:00:18. > :00:22.People living in areas affected by any future extraction of shale
:00:23. > :00:24.gas could be paid thousands of pounds
:00:25. > :00:30.That's one of the options in a consultation over
:00:31. > :00:33.the controversial fracking process due to start tomorrow.
:00:34. > :00:36.Green campaigners have reacted angrily, calling it a "bribe".
:00:37. > :00:45.Here's our business reporter, Theo Leggett.
:00:46. > :00:52.This was the scene when councillors in North Yorkshire recently approved
:00:53. > :00:57.plans to frack for glass in Ryedale. Campaigners have been fighting the
:00:58. > :01:01.plan for two years. Fracking involves injecting water, sand and
:01:02. > :01:06.chemicals into rocks deep underground, breaking them apart and
:01:07. > :01:10.releasing the gas they contain. In the United States, where fracking is
:01:11. > :01:13.common, there are claims it can cause serious pollution and
:01:14. > :01:17.contaminate water supplies. People living near fracking sites here are
:01:18. > :01:22.worried they could suffer similar problems. There are also fears of
:01:23. > :01:27.disruption in rural towns and villages. The Government has already
:01:28. > :01:30.said some of the money from fracking could be returned to communities,
:01:31. > :01:35.now it says individual households could be paid directly. Some welcome
:01:36. > :01:41.the plan. I am pleased about that, I think it is a good intervention
:01:42. > :01:43.Theresa May has done so the local community can benefit directly
:01:44. > :01:47.rather than using a community group, because that would involve
:01:48. > :01:50.committees and trying to agree on what to spend the money on. But
:01:51. > :01:54.environmental groups have accused the Government of resorting to
:01:55. > :01:59.bribery, they insist protesters won't be bought off so easily. I
:02:00. > :02:04.don't think these communities will be fooled by the offer of a cheap
:02:05. > :02:07.bribe. The reality is that every year, the more people that learn
:02:08. > :02:21.about fracking, the more people in Britain don't want it so
:02:22. > :02:24.why is the Government trying to force it on people that don't want
:02:25. > :02:26.it? Nevertheless the proposal has impressed some observers, including
:02:27. > :02:28.a leading critic of the Government. Fracking could transform the British
:02:29. > :02:31.economy if it becomes widespread, with a cheap source of fuel, but
:02:32. > :02:34.also I would see it as the beginnings of the impact council
:02:35. > :02:38.house sales had in marshalling support behind Mrs Thatcher. So far
:02:39. > :02:41.this is just a proposal that has been put out for consultation but
:02:42. > :02:44.the Government has already made it clear the principle could be
:02:45. > :02:49.extended into other sectors which has led to speculation that people
:02:50. > :02:51.affected by major railway could also one day be offered payments.
:02:52. > :03:03.I suppose the big question for people affected is will it happen?
:03:04. > :03:07.Something will happen, it depends how it is done. The Government wants
:03:08. > :03:10.to put 10% of tax revenues from shale gas projects back into
:03:11. > :03:15.communities, the question is whether that money goes to community trusts,
:03:16. > :03:21.local authorities or back directly into people's pockets, but we know
:03:22. > :03:25.Theresa May is keen on this idea of compensating people directly so in
:03:26. > :03:32.some form it may happen. Whether it is thousands of pounds or less than
:03:33. > :03:33.that, we don't know. Theo, thank you.
:03:34. > :03:36.A senior Conservative MP who backed a Remain vote in the EU referendum
:03:37. > :03:39.said the campaign made a "terrible mistake" in not discussing
:03:40. > :03:41.Anna Soubry, who was a Business Minister,
:03:42. > :03:42.told a BBC documentary that
:03:43. > :03:44.concerns about the Remain campaign's tactics were dismissed.
:03:45. > :03:50.Here's our Political Correspondent, Chris Mason.
:03:51. > :03:59.His report contains some flash photography. It was the moment that
:04:00. > :04:04.changed politics and changed the country, the suppose at outsiders
:04:05. > :04:09.have won, the establishment, big business and elliptical parties had
:04:10. > :04:14.very definitely lost, and so they are now asking why. One senior Tory
:04:15. > :04:20.who backed Remain said it was a terrible mistake not to talk about
:04:21. > :04:23.immigration, and... One of my colleagues have said they were very
:04:24. > :04:28.worried it was all project fear and there should be more positivity and
:04:29. > :04:33.that was dismissed, and I said on two locations I'm really worried
:04:34. > :04:38.about the Labour vote, and it was, yes, whatever. That worry was
:04:39. > :04:43.justified, it turned out, and plenty are now blaming Jeremy Corbyn. Not
:04:44. > :04:51.only was he most of the time absent from the battle, but he was holding
:04:52. > :04:56.back the efforts of Alan Johnson and the campaign. They felt undermined,
:04:57. > :05:00.at times they felt their efforts were being sabotaged. There were far
:05:01. > :05:03.too many people who didn't know Labour's position on the referendum
:05:04. > :05:07.and I think that is because of a lack of concerted campaigning by the
:05:08. > :05:14.leadership over many months leading up to that point. So the leader let
:05:15. > :05:19.you down really? I felt let down, yes. But Jeremy Corbyn's team said
:05:20. > :05:23.he did make Labour's case for remaining in and reforming the EU,
:05:24. > :05:28.and allies again have defended his role. I think all leading members of
:05:29. > :05:31.the Labour Party were out actively campaigning and Jeremy played his
:05:32. > :05:36.part in that collective effort by doing a lot of media appearances, a
:05:37. > :05:40.lot of meetings up and down the country. He played his part and we
:05:41. > :05:46.all played our part in campaigning for that. For the losers then,
:05:47. > :05:52.reflection. For the winners, justification. Once lonely argument
:05:53. > :05:57.endorsed by the majority. Ultimately this referendum was won by people
:05:58. > :06:00.saying, we have got to get back control of our borders and a more
:06:01. > :06:06.sane, better immigration system into Britain. Whatever the reasons, Vote
:06:07. > :06:08.Leave were victorious and have reshaped politics forever.
