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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. earlier i asked our political correspondent ione wells if the chancellor's comments today gave a hint as to how the next prime minister might deal with the crisis. there is pretty widespread consensus that much more is going to need to be done, not just some of those targeted measures aimed at pensioners and low income households, but also some of those middle earners as well, earning salaries up to £45,000. i think the comments 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 we have

heard touted. rishi sunak has already said he believes everyone would need some support this winter as well as a focus on 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 income earners will struggle as well? people will say surely there is a plan, surely the two candidates know what they want, and the reason we don't hear more is because they are so involved in the leadership campaign and don't want to give away anything that might derail that campaign? this crisis hasn't come out of the blue — surely they know what they want to do? i think that is the criticism at the moment. there are big concerns being raised notjust from opposition parties but some tory mps have told me privately that there is a real concern about the leadership contest going on too long,

that the delay in clarity for people who need to know how much they want to budget. how much support will be available. the two camps 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. one of the things he said was he would make up the difference between what the price gap is now and what it will be for those lowest income households. liz truss, on the other hand, hasn't given that much detail at all, other than saying she would remove green levies from bills and bring down national insurance. these are clearly not measures that would help everybody and i think she is facing pressure, particularly as the frontrunner in this race, to be much more specific now that we know what the price gap is. earlier i spoke to michelle berry, who leads special educational needs at a school in rochdale. she earns around £45,000 and is classed as a middle earner. she told me how things were for her financially at the moment. i am a teacher in rochdale. i absolutely love my job.

i am a single parent to two relatively grown—up children. my eldest has just graduated university and the youngest is in the middle of her degree currently, so that's us. we live in a nice—ish house and sort of, yeah... but as the cost of living crisis has grown, and especially around energy bills, what kind of impact is that having on you, michelle? it's really scary because obviously teacher wages haven't really increased over the past ten years, so money has been tighter and tighter squeezed. so i'm really anxious about the winter months, thinking about... i've even contemplated selling the family home and downsizing, which would have an impact on obviously us moving away from family. and it's really scary. we've started to switch off a lot of appliances overnight, so we've turned everything off at the plugs.

we haven't used heating at all through the summer months and obviously we'll be thinking about when we use it through the winter months. so there's lots of things that we're trying to sort of help compensate the costs with. but the cost rises, the price increases are so huge. i mean, it's difficult to economise that much. butjust to take you back to what you said, you're thinking of selling your home. how long have you lived there? we've lived here seven years. and obviously we're really happy here. 0urfamily live nearby, my friends live nearby. and, you know, it'sjust the only thing i can really pull back. and i don't have a really expensive lifestyle. i'm not a member of a gym. i don't have lots of direct debits every month. i've managed in the past to have sort of minimal savings, but that's obviously now a thing of the past. so it's sort of live in each month, and i realise we are in a lucky position compared to other people. but by the same token,

as a single income household, it's really challenging. are you 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 heard precisely what that support is? i think it's good that obviously that consideration is being made, but we'd have to see what that looks like in black and white, wouldn't we, because, you know, it's got to be in policy than talking about it. rather than just talking about it or saying those things in the media. would you have expected to have heard a plan before now, even though clearly we're a few days still away from that new prime minister being appointed, would you have expected the government to have set out a plan already, given the scale of the crisis? yeah, i think it should have been done months ago. i mean, this has been in the media for months and months on end, hasn't it? and we were expecting the price increase and then obviously the next price increase again injanuary. so plans needed to have been made

well in advance of this date. but unfortunately that's not happened. and people are getting worried and stressed about their own set of circumstances, aren't they? joshua emden is from the centre—left think tank, the institute for public policy research. he gave me his thoughts on what support should be offered. i think the government understands that there is a crisis, but at the moment, its response is in no way proportional to the scale of the crisis, and what we've been looking at is proposing, instead of the support that is being discussed in loose terms at the moment, we've been proposing a price cap freeze at the current price cap level to make sure that people do not face these astronomic costs that are coming in october. it would make sure that 4 million homes, for example, don't end up paying a third of their income on energy bills, which clearly is totally unsustainable. but it's worth saying as well that people are already struggling under the current price cap. compared to last october, if you compare last

october to the coming october, bills are going to be going up byjust under £2,300. they've already gone up by around £700. so people are already struggling, and there needs to be both a kind of combination of this universal support that we're advocating for in the price cap, but also more targeted support in the future as well. police in liverpool are questioning a second man in connection with the death of nine—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 nine—year—old olivia's death here earlier in the week. still people are 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 1,000 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. areej aaka manages the uk arm of the edhi international foundation — which is pakistan's largest humanitarian organisation. she told me about the work they are doing to help those caught up in the floods. thousands of people have been rescued by us alone, currently we have teams of volunteers, divers, 12 boats in different areas and 150 large ambulances dedicated to this relief effort. people are being rescued from flooded areas by boats and moved into ambulances to be transported to these makeshift camps where tents are being set up temporarily.

your involvement, it's really on quite a scale isn't it? everything from rescue, medical aid, to those aid packages, to help people deal with the aftermath of a disaster like this, it is a huge, huge response. i wonder, are you working in areas where the authorities are also working, or are you dealing with areas where the authorities are not getting into? there is little support from the pakistani government due to the lack of infrastructure in these areas. local councils are appealing to charities such as ours because we have established networks, we have been in pakistan for the past 70 years, and so local ngos are supporting us as well by providing support. large organisations are coming up to us and supporting us, contributing their efforts in this relief mission. so there is coordinated humanitarian efforts. but a lot of the camps support our charities

because of our reach and our established air ambulance network and marine ambulance network in these areas. you have obviously got very well established networks there, as you have been explaining. here in the uk, you have been fielding calls, the foundation in the uk has been fielding calls since the start of this disaster. it's been going on for a while, as we explained in our report, a thousand people have died, over quite a period of time. clearly the situation has gotten worse as the monsoon rains have become heavier. we have been established in the uk for the past two decades. we have an established donor base here as well as local communities that support us. the calls started last week but there has been an 80% surge in donations,

specifically for flood relief, with as many as 40 to 50 donation requests in a day. since the past three days to our hotline and website. it's an appeal to friends of pakistan, people in the uk, and internationally, to... tell me how the pakistani community in the uk has responded to this. there are a lot of requests from our donor database in the uk and people who previously have donated to us in kind as well. people who want to send out medicines, tents, mosquito nets, mosquito repellents, plastic mats, all the things required, dry food goods, cooking utensils, towels, hygiene kits, the list goes on. people have lost everything that they have.

sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre with gavin. good afternoon. let's start with a quite extraordinary afternoon in the premier league. there looked to be some really intriguing fixtures amongst the 3 o'clock kick—offs, and so it has proved. we'll have news of a record—breaking score for liverpool in just a moment, but we'll start with champions manchester city, who had to come from 2—0 down to beat crystal palace. erling haaland the star of the day with a hat trick. bernardo silva with the other one, as they won 4—2 at the etihad. it was a problem for me and my family and i am happy. fix, it was a problem for me and my family and i am happy. a hat-trick in front of the _ family and i am happy. a hat-trick in front of the home _ family and i am happy. a hat-trick in front of the home fans - family and i am happy. a hat-trick in front of the home fans must - family and i am happy. a hat-trick i in front of the home fans must have been special but three in the one game? pm been special but three in the one iame? �* ., ., been special but three in the one came? ~ . . ., game? an amazing feeling and i scored three _ game? an amazing feeling and i scored three hat-tricks, - game? an amazing feeling and i scored three hat-tricks, a - game? an amazing feeling and i | scored three hat-tricks, a better scored three hat—tricks, a better feeling. it is about trying to continue what we were doing, we were

almost there in the first—half and small adjustments, almost there in the first—half and smalladjustments, pep almost there in the first—half and small adjustments, pep guardiola told us, and it got results. it is about listening to the manager! a slightly easier afternoon at anfield, where liverpool crushed bournemouth 9—0 to equal the biggest ever premier league win. luis diaz and roberto firmino with two goals each asjurgen klopp's side move into eighth. chelsea are putting the pressure on. they got their second win of the season, beating leicester 2—1 at stamford bridge. raheem sterling is off the mark for the blues. he scored both goals for them. harvey barnes with the goal back for leicester, but chelsea hold on to seal the victory, despite being reduced to ten men early on when conor gallagher was sent off. in the early kick—off, manchester united ended their string of poor away performances with a narrow 1—0 victory at southampton. that was thanks to a bruno fernandes goal ten minutes after the break. the win against liverpool gave us

lots of belief, because they know they can compete with the best teams in the world. but against other teams you have to compete in the premier league, you have to fight, and we did much better than the last game against brentford. but now we know that. but still, at the start of the season, getting those results, it is really tough. it is hard work. and everyone has to be conscious of that. so here are all those results. it's worth seeing those in writing, as there are some remarkable results there. liverpool equalling that premier league record, then — what a way to respond, after their slow start to the season. elsewhere, brighton are second, behind manchester city on goal difference after beating leeds. pascal gross with the goal. brentford scored a late equaliser against everton. and in a few minutes, arsenal can go back to the top of the table if they can get past fulham at the emirates. to the cricket then at old trafford, where england are in a really commanding position in the second test against south africa. they got off to a terrfic start

