this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world: tens of millions of people across the uk will see an 80% increase in their gas and electricity bills, as ofgem announces a new price cap. the regulator and campaigners call for immediate government action. the government — with our support, with the support of the industry, with the support of ngos — needs to act urgently and decisively to address the situation that's before us. i am begging and crying and pleading that there is more government help for this winter so that people will not and the poorest — and this is not catastrophising, it is a catastrophe. a man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder

of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool on monday. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky claims europe narrowly avoided a radiation disaster earlier this week. a usjudge has ordered investigators to release a redacted version of court papers that led to a search of donald trump's florida home. hundreds of remastered images of the apollo missions 50 years ago are released for the first time. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. more news on the cost—of—living crisis today, with the price of energy rising in the uk and around the world.

millions of households in england, scotland and wales will be paying much more for gas and electricity from october, after the energy regulator ofgem announced a rise in the price cap — that's the maximum amount companies can charge consumers for energy. it means the average household bill will rise to £3,519 a year — there it is. that's an increase of more than 80%. analysts are now predicting that the price cap could rise again injanuary to more than £5,300, and then to more than £6,600 next april. the price cap doesn't apply to northern ireland, as the market is regulated differently. prices in northern ireland will also increase, but it's less clear when this will happen, and by how much. in europe, the increase in wholesale energy prices has prompted governments to put in place measures to shield consumers. the announcement in the uk today

comes amid a cost—of—living crisis, with prices soaring and bills going up. frances reed reports. we've known for months it was coming, but now it's been confirmed — the average household fuel bill will be £3,519 from october. the cap is set by the energy regulator 0fgem and is the maximum amount companies can charge customers for each unit of energy. 0fgem has acknowledged the situation as deeply worrying for many people. i accept this is devastating news for many families out there. so what we're also saying today is, we have ten days now until we will have a new administration, a new prime minister and a new ministerial team. now, we think that the government — with our support, with the support of the industry, with the support of ngos — needs to act urgently and decisively to address the situation that's before us. because the difficult news i have to give is when i look at what's happening later on this year

and potentially into next year, there is still significant price pressure. citizens advice have predicted a quarter of us won't be able to afford our fuel bills by the autumn. the struggle with living costs has already begun for marina. she's a former carer, who can't work because she has long covid. she's at the citizens�* advice bureau in ipswich to apply for universal credit, and often sits in the dark to try to save money. to actually fear every day how you're meant to live, it's just something else. didn't think i'd get to this age and be worried about things like this. you just think it's going to be normal. but there are people trying to help. near ipswich, the rural coffee caravan is on its rounds. it's a charity which signposts people to various services that can help. and rising energy prices is the main concern. well, if i can't afford it, i won't put it on, because i won't get into debt.

i've never been in debt in my life. i'd just cut back on food as well, if i had to. i'd have a tin of soup and a roll. and, you know, hopefully, that would warm you up. today's rise is the largest single increase in the price cap, but most experts predict another is on the way injanuary. frances reed, bbc news. i'm joined now by heating expert and founder of the heating hubjo alsop. thank you for your time today. your background is in boilers and heating, how to use them efficiently. heat homes efficiently and more cheaply. as i discussed with a guest earlier, when you are looking at an 80% plus rise in your bills, it is going to be nigh on impossible to make the sort of efficiencies that could make up the difference. it efficiencies that could make up the difference. , ., ., , , difference. it is going to be very difficult, difference. it is going to be very difficult. and — difference. it is going to be very difficult, and i _ difference. it is going to be very difficult, and i think— difference. it is going to be very| difficult, and i think government are going to have to step in on this

occasion to make up the shortfall for many households. i think there is not really any avoiding that. but i think there are some things households can do to reduce the amount of gas they use. and do it themselves on their own boilers, safely and easily. find themselves on their own boilers, safely and easily.— themselves on their own boilers, safely and easily. and what is your advice, safely and easily. and what is your advice. then? _ safely and easily. and what is your advice, then? yes, _ safely and easily. and what is your advice, then? yes, if— safely and easily. and what is your advice, then? yes, if you - safely and easily. and what is your advice, then? yes, if you have - safely and easily. and what is your advice, then? yes, if you have a l advice, then? yes, if you have a condensing _ advice, then? yes, if you have a condensing boiler... _ advice, then? yes, if you have a condensing boiler... you - advice, then? yes, if you have a condensing boiler... you can - advice, then? yes, if you have a condensing boiler... you can do| advice, then? yes, if you have a. condensing boiler... you can do a couple of things. you can reduce the flow temperature for the heating system. on the front of the boiler, there are a couple of dials and one has a dialogue with the radiator icon and that is often set to about 80 celsius, the temperature the boiler heats up the water to before sending it to your radiators. but this is too high for the boiler to run efficiently so if you have a condensing boiler, a modern boiler, a rated boiler, it needs to run at a lower flow temperature in order to achieve some of its higher efficiencies. most households don't

appreciate their boilers have a variable efficiency, they are not a rated out—of—the—box, they can operate between a&e rated and one reason it will operate at a lower efficiency is because of a high operating temperature to the radiators. ., , ., operating temperature to the radiators. ., , . radiators. people are switching thins radiators. people are switching things off. _ radiators. people are switching things off, though. _ radiators. people are switching things off, though. they - radiators. people are switching things off, though. they are i radiators. people are switching . things off, though. they are afraid to even switch appliances on. have you ever known a situation like this where people have been facing such a drastic increase in their energy bills? ., ., �* a drastic increase in their energy bills? ., ., �* bills? no, i haven't. as a consumer m self bills? no, i haven't. as a consumer myself come _ bills? no, i haven't. as a consumer myself come up _ bills? no, i haven't. as a consumer myself come up with _ bills? no, i haven't. as a consumer myself come up with a _ bills? no, i haven't. as a consumer myself come up with a household i myself come up with a household myself, i am a single mum with two children, equally facing the same enormous bills. as and your previous person he was speaking to was crying. —— and your previous. these are the conversations we are having with business every day, households afraid to turn on their heating and don't know what to do or where to turn. �* . ., , don't know what to do or where to turn. ~ . . , ., don't know what to do or where to turn.~ . . , .,, ., turn. and clearly, there has to be a conversation. _ turn. and clearly, there has to be a conversation, there _ turn. and clearly, there has to be a conversation, there is _ turn. and clearly, there has to be a conversation, there is a _ conversation, there is a conversation, there is a conversation going on, but there has

to be a bigger conversation probably about how we store energy here. how we make our homes more efficient. clearly, it is easy to do that with newer bills and new builds, but so much of the housing stock, there needs to be retrospective action to make the home is more efficient? == make the home is more efficient? -- newer make the home is more efficient? » newer builds. yes, urgently, and we are campaigning for this through our website, energy efficiency through insulation is a must. we are talking about spending 70 billion on subsidies for energy bills that will not help us again next winter. we need to spend that money once to reduce energy demand in our homes and then that will payback year on year. but also, not to forget, we talk about loft insulation and cavity wall insulation, these are sometimes measures that are difficult to implement. but actually, energy efficiency through heating systems is a less appreciated measure that we can

leave, that we can use. and bringing better efficiencies to our existing gas boilers, we are all very focused on heat pumps and making energy transition, but there is a lot of latent efficiency in our existing systems and we should turn our attention to that now. ja systems and we should turn our attention to that now.— attention to that now. 10 alsop, thank you _ attention to that now. 10 alsop, thank you very _ attention to that now. 10 alsop, thank you very much, _ attention to that now. 10 alsop, thank you very much, founding | attention to that now. 10 alsop, i thank you very much, founding -- thank you very much, founding —— founder of the heating hub. there been plenty of political reaction in the uk to this latest price rise for consumers, but the government didn't put a ministerforward consumers, but the government didn't put a minister forward for interview on the breakfast programmes this morning to react. earlier, i spoke to political correspondent programme echo about this. —— david wallace lockhart. we knew roughly what the price cut was going to be, but now it is, that estimate is now officially there, there would be many people who would have expected to hear a government minister this morning doing extended interviews telling us exactly what the government is doing and what the government hopes to do to try and make the situation better. we do expect to hear

from the prime minister later today. we've heard a statement that's been released from the chancellor, where nadhim zahawi acknowledges this price cap will be causing stress and anxiety for many. and that perhaps would cause many to question why we are not hearing from government ministers if he's acknowledging that situation. he does say there will be support from a future government, not the current one, but once a new prime minister takes over, and he's working flat out to develop options for the next prime minister. there has been a lot of political reaction to this, of course — we've heard from the first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon saying this rise can't be allowed to go ahead, it must be cancelled. the snp want mps brought back to westminster from their recess to debate the issue. the lib dems, of course, have called for an extension of the windfall tax on energy companies, to cancel out this october rise in the price cap. and that's something labour have been calling for as well. they have gone in front of the cameras this morning. we heard earlier today from labour's

shadow chancellor, rachel reeves. these astronomical increases in prices, it is striking fear into the hearts of families right across the country, and that is why labour are saying the government must act. they must freeze gas and electricity prices through the winter, they should pay for that with an extension of the windfall tax on the oil and gas companies who are making huge profits, and use that money to keep bills as low as possible for everybody else. that is the right and fair thing to do, that is what labour would do, and that is what the government must now press on and do. the energy regulator, david, this morning calling for immediate government action, "urgently and decisively" was the phrase that was used. how unusual is it for the regulator to make this direct appeal to the government? it's strong words for a regulator to essentially say the government has to take action and has to take action now.

however, that is probably not going to happen because borisjohnson has made it clear that he doesn't think it's his place — as a prime minister with just a short time left in office — to make major decisions about supporting people. also, major decisions that would be about tax and spend, when he has only a matter of days left in office. the slight problem for many people is we don't exactly know what either candidate to be prime minister would do. liz truss has written in the daily mail this morning saying she will ensure support is on its way and we get through these tough times. she's talked about cutting taxes. but there's a big question about, what about the people who don't pay much tax or any tax? tax cuts doesn't really help them, especially in the short term, so will there be more targeted support? the suggestion is there might well be, but she wouldn't announce that until when, and if, she becomes prime minister. rishi sunak has committed to more support for the most vulnerable in society but, crucially, what we don't have from him yet is a figure. how much would people get

if he becomes prime minister? we will hear from him later today and that is perhaps something we will get from him. david, very briefly, we are almost out of time, do you think the reason we are not hearing that level of detail people are calling for from rishi sunak or liz truss is because with ten days to go until the result is announced, they know they can't please everyone, probably, so they don't want to say something that will derail their campaign at this stage? there may well be an element of not wanting to rock the boat so much. the problem for them is the calls for concrete action are growing so loud now, it might not be something they managed to do. rishi sunak did previously say once the price cap was official, he would be able to give more detail, so i think perhaps pressure on him for concrete numbers quite quickly. david wallace lockhart, our political correspondent. tom on twitter says, lets start fracking to get gas at proper prices and save

lives this winter. we have got it so let's get it up and used. fracking, of course, is controversial. stephen evans says that it is time to march against this cost—of—living crisis. he says, i am so frightened. to keep your comments on this story or any of the other stories we are covering coming in to me today. that is on twitter. and for viewers in the uk as this new domestic energy price cap for england, scotland and wales has been announced, we will be answering your questions on energy costs at 1130 am here on the bbc news channel. we'll bejoined by our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey, laura mcgadie from the energy saving trust, and richard neudegg — ceo of uswitch. get in touch with your questions by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk, or get in touch on social media

using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. more on this story coming up, now some other news. merseyside police in north west england have arrested a 36 year—old man on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel. the man was also arrested on two counts of attempted murder. the arrest came after an operation involving armed officers in the merseyside area last night. 0ur correspondent alison freeman has the latest from liverpool. well, there was a statement from merseyside police in the past few moments saying they have arrested a 36—year—old man on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel. they say the man is from the huyton area and he was arrested on two counts of attempted murder. they say the arrest comes after an operation involving armed officers in merseyside last night. also in the last few moments, we have had footballers ian rush and ian is not an arrive on scene and

deliver floral tributes to 0livia —— —— ian snowdon. the liverpool tributes said, you will never walk alone. 0n the often card, no words will lessen the pain or explain such a tragedy, our city stands united forever in our thoughts. but in the past few moments, that news there has been an arrest made on suspicion of 0livia's murder and the attempted murder of two other people on monday night. alison freeman reporting. let's return out to the cost of energy. the european union is also seeing soaring energy prices, as the bloc curbs its reliance on russian gas and russia tightens the taps. before the war in ukraine, germany got more than half of its gas from russia — now this has dropped to 35%. and direct supplies via russian pipelines are down tojust11%. it's all coming at a cost, and leaving the country scrambling

to shore up supplies and reduce energy consumption before winter sets in. i'm joined now by andreas schroeder, head of energy analytics at independent commodity intelligence services. thank you very much for talking to us today. and we have been talking about the massive increase in the average bill for energy users in england, scotland and wales, it is going up more than 80%. how does that compare to any increase in costs for people in germany? 50 costs for people in germany? sr germany will face the same situation as the uk does, but with a time delay. so the structure of the consumer tariffs is designed in a way that is a timeline between market prices and what you feel as customers. and what sort of percentage increases are you looking at there? so on the markets, we see percentage increases well above 100%, 200%, even. it has been really

volatile and going up drastically and we expect that to convert into customer prices as well. so and we expect that to convert into customer prices as well.— customer prices as well. so what sort of action _ customer prices as well. so what sort of action is _ customer prices as well. so what sort of action is the _ customer prices as well. so what sort of action is the german - sort of action is the german government looking at? the german government — government looking at? the german government is _ government looking at? the german government is now _ government looking at? the german government is now introducing - government looking at? the german government is now introducing a - government looking at? the german| government is now introducing a new tax, a levy on consumers with about 2 cents per kilowatt hour. so this is a huge amount of money and average family would pay roughly 500 euros a day —— at the end of the year. so this is quite a drastic increase for customers. but that is only part of the increase we see on the markets, some more to be faced later. so the markets, some more to be faced later. , the markets, some more to be faced later, , ., the markets, some more to be faced later. , ., ., , ., later. so there is going to be a le on later. so there is going to be a levy on customers, _ later. so there is going to be a| levy on customers, consumers, later. so there is going to be a - levy on customers, consumers, on the public, at the same time as they face rising bills?— public, at the same time as they face rising bills? yes, so there is a rise in bills _ face rising bills? yes, so there is a rise in bills to _ face rising bills? yes, so there is a rise in bills to be _ face rising bills? yes, so there is a rise in bills to be faced - face rising bills? yes, so there is a rise in bills to be faced and - face rising bills? yes, so there is a rise in bills to be faced and it i a rise in bills to be faced and it may even lead to uproar or civil unrest in society because at the moment, consumers do not yet feel all the pain that comes a bit later.

so as people feel the price increase, they may also go out on the streets and demonstrate against that. ~ ., ., ., ., ., ., that. what about a windfall tax on ener: that. what about a windfall tax on energy companies, _ that. what about a windfall tax on energy companies, any _ that. what about a windfall tax on | energy companies, any suggestion thatis energy companies, any suggestion that is being looked at? yes. energy companies, any suggestion that is being looked at?— that is being looked at? yes, so this is being _ that is being looked at? yes, so this is being looked _ that is being looked at? yes, so this is being looked at _ that is being looked at? yes, so this is being looked at and - that is being looked at? yes, so this is being looked at and is - that is being looked at? yes, so this is being looked at and is in | this is being looked at and is in discussion. but at the moment, they don't tax windfall profits so much, but they would rather tax consumers and they make even windfall profits financed by consumers with this new gas levy on consumers, so that was the choice. the government also stepped in to nationalise or partly nationalise a company which was really in distress, so this is part of the measures as well. and really in distress, so this is part of the measures as well.- of the measures as well. and i wonder if _ of the measures as well. and i wonder if you _ of the measures as well. and i wonder if you can _ of the measures as well. and i wonder if you can reflect - of the measures as well. and i wonder if you can reflect for i of the measures as well. and i | wonder if you can reflect for us of the measures as well. and i - wonder if you can reflect for us how the rises in the uk, which have already been announced, how they compare with other countries in europe. we know in france, for example, there has been a windfall tax levied on big energy companies. so our other companies actually doing more to help their people? i

wouldn't necessarily say so. energy policy is the domain of member states, so it is national policy and there are different approaches by nations. spain and portugal have introduced price caps on gas. i think this is not the way forward for germany. germany is rather letting price signal seat through to consumers to incentivise reductions of gas. i think it is correct this way and the uk does at the same. so we have to incentivise gas demand reductions, this is the way to go. but you admit, don't you come at this policy, the strategy could lead to civil unrest? == this policy, the strategy could lead to civil unrest?— this policy, the strategy could lead to civil unrest? -- you admit, don't ou, to civil unrest? -- you admit, don't you. that — to civil unrest? -- you admit, don't you. that this _ to civil unrest? -- you admit, don't you, that this policy. _ to civil unrest? -- you admit, don't you, that this policy. price - to civil unrest? -- you admit, don't you, that this policy. price rises - you, that this policy. price rises will result in unrest in the population so a targeted social policy needs to accompany these

price increases so to alleviate the burden placed on households. andreas, thank you for your thoughts on the story today. andreas schroeder, head of energy come analytics at the independent commodity services. —— energy analytics. ukraine's president, volodomyr zelensky, has said europe faced the prospect of a radiation disaster on thursday when a russian—occupied nuclear plant was disconnected from the country's power grid. for several hours yesterday, electricity needed for cooling was cut off, apparently by fire damage to overhead cables. international inspectors have demanded they be allowed to visit. gareth barlow reports. zaporizhzhia, europe's biggest nuclear power plant, the current focal point of the war. on wednesday, for the first time in its history, the plant was cut off from ukraine's energy grid after fires triggered by the conflict damaged power cables, leaving experts to warn of the implications and threats to the plant's and planet's safety.

nuclear power plants require off—site power to function safely, to cool the reactor, to cool the spent fuel there. any cut—off of that power could potentially cause an enormous crisis at the facility. zaporizhzhia was taken over by russia in march early in the war, and moscow has controlled the site, still run by ukrainian workers, ever since. on thursday, in his nightly address, president zelensky called on russia to withdraw. translation: i want to assure all ukrainians we are doing - everything to prevent an emergency scenario. international pressure is needed that will force the occupiers to immediately withdraw from the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. the iaea and other international organisations must act faster. every minute the russian military stays at the nuclear plant risks

a global radiation disaster. connections between zaporizhzhia and the rest of the grid have been re—established, and both sides accuse the otherfor tensions in the vicinity since the invasion, leading the international community to call for de—escalation around the plant. to get a full understanding of the situation and to protect its safety, all sides agree a un—backed international atomic energy agency inspection should take place. all the time, we are in contact with the national ukrainian regulators, with the ukrainian operators and, of course, with russia, because russia is in control. i was yesterday in istanbul, for example, negotiating with the russian side on the conditions of the visit. the iaea chief, rafael grossi, says he'll personally lead a delegation, which it's hoped will take place in the coming days.

until then, all ukraine and the wider world can hope is that zaporizhzhia functions as normal and that thursday's dangerous situation isn't repeated. gareth barlow, bbc news. and a couple of lines about the situation at zaporizhzhia, one from ukrainian sources and one from russian sources. let me read these out. this is the russian source, quoting a local russia installed official. ukrainian forces, according to this report, have broken the final power line connecting the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant with ukraine and an electricity supply is impossible now. ukraine relies on zaporizhzhia for about a fifth of its electricity. so that is what the russian sources are saying. meanwhile, ukrainian sources, and the quote is from ukraine's governor of zaporizhzhia. they say ukraine is beginning to resume operations of two reactors at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. so conflicting lines. but that is the latest on the

situation at the nuclear power plant. this is very much a related story to what we have been talking about today, the rising cost of energy. as europe's energy costs sky—rocket, satellite images suggest russia is burning off large amounts of natural gas at a facility near its border with finland. energy experts say the gas had previously been exported to germany via the nordstream 1 pipeline. they estimate that the flare is using about $10 million worth of gas every day. joining me now is mark davis, ceo of capitero — a company which monitors gas flaring and works with energy companies to monetise waste gas. he has more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. mark, thank you forjoining us. you are getting all of this information from satellite images, aren't you? good morning, that is correct. we are monitoring every flare for every asset for every company worldwide

every day, using satellite imagery. and we are able to detect flares and when there are significant operational problems as we see in this part here. tell operational problems as we see in this part here-— this part here. tell us exactly about what — this part here. tell us exactly about what gas _ this part here. tell us exactly about what gas flaring - this part here. tell us exactly about what gas flaring is - this part here. tell us exactly about what gas flaring is and | this part here. tell us exactly - about what gas flaring is and why it is done. ,., , about what gas flaring is and why it is done. ,.,, . , about what gas flaring is and why it is done. w . , is done. gas flaring is the deliberate _ is done. gas flaring is the deliberate combustion . is done. gas flaring is the deliberate combustion of| is done. gas flaring is the - deliberate combustion of natural gas, it typically happens in oil and gas, it typically happens in oil and gas field operations in refineries and plants. and it typically happens either because there is an upset, there is a problem with the operational plant, or because there is a lack of infrastructure. it is really concerning problem because it creates not only a waste of resources, but it also creates significant emissions, at a time of climate crisis, energy security crisis and the cost—of—living crisis, we need to find solutions. let's talk about the latter, the cost—of—living crisis. people would be very glad about larger gas supplies in order to try to reduce bills. because of the political, the security situation, the war in ukraine, russia is obviously sitting

on the surplus of gas that would have gone into europe. and it has nowhere for it to go, presumably? one of the challenges indeed with russia is that they are now constrained on the export of gas and what we are seeing and the concern is that this means that russia is going to be increasing their flaring, which is what we are seeing here. this particularflare is one of tens of thousand globally amongst thousands of players in russia and russia is the largest on the planet, they flare a substantial contribution it could make of this was eliminated. tell contribution it could make of this was eliminated.— contribution it could make of this was eliminated. tell us more about the environmental _ was eliminated. tell us more about the environmental impact - was eliminated. tell us more about the environmental impact becausel the environmental impact because there is a concern that as a result of this flaring, such as being directed towards the arctic. absolutely, there are three environmental concerns, the first is flaring of carbon dioxide and flaring of carbon dioxide and flaring also produces methane, a much more potent greenhouse gas, and

it produces black soot, black carbon, critically in the arctic region, this carbon if it ends up on the ice, it increases the absorbance of the heat from the sun and it contributes to further global warming. contributes to further global warminu. ., _ contributes to further global warminu. ., ,, ., contributes to further global warmin. ., ,, ., contributes to further global warmin. ., ., contributes to further global warmin. ., ,, ., ., , warming. you say russia as a country enuuaed in warming. you say russia as a country engaged in the _ warming. you say russia as a country engaged in the biggest _ warming. you say russia as a country engaged in the biggest amount - warming. you say russia as a country engaged in the biggest amount of- warming. you say russia as a country| engaged in the biggest amount of gas flaring. before the conflict in ukraine, the war in ukraine started, what kind of engagement was there with russia to try to encourage it to build more storage so the gas is not burned off, to look at environmental responsibilities? there is a lot of increase focus on finding solutions to flaring, particularly in russia. the first is by increasing transparency, we can understand where the challenges are. secondly, there are real opportunities to work with russian players to find ways to find solutions to this gas flaring. mark, thank ou solutions to this gas flaring. mark, thank you very _ solutions to this gas flaring. mark, thank you very much _ solutions to this gas flaring. mark, thank you very much for _ solutions to this gas flaring. mark, thank you very much for talking . solutions to this gas flaring. mark, thank you very much for talking to | thank you very much for talking to us about this incredibly relevant story today as we talk about the

cost—of—living crisis. mark davis. the usjustice department is to publish a redacted version of the document that persuaded a judge to approve a warrant to search donald trump's home in florida, earlier this month. the fbi search of the mar—a—lago estate was part of a criminal investigation into whether the former president removed classified documents when he left the white house. he's denied any wrongdoing. our north america correspondent anthony zurcher gave us the latest from the court in florida. judge bruce reinhart, who works in the federal courthouse just behind me, has given the us justice department until noon on friday to release a redacted version of the affidavit thejustice department presented to the judge as part of its request for a search warrant of donald trump's mar—a—lago estate about two—and—a—half weeks ago. now, thejudge released a two—page memo saying that he agreed with the proposed redactions from thejustice department. he said it protected the identity of potential witnesses and sources and shielded the scope and strategy

behind the federal investigation. that investigation is into the handling of classified material in the chaotic final days of donald trump's presidency, and the removal of that material from the white house in boxes to mar—a—lago, where it was stored over the past year and a half. this isn't the only legal proceedings around this search. there is another request by donald trump's lawyers to appoint a special master to review all of these documents and then determine which ones thejustice department can keep and which ones should go back to donald trump. thejudge has issued a deadline of friday in that request for donald trump's lawyers to more carefully refine it, to present what exactly they want from their request. so there are a lot of moving parts in this investigation right now, but the bigger picture is, all of this is unprecedented. there has never been a federal search of the home of a former president, particularly a former president who still may harbour

presidential ambitions, as donald trump does. let's get more reaction now to the our main story that millions of households in england, scotland and wales are set to pay much more for gas and electricity from october, after the energy regulator ofgem announced a rise in the price cap to £3,519 a year — an increase of more than 80%. i'm joined now by the founder of the energy price comparison service energyshop.com, joe malinowksi. thanks for your time today. every time i read out the figure of an increase of more than 80%, it is just astonishing and understandably people are saying they are worrying themselves sick as to how they are going to cope with this.— going to cope with this. yeah, absolutely- — going to cope with this. yeah, absolutely. 80% _ going to cope with this. yeah, absolutely. 80% as _ going to cope with this. yeah, absolutely. 80% as a - going to cope with this. yeah, absolutely. 80% as a headline going to cope with this. yeah, - absolutely. 80% as a headline number is bad enough. when you look at the increase over the course of the last year, you are at 178%. bills over

the last year have gone up more than £2000, more than twice what you would expect for the whole of the year. and it gets worse but i'm not going to sugar coat this in any way. because of the recent methodology change by ofgem in the way of the price cap is calculated, making it quarterly rather than every six months, it increases volatility, putting more emphasis on recent wholesale price changes relative to the period. you probably wonder why you get these consultancies coming up you get these consultancies coming up every five minutes with a new forecast, it's because as things change in the wholesale markets the outlook currently looks worse and worse and even though we are looking at 3500 this october, they are forecast to go to over 6000 by next april. we are now into literary damage limitation mode as far as consumers are concerned. shall

damage limitation mode as far as consumers are concerned.- consumers are concerned. all the aood consumers are concerned. all the good advice _ consumers are concerned. all the good advice from _ consumers are concerned. all the good advice from people - consumers are concerned. all the good advice from people like - good advice from people like yourselves, which is obviously helpful, but it is just not going to touch the sides when you are talking about £6,600 by next april. absolutely. the wholesale markets are very much in panic mode. all european buyers are now eating each other to try to secure as much supply for winter to avoid blackouts as much as they can so what you are in that situation where the expectation of people don't cut their usage, but consumers now need to start playing a role because i would expect if a bill that used to be £1000 goes up to £6,000, if you haven't cut ten, 20%, maybe 30% and looked at every single bit of your usage, that's why those bills probably won't get to that level because we should see and expect significant demand destruction. one critical point to make, i saw a shocking survey yesterday from smart

energy gp, they found that up to around 40% of people don't quite understand that the energy cap is not a cap on the bill that you pay, it is a cap on the unit rates and standing charges the companies can charge you. so if you use more, you will pay more. and critically, if you use a lot less, then you will pay a lot less. it is important to understand that because it means you as a consumer, rather than accepting what you are getting and expecting and praying for government hand—outs, can do your part, and doing your part will be a critical part of this, to get energy consumption down. if you can get your consumption down, it will save your consumption down, it will save you money. pa. your consumption down, it will save you money-— you money. a really good point to reiterate and _ you money. a really good point to reiterate and emphasise. - you money. a really good point to reiterate and emphasise. thank i you money. a really good point to i reiterate and emphasise. thank you for doing that. every person we have spoken to for the last weeks and months say they are trying to use less energy and they are making efficiencies, not buying certain types of food because they don't want to use the gas on their cooker.

they are doing what they can. you talk about government hand—outs but a lot of people would say, these are situations way beyond the average person's control, therefore the government needs to do more to help. and that's what they absolutely should be doing for members of the public. what would you like to see the government do and why hasn't the government announced any details about the plans? we have had a couple of payments, energy rebates, but bigger plans to help people. the obvious but bigger plans to help people. tue: obvious one is but bigger plans to help people. tye: obvious one is that but bigger plans to help people. tue: obvious one is that at the present moment we are in a bit of a lockdown in terms of the political process, with the leadership. the second part is, given the rapidly changing forecast, and it could come down as well as going up, but it has been going up trend and until you know what the actual number is you don't necessarily know the scale of the problem you're dealing with, which is why i would expect the

announcements come in tranches once announcements come in tranches once announcements like today have been made and we know the scale of the issue. again, i don't expect that to necessarily cover the really poor scenarios for next year until we know what the outlook is. because things could change. but the government has to clearly do more. the scale of the problem is colossal. if we get to 6000 plus energy bills and consumers have not cut usage and they see their bills... to put it in context, people will be spending around 175 billion on their energy, roughly 90% of the nhs budget for the whole year. these are massive numbers. the other important thing to do right now is, while we are waiting for the details of government support, start to look at what else, what other

grants might be available to you. if you think you are going to get into difficulty, and a lot of people will come out first get in touch with your energy supplier and find out what options are available in terms of potential grants in the first instance, that would be a permanent reduction you don't have to pay back. orspreading reduction you don't have to pay back. or spreading the payments. talk to your supplier and see what the advice is. you can also talk to citizens advice. and clearly in a worst case scenario, the debt advice line. that's when you really can't afford to pay and you are having problems. but check out those sources of information. i expect the situation from now on in will be rapidly changing and we will hear more from government. i would urge everybody, try and keep on top of it and start acting early. if you think you are going to have issues, and many people will, seek out those sources of information to see how they can help you. sources of information to see how they can help you-— they can help you. thank you for talkin: to they can help you. thank you for

talking to us _ they can help you. thank you for talking to us today, _ they can help you. thank you for talking to us today, founder - they can help you. thank you for talking to us today, founder of i they can help you. thank you for i talking to us today, founder of the energy shop website. we will have a clip of the chancellor nadhim zahawi for you imminently that has been coming into us. a couple of headlines from what he has been saying. he says he knows the government need to do more. he says people need to look at their energy consumption but the government is working up options to help the most vulnerable. we will play that clip for you very shortly. in the meantime, we can bring you more news, more than 100,000 postal workers are going on strike in britain in a dispute over pay, the first of four days of industrial action with walk—outs also taking place on the 31st of august and the eighth and 9th of september. royal mail says it has put contingency plans in place to minimise disruption. the communication workers union's deputy general secretary terry pullinger told us its changes being imposed on workers in addition to pay disputes that are the cause of industrial action. changes to the pipeline of our operation which mean

we would only be delivering in the afternoon. the real threat of driving us all towards part—time jobs in terms of delivery. different terms and conditions for new entrants. all our members on annualised hours. all our members being forced to work across a seven day week rather than the agreements we have been talking about. so a massive imposition, proposals that they know this union won't accept, but for some reason — i think p&o—inspired — the employer has suddenly turned. the relationship was absolutely fine up untiljanuary. they disengaged in january till april and they've come back with totally unacceptable issues. but on pay, they've imposed on a workforce that was responsible for a £1 billion turnaround in this company during the pandemic and working through the pandemic, they've only imposed a 2% pay rise. you have been talking about all the different issues with inflation and energy prices, and it's nowhere near enough and it's totally disrespectful to a workforce that should be far more valued.

a representative of the communication workers union there. china has been experiencing a record heatwave, with drought in parts of the country threatening crops and drying up riverbeds. for the last 12 days, officials have issued a national red alert because temperatures have risen to more than a0 degrees. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell has more. in august, laoye temple is normally surrounded by water. this year, you can walk to it across the dry bed of poyang lake. for 70 days, the yangtze river basin has been caught in a record heat wave, and low river levels have hit hydroelectricity production. one of the worst—affected cities has been the inland metropolis of chongqing — home to tens of millions of residents. they've been riding underground trains in the dark because of power rationing. translation: this year, | you turn on the cold water tap for a few minutes, and yet it's still coming out extremely hot.

translation: the weather is so hot, i cannot sleep. i then i wake up with the heat, as well. environmentalists are opposing calls for more fossil fuel electricity, to guard against future drought effects on hydro power. to ensure the energy supply of residents and industry is supposed to be the most priority thing for china to do right now. but we're also concerned that this kind of narrative will, you know, give opportunity for more new coal power plants in local provinces. china has been experiencing extreme high temperatures across vast swathes of this country for months on end, bringing climate change into sharp focus for people on the street. then, to make things worse, this turned into a drought, which is really hitting the economy. consumers across china could find certain foods harder to come by, unless the drought breaks soon. what's more, if china can't rescue its autumn harvest —

and has to buy more food from overseas — this could have an effect on global supplies. crops are said to be under severe threat, according to chinese officials, so extra water has been diverted from neighbouring provinces to the driest areas. translation: with | water, there is hope. this water is coming all the way from hunan. even water for everyday use has been hard to come by in some communities. with river levels so low, previously submerged 600—year—old buddhas have again become visible. they'll gaze out onto what humans have made of the world until the rains return, replenishing the water which will eventually reclaim the relics. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. the soaring cost of food and energy bills is affecting people globally. governments around the world are witnessing a new wave of protests. a recent one in sierra leone turned deadly after police officers

clashed with civilians. anti—government demonstrations are normally restricted there, and civil society groups say the country's laws are making it hard for people to express their frustrations. the bbc's rhoda odhiambo reports from sierra leone's capital, freetown. the police and the military are patrolling this neighbourhood in freetown after anti—government protests were sparked by the rising cost of living. even after days, tensions are still high. inflation had already increased because of the covid—19 pandemic but it reached new highs this year. people here are either eating too little or nothing at all. the feeling is it is going to be very difficult. for this woman, herfamily has had to cut down on groceries. we used to buy a bag of rice, we now buy a half bag of rice, because of the other expenses we have to take care of, like house rent is increasing. a protest two weeks ago shocked

the nation as police used force to disperse civilians. most protesters were young and unemployed. they were calling for the resignation of president maada bio and asking the government to address the growing food insecurity. why protest is not common in sierra leone, it is because of what would happen. we are afraid of what the police are going to do if we come out. harassment, tear gas, arrests. according to the country's laws, anyone who wants to organise a protest need to notify the police. if they don't, they could be fined orjailed. the aftermath of the august 10th protests has left people here scared of what would happen if they speak up, as families are in hiding after their loved ones were allegedly shot during the protests. they fear being arrested by the government.

more than 120 people were arrested. authorities say five police officers and 25 civilians were killed. an investigation has been launched but human rights groups doubt it will lead anywhere. issues like this, involving security forces and the citizens, there is an independent police complaints board who should take the lead on this, but we are not seeing them doing this. the rise in food prices is a global problem. countries like ghana, south africa, nigeria, malawi and kenya have also been rocked by protests. we don't produce enough rice... president bio says he is aware of the problem and the government is trying to address it. with the prices of things just going up, i cannot protect the people of this country. the only way i can do... what i can do is to make sure that we cushion the effect of what is happening elsewhere. as many people wait for the outcome of the investigation, a majority are hoping that the government takes action to ease the economic burden. as for the woman we spoke

to and her neighbours, they are praying for a better tomorrow and for families to be able to bury their loved ones whose bodies are still being held by the government. rhoda odhiambo, bbc news, freetown, sierra leone. let's get some of the day's other news. the french president, emmanuel macron, has said france and algeria should move beyond their painful shared history and look to the future. mr macron is visiting the former french colony, and announced that a joint franco—algerian commission of historians would be set up to study archives on algeria's time under french rule. two people in the us have pleaded guilty to stealing and selling a private diary belonging to president joe biden's daughter. mr biden was running for office against donald trump at the time. the pair, aimee harris and robert kurlander, first tried to sell ashley biden's diary to the trump campaign. the former brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva

has said he will bring in new measures to tackle government corruption if he wins october's presidential election. the left—wing candidate is currently ahead of his rival, the right—wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, in opinion polls. returning to our top story, the rise in more than 80% of the price cap forfuel bills in england, scotland and wales. the uk's chancellor, nadhim zahawi, has been responding to the price cap announcement. clearly there is real anxiety amongst the population, both in terms of people's household energy, gas and electricity bills, and businesses, especially smes, which i am also focusing on. the help we are putting in at the moment, 37 billion, we are part of the way through, so the help coming in from

october onwards, if everybody�*s bill, will get £400 off, that in terms of the additional increase now, it gives us about half of it, but we know that's not enough. we've got to do more. i have been working up got to do more. i have been working up options for stop at the moment i walked into this building on the 5th ofjuly, i task the team with two things. first, get 37 billion out of the door. the next tranche of £650 for 8 million households is also going out. the second thing is, we knew then and we still know that vladimir putin will continue to use energy as a weapon, to get back at us for the help we are putting into ukraine and we need to remain resilient and we need to make sure this is notjust a sticking plaster and in the long term we help the most vulnerable who have no cushion and that's what i am determined to do and we are working up those

options for both households and business for the incoming prime minister on the 5th of september to take those decisions. my message today is, we will get this 37 billion to people to help them for now and then more will be coming because we know this will continue in january because we know this will continue injanuary and of because we know this will continue in january and of course because we know this will continue injanuary and of course on two april and next year. we have to remain resilient. the message i want to be able to send to vladimir putin, and that the nation wants to send,is putin, and that the nation wants to send, is this will not work. we will continue to face you down, we will help ukraine, because you have illegally invaded a free and democratic country. that illegally invaded a free and democratic country.- illegally invaded a free and democratic count . �* ., democratic country. at the moment ou are democratic country. at the moment you are leaving _ democratic country. at the moment you are leaving households - democratic country. at the moment you are leaving households to i democratic country. at the moment| you are leaving households to make their effort — you are leaving households to make their effort for the war effort, as you put— their effort for the war effort, as you put it. — their effort for the war effort, as you put it, alone. warm words are not enough — you put it, alone. warm words are not enough. how much more money will be government provide to ease these catastrophic bill rises for millions of people? we catastrophic bill rises for millions of --eole? ~ . catastrophic bill rises for millions of --eole?~ . , catastrophic bill rises for millions of --eole? ~ ., , ,': catastrophic bill rises for millions of --eole? ~ ., w x: w ., of people? we are putting 37 billion now. we of people? we are putting 37 billion novv- we are — of people? we are putting 37 billion now. we are part _ of people? we are putting 37 billion now. we are part of _ of people? we are putting 37 billion now. we are part of the _ of people? we are putting 37 billion now. we are part of the way - of people? we are putting 37 billion| now. we are part of the way through this now. .,, , ., , ., this now. those figures are based on old forecasts — this now. those figures are based on old forecasts that _ this now. those figures are based on old forecasts that you _ this now. those figures are based on old forecasts that you have - this now. those figures are based on old forecasts that you have admitted j old forecasts that you have admitted are out _ old forecasts that you have admitted are out of— old forecasts that you have admitted are out of date. how much new money

will there _ are out of date. how much new money will there be? are out of date. how much new money willthere be? i are out of date. how much new money will there be?— will there be? i hear you. looking at october- _ will there be? i hear you. looking at october- december, _ will there be? i hear you. looking at october- december, the i will there be? i hear you. looking at october- december, the £400j will there be? i hear you. looking i at october- december, the £400 to at october— december, the £400 to provide every household on their bills will effectively meet half the increase announced today. we know we need to do more because actually the most vulnerable households have no cushion, they have nothing available to them, so what i am looking at is how i can target that help for those people, notjust to how i can target that help for those people, not just to january, how i can target that help for those people, notjust to january, but how i can target that help for those people, not just to january, but we need to make sure that we are resilient through next year. i am looking through all the options of how much more i need to deliverfor those households, for those smes, for making sure we have the energy companies, and one of the things they said to me at the roundtable we had a few weeks ago is the wholesale market and liquidity is needed. i'm working with the bank of england to look at how we can provide that liquidity because that on its own they tell me will push down energy

price caps by 400, £500. we are looking at all those options. they will be ready by the 5th of september for the will be ready by the 5th of septemberfor the incoming prime september for the incoming prime minister to septemberfor the incoming prime minister to make those choices. chancellor nadhim zahawi saying that the government is working up options for both households and businesses to deal with the cost of living crisis, especially in light of the new price cap announced today and the cost of energy bills. working up options, he says, for the incoming prime minister. remastered photographs which reveal extraordinary new details of humanity's first journey into space have been published for the first time. andy saunders spent more than 10,000 hours searching through images of the apollo mission which until now have been locked away in nasa archives. rebecca morelle reports. three, two, one, zero. lift off. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. the voice of presidentjohn f

kennedy on the apollo missions, which ushered in a golden era of human space exploration. the incredible images allowed the world to share the astronauts' experience of the lunar surface. houston, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. but now the missions are being seen through a new lens, exposing some long—lost secrets. andy saunders has spent more than a decade trawling through 35,000 images held in nasa's archives, studying each one frame by frame. and even though some looked far from promising, what they contained was extraordinary. so this was an image of interest. so on quite a simple level, first of all, we just look and we'll build up and start to stretch that contrast and pull out... oh, my goodness. ..what is actually in that frame. and lo and behold, there's commanderjim mcdivitt on apollo 9 in 1969.

and what we saw as a window is actually a reflection of the docking window reflected on his bubble helmet. each image has been digitally restored and enhanced pixel by pixel to give us the clearest view we've ever had of the moon landings. from vistas of the cratered surface to the eagle lunar module and a glimpse of what everyday life was really like for the astronauts. and they've even revealed the golf ball lost on the lunar surface five decades ago, as alan shepard took his hobby into space. only ten hours of footage were captured during the entire apollo programme, but it's taken years to analyse. so this is apollo 13, which is the mission that didn't land on the moon, because of an explosion 200,000 miles from earth. and here they are on the way back, not really knowing if they're actually going to get home alive. each individualframe of the movie is matched with the next, then overlaid and aligned.

it means any random glitches and distortions can be removed, and, slowly, the details begin to emerge. that's an incredibly laborious process. that can take days to complete one of these images. but the reward is we can now almost step on board apollo 13. this hand here is the commander, jim lovell. so here he is as his crew are resting, sleeping, filming his spacecraft and his crew on the way back from the moon. it's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. this technique also revealed a rare image of the first man on the moon, where neil armstrong's face is visible forjust a moment. three years later, charlie duke was one of the last astronauts to make the journey. as one of only 12 people

to have walked on the moon, he's been on hand to check whether the restored pictures capture what the experience was really like. it's a spectacular terrain, and the beauty of it. mostly greys, but sharp contrast between the blackness of space and the horizon of the moon. i'll never forget it. it was so dramatic. now others will soon get to see this for themselves. final preparations are under way for next week's test flight of nasa's new megarocket — the space launch system. eventually, it will be returning humans to the moon. try to get position here, then you've got it. for 50 years, we've been captivated by the apollo missions — witnesses to history as it unfolds. but, soon, the moon will be viewed through the eyes of a new generation. rebecca morelle, bbc news. that's it from me for today. goodbye for now.

hello again. for most of us over the next few days it is going to remain dry with variable amounts of cloud. what we have today is a weather front which is in the west, it's moving east, so after a sunny start in eastern areas the cloud is going to build. and it will have some showery rain in it. but for most of the uk it's going to be a dry day. this is the weather front moving from the west towards the east. you can see high pressure is still really keeping things fairly settled, so it's a weak weather front, cloud moving eastwards. there will still be some sunshine but out towards the west it will brighten up as we head in through the course of the afternoon. but we can also see some heavier showers across southern scotland through the afternoon. breezy in the north with temperatures ranging from 15 to about 24 degrees. as we head on through the evening

and overnight period, there will still be a few showers knocking around. cloud will continue to break up and under clearer skies once again we will see some mist and fog patches forming. we also have this weather frontjust clipping the west coast of northern ireland, bringing in some splashes of rain, and rather like last night it's going to be a fresh night across the board, especially in the south, where in the previous few nights it has been quite muggy. so into tomorrow, this is the front clipping the west of northern ireland, pushing up towards the outer hebrides and western scotland. high pressure really building across us so for most it is going to be settled. any early morning mist and fog will lift quite rapidly and there will be a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, but more cloud coming down the east coast of scotland could produce the odd shower, and it's the same across central parts of england, the odd shower is possible. and then we've got a weather front out towards the west. temperatures ranging from 14 to about 25 with a keen breeze coming down the north sea coastline, so here it will feel that bit fresher. into sunday, well, on sunday

we are looking at a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine around. the cloud across southern scotland and northern ireland breaking up through the course of the day, but once again quite a keen breeze down the north sea coastline and also the english channel. and temperatures ranging from 12 in the north to about 24 as we push down towards the south, but again, if you are exposed to the breeze it will feel that bit chillier. heading into monday, the forecast very similar in that there will be more cloud coming in from the north sea. we'll see a bit more cloud drifting further west as well, but it's in the west where we will see the highest temperatures.

this is bbc news i'm james reynolds. the headlines at 11... tens of millions of people will see an 80% increase in their gas and electricity bills, as ofgem announces a new price cap. the regulator and campaigners call for immediate government action. the government — with our support, with the support of the industry, with the support of ngos — needs to act urgently and decisively to address the situation that's before us. we need to remain resilient, we need to make _ we need to remain resilient, we need to make sure — we need to remain resilient, we need to make sure that this isn't a sticking _ to make sure that this isn't a sticking plaster and that for the long—term, we continue to help the most _ long—term, we continue to help the most vulnerable who have no christian _ most vulnerable who have no christian and that is what i am determined to do, and we are working that out— determined to do, and we are working that out for— determined to do, and we are working that out for the incoming prime minister— that out for the incoming prime minister on the 5th of september.

a man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of nine year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool on monday. royal mail has warned that letters won't be delivered today and some parcels could be delayed as around 115,000 of its workers go on strike. ukrainian president volodomyr zelensky claims europe narrowly avoided a radiation disaster earlier this week. hundreds of remastered images of the apollo missions 50 years ago are released for the first time. the chancellor has said more help is on its _ the chancellor has said more help is on its way— the chancellor has said more help is on its way for people struggling with energy on its way for people struggling with ener-y bills. millions of households in england, scotland and wales are facing a near doubling

of the cost of energy bills from october. it's because the energy regulator ofgem announced a rise in the price cap — that's the maximum amount companies can charge consumers for gas and electricity. it means the average household bill will rise to £3,549 a year — an increase of more than 80%. analysts are now predicting that the price cap could rise again injanuary to more than £5,300. the average fuel bill will be £3509 from october. the cap is set by the energy regulator ofgem and is that maximum amount that can be charged to customers for each unit of energy. ofgem has acknowledged the situation is deeply worrying for many people. i situation is deeply worrying for many people-— many people. i accept this is devastating _ many people. i accept this is devastating news _ many people. i accept this is devastating news for - many people. i accept this is devastating news for many i many people. i accept this is i devastating news for many families out there so what we are also saying is we have ten days now until we have a new administration, a new

prime minister and a new ministerial team. we think that the government, with our support, with the support of the industry, with their support of the industry, with their support of ngos, need to act urgently and decisively to address the situation before us because the difficulties i have to give it that when i look at what is happening later this year and potentially do next year, there is still significant price pressure. citizens advice has predicted a quarter of us will not be able to afford our few bills by the autumn, the struggle with living because has already begun stopped marine is a former carer who cannot work because she has long covid, she is at the citizens advice bureau to apply for universal credit and often sits in the dark to try to save money. to the dark to try to save money. trr actually fear everyday how you are meant to live, it is just something else. i didn't think i would get to this age and be worried about things like this, ijust think it is going to be normal. but like this, i just think it is going

to be normal.— like this, i just think it is going to be normal. �* ., , ., , to be normal. but there are people t in: to to be normal. but there are people trying to help- _ to be normal. but there are people trying to help. near— to be normal. but there are people trying to help. near ipswich, i to be normal. but there are people trying to help. near ipswich, the i trying to help. near ipswich, the rural coffee caravan is on its rounds, it is a charity which signpost people to various services that can help, and rising energy prices is the main concern. if i can't afford — prices is the main concern. if i can't afford it, _ prices is the main concern. if i can't afford it, i— prices is the main concern. if i can't afford it, i won't put it on because i won't get into debt, i have never been in debt on my life, i will catch back —— cutback on food if i have to, i will have 18 of the soup and a roll, and hopefully that will walk me up.— soup and a roll, and hopefully that will walk me up. today's rise is the laruest will walk me up. today's rise is the largest single _ will walk me up. today's rise is the largest single increase _ will walk me up. today's rise is the largest single increase in _ will walk me up. today's rise is the largest single increase in that i largest single increase in that price cap but most experts predict another is on the price cap but most experts predict another is under way in january. rachel reeves is the shadow chancellor and says the government must act now by freezing gas and electricity prices. these astronomical increases in prices, it is striking fear into the hearts of families right across the country and that is why labour are saying the government must act, they

must freeze gas and electricity prices through the winter, they should pay for that with an extension of the windfall tax on the oil and gas companies who are making huge profits and use that money to keep bills as low as possible for everybody else. that is the right and fair thing to do, that is what labour would do and that is what the government must now press on and do. the chancellor, nadhim zahawi, says he accept the current level of help on offer isn't enough. clearly there is real anxiety amongst the population, both in terms of people's household energy gas and electricity but also businesses, especially smes which i am also focusing on, the help we are putting at the moment, the 37 billion, we are part of the way through so the help coming in from october and onwards, everybody�*s built will get £400, of that in

terms of the additional increase now, sort of deals with about half of it, but we know that is not enough. we've got to do more. i've been working up options. the moment i walked into this building on the 5th ofjuly, i tasked the team with two things, one, let's get this 37 billion at the door so if you are a pensioner you get £300, the next will be 650 for the most vulnerable households, that is also going out, but the second thing i said was that we know, and i knew then that putin would continue to use energy as a weapon, as a way at getting back at us for the help we are putting into ukraine, we need to remain resilient, we need to make sure that this is a sticking plaster for the long term, we continue to help the most vulnerable who have no cushion and that is what i am most determined to do and we are working out those options for households and businesses for the incoming prime

minister on the 5th of september to take those decisions, so my message todayis take those decisions, so my message today is we will get this 37 billion today is we will get this 37 billion to people's, to help them for now, and then more will be coming because we know this will continue in january and of course on two april and next year, and we have to remain resilient because the message i want to send to mist and putin, the nation will send, this will not work, we will continue to face you down and continue to help ukraine because you have illegally invaded a free and democratic country. that the free and democratic country. at the moment you _ free and democratic country. at the moment you are — free and democratic country. at the moment you are leaving _ free and democratic country. at the moment you are leaving households to make the effort alone, warm words will not heat homes, how much money will not heat homes, how much money will the government provided to meet these catastrophic bill rises for millie's people? 50. these catastrophic bill rises for millie's people?— these catastrophic bill rises for millie's --eole? ., , millie's people? so, we are putting 37 billion now, _ millie's people? so, we are putting 37 billion now, we _ millie's people? so, we are putting 37 billion now, we are _ millie's people? so, we are putting 37 billion now, we are part - millie's people? so, we are putting 37 billion now, we are part of- millie's people? so, we are putting 37 billion now, we are part of the i 37 billion now, we are part of the way through this now.— way through this now. those are based on old _ way through this now. those are based on old forecasts, - way through this now. those are based on old forecasts, how i way through this now. those are i based on old forecasts, how much new money is going on? let’s based on old forecasts, how much new money is going on?—

money is going on? let's look at october to _ money is going on? let's look at october to december, _ money is going on? let's look at october to december, the i money is going on? let's look at october to december, the £400j money is going on? let's look at i october to december, the £400 we money is going on? let's look at - october to december, the £400 we are providing every household in their bills, that will effectively meet about half of that increase that was announced today, we know we need to do more because actually the most vulnerable households have no cushion, have nothing available to them so what i am looking at his how i can target that help, for those people. notjust to i can target that help, for those people. not just to january but we need to make sure that we are resilient through next year so i am looking at all the options of how much more i need to deliverfor this health is held, for the smes, for making sure that we have the energy companies, one of the things they said to me at the roundtable that we had a few weeks ago is the wholesale market and liquidity is needed, i am working with the bank of england to how we can provide that liquidity because that on its own, they tell me, will push down the energy price cap by about £4500, so we're looking at those options —— 400 to £500.

they will be ready for the incoming feminist on the fifth set ember to make those choices. i feminist on the fifth set ember to make those choices.— feminist on the fifth set ember to make those choices. i am “oined by a heatin: make those choices. i am “oined by a heating industry * make those choices. i am “oined by a heating industry expert, i make those choices. i am joined by a heating industry expert, the - make those choices. i am joined by a heating industry expert, the ceo i make those choices. i am joined by a heating industry expert, the ceo of i heating industry expert, the ceo of a company that helps people become more energy efficient. what can people do to make sure that bills are as low as they possibly can be? well, there is a lot of information out there and unfortunately it is very confusing. you will often hear the obvious easy stuff like turn your thermostat down on your wall or in select the cylinder and put in loft insulation but there is extra sort of stuff that is talked about which may or may not be true, for example, turn off unused rooms, that could be true in some scenarios not in others. there are examples of

where we shouldst turn on heating for an hour in the morning and an hourin for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening and, yes, that may be true in some scenarios but not true in others. the best thing we can really do, as heating engineers and consumers is to educate ourselves as to how the technology works so we can decide what is best for our scenario and our specific home tired and that is what our youtube channel does. you have talked — what our youtube channel does. you have talked about people educating themselves on technology and your youtube channel, some people don't use youtube, some people are older, they might be in the 80s wondering about their bills and wondering for about their bills and wondering for a really simple, practical tips that doesn't mean i had to learn about new technology, what you can you say to them? igrate new technology, what you can you say to them? ~ ., ., new technology, what you can you say to them? ., ., , new technology, what you can you say tothem? ., ., , ,, to them? we do have practical tips. the first would _ to them? we do have practical tips. the first would be _ to them? we do have practical tips. the first would be to _ to them? we do have practical tips. the first would be to turn _ to them? we do have practical tips. the first would be to turn your- the first would be to turn your boiler flow temperature down. usually, on the front of the boiler you will have a dial that will indicate the flow temperature that it comes through radiators, you really want to try and turn it down as much as possible. again, there are issues here, for example, if you

have boiler that has a separate hot water cylinder, you can't turn it down to low or you won't get hot water. they should be speaking to their heating engineer and make sure he is fully —— they are fully trained to understand this stuff but unfortunately some of them are not. we need heating engineers to take responsibility on behalf of the older generation to help them. there is easy stuff as well, insulate your cylinder and things like that. hagar cylinder and things like that. how much does _ cylinder and things like that. how much does that _ cylinder and things like that. how much does that cost? inflating i cylinder and things like that. how i much does that cost? inflating your linder, much does that cost? inflating your cylinder. that _ much does that cost? inflating your cylinder, that will _ much does that cost? inflating your cylinder, that will cost _ much does that cost? inflating your cylinder, that will cost about i much does that cost? inflating your cylinder, that will cost about £30 i cylinder, that will cost about £30 for a jacket to put over your cylinder, something like that. hagar cylinder, something like that. how much will that _ cylinder, something like that. how much will that save? _ cylinder, something like that. how much will that save? that - cylinder, something like that. how much will that save? that might i cylinder, something like that. how i much will that save? that might save ou £150 a much will that save? that might save you £150 a year— much will that save? that might save you £150 a year or — much will that save? that might save you £150 a year or something - much will that save? that might save you £150 a year or something like i you £150 a year or something like that, and then another probably quite a good tip is to get a weather compensation controller, this would automatically turn down your flow temperature for you. when you turn

down your boiler flow temperature is it extracts extra heat out of the boiler fumes it extracts extra heat out of the boilerfumes before it extracts extra heat out of the boiler fumes before they disappear outside. again, that would take an engineer, though, and the other thing you could probably do, as a consumer, is turned on your hot water temperature. consumer, is turned on your hot watertemperature. if consumer, is turned on your hot water temperature. if you have a domination boiler, where you don't have additional time, if you turn it down to 40 degrees, it will be a bit more efficient, rather than turning up more efficient, rather than turning up to 60 and blending it with colder water to pull it back down. showers, not baas? showers, not baths, yes, low shower how shower heads. rainwater shower heads should be banned, it is wasteful of water and heat. the high—volume water comes, the more water that is missing you and that he is going down the plug. obviously, we're speaking to you for some of tips but is it important to

say that these won't get energy bills back down to what they were? what kind of medication can you offer, despite the fact that their bills will go up, no matter what you tell people to do? if bills will go up, no matter what you tell people to do?— tell people to do? if bills are auoin tell people to do? if bills are going up. — tell people to do? if bills are going up. bills _ tell people to do? if bills are going up, bills are _ tell people to do? if bills are going up, bills are going i tell people to do? if bills are going up, bills are going up, | tell people to do? if bills are i going up, bills are going up, the only thing we can do is little sort of efficiency nips and tricks. unfortunately, electricity prices are tied to gas steel, and this isn't done at the supplier end, this isn't done at the supplier end, this is done back at the wholesaler and so the minute that is dealing to, hopefully electricity will come down and heat pumps become very viable and heat pumps become very viable and people can start consider paying old prices then, especially if they insulate as well.— victoria derbyshire is in ipswich, talking to people about how this news will affect them. victoria. listening to that advice really sensible advice, but it won't touch the sides. we have come now to a

pretty large food bank here in ipswich in one of the most deprived wards of suffolk and you can see here the masses of stuff that has been donated by people, out of the kindness of their hearts, for fellow suffolk residents. we've got packets and packets of biscuits, dried pasta, all the tins you need, tomatoes, carrots, peas, and what happens everyday, volunteers drive around the area and take a full of essentials, tibau is, there are boxes and boxes of tea bags, rice, cereal, to about 40 people a day. it has gone up to 40 a day, one would imagine with the news of this price cap, you can see for the amount donated there, and all the breakfast cereal in the world, but with news of this price cap, you would imagine that the volunteers are going to be delivering to even more families. and introduce new now to terry, terry baxter is the ceo not at this

charity, you are a neighbouring charity, you are a neighbouring charity called inspire. what what do you do? igrate charity called inspire. what what do ou do? ~ ., ~' ., charity called inspire. what what do ou do? ~ ., ~ ., ., ., ~ you do? we work into areas, working with 16 to 25-year-olds _ you do? we work into areas, working with 16 to 25-year-olds getting i you do? we work into areas, working with 16 to 25-year-olds getting them j with 16 to 25—year—olds getting them back into educational ready for works or taking next positive step in their lives and we also work with young children, during holiday programmes, delivering craft, sport, and lessons, and providing food for them at a really crucial time for them at a really crucial time for them for many other families that live close here. let them for many other families that live close here.— live close here. let me ask you about some — live close here. let me ask you about some of _ live close here. let me ask you about some of those _ live close here. let me ask you| about some of those teenagers, live close here. let me ask you - about some of those teenagers, young adults, of the living on their own, either kicked out of home or they are in assisted, living accommodation, this price cap affects them. if they are working, they will be on the minimum wage which isjust over £4 they will be on the minimum wage which is just over £4 an hour. they will be on the minimum wage which isjust over £4 an hour. this which is 'ust over £4 an hour. this is which isjust over £4 an hour. this is something _ which isjust over £4 an hour. this is something we _ which isjust over £4 an hour. this is something we are _ which isjust over £4 an hour. ti 3 is something we are very aware of. if you're looking to get into work, but equally in the apprenticeship group, ithink but equally in the apprenticeship group, i think it is for pad 80s if you are under 18, it is £9 50 if you are over 23, if you're living on

your own at 18 and you are living in your own at 18 and you are living in your own at 18 and you are living in your own on 23, your costs are pretty much the same, so it is a real barrier get young people, to get a foot on the work ladder. and thatis get a foot on the work ladder. and that is something that we would like to see change, for sure. and. that is something that we would like to see change, for sure.— to see change, for sure. and, also, ou've to see change, for sure. and, also, you've got — to see change, for sure. and, also, you've got transport _ to see change, for sure. and, also, you've got transport costs. - to see change, for sure. and, also, you've got transport costs. in i to see change, for sure. and, also, you've got transport costs. in a i you've got transport costs. in a young person does get a job gets into an apprenticeship, absolutely brilliant, they have got to be able to get there. fight! brilliant, they have got to be able to get there-— brilliant, they have got to be able to net there. �* , , to get there. and we see fuel costs auoin u- to get there. and we see fuel costs going up so — to get there. and we see fuel costs going up so transport _ to get there. and we see fuel costs going up so transport costs - to get there. and we see fuel costs going up so transport costs are i going up so transport costs are going up so transport costs are going up, whether that is going on a train, we have one young person that has gone into work and they get two buses and two trains every day to get into work and home again. that is a significant cost, they are practically paying for their transport in and out of work and that just transport in and out of work and thatjust isn't transport in and out of work and that just isn't sustainable. transport in and out of work and thatjust isn't sustainable. you were telling — thatjust isn't sustainable. you were telling me _ thatjust isn't sustainable. you were telling me a _ thatjust isn't sustainable. you were telling me a little earlier about something that is really sad, one young person you were speaking to said what to you?— to said what to you? well, they said the latest cost _ to said what to you? well, they said the latest cost of _ to said what to you? well, they said the latest cost of living _ to said what to you? well, they said the latest cost of living crisis, i the latest cost of living crisis, the latest cost of living crisis, the energy crisis, the price cap, it doesn't surprise them any more, it

didn't shock them any more because they don't expect anything to be positive in their lives. that is tragic, isn't it? when you are old and cynical like me, you have probably seen it all but when you are young, you are starting your life, and if you are already thinking there is nothing positive in your life, there is no chance you to get a house or start renting if you are on very low pay and you are young so, a very, very depressing for them. ., ,, w young so, a very, very depressing for them. ., i. , , ., ., for them. have you seen in this area any evidence — for them. have you seen in this area any evidence of— for them. have you seen in this area any evidence of levelling _ for them. have you seen in this area any evidence of levelling up - for them. have you seen in this area any evidence of levelling up from i any evidence of levelling up from this government? it is any evidence of levelling up from this government?— this government? it is an interesting _ this government? it is an interesting question i this government? it is an interesting question and| this government? it is an . interesting question and one this government? it is an - interesting question and one of the problems we have here in east anglia is that we are regularly dumped into the south—east and people talk about the south—east and people talk about the affluent south—east and how positive it is for the south—east but we need real levelling up for east anglia because there are areas of deep deprivation in this part of the world. many people who come here will drive to the coast, will maybe have their holiday here —— holiday home here in suffolk, they will see

pretty lines, lovely coastlines, they won't see the areas where families and individuals are struggling to make ends meet and thatis struggling to make ends meet and that is getting worse so we definitely need east anglia to be recognised with its own identity and the needs of this area need to be addressed. the the needs of this area need to be addressed-— the needs of this area need to be addressed. ., ., , addressed. the government have put mone into addressed. the government have put money into trying _ addressed. the government have put money into trying to _ addressed. the government have put money into trying to help _ addressed. the government have put money into trying to help people, - money into trying to help people, this was announced back in may when a price cap was 2800, we now know todayit a price cap was 2800, we now know today it is £3500, it will go up to thousand in january. today it is £3500, it will go up to thousand injanuary. what else do people need to do? the? thousand in january. what else do people need to do?— people need to do? they have to su ort people need to do? they have to support young _ people need to do? they have to support young people. _ people need to do? they have to support young people. we - people need to do? they have to| support young people. we cannot people need to do? they have to - support young people. we cannot see the new year £6,000 as a sort of level that we are going to be paying for energy costs, it is just not sustainable. the dicky for young people, they need a —— particularly for young people, they need a balanced playing field, we need to see more money coming in, the dicky for young people, those who are on

their uppers,. the ward next door to it is among the top ten deprived wards in the country. this is suffolk and it is in the top ten wards in the country, they need support and they need it now. thank ou to support and they need it now. thank you to terry — support and they need it now. thank you to terry baxter. _ support and they need it now. thank you to terry baxter. we _ support and they need it now. thank you to terry baxter. we are - support and they need it now. thank you to terry baxter. we are going to talk to the woman who runs this feedback from another charity cash food bank. 0n tick—tock and twitter, many of you are letting me know —— let me know what you think about the price cap and you are saying how are we going to pay for this? and a little later this hour as the new domestic energy price cap for england, scotland and wales has been set, we'll be answering your questions on energy costs. at 11.30 here on the bbc news channel, we'll be joined by our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey, laura mcgadie from the energy saving trust and richard neudegg,

ceo of uswitch. get in touch with your questions — by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or get in touch on social media using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. merseyside police have said they've arrested a man on suspicion of murdering nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel in liverpool. the 36—year—old, from the huyton area of the city, was taken into custody last night following an operation involving armed officers. he's also being questioned on two counts of attempted murder. the girl was fatally shot in the dovecot area of the city on monday night. with the latest, let's talk to alison freeman in liverpool. do bring us up to date. it was literally just after nine again —— 9am this morning that merseyside police released a statement saying they had arrested

that 36—year—old man on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel here on monday night. he has also been arrested and is being questioned on two charges of attempted murder. now, we know that that night, olivia's mother and the man that was being chased by the gunmen, they were also injured so thatis gunmen, they were also injured so that is possibly relating to that. the full says the suspect was arrested in an armed operation last night. he is from the huyton area of liverpool and he is continuing to be questioned, as the police said. we have questioned, as the police said. - have seen people laying flowers at the shrine behind you, it has that the shrine behind you, it has that the mood of the people in the area. there continues to be an air of sadness, of shock, and of anger at this happening in the community. as

you can see behind me, the tributes, flowers, balloons, the numbers of them are continuing to go, people coming on in quiet contemplation, laying flowers and reflecting on what is happening. also, this morning, we had a visit from two footballers, former liverpool player ian rush and former everton player ian rush and former everton player ian snowdon, they led tributes from the clubs. 0n the liverpool card it said, rest in peace, 0livia, with deepest sympathy from all of us at liverpool football club, you will never walk alone, and on the everton tribute, it said no words will lessen the pain or explain such a tragedy, our city stands united forever in our thoughts. as i say, that 36—year—old man is in custody and being questioned by officers this morning. more than 100,000 postal workers are going on strike in britain in a dispute over pay. it is the first of four days of industrial action, with walkouts also taking place

on 31st august and the 8th and 9th of september. royal mail says it has put contingency plans in place to minimise disruption. 0ur correspondent, jon donnison, is on a picket line in east london. during the summer of strike action by british workers, this is being billed as the biggest so far with 115,000 workers from the communication workers union walking out, and with inflation running at 10%, you'll be talking a lot about of it on the programme this morning, the reason for this strike is a familiar one, it is paid. the union say they have been offered a 2% pay deal, in fact that has been imposed on them, they say, they said that snp in peanut enough. royal mail say the offer is closer to five point 5% with various conditions but at the moment both sides say that they are willing to continue talking but they don't see close to reaching any sort

of agreement. and as you say, three further dates of strike action planned over the next two weeks. the communication workers union's deputy general secretary terry pullinger told us that changes being imposed on workers in addition to pay disputes are the cause of industrial action. changes to the pipeline of our operation which mean we would only be delivering in the afternoon, the real threat of drivers and part—time jobs, in terms of delivery, different terms and conditions for new entrants, all our members on annual hours, all of our members being forced to work across a seven day week rather than the agreement is that we have been talking about. a massive imposition, proposals that they know this union will not accept but for some reason, i think the addo inspired the employer has suddenly turned, the relationship was absolutely fine up until january, they disengaged from january, they disengaged from january to april and have come back

with totally unacceptable issues. on pay, they have imposed on a workforce responsible for a £1 billion turnaround in the pandemic and working through the pandemic, they have only imposed a 2% pay rise, and you have been talking about all the different issues of inflation and energy prices, it is nowhere near enough and totally disrespectful to a workforce that should be far more valued. the bin strike in scotland is spreading, with workers in six more council areas joining the dispute over pay. the industrial action started in edinburgh last week before affecting other parts of the country, including aberdeen, dundee and glasgow. the walk—outs mean there will be no bin collections until the end of the month. ukraine's president volodomyr zelensky has said europe faced the prospect of a radiation disaster on thursday when a russian—occupied nuclear plant was disconnected from the country's power grid. for several hours yesterday, electricity needed for cooling was cut off — apparently by fire damage to overhead cables. international inspectors have demanded they be allowed to visit. gareth barlow reports.

zaporizhzhia, europe's biggest nuclear power plant, the current focal point of the war. on wednesday, for the first time in its history, the plant was cut off from ukraine's energy grid after fires triggered by the conflict damaged power cables, leaving experts to warn of the implications and threats to the plant's and planet's safety. nuclear power plants require off—site power to function safely, to cool the reactor, to cool the spent fuel there. any cut—off of that power could potentially cause an enormous crisis at the facility. zaporizhzhia was taken over by russia in march early in the war, and moscow has controlled the site, still run by ukrainian workers, ever since. on thursday, in his nightly address, president zelensky called on russia to withdraw. translation: i want to assure all ukrainians we are doing - everything to prevent an emergency scenario.

international pressure is needed that will force the occupiers to immediately withdraw from the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. the iaea and other international organisations must act faster. every minute the russian military stays at the nuclear plant risks a global radiation disaster. connections between zaporizhzhia and the rest of the grid have been re—established, and both sides accuse the otherfor tensions in the vicinity since the invasion, leading the international community to call for de—escalation around the plant. to get a full understanding of the situation and to protect its safety, all sides agree a un—backed international atomic energy agency inspection should take place. all the time, we are in contact with the national ukrainian regulators, with the ukrainian operators and, of course, with russia, because russia is in control. i was yesterday in istanbul, for example, negotiating with the russian side

on the conditions of the visit. the iaea chief, rafael grossi, says he'll personally lead a delegation, which it's hoped will take place in the coming days. until then, all ukraine and the wider world can hope is that zaporizhzhia functions as normal and that thursday's dangerous situation isn't repeated. gareth barlow, bbc news. vladimir putin has signed a decree to increase russia's army by ten percent — to about two million people. just over half the total personnel will be soldiers — though it's not yet clear if the numbers will be boosted through volunteers, or broader conscription. while no official death tolls are available, russian forces have suffered heavy losses as a result of the war in ukraine. the increase is due to come into effect from january next year. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. as we go through the next few days, the weather's looking dry

for many of us, with variable amounts of cloud. that can be said for today as well. we've got cloud across parts of scotland, northern ireland, southern england, wales and the south west, drifting eastwards, with just some showery outbreaks of rain here and there. heavier at times across southern scotland. and it will brighten up in the west, as we go into the late—afternoon period, with temperatures up to about 2k degrees. this evening and overnight, you can see how the cloud breaks up. still one or two showers but, under clear skies, we'll see again some mist and fog patches forming and we've got some rain just skirting past the west of northern ireland. temperatures between seven and about 15 degrees, as our overnight lows. so tomorrow, we pick up that rain. you can see itjust clips the west of northern ireland, moving up towards the northern isles. a lot of dry weather around. a few showers through the central spine of england. we could see a few coming in as thicker cloud across the east coast at times, with a top temperature of 25.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... tens of millions of people will see an 80% increase in their gas and electricity bills, as ofgem announces a new price cap. the regulator and campaigners call for immediate government action. the government — with our support, with the support of the industry, with the support of ngos — needs to act urgently and decisively to address the situation that's before us. we need to remain resilient, we need to make _ we need to remain resilient, we need to make sure — we need to remain resilient, we need to make sure that this isn't a sticking _ to make sure that this isn't a sticking plaster, that for the long—term we continue to help the most _ long—term we continue to help the most vulnerable, who have no cushion — most vulnerable, who have no cushion. that is what i am determined to do. we are working on those _ determined to do. we are working on those options for the incoming prime minister_ those options for the incoming prime minister on _ those options for the incoming prime minister on the 5th of september. a man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel in liverpool on monday. royal mail has warned that letters won't be delivered today

and some parcels could be delayed as around 115,000 of its workers go on strike. sport now and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. we start at old trafford in manchester, where england are hoping to build on their strong start to the second test against south africa. after a heavy defeat in the first test, they bowled the tourists out for 151 on the opening day. there was a wobble with the bat when they began their reply, 43 for 3 england at one stage before zak crawley soaked up some intense pressure at the end of day one, england resumed iii for 3. they have just lostjonny they have just lost jonny bairstow. britain's heather watson and pauljubb are both just one win away from a place in the first round of the us open. they play in the final round of qualifying later. jack draper was knocked out of the one of the warm up events

the winston—salem open in north carolina. the brit lost to swiss player marc—andrea huesler in straight sets. draper was drawn to play finland's emil ruusuvuori in the first round at flushing meadows next week. details of the men's and women's draw are on the bbc sport website. europa league and confrence league draws take place at noon today. hearts had to settle for a place in the latter after losing to zurich last night. west ham are also in it. they beat danish side viborg 3—0 in the second leg of their qualifier, progressing 6—1 on aggregate. newcastle fans are waiting to hear more on the prospect of signing real sociedad striker alexander isak. he's in talks after they agreed a club record fee of around £60 million for the 22—year—old. isak made his debut for sweden aged just 17. his purchase would mean newcastle's new owners have spent close to £200 million since taking over in october.

england's matt fitzpatrick is lying in third place going into the second round of the tour championship in atla nta. the us open champion shot a six—under—par 64 first round. but he's still six behind the leader, the world number one and masters champion scottie scheffler. players start the season ending event on different scores determined by their place in the fedex cup standings. two—time fedex cup champion rory mcilroy is in the mix despite a dreadful start. a triple bogey at the first was followed by a bogey at the second. but he recovered to shoot a 3—under—par 67. that leaves him tied in sixth place, eight shots behind the leader scheffler. if scottie is seven or eight or whatever he is ahead of me then it

makes it difficult. but if scottie has a lacklustre day, he brings a lot of guys in it and over 36 holes, anything can happen. i think tomorrow is a pretty pivotal day for the rest of the field, just to try to get a little closer to where scottie is. german car maker audi has announced it willjoin formula one in 2026. it will supply engines and has been attracted by new rules that feature increased electrical power and sustainable fuel. audi will announce the team they'll be joining forces with by the end of this year. britain's tao geogheghan hart will start stage seven of the vuelta de espana in seventh place after gaining ground yesterday. stage six took place in torrid conditions as the riders set off from bilbao in the first summit finish of the race. the stage was eventually won by australia's jay vine, with new overall leader remco evenepoel second. that's all the sport for now.

with me to answer your energy questions is richard neudegg, head of regulation at uswitch and kevin peachey, bbc personal finance correspondent. also i'm joined by laura mcgadie, group head of energy at the energy saving trust. we have quite a lot of questions from our audience that we really want to get stuck in with. we will begin with a question for you, from michael in glasgow, and hopefully some of these questions will be coming up on the screen for those who want to follow them. can you clarify typical household energy bill and price cap, surely not everyone will pay the cap price as they should be the maximum? yes.

they should be the maximum? yes, really important _ they should be the maximum? yes, really important place _ they should be the maximum? yes, really important place to _ they should be the maximum? yes, really important place to start. is quite _ really important place to start. is quite complicated often the price cap and _ quite complicated often the price cap and what it means for your bill. this is— cap and what it means for your bill. this is as _ cap and what it means for your bill. this is as simple as i can make it, if you _ this is as simple as i can make it, if you like — this is as simple as i can make it, if you like. the cap limits the price — if you like. the cap limits the price for— if you like. the cap limits the price for each unit of energy. the regulator— price for each unit of energy. the regulator sets that and it is illustrated with a typical household bill. illustrated with a typical household bitt if _ illustrated with a typical household bitt if you — illustrated with a typical household bill. if you use a typical amount of .as bill. if you use a typical amount of gas and _ bill. if you use a typical amount of gas and electricity than what they have said — gas and electricity than what they have said today is your bill will be £3400 _ have said today is your bill will be £3400 -- — have said today is your bill will be £3400 —— from october. clearly if you are _ £3400 —— from october. clearly if you are living in a large poorly and stated _ you are living in a large poorly and slated house, then you are going to be paying _ slated house, then you are going to be paying more than that. if you live in— be paying more than that. if you live in a — be paying more than that. if you live in a smaller well insulated house. — live in a smaller well insulated house, you're going to be paying less house, you're going to be paying tess futi— house, you're going to be paying less full stoppages not a cap on the total bitt _ less full stoppages not a cap on the total bill. it is a cap on each unit you useless—

total bill. it is a cap on each unit you useless up if you use a lot of energy. — you useless up if you use a lot of energy. it — you useless up if you use a lot of energy, it be higher. it you useless up if you use a lot of energy, it be higher. if is you useless up if you use a lot of energy, it be higher.— energy, it be higher. it is a confusing _ energy, it be higher. it is a confusing word, _ energy, it be higher. it is a confusing word, in - energy, it be higher. it is a confusing word, in that - energy, it be higher. it is a. confusing word, in that way. energy, it be higher. it is a - confusing word, in that way. the auestion confusing word, in that way. the question i _ confusing word, in that way. the question i get— confusing word, in that way. the question i get asked more than any other— question i get asked more than any other is, _ question i get asked more than any other is, hang on a minute, i have looked _ other is, hang on a minute, i have looked at — other is, hang on a minute, i have looked at this price cap level and i am looked at this price cap level and i ant atready— looked at this price cap level and i am already paying that amount. and so it does— am already paying that amount. and so it does come down to your usage and clearly, — so it does come down to your usage and clearly, you are going to have to take _ and clearly, you are going to have to take a — and clearly, you are going to have to take a closer look really on what you use _ to take a closer look really on what you use and — to take a closer look really on what you use and that kind of information is on _ you use and that kind of information is on your— you use and that kind of information is on your bill. but be prepared if you pay— is on your bill. but be prepared if you pay by— is on your bill. but be prepared if you pay by direct debit to see that increase _ you pay by direct debit to see that increase in— you pay by direct debit to see that increase in the next few weeks, even ahead _ increase in the next few weeks, even ahead of— increase in the next few weeks, even ahead of october. a increase in the next few weeks, even ahead of october.— ahead of october. a question for laura, ahead of october. a question for laura. who _ ahead of october. a question for laura, who joins _ ahead of october. a question for laura, who joins us _ ahead of october. a question for laura, who joins us from - ahead of october. a question for laura, who joins us from ot. --| laura, whojoins us from 0t. —— remotely. why don't the government keep the current price cap? it was keep the current price cap? it was set, keep the current price cap? it was set. believe _ keep the current price cap? it was set, believe it _ keep the current price cap? it was set, believe it or _ keep the current price cap? it was set, believe it or not, _ keep the current price cap? it was set, believe it or not, to - keep the current price cap? it was set, believe it or not, to protect l set, believe it or not, to protect consumers _ set, believe it or not, to protect consumers and _ set, believe it or not, to protect consumers and it _ set, believe it or not, to protect consumers and it was _ set, believe it or not, to protect consumers and it was set - set, believe it or not, to protect consumers and it was set by- set, believe it or not, to protect. consumers and it was set by ofgem set, believe it or not, to protect - consumers and it was set by ofgem in

2019 when— consumers and it was set by ofgem in 2019 when there — consumers and it was set by ofgem in 2019 when there were _ consumers and it was set by ofgem in 2019 when there were concerns - consumers and it was set by ofgem in 2019 when there were concerns that l 2019 when there were concerns that those _ 2019 when there were concerns that those not _ 2019 when there were concerns that those not switching _ 2019 when there were concerns that those not switching supplier- 2019 when there were concerns that those not switching supplier were i those not switching supplier were paying _ those not switching supplier were paying more _ those not switching supplier were paying more than— those not switching supplier were paying more than they _ those not switching supplier were paying more than they needed i those not switching supplier were| paying more than they needed to. those not switching supplier were - paying more than they needed to. but what we _ paying more than they needed to. but what we need — paying more than they needed to. but what we need now— paying more than they needed to. but what we need now is _ paying more than they needed to. but what we need now is for— paying more than they needed to. but what we need now is for the _ what we need now is for the government— what we need now is for the government to _ what we need now is for the government to update - what we need now is for the government to update the l what we need now is for the - government to update the package of support— government to update the package of support they — government to update the package of support they announced _ government to update the package of support they announced in _ government to update the package of support they announced in may- support they announced in may because — support they announced in may because the _ support they announced in may because the price _ support they announced in may because the price cap- support they announced in may because the price cap we - support they announced in may because the price cap we now. support they announced in may- because the price cap we now know is coming _ because the price cap we now know is coming to— because the price cap we now know is coming to effect — because the price cap we now know is coming to effect in— because the price cap we now know is coming to effect in october, - because the price cap we now know is coming to effect in october, it - because the price cap we now know is coming to effect in october, it is - coming to effect in october, it is so much — coming to effect in october, it is so much higher— coming to effect in october, it is so much higher than— coming to effect in october, it is so much higher than originally. so much higher than originally forecast~ _ so much higher than originally forecast. but— so much higher than originally forecast. but in— so much higher than originally forecast. but in the _ so much higher than originallyj forecast. but in the long—term so much higher than originally. forecast. but in the long—term to keep— forecast. but in the long—term to keep prices— forecast. but in the long—term to keep prices down, _ forecast. but in the long—term to keep prices down, because - forecast. but in the long—term to- keep prices down, because everything is driven— keep prices down, because everything is driven lry— keep prices down, because everything is driven by fossil _ keep prices down, because everything is driven by fossil fuel— keep prices down, because everything is driven by fossil fuel prices, - keep prices down, because everything is driven by fossil fuel prices, we - is driven by fossil fuel prices, we need _ is driven by fossil fuel prices, we need the — is driven by fossil fuel prices, we need the government _ is driven by fossil fuel prices, we need the government to - is driven by fossil fuel prices, we need the government to insert . is driven by fossil fuel prices, we - need the government to insert homes and invest— need the government to insert homes and invest in— need the government to insert homes and invest in renewable _ need the government to insert homes and invest in renewable energy- and invest in renewable energy because — and invest in renewable energy because that _ and invest in renewable energy because that is _ and invest in renewable energy because that is ultimately - and invest in renewable energyj because that is ultimately what and invest in renewable energy- because that is ultimately what will keep costs — because that is ultimately what will keep costs down _ because that is ultimately what will keep costs down longer _ because that is ultimately what will keep costs down longer term. - because that is ultimately what will keep costs down longer term. youl keep costs down longer term. you have talked _ keep costs down longer term. have talked about those rising prices, let's bring in richard. can you explain why we have such huge energy prices? we are told it is the war in ukraine but as i understand, we only rely on 5% russian gas is that right? we only rely on 596 russian gas is that riuht? , ., we only rely on 596 russian gas is thatriuht? , ., ,, .. , that right? the uk is not especially exosed to that right? the uk is not especially exposed to russian _ that right? the uk is not especially exposed to russian gas _ that right? the uk is not especially exposed to russian gas as - that right? the uk is not especially exposed to russian gas as much i that right? the uk is not especially exposed to russian gas as much as the rest of the europe. there are answers to these questions but there

are no good answers for the reality is the price of gas is set globally based on global supply and demand. because europe is reliant on russian gas and there are shortages, the global prices pushed that much higher. it is made even more difficult because the gas price flows into the gas price we play with a gas connection but we also have a lot of gas—fired power stations as well and it dictates the price of electricity wholesale pretty much across the entire chain. we get hit twice, both in the gas bills and the editors of the bills themselves. we have got luckily in themselves. we have got luckily in the uk, some gas supplies in the north sea and our own reserves and we do import it as well. we can get the gas, it is not so much of an issue that we won't have, but there are questions about storage, but not questions as to running out of gas but we still have to pay the prices and that is actually what the problem is, the problem is the

wholesale market, that is our suppliers buying energy on our behalf, the prices are beyond all level of comprehension when ofgem comes out with its spreadsheet and puts the prices in, it spits out completely and comprehend above numbers for us as consumers that will land in letters and e—mails, on our doorsteps, pretty much immediately. i our doorsteps, pretty much immediately.— our doorsteps, pretty much immediately. our doorsteps, pretty much immediatel . ., ., ., �* �* immediately. i saw one of our bbc editors on twitter _ immediately. i saw one of our bbc editors on twitter earlier, - immediately. i saw one of our bbc editors on twitter earlier, his - immediately. i saw one of our bbcj editors on twitter earlier, his draw job when he looked at some of those numbers was we had a case study for you from deborah evans. i am 57—year—old single woman living alone and working full—time. i earn £400 per week. what is the government going to do for people like me? last year, she says, i sat at home in blankets with condensation coming out of my mouth as i could not afford to put the heating on. as i could not afford to put the heating om— as i could not afford to put the heating on. you mentioned the jaw-dropping _ heating on. you mentioned the jaw-dropping numbers - heating on. you mentioned the jaw-dropping numbers today. i heating on. you mentioned the - jaw-dropping numbers today. deborah jaw—dropping numbers today. deborah

will not _ jaw—dropping numbers today. deborah will not like _ jaw—dropping numbers today. deborah will not like some of those forecasts, which say... to give you an example. — forecasts, which say... to give you an example, last winter the typical household — an example, last winter the typical household was paying about £100 a nronth— household was paying about £100 a month for— household was paying about £100 a month for their energy. it is forecast _ month for their energy. it is forecast today, not the official price _ forecast today, not the official price cap, _ forecast today, not the official price cap, but a consultancy giving pretty— price cap, but a consultancy giving pretty accurate forecasts up to now, saying _ pretty accurate forecasts up to now, saying that _ pretty accurate forecasts up to now, saying that could go up next year to £550 a _ saying that could go up next year to £550 a month. bearing in mind the typical— £550 a month. bearing in mind the typical mortgages around £700. this is a hugem — typical mortgages around £700. this is a huge... someone like deborah... she is— is a huge... someone like deborah... she is going — is a huge... someone like deborah... she is going to— is a huge... someone like deborah... she is going to find it very difficult _ she is going to find it very difficult to play. it is quite difficult _ difficult to play. it is quite difficult to play. it is quite difficult to tell because of we do not know — difficult to tell because of we do not know all her details but if you are in— not know all her details but if you are in receipt of certain benefits for example, then there is the government package of support which will offer— government package of support which will offer some help, clearly pressure _ will offer some help, clearly pressure now on ministers to increase _ pressure now on ministers to increase that support. but also i think— increase that support. but also i think what— increase that support. but also i think what debt advisers and people like that— think what debt advisers and people like that have said to me, quite a

lot recently, check what your entitlement is to benefits generally because _ entitlement is to benefits generally because they are often a gateway to these _ because they are often a gateway to these extra payments will you can go to someone — these extra payments will you can go to someone like citizens advice and ask, can _ to someone like citizens advice and ask, can you — to someone like citizens advice and ask, can you go through a benefits check— ask, can you go through a benefits check and — ask, can you go through a benefits check and see what you are entitled to. ., , check and see what you are entitled to. . , ,., ., check and see what you are entitled to. . , ., , ., to. that is someone physically going to. that is someone physically going to a central — to. that is someone physically going to a central calling _ to. that is someone physically going to a central calling apple _ to. that is someone physically going to a central calling apple people - to a central calling apple people who don't have good internet, what would they use?— who don't have good internet, what would they use? there are different wa s but would they use? there are different ways but as — would they use? there are different ways but as a _ would they use? there are different ways but as a starting _ would they use? there are different ways but as a starting point - would they use? there are different ways but as a starting point if - would they use? there are different ways but as a starting point if you . ways but as a starting point if you can get— ways but as a starting point if you can get online, there are benefits collectors — can get online, there are benefits collectors if you work your way through — collectors if you work your way through that. they can be a gateway to other _ through that. they can be a gateway to other payments. people are a bit embarrassed sometimes all will say, i embarrassed sometimes all will say, i should _ embarrassed sometimes all will say, l should not— embarrassed sometimes all will say, i should not be taking hand—outs. these _ i should not be taking hand—outs. these are — i should not be taking hand—outs. these are benefits that you are entitled — these are benefits that you are entitled to and could lead to extra support _ entitled to and could lead to extra su ort. �* , , . support. and benefits which might aet support. and benefits which might get deborah _ support. and benefits which might get deborah to — support. and benefits which might get deborah to be _ support. and benefits which might get deborah to be able _ support. and benefits which might get deborah to be able to - support. and benefits which might get deborah to be able to put - support. and benefits which might get deborah to be able to put the| get deborah to be able to put the heating on, so she does not have to spend another winter sitting at home with blankets. we have another question for laura. this is from duty in staffordshire. if you are

already in a two—year fixed price cap, at and energy companies put up your tariff now? if cap, at and energy companies put up your tariff now?— your tariff now? if you are a fixed term energy _ your tariff now? if you are a fixed term energy tariff, _ your tariff now? if you are a fixed term energy tariff, there - your tariff now? if you are a fixed term energy tariff, there is - your tariff now? if you are a fixed term energy tariff, there is a - your tariff now? if you are a fixed | term energy tariff, there is a date at which _ term energy tariff, there is a date at which that _ term energy tariff, there is a date at which that will— term energy tariff, there is a date at which that will end, _ term energy tariff, there is a date at which that will end, you - term energy tariff, there is a date at which that will end, you will. term energy tariff, there is a date at which that will end, you will be| at which that will end, you will be on that— at which that will end, you will be on that until _ at which that will end, you will be on that until that _ at which that will end, you will be on that until that date _ at which that will end, you will be on that until that date but - at which that will end, you will be on that until that date but when l at which that will end, you will be i on that until that date but when you come _ on that until that date but when you come off— on that until that date but when you come off that, — on that until that date but when you come off that, you _ on that until that date but when you come off that, you will— on that until that date but when you come off that, you will go _ on that until that date but when you come off that, you will go on - on that until that date but when you come off that, you will go on the . come off that, you will go on the standard — come off that, you will go on the standard variable _ come off that, you will go on the standard variable tariff— come off that, you will go on the standard variable tariff most - come off that, you will go on the i standard variable tariff most likely and that _ standard variable tariff most likely and that is — standard variable tariff most likely and that is where _ standard variable tariff most likely and that is where the _ standard variable tariff most likely and that is where the price - standard variable tariff most likely and that is where the price cap- and that is where the price cap kicks _ and that is where the price cap kicks in — and that is where the price cap kicks in you _ and that is where the price cap kicks in. you will— and that is where the price cap kicks in. you will be _ and that is where the price cap kicks in. you will be on- and that is where the price cap kicks in. you will be on that... j kicks in. you will be on that... those — kicks in. you will be on that... those rights _ kicks in. you will be on that... those rights that _ kicks in. you will be on that... those rights that are - kicks in. you will be on that... those rights that are regular. kicks in. you will be on that... l those rights that are regular to kicks in. you will be on that... - those rights that are regular to buy the price _ those rights that are regular to buy the price caps _ those rights that are regular to buy the price caps. yes, _ those rights that are regular to buy the price caps. yes, you _ those rights that are regular to buy the price caps. yes, you will- those rights that are regular to buy the price caps. yes, you will be - those rights that are regular to buy the price caps. yes, you will be 0k| the price caps. yes, you will be ok until— the price caps. yes, you will be ok until that _ the price caps. yes, you will be ok until that date, _ the price caps. yes, you will be ok until that date, but _ the price caps. yes, you will be ok until that date, but you _ the price caps. yes, you will be ok until that date, but you will- the price caps. yes, you will be ok until that date, but you will find i until that date, but you will find yourself — until that date, but you will find yourself potentially _ until that date, but you will find yourself potentially on - until that date, but you will find yourself potentially on the - until that date, but you will find yourself potentially on the price cap afterwards. _ yourself potentially on the price cap afterwards-— yourself potentially on the price cap afterwards. thank you for that clear answer. _ cap afterwards. thank you for that clear answer. back _ cap afterwards. thank you for that clear answer. back to _ cap afterwards. thank you for that clear answer. back to you, - cap afterwards. thank you for that | clear answer. back to you, richard. a question from steve. he says, i keep hearing about the soaring price of gas driving up the energy price, but i don't hear anyone asking questions on behalf of rural communities that only have electrical supplies both boys electrical supplies both boys electric to gas pricing in such a way that it can have this kind of

impact? it way that it can have this kind of im act? , , ., way that it can have this kind of imact? , , ., ., ., impact? it is similar to what we were saying _ impact? it is similar to what we were saying before. _ impact? it is similar to what we were saying before. we - impact? it is similar to what we were saying before. we use - impact? it is similar to what we j were saying before. we use gas impact? it is similar to what we i were saying before. we use gas to produce a lot of our electricity but also because it is the easiest bit too varying the different types of energy that we have, it does actually set the price for all types of generation, so even if you have a wind farm, which does not need gas to run, it is still charging wholesale rates as if it was the gas price. that link in the long—term has to be broken. it cannot be right if we want to fix the long—term that wholesale renewable prices get dictated by the cost of gas how long will it take to break that link? it is going to take a few years to do but unless we actually unpick that, this will be a crisis that could go on deeperfor many this will be a crisis that could go on deeper for many years. it is one of those fundamental reasons why we are facing this crisis now. irate of those fundamental reasons why we are facing this crisis now.— are facing this crisis now. we have ut a lot are facing this crisis now. we have put a lot of — are facing this crisis now. we have put a lot of the — are facing this crisis now. we have put a lot of the policy _ are facing this crisis now. we have put a lot of the policy questions i are facing this crisis now. we have put a lot of the policy questions to you for want to some of the personal questions to you, kevin. phoebe in

manchester has a question, will there be any support from the government for students, such as her, receiving maintenance loans that have not been adjusted in accordance with the increased cost of living? there is a lot on the news about how low income houses will come £400 but as a student, we do not necessarily count as low—income households. what will the situation for students be? i can situation for students be? i can offer some _ situation for students be? i can offer some reassurance - situation for students be? i can offer some reassurance for i situation for students be? i can offer some reassurance for phoebe. let's _ offer some reassurance for phoebe. let's talk— offer some reassurance for phoebe. let's talk specifically energy, there — let's talk specifically energy, there is— let's talk specifically energy, there is a _ let's talk specifically energy, there is a £4 rebate paid... taken off automatically of your bill over the winter— off automatically of your bill over the winter —— £400. that is for all households — the winter —— £400. that is for all households. where students may find a bit of— households. where students may find a bit of difficulty there is some will be — a bit of difficulty there is some will be living in rented accommodation, where all the bills are included in the rent. the landlord pays _ are included in the rent. the landlord pays the _ are included in the rent. lie: landlord pays the bills. are included in the rent. the i landlord pays the bills. exactly. it is well worth _

landlord pays the bills. exactly. it is well worth having _ landlord pays the bills. exactly. it is well worth having a _ landlord pays the bills. exactly. it is well worth having a chat - landlord pays the bills. exactly. it is well worth having a chat to i landlord pays the bills. exactly. it is well worth having a chat to the | is well worth having a chat to the landlord. — is well worth having a chat to the landlord, just to check that is being — landlord, just to check that is being passed on clearly having to rely on _ being passed on clearly having to rely on the landlord for that. many student— rely on the landlord for that. many student homes will have a direct relationship with their energy provider— relationship with their energy provider and so that will automatically be knocked off. specifically to the low—income point, — specifically to the low—income point, there is... there are extra payments— point, there is... there are extra payments for people on low incomes and benefits, one of those payments has already— and benefits, one of those payments has already been made and a second instalment— has already been made and a second instalment coming later in the autumn — instalment coming later in the autumn. there is a package of support — autumn. there is a package of support i_ autumn. there is a package of support. i think in all likelihood phoebe — support. i think in all likelihood phoebe is— support. i think in all likelihood phoebe is going to only be entitled to the _ phoebe is going to only be entitled to the £400 off now, for students as well, _ to the £400 off now, for students as well, there _ to the £400 off now, for students as well, there are all the other... we are talking — well, there are all the other... we are talking about energy but look at this in— are talking about energy but look at this in the _ are talking about energy but look at this in the round, food, prices going — this in the round, food, prices going up. _ this in the round, food, prices going up, prices in general rising at a rate — going up, prices in general rising at a rate that we have not seen for 40 years _ at a rate that we have not seen for 40 years and clearly energy is such an integral— 40 years and clearly energy is such an integral part of that, part of

the reason for prices going up on food _ the reason for prices going up on food and — the reason for prices going up on food and things like that because businesses, rememberthey food and things like that because businesses, remember they don't have their price _ businesses, remember they don't have their price cap, they have to pass on some — their price cap, they have to pass on some of— their price cap, they have to pass on some of those costs in prices for all of— on some of those costs in prices for all of us _ on some of those costs in prices for all of us to— on some of those costs in prices for all of us to pay. on some of those costs in prices for all of us to pay-— all of us to pay. thanks for that. across to _ all of us to pay. thanks for that. across to richard, _ all of us to pay. thanks for that. across to richard, a _ all of us to pay. thanks for that. across to richard, a question i all of us to pay. thanks for that. i across to richard, a question from dave. he observes there seems to be little discussion around the increasing the daily standing charge which in most cases has doubled, given the huge prize —— profits being made, why don't we reduce any standing charges because you mark this is how the price cap actually has two different bits it controls. one is that daily charge for electricity and gas and the unit rate which depends on how much we use be standing charge and re—numerator has gone upon identity. there are fixed costs that are required to flow into our bills and thatis required to flow into our bills and that is what the standing charges for. but it has also gone up to

reflect some of the supplier failures and other things that has gone wrong in the energy market in recent years. there are genuine because that have to be recovered but it has gone up as far as everything else and ofgem has to decide that balance between the different charges. there are winners and losers depending on where it sets that and it has kept that figure and it has gone up, there is no getting away from it.— no getting away from it. laura, another question, _ no getting away from it. laura, another question, from - no getting away from it. laura, another question, from john. l no getting away from it. laura, another question, from john. i | no getting away from it. laura, i another question, from john. i have another question, from john. i have a question, regarding tenants living in houses converted to flats, a house divided into four flats mean for separate households, four separate metres, will each tenant received the £400 discount that kevin was just talking about? each kevin was 'ust talking about? each domestic kevin wasjust talking about? each domestic because _ kevin wasjust talking about? each domestic because of _ kevin was just talking about? each domestic because of the connection will receive — domestic because of the connection will receive the _ domestic because of the connection will receive the discount. _ domestic because of the connection will receive the discount. in- domestic because of the connection will receive the discount. in that i will receive the discount. in that case: _ will receive the discount. in that case, it— will receive the discount. in that case, it would _ will receive the discount. in that case, it would be _ will receive the discount. in that case, it would be all— will receive the discount. in that case, it would be all four- will receive the discount. in that case, it would be all four flats i case, it would be all four flats would — case, it would be all four flats would get _ case, it would be all four flats would get the _ case, it would be all four flats would get the discount. - case, it would be all four flats would get the discount. thatl case, it would be all four flatsl would get the discount. that is case, it would be all four flats i would get the discount. that is a nice easy, — would get the discount. that is a nice easy. quick— would get the discount. that is a nice easy, quick answer. - would get the discount. that is a nice easy, quick answer. lind- nice easy, quick answer. and sometimes _ nice easy, quick answer. and sometimes those _ nice easy, quick answer. and sometimes those are - nice easy, quick answer. sometimes those are the nice easy, quick answer.- sometimes those are the best. nice easy, quick answer— sometimes those are the best. thank

you, john, if you are watching. i hope that answer has helped you. onto kevin with another question about people's lives as they face these astonishing rising bills, worrying about how they will get through the winter. felicity has a question from i am currently on maternity leave with a three—month—old, on statutory pay, nothing has been mentioned to help out people on maternity leave. i am not eligible for any help you to my husband but we are still a paycheque down and will be struggling why has know—how been offered for people on statutory maternity pay? —— no help. more likely to be spending more time at home _ more likely to be spending more time at home with the little one. and needing — at home with the little one. and needing to keep that heating to a decent _ needing to keep that heating to a decent level because of the little one _ decent level because of the little one it _ decent level because of the little one it is — decent level because of the little one. it is difficult and actually there — one. it is difficult and actually there is— one. it is difficult and actually there is not specific help here. clearly. — there is not specific help here. clearly, all eyes, including that of

