we havejust heard it is edf.mean for her bills going forward. she is one of 220,000 who was with utility point and now transferred to edf. the headlines on bbc news... bp and esso say they�*re experiencing �*fuel supply issues�* at some petrol stations because of lorry driver shortages across the uk. britain�*s gas crisis — nearly one and a half million customers now face being switched to another provider with higher bills. the government warns more companies are likely to go bust. the murder of 28 year old teacher sabina nessa — detectives make a new appeal for information from the public. an investigation has found that tenants are being evicted due to rent arrears built up during the pandemic — despite a government commitment that coronavirus would not leave anyone without a home. analysis of 270 possession orders issued by courts in england and wales this summer found that in one third of cases, covid was stated as the reason for the missing payments. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has t

it's 220,000 customers have been transferred to edf.lapse follows a huge rise in the cost of wholesale gas. in a separate development, bp says its experiencing fuel supply issues at some of its petrol stations, because of a shortage of lorry drivers. esso has also said a small number of its 200 tesco alliance retail sites are affected. downing street has urged people to buy fuel as normal despite the closures of some forecourts. a spokesman for borisjohnson reiterated there is no shortage of fuel and the uk has a resilient supply chain. more on the those fuel problems in a moment, but first our business correspondent theo leggett on the crisis in the gas industy. winter is on its way, and for many consumers, there is uncertainty over who will be providing their heating and light. on wednesday, two more energy firms went out of business. avro energy and green supplier became the latest victims of a crisis triggered by the soaring cost of gas and electricity. dan cook is an avro energy customer. he thought he was doing the right thing by

supplier, we are just gravely concerned who it is going to be, and if it is the likes of british gas, edff are we going to be put on, because it will no doubt be significantly more than what we have budgeted for. six. ceased trading since the start of september, affecting nearly 1.5 million households, and more could follow. if your energy supplier does go out of business, it is not as though the gas will stop flowing all your electricity metre will simply grind to a halt, the energy regulator ofgem will simply find you a new supplier, but if you are on a good fixed rate now, for example, you could end up paying quite a lot more. people within the industry insist that protecting consumers as their priority. insist that protecting consumers as their priority-— their priority. there is already a mechanism. — their priority. there is already a mechanism, and i know a - their priority. there is already a - mechanism, and i know a government are working at pace with industry to mechanism isn't enough, there will be something else, so the absolute priority— be something else, so the absolute pr

its customers were taken on by edf.ause they could be loss—making, it would be expensive to take them on and there is no profit available. at a time when energy companies, the sensible ones would be better prepared ones, have bought their energy ahead, they already have prices extent. they are secure. but if they take on other consumers, they may be less secure so they are reluctant to do that. we are seeing the system being tested right now. are seeing the system being tested riaht now. ., are seeing the system being tested riaht now. . ., ., right now. there are talks today with so much — right now. there are talks today with so much concern _ right now. there are talks today with so much concern amongstl right now. there are talks today i with so much concern amongst the industry. is it likely that it's going to be anything concrete coming out of those talks quickly? ispiel]! out of those talks quickly? we'll have to wait _ out of those talks quickly? we'll have to wait and _ out of those talks quickly? we'll have to