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a warning that the average household energy bill could hit £4,200 a year injanuary. industry analysts say it's because of wholesale costs — and the regulator's decision to alter the energy price cap every three months. the figures are eye watering. we've been making these forecasts, obviously, for a long time now. and to be honest, we're shocked by where they've gone. the increases affect england, scotland and wales — the government says there'll be no more help with bills until there's a new prime minister — we'll have the latest. also this lunchtime: students across scotland have been receiving their exam results — the pass rate is down compared with the previous two years of covid pandemic measures. the fbi have searched donald trump's florida home — the former president claims they broke open a safe.
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the ryan giggs trial — the court is shown video of his former girlfriend's police interview. # and my heart is set on you... and tributes to dame olivia newton—john are led byjohn travolta after her death from cancer at the age of 73. and coming up on the bbc news channel... change at the top of england women's cricket. after reaching the semi—finals at the commonwealth games, head coach lisa keightley is set to leave her role. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. annual energy bills could hit £4,200 in the new year, for a typical household in england, scotland and wales —
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according to the latest forecast from energy consultants cornwall insight. the figure is £650 more than previously estimated — the group says that's because of 0fgem's decision to change the price cap every three months instead of every six, and higher wholesale prices. the warning comes as the government rejects calls for further help with bills until a new prime minister is in place. here's our business correspondent theo leggett. the cost of lighting, cooking food, hot water and heating our homes has already risen dramatically over the past year and it's expected to go even higher. the war in ukraine has been a majorfactor, restricting gas supplies from russia to europe and pushing up the coast of europe and international markets. the price suppliers can charge households in england, scotland and wales are capped by the regulator to protect
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consumers. but the regulator has to balance keeping bills under control with preventing energy firms from going out of business. last 0ctober, going out of business. last october, the bill for electricity and gas for a typical household covered by the cap was just under £1300 a year, in april it rose to nearly £10,000, an increase of more than 50%. in october it is expected to go up 0ctober it is expected to go up again, according to cornwell in sight, it would be more than £3500 and a further rise injanuary is expected to take it well over £4000 per year leaving families facing bills of more than £350 every month. the increase has come at a time when the country is already seeing prices for everyday items rising at the fastest rate in more than 40 years putting household budgets are under more pressure. the government has set out plans to help consumers with energy bills through discounts with £400 per year but campaigners say that it's not nearly enough. i
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£400 per year but campaigners say that it's not nearly enough.- that it's not nearly enough. i think we are prepping — that it's not nearly enough. i think we are prepping for _ that it's not nearly enough. i think we are prepping for a _ that it's not nearly enough. i think we are prepping for a winter, - that it's not nearly enough. i think we are prepping for a winter, if. we are prepping for a winter, if more supporters not put in place, were potentially millions of people will not be able to afford energy bills. and it almost doesn't bear thinking about. the government is going to have to come back to the table and put more support in place. for the next prime minister, it's expected to be a major challenge. 0ne candidate rishi sunak has already promised to provide more money to help with bills though he has not said how much. supporters say it is the correct approach. extraordinary times, i think direct payments will be the only way to see the most vulnerable through this very difficult winter that we see coming before us. the very difficult winter that we see coming before us. the opponent for the conservative _ coming before us. the opponent for the conservative party _ coming before us. the opponent for the conservative party leadership i the conservative party leadership plans a different approach. what the conservative party leadership plans a different approach. what i want to do is _ plans a different approach. what i want to do is make _ plans a different approach. what i want to do is make sure _ plans a different approach. what i want to do is make sure people i plans a different approach. what i l want to do is make sure people are supported — want to do is make sure people are supported from day one and that is why i_ supported from day one and that is why i would have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy to save _
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moratorium on the green energy levy to save people money from their fuel bills but_ to save people money from their fuel bills but what i will also do is reverse — bills but what i will also do is reverse the national insurance rise to make _ reverse the national insurance rise to make sure people are keeping more of their— to make sure people are keeping more of their own _ to make sure people are keeping more of their own money.— of their own money. ofgem has wind ener: of their own money. ofgem has wind energy markets _ of their own money. ofgem has wind energy markets can _ of their own money. ofgem has wind energy markets can move _ of their own money. ofgem has wind energy markets can move very - energy markets can move very quickly. it says any forecast for next year should be treated with extreme caution. nevertheless, the latest predictions are likely to fuel concerns that consumers are facing an ever steeper struggle to cope with rising prices. theo leggett, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. still huge pressure on the government to act? the still huge pressure on the government to act? still huge pressure on the rovernment to act? , ., ._ government to act? the figures today have added to — government to act? the figures today have added to that _ government to act? the figures today have added to that pressure, - government to act? the figures today have added to that pressure, for- have added to that pressure, for some reassurance from ministers about what they are going to do about what they are going to do about rising energy prices. number ten downing street will point to some of the grants that were announced earlier in the year but they also say they cannot make big financial decisions until the new prime minister is in place. all the
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focus is on for rishi sunak and liz truss are prepared to do. rishi sunak said today he will go further with grants if he is prime minister. he has not said how much, he says he cannot make that decision until the new energy price cap is confined later this month but his camp said the principle is there. he is prepared to step in. for her part, liz truss says she thinks cutting national insurance contributions and the tax on energy bills will put more money people's pockets. but questioned several times today about whether she is prepared to go further with grants, she has refused to answer. she says that will be for an emergency budget if she takes power so not for at least another month and this is becoming quite a dividing line in the tory leadership race. les truss seeing deal with that situation as it arises, rishi sunak saying that is divorced from reality. remember, tory party
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members make the decision on who the next leader and an expert minister will be but opposition parties said neither camp is going far enough. the liberal democrats saying today the price rise planned for the autumn should be cancelled and that should be paid for three more attacks on the big oil and energy companies. nick eardley, thank you. students across scotland have been receiving their exam results today — and the pass rate is down compared with the previous two years when covid pandemic measures were in place. at higher level, the number of pupils getting an a to c pass was nearly 79%. that's down from just over 87% last year, but higher than pre—pandemic levels when the last formal exams took place. the pass rates for national 5 and advanced highers followed a similar pattern. james shaw has been speaking to students. the moment of truth is approaching. here you go, good luck, nick. that moment when pupils find out
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if they've achieved the result they wanted or not. like thousands across scotland, these pupils at currie community high school are quietly relieved it is all over. how did you do? i got as. all have felt the impact of the disruptions of the last two years. sometimes working at home, sometimes in school. it sort of caused there to be, like, breaks in my studies. for example, we'd be going to class some days and then someone might get covid and have to go into lockdown because of this. or my family members getting covid and going into lockdown because of that. and then missing classes, which then meant i had to catch up more, making it more difficult for me. it was horrible, hard sometimes, very hard. i definitely think learning was disrupted and because we couldn't get face—to—face teaching, it definitely affected, i think. the head here at currie high has tried to give them the resilience to get through this most challenging of times.
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covid, you know, other factors that contribute to making this scenario really difficult is really giving our young people a lot to think about and deal with but, my goodness, have they risen to the challenge and shown a resilience that is of real steel and one for us as adults, i think, to learn from. 0n the face of it, this looks like a return to normality but, in fact, there has been a lot of disruption caused by pupil and staff absences because of covid. and that unprecedented situation explains why the scottish qualifications authority has been more generous with its grading this year. compared to 2019, the last year when there was a full set of exams, these results are an improvement but they are not as high as the two years of the pandemic when grades were based on assessments by teachers. the sqa say they have
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tried to be as fair as possible. i think we recognise that although it was a return to exams, it was not a return to a normal year and we've sought, working closely with the education system, to ensure that our awards are fair to learners but also recognise the disruption that learners have faced. meanwhile, the scottish government has been under pressure to make progress on its goal of reducing the attainment gap between pupils from the most deprived backgrounds and those from the most affluent. until now, there has not been much sign of improvement. they will argue that this set of results shows progress is being made. james shaw, bbc news, edinburgh. and you know, i think that issue of the attainment gap will be the focus of political argument in the
