this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 8pm... households in the uk owe energy companies more money than ever and that's before the extra increases in bills due later this year. where else will i get more money from, you know, until my financial circumstances change? i have a £95 to give to the electricity company, and not anything other. rishi sunak tells the bbc as prime minister he would tell people what "they needed to hear" and stay true to his values. i would rather lose having fought for the _ i would rather lose having fought for the things i passionately believe _ for the things i passionately believe are right for our country, and being — believe are right for our country, and being true to my values, then win on— and being true to my values, then win on a _ and being true to my values, then win on a false promise. a man has died and three people have

been injured in a series of incidents involving a firearm on the isle of skye and the kyle of lochalsh, in scotland. all children in london aged between one and nine will be offered a polio booster vaccine after more traces of the virus are found in the capital's waste water. four days of extreme weather is forecast in england and wales. # we're walking in the air... the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the 1978 classic, the snowman, has died, aged 88.

hello, good evening. with fresh warnings about soaring energy bills over the next few months, the chancellor nadhim zahawi says the treasury is preparing "options" for the next prime minister. but there are concerns that households could fall further behind in paying for their gas and electricity. at the moment, annual energy bills for an average household are £1,971. but those bills are predicted to soar to around over £3,500 in october. and forecasters say they could rise to more than £4,200 injanuary which, for some people, amounts to more than half of their yearly state pension. here's our consumer affairs correspondent coletta smith. two of hannah's energy suppliers have collapsed in the last year, so she's finding it really hard to keep op top of what she owes. —— to keep on top. i haven't got an updated bill that is helping me plan,

but also i'm at that point where, where else am i going to get more money from? and, you know, until my financial circumstances change, i have £95 to give to the electricity company, and not anything other. have you thought of stopping your direct debit and paying for your bills when they come in each quarter? i would not be able to deal with the anxiety of waiting for an unknown bill. being able to manage my money monthly gives me a peace of mind, and allows me to survive in the circumstances that i'm in. a survey by uswitch suggests that a quarter of households are in debt to their energy companies, with the amount owed increasing through the summer months when it normally falls. the energy firm utilita says the government must act now to protect the vulnerable. the government's not doing enough to alleviate the concern of the poor an vulnerable customer. at the moment, they seem

distracted with the contests that's going on as to who will be the new prime minister, i would have thought it is perfectly possible for the two main contenders, along with the prime minister, to be setting the wheels in motion, to help sort this. consumer expert martin lewis agrees that the government should have given more and acted faster. this is a national crisis on the scale that we saw in the pandemic, and do not negate the mental health damage that is being done to people in panic across the nation and the political theatre of allowing 26 august to come, when we get the price cap announcement, with nothing firm in place is incredibly damaging. the government say a new prime minister will bring new plans, but help is already available. whoever becomes prime minister on 5th september can look at that, but we already have the 37 billion in place. myjob now is to get it into people's bank accounts, because that is where it really matters.

when the price cap rises, millions more households won't be able to pay in october. if you are struggling to afford your energy bills, don'tjust stop paying. although it might be difficult to make that phone call, contact your energy supplier because that gives you extra legal protection. they have to work out a payment plan with you, you may get access to hardship funds and emergency credit if you need it. hannah doesn't think the government help is enough. all that £400 is going to do is make the inevitable debt i end up in, slightly less deep an amount of debt. global pressures and choices by politicians have left individual households carrying the cost and stress of energy rises. coletta smith, bbc news in birmingham. as we've heard, the treasury is preparing options to help

with the cost of living crisis for the next prime minister to consider. in a special interview with the bbc�*s nick robinson, rishi sunak said he felt a moral responsibility to offer people more help even if it hurt his campaign. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more. the self—styled underdog in the race to be prime minister under pressure to explain his plans, rishi sunak has promised help for households to pay their bills, and in a bbc interview today, said the government would have no option but to accuse. —— but to act. i do feel a moral responsibility, as prime minister, to go further, and get extra help to people over the autumn and the winter, to help them cope with what is going to be a really difficult time. i think that is the right priority. the former chancellor said support already announced would fall around £400 short once prices rise in october, and promised payments for pensioners and the lowest earners, alongside his vat cut on energy bills. haven't you just tonight, on this programme, even though you are not being specific, made a huge unfunded spending commitment of what,

