Boris Johnson has joked that the UK may have to sacrifice a goat to a mythical god to boost wind power production in his bid to reach net zero carbon emissions.

Speaking with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates at the Global Investment Summit in London, the prime minister said: "We must propitiate to the Aeolus, the god of wind … sacrifice a goat or something … in a humane way!" Report by Buseld. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn