centrica says it knows these are _ january. centrica says it knows these are difficult _ january. centrica says it knows these are difficult times for . these are difficult times for households but that it had to strike the right balance if shareholders don't get a return, it says, able not bother investing and that is not good for the long—term future of the business or its big investment plans. emma simpson there. chris wheaton is managing director at stifel investment bank, where he covers oil and gas. chris, i don't know if you've seen the papers this morning but they are excoriating about what is going on with these profits to these companies and i think we can probably show some of our viewers around the world what is going on here. profits in misery. insults for working people. this is the guardian. the daily star calling them scumbags, the bosses of these companies, with because of their faces. this is really, really let the imagination of the british media and people across the country. what did you make of the help that is being provided, being offered, and is going to b

centrica said today that it soaring bills. centrica said today thatitis soaring bills.ficult times that customers are in but it has to strike the right balance, if shareholders don't get a return, that is not good for the long—term future of the business or its investment plans. long-term future of the business or its investment plans.— long-term future of the business or its investment plans. emma simpson, thank ou its investment plans. emma simpson, thank you very — its investment plans. emma simpson, thank you very much. _ unions have reacted angrily to the decision by the labour leader to sack shadow transport minister sam tarry yesterday. sir keir starmer took the decision after mr tarryjoined striking rail workers on a picket line. several labour mps have also criticised the move, saying mr tarry was right to be championing workers. ukrainian forces are trying to retake the city of kherson from russia. it was the first city to fall to russia in the war. now british defence officials say it is virtually cut off from other russian forces. pauladams virtually cut off

bumper profits for the owner of british gas — centrica — more than a billion pounds this year as householdng. right on time! and from the railway children to the wombles and doctor who — bernard cribbins has died at the age of 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we'll be in birmingham ahead of the commonwealth games and we'll look at what threat germany pose to england in the final of the women's euros. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. you the commonwealth games 2022 opens here at the alexander stadium in birmingham injust two hours�* time. this huge space seats 30,000 people, and although we don't entirely know the themes of the opening ceremony you do get hints of how they want to celebrate birmingham, with a mock canal and brickwork heralding its industrial past, and graffiti and skateboard ramps celebrating its gritty present. and we've also been told to watch out for exactly how the royal guests arrive. 0rganisers say it's the biggest in the event's history. prince charles will represent the queen tonight and performances will include local music and dance group

just explain, if you would, how energy companies like centrica are making such big profits?al as making such big profits? it is the global gas prices _ making such big profits? it is the global gas prices and _ making such big profits? it is the global gas prices and oil- making such big profits? it is the global gas prices and oil prices i global gas prices and oil prices that have shot up, as everyone else. they were very high before the ukraine war anyway, the gas price was, and since then they have gone up was, and since then they have gone up even higher. the cost of these oil and gas companies have not risen at all, but they are selling their gas and oil and electricity in centrica's case, into the market, and they are getting two to three times what they are getting last year, so that means record profits. that is not the same as the downstream part of the business. as centrica say, the energy companies selling domestic gas and electricity to us in the home are variably making any profits, they are making a small profit. essentially, it is the upstream part of these b

centrica are paying dividends. how does the companyjustify that? charity or a public service. yes, it claims to be making a loss on i charity or a public service. yes, it claims to be making a loss on its| claims to be making a loss on its retail division because at that price cap, but making substantial profits upstream where it is drilling for oil and gas and with nuclear power stations as well. we are getting this from a very large company, shelled today announcing £9.5 million profit for only three months and also total energy based in france, £4.5 billion there, and other company which sends a lot of its gas into britain from norway, £145 its gas into britain from norway, £14.5 billion of profit for three months announced just yesterday. it is hard to justify these figures, but they say the market sets the prices. a lot of the profits are going to shareholders and also going to investment in the oil and gas resources to try to get supply up and into renewables in order to make that transition that we are all agreeing is very well worth doing.

and that is, according to centrica, where where most of these profits come from. perhaps for pension holders and shareholders. but as you say, this comes at a time we are being warned that energy prices are going to go up and up? yes, and we have already had some backlash on this announcement. friends of the earth said earlier, clearly not everyone is struggling from energy crisis. these bumper profits will be greeted with disbelief by the millions of people across the uk who are faced with rocketing energy prices. the government must impose tougher windfall taxes on energy firms. that is something the centrica boss has responded to and said, bare in mind, over the next couple of years, we are expecting to pay a windfall tax of probably over £600 million on a uk gas business off the back of the profits we are seeing. saying that money is going to go back into society. of course that is the big pressure, that hearing these profits coming in, yes, good news for shareholders, but whether the money will come back into the uk economy is something that people will be ke

british gas owner centrica defends a decision to resume payouts to shareholders, as uk households come pressure from rising energy bills. and stars are paying tribute to actor bernard cribbins, famous for his many roles including in doctor who, the wombles and the original railway children, who has died at the age of 93. hello, welcome to the programme. the opening ceremony for the commonwealth games 2022 is getting underway at the alexander stadium in birmingham. organisers say it's the biggest in the event's history. prince charles will represent the queen tonight and performances will include local music and dance groups, emphasising birmingham's diversity. more than 5,000 athletes from 72 nations and territories will take part over the next 11 days. phil mackie reports. cheering and applause. the queen's baton is on its final leg. first stop this morning was birmingham'sjewellery quarter, where the medals that they'll be competing for tomorrow have been made. the last stop will be the opening ceremony. these pictures are from the dress rehearsals. the show�*s director is peaky blin

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higher energy bills are also on the front of the financial times, as british gas owner centrica urgeshe government to support households as their profits also soar. the daily express leads with what they call an "exclusive" message from rishi sunak, who is vowing to double the number of foreign criminals who are deported if he becomes prime minister. he's been speaking with liz truss at a hustings at leeds in the last few hours. the guardian has a photo of a giant bull on its frontpage from the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games in birmingham. the metro goes with a court case involving met police who worked with sarah everard's killer, wayne cousins. the energy story is dominating a lot of the broadsheets. what do you make of the broadsheets. what do you make of it, the energy firms profit surges, that's the splash from the guardian. this is the first dividend for shareholder roles in three years? for shareholder roles in three ears? , . , for shareholder roles in three ears? , , ., years? this really underscores how volatile the — years? this really underscores how volatile t

the centrica breakthrough in northern ireland later on. splashes of rain for the northern isles.for england and wales on sunday. more sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. it will be a warmer day for all, but we could see 29 or 30 degrees in the south—east but it could turn even hotter into the start of next week across southern areas. this is bbc world news, i'm rich preston. our top stories: tearful mourners gather in tokyo to await the coffin carrying formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe, after he was assassinated at a political rally. a standoff between the world's richest man and twitter, as elon musk says he wants to pull out of his $40 billion deal to buy the company. president biden signs an executive order, he says, to help safeguard american women's access to abortion. what we're witnessing wasn't a constitutionaljudgement, it was an exercise in raw political power. the tech war in ukraine. we follow ukrainian forces trying to hold back russian troops with drones. just hearing some sound of aircraft. they have told us, the ukrainian soldiers here, to take cove

british gas owner centrica defends a decision to resume payouts to shareholders, as uk households come