and at how the pandemic has this cohort of 18 year olds. also on the programme. the killing of 87 year old thomas o halloran, who was stabbed on his mobility scooter in west london a man is arrested. another rail strike leaves only one in five trains running with widespread disruption for passengers. and divers say they struck gold off the isles of scilly when they found the us warship which sank during world war i. and coming up on the bbc news channel. south africa take a lead in the first test as engalnd desperately try to limit their advantage on day two at lord s. good afternoon. there s been delight but also disappointment on results day for hundreds of thousands of teenagers across england, wales and northern ireland who ve had their studies severely disrupted by the pandemic. almost 850,000 a levels were taken this year and the proportion of top grades fell compared with the last two years, although they are still higher than before the pandemic. these pupils w
the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s, the government will give thousands of people an interim payment of £100,000 each. i think it s a vindication of the work of the inquiry and the fact that this is an interim compensation payment suggests to me that liability has been accepted by the government. there are pollution warnings for nearly 50 beaches around england and wales after untreated sewage is discharged with heavy rain. and britain s emma raducanu knocks serena williams out of the cincinnati masters in straight sets. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we will have the latest from lord s as england take on south africa in the first test of the series. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. an increase in food and drink prices has pushed inflation to double digits as the cost of living crisis intensifies. the office for national statistics says the rise in the price of goods is now at its highest rate for more than a0 years. inflation hit 1
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novak djokovic, says he will not play the us open that starts next week because he hasn t had a covid vaccine. it means he would be refused entry to the united states. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sebastian payne, who s the whitehall editor for financial times, and the journalist and author, claire cohen. first of all, let s take a look at the front pages. the i newspaper has that all important story on energy bills, as millions prepare for a huge rise in october prices expected to be announced tomorrow morning at 7am. as the nation awaits the next prime minister, the daily telegraph says the new pm will hit the ground running and offer urgent help bills within days of stepping into number ten. meanwhile, the ft follows the frontrunner of the conservative leadership contest, liz truss, who it says is eyeing up plans to trigger article 16 against the eu to buy more time dealing with the northern ireland pro