Approaches, the duchess of cambridge starts her new role as the patron of englands Rugby Football Union and league. Coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, celtic and rangers go head to head in the Old Firm Derby at celtic park. Can the home side sealed the win to take them top . Good evening. Ofgem, the energy regulator, is set to announce the biggest ever rise in energy bills, with ministers understood to be preparing measures to ease the pressure on households. The announcement is due tomorrow. Every six months, ofgem reviews the maximum price that suppliers in england, wales and scotland can charge customers on a standard tariff. Around 15 million households saw their bills go up by 12 when the last update happened in october. The new cap takes effect in april and Industry Predictions suggest gas prices could rise by as much as 50 , taking the average annual bill to roughly £2,000. There is a separate Energy Market in Northern Ireland, where prices have also risen sharply.
Minister orders his officials to hold checks on goods coming to Northern Ireland from the rest of the uk. Russian troops on Ukraines Border now the United States is sending 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe to protect nato allies if war erupts. And the new patron of rugby union and rugby league the Duchess Of Cambridge takes over from prince harry. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel the womens team split from raith rovers and protest at the signing of david goodwillie. The former Scotland Striker was found by a civil court to have raped a woman. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The government has set out how it intends to fulfil its flagship manifesto promise of closing the gap between richer and poorer areas in the uk over the next eight years. The wide ranging plans laid out by the levelling up secretary, michael gove, include improving education and skills with a particular Focus On Raising Standards in 55 areas across england. A promise by 2030 to narrow the gap on
Approaches, the duchess of cambridge starts her new role as the patron of englands Rugby Football Union and league. Coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, celtic and rangers go head to head in the Old Firm Derby at celtic park. Can the home side sealed the win to take them top . Good evening. Ofgem, the energy regulator, is set to announce the biggest ever rise in energy bills, with ministers understood to be preparing measures to ease the pressure on households. The announcement is due tomorrow. Every six months, ofgem reviews the maximum price that suppliers in england, wales and scotland can charge customers on a standard tariff. Around 15 million households saw their bills go up by 12 when the last update happened in october. The new cap takes effect in april and Industry Predictions suggest gas prices could rise by as much as 50 , taking the average annual bill to roughly £2,000. There is a separate Energy Market in Northern Ireland, where prices have also risen sharply.
Unexpected and unexplained, lucy letby is there. Police are now reviewing the admissions of 4,000 babies at hospitals where lucy letby worked. Our other main stories tonight. Surrey Police Investigating the death of ten year old sara sharif want to question her father, his partner, and her uncle. Ijust hope its going to be an incredible game, and of course i have a very. Preference who wants to win. And the lionesses head coach, Sarina Wiegman, talks to the bbc ahead of sundays World Cup Final against spain. 0n newsnight at 10. 30pm. How did lucy letby cause so many deaths . As the most prolific non child killer in modern uk history is found guilty of murdering seven babies, we ask why was she not stopped earlier . Hello and welcome to the bbc news at ten. The nurse lucy letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others when they were in her care at a hospital in cheshire, making the 33 year old the uks worst child killer in modern times. In a stat
Picking up and bringing showers later in the far north. For england and wales, still some rain and drizzle and low cloud around some Western Hills and coast but further east, not a great deal of sunshine him want to hate All Black Women. What took them so long . Number tens change in tone and language came three hours after business secretary Kemi Badenoch said frank hester s comments were racist and there was a Space For Forgiveness. Well talk live to the woman who co founded conservatives against racism and a former candidate who says most black people think hes a race traitor to be a tory. Also tonight a warning that the increasing privatisation of nhs eye care could see it go the same way as Nhs Dentistry, with minimal Public Access to treatment. They say, were not going to do nhs cataracts, are losing money on them, people pay two go private or we have a loss of provision and thats really the end of the nhs. Plus a conversation between this conservative mp and the close friend who