colletta smith, bbc news in manchester. thanks to colletta smith.rts to discuss how 0fgem has announced it's lowering the cap on household gas and electicity prices and to answer your questions live. so get in touch using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions — or email yourquestions@bbc.co.uk that is coming up at 12:30pm. tomorrow marks two years since the start of the war in ukraine. the conflict has seen more than 200,000 ukrainians taking sanctuary in towns and cities across the uk. 0ne centre in norfolk has become a vital community hub for localfamilies, asjohn maguire reports. usually you open every day and you see what happened yesterday. so, yesterday it was maybe for 15 minutes, sometimes it's four hours, it depends. just imagine if the very first thing you did every morning was to check to see if your home — 1500 miles away — was being targeted by an air raid. i have this app in the telephone, and we know which air alert we have. so usually it's every day, sometimes twice a day. 0ksana fled kyiv with her children and mother when the war started. s

colletta smith, bbc news in manchester.our energy bill and plenty more, please go to the tackling it together section of the bbc news website at bbc.co.uk/news — or visit the bbc news app. this is a pterosaur — a flying reptile that lived around 168 million years ago. it's thought to have looked a bit like this — and probably had a wing—span of up to one and a half metres. well, now the fossil remains of a new species of pterosaur have been discovered on the isle of skye. the wings, shoulders, legs and backbone were found in a rock on a beach, and it's the second type of pterosaur found on skye. dr liz martin—silverstone, a palaeo—biologist at the university of bristol, was involved in identifying it. today, we havejust named a new pterosaur which is an extinct flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs, and we have named the new species called ceoptera evansae, which we are really excited about. it's from the isle of skye and it's a brand—new pterosaur that we've never seen before. our new pterosaur, ceoptera,

cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports.to land. every five minutes, i'm looking on my phone. has it gone in, has it gone in? as a low income pensioner, every penny counts. gas and electricity are eating up a third of his income at the moment. it helps in the short term. i'm not going to lie. if i looked on my phone and found that i had that now i would put most of that money on my utilities. so it might help me with a few bills into march. but in april i'm going to be struggling. at the hope food pantry, across town, almost every customer is waiting for their £299. sarah's money has arrived already, and she's used it to repay debts to friends and family and pay bills. it was good to know that we're going to be able to pay things off and we've been waiting for it. we've, i'd say to family and friends, can we borrow the money until the cost of living comes in? and so, yeah, it's been good to know that it's there as a bit of a reassurance. you can't apply for this money, it arrives automatically. so if you get a text or an ema

colletta smith, bbc news.rn of a power—sharing government at stormont after almost two years. under the terms of a deal between the government and the dup, routine checks on goods arriving from england, scotland or wales and remaining in northern ireland, will be removed. our political editor chris mason is in westminster. chris, what can we expect today? when could power—sharing be restored byjeu—o when could power—sharing be restored byjell—o i think you and me might have talked about this before over the years. have talked about this before over the ears. ., have talked about this before over the ears. . , ., ., ., the years. that question of northern ireland in brexit _ the years. that question of northern ireland in brexit and _ the years. that question of northern ireland in brexit and borders - the years. that question of northern ireland in brexit and borders and - ireland in brexit and borders and trade, it looks like now we are just a couple of hours away from parliament here passing these tweaks in

here's our cost of living correspondent colletta smith. hi.houses right now. it's always a conscious thing where i'm always thinking of, you know, the bills coming out every month. l it'sjust in the back of your mind? i always._ absolutely. so when your energy bill starts to fall, will that make a difference to how you feel as a family? yeah, absolutely. itjust takes the pressure off. i mean, with food prices and inflation anyway, itjust allows us and me a little bit of room in the budget, really. so we will still continue to do as much energy saving as we can, because it's always going to help, but, yeah, it willjust be a bit of a relief, i think, for a lot of people out there. while sam heats up the tea, jansen and reuben give me the tour of the house to explain all the ways they're trying to save energy as a family. in here, we always turn lamps on. they don't cost more than a main light. i is this the heating? yeah, heating. so if we're all in one room, instead of heating up the entire house. - a whole drawer full of blankets. yeah, we've

here's our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith. hi.eeping the heat in, the cold out and bills down is top of the agenda in so many houses right now. it's always a conscious thing, where i'm always thinking of, you know, the bills coming out every month. l it'sjust in the back of your mind? i always._ absolutely. so, when your energy bill starts to fall, will that make a difference to how you feel as a family? yeah, absolutely. itjust takes the pressure off. i mean, with food prices and inflation anyway, just allows me a little bit of room in the budget, really. so, we will still continue to do as much energy saving as we can, because it's always going to help. but, yeah, it willjust be a bit of a relief, i think, for a lot of people out there. while sam heats up the tea, jansen and reuben give me the tour of the house, to explain all the ways they're trying to save energy as a family. in here, we always turn lamps on. they don't cost more than a main light. i is this the heating? yeah, heating. when we're all in one room, instead of he