earlier, james anderson absolutely flattening the stumps of captain dean elgar. ollie robinson and stuart broad also took wickets before lunch, but after that south africa really dug in. that was until captain ben stokes got the wickets of rassie van der dussen for 41. moments later he also dismissed petersen for 42 in a great start to the final session. and in the last few moments, james anderson has taken a wicket with the new ball. and this is how it stands. south africa on 174 for 6. they trail by 90. england well on course for a win in this test to level the series after that comprehensive thrashing in the first test at lord's. formula one is back from its summer break, with ferrari's carlos sainz claiming pole for tomorrow's belgian grand prix. the spaniard wasn't the fastest at spa though. championship leader max verstappen went more than half a second quicker. but he's been given a penalty for changing parts on his red bull car and will start from 15th, just ahead of title rival charles leclerc. mercedes drivers lewis hamilton

and george russell will start from fourth and fifth. that's all the sport for now. i'm really busy day. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. experts investigating the deaths of thousands of fish in a river 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, hejust 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 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. garden centres in england will be banned from selling peat compost from 2024. the move follows a public consultation and is part of efforts to fight global warming, as our environment correspondent, helen briggs explains. this dark, wet stuff is peat — full of organic matter and much loved by gardeners for nourishing plants. but because of environmental concerns, you will soon no longer be able to buy peat compost at garden centres in england. if you dig it up out

of the ground it is very valuable as a carbon store, it is broken down and all of that carbon is emitted into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. we have been working really hard to try and find a way of protecting these peatlands and stopping this use. there are alternatives, they are developing all the time. when the ban comes into effect sometime in 2024, gardeners will have to switch to peat—free compost or make their own, but environmental groups say that with peat still being dug up in counties such as somerset, this comes too little, too late. in the uk, we are storing about 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon in peat, so we need to protect that, keep the peat on the ground and keep it wet. however, it isn't enough. it is not quick enough. so the ban on retail sales of peat is not going to end peat extraction and peat extraction is continuing. peat mining has been part

of british life for centuries, providing jobs and income. the industry is on the wane but peat is still being extracted to make compost in some places. but sites are closing, with this area turned into a nature reserve. environmentalists say these boggy, wet landscapes aren't just beautiful, they are essential in the fight against climate change. helen briggs, bbc news. animal charities are warning of a "looming housing crisis" for dogs as owners struggling with the cost of living are being forced to give them up. the dogs trust has now issued an urgent appeal for more foster carers to help pets in need. emma glasbey has been to meet one pup who is being cared for in a temporary home after being dumped in the street. barry was found abandoned in a street in leeds. he's not yet ready for his forever home, but the dogs trust has

placed him with a foster carer. he's very lively, likes to play with lots of toys, just learnt how to bark so he's barking at things as well. so yeah, he's very energetic. i just look after them and the dogs trust do all the work about finding the right home for them so that they're in a forever home and not abandoned again. with christine, barry is learning to trust people and is finding his personality. barry is the 70th dog christine has fostered. each dog has its own challenges, and if i could keep them all, i would. but they are ready for their forever homes, and tears every time one leaves. but itjust means that i can continue doing what i'm doing. there's always another dog in need of a home. now, the dogs trust urgently needs more people like christine and is appealing for emergency

foster carers to come forward. the cost of living crisis is already being felt here at the leeds centre and right across the country this charity has never been busier. the dogs trust says the number of calls its had from people wanting to give up a pet is at the highest level its ever seen. injuly, the charity had almost 4,500 inquiries, with many callers saying they simply couldn't afford to keep their pets. we're getting more and more dogs needing to come in, people needing help. theyjust can't afford to keep them any more, whether that's to feed them or the veterinary treatment. and it's a heartbreaking decision. if a family's had a dog for many years, it's part of their family. but they have to be able to afford to feed the family and the dog. you know, it'sjust devastating. so many dogs, like rocky and tommy, are still waiting for their homes. buster has gone to a foster carer this afternoon, freeing up desperately needed space. the fear is, as households cut back,

the animal welfare system could be facing a crisis. emma glasby, bbc news. breaking news coming into us in relation to the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool on monday night. merseyside police saying two men arrested on suspicion of killing olivia have been released on bail. the police say a 36—year—old man who was arrested in huyton has been recalled, and a man arrested on friday has been released on bail. so two men suspected of murdering olivia on monday have been released on bail according to merseyside police, i am just looking at the merseyside police twitter account. nothing there about this