tonight at ten... tens of millions of britons face a massive 80% rise in energy bills from october, driven by a leap in the price of wholesale gas. the average annual bill for a household in england, wales and scotland is going up to £3,549, leaving many people fearing for the months ahead. i am terrified that when the winter comes we're not going to have enough for the bills, because if the electricity has already doubled now, what's it going to be in the winter? some help was announced by ministers in the spring, but with prices shooting up since then, what's on offer now? i accept that it's tough for people and we're doing everything we can to help, and huge, huge sums are being spent now and more sums will be spent in the months ahead. you've got two leadership candidates

who are fighting with each other about just how appalling they've been in government and neither has come up with any plan to deal with this problem. unforgivable. we'll be looking in detail at what the incoming prime minister could do to help, as households and businesses face huge energy costs that are set to rise further. also on the programme... as tributes continue to nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel, who was fatally shot in her own home, a second man is arrested on suspicion of murder. devastating floods in pakistan destroy property and claim hundreds of lives — the government has declared a national emergency. and lost in nasa's archives until now — previously unseen space photos of the first missions to the moon. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, england are on top in the second test against south africa at old trafford, as ben stokes scores his first century as skipper.

good evening. energy bills are to soar by 80% in october for tens of millions of people in england, scotland and wales, causing real hardship for many who are already coping with a steep rise in the cost of living. it's the result of the regulator ofgem increasing its price cap — that is the maximum amount that people on a standard variable tariff can be charged per unit of energy. it means the typical gas and electricity bill willjump to £3,519 a year from october, and almost £60 more if you're on a pre—payment meter. this figure isn't the maximum you can be charged — it is an average. and it's predicted that prices will rise even further next year. annual bills could exceed £5,000 from january 2023, and then more

than £6,000 from april. it's very sobering news for households across the country, and in a moment, we'll be looking at what help the government has already offered and what more it could do. but first, here's our business editor, simonjack. abby dezso is a single mum living in ipswich. the energy price rise will hit her hard. she has a part—timejob which earns her £1000 a month, but her energy bill is going up from £80 to £250 in october, which she will struggle to find. is there anything you can cut? honestly. . . no. as she looks at her stretched budget, her primary concern is for her children. you don't want them to go without, so as long as they're fed, that's my main priority. as long as i fed them, i don't really mind. if i can sort them out, i'm happy with a bit of toast, that doesn't bother me. but you just know that they're going to end up going without.

announcing the new prices this morning, the regulator said it would fall to government to help households face this crisis. the truth is, this is beyond the capacity of the regulator and the industry to address. so, what we are saying today is we have ten days now until we have a new administration and we have a new prime minister and a new ministerial team. what i am clear about is the prime minister, with his or her ministerial team, will need to act urgently and decisively to address this. households in england, scotland and wales will get a £400 discount on bills, and people on qualifying benefits are eligible for an additional £650 from october under support already announced. there's a separate scheme for northern ireland. today, the prime minister said his successor would provide more. there's a pipeline of cash coming 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. while the labour leader said prices needed to be held where they are now. we need to have a freeze on those energy prices, do not let them go up to those levels, and pay for that in part by a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies on those excess profits. so, how on earth did we get here? well, this is how. this is the wholesale price of gas. it's not controlled by government or companies or regulators, it's driven by international supply and demand. you can see there, the russian invasion of ukraine, which sent it rocketing, and it's soared again in recent weeks as countries scramble to buy up supplies of gas that's the big chunk in blue there. now, liz truss has promised to suspend this little green bit down here — that's social and environmental policy cost. rishi sunak says he'll cut the yellow bit there — that's vat on fuel. so, little wonder there are calls