a few billion, over ten billion, what would you say it was? it is much closer to the former than the latter of what you said. a few billion pounds. because that is the scale, if you look at the scale of the problem we are talking about, and then it depends exactly how we spread that around and provide most help to those who most need it. but polls have suggested rishi sunak is lagging behind his opponent, and he accepts his pitch may not make him mr popular. i knew what i was doing when i got into this, and i was going to tell people what i think they needed to hear, not necessarily what they wanted to hear, and as i said, i would rather lose, having fought for the things i passionately believe are right for our country, and being true to my values, than win on a false promise. liz truss says tax cuts not hand outs, as she has put it, are the best way to tackle the rising cost of living. visiting a science park in cheshire this morning, she was asked if she had ruled out direct financial support. that's not what i said.

what i said is my priority is making sure we are not taking money off people, and then giving it back to them later on. i believe in people keeping their own money, and i believe in a low tax economy, that is the way we are going to drive growth. i'm not going to announce the contents of a budget in the future, at this stage in august, but i can assure people i would do all i can to make sure that energy is affordable and that we get through this winter. we won't know which candidate will be walking into number ten for another few weeks. in the meantime, ministers are drawing up options for whoever takes office. the big decisions will be for rishi sunak or liz truss to take. jonathan blake, bbc news. and you can see the full interview with rishi sunak in our next prime minister: the interviews, with nick robinson here on the bbc news channel at 8.30pm. can politicians here learn any lessons from the way things are being done elsewhere

in the world? let's speak to ed crooks, a former energy editor of the financial times, who now works for wood mackenzie, an energy research company and co—hosts the energy gang podcast. good evening to you, thanks for being with us. this isn't a problem certainly in the united kingdom, though sometimes we think it is. what lessons do you think we can learn from the rest of the world? first it's really important to understand that this is a global phenomenon. what we're seeing is really essentially a global mismatch between the demand energy and the supply. wejust between the demand energy and the supply. we just don't have adequate supplies of energy for a whole load of different reasons, there's lots of different reasons, there's lots of different reasons, there's lots of different things driving it, but crucially that issue of russia throttling back the flow of gas into europe because of the war in ukraine. that's really been the thing that's caused turmoil in energy markets around the world. in

terms of what britain can learn, there are some negative lessons that can be learned, it is important to realise you can't do nothing. people are very angry — if you look at many countries in the world, we've seen lots of energy price protests, we've seen protests in sri lanka, the president was forced to resign after that protest about energy. so it's a lesson there that this is absolute not something the government could afford to ignore. i think the other message that comes very clearly when you look at what's going on around the world as there are no easy answers. there's no magic wand to wave to make this go away, this is a deep—rooted crisis, and everything you try has a cost to it. lots of countries around the world are cushioning the blow for consumers with price regulation and subsidies,

different kinds of interventions in the market, all of those have a cost. . �* , , the market, all of those have a cost. , , cost. that's interesting, i suppose the question _ cost. that's interesting, i suppose the question people _ cost. that's interesting, i suppose the question people here - cost. that's interesting, i suppose the question people here might i cost. that's interesting, i suppose. the question people here might ask are, our bills going out further than in other countries? is it similar in european competitors, france and italy, and so on? certainly so far, prices and a lot of those countries have gone up less quickly than they have in britain, in large part they are going up in britain when you look respectively once the price cap is lifted. what you're seeing across the country is the government is much more interventionist in the energy markets, they are doing more things to regulate prices to control the market. as i say, that's not costless, that has consequences in terms of impacts on the industry — for instance, we are seeing edf

