it s thursday, 31st august. our main story. police chiefs in england and wales are to be given new powers to sack officers found guilty of gross misconduct. the overhaul of the disciplinary processes was prompted by the convictions of former metropolitan police officers wayne couzens, who murdered sarah everard, and the serial rapist, david carrick. our home editor mark easton reports. what is your relationship with malhotra? he s my cousin. i never knew it was so bad what he was doing. otherwise, i d never have gone along with it. frustration of pursuing bent coppers has seen sunday night tv drama echo the real world of policing. the head of scotland yard, sir mark rowley, is among a number of police chiefs, who ve been pushing the government to give them more powers to identify and sack rogue officers. the further people are away from it, the more forgiving they are of the behaviour is what i ve seen. so i want. i want the powers to be able to deal with this. the appalling
out north sea energy. it s also providing up to £20 billion for carbon capture projects, including the first in scotland, ?which the government says will?create 20,000 newjobs. 2050, when we are at net zero, it is forecast that around a quarter of our energy needs will still come from oil and gas. that s why technologies like carbon capture and storage are important. but what is important then as we get that oil and gas in the best possible way and that means getting it from here at home. the british government insists today s announcements are entirely consistent with it s commitment to reach net zero by 2050 which is set down in law. but the prime minister?stands accused?of watering down the government s?targets. miles behind in the polls he clearly sees an opportunity to take the fight to keir starmer. labour say they won t grant any new drilling licenses if they?win?the next election. the labour mayor in? london is imposing new costs?on the?drivers of polluting vehicle
country for generations. new wall street journal polls showing patriotism, religious faith, having children and hard work have declined in importance to americans. check this out, patriotism plummeted over the past 25 years. back in 1998, 70% of those surrendered ranked it as being very important to them. now just 38% feel that way. more than 60% said religion was important. today less than 40%. and family values like having children also have dropped sharply. in 1998, 59% of americans believed having children was very important. now just 30% do. the polls are not entirely surprising, we have seen the deterioration of america s core values. distortion of the american flag, as symbol of patriotism to one of oppression. kneeling for national anthem, that was applauded, pretty widely. the kneeling of a christian high school football coach in prayer on another football field, that got him fired. meanwhile children are being taught that america is systemically racist and for those
streets with raymond to track down the pot revelers. what we found may surprise you. and in moments my angle on how the left wants you to live in never land. but first breaking tonight senior law enforcement officials telling nbc news that there is growing frustration inside the fbi as they finish the bulk of their work on the hunter biden case over a year ago and reportedly the irs finished its part of the investigation more than a year ago as well. now, remember, the washington post previously reported there was enough evidence discovered to charge hunter biden with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase. now this comes out on the heels of another bombshell report that could be the straw that broke biden s back. a whistle blower special agent from the irs has come forward to allege that joe biden was getting special treatment and special protection in the agency s investigation of his son hunter. the whistle blower s lawyer appeared on special report ton
as veteran broadcaster ken bruce prepares for his last show on radio 2. it s entirely within the bbc s right to ask me to step away a little early and gardening leave is a known concept in broadcasting and in many other areas. good morning. the bbc understands that some energy firms are expecting the government to keep support at, or near, current levels and they are amending their bills with that expectation in mind. the typical energy bill for a household in the uk is set to rise to £3,000 a year from april, but there are calls for the government to keep its current level of support. that support currently means the government is limiting the typical bill to £2,500 a year, plus a £400 winter discount. that support is due to end in april and fuel poverty campaigners say that means the number of households struggling to afford bills could rise from 6.7 million to 8.4 million. a treasury source said it wouldn t comment on speculation, but the chancellorjeremy hunt told the