Good evening. The go ahead has been given to develop the uks largest untapped Oil And Gas Field in the north sea at rosebank. Its expected to produce the equivalent of 300 Million Barrels of oil during its lifetime. The companies behind it, and the government, say it will create Hundreds Ofjobs and raise billions of pounds. But environmental campaigners are furious, calling the decision reckless and inconsistent with the uks 2050 net zero target. The oilfield is here, 80 miles west of the shetland isands. Our business editor, simonjack, reports for simon jack, reports over 50 for simonjack, reports over 50 years, the waters arol the for over 50 years, the waters around the uk have provided oil, gas, jobs, tax and Carbon Emissions but reserves are dwindling and the uk is now a net importer of oil and gas but the owners of the punitive element for decades say this is a good day for the uk. Is element for decades say this is a good day for the uk. Good day for the uk. Is an investment goo
And on newsnight at 10 30, well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live with some key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. There are warnings tonight of a generation of children, being permanently affected by past covid lockdowns, the last of which ended more than two years ago. Who can forget that overnight, schools shut their doors while thousands of children were kept at Home Learning online . But now its clear, growing numbers of youngsters are persistently missing school, with the childrens commissioner for england warning the crisis needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency. At least one in five pupils in england is now Persistently Absent meaning theyre missing 10 or more of their lessons thats double the rate, before the pandemic. A committee of mps is recommending a series of measures including a National Roll out of Attendance Mentors to work with families. New guidance on the standardisation of fines for parents acr
Samira hussain reports. Protests, rubber bullets, tear gas. This latest flare up is the largest since Ethnic Violence began back in may. These protesters were marching in the capital when they were met by Security Forces. Several dozens have been injured an internet ban imposed, a controversial Anti Insurgency law in effect, giving Security Forces full control of the state. This comes after photos emerged of the two teenagers who had been missing sincejuly. The bbc spoke with the girls father just last month he was hopeful to the end. Translation i the end. Translation ,. , translation i expected that she would come translation i expected that she would come back, translation i expected that she would come back, with translation i expected that she would come back, with this translation i expected that she would come back, with this hope, l translation | expected that she j would come back, with this hope, i keep living even though there is so much sorrow. For the kind of person she is
Who s been caught speeding and how fast were they going?
One of them was doing 105mph on the A38
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