rim“? veselnitskaya, this is the bbc news. the headlines at 4: more than three million british gas customers will see their electricity prices increase by 12.5% next month. the white house insists that president trump's new chief of staff will bring discipline to his administration, following the sacking of anthony scaramucci. a second day of trouble at the mount prison in hertfordshire where armed prisoners are believed to have taken over a wing. the trauma unit at thejohn radcliffe hospital in oxford is to close for up to a year because its cladding failed fire safety tests ordered after the grenfell tower blaze. and in the next hour — rescuing a man who drifted out to sea in a toy dinghy. what are you doing out here? the rnli urges people to take care around the water at the busiest time of year for the charity's crews. and the piece hall in halifax — once at the heart of the world's wool trade —

reopens following a £19 million makeover. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. british gas will increase electricity prices by 12.5% in september, a move which will affect more than 3 million customers. its parent company centrica said the price rise is a because of the increasing cost of transmitting energy to people's homes and government environmental policies. the government has indicated that it may still legislate to impose a cap on energy prices. our business correspondent theo leggett reports. music. british gas likes to say it is putting its customers in control. we are bringing the nation smarter connected homes. but even if they turn the heating down, those on a standard variable tariffs will see their bills going up. after the increases announced today,

the cost of an average dualfuel energy bill, electricity and gas, provided by british gas, will be going up. it will now cost you £1,120 a year, that is an increase of £76 compared to last year. it is not the cheapest among the big players any more, but it is not the most expensive. british gas says it does mean 3 million people will pay more for their energy, but another 5.3 million customers will not be affected. british gas‘s owner centrica says it has little choice but to increase bills because the cost of providing electricity in particular has increased sharply. the reason for this is the transmission and distribution costs have been going up as well as the environmental and social policy costs. and recently, we have been selling electricity at a loss. those are the reasons why we have had to put prices up, beginning in the middle of september.

over the past six months, centrica has seen profits from its home energy business falling sharply and it has also lost hundreds of thousands of customers. british gas has had pressure on its profits, on the domestic side, reflected in this announcement which they argue is because the price freeze and they argue most recently they have been making a loss and electricity overall, so there is a on them i guess to make sure they are not loss—making. earlier this year, when other major energy companies raised their prices, the regulator ofgem said the increases were notjustified. but plans for a cap have been watered down. the government needs to urgently look at what they do for the customers paying over the odds. there has been so much discussion about the energy market and it does not work for consumers. the discussion needs to end and we need to see some action. regulators want more people to shop around and switch suppliers to find a cheaper deal.

but not everyone is willing to do that. for the sake in my case of maybe £20 saving a year, it is not worth it. it is not worth my time. it is dear enough as it is, that is why i have both and gas and electric together because you get the 10% discount. if i could get a better deal somewhere else, i will always look for the best deal possible. centrica says it would welcome some changes to the energy market, including the abolition of the expensive standard variable tariffs. the white house has insisted that president trump's new chief of staff will bring discipline to his administration, following the sacking of anthony scaramucci as director of communications after less than ten days in office. mr scaramucci was dismissed last night — just hours after the appointment of generaljohn kelly — for what officials described as his "inappropriate" comments in a magazine interview. he's the third trump appointee to leave his role in recent days. richard lister reports. my start date is going to be

in a couple of weeks, so it is 100% totally cleansed and clean. anthony scaramucci never made it to the official start state, the white house decided what had to be cleansed was him. why? look at his comments to the new yorker magazine where he said of the then white house chief of staff... but as it turned out, not for much longer, a victim of a vicious political culture he had spoken out to the bbc. one of the things i cannot stand about this town is the backstabbing that goes on here, where right grow up, in my neighbourhood, we are front—stabbers. this is the man who helped to wield the knife, the new chief of staff, john kelly, the first retired general in the post since the nixon administration. his task is to bring order to the white house. as i think we have made clear

a number of times over the last couple of days to several of you individually, general kelly has the full authority to operate within the white house and all staff will report to him. president trump has nothing but praise for generaljohn kelly, but friends say the general was reluctant to become his chief of staff and will want to drive the white house agenda forward. if the president of the united states is disrupted in himself, i think general kelly will have frank discussions about things he could do that would help the situation and improve it. with three high—level departures from the administration in two weeks, general kelly'sjob to maintain discipline will be a challenge. the question is, will we see a more disciplined president trump? and that is the big question going forward. keep in mind, the departure of scaramucci is perhaps the easiest thing that john kelly will be able to get done in this white house. general kelly will be

watching this space, the president's twitter feed, which described yesterday's extraordinary shake—up is simply a great day at the white house. let's talk to morgan chalfant who is in washington — morgan is reporter at the hill and has been looking at what this shake up means for the white house. in the last half an hour, donald trump said he intends to keep on tweeting. how might general kelly feel about that? i thinkjohn kelly was seen yesterday after scaramucci's removal, thatjohn kelly was seen as showing agency. donald trump tweeting made some people kelly won't have much power. if trump acts as he has done in the past, that will be a problem for