for much more support than currently are on offer, especially as the industry experts who got today's number right have been saying that bills could hit over £5,000 injanuary and over £6,000 in april. back in ipswich, people at a local community centre were shocked and angry. it's actually made me feel ill, physically ill, to hear that figure. it's even higher, i think, than we were expecting. it's a nightmare, and most people can't afford it. i think of families. i'm a pensionerand i've got a struggle. it's almost an unimaginable number, iyou know, the sort of price of bills. that we're going to be facing come january as well. _ have you contacted us before? at the local citizens advice, many are seeking help for the first time. i asked the chief executive nicky willshere how she felt about the winter ahead. terrifying. i mean, i'm really worried about families and households, whether they're single households or not. the cost of energy is unbearable now, without it going up. and i don't know how households

are going to manage. i can just see that demand on our services and other voluntary sector services are going to go through the roof. most people's heating isn't on yet, and there is every reason to postpone that moment as long as possible. simon jack, bbc news. well, as we've been hearing, back in may the government promised £400 knocked off the bill for every household in england, scotland and wales from october. that will come in monthly instalments of more than £60 each month through the winter as part of its cost—of—living support. today, people in northern ireland were also offered similar help. although ofgem has urged the government to take further urgent action, it's been made clear that big decisions have to wait until the new prime minister is declared on september fifth. so what are the options for the next government? here's our economics editor, faisal islam. a sense of scale is important when considering the size of the energy crisis now delivered to every household in the country

and so the government's options. average gas and electric bills of £296 per month going into the winter will be unthinkable and unmanageable — and as some predictions suggest — they are north of £500 a month by next year, that's more than an average household's monthly income tax bill of £313. add all those bills up together and you get a giant dent in the economy, a significant political challenge for the new pm — who needs help, and who should pay? we didn't hear from liz truss today but rishi sunak said he would target support if he became prime minister. my priority is to support the most vulnerable in our society and pensioners. that's why on top of cutting vat off energy bills for everybody i would provide further direct financial assistance to those groups of people and i want them to have certainty that that help is coming. it would cost the government an additional £18 billion if it

wants to be as comparatively generous as it was in the last cost of living support package announced in may. if as expected gas prices remain high across next year, you could expect to double that. but if, as the industry and the opposition suggests, the increase in the cap could be scrapped for everyone — the costs would be £90—£100 billion. a pandemic—style support bill, again. you can certainly argue that once energy price rises are so big and the cost of those bills gets so high, that the best option is to go for something much more comprehensive, much bigger, and just tolerate the fact that, yes, some people on high incomes, some people who don't need the support, will be getting that extra support. you might start to think that that's just better than a targeted approach, which inevitably will miss some of those that you do want to help. so who pays for that? one option suggested by the energy industry is customers pay over the next decade, which would limit average prices now at £2,000 a year, but then leave them close to that, well into the 2030s,

even if the ukraine war ends. another is that for a second time there's a windfall tax levied on the profits of energy producers. but tory leadership candidate liz truss has said no, and has also ruled out a general tax rise. so borrowing is likely to have to take the strain, but there are no easy options here. interest rates are rising, as is inflation. so there is a significant choice, but a fundamentaljudgement too — whether to continue with the approach of targeting help, or treating this situation the same as the pandemic, to deal with this conflict—driven energy shock. the stakes are high for the economy, for government, and for every household in the country. businesses aren't covered by the price cap, which has led to fears that their energy bills could surge dramatically this autumn and winter. business groups say they've been urging the government to help for months, and that if further support isn't put in place, small and medium—sized firms could downsize or close their doors. our business correspondent caroline

davies reports from ipswich. there's no way to weld without using energy. everyjob at this sign making firm in ipswich adds to their energy bill, and that could go up by an extra £50,000 a year. it's horrendous, yeah, i mean absolutely horrendous. £1,000 a week. you can't plan for something that you've got really no idea how much it's going to be. we turn lights on and off, as we can, but when you're talking about £4,000 a month, turning the light off in the toilet is not going to change that much. many uk companies are starting to realise the full reality of energy costs, as they renegotiate their energy bills this october. some experts predict they could increase by up to five times their current price. businesses are not covered by the energy price cap, and many of them are expecting very large bills and a lot of uncertainty this autumn and winter. that means they can either increase their prices or potentially reduce their investment, or maybe a mix of both. this is affecting businesses

across the economy. having pulled through the pandemic, this salon had high hopes for 2022. but with their electricity bills increasing threefold, they're cutting back. we were going to take on another two trainees this september. but it looks more like we'll be taking on just the one. we were going to have a nice extension put on the back of the salon. that's been put on hold, i'm afraid. so, already within that month, we've two massive changes. the fear is that while some businesses can cut back or dig into savings, others won't survive. and there's a push by business groups to provide more support in the form of vat cuts, grants, or applying the energy price cap to smaller firms. if there isn't any support from the government soon to support small businesses, towns like ipswich could see a huge decimation of their high streets. the situation is that desperate for small businesses. they don't have the cash in the bank to weather this storm. the government has said...

i think it's worse than 2008. but the fear among businesses is already real, and many do not feel supported. it's understood that the treasury is looking at a wide range of options to support businesses for the new prime minister to look at when they are appointed, but businesses are already making decisions about their future and have no time to wait. caroline davies, bbc news. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. there are major and difficult decisions for the incoming prime minister but there is advice tonight from the current chancellor? that absolutely right, _ from the current chancellor? that absolutely right, and _ from the current chancellor? twat absolutely right, and advice for all of us from the current chancellor,

nadhim zahawi, because and effect is saying don'tjust ask nadhim zahawi, because and effect is saying don't just ask what the government can do for you, ask what you can do for yourself, because he said in reality, with the war on the continent we should all look at our energy consumption. he did have some advice for those conservative leadership candidates. in tomorrow's telegraph heath urged them not simply to confine any extra help those on benefits but to look at middle—income earners as well. he is a liz truss supporter. although she had said previously she was against hand—outs, i understand one of the ideas put to her as a temporary but substantial increase in universal credit. but her team are absolutely adamant she will look at ideas but you will not commit herself to any specific new policies unless or until she is in downing street. rishi sunak wants to take vat off energy bills but as we were hearing he wants to focus any extra help on the least well off. he says he will help the most vulnerable but he hasn't told us exactly how much help he will be giving. as an indication

i understand what he wants to do is to ensure that the most vulnerable, people and pension credit for example, people on disability benefits, would be in effect exempted from the entirety of the price increase. so big decisions for the incoming prime minister, as you say, and quite franklyjust like those energy bills, reeta, the pressure on those candidates to say more can only increase. join pressure on those candidates to say more can only increase. iain watson, thank you. — more can only increase. iain watson, thank you, reporting _ more can only increase. iain watson, thank you, reporting there. - you can find much more information about energy prices on the bbc website, with answers to questions you may have, more information on discounts or payments that could help, and advice on what to do if you can't pay your bill. that's bbc.co.uk/news, or you can use the bbc news app. in the last hour, it's been revealed that a second man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel, who was fatally shot at her home in liverpool on monday. he was arrested in the dovecot area of the city. it follows the detention by merseyside police yesterday of a 36—year—old suspect, who is now being

questioned by detectives. our north of england correspondent danny savage reports. pictures from a police helicopter last night in liverpool. this is the operation to arrest the man suspected of firing the fatal shots on monday night. that arrest took place here in the huyton area of liverpool late last night. what neighbours are telling us is that armed police did seal off the street for a time. merseyside police are saying that they detained a 36—year—old man on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old olivia and also on suspicion of two attempted murders. olivia's mother, cheryl korbel and 35—year—old joseph nee were both injured in the same incident. this is the audi 03 which police say took him to hospital that night. detectives want to know where it was in the days before the shooting and where it was seen afterwards. the killing of olivia pratt—korbel has horrified people in liverpool and beyond.

