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this is bbc news. the headlines at 8.00pm. the government orders a review into the cost of energy but critics say it's too little too late. the search for two men who are missing following a fishing trip in the english channel has been called off. one man has died, and another rescued. a mixed reception forjustin gatlin as he is awarded his gold medal in the men's 100 metre final after beating popular favourite usain bolt into third. and six years on, jessica ennis—hill receives a gold medal for the 2011 championships. her heptathlon silver was upgraded after the russian winner failed a drugs test. also in the next hour. is the internet as bad as junk food? the children's commissioner warns parents about youngsters bingeing online in the summer holidays. and arsenal win the community shield at wembley, beating chelsea on penalties. and the travel show heads to pakistan to check out the music scene in karachi. good evening and
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welcome to bbc news. the government says it wants an independent review, of the cost of energy, just days after british gas raised standard electricity prices, by 12.5%. the business secretary, greg clark, says the review will look at how prices can be kept low, while ensuring the uk meets climate change targets. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. how much we pay for our energy, to run our households and companies, always ignites our passions. policies like capping energy prices to support working families... that's why theresa may promised a price cap and an independent probe into the energy sector before the general election. the cap may have been shelved, but this oxford university
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professor, dieter helm, has only three months to find out where any fat can be trimmed from our energy bills. he says he will sort all the facts from the myths about pricing energy costs, but some consumer groups are sceptical. prices are a very real problem for families across britain, and a very urgent problem, and this review is going to deliver benefits in years' time, if it delivers benefits at all, so people are left with the feeling that the government is kicking the can down the road. and for some households, it's not clear whether this review will be the green light for more bills. how will they help whole families, like myself? i'm a single mother. or even families who struggle with day—to—day childcare and other issues? i really don't think it's... it's a very vital service, you need electricity. it's a slow process, it can'tjust happen at the click of a finger, it's a case of they'll have to go away, review it come back, and if they have promised a price cap, then
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they should deliver on it. there are many stages in the energy value chain, but the main ones include buying gas and electricity on wholesale markets. that accounts for 36% of a typical bill. moving it through pipes and cables, known as distribution, accounts for 29% of the typical bill, but 13% of our bills also include subsidies for poorer households, and the cost of developing britain's renewal ball, more green energy supplies. the rest is made up of operational costs and vat. tom burke, who used to advise labour and conservative governments on energy policy, says there's not much that can be achieved by dieter helm in a three—month time frame. i think a review this short is essentially headlined management. i don't think dieter, heroic though he is, is going to be able to come up with something that isn't already widely discussed inside the energy community. we know that the quickest and cheapest way to drive bills down is to improve the efficiency of our buildings. after british gas said it would be raising its standard electricity prices by 12.5%, this energy probe will allow the
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government to say it's not tone deaf in the face of rising prices. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are tom bergin business correspondent for reuters, and kate andrews — director of news at the institute of economic affairs. the coastguard has suspended its search for two men missing after a boat sank off the coast of shoreham. four people are believed to have been on a fishing trip. one was pulled alive from the water very early this morning. the body of another was found later. police are looking into whether the boat was involved in a collision as sara smith reports. one of two coastguard helicopters scouring the water for any sign of the missing men. fisher men had found a survivorjust before 6am, two miles out to sea, suffering from hypothermia, with no life jacket or protective clothing.
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what we can say for certain is that whatever did happen happened incredibly quickly. there was no distress call, there was no emergency call, no indication to friends or family that there was a problem. the suggestion from one survivor that we have located is that within about 20 seconds, he was in the water, so very, very quick indeed. ten vessels from the nearby wind farm joined helicopters and in and offshore lifeboats. fishing boats and pleasure crafts also keeping a lookout. the coast watch volunteers were searching the water from their shoreham lookout. two hours after the survivor was found, the coastguard helicopter had pulled the body of a man from the water, but by the afternoon, no further bodies or survivors had been found, and the search was called off. the information so far suggests that a small boat, not particularly well equipped for sea fishing, left this marina in shoreham at some point during the night. the space it left from is still empty. the four men on board
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were romanians living in britain, two in london, two in brighton, enjoying a fishing trip. from his hospital bed, the survivor told police what he remembered. he has described that their boat was struck by another boat that was on coming. he describes that he jumped from the boat and had to swim for safety and therefore lost contact with the other three people on the boat. the marine accident investigation branch is now leading the operation to find out exactly what happened. america and china have welcomed tough new un sanctions on north korea, following its recent ballistic missile launches. china's foreign minister says he hopes pyongyang will now make what he calls the ‘smart decision' on future testing. he's been meeting the us secretary of state rex tillerson, at a gathering of ministers from south—east asian countries. yogita limeye's report, from the south korean capital seoul, contains flash photography. putting on a united front in manila.