kelly, given he often makes off—the—cuff tweets and makes snap decisions without appearing to inform those around him. so it could bea inform those around him. so it could be a challenge for kelly certainly as he assuming the job. so scaramucci's gone, who would be next on the hit—list, could it be members of donald trump's own family? well, i think we are going to have to wait and see if there will be any other staff shake—ups, and see if there will be any other staff sha ke—ups, press and see if there will be any other staff shake—ups, press secretary sarah sanders suggested there would be no more changes, but we have seen several officials leave and these shake—ups have several officials leave and these sha ke—ups have continued several officials leave and these shake—ups have continued to grip washington. i think that time will tell. i don't think that people close to trump in his family, his daughter in law, obviously has her daughter in law, obviously has her daughter has a close relationship with him and his son—in—law has a high level role that i don't people

expect him to be removed. but certainly we could see more changes in the future. have you ever seen anything like this, if i said sean spicer would be one of longest serving members of the trump team, we are in a weird world, aren't we? yes it is unprecedented, it is the way that difference from the past is interpreted. some people like the way that trump is shaking up washington, others are afraid or upset and it is created an unprecedented environment here. thank you very much. the trauma unit at thejohn radcliffe hospital in oxford will close for up to 12 months due to safety concerns about the cladding on the building following investigations in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. 52 inpatient beds will be moved by august the 11th and the work to remove the cladding could take a year. our news correspondent wyre davies is at the hospital. yes, up and down the country, public

and private buildings undergoing fire safety tests in the wake of the g re nfell tower, fire safety tests in the wake of the grenfell tower, buildings in particular clad with the same or similar cladding. this is the first timea similar cladding. this is the first time a hospital has decided it must close at least part of building. this is the trau unit at thejohn radcliffe. they're going to evacuate the upper floors and move the patients. joining us is the medical director here. why have you decided to undertake these independent tests and why the urgent need to move patients from what is only a three storey building. in the wake of the g re nfell towers storey building. in the wake of the grenfell towers tragedy, there was instructions to review all buildings and our estates team looked at this

building with the cladding. it became clear that that there were some issues in addition to the cladding, so we needed to look at it in more detail and called in our independent fire investigation team to look at all the features of the building relevant to patient safety in there. is this exactly or similar cladding to grenfell tower. in there. is this exactly or similar cladding to gre nfell tower.m in there. is this exactly or similar cladding to grenfell tower. it is the not the same cladding, but there are concerns about its flammability. in addition to the questions about the cladding, the construction of the cladding, the construction of the building demonstrates that the ability to stop fire spreading upwards and down wards on the outside of the building leaves a lot to be desired. we are happy with the horizontal barriers to spread along a floor, but there are issues about spread up and down. so although it

is op three storeys high, the severity of illnesses or the concerns about patients is they might not be able to get down from higherfloors in might not be able to get down from higher floors in sufficient time. that's correct, they're very immobile patients and broken bones and suffered major trauma. others are older patients. it is a very immobile population and when we take the learning from the grenfell tower tragedy about how fast fire can spread in buildings of this design if the cladding is flammable, we come to a conclusion that our previously accepted standards of how we would evacuate patients are not good enough to keep the building in use. that was a conclusion from the independent fire report and that has been backed up by oxfordshire fire and rescue service and the national team who came to review the advice. thank you. one issue is what happens to the patients, the work will take about 12 months. but the hospital

has said the patients will be found beds. and there is the cost. this is one of many buildings that is going to have to be repaired, the cladding torn down and the big issue is who will pay for it. thank you very much. the ministry ofjustice has confirmed there is an ‘ongoing incident‘ at the mount prison in hertfordshire. specialist riot—trained prison staff are being despatched. i was joined a short while ago by our home affairs correspondent danny shaw who started by explaining there was also an earlier incident in erlestoke prison in wiltshire, which now seems to be under control. it appears that incident has been resolved, what i heard earlier was that staff had withdrawn from one section of the prison, a command centre was set up, that tends to indicate there is a serious disturbance, but it looks like it has been resolved. but still problems at the mount. those problems at the mount. those problems started yesterday? yes, there was a serious disturbance

yesterday that went on into the early hours, involving prisoners in two wings. i think there was some footage of fires being set, certainly windows were smashed in cells. i understand that at least 50 cells. i understand that at least 50 cells may have been damaged. the extent of damage is still being assessed. and while the prison was just recovering from that and was on lock down with inmates being stuck in their cells, what's happened this morning is that in another wing this is in nash wing, a relatively new building, it holds over 200 prisoners, there has been trouble there. one well—placed source has told me that prisoners armed with weapons were seen in told me that prisoners armed with weapons were seen in that wing. staff have retreated. presumably they felt they didn't have sufficient back up. they have withdrawn and now specialist officer, tornado teams, trained to