a little girl, adored by herfamily. the home secretary visited the scene today to see the area for herself. all our thoughts are with olivia and olivia's family at this really devastating and sad time. there is a lot of activity that's taken place. there is a lot of policing activity. there's also a lot of support. liverpool and everton football clubs also put flowers down close to olivia's home this morning. ian rush represented liverpool. ian snodin came for everton. our thoughts and prayers are with the family and it is something i cannot even imagine how it must feel. it's absolutely horrible. that's the only true thing about it. it is such a tragedy. if we can help in any kind we will. that's clear. it must be clear.

the police have arrested a second man. he is 33 years old and was detained near the scene of the shooting. detectives say they need information as much as ever with police work continuing. danny savage — bbc news — liverpool. around 115,000 royal mail postal workers have gone out on strike in a dispute over pay. today is the first of four days of industrial action, with walk—outs also taking place on 31 august, and the eighth and ninth of september. the postal service has warned letters won't be delivered and parcels will be delayed. our correspondent duncan kennedy has sent this report from southampton. the letters kept coming, but few will have been delivered today, a 24—hour strike that severely affected royal mail. i don't blame them, to be honest, and i think we're going to get a lot more of it. the government needs to do more without a doubt, because people are going to struggle. i'm not surprised.

everybody's on strike - at the moment, are they not? everybody wants more, more, more. what we want? peace of mind! picket lines have been in place across the country, this one in london. union leaders say they're only being offered a 2% pay rise and it's not enough. we want a substantial pay rise that reflects the efforts _ that our members putl in during the pandemic to keep the company going, - to get those record profits and also that protects them againsti the current inflation levels. royal mail says its offer is more than 5% and that it also needs big changes to working practices as the business moves from letters to parcels. we did do a down payment of 2%. we've now got 5.5% on the table, but we need the change to pay for that. today's strikes come amid huge structural changes for royal mail. ten years ago when it was privatised, it was all about letters, more than 17 billion handled every year.

that's now down to around 7 billion. these days, 60% of its earnings come from parcels. craig manship's business depends on parcel sent via royal mail. he makes badges of football teams and other designs, but fears he'll lose customers if those badges don't arrive on time. we will end up with lots of volumes being returned, lots of refunds having to be issued, lots of unhappy customers. and ultimately we're the ones who get the bad reviews. there are due to be three more strikes, one next week and two in september. duncan kennedy, bbc news. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news today. two british boys have died after being pulled from a lake during a holiday in germany. the brothers, aged seven and nine, were visiting the lake near aachen,

when their parents reported them missing on thursday afternoon. the boys were found by rescue workers and taken to hospital but did not survive. a man who murdered a teenager because she refused him sex has beenjailed for life, and will serve a minimum of 23 years and four months. lily sullivan's body was found in pembroke in december last year. lewis haines admitted murdering lily but claimed it was not sexually motivated. ministers have set out plans to reduce the discharge of sewage into england's rivers and the sea, a week after pollution warnings were issued on almost 50 beaches. under the proposal, water companies would be required to improve storm overflows and invest more to improve infrastructure. but labour said the plan would not eliminate sewage dumping. moderna is suing its rival pharmaceuticalfirms, pfizer and biontech, accusing them of copying its covid vaccine technology. moderna says the two firms didn't seek permission before

using techniques that it developed before the pandemic. the usjustice department has released a blacked—out — or redacted — version of the court papers that led a judge to authorise a search of donald trump's home in florida earlier this month. prosecutors are looking into allegations that classified items were illegally taken from the white house when the former president left office. he denies any wrongdoing. our north america editor sarah smith is in washington for us tonight. what have we learned? look at this. this is all of the evidence the fbi presented to a judge in order to get a search warrant to go into that property at mar—a—lago. half of it is blacked out. we did learn some fascinating facts. like when donald trump handed over some boxes of files earlier this year the fbi went through them

