and the duchess of sussex tells a us magazine that just existing was enough to upset the dynamics of the royal hierarchy. and coming up: we ll hearfrom one gardener who s successfully grown the world s longest cucumber. it s a lot of fun growing a giant vegetable. you can compete notjust in the uk, you can compete around the world. it s incredible. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal to help pakistan deal with devastating floods. the country s prime minister has said the floods are the worst in the country s history. provinces in the south by the provinces in the south by the worst provinces in the south by the worst affected. but mountainous regions further north have also been badly hit. more than 1,000 people are known to have been killed as roads, homes and bridges were washed away across the country. and officials estimate more than 33 million pakistanis, that s one in seven people, have been affected by the flooding. we have two reports from pakistan. in
banks stocks might run out. 169 food banks have told the guardian that the number of people seeking emergency help has already grown dramatically and they re predicting bleak weeks ahead. itjust dramatically and they re predicting bleak weeks ahead. it just feel like we are facing a bleak winter. the winter doesn t we are facing a bleak winter. the winter doesn t seem deeply worrying and the winter doesn t seem deeply worrying and the position that people have been and the position that people have been thrown into does seem. thabs been thrown into does seem. that s looking at the poorest end of the spectrum. they probably won t be managing the spectrum. they probably won t be managing any more. there was a story on the managing any more. there was a story on the telegraph the other day when the fuel on the telegraph the other day when the fuel price calf lifted in october. 50% of uk families in fuel poverty. october. 50% of uk families in fuel poverty. so
hello, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are olivia utley, who s assistant comment editor at the daily telegraph, and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. a warm welcome to you both once again. thanks very much for being with us. a glimpse of the front pages. and we begin with the times and that breaking news of mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. the telegraph follows the story, saying gorbachev s reforms set in train a series of events that led to the collapse of soviet communism, and helped to end the cold war. the metro s front page the world mourns a true man of peace the world mourns a true man of peace. back here in the uk, the i newspaper carries a plea from small businesses to whoever becomes prime minister save us from 400% energy hikes, is its headline. as the summer season turns to autumn, the mirror says households back an urgent freeze in energy bills. the ft focu
bill to more than £3,500. here s marc ashdown. help is coming. that is the message from the chancellor on rocketing energy bills, but when, how and who will receive it remains difficult to tell. in an interview with the daily telegraph, nadhim zahawi warns high bills could be here to stay for the next two years, and says while he is concerned about helping people on benefits and pensioners, those on middle incomes will need help too. if you re a senior nurse or a senior teacher on £45,000 a year, he says, you re having your energy bills go up by 80%. it s really hard. we are looking at all the options. the energy price cap is set by the regulator 0fgem. it s rising by 80% in october. currently a typical annual energy bill paid by direct debit is £1,971. in october, that will rise to £3,519. prepayment meter customers pay a little extra a typical usage bill from october then will be £3,608. becky has a full time job. for the first time she is having to think about wheth