Related. With more heavy Snow Forecast across Northern Scotland this weekend well talk to one family who decided to make the most of it. Dont, dont shes kicked him out and coming up this hour. Certainly not on mute how one Parish Council has gone viral after a zoom meeting got a little out of hand. Good morning. Welcome to bbc news. Energy prices will rise for millions of people across the uk in april, after the regulator ofgem said the cap for default Domestic Energy deals would be raised to cover suppliers extra costs. Ofgem defended the decision, saying that its in the interest of customers to start allowing Energy Companies to recover some of the costs to avoid larger price hikes in the future. The price cap was introduced in 2019 and designed to protect customers from being overcharged. But this is the first rise in the cap so how will the decision affect customers . The price cap affects 11 million households who have never switched suppliers, or whose discounted deals have expir
Him to run through the timelines . When did these 11 cases test positive, and how long does the genetic sequencing take, and when was he told of these cases . Can these processes be made speedier . And so for example that the ealing case tested positive in late december. These variants bring into focus the importance of border controls. Times radio reports that Quarantine Arrangements for hotels wont be in place until the 15th of february. Why the delay . According to the times newspaper, sage weeks ago said tougher Quarantine Arrangements were needed. Will he publish at this stage minutes from the 21st Of January . I welcome the extra testing, but can i suggest it was further . People move beyond postcode boundaries. They go shopping, many still have to go to work. Will he therefore roll out testing in neighbouring postcodes . He wants to come down hard on this variant, but isnt the lesson of mass testing, such as in liverpool, that people are hesitant to take a test if they arent com
welcome to bbc news. more now on the news that a massive earthquake has killed more than 500 people in turkey and syria, and i canjoin my colleague for more. welcome to all of you watching on pbs and around the globe. we are bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour. a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern syria and also south eastern turkey. official figures say officialfigures say more official figures say more than 650 people have been killed, that figure will rise. the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8 struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep. buildings collapsed, hundreds of miles away. there were also reports of many of the casualties in northern syria, across the border. the tremor was also felt in lebanon, gaza, jordan, cyprus and iraq. turkey has declared a state of emergency. syria s government, meanwhile, has also held an emergency meeting in order to decide how they will respond. witnesses from
Now on bbc news its time for click. This week, regenerating teeth, unusual vegetation, and, goodness gracious, Great Balls Of Fire energy, as our demand for it grows, the world is faced with a challenge. When we burn coal, the energy that has been stored inside formally for millions of years is released, to power cities and machines. But so, of course, is all the bad stuff that is polluting and changing the environment. Countries have met and agreed to reduce Carbon Emissions and invest in cleaner energy solutions, we are harnessing more solar and wind energy than ever, and last month the uk had its first day of Electricity Supply without burning any coal. But, green power is still a long way from taking over from fossil fuels. But what if there was a Clean Energy Source that could release 10 million times more energy than fossil fuels, with an almost limitless supply which could keep the planet running for millions of years . Well, turns out, there is, and the answer lies in the stars
Now on bbc news its time for click. This week, regenerating teeth, unusual vegetation, and, goodness gracious, Great Balls Of Fire energy, as our demand for it grows, the world is faced with a challenge. When we burn coal, the energy that has been stored inside formally for millions of years is released, to power cities and machines. But so, of course, is all the bad stuff that is polluting and changing the environment. Countries have met and agreed to reduce Carbon Emissions and invest in cleaner energy solutions, we are harnessing more solar and wind energy than ever, and last month the uk had its first day of Electricity Supply without burning any coal. But, green power is still a long way from taking over from fossil fuels. But what if there was a Clean Energy Source that could release 10 million times more energy than fossil fuels, with an almost limitless supply which could keep the planet running for millions of years . Well, turns out, there is, and the answer lies in the stars