interests, the big electricity company in france, are suing the government saying regulations in the market have cost them 8 billion euros, so there's no magic money and these subsidies and present regulations have to be paid for. the other thing that's important to think about is going back to that fundamental point of, why are we seeing this crisis? because of this mismatch between supply and demand. when prices go up, that's a signal to people to say, you need to curb demand because that's the only way we bring global supply and demand for energy back in the balance. so if you regulate prices and control them, you can't bring them back into balance, it must be balanced some other way and that looks very likely to be rationing, basically meaning the government deciding how energy is allocated — which is not yet really a future what's going on in europe, but it does look very likely to be a big deal as we approach the winter. , , , , ,

to be a big deal as we approach the winter, , , , , ,, winter. just very briefly if you can, is winter. just very briefly if you can. is this — winter. just very briefly if you can, is this a _ winter. just very briefly if you can, is this a temporary - winter. just very briefly if you | can, is this a temporary shock, these rising bills that we are all seeing? 0r these rising bills that we are all seeing? or is this something you see rolling all year on year for the foreseeable future? it rolling all year on year for the foreseeable future? it certainly could no foreseeable future? it certainly could go on _ foreseeable future? it certainly could go on for— foreseeable future? it certainly could go on for a _ foreseeable future? it certainly could go on for a few _ foreseeable future? it certainly could go on for a few more - foreseeable future? it certainly i could go on for a few more years. foreseeable future? it certainly - could go on for a few more years. as i say, the fundamental issue is this mismatch of supply and demand. there's lots that can be done, but it's really important that we encourage energy supply in any way we can, meaning more wind and solar power, nuclear power, more investment in oil and gas as well because we need to get supply up to match that demand. but that can't happen immediately, that'll take a period of years. so this is a problem which is fixable, but not immediately and certainly for a few years yet, we'll definitely see these kinds of strains of upward pressure on prices and these calls for government to act and do something about it. it's clear that it is very necessary if the government must do whatever they can to address it. ed. government must do whatever they can to address it— to address it. ed, thanks very much

indeed. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers our guestsjoining me tonight are sam lister, political editor of the daily express and kevin schofield, political editor of huffpost uk. tune into either or both of those reviews tonight. a 47—year—old man has died and three people have been injured in a series of incidents on the isle of skye and the kyle of lochalsh. the man was found dead this morning at a property in cheng, where a gun had been fired. police subsequently attended at a property seen here in the dornie area in wester ross after further gunshots were heard. a 39—year—old man has been arrested. ian blackford, the snp mp for ross, skye and lochaber, says there is "a bi" job' to be done in terms of healing for the community, but praised the response of the emergency services.

it's just dreadful news, isn't it? i think people who live in these communities, they believe themselves to be safe, it's not a place where we have these kinds of incidents is taking place. so i think there is a real shock and horror right across all these communities that this kind of thing has happened here. but of course, you're never immune from these kinds of things. but i think first and foremost, people's thoughts are very much with those caught up in this. it's a dreadful day here. we also heard from ben phillips who is been reporting at the scene and he gave this update.— he gave this update. tonight this community _ he gave this update. tonight this community is _ he gave this update. tonight this community is very _ he gave this update. tonight this community is very much - he gave this update. tonight this community is very much one - he gave this update. tonight this i community is very much one which he gave this update. tonight this - community is very much one which is in shock, major police incidences like this are very rare in this part of the country. the isle of skye, of course, very popular with tourists at this time of year, very busy now with people enjoying their summer break. but locals here today

described how a major emergency response and police presence descended here earlier on today, this morning. i think what's notable about this incident is that it started here in the isle of skye before spreading to the mainland. we've just had an update from police scotland in the last hour that a 47—year—old man has died and three others are injured following a series of linked incidences in the area this morning, some of which involve a firearm being discharged. a quick recap of the details we have so far — police had originally been called to a property in the slate area of skye, 20 miles south to where i'm standing. a32—year—old woman was found to have been seriously injured, and she's now been taken to hospital in glasgow. a short time later there was a second incident in the chang area, which is