the regulator today saying we are looking _ the regulator today saying we are looking at — the regulator today saying we are looking at the government, the new administration, if you like, to come up administration, if you like, to come up with— administration, if you like, to come up with some solutions and we will work— up with some solutions and we will work with— up with some solutions and we will work with them. it is really pretty unprecedented for a regular to come up unprecedented for a regular to come up with— unprecedented for a regular to come up with something like that, saying these _ up with something like that, saying these are _ up with something like that, saying these are devastating figures, even these are devastating figures, even the industry body itself saying it is scary — the industry body itself saying it is scary. there is not much i can say to— is scary. there is not much i can say to felicity in terms of solutions now, specifically for her. bearing _ solutions now, specifically for her. bearing in — solutions now, specifically for her. bearing in mind that benefits check is worthwhile doing as well. there are clearly— is worthwhile doing as well. there are clearly all eyes now on whether there _ are clearly all eyes now on whether there is— are clearly all eyes now on whether there is extra support going to come on top _ there is extra support going to come on top of— there is extra support going to come on top of what has already been announced. on top of what has already been announced-— announced. felicity, if you are watching. _ announced. felicity, if you are watching. l— announced. felicity, if you are watching, i hope _ announced. felicity, if you are watching, i hope kevin's- announced. felicity, if you are i watching, i hope kevin's answer announced. felicity, if you are - watching, i hope kevin's answer gave you an idea of where you are. laura, did you want tojump in? ljust did you want to 'ump in? i 'ust wanted to h did you want to 'ump in? i 'ust wanted to add, i did you want to jump in? i 'ust wanted to add, absolutely i did you want to jump in? ijust wanted to add, absolutely in l did you want tojump in? ijust wanted to add, absolutely in terms of the _ wanted to add, absolutely in terms of the immediate _ wanted to add, absolutely in terms of the immediate support - wanted to add, absolutely in terms of the immediate support but i wanted to add, absolutely in terms of the immediate support but it- wanted to add, absolutely in terms of the immediate support but it is. of the immediate support but it is worth— of the immediate support but it is worth checking _ of the immediate support but it is

worth checking what _ of the immediate support but it is worth checking what felicity - of the immediate support but it isi worth checking what felicity needs to get _ worth checking what felicity needs to get in— worth checking what felicity needs to get in terms— worth checking what felicity needs to get in terms of— worth checking what felicity needs to get in terms of insulation - worth checking what felicity needs to get in terms of insulation and i to get in terms of insulation and heating — to get in terms of insulation and heating support _ to get in terms of insulation and heating support. 0n— to get in terms of insulation and heating support. on the - to get in terms of insulation and - heating support. on the government's help for— heating support. on the government's help for households _ heating support. on the government's help for households campaign, - heating support. on the government's help for households campaign, there i help for households campaign, there is a link— help for households campaign, there is a link to— help for households campaign, there is a link to more _ help for households campaign, there is a link to more information - help for households campaign, there is a link to more information about i is a link to more information about grants— is a link to more information about grants and — is a link to more information about grants and sources _ is a link to more information about grants and sources of _ is a link to more information about grants and sources of help - is a link to more information about grants and sources of help for- grants and sources of help for insulation— grants and sources of help for insulation and _ grants and sources of help for insulation and heating, - grants and sources of help for insulation and heating, if i grants and sources of help for insulation and heating, if youl grants and sources of help for. insulation and heating, if you are insulation and heating, if you are in scotland — insulation and heating, if you are in scotland there _ insulation and heating, if you are in scotland there is _ insulation and heating, if you are in scotland there is home - insulation and heating, if you are j in scotland there is home energy scotland — in scotland there is home energy scotland advice, _ in scotland there is home energy scotland advice, in _ in scotland there is home energy scotland advice, in wales, - in scotland there is home energy scotland advice, in wales, also. i in scotland there is home energyj scotland advice, in wales, also. i would _ scotland advice, in wales, also. i would encourage _ scotland advice, in wales, also. i would encourage for— scotland advice, in wales, also. i would encourage for city - scotland advice, in wales, also. i would encourage for city to - scotland advice, in wales, also. i would encourage for city to seekl scotland advice, in wales, also. i. would encourage for city to seek out the things— would encourage for city to seek out the things that — would encourage for city to seek out the things that might _ would encourage for city to seek out the things that might help _ would encourage for city to seek out the things that might help her- would encourage for city to seek out the things that might help her any. the things that might help her any longer— the things that might help her any longer term — the things that might help her any longer term to _ the things that might help her any longer term to insulate _ the things that might help her any longer term to insulate herself i longer term to insulate herself against — longer term to insulate herself against the _ longer term to insulate herself against the price _ longer term to insulate herself against the price rises. - longer term to insulate herself against the price rises. back. longer term to insulate herself against the price rises. back to richard for _ against the price rises. back to richard for another _ against the price rises. back to richard for another question. i richard for another question. talking about a two—year fixed tariff ending on the 6th of september, which might be day one of the new prime minister, by chance. is it advisable fixing or staying in standard variable charging, i am totally confused on the price cap and energy bill hikes? if totally confused on the price cap and energy bill hikes?— totally confused on the price cap and energy bill hikes? if you are on and energy bill hikes? if you are on a fix, ou and energy bill hikes? if you are on a fix. you have _ and energy bill hikes? if you are on a fix, you have those _ and energy bill hikes? if you are on a fix, you have those fixed - and energy bill hikes? if you are on a fix, you have those fixed rates i a fix, you have those fixed rates until it ends and then you revert to whatever the price cap is at that

moment. there will be a few weeks of the previous current rate and then it will move to the october rate. backin it will move to the october rate. back in the day were not that long ago, a couple of years ago, you would have been locked in, you had the certainty and it would mean decent prices but ofgem has frozen competition in the market. it is difficult to get a good fixed deal. the vast majority of people are just taking that price cap rate as it is, which is why, you mentioned the new prime minister, they will be standing on the steps of downing street as those new rates start to hit and that is why there is so much pressure on the government. there is £400 support, a support package, but there is no one sane, including the regulator itself, that is actually enough to deal with the true scale of this —— no one is saying. all eyes will be on the primaries to —— prime minister to see what they say. the consumer knows what the rates

are going to go to but they don't know the full extent of what the government support might be. a lot of us arejust government support might be. a lot of us are just waiting and seeing, is there going to be enough to actually get as through the winter, given all the challenges that are here? �* ., ., given all the challenges that are here? . . ., , ., ., here? and a final question for laura, here? and a final question for laura. from — here? and a final question for laura, from martin, _ here? and a final question for laura, from martin, with i here? and a final question for| laura, from martin, with direct debit payments, why do companies let credit build up, why don't they use it on the next bill, or refund you? whenever you pay by direct debit, it pays off _ whenever you pay by direct debit, it pays off what — whenever you pay by direct debit, it pays off what you _ whenever you pay by direct debit, it pays off what you all— whenever you pay by direct debit, it pays off what you all but _ whenever you pay by direct debit, it pays off what you all but it - 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and your next bill as well, so you can get in touch with your energy company, — can get in touch with your energy company, if_ can get in touch with your energy company, if you— can get in touch with your energy company, if you are _ can get in touch with your energy company, if you are worried - can get in touch with your energy company, if you are worried you i can get in touch with your energy. company, if you are worried you are paying _ company, if you are worried you are paying more — company, if you are worried you are paying more than_ company, if you are worried you are paying more than you _ company, if you are worried you are paying more than you should - company, if you are worried you are paying more than you should be, i company, if you are worried you are. paying more than you should be, you can negotiate — paying more than you should be, you can negotiate with _ paying more than you should be, you can negotiate with them _ paying more than you should be, you can negotiate with them around - 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might be reassured or what they should prepare for.— might be reassured or what they should prepare for. that is not the easiest question _ should prepare for. that is not the easiest question to _ should prepare for. that is not the easiest question to finish. - should prepare for. that is not the easiest question to finish. bearing i easiest question to finish. bearing in mind _ easiest question to finish. bearing in mind this is an 80% rise in people's— in mind this is an 80% rise in people's bills, this is an unprecedented situation. bills are going _ unprecedented situation. bills are going to _ unprecedented situation. bills are going to be going up hugely. there is at least — going to be going up hugely. there is at least an opportunity to know what _ is at least an opportunity to know what is _ is at least an opportunity to know what is going to happen at least for that first _ what is going to happen at least for that first half of the winter. you know _ that first half of the winter. you know what _ that first half of the winter. you know what the bills are going to be and try— know what the bills are going to be and try and — know what the bills are going to be and try and budget accordingly. but cteariy. _ and try and budget accordingly. but clearly. as— and try and budget accordingly. but clearly, as richard said, there are still a _ clearly, as richard said, there are still a tot— clearly, as richard said, there are still a lot more of this story to come. — still a lot more of this story to come. a — still a lot more of this story to come, a story we're telling on a basis _ come, a story we're telling on a basis and — come, a story we're telling on a basis and we will keep you as updated _ basis and we will keep you as updated as we can. it basis and we will keep you as updated as we can.— basis and we will keep you as updated as we can. a final thought from ou, updated as we can. a final thought from you, richard. _ updated as we can. a final thought from you, richard. there - updated as we can. a final thought from you, richard. there are - updated as we can. a final thought from you, richard. there are tips i updated as we can. a final thought. from you, richard. there are tips to make sure — from you, richard. there are tips to make sure that _ from you, richard. there are tips to make sure that you _ from you, richard. there are tips to make sure that you use _ from you, richard. there are tips to make sure that you use less - from you, richard. there are tips to | make sure that you use less energy. you should be doing all of these things but i cannot sit here and pretend like it is enough to

mitigate the extent of these rises, it is not. but it does not mean we should not do it. the government are the only ones who have the tools to really help. find the only ones who have the tools to really help-— really help. and that is the final word. really help. and that is the final word- thank — really help. and that is the final word. thank you. _ really help. and that is the final word. thank you. you _ really help. and that is the final word. thank you. you have - really help. and that is the final| word. thank you. you have been watching your questions answered on bbc news. thank you so much. hello again. for most of us over the next few days it is going to remain dry with variable amounts of cloud. what we have today is a weather front which is in the west, it's moving east, so after a sunny start in eastern areas the cloud is going to build. and it will have some showery rain in it. but for most of the uk it's going to be a dry day. this is the weather front moving from the west towards the east. you can see high pressure is still really keeping things fairly settled, so it's a weak weather front, cloud moving eastwards. there will still be some sunshine

but out towards the west it will brighten up as we head in through the course of the afternoon. but we can also see some heavier showers across southern scotland through the afternoon. breezy in the north with temperatures ranging from 15 to about 2k degrees. as we head on through the evening and overnight period, there will still be a few showers knocking around. cloud will continue to break up and under clearer skies once again we will see some mist and fog patches forming. we also have this weather frontjust clipping the west coast of northern ireland, bringing in some splashes of rain, and rather like last night it's going to be a fresh night across the board, especially in the south, where in the previous few nights it has been quite muggy. 50 into tomorrow, this is the front clipping the west of northern ireland, pushing up towards the outer hebrides and western scotland. high pressure really building across us so for most it is going to be settled. any early morning mist and fog will lift quite rapidly and there will be a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, but more cloud coming down the east

coast of scotland could produce the odd shower, and it's the same across central parts of england, the odd shower is possible. and then we've got a weather front out towards the west. temperatures ranging from ia to about 25 with a keen breeze coming down the north sea coastline, so here it will feel that bit fresher. into sunday, well, on sunday we are looking at a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine around. the cloud across southern scotland and northern ireland breaking up through the course of the day, but once again quite a keen breeze down the north sea coastline and also the english channel. and temperatures ranging from 12 in the north to about 2k as we push down towards the south, but again, if you are exposed to the breeze it will feel that bit chillier. heading into monday, the forecast very similar in that there will be more cloud coming in from the north sea. we'll see a bit more cloud drifting further west as well, but it's in the west where we will see the highest temperatures.

this is bbc news i'mjames reynolds. the headlines at midday... tens of millions of people will see an 80% increase in their gas and electricity bills, as ofgem announces a new price cap. the regulator and campaigners call for immediate government action. the government — with our support, with the support of the industry, with the support of ngos — needs to act urgently and decisively to address the situation that's before us. we need to remain resilient, we need to make sure that this isn't a sticking plaster, that for the long—term we continue to help the most vulnerable who have no cushion, and that is what i am determined to do, and we are working out those options for both households and for businesses, for the incoming prime minister on the 5th of september. a man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool on monday. royal mail has warned that letters won't be delivered today and some parcels could be delayed as around

115,000 of its workers go on strike. ukrainian president volodomyr zelensky claims europe narrowly avoided a radiation disaster earlier this week. hundreds of remastered images of the apollo missions 50 years ago are released for the first time. good afternoon, welcome to the programme. millions of households in england, scotland and wales are facing a near doubling of the cost of energy bills from october. it's because the energy regulator ofgem announced a rise in the price cap — that's the maximum amount companies can charge consumers for gas and electricity. it means the average household bill

will rise to £3,519 a year — an increase of more than 80%. analysts are now predicting that the price cap could rise again injanuary to more than £5,300, and then to more than £6,600 next april. the price cap doesn't apply to northern ireland as the market is regulated differently — prices in northern ireland will also increase, but it's less clear when this will happen and by how much. the announcement today comes amid a wider cost of living crisis, with soaring prices and bills. frances read reports. we've known for months it was coming, but now it's been confirmed — the average household fuel bill will be £3,519 from october. the cap is set by the energy regulator ofgem and is the maximum amount companies can charge customers for each unit of energy. ofgem has acknowledged the situation

as deeply worrying for many people. i accept this is devastating news for many families out there. so what we're also saying today is, we have ten days now until we will have a new administration, a new prime minister and a new ministerial team. now, we think that the government — with our support, with the support of the industry, with the support of ngos — needs to act urgently and decisively to address the situation that's before us. because the difficult news i have to give is when i look at what's happening later on this year and potentially into next year, there is still significant price pressure. citizens advice have predicted a quarter of us won't be able to afford our fuel bills by the autumn. the struggle with living costs has already begun for marina. she's a former carer, who can't work because she has long covid. she's at the citizens' advice bureau in ipswich to apply for universal credit, and often sits in the dark to try to save money. to actually fear every day how you're meant to live,

it's just something else. didn't think i'd get to this age and be worried about things like this. you just think it's going to be normal. but there are people trying to help. near ipswich, the rural coffee caravan is on its rounds. it's a charity which signposts people to various services that can help. and rising energy prices is the main concern. well, if i can't afford it, i won't put it on, because i won't get into debt. i've never been in debt in my life. i'd just cut back on food as well, if i had to. i'd have a tin of soup and a roll. and, you know, hopefully, that would warm you up. today's rise is the largest single increase in the price cap, but most experts predict another is on the way injanuary. frances reed, bbc news. well, earlier, during a hospital visit

the prime minister was asked what the government is doing to help people deal with the increase. there was a pipeline of cash coming through over the next few months and through over the next few months and through the autumn and the winter, but that is clearly now going to be augmented, increased, by extra cash that the government is plainly going to be announcing in september. i want to make a point about what were doing. we want to target households. most of the money, the 8 million, that will go to the most vulnerable households. a lot of money will be going to absolutely everybody but i don't think we should be trying to cap the whole thing for absolutely everybody, the richest households in the country. this will go on for a few months, but, and it will go on over the winter, and it will be tough, and i have been very clear

about that. but in the end we are also putting in the measures that we need to make sure we have the energy independence to get through this. we are putting in more nuclear, more wind power, we have already seen a 26% increase in british gas now from the north sea. and we are ending our dependence on putin. lastjune, for the first time in a very long time, we imported no hydrocarbons from russia, so what i am saying to you is that the whole world is suffering this energy spike, it is caused by putting's aggression in ukraine, and i accept that it is tough for people. and we are doing everything we can to help and huge, huge sums are being spent now and more sums will be spent in then months ahead. but we will get through this and in the end we will come out in a much stronger position and putin will be in a weaker position and his ability

to impose economic blackmail will diminish in time. the to impose economic blackmail will diminish in time.— diminish in time. the package you announced — diminish in time. the package you announced earlier _ diminish in time. the package you announced earlier this _ diminish in time. the package you announced earlier this year - diminish in time. the package you announced earlier this year is - announced earlier this year is woefully inadequate, the crisis has been gathering pace during the summer and you have done nothing to update the policies, many people will feel you and your comment have sat back and watched as the crisis has unfolded, people are being affected now, they are not waiting. that is why the money is coming in now and what i am reminding you of is that not only is there going to be another big package in september, but we have already put in place, so £650 is already come in for the most vulnerable households, there is going to be another wodge of £650 for the 8 million most vulnerable over the next couple of months, then £300 for pensioners, 150 four people on disability benefits, council taxpayers have also got £150 discounts, and that is on top of

everything that we are doing with universal credit and but look the key thing i want to get over is that we have the fiscal fire power to do this because of the steps we took to combat covid effectively, to come out of the pandemic as fast as we could. what we are doing today here in south—west london is looking at how we can speed up the operations that will help relieve the backlogs and i think people are feeling the pressure of the cost of living, of course they are, but they are also feeling the pressure of the post—covid backlogs. the labour leader, keir starmer has been speaking in the past hour.... i have spoken to people across the country, they are really worried that in october the average bills might go up to £3500, possibly up to

£4000 injanuary and they want action taken. when i say to them that labour's plan is to freeze that, not let that price hikes take place, they say that is a good plan, and when i say we are going to pay for that in part by a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies who are making much more profit than they expected, they said that is right. we either allow oil and gas companies to continue to make those massive profits while millions of people suffer this winter or we do something about it. the labour party will not walk by, we will do something about it. in northern ireland, stormont�*s economy minister gordon lyons said he believed the £400 support scheme to be rolled out to households in the rest of the uk would be delivered there in november. a taskforce set up by the chancellor nadhim zahawi to look at how to issue the energy bill discounts in northern ireland has been meeting this morning. the dup minister tweeted that the talks with the chancellor and the energy secretary kwasi kwarteng had been very positive. victoria derbyshire

is in ipswich, talking to people about how this news will affect them. victoria. thank you, james. we are at this food bank in ipswich run by the food charity find. these food parcels get delivered to people of mccombes every two or three days. let's have a look at some other stuff that has been donated which will go out to people. a plastic box full of sugar, a couple of loo rolls, chocolate bourbons, canned milk, and there is also cereal and pasta in there as well, and that might be expected to last a households, and individual family, may two or three days, maybe three or four days if they batch cook and maybe put stuff in the freezer. one of the people who have benefited from this food bank is

brian turner. hello to you, thank you for talking to us. we also have saracen —— sally harrison from citizens advice. brian, what words would you use to describe the fact that you need to get help from a place like this?— that you need to get help from a place like this? upsetting. scary. and humbling — place like this? upsetting. scary. and humbling to _ place like this? upsetting. scary. and humbling to know— place like this? upsetting. scary. and humbling to know that - place like this? upsetting. scary. and humbling to know that there | place like this? upsetting. scary. l and humbling to know that there is someone that is out here. truth? and humbling to know that there is someone that is out here.- someone that is out here. why did ou ask someone that is out here. why did you ask for — someone that is out here. why did you ask for help? _ someone that is out here. why did you ask for help? because - someone that is out here. why did you ask for help? because i - someone that is out here. why did i you ask for help? because i couldn't afford to get — you ask for help? because i couldn't afford to get any _ you ask for help? because i couldn't afford to get any food, _ you ask for help? because i couldn't afford to get any food, due - you ask for help? because i couldn't afford to get any food, due to - you ask for help? because i couldn't afford to get any food, due to the i afford to get any food, due to the fact of the cost of living. and the money that i get didn't quite go far enough to help me go around the shops kind of thing. find enough to help me go around the shops kind of thing.— enough to help me go around the shops kind of thing. and you told me that ou shops kind of thing. and you told me that you are — shops kind of thing. and you told me that you are in _ shops kind of thing. and you told me that you are in receipt _ shops kind of thing. and you told me that you are in receipt of— shops kind of thing. and you told me that you are in receipt of universal i that you are in receipt of universal credit which is about £650 a month, and at the moment, your gas and electricity bills are aboutjust over £100 a month. have you worked out what that is going to go up to

