this is bbc news with the latest headlines: the government says middle—income earners will need more help to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest. but ministers claim waiting until a new leader is in place is the best approach. i think it's right that when they become prime minister, whoever it is, they will want to look at all of the options properly costed. police investigating the fatal shooting of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel at her home in liverpool, have arrested a second man on suspicion of murder. a national emergency has been declared in pakistan after millions of people were forced from their homes by flooding. it's been more than ten days of heavy rains and yet the streets of sukkur are still flooded. this is one of the main roads linking this community to the outside world.

scientists are trying to identify why thousands of fish have died in a river between poland and germany. the remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever discovered in europe, have been found in a back garden in portugal. jimmy anderson strikes at old trafford — as england look to level up the series against south africa. we'll have the latest from manchester in the sport. good afternoon. the chancellor nadim zahawi has said the country is in a "national economic emergency" which could last for 2 years, leaving even middle income earners in need of support.

his comments come as another minister defended the deferral of an announcement on further government help with energy bills, untila new prime minister is in place. yesterday, the regulator, ofgem, announced an 80% rise in the energy price cap from october, taking the average annual household bill to more than £3,500. here's marc ashdown. "help is coming." that's the message from the chancellor on rocketing energy bills, but when, how and who will receive it remains difficult to tell. in an interview with the daily telegraph, nadhim zahawi warns high bills could be here to stay for the next two years, and says while he's concerned about helping people on benefits and pensioners, those on middle incomes will need help too. "if you're a senior nurse or a senior teacher on £45,000 a year," he says, "you're having your energy bills go up by 80%." "it's really hard." "we're looking at all the options." the energy price cap is set by the regulator 0fgem.

it's rising by 80% in october. currently, a typical annual energy bill paid by direct debit is £1,971. in october, that will rise to £3,519. prepayment meter customers pay a little extra — a typical usage bill from october, then, will be £3,608. becky has a full—time job. for the first time, she's having to think about whether to heat her home orfeed herfamily. i've never had to use a food bank before. i've had to use one twice in the past few weeks, purely because my money isn't stretching anywhere, any more. every household will get £400 off their bill in six instalments from october, with more help for pensioners and those on lower incomes. but there is frustration for some at the lack of clarity on exactly when more help will arrive. because the government has been so relaxed, often late with its

announcements of support, and now refusing to say anything because of the conservative party leadership election, they've backed themselves into a corner. they have to be able to get money out of the door quickly to help people before october. the civil service is working up a full range of options, with the pros and cons of each, and who would be benefit from different interventions, and i think it's right that we wait until we have a new prime minister — it is not long to wait. this will be absolutely at the top of their in—tray. there are predictions the energy price cap could rise above £5,000 in january. the chancellor warns we are in a national economic emergency. marc ashdown, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent ione wells explained that the conservative leadership contenders have differing views on how to deal with the crisis. there is no widespread consensus that much and more will now need to be done, notjust some of those targeted measures aimed at

pensioners and low—income households, but also, as he stresses, some of those middle earners as well, earning salaries up to £45,000. i think what is common to £45,000. i think what is common to do is give a strong message to whoever the next prime minister is that these interventions may need to be more significant than some of the targeted support that we have heard targeted support that we have heard targeted at the moment. i know rishi sunak has already said he believes that everyone would need some support this winter as well as a focus on some of those more vulnerable households, liz truss's campaign has stressed she prefers a more targeted approach but the question is will that be possible if some of those higher earners are also starting to struggle too? people are saying, surely there is a plan, surely the next two mac candidates want to know what they want to do and that the reason we are not hearing what details is because they are so involved in the leadership campaign and don't want to say anything that might derail that campaign? this crisis hasn't come out of the blue, socially they know what to do? i come out of the blue, socially they know what to do?— know what to do? i think that is at the criticism _ know what to do? i think that is at the criticism being _ know what to do? i think that is at the criticism being levelled - know what to do? i think that is at the criticism being levelled at - know what to do? i think that is at l the criticism being levelled at them

