>> good morning. it's tuesday the 25th of february live across the 25th of february live across the uk. britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. so we're going to see an energy bills surge again. we're going to give you as much advice as we can this morning on how to manage these rising costs and what role is net zero playing. energy secretary ed miliband had this to say. >> this will be very worrying news for many families, and it's dnven news for many families, and it's driven by the rise in global gas

prices. but this government is determined to act. >> the government has blamed these rising prices on the volatile gas markets. but we have an exclusive analysis showing net zero is a major culprit of our rising bills. >> well, that price cap rise is even higher than anticipated. but it's not just your energy bills that are going up water bills, council tax, national insurance and employers. life is about to get a lot more expensive very quickly. >> farmers are fighting on the environment. secretary steve reed will face the farmers this morning. they're calling the government's inheritance tax changes morally wrong. we'll be there with the farmers. >> and crime crackdown. police are going to get new powers to find stolen phones in england and wales, and could break into your home to find such an item without a warrant. >> well, the suspended labour mp mike amesbury has been jailed

for ten weeks. he's in prison after repeatedly punching a constituent, a constituent. but don't worry, he's receiving his full taxpayer funded salary in prison. can you believe that? >> and an accidental world record. is this how you'd imagine a world record marathon runner would look smiling and on crutches? 73 year old chris terrell will join us to tell us all about it. don't miss it. >> and is this the most awkward handshake? emmanuel macron meets donald trump as they declare the ukraine war could be over within weeks. they look like the best of friends here ish. >> as i said, that's not what we said. he's a smart customer, i will tell you that. >> this is our macron in it. yeah. yeah, exactly. trump is

saying i'm the boss. i'm the president of united states. i'm the most powerful man in the world. you're just a silly little frenchman. >> it's just a weird power play. and then. >> he puts his hand on his knee. >> he puts his hand on his knee. >> i know, weird, weird. >> i know, weird, weird. >> so did you see how he moved away then? i didn't like that. >> but i bet you starmer will be on the phone to macron today. say, for god's sake, how do i handle it? because he's going to go through this on thursday. well, it's awkward. >> it's awkward. they're always doing it. >> remember? theresa may held his hand. theresa may, the white house. >> donald trump's hand. >> donald trump's hand. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no, i don't remember that. >> no, i don't remember that. >> and it was apparently because she was walking. he was walking slightly up a slope. oh, and he was unstable on his feet. so she. and it looked so awful. >> yes it did. are we reading too much into this? body language is interesting when you get world leaders together though, isn't it? let us know your thoughts this morning, gbnews.com/yoursay and send in your energy questions. how worried are you about your fuel bills going up and what can we try and answer for you this morning? we're going to give it a good go first though. here's your latest news with sam

francis. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom. >> just after 9:30. well leading the news this morning, energy bills are set to rise again with ofgem confirming a higher than expected increase of more than £100 a year from april. the 6.4% hike will push annual bills for a typical household to £1,849, affecting 22 million homes across england, scotland and wales. the regulator says rising wholesale costs are to blame and suggests customers consider fixing tariffs. but prices could fall again in july. standing charges are also going up for gas and consumer groups are warning the increase will hit struggling families hard. labour and the liberal democrats are calling for more support, while the government says it is extending help for vulnerable households. while on that support, nearly 3 million households could get help with their energy bills next winter under new government plans. the

proposals would extend the warm home discount, offering £150 to 2.7 million extra homes, including nearly. 1 million with children. the government says the plans will ease the impact of gas price spikes, and is also working with ofgem on a potential debt relief scheme. the energy secretary, ed miliband, says expanding the discount will help protect millions of families from rising costs. farmers are demanding the government resets their relationship after months of protests over policies like inheritance tax on farms. the president of the national farmers union, tom bradshaw, will accuse ministers later of breaking promises with a morally wrong tax plan. in a major speech, however, the environment secretary says there is new support for farmers, including a five year extension to the seasonal workers scheme. steve reed will also promise protections in trade deals and legislation to help farmers grow drought and disease resistant crops. police will no longer

need a warrant to search a property for a stolen phone . property for a stolen phone. under a new crime fighting measures, officers will be able to act faster using phone tracking data to locate stolen goods with approval from a senior officer instead of a court. the government's new crime and policing bill also includes tougher knife crime laws, bans on face coverings at protests and new powers to tackle anti—social behaviour. home secretary yvette cooper says it's about taking back our streets and restoring law and order. that bill is set to be introduced in parliament today. and sir keir starmer says tougher sanctions will force vladimir putin to make concessions as world leaders marked three years since russia's invasion of ukraine. well, the prime minister is due to visit washington this week, where he'll discuss calls for a us backstop to any peace deal with donald trump, the president, who's already met emmanuel macron at the white house, claims the war would never have started if he was in charge. meanwhile, at the united nations, the us sided with russia, voting against a

european resolution condemning the invasion of ukraine. those are the latest headlines. plenty more still to come right here with andrew and bev. >> for the very latest gb news, direct your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/advent. >> malcolm grimston. >> malcolm grimston. >> welcome to britain's newsroom live across the uk with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> so mps, they're paid £91,000 a year. they're getting a 3% pay rise. very nice to above inflation. one of them is currently in prison for ten weeks. sentenced yesterday for repeatedly battering his constituent who'd had the temerity to raise with him at 2:00 in the morning. why is an mp out in his constituency at 2:00 in the morning, drinking an issue over a bridge? he's gone to prison. it's an outrage that

he's still allowed to be an mp, and that he's still allowed to draw his salary of £91,000 yeah >> so he's going to appeal this, apparently. but but he's obviously in prison at the time. >> if you do your. >> if you do your. >> job, he could be out by the time the appeal is, is completed. he probably will. he's only got ten weeks in jail so he could come out of prison, go back to being an mp, go back to representing his constituents. one of them is a victim there, as we see is kicking him on the floor. is that right? in any otherjob, you would probably lose your job, wouldn't you? >> well, i'd lose mine. >> well, i'd lose mine. >> if we got into a fight. >> if we got into a fight. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> a fist fight. let's be honest, some days it's been fairly likely we'd lose our jobs. >> without a doubt. >> without a doubt. so >> without a doubt. so what should happen in this constituency? should there be a by—election? should he stand down? should it trigger a by—election? effectively, every time this happens. >> even if you just punched him once, he punched it, knocked him oveh once, he punched it, knocked him over, and then repeatedly punched him. i was on the ground and said, you won't say that.

take on your mp again, will you, soft lad? >> yeah. it was, it was bad. now was the judge grandstanding in giving him ten weeks in prison? if he should have just got a suspended sentence because it was a first offence, does that mitigate the situation? does that mean he should remain as an mp. >> and should mps be treated differently to the rest of us? should they be held on a higher on a higher platform because lawbreakers, lawmakers should not be lawbreakers. >> yeah. and should he should he just should he salary be just stopped until he's out. because those constituents now have stopped until he's out. because those