emma simpson, thank ou its investment plans. emma simpson, thank you very — its investment plans.ngrily 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 from other russian forces. paul adams reports. this barrage on a key bridge in russian—controlled territory. the damage from this and earlier attacks is clear to see. yesterday, russia said the antelo ski bridge was finally closed. for moscow, it is a setback. kherson is vulnerable, separated from the rest of russian control southern ukraine by the wide river, russia needs a number of key bridges to keep its forces supplied, which is why ukraine has been hitting

emma simpson, bbc news. lets get more on the situation around the uk.el bell in aberdeen. but first lets talk to tomos morgan in cardiff. what is it like today? there are so few peeple — what is it like today? there are so few peeple know _ what is it like today? there are so few people know in _ what is it like today? there are so few people know in cardiff- what is it like today? there are so few people know in cardiff central| few people know in cardiff central that the cafe decided to close as there is no one coming through. i spoke to a member of transport for wales who are not striking today because they are not in dispute with any of the unions, they are owned by the welsh government and they said in rush hour this morning the footfall was down to just 10% of what they would normally expect on a weekday. nothing going up north today. a few more running today across wales and we had in the strike last month but really the strike last month but really the strike today looks like a preliminary for saturday which could be worse with the company that

emma simpson there. 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 be enough? arman the fight between labour and capital that marx talked about the century and a half ago. what we are seeing is, as you say, record commodity prices as your previous contributors have talked about and they have seen the impact on the european economy of rising gas prices. moscow, russia have switched the gas off in europe. so, there is no getting around the fact that

our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere.ain, half of the uk's rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving with travellers trying to navigate the disruption. stressful. yeah. just a big change of plans. we've been up since 3:00 in the morning and flying from malaga. london euston is normally the sixth busiest station in the uk, but only a skeleton service today. actually no problems. it's about four trains an hour, which is pretty good. good on them. i support them. i think it's appalling actually what people are expected to live off. it wasn't just train disruption. at glasgow central station, protesters briefly descended to show their support for the walkout. a rail dispute that's getting messy. more picket lines with the two sides seemingly as far apart as ever. the rmt now accused of blocking an 8% pay deal over two years. well, we haven't got an offerfrom network rail, or the train operating companies that suits the needs of the dispute. the train operating companies have made no off

our business correspondent emma simpson is here to explain. thanks, jane. £400 payment, which comes off energy bills. it starts in october with a discount of £66, rising to £67 a month from december to march next year. how you receive this money depends on how you pay your bill. if you pay by direct debit, you'll see an automatic deduction. more than four million households use prepayment meters. if you have a so—called smart meter, you'll also see an automatic top—up added to your account. but it's a bit more complicated if you're on a traditional prepayment meter. customers will get a voucher via text, email or in the post which they'll need to redeem in person at their usual top—up point. the discount may not touch the sides given what's happening to gas prices and the implications for our bills. have a look here at the wholesale price of gas in the uk. you can see how it spiked to record levels after russia invaded ukraine — and it's rising once again. that's because russia has tightened the squeeze on the flow of gas to europe, and concerns are growing

our business correspondent emma simpson is here to explain. thanks, jane.eligible for the £400 payment, which comes off energy bills. it starts in october, with a discount of £66, rising to £67 a month from december to march next year. how you receive this money depends on how you pay your bill. if you pay by direct debit, you�*ll see an automatic deduction. more than four million households use prepayment meters. if you have a so—called smart meter, you�*ll also see an automatic top up added to your account. but it�*s a bit more complicated if you�*re on a traditional prepayment meter. customers will get a voucher via text, email or in the post which they�*ll need to redeem in person at their usual top up point. the discount may not touch the sides, given what�*s happening to gas prices and the implications for our bills. have a look here at the wholesale price of gas in the uk. you can see how it spiked to record levels after russia invaded ukraine — and it�*s rising once again. that�*s because russia has tightened the squeeze on the flow of gas to europe

energy companies centrica and shell announced a large rise in profits today. 0ur correspondent emma simpsont in because of soaring oil and gas prices. shell announced today that it made £9.5 billion of profit in just the last three months — more than double the previous year. meanwhile, britain's largest energy supplier, centrica, the owner of british gas, announced profits of £1.3 billion for the first half of this year — more than five times the amount it made 12 months ago. this isn't being driven by the rise in customer bills, it's down to higher sales from its oil and gas production arm as well as nuclear assets. profits at british gas are down. centrica has taken on 750,000 customers from failed suppliers, and has had to then find energy to sell to them which it didn't necessarily have hanging around, as it were, for it to sell, so it has had to go into the open market, buying that energy and so it has had to pay top dollar, to a degree, just like everybody else for that. even so, these profits and the news that centrica is sharing the spoils with investors through a small dividend ma