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rex tillerson is on a mission. america wants more countries to isolate north korea, a day after all members of the security council voted to ban exports from pyongyang. the sweeping measures were even backed by china, north korea's ally and top trade partner. translation: the chinese side urged the north koreans to calmly handle the un security council resolutions and not do anything unbeneficial such as a missile launch or a nuclear test. at this meeting, the two leaders described the sanctions as a good outcome. testing missiles like this one is what prompted the sanctions. for north korea the new sanctions could mean a loss of about $1 billion.
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but experts say it is unlikely to deter the state from conducting more nuclear and missile tests. the north koreans are unlikely to negotiate anything until they will have a proven capability to deliver a nuclear strike to the continental united states. once they get such a capability, probably in a few years, they are probably going to talk. here in seoul the president's office has welcomed the un resolution but the response in north korea has been expectedly belligerent. a newspaper run by the country's ruling party said the us would be catapulted into a sea of fire if it did not change its hostile policy towards pyongyang. in manila, the us secretary of state commemorated those who died in world war ii, and with his meetings there he hopes to contain the threat from north korea. it is making america nervous, but there seems to be no immediate solution.
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it's thought a man missing for almost a month — has been found in his home in scotland. police believe remains, which were discovered in bo'ness, are those of arnold mouat. the 64—year—old was last seen by family members at his house in panbrae road on the sixth ofjuly. his death is not thought to be suspicious. the case has been referred to the police watchdog, which will look into how it was handled by police scotland. earlier on our correspondent, andrew black — who's in glasgow — explained the latest information being given out by the police. what we know in terms of the background of this case is that the man, 64 years old, was last seen by his family at a house in panbrae road, which is in bowness in central scotland, on the 6th ofjuly.
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after that, his family reported him missing. that led to a very large—scale search. when i say large—scale, i mean it was exactly that. there was search and rescue officers involved, a helicopter was deployed, almost 60 local residents volunteered to join the search. there was a police dog unit involved as well. no sign was found of the man. police at the time asked to to check on their own outhouses and garages to see if there was any sign of him. what has now emerged as the yesterday afternoon, mr mouat‘s body was found in his own house, on panbrae road, where he was last seen almost a month ago. his death is currently unexplained, but police say it is not suspicious. they have off their own backs referred what has happened to the police investigation and review commission, that is essentially the police watchdog which investigates claims against the police and that organisation will look into how this incident was handled by police scotland and will eventually make some kind of report
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or recommendations in the hope that maybe lessons can be learned in the future, when similar cases come up. police scotland themselves today have said they have expressed their sympathy to mr mouat‘s family, they are continuing to offer dedicated support with police liaison officers, the force has also said as this matter is now the subject of a live enquiry by the police commissioner, they say it would be inappropriate to make any further comment. thank you, andrew. venezuelan authorities say they've foiled an attack on an army base in the country's third largest city, valencia. video released on social media appeared to show a group of men in military uniform saying they were launching an uprising to restore democracy in venezuela. diosdado cabello of the governing united socialist party described it as a terrorist attack and says troops have been deployed to guarantee internal security. earlier, opposition leader leopoldo lopez was put