with this price cap?— with this price cap? probably lookin: with this price cap? probably looking at — with this price cap? probably looking at £200 _ with this price cap? probably looking at £200 plus. - with this price cap? probably looking at £200 plus. everyl with this price cap? probably - looking at £200 plus. every month? every month. at the moment, i am using my gas, it won't be as much, but come the wintertime, it will go up but come the wintertime, it will go up to about 200, 200 £50, maybe more. —— £250. sol up to about 200, 200 £50, maybe more. —— £250. so i will have to see what i can afford and what tariffs are there, if and when they come out with the new tariffs from the energy supply that i am with. what with the new tariffs from the energy supply that i am with.— supply that i am with. what are you auoin to supply that i am with. what are you going to do — supply that i am with. what are you going to do if _ supply that i am with. what are you going to do if you — supply that i am with. what are you going to do if you cannot _ supply that i am with. what are you going to do if you cannot get - supply that i am with. what are you going to do if you cannot get a - going to do if you cannot get a cheaper tariff? i going to do if you cannot get a cheaper tariff?— going to do if you cannot get a cheaper tariff? i don't know, 'ust t to cheaper tariff? i don't know, 'ust try to carry fl cheaper tariff? i don't know, 'ust try to carry on i cheaper tariff? i don't know, 'ust try to carry on and i cheaper tariff? i don't know, 'ust try to carry on and speak i cheaper tariff? i don't know, 'ust try to carry on and speak to h cheaper tariff? i don't know, just l try to carry on and speak to energy firms and see if they can find a way to help me. i firms and see if they can find a way to help me— to help me. i know you turned to citizens advice, _ to help me. i know you turned to citizens advice, sally, _ to help me. i know you turned to citizens advice, sally, was - to help me. i know you turned to citizens advice, sally, was last i citizens advice, sally, was last year, sally, come a little bit closer so i can reach the microphone over to you, thank you for talking

to us. how much busier have you been, in terms of helping people this year, would you say? i been, in terms of helping people this year, would you say? i would say approximately _ this year, would you say? i would say approximately 70% _ this year, would you say? i would say approximately 70% busier - this year, would you say? i would l say approximately 70% busier than this year, would you say? i would - say approximately 70% busier than we were this time last year, so there are a of families in crisis. the rise in the amount of people that are reaching out for charitable grants has really, really increased, so these are people that tend to be, they are in work, they might have job orjobs, they are eligible for benefits because they are on a low income, and that still isn't enough money to put food on the tables or heat their home.— money to put food on the tables or heat their home. have you had calls from people — heat their home. have you had calls from people today _ heat their home. have you had calls from people today says _ heat their home. have you had calls from people today says the - heat their home. have you had calls from people today says the new - heat their home. have you had calls. from people today says the new price cap has been announced? yes. from people today says the new price cap has been announced?— from people today says the new price cap has been announced? yes, we are findin: that cap has been announced? yes, we are finding that people _ cap has been announced? yes, we are finding that people are _ cap has been announced? yes, we are finding that people are very, - cap has been announced? yes, we are finding that people are very, very - finding that people are very, very worried about what is going to happen in the future, people that perhaps were just about surviving and just about getting through, and they are now looking at that and thinking, oh, no, this will push me over the edge, what am i going to do? very similar to what brian was saying. what am i going to do, how

will i cope with the price rise? brian, you know the government announced up to 1000 do hundred pounds for the most vulnerable, people like yourself, that is coming down the track, there was a clip of borisjohnson reminding that that is coming. how much will that help. —— 1000 £200. it coming. how much will that help. -- 1000 £200-— 1000 £200. it will 'ust get me bite with what the — 1000 £200. it willjust get me bite with what the government - 1000 £200. it willjust get me bite with what the government are - with what the government are offering. people, notjust myself, but everyone on benefits, they need a lot more help orfor the but everyone on benefits, they need a lot more help or for the cost of everything to be reduced. the supermarkets, every day, are pushing the prices up. i walked my local convenience store yesterday and the prices had gone up on a loaf of bread, they had gone up about 30 p. so, i am bread, they had gone up about 30 p. so, lam having bread, they had gone up about 30 p. so, i am having to look at the reduced stuffjust so, i am having to look at the reduced stuff just to so, i am having to look at the reduced stuffjust to get me

through. d0 reduced stuff 'ust to get me throuth. ,, . reduced stuff 'ust to get me throuth. i. . . . through. do you have faith that the new prime minister, _ through. do you have faith that the new prime minister, whether - through. do you have faith that the new prime minister, whether rishi| new prime minister, whether rishi sunak or liz truss, will increase the support that has already been announced by this government? ihla. announced by this government? no. no, announced by this government? no. no. neither— announced by this government? no. no. neither of— announced by this government? tic. no, neither of them. announced by this government? tic. no, neitherof them. i announced by this government? tic. no, neither of them. i have never had faith in borisjohnson. it is had faith in boris johnson. it is his government _ had faith in borisjohnson. it is his government that introduced this package of support. but his government that introduced this package of sopport-_ package of support. but it is still not package of support. but it is still rrot enough. _ package of support. but it is still not enough, and _ package of support. but it is still not enough, and people - package of support. but it is still not enough, and people are - package of support. but it is stilll not enough, and people are going package of support. but it is still - not enough, and people are going to, over the winter months, people are going to pass away because either due to the heating problem or the food problem. people are actually going to pass away because of it. martin lewis was actually saying something similar on the radio this morning, that unless there is more direct support, people will lose their lives. direct support, people will lose their lives— direct support, people will lose their lives. , , .~ their lives. yes, people will take drastic measures. _ their lives. yes, people will take drastic measures. not _ their lives. yes, people will take drastic measures. not been - their lives. yes, people will take - drastic measures. not been horrible, people will top themselves. we will get to the point where people won't be able to survive and they get to the point and say, i have had enough, i can't cope with this any

more. i am enough, i can't cope with this any more. lam heavily enough, i can't cope with this any more. i am heavily in debt. and then they will push themselves over the edge. we will see a lot more of it happening. edge. we will see a lot more of it happening-— edge. we will see a lot more of it hat-enint. , . . happening. sally, the mental health of theole happening. sally, the mental health of people worrying. _ happening. sally, the mental health of people worrying, the _ happening. sally, the mental health of people worrying, the stress - happening. sally, the mental health of people worrying, the stress on i of people worrying, the stress on people, i mean, you must meet people everyday, you must pick up the phone everyday, you must pick up the phone every day to people who super stressed. i every day to people who super stressed. ~' ., every day to people who super stressed. ,, ., ., , stressed. i think one of the big thints stressed. i think one of the big things that _ stressed. i think one of the big things that causes _ stressed. i think one of the big things that causes it _ stressed. i think one of the big things that causes it and - stressed. i think one of the big things that causes it and we i stressed. i think one of the big things that causes it and we all know about it, is money. one of the biggest things people argue about in theirfamily is money, so when biggest things people argue about in their family is money, so when they are having to make ends meet, it is going to be stressful. what i would say is we are lobbying government in order, because we are a national organisation, we can get statistics on all sorts of things so we give government and the decision—makers those statistics in order for them to make informed decisions about what they do going forward for the people of britain. and what we are trying to do is to say that these grants and rebates that they are

giving are absolutely wonderful and very welcome but it needs to match the crisis and at the moment it is not. ., . ., . , ., not. the government announced up to £1200 for the — not. the government announced up to £1200 for the most _ not. the government announced up to £1200 for the most vulnerable, - not. the government announced up to £1200 for the most vulnerable, when l £1200 for the most vulnerable, when the price cut was 2800, that was backin the price cut was 2800, that was back in may, obviously we know a lot more now, 3500, potentially going up to five, six grand next april. what to five, six grand next april. what i would to five, six grand next april. what i would say _ to five, six grand next april. what i would say to _ to five, six grand next april. what i would say to people _ to five, six grand next april. what i would say to people is _ to five, six grand next april. what i would say to people is to - to five, six grand next april. twist i would say to people is to take a deep breath, and do some budgeting, contact your energy companies because a lot of the time, the energy companies can help, but it is making sure you do that work up front, you want to make sure you have done your budget, you know all of your expenditure, because when you are on the phone to an energy company, you forget things, and obviously the energy companies want to get as much money out of you as they can so it can be tricky if you forget some of your expenditure. so

do your homework before you speak to the energy company, and if you can't do that, come to us, we can do it for you. do that, come to us, we can do it for ou. �* . i. . ., . for you. brian, you have got a gorgeous— for you. brian, you have got a gorgeous little _ for you. brian, you have got a gorgeous little dog, - for you. brian, you have got a gorgeous little dog, a - for you. brian, you have got a gorgeous little dog, a jack i for you. brian, you have got a - gorgeous little dog, a jack russell called rocky, i gorgeous little dog, a jack russell called rocky, lam gorgeous little dog, a jack russell called rocky, i am guessing that rocky keeps you sane and gives you a lot of love, have you thought that, can your brain go there and think i might have to give up rocky because i can't afford the dog food? yes. i can't afford the dog food? yes, there have _ i can't afford the dog food? yes, there have been _ i can't afford the dog food? yes, there have been many _ i can't afford the dog food? yes, there have been many times - i can't afford the dog food? yes, there have been many times i i i can't afford the dog food? i'eis there have been many times i have thought about it and that is where i have managed to turn around and get help with dog food, pet insurance, because that is another thing i have to budget for, worming treatment, annual injections, and there have been times where i have sat there, looked at him, and he has been sound asleep on the sofa, and thought, one of these days if i am not careful, i am going to lose him. and many people with pets are actually saying

that because i have spoken to many of them over recent weeks and they say, we are just having to either share what food we have to feed the dogs or pets or get someone to get pet food for them. not many places are willing to reduce the pet food, and that is where a lot of people are struggling with the cost of pet food,it are struggling with the cost of pet food, it has gone up drastically, looking on average about 70, 80p for just some basic meet. and so a lot of people are having to share what food they have to feed the dogs. that is what seems to be the norm nowadays. that is what seems to be the norm nowada s. �* ., that is what seems to be the norm nowada s. �* . ., ~ that is what seems to be the norm nowada s. �* . . ,, , ., , nowadays. brian, thank you very much. nowadays. brian, thank you very much- and _ nowadays. brian, thank you very much- and you _ nowadays. brian, thank you very much. and you never— nowadays. brian, thank you very much. and you never know, - nowadays. brian, thank you very much. and you never know, the | nowadays. brian, thank you very - much. and you never know, the next prime minister might be watching and listening. let's hope so. sally, thank you for talking to us, from

citizens advice. we are going to talk to the woman who runs this incredible food bank charity little later this afternoon. alexandra loydon is a personal finance expert at wealth management company st james's place. alexandra, not everyone is going to be able to afford this, not everyone has several thousand pounds sitting in the bank ready to pay greater prices. what can people do? brute in the bank ready to pay greater prices. what can people do? we are headint prices. what can people do? we are heading into — prices. what can people do? we are heading into challenging _ prices. what can people do? we are heading into challenging times, - heading into challenging times, giving the price cap hike. there are three things i would say to people. firstly, reviewing, prioritising your outgoings, and asking for advice on doing that, so to echo some of the points sally made around budgeting, but i know that is not going to be an option for some people so for those who may have already done that or are finding

that more and more challenging, ensure you understand what government support you are entitled to and make sure that you are claiming what you are entitled to. and, then, thirdly, suppliers are offering grants, payment plans, brakes, reductions, engage with them early and plan ahead. i can't foresee them cutting off energy supplies to households but it is important that you engage early with them. british gas, for example, has an energy support fund to support vulnerable people. they are my three top pieces of advice to those who are facing a really challenging time right now. are facing a really challenging time ritht now. . . ., are facing a really challenging time ritht now. . . . �*, are facing a really challenging time rithtnow.�* . . �*, , right now. alexandra, let's pick the third bit and _ right now. alexandra, let's pick the third bit and go _ right now. alexandra, let's pick the third bit and go through _ right now. alexandra, let's pick the third bit and go through a - right now. alexandra, let's pick the third bit and go through a bit, - right now. alexandra, let's pick the | third bit and go through a bit, when you say engage, does that mean give them a call, e—mail them, what is them a call, e—mail them, what is the easiest way to get through? it

is sometimes quite hard to get through to some of these companies. you might have to spend an hour on the phone, are there enough staff in these companies for answers to be given? these companies for answers to be tiven? ., . these companies for answers to be .iven? ., , ., these companies for answers to be tiven? . , . ., , these companies for answers to be tiven? . , . . , ., given? that is a really great question- — given? that is a really great question. first _ given? that is a really great question. first of _ given? that is a really great question. first of all, - given? that is a really great question. first of all, i - given? that is a really greatj question. first of all, i think given? that is a really great i question. first of all, i think it is exploring on the website, if you have access to the internet, if you haven't then reach out to the likes of the citizens advice bureau and other areas of support, to help understand what they are offering. some of the websites i have looked at recently are explaining the options they are offering to clients and it is really important that you familiarise yourself. and, then, there are numbers available, there are also e—mail addresses. i would suggest trying to call and speak to somebody, albeit i appreciate the call volumes will be quite high and it will be difficult to get through to people right now. if you can't get through on the phone, then

e—mail, there are e—mails details and contact details on the websites of the providers that i have looked at recently. that is how i would be attempting to reach out and contact them. . attempting to reach out and contact them. , . ,, attempting to reach out and contact them. , . , , . ., them. this means people will have to be proactive. — them. this means people will have to be proactive. they — them. this means people will have to be proactive, they will _ them. this means people will have to be proactive, they will have _ them. this means people will have to be proactive, they will have to - them. this means people will have to be proactive, they will have to be - be proactive, they will have to be online, but there will be other people, some of them who will be watching now, who might be overwhelmed or might not be good at using the internet or who might be scared to pick up a phone, what about those overwhelmed people, those people who might be over the age of 80? how much society as a whole make sure that those people do not fall through the cracks?— not fall through the cracks? again, a really good _ not fall through the cracks? again, a really good point _ not fall through the cracks? again, a really good point to _ not fall through the cracks? again, a really good point to raise. - not fall through the cracks? again, a really good point to raise. if- not fall through the cracks? again, a really good point to raise. if i - a really good point to raise. if i look at the research we have done recently, the cost of living crisis is causing one in five brits to suffer stress related conditions and some of those conditions mean that people haven't got the wherewithal or ability to face into these challenges. i think is important for us all to be looking out for each other, reaching out to elderly

neighbours, elderly family members, making sure we are helping them more vulnerable. charities are clearly taking a really proactive approach, which is fantastic to say, and i think it is a collective effort of everybody to support each other at times like this.— times like this. thank you so much for 'oinint times like this. thank you so much forjoining us- _ merseyside police have said they've arrested a man on suspicion of murdering nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool. the 36—year—old from the huyton area of the city was taken into custody last night following an operation involving armed officers. he's also being questioned on two counts of attempted murder. the girl was fatally shot in the dovecot area of the city on monday night. our corresponent, alison freeman, is at the scene and gave us this update. it was literally just after nine o'clock this morning that merseyside police released a statement saying that they had arrested that 36—year—old man on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel here on monday night.

now, he has also been arrested and is being questioned on two charges of attempted murder. now, we know that that night that olivia's mother and the man that was being chased by the gunmen, joseph nee, were also injured, said that is possibly relating to those two counts. now, the force say that the suspect was arrested in an armed operation last night. he is from the huyton area of liverpool and, yes, he is continuing to be questioned, as the police say. alison, we've seen people laying flowers at that makeshift shrine behind you. do tell us about the mood of people in the area. yes, there continues to be an air of sadness, of shock, and of anger at this happening within the community. as you can see behind me the tributes, the flowers, the balloons, the numbers of them are continuing to go. people coming along in quiet contemplation, laying flowers

and just thinking and reflecting on what is happening. also, this morning, we had a visit from two footballers. former liverpool player ian rush and former everton player ian snodin, who played for everton kaid tributes from the clubs. on the liverpool card, it said, "rest in peace, olivia. "with deepest sympathy from all of us at liverpool football club. "you will never walk alone." on the everton tribute card, it said, "no words will lessen pain "or explain such a tragedy. "our city stands united. "for ever in our thoughts." but, as i say, that 36—year—old man is still in custody and being questioned by officers this morning. the bin strike in scotland is spreading, with workers in six more council areas joining the dispute over pay. the industrial action started in edinburgh last week before affecting other parts of the country, including aberdeen, dundee and glasgow. the walk—outs mean there

will be no bin collections until the end of the month. let's talk to our correspondent in glasgow lorna gordon. lorna, what are the streets looking like in different cities?— like in different cities? certainly in edinburgh — like in different cities? certainly in edinburgh where _ like in different cities? certainly in edinburgh where the - like in different cities? certainly in edinburgh where the strike i like in different cities? certainly. in edinburgh where the strike has been going on for more than a week, in the centre of the city, they are pretty filthy. this has been a deliberate strategy by the unions, they started in scotland's capital because of course the eyes of much of the country are on the city at this time of the year because of the festivals that take place in august, but it is a nationwide strike, it is spreading on wednesday to three other cities and council areas joined in, it started to affect glasgow, added 19, dundee, the number of councils went up to 20 local authority areas. —— aberdeen. and more local authority areas have joined in the strike, so now refuse

workers into thirds of local council areas in scotland are on strike, and it is having an effect, where edinburgh goes, the rest of the country will inevitably follow, in terms of the mess in the health hazards we are seeing on the streets. �* ., ., ~' hazards we are seeing on the streets. �* ., ., ,, . ,., ., streets. and we look at some of those pictures — streets. and we look at some of those pictures now, _ streets. and we look at some of those pictures now, lorna. - streets. and we look at some of those pictures now, lorna. as i streets. and we look at some of. those pictures now, lorna. as far streets. and we look at some of - those pictures now, lorna. as far as you can tell, when you speak to people, as they try to pick their way through some of that rubbish, is there public support for the strike? i think there is, actually. there is discussed at the mess but there is also a lot of sympathy, at least amongst the people i spoke to. the offer on the table for council workers is 5%, the three unions taking part in the strikes say that doesn't go anywhere near enough to helping their low—paid workers tackled this cost of living crisis, and it is not equitable to the offer down on the table down on england where there is a flat rate of £1925

being offered to all workers. up in scotland, it is between 900 and £1250 being put on the table for union members to decide whether to take. ongoing talks lasted seven and a half hours last night, they resumed just a few minutes ago, again they are taking place between the body representing scotland's local authorities and the unions, there is a desire for agreement to be reached. we are hearing some tentative progress but at the moment the unions are warning of a potential disc in —— winter of discontent ahead. we have just heard that covid—19 actions in the uk are continuing to fall, they are at their lowest level in more than two months, according

to office of national statistics. a total of 1.4 million people in private households are estimated to had coronaviruses in the week to august the 16th, that is a drop and the lowest total since june 11, when i had covid myself. the lowest total sincejune 11, when i had covid myself. now, time for a look at the weather. the weather not looking too bad as we head into the weekend. a bank holiday weekend for most parts of the uk. and the weather will mostly play ball. a few showers around, as there are today, across western parts, some heavy ones in scotland this afternoon. elsewhere, spells of sunshine with temperatures between 16 and 23 celsius, feeling fresher thanit 16 and 23 celsius, feeling fresher than it did earlier in the week. a fresh night for most. this lump of cloud mightjust keep temperatures at the south—east but cooler

elsewhere. the odd shower in north wales and north west england. some showers tomorrow but they will be the exception rather than the rule. most places drive. this weather system getting perilously close to northern ireland and western scotland. temperatures 24 glasgow, 25 degrees for london. the rest of the weekend, largely dry with a few showers and an increasingly brisk breeze. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... tens of millions of people will see an 80%t increase in their gas and electricity bills, as ofgem announces a new price cap. the regulator and campaigners call for immediate government action. the government — with our support, with the support of the industry, with the support of ngos — needs to act urgently and decisively to address the situation that's before us. we need to remain resilient, we need to make sure that this

isn't a sticking plaster, that for the long—term we continue to help the most vulnerable who have no cushion, and that is what i am determined to do, and we are working out those options for both households and for businesses, for the incoming prime minister on the 5th of september. a man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool on monday. royal mail has warned that letters won't be delivered today and some parcels could be delayed as around 115,000 of its workers go on strike. the chancellor has insisted he's working on options of further help for households and businesses to present to either liz truss or rishi sunak, when they take over as prime minister on september the 5th. nadhim zahawi blamed the russian president, vladimir putin, for the soaring prices. millions of households in england, scotland and wales are set to pay much more for gas and electricity from october, after the energy regulator ofgem announced a rise

