for many of us today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm, except across the very far north of scotland and parts of eastern england, where we hang onto more cloud. that will suppress the temperatures. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, the 30th of may. new measures to crackdown on the use of vapes by children in england, are set to be unveiled by the government. ministers have pledged to close a loophole allowing retailers to give free samples to children, and a ban on nicotine free vapes for under 18 s is also being considered. our health editor hugh pym has the details. a recent laboratory test for bbc news on illegal vapes confiscated at a school showed some had more than twice the safe amount of lead, and nine times the safe amount of nickel. the prime minister said he was shocked by this report, and said he was taking further action to clamp down on rogue firms who unlawfully target children with these products. the measures include closing a l
today, following the firm s takeover by elon musk. prince william has announced the finalists for his global we are going to find a solution is to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize . good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the government could delay or scrap major energy and transport projects as it tries to rein in public spending a spokesperson said we are reviewing every major project . the treasury is due to reveal its tax and spending plans under the new prime minister rishi sunak in the autumn statement on the 17th of november. the bbc understands that plans for a new nuclear power plant called sizewell c in suffolk are under review borisjohnson pledged £700 million for the project in september, with a call to go nuclear and go large . a high speed rail line promised by liz truss for the north of england could also be scaled back. the government is also expected to try t
famous theatres in london lose grants in favour of bodies outside the capital, in a major change to arts funding in england. and exactly 100 years since its discovery we hear about the continuing fascination with tutankhamun s 3,000 year old tomb. coming up on the bbc news channel, england know they have to beat sri lanka tomorrow to reach the t20 world cup semifinal, after australia edged a close win over afghanistan. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in a week that s been dominated by news about the immigration system, the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france as a recruitment ground offering to pay the passage of people who are prepared to work in the uk s illegal drugs trade. albanians account for at least one third of the 38,000 people who ve crossed the channel to england this year, according to the latest to the latest government figures. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson has this report. for each boat, eac
stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. with the key us midterm elections just four days away, donald trump drops his strongest hint yet that he plans another run for the white house. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, 0k? very, very, very probably. we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of those prepared to work in the uk drugs industry on arrival. it comes as record numbers of migrants are us
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has suspended strike action planned from tomorrow, after the train operating companies promised to table a pay offer. the union has said it will now enter into a period of negotiations with network rail and the operators, meaning the walkouts planned for tomorrow, and november 7th and 9th are off. let s get more on this from our transport correspondent katy austin. i think that this was unexpected. yes, this is a significant moment, i think. this is the first time in a quite long running dispute that the rmt have called off, or suspended plant strike action for the purpose of facilitating more talks. now the rmt says eight has now had a commitment from the train companies, there will be an offer made because there will be an offer made because there has not been an offer made so far. they also say that network rail has now committed to talks without conditions attached. speaking to people in the rail industry, they say the