also in slate, where it firearm was discharged and a 47—year—old man was pronounced dead at the scene. there was then a third linked incident on the mainland in the village of dorney. a firearm was discharged again, and a man and woman have been taken to hospital. there are no details about their condition that have been released. police scotland confirmed shortly after lunch time, a 39—year—old man has been arrested in connection with these linked incidences. earlier today, in connection with these linked incidences. earliertoday, kate forbes, the msp said this appears to be one of the worst days that she knows of in the history of skye and lacoste. tonight police scotland said there would be officers, a significant police presence in this area as this investigation continues. but they say they believe the situation is contained in there's no risk to the wider community. there's no risk to the wider community-— there's no risk to the wider communi . �* ,, community. ben phillips reporting there. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin ra mjaun.

history has just been made history hasjust been made in history has just been made in the hundred. we're going to start with cricket, because history has just been made in the hundred. will smeed has hit the first ever century in the tournament, and the first of his professional career for birmingham phoenix. they're taking on the men's champions southern brave at edgbaston. it's a repeat of last year's final. smeed took 49 balls to make 101 not out, which included six sixes as the phoenix made 176 for 4. the brave, in their response, have lost captainjames vince for 17. they're currently 44—2. rory mcilroy says a us court's decision to uphold a ban on three liv golfers from competing at the fedex cup play—offs this weekend is "common sense". the three players from the breakaway series wanted to be allowed to compete in memphis, but thejudge sided with the pga tour. from my vantage point, common sense prevailed and i thought it was the right decision. and now that that has happened, i think itjust lets us focus on the important stuff,

which is the golf, and we can all move forward and not have that sideshow going on for the next few weeks, which is nice. with more on the us court ruling, here's our golf correspondent, iain carter. this week is a big week for the pga tour. it's the start of their playoff series which will culminate in the tour championship at the end of this month. as we know, the rival breakaway live golf series has been under way, breakaway live golf series has been underway, playing breakaway live golf series has been under way, playing three tournaments so far. there are three players eligible for these playoffs who have subsequently been banned by the pga tour. taylor gooch and mattjones, and taylor swofford, who would have been eligible to start the playoffs in memphis this week if it wasn't for the fact that they are banned. a restraining order was sought to try to make sure that these players would be eligible to play in the pga tour. that case was heard in san

jose yesterday, the judge tour. that case was heard in san jose yesterday, thejudge ruled in favour of the pga tour, saying that the contracts that swofford, gooch and jones signed or effectively lucrative enough to take account of the earnings they would lose by not being able to play in these pga tour playoffs. real madrid are taking on eintracht frankfurt in the european super cup. it's the annual showdown between the winners of the champions league and the winners of the europa league. the game's taking place in helsinki's olympic stadium, and just 15 minutes into the first half, it's 0—0. real hoping to level the super cup record by winning their fifth title this evening. you can follow live text updates on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thanks very much, see you later. all children in london between the ages of one and nine

years old will be offered a polio booster vaccine, after the virus was detected in sewage. no actual cases have been reported yet, but traces of polio which can cause paralysis have been found more than 100 times in the city's waste water. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh, has more. polio is a viral disease which can cause paralysis. there hasn't been a case acquired in the uk for nearly 40 years, but now the virus can be found in sewage in these eight london boroughs. they also have some of the lowest immunisation rates which may be helping the virus spread in the community. it's thought the virus was brought to england by someone vaccinated overseas with the live oral vaccine, which can, in rare cases, mutate in the gut and infect others through contaminated water or food. it's important to stress that here in the uk, the polio vaccine is quite different — it's an injection that does not contain live virus and cannot cause the disease. so, in the next four weeks, around 900,000 children aged 1—9

in greater london will be offered an extra dose of the polio vaccine, even if they're already fully immunised. these are very safe and effective vaccines, and it will boost their immunity, which we're giving as an extra precaution to protect them themselves. but also, the increasing immunity will help to reduce spread, both to friends and families and to the wider community. the hope is the booster will help stop the virus spreading. in new york last month, a 20—year—old unvaccinated man suffered paralysis after getting polio. the strain that infected him is genetically similar to that found in london, so it's important that adults, as well as children, have been immunised. fergus wallace reporting. the x girlfriend of ryan giggs has told the trial she became a slave to his every need and demand. kate greville

