check that but that is the claim from michael gove this morning and also, finally, on levelling up, i put to him that people from the red wall that did very well under boris johnson s people from the red wall that did very well under borisjohnson s of look for money for northern communities in particular, they would have really noticed a difference and will they really put conservative? and he said that real money had gone into these communities and more can be done but they won t need a conservative government to do that. the liberal democrats are talking about the country s roads today with a promise to invest £300 million in the next parliament to fill 1.2 million pot holes a year. the party says money from the