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aftermath of these results. the scottish government, the snp saying there is proof we are making progress, closing the gap between the most deprived and the least deprived areas. the scottish conservatives, the main opposition saying if you compare this year with the last two years, the gap appears to be getting wider. in reality we know the scottish government had expected to close the gap by 2026 but now, they say and they are accepting that is not a realistic goal. james, thank you. the former us president donald trump has condemned what he's described as raid by the fbi, on his mar—a—lago home in florida. agents carried out a search over a number of hours — neither the fbi nor the justice department is commenting. donald trump claimed a safe was broken into. this report from our correspondent, richard galpin. fbi investigators focused here at donald trump's home in florida. no doors kicked down but several
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boxes reportedly containing official papers taken away. that means the most famous conservative politician in the united states, a former president, likely to be now a candidate for president, is being investigated seriously for a crime. that is unprecedented. donald trump was reportedly in new york at the time, where he issued a statement condemning what he called an unannounced raid, as dark times for our nation and weaponisation of the justice system to prevent him running for the white house again. such an assault, he said, could only take place in broken third world countries. he said, "sadly, america has become one of those countries, "corrupt at a level not seen before. "they even broke into my safe." but his opponents accuse him of hypocrisy. president trump was one of the biggest critics
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of hillary clinton when she used her personal e—mail as the secretary of state and potentially, you know, some people think she violated some of our laws related to only using government official e—mails so that those documents become records and here we have president trump having done something potentially much more egregious. the question now is which classified documents were removed from the white house as trump left office? it's not the first time he's kept papers in his florida home when they should have been returned to the national archive. 15 boxes were retrieved from mar—a—lago in february. neither the fbi nor thejustice department have commented, and all this just three months before the next congress convenes ahead of mid—term elections. richard galpin, bbc news. a disciplinary panel at uk athletics has banned the athletics coach,
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toni minichiello for life after finding that he breached the sport's code of conduct on numerous occasions with inappropriate sexual references and gestures to athletes. no athletes are named in the report. toni minichiello came to prominence in 2012 when he coached heptathlete jessica ennis hill to gold at the london olympics. our sports correspondent joe wilson is with me. explain more about this. this covers a 15 year period of time in the career of toni minichiello. uk athletics said the findings of the utmost seriousness and it includes their say unwanted and inappropriate touching, examples of bullying and emotional abuse, sometimes with severe consequences for the well—being and mental health of the athletes involved. we should stress no athletes are specifically named but there are anonymous examples and i have to say some of the examples given are really quite graphic. toni came to global dominance with his
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work withjessica ennis—hill, he had numerous awards given to him. he has been banned for life by uk athletics for holding a coaching position, we have approached him for comment and we understand he is preparing a statement. joe, thank you. research by bbc news has uncovered concerns about the quality of care in child and adolescent mental health hospitals, amidst staff shortages and a culture of self harm. new figures show that since 2019, at least 18 patients aged 18 or under have died in specialist camhs hospitals in england, as well as one death in scotland and one in northern ireland. comparisons to previous figures suggests deaths in england are rising. the nhs says it has invested record amounts in child and adolescent mental health care — in response to record demand. you may find some of the details in adam eley�*s report upsetting. # and all those things i didn't say...
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this was chelsea mooney, happy at home... ..as herfather steve remembers her. chelsea was special, she loved singing, dancing and she just wanted to do everything for everybody. she was known as "mother hen". chelsea was 15 when her mental health became significantly worse. with an eating disorder, it's a very complex sort of thing. and i think it got hold of chelsea and she went to hospital. the hospital was a camhs unit for children and adolescents. while there, steve says she picked up dangerous new habits from fellow patients. chelsea only went in there doing very superficial acts of self—harm, and when she'd got there, it was becoming life threatening self—harm. at one stage, chelsea self—harmed to a dangerous extent — 250 times in 18 months. then in april last year, steve received news of a self—harm incident from which she did not recover. managed to get through to icu, intensive care, and speak
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to a nurse there. i said, "is there any way she's going to survive?" she said, "there's going to be a zero chance of survival." an inquest found there had been an unjustifiable delay to the routine checks staff were meant to carry out on chelsea every ten minutes. it took me a while to go into the hospital. to actually step in that door and see... ..see chelsea laid there with all the machines making all the noises. it was, it was hard. the provider, cygnet health care, said an inspection this year "acknowledged we followed best practice with respect to safeguarding". the bbc has found at least 20 children and young people have died in camhs hospitals since 2019. zeinab was a camhs inpatient for four years and says in some units, there was insufficient therapy on offer.
