not having them around, but i think this week of all weeks, it s going to hit home with them that they re not here, and i think they are going to miss being here more than we are missing them. i think this week is a realisation that the decision that they made has led to not being part of this week, and that s tough and the landscape in golf is ever changing and more dynamic, and we will see what s happening and whether they will be a part of it in the future. i always thought leading up to this week is when it s going to hit home that they are not going to be here. there s also been an all star celebrity match taking place over seven holes on the ryder cup course. novak djokovic traded in his tennis racket to take his opening tee shot, not a bad effort from the 2a time grand slam winner while gareth bale, wales all time record goalscorer, and a five time champions league winner was also taking part and they were both on the winning side playing for colin montgomerie, the am
good evening. the go ahead has been given to develop the uk s largest untapped oil and gas field in the north sea at rosebank. it s expected to produce the equivalent of 300 million barrels of oil during its lifetime. the companies behind it, and the government, say it will create hundreds ofjobs and raise billions of pounds. but environmental campaigners are furious, calling the decision reckless and inconsistent with the uk s 2050 net zero target. the oilfield is here, 80 miles west of the shetland isands. our business editor, simonjack, reports for simon jack, reports over 50 for simonjack, reports over 50 years, the waters arol the for over 50 years, the waters around the uk have provided oil, gas, jobs, tax and carbon emissions but reserves are dwindling and the uk is now a net importer of oil and gas but the owners of the punitive element for decades say this is a good day for the uk. is element for decades say this is a good day for the uk. good day for the uk. is an
and on newsnight at 10:30, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live with some key players on today s big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. there are warnings tonight of a generation of children, being permanently affected by past covid lockdowns, the last of which ended more than two years ago. who can forget that overnight, schools shut their doors while thousands of children were kept at home learning online? but now it s clear, growing numbers of youngsters are persistently missing school, with the children s commissioner for england warning the crisis needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency. at least one in five pupils in england is now persistently absent meaning they re missing 10% or more of their lessons that s double the rate, before the pandemic. a committee of mps is recommending a series of measures including a national roll out of attendance mentors to work with families. new guidance on the standardisation of
to develop one of the largest untapped oil and gas fields in uk waters. rosebank which is about 80 miles west of shetland is one of the largest untapped discoveries in the region. experts say it contains up to 350 million barrels of oil. production could start in 2026 with extraction continuing until at least 2030. it s thought that around 69,000 barrels of oil could be produced every day. that would equate to around 8% of the uk s total output. and there would also be natural gas with around 44 million cubic feet of it produced per day during the project s lifetime. the energy secretary clare coutinho said, we need oil and gas on the path to net zero so it makes sense to use our own supplies from north sea fields. the jobs and billions of pounds this is worth to our economy will enable us to have greater energy independence. but there has already been criticism. the environmental group greenpeace says, relying on fossilfuels is terrible for our energy security,