at the moment. there are big concerns being raised notjust from opposition parties but some tory mps have told me privately that there is real concern about the leadership contest going on too long, that delaying any clarity on the support of people who want to know how much they need to be budgeting for this winter. and how much support available there will be. the two mac caps vary slightly in the sense that rishi sunak has stressed he would provide more support for everyone as well as more interventions to help some of the more vulnerable households. 0ne some of the more vulnerable households. one of the things he said is that he would make up the difference between what the price gap is now and what it will go up to four those lowest income households. liz truss on the other hand has not really given that much detail at all, otherthan really given that much detail at all, other than saying she would remove green levies from bills and bring down a national insurance, these are clearly not measures that would have everybody. i think she is facing pressure, particularly as the frontrunner in this race to be much more specific now that we know what

that price gap is. here with me now is michelle berry, who leads special educational needs at a school in rochdale, she earns around 45,000 and is classed as a middle earner. would you begin by telling us about you, yourfamily and your circumstances? i you, your family and your circumstances?— you, your family and your circumstances? . ., m circumstances? i am a teacher in rochdale, _ circumstances? i am a teacher in rochdale, i _ circumstances? i am a teacher in rochdale, i love _ circumstances? i am a teacher in rochdale, i love my _ circumstances? i am a teacher in rochdale, i love my job, - circumstances? i am a teacher in rochdale, i love my job, i- circumstances? i am a teacher in rochdale, i love my job, i am . circumstances? i am a teacher in rochdale, i love my job, i am a i rochdale, i love myjob, i am a single parent who has relatively grown—up children. my eldest has just graduated university and the youngest is in her degree currently. we live in a nice —ish house, and yeah... figs we live in a nice -ish house, and eah... �* , . we live in a nice -ish house, and eah... a ., . ,, yeah... as the cost of living crisis has grown _ yeah... as the cost of living crisis has grown and — yeah... as the cost of living crisis has grown and especially - yeah... as the cost of living crisis has grown and especially around | has grown and especially around energy bills, what sort of impact is that happening on you? it’s energy bills, what sort of impact is that happening on you?— that happening on you? it's really scary because _ that happening on you? it's really scary because teachers _ that happening on you? it's really scary because teachers wages - that happening on you? it's really - scary because teachers wages haven't increased over the past ten years,

so we have been squeezed tighter and tighter and so i am very anxious about the winter months and i have even contemplated about selling the family home and downsizing which would have an impact on us moving away from family and it's really scary, we started to switch off a lot of appliances overnight, we have turned everything off at the plugs have reduced heating through the summer, and we are thinking about when we use it through the winter months. so there's lots of things we are trying to do to compensate the price. are trying to do to compensate the rice. , . . ,., are trying to do to compensate the rice. , . . price. the price increases are so hue, price. the price increases are so huge. it's _ price. the price increases are so huge, it's difficult _ price. the price increases are so huge, it's difficult to _ price. the price increases are so huge, it's difficult to economise| huge, it's difficult to economise that much, butjust to take you back to what you said, you are thinking of of selling your home, have you lived there?— of of selling your home, have you lived there? have lived here seven ears and lived there? have lived here seven years and obviously _ lived there? have lived here seven years and obviously we _ lived there? have lived here seven years and obviously we are - lived there? have lived here seven years and obviously we are really l years and obviously we are really happy here, ourfamily years and obviously we are really happy here, our family lived years and obviously we are really happy here, ourfamily lived nearby friends lived nearby. it'sjust...

it's the only thing i can really cut back on. i don't have an excellence of my style, i'm not a member of a gym, | of my style, i'm not a member of a gym, i don't have lots debits every month, i have managed in the past to have minimal savings but that is it obviously a thing of the past. it's living each month and i realise we are in a privileged position commit other people, but at the same token has a single income household, it's really challenging. pare has a single income household, it's really challenging.— really challenging. are you encouraged _ really challenging. are you encouraged to _ really challenging. are you encouraged to hear - really challenging. are you encouraged to hear what l really challenging. are you l encouraged to hear what the chancellor has said today that people on middle incomes like yourself should be included in support even if you haven't had exactly what that support is? i exactly what that support is? i think it's good that it has been made, but we would have to see what the consideration looks like in black—and—white, whether... it has to be on policy doesn't it? rather than just talking about it all. would you have expected to hear a plan by now wets even though clearly

the new prime minister is still away from being appointed. would you have expected the government to have set out a plan already, given the scale of the crisis?— of the crisis? yes, i think it should have _ of the crisis? yes, i think it should have been - of the crisis? yes, i think it should have been done - of the crisis? yes, i think it - should have been done months ago. this has been in the media for months and months on end hasn't it? we are expecting the next price increase again injanuary. plans are needed to be have made well in advance of that. that has not happened and people are getting worried and stressed about their own circumstances and today? dire worried and stressed about their own circumstances and today?— circumstances and today? are they absolutely are _ circumstances and today? are they absolutely are and _ circumstances and today? are they absolutely are and we _ circumstances and today? are they absolutely are and we have - circumstances and today? are they absolutely are and we have been . absolutely are and we have been hearing that from so many. tell us about other things that you have. to cut down on, you are talking about some things here which are small luxuries but i don't think you are asking for the world, are you? things that you would consider as a absolutely essential part of your life quest lemon it sounds very self—indulgent? but

life quest lemon it sounds very self-indulgent?— life quest lemon it sounds very self-indulgent? but obviously not bein: able self-indulgent? but obviously not being able to _ self-indulgent? but obviously not being able to go _ self-indulgent? but obviously not being able to go on _ self-indulgent? but obviously not being able to go on holiday - self-indulgent? but obviously not being able to go on holiday next | self-indulgent? but obviously not i being able to go on holiday next day which i really looked forward to. my job is very stressful so just having those few days away with family is very important. i have had to limit my social life, so i'm looking at not going out... i don't go out very often, maybe once a month. that will have to change, meals out i things we might not be able to do. they would be considered luxuries, perhaps, i do appreciate that many people don't see those things, but at the same token, we work very hard, middle income earners, we contribute a lot in terms of national insurance and we are becoming more and more stretched and having to rethink things. you becoming more and more stretched and having to rethink things.— having to rethink things. you are not asking _ having to rethink things. you are not asking for — having to rethink things. you are not asking for the _ having to rethink things. you are not asking for the world - having to rethink things. you are not asking for the world are - having to rethink things. you are| not asking for the world are you? you are not asking to be extravagant?— you are not asking to be extravagant? you are not asking to be

extravarant? ., ., �* , , , extravagant? no, i don't buy things that are expensive, _ extravagant? no, i don't buy things that are expensive, i _ extravagant? no, i don't buy things that are expensive, i buy _ extravagant? no, i don't buy things that are expensive, i buy things - extravagant? no, i don't buy things that are expensive, i buy things in i that are expensive, i buy things in sales, i don't live a completely crazy lifestyle. just like a holiday once a year and be able to go out of 1's friends and family once and again. 1's friends and family once and aaain. ~ , ., . 1's friends and family once and aaain. ~ ., ., 1's friends and family once and aaain. ~ ,, ., ., ., ., again. while you are waiting to hear more from the _ again. while you are waiting to hear more from the government - again. while you are waiting to hear more from the government about . again. while you are waiting to hear i more from the government about what help and support they put in place, what would you like that to look like, what should that support be in your opinion? i like, what should that support be in your opinion?— your opinion? i think it's important to consider— your opinion? i think it's important to consider all— your opinion? i think it's important to consider all households. - to consider all households. 0bviously to consider all households. obviously i do own a good income but as a single parent in this household, my income has to pay very thin. it's important to target that support across the board, really, not to just be looking at people on benefits and lower incomes but thinking about households in the general. i have lots of friends and family who do have better incomes because they have a giant household but they are still having to make cutbacks and all of us... all of those cutbacks affects the economy

