Now on bbc news, three engineers leading The Field in clean Energy Solutions come together for a special event presented by Kevin Fong at the Victoria And Albert museum, london. Hello, im Kevin Fong, and welcome to the engineers clean energy. We are here at the Victoria And Albert museum In London with a socially distanced public audience, a virtual audience from around the globe, and three of the worlds leading engineers. Now, the Climate Catastrophe threatens All Of Us. But these engineers are at the forefront of providing our world with real solutions. Applause. Please welcome henry snaith, professor of physics at oxford, and through of his engineering of low cost photovoltaics, he discovered a thin film of photocells. It could be a hugely significant discovery, as henry hopes it will eventually double the efficiency of Solar Power and halve the cost. Danielle merfeld is an electrical engineer who is chief Technology Officer and Vice President of ge renewables. Ge is the biggest cre
Wildfires in northern California Force thousands into Evacuation Centres while a Covid Outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. British mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the Governments Coronavirus Spending for decades. A parliamentary report says the Uk Military is failing to protect female recruits with almost two thirds of women experiencing bullying, Sexual Harassment and discrimination. And the Uk Army safely detonates a World War ii bomb on the site of a new Housing Estate. A warm welcome to tokyo, its day 2 of the olympics and the Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of excitement weve been looking for in the games. There were major shocks in the swimming pool, a World Record was broken and for some big names their Olympic Dream has come to an end. A couple of sports have made their debut too. Lets cross to the Bbc Sport Centre and speak to our reporter jane dougall, whos been watching the action. What an exciting Road Race for the women a
Extra support for parts of the country including of the North East of england in the battle against rising numbers of covid 19. Its due to recent data showing that nearly 30 of adults in newcastle for example, havent even had their firstjab. Among younger adults its almost half. In the whole of england nearly 70 of the Adult Population has had both jabs which is why auhorities say theyre taking action. The bbc s Martin Forster reports. Injanuary, worried people queued up to be vaccinated and the limiting factor was how quickly the nhs could get hold of vaccines. Six months later, and its a very different story. The vaccines are there, the vaccinators are there, but the nhs is dealing with a far more sceptical audience. While the North East are seeing the highest rates of infection in the country, in newcastle, nearly three in ten adults remain completely unvaccinated. I guess theres a sense that perhaps were getting towards The End of the pandemic and i think thats probably playing int
Wildfires in nortHern California Force thousands into Evacuation Centres while a Covid Outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. Its day two of the olympics and the Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of Unpredictability And Excitement only these games Can bring. THere have been some major shocks in the Swimming Pool a World Record was broken and today has brought something of a Gold Rush forjapan s olympians. Mariko oi has the details. What an exciting evening for teamjapan but in particular for one Family Thejudo Siblings Uta and Hifumi Abe winning double Gold Medals within an hour of each otHer, and now the hashtag the most powerful siblings is trending on social media. Also, earlier in the day, we had Yuto Horigome winning the first ever Gold Medalfor skateboarding. We went out to find out how people made of his achievements. Lets take a listen. Translation | used to do skateboarding and i knew horigome, so congratulations to him for winning the Gold Medal. Esp
Designer Tommy Hilfiger to talk diversity, and how to go beyond tokenism to see real change. Halima aden made Catwalk History when she became The Worlds First Hijab wearing supermodel. Featuring in campaigns for some of the biggest names in the Fashion Industry. I had never got to experience flipping through a magazine and seeing somebody in a hijab, somebody i could relate to. So to be that person for other girls was just a dream come true. But, overtime, Halima Felt The Industry was clashing with her muslim faith, and in November 2020 she announced on instagram that she was quitting. I felt great pleasure being the first muslim, hijab wearing model. It got to a place where i was so far removed from my own image. I ran into Problems Likejeans being placed on my head in the place of a regular scarf. Ive arranged for halima to meet with an industry leader, fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, to talk for the first time face to face about the need for change. I understand why you left the Fa