Summary: Transport Secretary Grant Shapps emphasizes the importance of issuing 100 new oil and gas licenses this autumn. Shapps warns that without these licenses, the UK would have to rely on higher-emission fossil fuel imports, leading to increased carbon emissions. The government aims to support the oil and gas industry, preserve jobs, and maintain tax revenue through the issuance of these licenses. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has emphasized the significance of issuing 1...

Summary: The Bibby Stockholm barge is restocked with food supplies in anticipation of potential migrant arrivals. Protests have been taking place, with activists calling for immediate action on the migrant crisis. Law enforcement is on high alert, monitoring the situation and looking out for potential protesters. The humanitarian crisis demands international attention and support to aid displaced individuals. The Bibby Stockholm barge has been restocked with food supplies in a...

Summary: Kevin Spacey expresses gratitude to the jury for carefully examining the evidence before reaching a not-guilty verdict . The actor thanks his legal team , courthouse staff, and security personnel for their support during the trial. Despite the verdict , the controversy surrounding Spacey's sexual assault allegations continues, impacting his career and public perception. Kevin Spacey issued a statement expressing his gratitude to the jury and all those in...

SNP leadership candidates' energy policies laid out at hustings I think, certainly if I'm the leader for a future Scotland round, I don't think we should just lease, I think we should take an equity stake so that actually if companies are benefiting then that benefit, that profit is coming to us. So I will instruct for the next round at an equity stake in our renewables and I think there's also an advantage of having why do we not have a national renewable energy company? I think we should and that's something that I think again would help to make sure that the benefit of that amazing potential that we've got of renewables is not kept in the hands of profitable companies but shared with the people. Well the disgrace that Scotland is, one of the few countries that found oil and got poorer and that is why our kids are in poverty today and the lessons there are cl...

Passengers at London Waterloo react to the 5.9% increase in fares And what's your reaction to the average 5.9% increase in fares today in England and Wales? Well I mean obviously everyone's cost has gone up, the electricity to run the railway and everything else but prices were very very high compared to the rest of Europe anyway. So it does cut a little bit because we've all got changes at the moment. It's not really happy to hear it kind of increasing like that. Yeah I think it's tough times we're living in and considering how much we depend on public transport these days it's not going to be well received I think by many to hear that it's increasing. Considering the current state of the trains as well, this mix with the price increase is probably going to be met with some resistance I would say. It's amazing, it just keeps going all the time you ...