said the manchester united star made her feel there will be consequences if she didn't do as he said. ryan giggs denies assaulting and using controlling and coercive behaviour against her, as well as assaulting her sister. the uk's largest water company says people will have to use and waste less water to deal with the effects of hotter, drier summers. thames water is due to impose a has hosepipe ban on 50 million customers in london in southern england soon. as he continues to build and amber warning comes into effect tomorrow last until sunday. the continued dry weather has meant a bumper harvest for some arable farmers, but is causing real problems for others. here's our environment editorjust enrol at on a farm near gloucestershire. —— just enrol at. father's fields are their bank account. a healthy harvest means a

healthy income— and money to invest for next year's crop. but look, the fields have been desiccated by months of low rainfall. it is a disaster for many farmers. they can't sustain _ disaster for many farmers. they can't sustain themselves. - disaster for many farmers. they can't sustain themselves. david | disaster for many farmers. they i can't sustain themselves. david is t in: to can't sustain themselves. david is trying to grow _ can't sustain themselves. david is trying to grow turnips _ can't sustain themselves. david is trying to grow turnips to - can't sustain themselves. david is trying to grow turnips to feed hisl trying to grow turnips to feed his cattle popular not looking very happy, very dry. just not enough moisture, so most likely this crop will fail now, and we've run out to regrow it. david is already feeding his cattle for the winter. without turnips and grain prices at record highs, it will cost him a fortune to feed them through to next year. and don't think his problems won't affect you — because what happens on farms like this helps determine the price we all pay for food. extreme weather almost always means bad harvest, bad harvest means less food — that's right, meaning higher prices for all of us. it isn'tjust the uk. crops and much of europe have been affected too, and that's

just the start. india, china, brazil and the us have all seen yields hit ijy and the us have all seen yields hit by unusual hot and dry weather this year. now add in the impact of the russian invasion of ukraine... we are russian invasion of ukraine... - are producing less of our key crops. we have less production affected when harvest happens. that means supplies limited, therefore when people try to buy the supply, the prices then move upwards and it impacts the consuming, the farmer, the wide ranging market players have to deal with these issues. we the wide ranging market players have to deal with these issues.— to deal with these issues. we all know what _ to deal with these issues. we all know what will _ to deal with these issues. we all know what will break _ to deal with these issues. we all know what will break us - to deal with these issues. we all know what will break us out - to deal with these issues. we all know what will break us out of l to deal with these issues. we all. know what will break us out of the cycle. know what will break us out of the cle. �* , ., ., “ know what will break us out of the cle. �* , ., ., ~ ., ., cycle. i'm 'ust looking for rain, that's cycle. i'm 'ust looking for rain, that-s au— cycle. i'm just looking for rain, that's all i _ cycle. i'm just looking for rain, that's all i need _ cycle. i'm just looking for rain, that's all i need is _ cycle. i'm just looking for rain, that's all i need is the - cycle. i'm just looking for rain, - that's all i need is the temperature to go down, and rain, and i have some proper, decent rain. then everything will feel so much better, and it will start to grow. br; everything will feel so much better, and it will start to grow.— and it will start to grow. by next week, and it will start to grow. by next week. we _ and it will start to grow. by next week. we will — and it will start to grow. by next week, we will lose _ and it will start to grow. by next week, we will lose that - and it will start to grow. by next i week, we will lose that intensity... but the _ week, we will lose that intensity... but the forecast from the met office offers no guarantee of that. there is a regime _ offers no guarantee of that. there is a regime change _ offers no guarantee of that. there is a regime change happening - offers no guarantee of that. there is a regime change happening next week _ is a regime change happening next week. expect some heavy showers and thunderstorms potentially. not