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inpatient environments are built to be reactive to when self—harm happens, not proactive in stopping it from happening in the first place. as well as those who died in inpatient care, bbc news has found that since 2019, a further 26 patients have died within a year of leaving camhs units. zaynab says she was discharged before she was ready. so i would tell people that i was ok, that i wasn't going to self—harm, i wasn't going to end my life. and then as soon as i got in the community, that's exactly what i would do. experts point to a staffing shortage. there's been chronic underinvestment over the years in face of unprecedented demand. there are some pockets of very good practice happening up and down the country but, of course, there is an awful lot of variation in practice. the government said it was working to recruit an extra 27,000 mental health professionals by 2024. for steve, lessons must be learned. seeing her there after she was meant to go in these hospitals to be able to come back out and hopefully lead
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a normal life, we shouldn't be going there to see my daughter laid on a hospital bed. adam eley, bbc news. if you've been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find help and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. the time is1:19... our top story this lunchtime. a new warning today that the average household energy bill could hit £4,200 a year injanuary. coming up, we look at how life has changed for people in afghanistan, nearly a year after the taliban regained control. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the curtain closes on the 2022 commonwealth games, with records broken and organisers saying generations have been inspired. but what does the future hold for the event?
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nhs england says it has reached a milestone — by all but eliminating waits of more than two years for routine operations. the number of people waiting had soared in the last two years because of the covid pandemic, but a recovery plan was put in place ealier this year. health experts, though, are warning there's still a long way to go to reduce the much larger number of patients waiting more than a year. here's our health correspondent, katharine da costa. sally ann wright from dudley in the west midlands uses swimming to help manage her chronic pain. she says she's been waiting around 18 months to have knee replacement surgery and hopes plans to cut waiting times will mean she gets a date for her operation soon. i was prescribed various painkillers but the side effects, they made me pass out, they're not worth it. so the impact on my life
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has been i cannot work, so my finances are low. but i've had the time to find other methods to manage the pain, such as outdoor swimming, walking. at the start of this year, more than 22,500 patients in england had been waiting over two years for a routine operation. by the end ofjuly, that had been slashed to fewer than 200, although that doesn't include around 2,500 patients who don't want to travel to be seen faster or are complex cases. the nhs says it's still a remarkable achievement. it is once again i think that incredible dedication, hard work, which has seen staff in the nhs now treat 800,000 patients with covid in hospitals over the past couple of years, rolling out, as we know, the biggest and fastest vaccination programme in our history and they've applied exactly the same sort of determination to this challenge. the nhs has been trying to free up capacity with the use of surgical hubs.
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here at the sulis hospital in bath, staff have been carrying out a high number of orthopaedic procedures. we've taken patients from seven local hospitals and we've managed to get through 1100 extra cases on top of what was a pretty busy hospital already since september. and that's been through dedication of the staff, really, working hard, thinking of smarter ways to work. health experts warn there are bigger challenges to come, with around 50,000 patients waiting over 18 months and more than 300,000 waiting over a year. well, it's a little bit like arriving at base camp, unfortunately. they've done well to get there but there is a much bigger mountain to climb, in terms of the people who've waited 78 weeks and over a year, where the numbers are much bigger. elsewhere in the uk, work continues to try to reduce the longest waiting times. but with the risk of another wave
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of covid and flu this winter, some fear progress could stall without sufficient nhs funding. katharine da costa, bbc news. it is almost one year since the taliban seized control of afghanistan, in a lightning advance. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani has returned to kabul to find out how life has changed for some of the people he met last august. two parallel lives transformed by the taliban takeover. when the taliban entered kabul last august, many were terrified. youtuber, rowena, went and filmed them. "men's and women's rights are equal", she told me last year. since then, female tv presenters have been ordered to cover their faces. whilst there's been dismay as most girls secondary schools remain closed. 12 months after the takeover,