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back under house arrest after being released from prison. mr lopez had been detained on tuesday along with another opponent of the government, antonio ledezma. let's speak now to 0tto reich, he's a former us ambassador to venezuela and was also an assistant secretary of state under former us president george h w bush. thank you forjoining us. we hear that there was an uprising to restore democracy in venezuela. how divided is the country? the country is extremely divided. the public opinion poll says the government has less tha n opinion poll says the government has less than 10% acceptance or
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approval. i think this kind of uprising that we are seeing, because a p pa re ntly uprising that we are seeing, because apparently there are rumours of others around the country, by elements of the armed forces, are indicative of not only the breadth of the government opposition but the depth. people are really very upset with the fact that the maduro government is in effect carrying out a constitutional cooked attacked. they're for using its control to remain in power unconstitutionally —— coup d'etat. remain in power unconstitutionally -- coup d'etat. surely, if he does not necessarily intend the constituent assembly to necessarily rewrite the constitution, does he? there is no proof that is what it will be used for? that is part of
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the point. this new constitutional assembly is all powerful. it will do whatever it says it has the power to do. for example, when maduro called for this election for this constitutional assembly, it did not say how long it would stay in power. yesterday, the constitutional assembly in its first day in office decided it would stay in power the two years and changed everything. they are now the executive branch, the legislative branch, the judiciary, the electoral council, they are everything. this is a terry in regime being conducted in venezuela. president maduro says he is trying to keep the peace. how else could he do it? he could have held the elections that the previous constitution, which by the way was
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written under the auspices of hugo travers, it was completely rewritten 17 years get —— hugo chav says. it was pretty democratic. it was not the constitution that most western democracies would probably copy, but it certainly gave the people the power to choose their leaders. it is not just power to choose their leaders. it is notjust maduro, it is a group of families around him that have stolen the wealth of venezuela, that are killing the people of venezuela in the streets, and they refuse to carry out the law of venezuela, so they are rewriting the law. the party which brought a better share of the oil wealth to the poorest people of venezuela. that is at odds
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with what you now say the party is doing? right, look, there is a gentleman, in fact, doing? right, look, there is a gentleman, infact, a number of experts who were in the government of chavez and maduro who said 40% of the wealth of venezuela has been stolen by the oligarchs and the people in power. maduro's own son this last week was photographed driving around in a $2 million gold ferrari in monte carlo. that does not exactly seem to me that the poor people of venezuela have benefited from this socialist government that everyday turns into more and more of a totalitarian coming this government. otto reich, it has been fascinating talking to you. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: the government says an independent
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review will look at how to keep energy bills down for consumers while meeting climate change targets but consumer groups say it is too little, too late. the search for two men missing after their boat sank off the coast of shoreham in west sussex has been suspended. a third man was rescued and another body was found in the sea. the us sea. the us and china welcomed tough sanctions on north korea following the recent ballistic missile launch. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sports centre with, i had to doa the bbc sports centre with, i had to do a double—take, it is catherine with the up to. i like it! thank you, i have gone for something different this evening. the action is under way at the evening session at the world athletics championships in london, but before the competition started, there were a couple of gold medals awarded, and a notable contrast in crowd reaction at the london stadium for the athletes receiving them. 0lly foster is there for us.