deal with riots are being disattached. the —— dispatched. deal with riots are being disattached. the -- dispatched. how serious is this? incidents take place in prisons all the time, there are problems with one or two individuals and most of those, the vast majority go unreported. but when an incident takes s place with tornado teams and prisoners are rioting, that is very serious. the problems at the mount have been brewing for some time. there have been reports coming out from that prison that there are not enough staff. the independent monitoring board which are the sort of independent inspectors that go into prisons, were saying in february that they were something like 25 or 24 that they were something like 25 or 2a staff short out of a complement of 136. that is a serious short fall. and factor in the summer holidays and more staff on leave,

that means there is less time for prisoners to go out of their cells to do activities where they can be safely escorted to the affectivities and so they're stuck in their cells and so they're stuck in their cells and frustration boils up and this what is happens. that was danny shaw. to up date you on a situation in venuzuela. two opposition leaders have been re—arrested, this is according to relatives, who say they we re according to relatives, who say they were under house arrest of accusations of inciting anti—government violence. the human rights chief has called for the release of those two opposition leader, urging the government to release anyone jailed for exercising basic human rights. we will have more on that later this hour. the headlines on bbc news:

british gas said it will put up electricity prices by 12. 35%. the white house says president's new chief of staff will bring discipline to the organisation. a specialist riot squad is called into action for a second day at the mount prison in hertfordshire. and in sport: england goalkeeper karen bardsley will miss the rest of women's euro 2017 after breaking her leg in sunday's quarter—final win over france. siobhan chamberlain is now likely to step in to face the netherlands in thursday's semi—final. champions scarlets and the rest of the pro12 will be joined from next season by two teams from south africa. southern kings and cheetahs will be part of an expanded tournament from september. and big orange fails to become the first horse to win the goodwood cup three times ina row... frankie dettori's favourite loses out to stradivarius on the opening day of glorious goodwood.

i will have more just after 11.30. the company that managed grenfell tower for kensington and chelsea council has appointed a new interim chief executive. elaine elkington takes over from robert black who resigned in june following the launch of a government inquiry into the grenfell disaster. our correspondent is here with me. give us some background into who she is. elaine elkington worked for birmingham city council and was the director of housing and worked in hammersmith. she is taking over robert black, he was the head of the tenancy management organisation that ran grenfell tower. he stepped down backin ran grenfell tower. he stepped down back injune, ran grenfell tower. he stepped down back in june, because ran grenfell tower. he stepped down back injune, because he said he wa nted back injune, because he said he wanted to concentrate on assisting the police investigation and the

public inquiry. we have had a statement from miss elkington who said she was looking forward to move the situation forward and supporting oui’ the situation forward and supporting our desire for continued service improvements. she didn't mention g re nfell tower. improvements. she didn't mention grenfell tower. speaking to residents and resident groups there, they have already said they're angry at this and they think it is going to incite some anger and people are quite disappointed. they have told me they're disappointed no reference was made and they feel like this is a company that's acting as if business is as usual and it is not. they have told me that seeing that this statement showed no level of engagement with the community and they have already called for the tmo to be dissolved. last week we heard from the leader of kenningston and

chelsea council who, said she was going to push the reset button on the tmo. we don't know what that means, but residents were hoping for something else. they're not impressed with is in statement and it doesn't seem to be a very good start as we get this new chief executive of the company. where are we with the inquiry? we have the police investigation, which is ongoing. we had updates from that last week to say that the police we re last week to say that the police were to consider corporate manslaughter and we have the public inquiry and the consultation period, which has been extended to allow residents to gather their thoughts and put their thoughts towards that and put their thoughts towards that and today we had the formal identification of one of the youngest victims of grenfell tower. a do—year—old jeremiah ——

two—year—old jeremiah dean. his mother also lost her life and the family have said they would like to express their appreciation to all relatives and friends for their prayers and expressions of condolence. they said, you spent a moment in your arms, but you will last a lifetime in our hearts. thank you. there has been a shoot—out at a court in moscow. the russian interior ministry says five people under arrest were being escorted to the court when an attempt was made to seize the weapons of police officers. these are the first pictures coming in of the incident — as you can see, filmed from outside the court. it's understood three of the detainees were killed and two wounded while attempting to escape. a russian national guard member sustained a gunshot wound and was taken to hospital. two police officers sustained various injuries. we got the lastest from our correspondent in moscow, sarah rainsford, a short time ago. quite an extraordinary incident. we three people have been shot dead in

this court and several people have been injured. there is a number official bodies who have been making statements, from the police to the investigative committee and they all seem investigative committee and they all seem to agree that five suspects who we re seem to agree that five suspects who were on trial in a high profile murder case were being transported to the courtroom. they were in a lift and one of the five suspects attempted to strangle one of bailiffs, the others tried to overpower a second bafly and when they tried to escape there was a shoot out with police officers in which three of the suspects were killed and two people i understand seriously injured. quite extraordinary scenes. and these men, it is unclear how they were able to attack or try to overpower the bailiffs. in all the trials i have been to involving high security

