Special task force to crack down on the crooked lawyers aiding and abetting false asylum claims, undermining the rule of law. Could this be the solution to the perennial woes of the lefty lawyers . Plus commercial success that is the sit down with sitwell today. State of the with sitwell today. State of the nafions with sitwell today. State of the nations culture correspondent is particularly disgruntled by the new alcohol duty regime. He claims this is just another attack on the great life enhancing body fizzing , enhancing body fizzing, energising, laughing gear. But his alcohol preserver here at the said nation, we advocate for drinking responsibly and no responsibly is not a brand of scrumpy or somerset cider state of the nation starts now. Of the nation starts now. Indeed holding the state of the nafion indeed holding the state of the nation in from somerset, flabellum tonight is the telegraph chief restaurant cricket william sitwell, star of the sit down with sitwell. But as al
The sit down with sitwell. But as always , i want to hear from as always, i want to hear from you. Its the most important part of the programme. Email me. Mail at gbnews. Com. Now its time for the news of the day with polly middlehurst. It. With polly middlehurst. It. Jacob. Thank you and good evening to you. Well, we begin this gb news bulletin with some breaking news coming to us from Northern Ireland in the last 15 minutes or so. Its understood ad a major data breach within the Police Service of Northern Ireland has released the personal details of every serving Police Officer and civilian staff member. These details just coming to us as the story develops. But details just coming to us as the story develops. But our details just coming to us as the story develops. But our reporter story develops. But our reporter Dougie Beattie is in Northern Ireland and doing his to best get across it for us. Dougie what do you know . What do you know . Well, i have seen this particular document.
That simply wasnt made to last. Raac was a postwar solution, now causing a headache for 21st century britain. More than 100 schools in britain have been told they need to close. Labour has announced it will force the government to reveal a complete list of affected schools, and now calls for transparency on the scale of the problem and for fast solutions. Its been known for a while and what we have also known for a while is there is a squeeze on school funding, and my committee has highlighted that repeatedly, and my committee has highlighted that and when you dont invest in maintenance and improvements in schools you get these problems arising but with raac its a systemic failure of the actual material used to build them. Hospital buildings and Court Buildings among those impacted and internal documents obtained by The Sunday Times suggest hospitals could be at risk of catastrophic collapse. The concerns about this have been swirling around for so long. Trusts have been trying to cope
Good evening. On a day of Significant Developments for the enviroment and the economy, im in plymouth as we continue to report from different parts of the uk on stories that impact all of us. Tonight the focus is very much on the major changes to the governments green policies announced by the Prime Minister. Rishi sunak said the present approach would impose unacceptable costs on hard pressed families. But the decision has been criticised by some politicians and businesses. The Prime Minister has decided the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the uk will be pushed back from 2030 to 2035. He said there will be far more time to transition from gas boilers to heat pumps and that the Boiler Upgrade Scheme Grants will increase from £5,000 to £7,500, with a new exemption for people in the poorest households, so they never have to switch at all. But rishi sunak said he remains committed to the target of net zero by 2050 thats when the uk would no longer be adding to the total