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0lly, we saw cheers for a british heroine, and then boos for the 100 metre champion. yes, we certainly did. justin gatlin who has served two doping bans down the years, one of them was an eight—year ban which was reduced to four, he also served a one—year ban backin four, he also served a one—year ban back in 2001. after the extraordinary 100 metre race when he w011 extraordinary 100 metre race when he won the world title 12 years after his last, and beating usain bolt into bronze. christian coleman taking silver in that race. there was a mixed reaction tojustin gatlin getting that medal. lord coe handed out the gongs. he wanted life bans for all drugs cheats. justin gatlin says he might carry on. there we re gatlin says he might carry on. there were boos and jeers forjustin gatlin. he says he has served his time so he is allowed to compete and allowed to win. to be fair, usain
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bolt was very gracious. these are live pictures of the men's 110 bolt was very gracious. these are live pictures of the men's110 meter hurdles semifinals. andrew potts lee is in name six. —— andrew. that is so is in name six. —— andrew. that is so close. we will have to see if the british 110 metre hurdler has made it as an automatic qualifier by finish an in the top two. we will wait to see what comes up on the electronic scoreboard. braithwaite has gone through. pozzi did not even finished third. unless it is a very, very quick semifinal, he will not
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make it to the finals. a massive disappointment there. those were live pictures we just showed you. you mentioned another gold medal that was given out earlier. this was one of the reallocation of medals after the iaaf made right all of those wrongs for athletes who had been cheated out of their places on the podiums at world championships down the years. this wasjessica ennis—hill ‘s mac gold medal which she would have won in 2011. tatiana chen of was given gold but was stripped after a doping offence —— tatya na stripped after a doping offence —— tatyana chernova. my husband said you are not going to cry, are you? i said no, but i had forgotten the feeling of stepping out in an arena and hearing the crowd cheering for you is such an emotional thing. it kind of takes you over and it was really special to be on the podium
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for one last time and said that the atmosphere of the crowd. it was really great. it really was great. we are hoping for a great women's 100 metres final which is the last event on the track this evening. there will be no british woman in it. desiree henry was probably the best chance of going through to the final. she was ina going through to the final. she was in a blistering league quick semifinal. elaine thompson, the 0lympic semifinal. elaine thompson, the olympic champion, just cruising into the final. desiree henry finished fifth. no asha philip either. we have also had the semifinals. let's hear from desiree have also had the semifinals. let's hearfrom desiree henry. she used to bea hearfrom desiree henry. she used to be a torch bearer here at the 0lympic be a torch bearer here at the olympic games in 2012. i spoke to her after the semifinal. five years ago i was fortunate to be one of the
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torchbearers for the olympics opening ceremony and lighting the cauldron. that was a massive honour for myself. i'm sure it is a great honour to be out on the track doing what you love? definitely. five years ago i was a little kid. now i am turning the dream into reality so lam am turning the dream into reality so i am beyond am turning the dream into reality so lam beyond happy am turning the dream into reality so i am beyond happy about how it has gone. we have also had the 400 metres men's semifinals and the man who is tipped to become the poster boy of athletics now that usain bolt is bowing out is the south african wayde van niekerk. he is the world record holder and the olympic champion over 400. he cruised into the final. he lived past us here. he was wincing with every step. they had a redraw to make sure the top sprinters avoided each other and he was grateful for that. it seems every time we do it someone breaks 44 seconds. it is good competition
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but i have to be on my game. can you tell us the story of the redrawing of the semifinal. whoever changed it, ithank of the semifinal. whoever changed it, i thank you so much. i was not ready for 43.8 in the heats. it was a surprise to me as well. did not come from the south african team? not at all. we are keeping an eye on the women's pole vaulter final at the women's pole vaulter final at the moment. holly bradshaw is in seventh. she has a chance to clear one metres 65. she has failed twice. —— four metres 65. she is about to go in herfinal —— four metres 65. she is about to go in her final attempt —— four metres 65. she is about to go in herfinal attempt to —— four metres 65. she is about to go in her final attempt to stay —— four metres 65. she is about to go in herfinal attempt to stay in this competition. i am not sure if we can stay with these pictures. i am seeing the pictures on the big
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screen so am seeing the pictures on the big screen so i can tell you she plays it or not. she isjust screen so i can tell you she plays it or not. she is just going screen so i can tell you she plays it or not. she isjust going in screen so i can tell you she plays it or not. she is just going in the run—up. can she do it? yes! she can! an enormous roar. that will put her way back up in the rankings, into the medal position. fantastic from oui’ the medal position. fantastic from our british vaulter. i am so glad we could stick with that. let's move on. just time to bring you the cricket before you go. england's cricketer are in control of the fourth test against south africa at old trafford. they have a healthy lead after day three, which ended early due to rain. this morning, they didn't need long to end south africa's first innings, stuart broad taking the final wicket restricting the tourists to 226 all out, giving england a first innings lead of 136.