everywhere will get that were rainfall, — everywhere will get that were rainfall, a lot of places will miss it. rainfall, a lot of places will miss it but _ rainfall, a lot of places will miss it but at — rainfall, a lot of places will miss it. but at least there's a chance next _ it. but at least there's a chance next week _ it. but at least there's a chance next week. so it. but at least there's a chance next week-— it. but at least there's a chance next week. ., . ., . ., ., ., next week. so a chance of rain for some, next week. so a chance of rain for some. which _ next week. so a chance of rain for some, which means _ next week. so a chance of rain for some, which means there's - next week. so a chance of rain for some, which means there's only i next week. so a chance of rain for. some, which means there's only one thing farmers like david can do — they've got to hope for the best. that's all they've got left. jubb bits have been paid to the author and illustrator raymond briggs, who's died at the age of 88 —— tributes. he's best known for the 1988 classic the snowman including books like father christmas, fungus the bogeyman, and when the wind blows. 0ur correspondent david salerno looks back at his life. it's become part of christmas — the story of a snowman who comes to life. magical, heart—warming, and at the end, the snowman melts. # we're walking in the air...

a very raymond briggs twist. he was a children's author who was never writing for children. a strip cartoon, raymond briggs, children's department. that's been the attitude in england — a strip cartoon, children's book. but we're growing out of that a bit now. i don't think about what children want. you get an idea and you just do it. you don't think, "0h, children of ten won't want this," or you don't think like that at all. you don't think about the audience. couldn't possibly. you've just got this idea in your head, and you could do it how you want it. it was his father christmas that was raymond briggs' breakthrough, but this was no jovial gift—bearer. this father christmas moaned, swore and drankjust a bit too much. what i normally do with most of my things is have something that's fantastical, like father christmas, like fungus, and imagine it to be wholly real and follow it through logically from there. it's a fouljob, out all night on your own, flying about in icy temperatures, landing on rooftops, going down filthy chimneys.

can you imagine climbing down the chimney? not once, but hundreds of times. he's going to be fed up with it. the bogeymen are stirring in their beds... and then fungus — a gloriously disgusting story of a bogeyman having a midlife crisis. nice cold, filthy water! good head of scum on it this morning. raymond briggs studied at the slade school of art. he'd worked in advertising, and hated it. he illustrated children's books, but he didn't like the saccharine stories. he had his own vision and one friend who worked with him he was much happier pot follow government advice in a nuclear attack. �* ., , . ., attack. i've never heard such an endemic language _ attack. i've never heard such an endemic language in _ attack. i've never heard such an endemic language in my - attack. i've never heard such an endemic language in my life. i attack. i've never heard such an. endemic language in my life. i've left the oven on x make the cake

will be burned! get in, get in, get in! the cake will be burnt! lie down. when he began, his comic art was frowned on by his art teachers. by the end, raymond briggs had done much to change attitudes with those charming drawings and their slightly subversive stories. raymond briggs, who's died at 88. the interest rate on student loans in england and wales is to be capped at 6%. it had been due to rise at 7.3%. ministers say the smaller rises to provide support amongst the living cost of —— rising cost of living. this will not affect graduates's monthly repayment but have an impact on the total amount they owe. nick robinson sits down with a conservative leadership candidate, rishi sunak, to see where he stands on the issues that matter to you in our next prime minister, the interviews.

millions are facing energy bills they can't afford to pay. inflation is soaring, a recession is said to be looming, war rages on in europe, the country faces a leadership vacuum. rishi sunak, the man who resigned as chancellor says we're facing as chancellor, says we're facing a series of emergencies at home and abroad. if conservative members vote for him, he'll replace borisjohnson as our next prime minister injust 26 days' time. good evening, mr sunak. good evening. over the next half hour i want to focus on some of those emergencies at home and abroad that you've spoke about. let's start with the economy, can we? do you accept that there are millions of people watching this programme who have no say in who becomes the next prime minister, who do face a real

emergency as a result of soaring energy bills?