Papers obtained by bbc panorama show drax took timberfrom papers obtained by bbc panorama show drax took timber from rare forest in canada that it had claimed were no go areas. It comes as the government decides whether to give the firms yorkshire side billions more in environmental subsidies, funded by energy bill payers. Drax says its wood pellets are sustainable and illegally harvested. Lets get more on this from our reporter who conducted that investigation. What did you find . This is about a Power Station in england. This is the worlds biggest woodfired Power Station. It does say by burning wood pellets. It receives a huge amount of public subsidy, as you just mentioned, because these wood pellets, when you burn for electricity, that is counted as renewable energy. The Power Station gets through an awful lot of wood pellets each year, about 6. 5 million tonnes. All of these are imported into the uk from overseas, many of them coming from the us and canada, where drax runs 17 pell
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Effective bankruptcy in the next few years unless the Funding System is reformed. A report by the local Government Information Unit has Found Services like parks, Leisure Facilities and libraries are at risk of being cut, while council tax could rise in some areas. Our reporter Vincent Mcaviney has more. Yay well done. Alex is about to turn 18, and on top of the regular worries parents have about their children, mum, sylvia also has to think about alexs autism and the extra support he needs to gain independence. Support thats under fire for her and other families as Birmingham City council struggles with financial difficulties. What you get is families that are on their knees with a trauma presentation, traumatised kids, and they never get decent outcomes. Theyjust end up constantly trying to get the basics, which everybody else s child gets naturally. And its Notjust Birmingham thats struggling. Across the country, councils are warning that front line neighbourhood Services Like parks