ellen fraser, thank you for our followers.earning that there may be a shortage of popular toys this christmas. the toy retailers association says ongoing problems with shipping containers, and a lack of lorry drivers, means it s taking longer for products to arrive from overseas. alan simpson, is the owner and managing director of toytown in belfast. that is a lovely name, toytown. absolutely. that is a lovely name, toytown. absolutely-— that is a lovely name, toytown. absolutel . ~ ., , ., absolutely. what christmas are you exectin: , absolutely. what christmas are you expecting. what _ absolutely. what christmas are you expecting, what are _ absolutely. what christmas are you expecting, what are you _ absolutely. what christmas are you j expecting, what are you expecting? we are seeing a challenging market at the moment, keeping up with demand and the problems we�*re facing with containers coming in from china. china is where the majority of toys are manufactured and there is a shortage of shipping containers, which means go

ellen fraser is an energy analyst and partner at the management consultancy firm baringa.s go under before the end of the winter. there is a real range. we have some of the bigger suppliers, they buy their energy ahead, they hedge their energy to make sure they smooth out the volatility in the pricing curves that happen. some of the bigger ones will be much more stable. it takes a lot of money to buy that energy ahead and trade, the amount of collateral they have to post are significant. a lot of the smaller suppliers don't have the money to do that and don't have the experience in terms of how to accurately forecast what you will need and then buy against that. the algorithms they use to predict what we use as consumers in the home and matching that often in terms of accurately what they purchase in advance, is quite a sophisticated skill. we have a number of new market entrants who don't have the skill to hedge effectively or the balance sheet and the cash to be able to do that. it leaves them much more vulnerable. typically, you would see this kind of market, some of th

thank you to our reviewers for sending your questions in. —— ellen fraser.hange. what shocked us was that it was not just the conifers badly affected but also old oak and beech trees. time is running out for the planet and for germany's green party which had high hopes for the election. support has grown in recent years, boosted by younger voters. but the chancellor candidate is lagging behind in the polls. there is no doubting how passionately germans feel about climate change but that alone might not be enough to put annalena baerbock into the chancellery. this, after all, is the country which invented the motorcar. some worry about the pace of change and how to protect the environment without killing off industry. translation: i would like to know who is going to pay for this. if the car industry gets kneecapped and tens or may be hundreds of thousands, maybe a million people lose theirjobs, maybe they should be a slower solution. together, perhaps, we can slow down global warming but when i see china opening up 200 airports and a thousand coal power stat

we can speak now to ellen fraser, energy analyst from baringa partners. e changing, what they really mean is that prices are going up?- is that prices are going up? yes, it is that prices are going up? yes, it is an interesting _ is that prices are going up? yes, it is an interesting one. _ is that prices are going up? yes, it is an interesting one. ultimately . is an interesting one. ultimately the moment, a significant number of customers in the uk are actually managing through the price cap set by government and that offers a level of price protection for these types of events, in the short term, but yes, it is inevitable over time, given the wholesale prices, actually they were high even before this fire happened, that yes, bills are likely to increase in the uk. mine happened, that yes, bills are likely to increase in the uk.— to increase in the uk. nine days to re air so to increase in the uk. nine days to repair so what _ to increase in the uk. nine days to repair so what -- _ to increase in the uk. nine days to repair so what -- what _ to increase

ellen fraser energy analyst and thanks to you our viewers as ever for sending your questions in. unlawfully discriminatory, butjudges today dismissed the case, following a two day hearing injuly. our corrrespondent helena wilkinson was at court — earlier she gave us more details about the ruling. under the law in england, wales and scotland there is a 24—week limit in which that period in which women can have a termination. but terminations can be allowed until birth if there is a substantial risk of the child having serious physical or mental abnormalities. now, that includes down's syndrome. so the claimants came to court, they're taking the government to court, arguing that that provision within the abortion legislation was unlawful. but the judges today dismissed the case. now one of the claimants is moya lee wilson, who is with us now. thank you very much for talking us to. just first of all, you have two children, your son aidan has down's syndrome, and why did you bring this case to court? so i, as you say, i'm a mother of two fantastic little boys, tom and aidan, and i lo

let's speak to ellen fraser, energy analyst at baringa partners. thanks for being with us.try have a government over a barrel roll, really because they are so crucial in providing co2 which is used in so much of the food supply chain. yes. much of the food supply chain. yes, i think it's increasingly _ much of the food supply chain. yes, i think it's increasingly getting involved — i think it's increasingly getting involved in this debate they saw a number of— involved in this debate they saw a number of talks between government and industry, the energy industry over the — and industry, the energy industry over the actually suppliers. it's an issue _ over the actually suppliers. it's an issue that — over the actually suppliers. it's an issue that impacts us all. it's actually— issue that impacts us all. it's actually good to see government responding so quickly. do actually good to see government responding so quickly.— actually good to see government responding so quickly. do you have an idea responding so quickly. do you have any idea what _ responding so quickly. do you

let's explore this further with energy analyst ellen fraser and the food scientist kumud ghandi. happens in the medium term and the extent to which government might step in to help suppliers manage prices to get through the price hikes. we suppliers manage prices to get through the price hikes. we have a selection of _ through the price hikes. we have a selection of props. _ through the price hikes. we have a selection of props. until— through the price hikes. we have a selection of props. until this - selection of props. until this current crisis, people would not have known how important co2 is in food production. have known how important c02 is in food production.— have known how important c02 is in food production. c02, and a number of cases food production. c02, and a number of gases are — food production. c02, and a number of gases are used _ food production. c02, and a number of gases are used in _ food production. c02, and a number of gases are used in food _ food production. c02, and a number of gases are used in food packaging | of gases are used in food packaging and p

well, to pick through all this we can speak now to energy analyst ellen fraser and also to ian wrighting. from the supply side we have a challenging situation, it is not just one but multiple things going on, so the weather has been calm recently, so wind generation has dropped off. we also have, usually, at this time of year, the gas storage tanks in the uk would be really full but we have had importation challenges from russia over the summer. that of course we have some outages in some of the systems associated with the energy supply system as well. so there was a big connectorfire at supply system as well. so there was a big connector fire at the end supply system as well. so there was a big connectorfire at the end of last week which is creating challenges as well, so supply is constrained, demand is increasing and prices are therefore increasing. there is however an enterprise. does that limit what we as consumers will be charged? 50. that limit what we as consumers will be charged?— be charged? so, from now, it limits those people _ be charged? so, from now, it limits those peo