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colletta smith, bbc news.els — as part of its strategy for business unveiled today in the city of london. the party chancellor told people labour would freeze the tax on profits at its current level, 25%, the lowest in the region, rachel reeves refuse to say whether she was standing by her commitment to spend £28 billion a year on green investment. she was followed by sir keir starmer, who said the big—name businesses at the event had transformed the labour party since he took over from jeremy corbyn. this has always been one of the key tasks in my project to return labour to the service of working people. because we know that in the real world working people want success as well as support. they want a government capable of matching their aspirations. understand completely that private enterprise is how we pay our way in the world. so all the hard work that has taken us to this point, it's vindication. a recognition of that guiding belief, notjust that labor could be the party of business, that labour should

colletta smith, bbc news. iraq after a drone attack killed three american soldiers enjoyed near the syrian border on sunday. 0ur correspondent in jerusalem nick because listening to the us defence secretary's news conference and gave us this assessment. it conference and gave us this assessment-— conference and gave us this assessment. it was interesting listeninu assessment. it was interesting listening to — assessment. it was interesting listening to the _ assessment. it was interesting listening to the us's _ assessment. it was interesting listening to the us's type i assessment. it was interesting i listening to the us's type defence official they are, outlining how the white house sees iran as stirring things up in the middle east. we have already heard from one of his colleagues how this part of the world faces a danger it hasn't seen for some 50 years, and lloyd austin there was making clear that he believed that he was responsible to this for funding and supporting various groups across this region. ch

colletta smith, bbc news in manchester. some really good practical advice. those savings do add up. as soon as we get them. thank you. it is 25 minutes to seven. mike, the sport. good morning. england, this test with england in india has not been going well. it is the fourth test. england have to win it to stay in the series. however, you can focus on the game as much as you like but what is great with sport now is we do spend a lot of time getting to know the stars and teams and characters, but also caring about them. a lot more emphasis on player welfare. so england, for the rest of the tour, will be a player down because rehan ahmed has to go home because rehan ahmed has to go home because of family issues. that is not in doubt of these days. we wish him well in the family well. this news only came out this morning, that rehan ahmed is packing his bags and needs to get home later today, because of what is an urgent family matter. he won't be returning, to take part in the last test. he's only 19, and the leicestershire star is seen as one of england's great young hopes. indeed, h

colletta smith, bbc news. we are going to checkin smith, bbc news.world and if you are heading to spain this summer and there are talks of even more water restrictions in places like barcelona, and seville. no rain in the forecast there in the next week, high pressure in charge, nosing into us were today making for a quieter day but the rent will come back in more abundance to north—west scotland later. for this morning, it's chilly, lots of sunshine to come, some shower started in the west of scotland but wins nowhere nearas west of scotland but wins nowhere near as strong as yesterday. pumping up near as strong as yesterday. pumping up later in the day as persistent rain goes into the and islands. the old isolated shower in north—west england but many of us staying dry and whilst the sunshine turns hazy it will be brighter across the south with temperatures lifting after the chilly start. northern scotland, persistent rain tonight, a more blustery night across the country bringing cloud and drizzle to the west after seeing temperatures drop during

million people are struggling to pay their household bills, bbc�*s cost of living correspondent colletta smithleading to more damp and mould in homes, consumer expert harry kind has his homemade remedy that you'll find in your kitchen cupboards to help you fight the fungus. and cook yvonne cobb shows us how to make her enchiladas that are packed full of protein and cost just £1.30 a portion. looks gorgeous. i say enchiladas and you say. enchiladas. i want to hear it from janette manrara. she was so much better. janette manrara love enchiladas. i love her enchilada, i do. studio: it is authentic. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm alison earle. friends of the woman who was injured in the attack with a corrosive substance in south london have launched a fundraiser to support her family. eight days on, the mother—of—two remains sedated in hospital. police are still hunting suspect abdul shokoor ezedi and say he was last seen on vauxhall bridge road just after 11 on the night of the attack. the problem of mental illness in children is being de

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