doesn't it? it affects hospitality, not going to meals. you have to think about all circumstances make sure everybody supported in this crisis. ., ~' , ., sure everybody supported in this crisis. . ,, , ., sure everybody supported in this crisis. ., ~' . sure everybody supported in this crisis. . ,, . , crisis. thank you so much telling us about your — crisis. thank you so much telling us about your story — crisis. thank you so much telling us about your story and _ crisis. thank you so much telling us about your story and we _ crisis. thank you so much telling us about your story and we wish - crisis. thank you so much telling us about your story and we wish you i crisis. thank you so much telling us| about your story and we wish you all the best. police in liverpool are questioning a second man in connection with the death of 9—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel, who was shot dead at her home on monday night. a 36—year—old man was also arrested on thursday. 0ur correspondent emma vardy is in liverpool for us. well, the police investigation here has been moving pretty swiftly with two arrests now in the past 48 hours. and that second man was arrested yesterday, just a few streets away from here. there was quite a commotion with local residents, local families watching as armed police restrained the man in the street before he was taken away. now, there really is still quite a sense of shock here at the outbreak of gun violence, which led to 9—year—old 0livia's death here earlier in the week. still people coming down to pay tribute, to lay

flowers and teddy bears. but police say, look, despite those two arrests, the investigation continues. they are still appealing for people to come forward with information that may help them to build a case. yesterday, we also saw a visit from the home secretary, priti patel, who was here at the scene. she pledged half a million pounds of extra funding to try to take weapons off the streets and provide mental health support. the metro mayor for liverpool, steve rotheram, said that's not enough. and off the back of this there should be more help for areas affected by organised crime. there have been more deaths in pakistan, as flooding worsens in parts of the country. the government has told people to take refuge on higher ground. nearly a thousand people have been killed in rain and flooding across the country since june. richard galpin reports. it's here in the southern provinces of pakistan that the ten days of heavy rain have had the biggest impact. floods sweeping away people, their homes and belongings. translation: here was my house.

my entire life savings are gone. translation: we were told that a concrete wall would be built - to protect us from the river, so we built a house, but the promise was not fulfilled. it's estimated more than 900 people have lost their lives in the last three months. those who've survived the torrents of water now finding higher ground, where at least they can be a bit safer. for many, tents are their only shelter. shelter is a big issue, water and sanitation, and the need is growing, especially when whole villages are washed away and people are living in makeshift arrangements, either in the government buildings or schools or their relatives. and the situation is not improving. more and more humanitarian assistance is required. from the air, the scale of what's happened in this region is very clear, and it's thought the worst is far from over.

many people here can only hope that the rainstorms gradually diminish. richard galpin, bbc news. our correspondent, pumza fihlani, has visited larkana, in sindh, from where she sent this update. sindh province has been one of the worst affected by the floods. people's homes have been washed away across the province. we've come to one village, though, where the response to that has been different. the people of this community have decided that they are not going anywhere — they're staying put. there's one reason for that — they say everything they own is on this compound. one of the things they're referring to is that herd of cattle over there. they're saying if they leave them then everything is truly lost. another thing is some of the contents of their house. they're saying at least here they know that everything is still intact. speaking of the houses, though, the foundations have been eroded by the rain and they're currently unlivable, but they offer some shade,

so during the day they will try and tuck away there for a few minutes. this is a family of about 70 people. most of them are children. they've said that a number of them cannot swim so it is risky to try and get them into the water. they've told me it's not ideal to be living here, but it beats being out in the street in the open. at least here, they know that everyone is accounted for, and they know that all their belongings are still intact. pumza fihlani there. the headlines on bbc news: the government says middle—income earners will need more help to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest. but ministers claim waiting until a new leader is in place is the best approach. police investigating the fatal shooting of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel at her home in liverpool, have arrested a second man on suspicion of murder. a national emergency

is declared in pakistan. millions are forced to leave their homes following the heaviest monsoon rains in decades. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. we will start at old trafford. england got off to a terrific start this morning. ollie robinson and stuart broad also took wickets before lunch but since then south africa has found some stability. (00v) and this is how it stands. south africa on 132—3. they trail by 132. england chasing win in this test, to level the series —

