We dont take whole trees. You do. And how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. Logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. Theres no other word for it. This is britains biggest Single Source of electricity. The Drax Power Station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but its switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uks drive to cut Carbon Emissions. And that means the company has received around £6 billion in green subsidies. Theres just one problem. Burning wood pellets actually gives out more Greenhouse Gases than coal. Now, Carbon Dioxide is invisible to the human eye, so you cant actually see all of the carbon coming out of that chimney, but wood burning releases plenty of it, even more than coal. So were actually paying for this Power Station to kick out more Greenhouse Gases than before. And drax is in line to get billions more from the taxpayer. Actually coming out of those chimneys right now is mo
we don t take whole trees. you do. and how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. there s no other word for it. this is britain s biggest single source of electricity. the drax power station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but it s switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uk s drive to cut carbon emissions. and that means the company has received around £6 billion in green subsidies. there s just one problem. burning wood pellets actually gives out more greenhouse gases than coal. now, carbon dioxide is invisible to the human eye, so you can t actually see all of the carbon coming out of that chimney, but wood burning releases plenty of it, even more than coal. so we re actually paying for this power station to kick out more greenhouse gases than before. and drax is in line to get billions more from the taxpayer. actually coming out of those chimne
Four people including a cyclist in hospital. Our correspondent ellie price takes up the story. If it wasnt so dangerous, it would be strangely beautiful. Two Military Horses on the run in Central London during the morning rush hour. One hits a taxi. And they carry on down fleet street. In total, five Household Cavalry horses ran loose after unseating four riders. One had been in charge of two courses. The damage unmistakable as they crashed into several vehicles, including this bus. Three soldiers were hospitalised, their injuries not deemed to be life threatening. The bbc understands a fourth Person Injured was a cyclist. At such a busy time in the day there were of course plenty of witnesses. As i looked to the left i saw two horses coming towards me and i ran to get across the road. They are big horses and the grey or white one had blood from its weathers, its shoulders. It was coming at such a speed, i thought i need to stop those horses. Two horses went past me and i saw them gall
More than 200 people came out on Sunday to hear Avis Hayden tell the story of the Kelley Hotel and Kelley Stand Road. Hayden is a genealogist and a descendent of the Kelley family.