The risks of private 19 earlier this year but downplayed the threat and public. And wildlife populations are down by 68 percent over the last half century the new report on the devastating effect of humans on animal and plant life. Now the u. S. Of west coast is experiencing an unprecedented wildfire season 5 fires in some states have retreated from uncontrolled fires prompting the evacuation of thousands oregons governor is now warning this could be the states deadliest season on record 5 small towns in Central Oregon have already been destroyed Governor Kate Brown says she anticipates a great deal of loss of structures and human lives more than 80000 people in the city of food have been told to leave their homes while california is already experiencing the most severe wildfire season in its modern. One wildfire is expanding at the size of new yorks central park ever especially minutes and Washington State is experiencing the west finds that over a decade and the town of more than 80
Polly middlehurst. Michelle, thank you. Good evening to you. Well, the top story tonight on gb news is that teachers are no longer on strike. All four teaching unions in england have accepted a 6. 5 pay in england have accepted a 6. 5 pay rise, meaning all industrial action has been called off. Now it comes after Union Members staged eight days of strike action in state schools since february in their dispute over pay february in their dispute over pay the education secretary, Gillian Keegan welcomed the decision and explain where the money for the pay rise was coming from within the School Budgets with the 2 billion extra that we already got when i was very first in the job at the end of october last year, there was a 3. 5 that schools had budgeted for a pay increase for teachers within that, obviously the strb came back at 6. 5. So the extra 3 is being funded by the department for education. Education. The Prime Minister says the planned expansion of oil and gas drilling in the north
News the licences will help britain meet its net zero pledge. Were announcing these new licences in the north sea with more to come , which will ensure more to come, which will ensure our Energy Security moving forward. It means well be less reliant on hostile foreign actors for our energy baseload, for the fossil fuels that were going to be relying on. For some years come, which will mean years to come, which will mean that will be reducing our c02 that we will be reducing our c02 emissions not importing those emissions by not importing those fossil fuels. But the announcement on future and further Carbon Capture and storage projects means that well be taking that Carbon Dioxide of atmosphere dioxide out of the atmosphere and it onto the north and storing it onto the north sea, means that getting to sea, which means that getting to net zero will be more achievable i k m an k man has been a british man has been released from prison in cyprus after sentenced for the after being sentence
Looked for policies which protected the environment. Rishi sunak says the plan is better for Energy Security and better for Energy Security and better for jobs as members of the conservative party have issued a joint letter to the chancellor concerning the natwest de banking scandal. Concerning the natwest de banking scandal. While the de banking scandal. While the letter, which is signed by several mps, including sir iain duncan smith, warns that the Financial Conduct Authority may have inadvertently encouraged a culture within banking that led to nigel farage losing his coutts account. They say the fca should be investigated. The should be investigated. The journalist and politician Vladimir Kara murza has lost his appeal against a 25 year prison term in moscow. The dual russian term in moscow. The dual russian and british citizen was jailed in april for opposing russias invasion of ukraine. The Prime Minister called for his immediate release, describing russias actions as desperate