:06:09. > :06:10.And you can see the full documentary -
:06:11. > :06:12."Brexit: The Battle for Britain" tomorrow night
:06:13. > :06:18.Iran has confirmed that a nuclear scientist has been executed
:06:19. > :06:21.after a court there convicted him of spying for America.
:06:22. > :06:24.Shahram Amiri disappeared in Saudi Arabia in June 2009
:06:25. > :06:28.and resurfaced a year later in the United States.
:06:29. > :06:31.Officials had initially welcomed him on his return to Iran
:06:32. > :06:37.but he was later accused of working with western intelligence agencies.
:06:38. > :06:39.The South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been treated
:06:40. > :06:42.in hospital after suffering minor injuries to his wrists.
:06:43. > :06:46.A prison spokesperson said Pistorius denied attempting to kill himself.
:06:47. > :06:49.He is now back in his cell, where he's serving a six-year jail
:06:50. > :07:05.sentence for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
:07:06. > :07:08.Macedonian police say the capital of Skopje has been hit by torrential
:07:09. > :07:11.rain and floods and has left at least 15 people dead,
:07:12. > :07:14.The city's mayor has described the situation as 'worst Skopje
:07:15. > :07:17.A police spokeswoman said that heavy rain,
:07:18. > :07:19.strong winds and thunderstorms hit the capital and its
:07:20. > :07:23.Rescue crews have been sent to the worst-hit areas to evacuate
:07:24. > :07:27.As the Olympic Games in Rio enter their second full day,
:07:28. > :07:28.athletics is facing new allegations of doping.
:07:29. > :07:32.The Sunday Times, which conducted an undercover operation, says
:07:33. > :07:35.a senior Kenyan official offered to warn athletes in his country
:07:36. > :07:39.when drugs tests were imminent in return for a payment.
:07:40. > :07:42.But Major Michael Rotich says he went along with the sting
:07:43. > :07:44.because he wanted to identify the undercover reporters
:07:45. > :07:53.Kenya's anti-doping agency has said it will investigate.
:07:54. > :07:57.Later today, an announcement is expected that Russia, which has
:07:58. > :08:00.been accused of state-sponsored doping, will be barred
:08:01. > :08:02.from the Paralympics, which start next month.
:08:03. > :08:05.With news about that, and a look ahead to today's
:08:06. > :08:07.action in the Olympics, live now to Rio and our
:08:08. > :08:24.Firstly that news about Russia. The International Olympic Committee
:08:25. > :08:29.decided controversially not to ban all of Russia's competitors from the
:08:30. > :08:33.Olympics. There's about 270 of them competing here, but later on it is
:08:34. > :08:38.expected the International Paralympic committee will impose a
:08:39. > :08:42.blanket ban, meaning there will be no Russian athletes at the
:08:43. > :08:47.Paralympics here next month. As far as the action is concerned, still no
:08:48. > :08:52.medals yet for Team GB although Hannah Miley came so close last
:08:53. > :08:56.night in the swimming, finishing in fourth place. But there are high
:08:57. > :09:01.hopes later in the aquatic centre behind me for Adam Beatty as he goes
:09:02. > :09:07.for gold in the 100 metres breaststroke. Yesterday he had the
:09:08. > :09:11.two fastest times in history, a world record in the heats and
:09:12. > :09:15.another hugely impressive display in the semifinals and he has a great
:09:16. > :09:22.chance of becoming the first British man to win an Olympic swimming title
:09:23. > :09:25.since Adrian Moorhouse back in 1988. There are also high hopes in the
:09:26. > :09:30.cycling as well for Lizzie Armistead in the women's road race. She faced
:09:31. > :09:35.the prospect of being banned from these games after missing three
:09:36. > :09:39.drugs tests but she appealed successfully and is competing here,
:09:40. > :09:42.and she has a great chance of a gold medal, Gavin. Andy Swiss, thank you.
:09:43. > :09:44.Hundreds of people have gathered in a park near
:09:45. > :09:47.The unofficial gathering was organised to remember the 85
:09:48. > :09:50.people who were killed on Bastille Day by a man who drove
:09:51. > :09:53.Flowers were laid and a minute's silence held.
:09:54. > :09:56.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
:09:57. > :10:00.The next news on BBC One is at six o'clock bye for now.