Plans for the year ahead will be laid out by King Charles in a speech to parliament on wednesday. Its expected to outline around 35 Draft Laws Ministers intend to introduce in the coming months following labours return to power. The government has promised to introduce legislation within 100 days of taking office to deliver new rights for workers promised ahead of the election. Businesses and unions are expected to be consulted on the details. Legislation is also expected to set up Gb Energy, a new state owned Energy Company to be based in scotland. The firm will invest in Renewable Energy projects, including emerging technologies like offshore floating Wind Farms and clean hydrogen. Lets hear now from roger barker, director of policy at the institute of directors. Thank you forjoining us, roger. In terms of what to expect, we outlined a few issues. What will be top of the agenda . Issues. What will be top of the aaenda . ~. ,. , agenda . What Roger Reeves has said, she said agenda . W
Weather is approaching some Western Parts of the uk, particularly the South West here through the night, this is Showery Rain, Showery Means On and off, one minute it is quiet, then heavy then quiet again, but the vast majority of the country early on tuesday morning, pretty clear, with some morning sunshine. Now here is the problem with tomorrow. So, low pressure often brings strong winds but this is large and there is very little wind in it, and that is not necessarily a good thing, because with the strength of The Sun all of the moisture, will see big showers forming inland. Some will be thunderstorms, some will be downpours as well and there is very little wind to push this round, so where the storm forms it dumps that rainfall and that leads to Flash Flooding, but Flash Flooding the localised. Sud, most of us dont get it. It will be in spots round the country. On wednesday there will be more of a breeze in the southern half of the uk and the centre of that low transfers to more no
Results. Olympics organisers announce the first case of coronavirus in the athletes village, six days before the tokyo games begin. Rescue crews have been racing to find survivors after the floods that wreaked havoc in germany and its western neighbours. 153 people are so far known to have died across europe, 133 of them in germany alone. Hundreds remain unaccounted for and thousands are now homeless. Thousands of residents of wassenberg, an Area West of the german city of cologne, have left their homes after a dam was breached by floodwater overnight. German officials say the Countrys Flood Warning system functioned as it was supposed to, but the amount of rain and how rapidly it fell was unforeseen. Angela merkel will travel there on thursday. The german president , frank walter steinmeier, has visited the stricken town of erftstadt to see the Rescue Work taking place. Of erftstadt to see the Rescue Work translation of erftstadt to see the Rescue Work this translation of erftstadt to