cases these people are normally moved around wearing handcuffs. at this point it is unclear how this was able to happen at all. i'm looking at the fixtures —— picture, the court building looks big and security. what is security like within the buildings?” security. what is security like within the buildings? i have been to a lot of trials and security is very tight. there are armed bailiffs in all hearings. and certainly people are escorted to and from court by armed men. they are usually in handcuffs. it is unusual for them to be using a lift as far as i understand and unusual somebody in hand cuffs should be able to overpower an armed guard. the response was quick and the police have been very quick to justify their response, they say there will be an investigation, but they believe they used all the proper methods and procedures, but three people were killed in the shoot—out. a bit about the gang themselves,

this gang were accused of hi jacking ca rs this gang were accused of hi jacking cars back in 2013 on a main road. the allegation is they were stopping ca rs the allegation is they were stopping cars at random and they were killing the drivers and the passengers inside the cars. it has never been clear what their motive was. nothing appeared to have been stolen from the vehicles are. so is a mysterious case and apparently nine people were involved, accused in that trial, five of them were supposed to be in court today for this hearing. three of them have now been shot dead. sarah raynsford. the labour mp steve mccabe has been left with facial injuries after being hit with a brick by an attacker on a motorcycle. the memberfor birmingham selly oak tweeted this picture of himself — saying he was suffering from a "very sore & swollen face" following the incident in the yardley wood area last night. west midlands police said they are investigating

and are appealing for witnesses. a former snp mp will not face charges. give us the background. michelle thompson, the criminal proceedings will not go ahead. this news has just come out in the last hour and news has just come out in the last hourand a news has just come out in the last hour and a half. the alleged incident took place between 2010 and 2011 and when there was a police investigation michelle thompson resigned the snp whip and she was suspended, but continued as an independent mp. she had always denied any wrong doing. she was one of five people named in a report sent by police scotland to the procurator fiscal service in scotland, but today a crown office

spokesman said after careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, crown counsel has concluded that there was an absence of sufficient credible and reliable evidence and there should be no criminal proceedings. i will give you some background, one of men was a solicitor called christopher hayles, he was struck off by the law society after being found guilty of professional misconduct ore 13 property deals that took place between 2010 and 2011, all 13 of the transactions for which mr hayles was struck off were reported to have involved mrs thompson. mrs thompson has released a statement, saying she has been exonerated by the investigation. she said she is grateful to her snp

collea g u es said she is grateful to her snp colleagues in westminster who supported here. they supported here to be reinstated into the party. but that was overruled by the snp's national executive. and she thanks police scotland, the crown office and she does say for the time being, she is going to be taking time to reflect a nd she is going to be taking time to reflect and consider her next steps. thank you. now the weather. some of us thank you. now the weather. some of us enjoying some lovely sunshine this afternoon. particularly along the south coast. but elsewhere there isa the south coast. but elsewhere there is a lot of cloud, showers and thunder storms. very wet around the humberarea. thunder storms. very wet around the humber area. you see the sunshine in the south. but towards the humber we have had some thunder storms and down pours. things are improving in the next two hours. but we start to look to the south and west for the

next area of rain to spread in. turning wet in the south west and windy too. rain in wales and northern ireland. by the end of the night 15 degrees in the north—west. a bit chilly for some. the rain in the south west makes progress north and east through the day. northern scotla nd and east through the day. northern scotland could be the place to be for sunshine tomorrow and northern ireland dries up but still showers in the afternoon, and a miserable afternoon in south wales and southern england. looking towards thursday, and we will do it all again, witha thursday, and we will do it all again, with a mixture of sunshine and showers. most of showerses in the north and west. but it will be a breezy day for all. hello. this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines at a.30pm. there have been renewed calls for a cap on energy prices after british gas' owner, centrica, announced it would charge 12.5% more for electricity from september. the white house has insisted that president trump's new chief—of—staff will bring discipline

to his administration, following the sacking of anthony scaramucci as director of communications after less than ten days in office. a specialist riot squad is called into action for a second day at the mount prison in hertfordshire, where armed prisoners are understood to have taken over a wing. the trauma unit of a hospital in oxford has been closed for a year after it failed fire safety tests ordered in the aftermath of the grenfell tower disaster. the company that managed grenfell tower for kensington and chelsea council has appointed elaine elkington interim chief executive. she takes over from robert black who resigned in june. it is time for the sports news. hugh ferris is at the sports centre with news of a breakage. it's been revealed england's karen bardsley broke her leg during their euro 2017 quarter final win over france and will miss the rest of the tournament. it's the first major injury blow mark sampson's have had to deal with during their campaign

in the netherlands. jonathan pearce is part of the bbc commentary team and has more. karen bardsley fell heavily mid—way through the second half of sunday's quarterfinal. siobhan chamberlain replaced her for the last 15 minutes and kept a clean sheet. and then went off six minutes into the second period with an eye injury. the scans show that karen bardsley has a broken fibula and won't play again. chamberlain will be needed against another host nation. mark sampson has complete confidence in her in ten appearances in season, the liverpool keeper has kept eight clea n liverpool keeper has kept eight clean sheets for her country. hearts have sacked head coach ian cathro afterjust seven months in charge. the 31—year—old a former newcastle assistant was in his first managerial role and appears to have paid the price for a shock league cup exit against dunfermilne. hearts say it was a very difficult decision calling him an extremely talented young coach with a very bright future.