in the price cap to £3,549 pounds a year — an increase of more than 80 per cent. earlier the founder of money saving expert, martin lewis, told bbc breakfast that there is a desperate need for more help from the government. we need to know now what extra help will come in because remember, the government announced help in may based on the price cap from october until april of £2800. we now know in october its 3000 5000. and it is predicted to go up to 5300. it has changed and that january prediction, we are seven months through the ten month assessment period, so that is

pretty robust. it won't be exactly that but it will be in that ballpark. we don't know from april onwards but for the january one, we are pretty certain. we are thousands of pounds short for the most vulnerable of moneyjust to enable them to survive through this energy crisis. and i pray that the new prime minister, when they come in, and we should have heard this earlier, but we are not there now, that they put proper help in place for the most vulnerable or this catastrophe is going to lose people's lives.— catastrophe is going to lose people's lives. catastrophe is going to lose eole's lives. ~ . ,, . people's lives. when you talk about the new prime _ people's lives. when you talk about the new prime minister— people's lives. when you talk about the new prime minister coming - people's lives. when you talk about the new prime minister coming in i people's lives. when you talk about i the new prime minister coming in and because for help, what tools are available for the government to help? when they come in and the new prime minister comes in and eventually we hear something, what tools can they go to? the eventually we hear something, what tools can they go to?— tools can they go to? the funny thint is tools can they go to? the funny thing is actually _ tools can they go to? the funny thing is actually the _ tools can they go to? the funny thing is actually the easy - tools can they go to? the funny thing is actually the easy bit - tools can they go to? the funny thing is actually the easy bit is. thing is actually the easy bit is how you help. i am relatively agnostic, you could freeze a price cap, although that means people like me pays less for energy and i'm not

sure that is what should happen you could put in a social tariff, something i have supported for years, you could take the main package of help and double every element and a little bit more and that would help cover some of these problems. actually, this is not about the mechanics, this is about the will. the issue is, we are going to have to take money from government funds, whetherfrom government funds, whether from taxpayers government funds, whetherfrom taxpayers or death and redistribute it down to the most vulnerable and stretching up to some middle earners, that is what we have to do. the question of how you do that, how you distribute it, that is open for discussion but in some ways, that is less of an issue than the fact that you do have to do it. as i say, i am relatively agnostic about the methodology for that and i would happily work with any methodology, i just bloody well hope it happens! let's go back to some of the basics. people will be listening to you this morning and they will be thinking about how they are struggling now and how they were in the future. take me through this scenario, you

have done the right thing, so you know you are struggling and you know you cannot pay any more. you phone your energy company, you have had a conversation, you are advised to have the conversation, you had taken all the grants available, gone through the charities, and you know you have done all the right things and you still cannot pay your bills. you are still feeling like there is no more slack in your budget. what happens next? there will be a lot of households for home that will be a very real circumstance. thankfully, if ou are very real circumstance. thankfully, if you are really — very real circumstance. thankfully, if you are really struggling, - very real circumstance. thankfully, if you are really struggling, then i if you are really struggling, then it is very difficult for you to be disconnected these days, if you can't pay, which is slightly different to not paying. you may well be moved if you are not already on a prepayment metre and there is emergency help on prepayment metres. but i go back to... some people are going to have massive health problems because they don't have heating in their homes for people are voluntarily disconnecting for i

said six months ago, may be a little less, i was out of tools to help people and government help is needed for you are asking me a question and i had been a money saving expert for 20 years and i don't have an unsettled i don't have an answer because there isn't one. that is why we are desperately in need of some government intervention and the mental health catastrophe that it is causing by not having an answer and not having firm plans in place on the day that this price cap is announced is also a secondary symptom and catastrophe of this. i chair the money and mental health policy institute, finance and mentally —— finance and mental health are so closely linked that to allow people to stare into the pit of financial doom that is coming this winter without offering them the torch at the end of the tunnel and saying help will come, without being specific, is terrible for

people's mental health. i wish i had an answerfor you, charlie, people's mental health. i wish i had an answerforyou, charlie, i people's mental health. i wish i had an answerfor you, charlie, i do not have an answer. the years i have been doing thisjob do not might —— provide me with an answer apart from talk to your mp and let us beg and plead and pray that the new prime minister when they come in get on this quickly and help save lives. because we are in that type of emergency. adam chapman is a heating industry expert and ceo of a company that helps consumers become more energy efficient and hopefully then save some money on their heating bills. he gave us some tips earlier. there is a lot of information out there and unfortunately it is very confusing. you will often hear the obvious easy stuff like turn your thermostat down on the wall, or insulate your cylinder and put in loft insulation, but there is extra sort of stuff that is talked about which may or may not be true, for example, turn off unused rooms, that could be true in some scenarios, not true in others. there are examples of where we should turn on your

heating for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening, and that may be true in some scenarios but not true in others. the best thing we can really do, as both heating engineers and consumers, is to educate ourselves as to how the technology works so we can decide what is best for our scenario and our specific home type and that is what our channel does, our youtube channel. obviously, you have talked about people educating themselves on technology and your youtube channel, some people don't use youtube, some people are older, they might be in their 805, wondering about their bills and wondering for really simple, practical tips which doesn't mean they have to learn about new technology. what can you say to them? yes, ok, so we do have practical tips and stuff. the first would be to turn your boiler flow temperature down. now, usually, on the front of your boiler, you will have a little dial which will indicate the flow temperature which it comes through your radiators. you really want to try to turn that down as much as possible.

again, there are issues here. for example, if you have a boiler that has a separate hot water cylinder, you can't turn it down to low or you won't get hot water. so there are little caveats like that. really, though, they should be speaking to the heating engineer and making sure their heating engineer is fully trained to understand this sort of stuff, which unfortunately isn't the case, typically. our industry has fallen behind. i think we need to put more onus on heating engineers to take responsibility on behalf of the older generation to help them. there is obviously easier stuff as well, you know, insulate your cylinder and things like that. how much does that cost? insulating your cylinder? insulating your cylinder, that will probably cost you about £30 for a jacket to put over your cylinder. something like that. and how much would that save? that might save you £150 a year or something like that. another kind of probably quite a good tip would be to get a weather compensation controller. this would automatically turn down your flow temperature for you. when you turn down your boiler flow temperature,

it extracts extra heat out of the boilerfumes before they disappear outside. again, that would take an engineer, though. the other thing you could probably do, as a consumer, is turn down your hot water temperature. if you've got a combination boiler which is where you don't have an additional tank, if you turn down your flow temperature to 40 degrees, which is typically the temperature you shower at, it will be a bit more efficient, rather than turning it up to 60 and then blending it with cold water to cool it back down. so there are lots of little tricks you can use. showers, not baths? showers, not baths, typically, yes. low shower heads. these rain shower heads, they need to be banned, really, because it is wasting water and heat. the higher volume water that comes through, obviously, the more water that is missing you, and that heat is going down the plug. obviously, we are speaking to you for some of these tips, but it is important to say these will not get energy bills back down to what they were.

what kind of mitigation can you offer, despite the fact that bills will go up, no matter what you tell people to do? if bills are going up, bills are going up. unfortunately, electricity prices are tied to gas, steel, and this isn't done at the supplier end, this is done back at the wholesaler and, so the minute that is de—linked, as electricity comes down, then heat pumps become very, very viable and people can start considering paying old prices then, especially if they insulate as well. more than 100,000 postal workers are going on strike this morning in a dispute over pay. it is the first of four days of industrial action, with walkouts also taking place on 31st august and the 8th more than 100,000 postal workers are going on strike this and 9th of september. royal mail says it has put contingency plans in place

to minimise disruption. throughout this summer, we've been reporting on the increasing threat of avian flu to bird life in many parts of the uk. now there's concern in the channel islands, after hundreds of seabirds in alderney died in recent weeks. conservationists are preparing for a significant increase in reports of the flu, and are expecting the island's gannet colonies to be particularly impacted. our correspondent euan duncan is in alderney for us. euan, you're standing in a beautiful place in the world but behind you, something devastating is happening to the gannet population. what can you tell us? just weeks ago, the islands that you can see behind me were full of granite, normally at this time of year they are fighting to find a space on the island as breeding pairs try and find a space to nest. at this year numbers are dramatically down because of bird flu. two weeks ago, 10% of all the

checks on the island behind me had died. today, that figure has doubled. almost a quarter of the whole colony have been affected by bird flu. alderney is unique in the fact that it has 1% of the world population of gannet on rock behind me. bird flu is having a huge affect on the breeding and the wildlife trust has noted that productivity of the birds, how much the birds are breeding, is hugely down. parent birds are dying and it is leaving the chicks on the island can feel. i don't know where they are and they are wandering round and they are being attacked by the other birds. there have been much earlier fledgling from the rock than normal. usually they leave at around 13 weeks but there have been noticeable signs of them leaving two weeks early. they do not have the ability or the skill to build up their flying and they are leaving as a result of the panic that they are

seeing on the island from the bird flu. this morning, i was here with alex, the officer for the alderney wildlife trust, as he was compiling data on the gannet.— data on the gannet. usually it will tell us how _ data on the gannet. usually it will tell us how the _ data on the gannet. usually it will tell us how the birds _ data on the gannet. usually it will tell us how the birds are - data on the gannet. usually it will tell us how the birds are breeding j tell us how the birds are breeding each _ tell us how the birds are breeding each year — tell us how the birds are breeding each year. that lets us know if threats — each year. that lets us know if threats are _ each year. that lets us know if threats are making them struggle to breathe _ threats are making them struggle to breathe. we are measuring the impact of bird _ breathe. we are measuring the impact of bird flu _ breathe. we are measuring the impact of bird flu on— breathe. we are measuring the impact of bird flu on our colony. it is a quantifiable piece of data. it basically tells us whether or not bird flu — basically tells us whether or not bird flu is— basically tells us whether or not bird flu is causing these birds to struggle — bird flu is causing these birds to struggle to breed. that'll have a knock-on— struggle to breed. that'll have a knock—on effect in the population of these _ knock—on effect in the population of these seabirds in years to come. the disease _ these seabirds in years to come. the disease is _ these seabirds in years to come. the disease is pretty intense and causes confusion _ disease is pretty intense and causes confusion and threats. it will be obvious— confusion and threats. it will be obvious that something is not quite right _ obvious that something is not quite right. there are also a lot of dead birds _ right. there are also a lot of dead birds on _ right. there are also a lot of dead birds on the — right. there are also a lot of dead birds on the colony and also a lot of gaps — birds on the colony and also a lot of gaps. usually, it would be really dense _ of gaps. usually, it would be really dense at— of gaps. usually, it would be really dense at the moment but on some of the areas. _ dense at the moment but on some of the areas, we are starting to see it becoming — the areas, we are starting to see it becoming a — the areas, we are starting to see it becoming a lot less dense. they will

notice _ becoming a lot less dense. they will notice this— becoming a lot less dense. they will notice this because it means things like seagulls and crows will be coming — like seagulls and crows will be coming onto the colony now where there _ coming onto the colony now where there are _ coming onto the colony now where there are gaps and they will be going _ there are gaps and they will be going there to attack the cheques and scavenge on dead birds. that is and scavenge on dead birds. that is a really— and scavenge on dead birds. that is a really big — and scavenge on dead birds. that is a really big concern for us because where _ a really big concern for us because where they— a really big concern for us because where they come in, they can possibly— where they come in, they can possibly pick at the virus and they will bring — possibly pick at the virus and they will bring it back to the mainland and spread it out to other bird populations and possibly poetry as well. . ., , . populations and possibly poetry as well. , . , , . ., populations and possibly poetry as well. , . , , . populations and possibly poetry as well. my ,. ._ well. usually, it is rare to see any dead birds — well. usually, it is rare to see any dead birds in _ well. usually, it is rare to see any dead birds in the _ well. usually, it is rare to see any dead birds in the waters - well. usually, it is rare to see any dead birds in the waters here - well. usually, it is rare to see any dead birds in the waters here but| dead birds in the waters here but this year the authorities have had reports of 100 dead gannet being washed up around the waters. a local fisherman told me this morning that over 30 dead birds he had seen in the water isjust over 30 dead birds he had seen in the water is just out there. they are very strong birds and it is unlikely and very rare that you see them washed up dead. this bird flu is clearly having a huge effect on the population. these behind me are just weeks away from flying off from

this rock and the concern now will be that birds such as gulls and crows will come onto the island, pick up the bird flu and transfer it much further than this tiny little rock in the english channel. police in australia say they've made their largest—ever seizure of the drug methamphetamine, with a street value of more than one billion us dollars. more than 1.8 metric tonnes, or nearly £4,000, of the drug was found in containers arriving in sydney port over the last few weeks. all of the shipments originated in the middle east. probably it is worth noting that the factory that was being used as the final destination point last week was dedicated to dismantling these pallets, removing drugs from the consignments in a very quick fashion, and the capability that the syndicate has demonstrated to us, in terms of volume and size, is enormous. these figures are staggering.

with the latest, here's our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer. this is australia's biggest ever haul of methamphetamine. 1800 kg were discovered hidden in marble in shipping containers at the port of botany here in sydney, so that is almost two tonnes at the drug. investigators believe that to a criminal gang, this sort of consignment would have a street value in excess of1 billion us dollars. the police here in australia say that the trafficking enterprise was audacious and that the sort of amounts involved were truly staggering. methamphetamine is known here in australia as ice. in many ways, it is australia's illicit drug of choice. it is estimated that 6% of australians have used this drug. now, experts say it is highly addictive and relatively cheap,

and the police say that methamphetamine has fuelled violent crime and mental health problems in this country. you speak to experts and they say that the drug ice in australia has torn through lives and can leave users suffering from paranoia and hallucinations. three men have been charged with this importation that investigators leave came from the middle east. that case is still before the courts here in australia. remastered photographs which reveal extraordinary new details of humanity's first journey into space have been published for the first time. rebecca morelle reports. three, two, one, zero. lift off. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

the voice of presidentjohn f kennedy on the apollo missions, which ushered in a golden era of human space exploration. the incredible images allowed the world to share the astronauts' experience of the lunar surface. houston, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. but now the missions are being seen through a new lens, exposing some long—lost secrets. andy saunders has spent more than a decade trawling through 35,000 images held in nasa's archives, studying each one frame by frame. and even though some looked far from promising, what they contained was extraordinary. so this was an image of interest. so on quite a simple level, first of all, we just look and we'll build up and start to stretch that contrast and pull out... oh, my goodness. ..what is actually in that frame. and lo and behold, there's commanderjim mcdivitt

on apollo 9 in 1969. and what we saw as a window is actually a reflection of the docking window reflected on his bubble helmet. each image has been digitally restored and enhanced pixel by pixel to give us the clearest view we've ever had of the moon landings. from vistas of the cratered surface to the eagle lunar module and a glimpse of what everyday life was really like for the astronauts. and they've even revealed the golf ball lost on the lunar surface five decades ago, as alan shepard took his hobby into space. only ten hours of footage were captured during the entire apollo programme, but it's taken years to analyse. so this is apollo 13, which is the mission that didn't land on the moon, because of an explosion 200,000 miles from earth. and here they are on the way back, not really knowing if they're actually going to get home alive. each individualframe of the movie is matched with the next,

then overlaid and aligned. it means any random glitches and distortions can be removed, and, slowly, the details begin to emerge. that's an incredibly laborious process. that can take days to complete one of these images. but the reward is we can now almost step on board apollo 13. this hand here is the commander, jim lovell. so here he is as his crew are resting, sleeping, filming his spacecraft and his crew on the way back from the moon. it's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. this technique also revealed a rare image of the first man on the moon, where neil armstrong's face is visible forjust a moment. three years later, charlie duke was one of the last astronauts to make the journey. as one of only 12 people to have walked on the moon,

he's been on hand to check whether the restored pictures capture what the experience was really like. it's a spectacular terrain, and the beauty of it. mostly greys, but sharp contrast between the blackness of space and the horizon of the moon. i'll never forget it. it was so dramatic. now others will soon get to see this for themselves. final preparations are under way for next week's test flight of nasa's new megarocket — the space launch system. eventually, it will be returning humans to the moon. try to get position here, then you've got it. for 50 years, we've been captivated by the apollo missions — witnesses to history as it unfolds. but, soon, the moon will be viewed through the eyes of a new generation. rebecca morelle, bbc news. now, if you don't like snakes — you better look away now.

homeowners in chandler's ford, in hampshire, were horrified when they saw a huge 18ft—long python slithering its way through an open bedroom window. the snake had escaped from a nearby property. emily ford reports. i've lived here for 36 years and never seen anything like that. my husband, itold him — i said to him, "i think there's a snake on the roof." he said, "don't be silly." it's definitely not every day that you see an 18ft burmese python making its way along your roof. i saw it move. then i saw the head come up and it started to move across the roof, across to the next house, where they had a window open, and started to go through. i was just going to get changed to go and tell the people when i saw them trying to poke it out and it fell on their car. this snake escaped from a house in chandler's ford early tuesday morning. she's like, "yeah, yeah. i've got pictures of it on the roof and going in the person's house."

i was like, "what? !" while many residents in ribble close had no idea what to do, ex—firefighter linda elmer sprang into action. ijust went straight up to where the snake was, because everyone was, like, panicking. basically, i picked him up. none of them wanted to help, so it was very difficult because he's a big snake. and, yeah, so i managed to like hobble down the road with this 18ft python wrapped around me and, yeah, knocked the owner's door and had to wake him up to come and get the snake, basically. so, yeah, i think it was a shock for all of us. linda has owned snakes and even performed with them over the years. she recognised this particular reptile because it was her neighbour's. the most lovely snake i've been with. ijust showed you a picture of me cuddling him on the floor in january. mahoosive! but, yeah, he's beautiful. burmeses are very docile. they're not aggressive.

much to everyone's relief, linda returned the snake to its owner safe and sound. a nice little adventure he had, going for a little walk. but, yeah, bless him. he's all tucked up in bed now. emily ford, bbc news. in a moment, the bbc news at one with ben brown, britney spears has released her first music in a number of years, a duet with eltonjohn. it a cooperate three of eltonjohn's classic hits. in a moment, the bbc news at one with ben brown, but now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. the weekend is nearly here, a bank holiday weekend everywhere except scotland. and the forecast is not looking too bad, with plenty of dry weather. not completely dry but mostly dry with sunny spells, a few showers, and an increasing breeze. you will notice that especially across eastern parts as the weekend wears on.

this afternoon, most places fine with sunny spells, more cloud. in scotland, some heavy showers here, the odd shower in parts of northern ireland, wales, north—west england, maybe into the midlands. temperatures 17 to 24 degrees and fresher than it was early in the week. now, through this evening and tonight, many of the showers will fade, we will keep some going across parts of north wales and north west england, some quite cloudy weather for a time across the south—east of england, that might hold the temperatures up but where we see clearer spells further west, a cool, fresh night with the potential for some mist and fog patches. for tomorrow, most places starting on a fine, dry note with some sunshine. we will see some scattered showers across eastern scotland, northern england, wales, the south of england, most places will stay dry, this zone of an rain grazing close to northern ireland and western scotland but again most places will stay fine. top temperatures between 20 and 25 degrees, generally, but perhaps a little cooler for some north sea coasts, a sign of things to come because this weather set up, as we move into sunday, with high pressure to the north

of us, will increasingly bring a north or north—easterly flow, picking up some cool air from the north sea and bringing it into some of these eastern coasts. so, temperatures here might struggle a little bit, maybe 17 for aberdeen, 19 for newcastle, warmer further west, a day of sunny spells and just one or two showers. so, there will be some contrast through sunday into monday. along some of the eastern coasts, it will be on the cool side, increasingly breezy, quite cloudy as well, whereas further west, we will see more in the way of sunshine, and that is where we will see the highest temperatures, may be in the middle 20s across parts of south—west england. this is how monday looks more generally, with that brisk wind off the north sea. quite a lot of cloud filtering in at this stage, best of the sunshine where we have got some shelter from the breeze out towards the west. again, there will be one or two showers and the temperatures, mid to high teens across eastern parts, low to mid 20s out towards the west.

scotland and wales are to rise by 80% in october. the energy regulator's new price cap means the average annual bill will rise to £3,549. i am terrified that when the winter comes we are not going to have enough for the bills, because of the electricity has already doubled now, what's it going to be in the winter? the chancellor promises that help is on the way for people struggling with their bills. he says the government is working flat out on options. we know we need to do more because actually the most vulnerable households have no cushion, have nothing available to them. the energy regulator calls today's news "devastating", and blames a rise in the price

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