after that comprehensive thrashing in the first test at lord's. to the premier league then — where manchester ended their poor away form.... with a narrow victory at southampton. following their huge win over rivals liverpool earlier in the week.. united now have back to back victories, thanks to a bruno fernandes goal 10 minutes after the break. theyjumped to 6th in the table with all the points, before the 3 o'clock matches. the win against liverpool gave us a lot of belief because they know they can compete with the best team in the world. —— they can't compete. you have to fight, we did much better than the last game. but, now we know that, but still, and at the start of the season, as a result it is really tough, it's hard work and everyone has to be cautious about. the whole 90 minutes we tried really hard to put them under pressure _ tried really hard to put them under pressure and to create chances and i think— pressure and to create chances and i think we _ pressure and to create chances and i think we had — pressure and to create chances and i think we had a lot in the first i've come _ think we had a lot in the first i've come in — think we had a lot in the first i've come in the _ think we had a lot in the first i've come in the second half, in the end we tried _ come in the second half, in the end we tried a _ come in the second half, in the end

we tried a lot. sometimes in foothall— we tried a lot. sometimes in football it is like this. the ball doesn't — football it is like this. the ball doesn't want to go because... today was one _ doesn't want to go because... today was one of— doesn't want to go because... today was one of these days. so that was the early kick off, the 3pm games not long under way — let's take a look at what's happening across the premier league... liverpool, manchester city and chelsea all in action at the same. chelsea — leicester liverpool 2—0 bournemouth. jurgen klopp's side after their first win of the season. diaz and harvey elliot with the goals for liverpool there. manchester city 0—1 crystal palace... john stones own goal put them on the back foot there. own goal put them on the back foot there. leeds or brighton 0—0 so far. in the championship's early kick off sunderland had to take on norwich city

without their manager alex neil. he was absent after starting talks with stoke city following michael o'neill�*s departure. sunderland were unbeaten in their two previous home games this season, butjosh sargent�*s goal with quarter of an hour to go was enough for norwich to win1—0 at the stadium of light. in the rugby championship. argentina secured a famous win over the all blacks, beating them 25—18, their first win in new zealand. juan martin gonzalez�*s second—half try put the pumas ahead — and emiliano boffelli's six penalties helped secure the win. the all blacks have now lost six of their last eight tests as the pressure continues to mount on head coach ian foster. that's all the sport for now. you can keep up to date with all the action this afternoon including qualifying in the belgian grand prix at spa at the bbc sport website. that's due to get under way shortly, but for now that's all from me. experts investigating the deaths

of thousands of fish between poland and germany say the cause remains a mystery. scientists are still trying to identify what they say was probably a pollutant added to the water, that triggered a catastrophic chemical chain reaction. people living upstream have told the bbc they first reported fish dying as early as march. jenny hill reports from poland. a river that should teem with life instead gives up its dead. fish are dying in the oder in their thousands. in a single day, they told us here, they pulled 16 tonnes of corpses from the water. "after eight days of this," lucas says, he just feels numb. and it's not over yet. we joined these scientists as they test the water to try to establish what happened. check a lot of parameters of water chemistry.

they suspect an as—yet—unidentified substance polluted the river. that caused a type of algae to flourish. its toxins then killed the fish. you can really sense the frustration, the concern here, and that's because they still don't know what's caused this. and while they can't identify it, they can't predict how long the effects will last and, worse than that, they can't say that it won't happen again. it may be that the hot summer, low water levels played a part. even now, a wave of poison is still spreading down river. translation: the scale of its ecological disaster| is unprecedented in poland. it's a catastrophe. we have never found so many dead creatures, so many dead fish, clams or snails. it's the first time it's happened and it's a serious warning. the first of the dead fishes...