organisers of rugby union's pro12 have confirmed the tournament will be expanded to include two south african sides and renamed the pro14 from this coming season. the cheetahs, who are based in bloemfontein, and the southern kings from port elizabeth recently lost their places in the southern hempishere's super rugby competition. in the new expanded pro14 the teams will be split evenly into two conferences. there will be two teams from ireland and wales in each and one team in each from scotland, italy and south africa. beating most of the australian teams and pushing other teams real close. they are the sleeping giants of south african rugby. they are a huge force. if you look at the statistics back when they joined

force. if you look at the statistics back when theyjoined with 32,000 average attendance, we can connect with that rugby audience. we're going to rugby heartlands there just as it is here in ireland. and those two teams, i think, they will be adding something special to our tournament. british gymnast ellie downie will miss october's world championships in canada after ankle surgery. the 18—year—old injured her left ankle at the british championships in march, but went on to win four medals in april's european championships. downie plans to return for next year's commonwealth games in australia. she's tweeted, "a minor setback is a pathway for a major comeback". her older sister becky will also miss the worlds as she continues to recover from an elbow injury. los angeles is set to host the 2028 olympic and paralympic games la's bid team has reached an agreement with the international olympic committee which is expected to be ratified by the los angeles city council later today. la had originally been bidding for the 2024 games, but that event is now set to take place in paris. we already have an olympics ready

city. unlike the old model where people tried to fit the olympics to the city, this is a model where we're fitting the city to the olympics. we're not building things for the olympics and hoping our people will benefit. we're building things for our people who will benefit and we know the olympics will take advantage of those. not every city will be la, but we hope we can change the olympics model by telling folks, use what you have and use it well. the favourite and two—time winner big orange couldn't make it three in a row at the goodwood cup this afternoon. no horse has managed to take the race for three consecutive years. nd frankie dettori's mount, a strong favourite, could only finish second behind the 6—1 shot stradivarius on the feature race on day one of glorious goodwood. thejohn gosden—trained three—year—old is now second favourite for the final classic of the season, the st leger, next month.

that's all sport for now. to yorkshire now — on yorkshire day — and halifax — where britain's only surviving cloth trading hall has reopened after a £19 million renovation. the piece hall once operated as a centre for handloom weavers, and was at the heart of the world's wool trade. bbc look north presenter harry gration is there. harry, it is quite a face—lift? harry, it is quite a face-lift? it certainly is. just take a look at this, lad. no, no, this. the yorkshire rose because as you pointed out so, eloquently there, is yorkshire day and it is a very fitting occasion because there has been a lot of messing about with the piece hall. in the 1970s so it is said there was one council meeting that was so heated that only one vote really saved the whole structure. it could have been com pletely structure. it could have been completely demolished. £17 million has been spent on it and look at it now. it looks magnificent, doesn't it? there are three tiers to some

parts of it and i pose what people wa nt to parts of it and i pose what people want to see happen here is that they'd like to see all of the lots, over 300 of them, taken by shops and mini stores and that kind of thing. but the impression that i've had so far has been a very, very good one the they are all locals here. they are all coming this. they have given me theirfirst are all coming this. they have given me their first impressions and they say it is blooming good and that's good enough for me, simon. say it is blooming good and that's good enough for me, simonm say it is blooming good and that's good enough for me, simon. it must be nice to get out on the road. you're an institution in the studio. clearly, you've got the fans that travel around with you as well. on this yorkshire day, what does it mean to the people of yorkshire?m means a great deal. it's building in momentum all the time. i have to say we have got one place in yorkshire which is serving only yorkshire produce from this morning and through until tonight. you can only buy yorkshire produce. that's what we'd rather like to see happen as well. because we're very proud here.

you know you can't tell a yorkshireman anything at all because we know it all! but what we want to do is show off god's own county, simon and! do is show off god's own county, simon and i know you appreciate it. i will send you this, lad, in the post! well you better. you blooming well, better. harry, great to see you. there will be lots more from harry and from the piece hall on look north. viewers can see harry in halifax at 6.30pm on bbc one in that local area. some news from the national crime agency. they have put out a press release that 60 people have died after taking the pain killing drug fe nta nyl. the national crime agency says the