and found 184 classified documents, 25 of them marked top secret, some of them with trump's handwriting scrawled across them, and they were jumbled up with old press cuttings and magazines and other records. that's why the fbi believe there might be more classified information being stored in properly at chum's property. —— improperly. he has lashed out today and said this nothing more than a witch hunt against him but trump is facing some real legaljeopardy and not against him but trump is facing some real legal jeopardy and not for just in properly storing presidential records which should never have been removed from the white house. it saysin removed from the white house. it says in this document the fbi expected to find evidence of obstruction when they went into his property, as well. thank you. a "national emergency" has been declared in pakistan after almost a thousand people died following severe monsoon flooding that began injune. more than 33 million people have been affected by the country's heaviest rainfall in decades. hundreds of thousands of homes have been destroyed, and thousands of people have taken refuge in relief camps. the worst affected areas are in the provinces of balochistan

and sindh in the south, from where our pakistan correspondent pumza fihlani reports. moving to higher ground. families wade through the water with the only belongings they could salvage. in southern pakistan, many streets have been turned into rivers. families have set up tents on the few roads that are still visible. it's been more than ten days of heavy rains and yet the streets are still flooded. this is one of the main roads linking this community to the outside world. something has also happened here. many of the people of this community say they've lost their homes to the floods. what they could do was they moved to slightly higher ground and they managed to set up temporary shelter. they say to me they are worried about more rain is coming and they don't know how long

they will be able to stay here. just behind, this new tented community is where their homes used to be. from up above, devastation as far as the eye can see. balochistan and sindhprovinces have suffered the worst disruption. homes, roads, and infrastructure reduced to rubble. around sindh the provincial government has been distributing aid but the need outweighs its resources and are appealing for help. this man and his family has lived here for more than 50 years. his home was destroyed within minutes, he tells me. translation: we've lost everything. all our belongings are gone. the only thing we managed to save is our lives. the water's might has taken notjust homes, businesses too. in this video a new hotel, one of the largest in the area, was washed away within minutes. the owner told bbc he watched

helplessly as it came down. it's becoming clear to the people trapped in these remote communities that the worst is far from over and yet all many could do was sit and hope, hope that the coming storm will be a little more forgiving. it is a vulnerability many had never imagined. pumza fihlani — bbc news — sukkur. it's been an excellent day for england's cricketers, batting themselves into a dominant position in the second test against south africa. england finished their first innings on 415 — a lead of 264. joe wilson reports on the second day's play from old trafford. you don't always choose your partner at the test match. i think they're friends. but here is the combination that changed the game. names meant for each other. ben stokes has been addressing so many issues recently. can he combine the best of his batting with the responsibility of captaincy?

absolutely. south africa put their faith in their spin bowlers. stokes enjoyed them. he compiled hundred of patience as well as passion. for years ben foakes, an outstanding wicketkeeper, was overlooked by england because of his perceived limitations as a batter. well, having played a supporting role he took the initiative. in this match, made in his career. personal delight in 113 not out but the stokes culture is everything for the team and a total of 415 meant a first—innings lead of 264. do you remember how thoroughly england were outplayed at lords? it's remarkable how quickly they've turned things around here. but the match is not won yet. england now require wickets. nojoy so far. chances will come. south africa in their second innings are a long way behind with a long time to play. that's a combination england should enjoy. for now, which name do you choose, stokes or foakes? joe wilson — bbc news —

old trafford. it is the first apollo moon landings — but not as we have known them. remastered photographs revealing extraordinary new details of the first missions to the moon have been published for the first time. andy saunders left his dayjob to restore thousands of images of the apollo missions, which had been locked away in nasa archives. our science editor rebecca morelle has the story. 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. 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. 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 12 people have ever walked on the moon. charlie duke was one of them. 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 — 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. next week, nasa's new megarocket will attempt to launch for the first time. eventually, it will be returning humans to the moon. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. 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.