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the home side did struggle for runs. cook, jennings, westley and malan all went cheaply. joe root looked in good form, but he went one shy of his half century. but moeen ali hit 67 as england ended the day on 224—8, giving them a lead of 360 runs. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. well worth waiting for, thank you. officials in afghanistan say insuragent have attacked a village in the northern province of sar—e—pul, killing as many as 50 people. the office of the provincial governor says the fighters, who included foreign militants, set fire to about 30 houses after attacking a security outpost. the governor said there were taliban fighters involved which would represent an unusual collaboration. the children's commissioner for england has said parents should limit the amount
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of time their children spend online, regulating their use of social media as they would junk food. anne longfield says the internet can be addictive, and overuse can have a detrimental effect on children's confidence and wellbeing. tom burridge has the story. kids and screens. it's a constant battle. this seven—year—old is obsessed by his dad's phone. i like playing video games on it. a bunch of crazy ones. you play a lot, don't forget. i do. do you fight sometimes about that? no. on average children now spend 15 hours a week online. parents, says the children's commissioner for england, should impose a limit. we wouldn't let our children out in a strange city without giving them guidance and looking after them. and actually we shouldn't for their digital world either. so this is about equipping children, enabling them to have the confidence to manage their time online. and also their confidence to say no to the constant drain and pressure of always being there.
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she is urging parents to follow fiona and be proactive. i'm always looking in, going through history, things like that. just to double check what they are looking at. because they could open something that they shouldn't be looking at. you just don't know. there's too much out there, really. new guidelines, published online, of course, compare junk food with time on the internet. the advice is simple, just as your children shouldn't eat a cheese burger and chips every day, they shouldn't binge on their phones and computers. the obvious antidote, keeping kids active, but the children's commissioner is calling for a healthy balance. the internet is vital for learning. it is a tricky balance, i think, but you do need to encourage that they've got to get some fresh air, they've got to get some exercise. no ipad at dinner time and no phones during times when we are sitting together as families means we talk a lot more and i get to know a lot more about what happens in their school. kids only know a world
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with smartphones and the internet, so time off—line is vital. liverpool's newest music festival, hope & glory, has been cancelled. there was chaos yesterday as thousands of fans were made to wait hours when the venue became overcrowded. police were called in to help after long waits and poor access to toilets and food and drink facilities. steve saul reports. it was the first time the hope & glory festival was staged in liverpool, with artists including james, the fratellis, razorlight and charlotte church all on the bill. those who were at the event yesterday described how quickly it descended into chaos. it felt shambolic. it was... there was a massive queue for the toilets, the bands that were coming on, it was two hours in between bands, they were late, every band was late. you were queueing for an hour to get to the toilet, queueing for an hour to get a drink. oversubscribed. i said it early on, they oversubscribed by at least a thousand people in there. in places, it wasjust unacceptable, because you couldn't get through from different areas,
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and in terms of the sound and stage show, and in terms of the whole festival experience, the sound was appalling, as well. people were coming over the fencing and just jumping over the walls and getting in. they stopped people going in at a certain time, maybe five o'clock, they wouldn't let anyone else in, i think the police said, "no more people gain entry." people arriving at the festival site in the city centre today are finding the gates are closed with notices pinned to them saying the management company responsible for the hope & glory festival have decided to cancel the event. liverpool city council has no choice but to accept this decision, then there is a website for people to try to claim their money back. artists have taken to social media to express their frustration. headliners james did manage to get on stage, but lead singer tim booth tweeted afterwards: while charlotte church was pulled from the line—up completely because it was running so late. hope & glory festival liverpool also put a message on its facebook page criticising its production manager and supplying his e—mail address
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for complaints to be directed to. three words, "no festival today." not sorry to the fans, or anything, and the previous message blames the production manager who did not complete the site in time and did not provide the planned bridgeway walkways into the garden, and he can be reached by his personal e—mail, which is really disgraceful, and called passing the buck. people are being urged to contact their ticket agents to arrange a refund. steve saul, liverpool. time for a look at the weather forecast now with sarah. good evening. our fairly unsettled spell of august weather continues through much of the week ahead. we've got some outbreaks of rain around at the moment. tonight it's going to be raining at times across parts of cornwall, through wales, the midlands and northern england, as well.

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