majority of those who died were heroin. two—thirds were in the yorkshire, humberside and cleveland areas. a 25—year—old man from gwent has been charged with investigations into the supply of synthetic opiates. the united nations commissioner on human rights zeid ra'ad al hussein has called on the venezuelan government to release two opposition leaders, who've been re—arrested just two days after a controversial vote to change the country's constitution. the daughter of one of the men — antonio ledezma — posted this video on social media. she says it shows her father being taken away by officers from the intelligence service. the wife of the other man — leopoldo lopez — said she would hold the president responsible if anything happened to her husband. earlier our south america correspondent, will grant, sent us this update from caracas. authorities in venezuela have claimed for a long time that they're not a dictatorship as has been said by

the opposition over and over. but this sort of action in the dead of night with the opposition leaders in their pyjamas as they're dragged away by armed and masked men of the security forces does nothing to strengthen that argument. on social media, there's been a huge reaction by their supporters, who saved this is simply a further step into autocracy and controlled by the government of nicolas maduro. but the government say the two men violated the terms of their house arrest by calling for action on the streets, and violence, they say during this recent and very controversial vote on creating a new legislative body in venezuela. so it's an extremely complex picture, and things like this do nothing to calm the tensions of ordinary people on the streets of notjust caracas but across venezuela. pakistan's parliament has elected a prime minister

to replace nawaz sharif, who was forced to resign last week in the wake of corruption allegations. he was disqualified from public office by the supreme court, which ruled that he had failed to disclose his family's financial assets. our south asia correspondent justin rowlatt explained the temporary nature of the role. it's exactly what we expected. a guy called shahid khaqan abbasi has been elected prime minister of pakistan. when i say elected, this is elected by the members of parliament, by the national assembly of pakistan, not by the people of pakistan. so he has been elected prime minister. he is now the new prime minister of pakistan, but he is only in place, we think, for about two months before the longer term successor, so the man appointed by nawaz sharif, the former prime minister, disgraced and kicked out of office by the supreme court on friday, he nominated wait for it, his brother to succeed him. his brother isn't actually an mp. so he needs to get himself a seat

in parliament, then he, in turn, will be elected by the parliament as prime minister succeeding this guy, abbasi, whose won the prime ministership today. so that's where we are at in pakistan. we do have a new prime minister, but he's not going to last for long. medical researchers have revealed details of a new approach to treating people with pancreatic cancer, one of deadliest forms of the disease. scientists in birmingham say a pilot treatment increased the numbers of patients whose surgery was successful, by almost 30%. the charity, pancreatic cancer uk says the findings are "incredibly exciting". our health correspondent, michele paduano, reports. kate rigby was amazed at how smoothly the nhs worked when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. within seven days, she had had surgery at the queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham. i feel quite emotional, actually. i feel privileged. i can't control nhs budget, and all the other things for all the poor people who aren't as lucky as me, but what i can do is spread the word.

normally patients with jaundice like mrs rigby have a stent put in to relieve symptoms which delays the main operation. but the hospital bypassed this step. a nurse was employed to speed up treatment from two months to 16 days. cutting out the stent also saved the nhs £3,200 per patient. we save the nhs potentially £200,000 per year, with the number of patients that have surgery within our team. and so that, then, is a reproducible model that other units up and down the country could use to go forward. at this point in time, you would want to go forward with the operation if you could, rather than go off and have a stent and the operation seven weeks down the line. pancreatic cancer has a very low survival rate. the survival rate is only about 7% in the uk, so sadly very low. i think what this provides us is a glimmer of hope for the future. it provides us with that all—important surgical technique, faster, and with proven results in terms of outcome. it will be two years before doctors

can say whether treating patients more quickly actually means that they live longer. and if they do, that will beg the question as to whether or not other aggressive cancers should be treated more quickly. for now, kate rigby knows she's been given the best chance possible to survive pancreatic cancer. the ministry jus dishas the ministryjus dishas been confirmed there is an ongoing incident at the mount prison. andy moore can bring us the latest. andy. yes, well you talked about those specially trained riot squads, the tornado squads and we have seen them arriving in the last hour or so at the prison. some are in vehicles

with blue lights flashing. others in vehicles that are towing trailers. that will have their specialist equipment on board. those tornado teams are beginning to assemble here. what happens is that the prison will wait until the teams are assembled, until they are fully equipped and then go in to end the disturbance. the bbc are hearing from well placed sources that the prisoners managed to get hold of some weapons. they have taken control of the nash wing. the prison officers have retreated. the prison service are keen to emphasise that the situation is contained and there is no risk to the general public. this is a prison of 1,000 inmates, a medium security prison and there was a disturbance here yesterday which lasted several hours. so we saw similar scenes here yesterday with the tornado squads turning up and the tornado squads turning up and the disturbance here was brought under control at 10 o'clock last

night. we have heard from the prison service that there were no injuries yesterday to any prisoners or staff. but the situation here, this afternoon, as far as we're aware is still ongoing. andy thank you very much. andy moore there at mount prison. in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news: british gas says it will put up electricity prices by 12.5% and from next month, affecting more than three million customers. the white house insists that president trump's new chief—of—staff will bring discipline to his administration, following the sacking of anthony scaramucci. a specialist riot squad is called into action for a second day at the mount prison in hertfordshire, where armed prisoners are understood to have taken over a wing. hello. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. it's been a strong day