but upstream, hundreds of miles away, this woman told us she saw it coming. ava runs this marina in a working port. the water flows via a canal into the oder. people here first reported fish dying, the water changing back in march. translation: all the signs and traces that i followed i led me to conclude that the pollution got into the water directly here. i talked to many people, conducted interviews. my conclusion is that someone dumped chemicals into the port. few safe places left to fish, and on this unaffected lake, little confidence that the perpetrator will ever be caught. "someone's responsible, someone's to blame," he says, "but we'll probably never find out who." there's despair here at the damage done, but determination, too,

to better protect these waterways and the precious life they contain. jenny hill, bbc news, szczecin. the remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever discovered in europe are being excavated in a back garden in portugal. the fossilised skeleton of a sauro—pod was discovered in the central city of pombal in 2017, when a man began building work on his house. sauro—pods were the biggest of all dinosaurs and the largest known land animals. palaeontologists say the reptile was about 12 metres tall — about 39 feet — and 25 metres or 82 feet long. well a little earlier my colleague joanna gosling spoke about the discovery to dr sally reynolds. she heads the institute for studies of landscape and human evolution at bournemouth university — and specialises in mammal palaeontology. it's such a wonderful discovery, it means that there may actually be more of this very large dinosaur waiting in this back garden

in portugal to be discovered. why would it have taken so long to get to this stage of the excavation? because the initial remains were spotted in 2017? yes. i assume what the landowner days was the right thing, was to call in the help of a local university or museum team to come out and have a look. i suppose at that point they had to decide how to proceed, get experts together, then covid happened and i suspect they have onlyjust now had a chance to do one or two mac years of excavation and they have exposed those beautiful ribs which you can see. depending on how hard the rock is it can be pretty heavy going. i'm assuming it's a pretty big garden that this person has got in portugal and when you raise the prospect of other bones being found there that is another matter again. in terms of what can be learned

from this discovery, where does your mind go? well, i think every time we find a different individual of a well known species it gives us an opportunity to see how these animals grow, how long did it take them to mature, was it a male or a female, what can we learn about its ecology and its behaviour? to me, the bones are an incredible discovery but it's the secrets that they unlock about the behaviour and the maturation rates and how these animals behaves, did they live in herds, how do they take care of a young, those questions that palaeontologists will be hoping to answer. how much is currently known about the sauropod? we know quite a lot, we don't know what species it is because we have only been able to uncover some vertebrates and some ribs at this point. in terms of skeletons, that doesn't give you very much information about the species. it is of a similar type of an individual as we have seen

with other dinosaurs, we have a brontosaurus and certain of those other very large dinosaur so that people have seen in movies likejurassic park. hopefully, if we find the skull, especially if we find some teeth, the specialists will be able to determine exactly what species it is and it could even be anyone. now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini hello, there. if you got how does plan for the rest of the bank holiday weekend you may be pleased to know it is still looking mostly dry. small chance of a few isolated showers and sunny spells across much of the uk, and it will be rather easy it was the southern parts of england and wales as we head through to the bank holiday monday. overnight tonight it's looking milder crossed scotland and northern ireland. it will cloud over, this with a eastwards.

temperatures dropping to 10 celsius across england and wales, and logically skies. on sunday, it's looking fairly similar to saturday, should be mostly dry across scotland, we could see a few breaks in the clouds in the south—west of scotland, glasgow 22 degrees, a few breaks possible across... the lion's share across england and wales. small chances of showers and a north—easterly breeze. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the government says middle—income earners will need more help to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest. but ministers claim waiting until a new leader is in place is the best approach. police investigating the fatal shooting of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel at her home in liverpool, have arrested a second man on suspicion of murder.

a national emergency has been declared in pakistan after millions of people were forced from their homes. it follows the heaviest monsoon rains in decades. now on bbc news... talking business with aaron heslehurst. hello everyone, a very warm welcome to talking business with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go and take a look at what is on the show, the cost of living is going up, so in the numbers of us taking on super temporary work. if you have hailed an uberfrom a the person who delivered it was working on the so—called, gig economy. more than the quarter of the world work and temporary employment. and society? i am going to be talking the gig economy with these

two. the boss of the australian—based work platform, airtasker and