a deepening area of low pressure. this has been named storm otto, named by the danish weather service for likely impacts in denmark. but for likely impacts in denmark. but for others across the northern half of the uk it is going to bring some very strong and gusty winds. for the time being, relatively quiet this afternoon. a few glimmers a brightness for england and wales, splashes of rain for northern ireland and scotland and it is mild. through this evening we will see rain across northern ireland, scotland and parts of northern england and the winds are starting to ratchet up, very windy across these northern areas. further south breezy, mostly cloudy and it is going to be a mild night. if he had travel plans late into tonight and early tomorrow morning across scotland, we could see wind gusts of 80 mph, but easily getting to 70, 70 five miles per hour elsewhere. the other place where the winds will cause problems is across the tops of the pennines and just to the east of
in the uae, some of the worst flaring is hidden away from the public on rigs out at sea. across the gulf from iran and iraq to kuwait we will reveal how the health of millions is being put at risk by the toxic flares. coughing samira is one of the 20 million people walking as part of the annual shia pilgrimage of arba in, which starts in basra, southern iraq. this part of the 700km route is highly polluted, as it crosses through areas just metres from gas flares, including the town where samira lives. in 2022, our bbc arabic investigation exposed how oil giants toxic air pollution puts children living next to the flares at risk of cancer. now we re investigating how this almost entirely avoidable pollution spreads across the region, and how it impacts people s health hundreds of kilometres away. volunteer nurses on the arba in route say that many pilgrims are reporting health issues. the biggest source of flaring here is from a giant oil field called rumaila, managed b
All this week on breakfast were looking at what it means for your generation. To we are focusing on the millennial is, those born in the 805 and 905. I have come here to aberdeen to see what these workers want for the economy. In sport, double gold for laura muir as she adds the 3000 metre title to her 1500 metre win at the european indoor athletics championships. Pollution is not a joke is the message from students at this Primary School. We are talking today about Cars Idling Outside Schools and the damage it does. And carol has the weather for us this morning. Good morning. Actually start, some have frost, but for many it will be sunshine with some showers. Rain across the south, blustery here, and snow would hide. I will have more details of about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theres uncertainty for thousands of british car workers as a deal that will see vauxhall sold to the french owners of peugeot and citroen, is expected to be announced within the next hour.
Soon after setting sail for dover. And bt sport are to pay £1. 2 billion to carry on showing the Champions League and Europa League until 2021. The new deal ends the Highlights Shows On Terrestrial Tv. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The uk factories at Ellesmere Port and luton employee. The new owners met government and unions last week and provided insurance that existing Production Commitments would be honoured at Ellesmere Port until 2020 and luton for some years beyond that but the combined company will have 2a factories in europe and some say that is too many. Its one of the biggest deals in the car making sector. British and german Brands Vauxhall and opel are to merge with the french brands peugeot and citroen. Together they will make a company which is the second largest automotive player in europe. Today, the bosses of General Motors and psa welcomed the £1. 9 billion deal and stressed their commitments to vauxhall and opel at least until 2020. After that it was
And there are questions about the benefits it will deliver. city hall has claimed the policy has reduced nitrogen dioxide levels by around 30%. but an initial study by a team at imperial college found it had only helped lower n02 levels by around 3%, with a negligible effect on ozone and particulate pollution. the mayor s office later wrote to the college urging them to re examine their findings. so the true benefit of all this is a bit of a mystery. let s talk to bob ward, policy director at grantham research institute on climate change and the environment. thank you for being with us, perhaps you can help us with this, where s the truth as to the benefit of what sadiq khan has put in place? weill. sadiq khan has put in place? well, ou sadiq khan has put in place? well, you mentioned sadiq khan has put in place? well, you mentioned that sadiq khan has put in place? well, you mentioned that imperial - sadiq khan has put in place? -ii you mentioned that imperial college study that