on the ftse here in london. it has been lifted by a series of strong company results. the in us the all eyes will be on apple which reports its latest results after the bell. bp reported better than expected second quarter profits of more than $680 million. it has been cutting costs a nd $680 million. it has been cutting costs and boosting efficiency to combat the cost of crude. the aerospace company, rolls—royce had a good six months. it reported half—year profits of £1.9 billion. that compares with a loss of £2 billion for the same period last year. british gas is raising the cost of electricity by 12.5%. that ta kes cost of electricity by 12.5%. that takes effect in september, but it is keeping the price of gas on hold. for more, let's talk to lawrence

gosling. hejoins me now. lawrence, thank you forjoining us. let's start with centrica and british gas. that's a really hefty rise in electricity prices? it is. what it is saying, it is losing money on distributing electricity. so that's one of its justifications for raising the price now. it also is blaming some of the government regulation policy at moment particularly in the installation of smart meters. it says it will sort of safeguard some of its most vulnerable customers, around 200,000 people, but i think, we are in the summer. it's not what most consumers would expect to see a big hike, well above the rate of inflation on electricity and the overall price if you have gas and electricity interest them. apart from passing on hefty prices to electricity customers, what else can the company do to boost its business here in the uk? well, again, we will talk about it in the context of the other businesses. it is about efficiency.

we are seeing a big drive generally from big corporations about cutting work forces and cutting the overall level of costs within their businesses so i suspect we will see efficient announcements from centrica and the other utility players later on in the year as well. let's talk about rolls-royce. a really astonishing turn around there, right? yeah. the chief executive, is in his second year of a massive turn around plan and so far, it is going well. the market liked one thing he said today which is he is aiming to throw off over £1 billion worth of free cash, in other words money that can be distributed back to shareholders in the next two to three years. that's his aim. that's one of the things that got the market excited and at the moment it looks like it is a good turn around story. it isjust the start of the story. somebody told me earlier, this isn't the end of the journey? no, very much so. it's the beginning. and the order book

looking forward, looks good as well. there is about £3 billion increase in the forward order books. again, what they are doing, as well as making their business efficient, they are managing to sell more kit, more engines and more the machinery that it puts out into the market. it isa that it puts out into the market. it is a longer term story as well as the short—term, two year turn around. bp, also doing well. its share price up healthily despite the low—cost of oil? share price up healthily despite the low-cost of oil? yeah, its business is modelled on an oil price of $60 a barrel. it has been efficient in running its business and producing more oil, 10% more. there is one concern in the market which is the cost of compensation for the gulf of mexico disaster which is sitting at the background there. that's estimated to be potentially costing the business about $2.5 billion. so, a will the of good news from bp and a will the of good news from bp and a few things to be aware of.

lawrence, thank you very much. that's it from me. simon, back to you. thank you very much for that. british vogue has a new editor today — the first man at the helm in the magazine's history. edward enninful has taken over from alexandra shulman, who was the editor for 25 years. the uk fashion industry is worth £26 billion a year to the economy — so people will be watching closely to see how mr enninful shapes the magazine. he has already made some some staffing changes, as our arts correspondent david sillito reports. i'm edward enninful. he looks very eccentric and that will be perfect. i got into fashion, i was spotted on a train when i was 15 years old. it is a massive change for british fashion.

edward enninful is today in charge of one of the most important names in british fashion. vogue. it does not happen very often. the last british editor was in place for 25 years and from day one, change is a foot. they've gone on to snapchat and there is a more diverse team. he has over 500,000 instagram followers. he has appointed steve mcqueen, independent professionals who rely on social media to keep building their brands. vogue is the top of the fashion tree and features clothes only a few can afford. it has though been a pretty torrid time for the magazine business. there is new competition. fashion on your phone. newsagents have been closing. sales of glossy magazines have been dropping. it is people like whitney have been shaping the business. this is my blog. she is a fashion blogger.

everybody wants fashion today, what is cool right now. that is why social media is so important. do you still read the magazines? i do. i. i, myself, do. people have been predicting the death of print for a few years and it hasn't happened. for me it's the excitement of flicking the page. you're waiting for the shoot to come up, for the new trend. it's everything. it's a new era and a new name in charge for business that is changing fast. a man who drifted a mile out to sea in a toy dinghy had to be rescued by a lifeboat crew last night as he battled against the wind and tide off redcar. what are you doing out here? the alarm was raised at 7.30 in the evening

after he was spotted near a wind farm off the coast. the man was wearing just shorts and a top. it comes as the rnli says the number of near fatal incidents in uk waters is highest in august and it's launching a campaign, urging people to take proper precautions when heading out on the water. earlier i spoke to dave cox lifeboat operations manager at the rnli in redcar who told me about what happened last night. my role is to co—ordinate the rescue operation. the lifeboat found the gentleman in a short period of time. without use language which may not be appropriate, ijust language which may not be appropriate, i just wondered language which may not be appropriate, ijust wondered what their reaction was when they hit the shore about what they found? well, sadly this is an incident we see all too often around the coast uk and ireland. we weren't surprised. what was a surprise to everybody was the fa ct was a surprise to everybody was the fact that it was an adult male who could barely fit in the dinghy. his feet were hanging over the side and