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rowena is pushing boundaries and still making videos. but out and about, she's dressing more conservatively and chooses her words carefully. translation: my request - to the taliban is women and girls do observe the hijab. they should be given all the freedoms granted by islam. their rights should not be taken away. they should be allowed to work and study. a few hours' drive outside kabul is a world away. last year, we visited one of the many afghan villages along the front lines. the already deeply conservative residents welcomed the taliban takeover. translation: because of the war, we couldn't even go to the market. | and now we can go everywhere. a year later, there's peace,
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but also a deep economic crisis. translation: there is no work, no jobs. i people just depend on relatives abroad. it is true there was more money during previous government, but the situation was bad. they caused us too many problems. two lives out of so many changed forever. secundar kermani, bbc news, afghanistan. the jury in the trial of the former wales manager ryan giggs has been shown a recording of the police interview with his former girlfriend kate greville — who he is accused of controlling and assaulting. in the interview, she says that their relationship was volatile and the former footballer was often abusive to her. he denies the charges. our correspondent laura scott is at court. laura. day two of this trial has moved here
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to manchester's square crown court and the jury were played there one hour and 45 minute police interview that kate greville gave in november 20 20, two weeks after the alleged incident when ryan giggs is accused of assaulting her and her sister. she told the police that giggs, the former manchester united star and wales manager and player was her best friend, a saviour who had helped her out of an unhappy marriage but she said there had been red flags from the start of their relationship, including a cycle of abuse and then silence, repeated break—ups and getting back together and him turning up on the her home and him turning up on the her home and gym. the pr executive are used to work with giggs said he had also threatened herjob. she became emotional when are telling the detective about how she suffered from anxiety per step she said in the middle of 2017, he had grabbed her wrist and thrown her and her belongings out of their hotel room
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and in december 2019, belongings out of their hotel room and in december2019, he belongings out of their hotel room and in december 2019, he had kicked out in the back and thrown back at her head. she is expected to appear in court this afternoon behind a screen for cross examination. giggs denied all three charges against him. ., ., denied all three charges against him. . . ., denied all three charges against him. . ., ., ,, denied all three charges against him. . ., ., the japanese fashion designer issey miyake has died at the age of 84. he was known for his creative use of technical fabrics, and designs driven by technology. miyake developed a new way of pleating fabric, by wrapping it between layers of paper in a heat press, leading to his famous �*pleats please' collection. issey miyake was born in hiroshima, where he witnessed the nuclear bombing in 1945. john travolta has led tributes to his grease co—star dame olivia newton—john, who died from cancer yesterday at the age of 73. he said her impact had been �*incredible', and he signed his message "your danny" — referring to his character in the film. this report from our arts correspondent, david sillito,
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contains some flashing images. # summer loving, had me a blast # summer loving, happened so fast... olivia newton—john. for anyone of a certain generation, she was and always will be, sandy from grease. # cute as can be... and today, her castmates have been remembering her. among them, didi conn, who played frenchy, here on the right. i had been ill this year and she didn't know. i and when she found out, - she sent me an orchid plant, and that was about two months ago. and just friday, the plant, - which had lost all its beautiful buds, a new one popped up. and i thought of olivia - and i thought how lucky i have been to be her friend. # look at me, i'm sandra dee. also stockard channing, who played betty rizzo. i was always struck by her
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warmth, her sunniness. and i did say she was like summer. she had warmth and grace. that sunny personality had been there from the beginning of her career more than 50 years ago. it was also what helped sustain her campaigning and fundraising through many years of ill health. she was first diagnosed with cancer in 1992. # you better shape up... and while she'd had so much success over the years, it was grease that changed everything. and from the beginning, the person who wanted her to play the role was her co—star, john travolta. his tribute today from danny to sandy. # sandy, you must start anew... "my dearest olivia, you made
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all of our lives so much better. "your impact was incredible. "yours from the first moment i saw you, and forever, "your danny, yourjohn." olivia newton—john, who died yesterday at the age of 73. now let's turn our attentions to the weather prospects. here's tomas shaffernacker. the weather is in the news in a big way are not a good way. the extreme heat warning that has been issued from the met office is there to make... —— magga as think a little and it is with us between there and sunday. clearly the heat affects the vulnerable, that is pretty obvious to some of us but also you might bejumping on the
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