prompts further offers of help from the international community. after a police community support officer is murdered, detectives search woodland in kent. and the noxious, neighbourhood dump, kicking up a stink for thousands in staffordshire. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has sought to play down concerns about how the refurbishment of his downing street flat was paid for saying he doesn t think there is anything to see or worry about. the prime minister has made clear the conservative party will comply with the outcome of an electoral commission investigation, but has refused to say whether he will abide by the recommendations of his newly appointed standards adviser. labour have said it s a ridiculous farce that mrjohnson has failed to say who paid the initial cost of the refit. with more, here s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. now haunting downing street and the prime minister, the question that borisjohnson still has not answered
change. clearly it is a popular policy by the public and heading up to the next election it would be a strange decision for the government to row back on anything with public support. can the government have it both ways, say yes to granting licences for oil and gasp projects but at the same time it commitments to net zero? new licences for the north sea is not a change in government policy, we were expecting to see more. the oil and industry s estimates show production will continue to decline in the north sea no matter what the government policy is it simply because there is not as much gas and oil as 50 years ago when we started extracting. what is left in the north sea is mostly oil. this is mostly exported, so there is little benefit to our bills from more extraction and in a cost of living crisis bills are a strong priority for the public. it is a strange decision to approve more when it won t help with our bills because they can t move the dial on internationally set p
with the netherlands in the group, there s a sense that defending the title could be one of their toughest challenges yet. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is in new zealand. the reigning champions have everything going for them. they have won two world cups in a row and are hot favourites for a record third. they have also developed an aura of being the most feared women s football team. but something is changing in this tournament. the us team is among the strongest contenders to win this tournament, there is little doubt about that. but they haven t had a very convincing start. they are at the top of the group table but the first two promises especially the draw against the netherlands have made fans feel quite uncomfortable. they have travelled from across the us to watch their heroes up close. but this group of supporters tell me it has been quite a nerve racking ride for the stars and stripes so far. i don t think they are scared and hungry. i don t think they are sca
let s catch up on the latest developments from the campaign trail. the conservatives in scotland have launched their manifesto with the leader of the tories ruth davidson, and the prime minister theresa may making a pledge to stand up to the scottish national party. part of the manifesto was a protection for the winter fuel payments for all older people, with no means testing in scotland, unlike the policy for england. we made a different choice in scottish manifesto we believe there should be means testing. the reason we have said that if as many of your viewers will acknowledge, scotland isa viewers will acknowledge, scotland is a colder climate than we have a different amount of housing stock and evolution allows you to make different decisions. i want to use the money in terms of the winter fuel payments, dance out my collea g u es fuel payments, dance out my colleagues want to put it into the health service. that is what politics are about, sometimes it is tough decision