More propaganda from the BBC:

"Britain powers on without coal for three days"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43879564

"Britain has not generated electricity from coal for more than three days - the longest streak since the 1880s.

The new record comes just days after the last record of 55 hours was set, National Grid said.

The coal-free period began on Saturday at 1000 BST and has continued into Tuesday afternoon.

Power generated from wind and gas dominated the mix of energy for users in England, Scotland and Wales.

Just last week the UK grid recorded its first two-day period without using any power from the fossil fuel, which the government has pledged to phase out by 2025.

Coal accounted for less than 7% of the power mix last year, according to official figures.

In April, 2017 Britain went its first full day without coal since the 19th century."

etc etc, followed by hand-wringing about the increasing reliance on "gas - another fossil fuel."

Not a mention of the number of days last winter (which was unusually long) when coal provided more than 20% of our electricity and that without it, the lights would probably have gone out. Not a hint of balance.

Story about ring-necked parakeets this morning was difficult to understand. Birds respondent's restricted to urban centres because of their warmth, but the birds are slowly spreading in the South East appearing in new urban centres. If they are restricted they can hardly spread, but this was not explained. When it comes to the effect of climate change it was implied that this would allow the birds to extend into rural areas. Just how was never explained. I would have thought increasing temperatures would have made city centres even more attractive.

P.S. you can sell wood pigeon the laws make no sense.

There is a open licence to control ring-necked parakeets but as they are mostly in urban areas at the moment no effective action is being taken. There is also an open licence on Canda Geese but your are not allowed to sell them. This rule makes no sense if you are trying to reduce the numbers. Your are not supposed to release grey squirrels back into the wild but animal rescue people still get away with it.