despite his best endeavours to paddle become to the shore, the wind and tide were taking him further back out to sea. lots of words come to mind. he was lucky, is probably the word we should use that you were able to find him? what was fortunate was that the people who were with him on the beach that evening, they raised the alarm by dialling 999 and asking for the coastguard. that meant that the rescue was triggered quickly and within 15 minutes of the crew being alerted the man was in the lifeboat and being taken back to shore. what about sea temperatures? i know this is an issue you want to raise particularly? it's still cold out there, isn't it? well, the sea isa out there, isn't it? well, the sea is a deceptive thingment you can paddle in the shoreline close to the beach and it may feel warm around your feet, but a beach and it may feel warm around yourfeet, but a mile out, we are talking about 12 to 15 degrees and falling into water at this temperature changes how the human body functions. you need to fight your instibts if you fall in cold

water and not try and swim, but float on your back until the initial shock passes and then you have a greater chance of survival. i'm sure you have seen things in your time and heard store chris. if there was and heard store chris. if there was a thing as a stupid gauge in terms of what people get up to at sea, where does this rate and what incidents have been higher in your experience? well, we try not to be that judgmental to be honest, simon! but people really need to learn to respect the water and the incident shows that some people don't appreciate the predicament they could be in. when the lifeboat arrived the crew asked him why he was there and quite honestly he thought he was having a great time and he would be fine. he could have been tipped out of the dinghy and he would have been swimming a mile against tide and currents and it could have been a fatality. by the time they got to the shore and they had a chat with him, was he more aware that he was putting other people's lives at risk as well? i'm sure that between the crew and the

lifeboat and the coastguard officers that met him on the beach, he would have been given some clear direct m essa 9 es have been given some clear direct messages about safety at sea and things that are good and not so good to do and toy dinghies are not the ideal thing to go out on the north sea in. youjust ideal thing to go out on the north sea in. you just know they did! let's get a weather update and we cross the newsroom and it is jay wynne. the unsettled theme continues. if you look out into the atlantic. this is what's on the way for tomorrow. it is coming into edge of the radarment you can see rainfall there. the south coast has been the place to be today. it was lovely with sunshine here, but anything, but elsewhere with the whole rash of shurs and thunderstorms. this is the view not long ago in the west midlands. the rain bouncing off the roads there. some really heavy downpours around and torrential rain around and heavy showers in scotland and northern ireland. but it is

calming down overnight tonight as the next weather system comes in to the next weather system comes in to the west or the south—west. it is not just the west or the south—west. it is notjust rain, there is strong winds in the forecast as well. relatively mild in the south—west. 15, 16 celsius overnight, but in northern scotland, more rural spots will be dipping into single figures. tomorrow, northern scotland will be the place to be for sunshine for much of the day. there will be early rain in northern ireland. it is fringing its way into scotland. the eastern side of england gets off to a decent start. make the most of the morning sunshine because it won't last long. head down to the south and the west, we are into the wind and the west, we are into the wind and the west, we are into the wind and the rain. the winds will be touching gale force. so unseasonably windy conditions and really quite wet. that bit drier as you head further east. those strong winds will be pushing the rain northwards and eastwards. it will be miserable along the east coast. the rain moves away from northern ireland and tracks its way into the south and the west of scotland. northern

scotla nd the west of scotland. northern scotland poking out sunshine. and then through the evening, well, the low pressure system is with us. the rain is still on the move, moving northwards and eastwards. as the centre of this low approaches, it brings a raft of showers. by which stage temperatures in double figures across—the—board, 13 to 15 or 16 celsius. thursday, it looks like another changeable sort of day. low pressure still in charge. the closer you are to that, the heavier the showers will be. head down towards the south—eastern corner and here it isa the south—eastern corner and here it is a largely dry daiflt showers few and far between. it looks like we will do it again on friday. a blustery daiflt there will be showers around mainly in the north and the west. not too many in the south and the east and for many of us, it will be a windy day. if you wa nt to us, it will be a windy day. if you want to find out more, try the bbc weather website. well

tonight at five: british gas raises its electricity prices by 12.5%. the hike will affect three million customers. the boss of centrica says it's because of the increased cost of transmission, and government policies. wholesale costs have indeed fallen by about £36 on the typical bill. we've seen these other factors of transmission and distribution costs, and energy policy costs go up by nearly £100. we'll be finding out whether it's worth switching suppliers. the other main stories on bbc news at five: will the next communications

director at the white house last longer than anthony scaramucci? he was in post forjust ten days. a riot squad is trying to restore order at mount prison in hertfordshire, as inmates seize control of one of its wings. there are long queues at some european airports,