And charities are meeting with ministers to discuss the difficult winter ahead. Energy bills will rise again in october, when the Price Cap increases by 10 . Rachel reeves said she had to take difficult decisions in very challenging circumstances. The conservatives are calling for her to scrap the changes. Our political correspondent Iain Watson reports. Energy prices are increasing and so is the pressure on the government to help those who are struggling to pay their bills. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing Record Numbers of people coming to us with Energy Debt in the height of summer. That is only going to get worse when the energy Price Cap rises. From october, the Energy Regulator Ofgem is allowing prices to rise by 10 , and that represents bills of more than £1700 a year for a typical household. This morning, the government brought together big Energy Companies, the regulator, and Citizens Advice Bureau to discuss what more could be don
For the weekend, temperatures for Northern Ireland and scotland reaching into the low 20s in the warmest spot and perhaps the Mid 20s in the warmest areas of eastern england. So fine weather for the weekend. Thats it. Now, lets join our colleagues for the news where you are. Have a very good evening. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Olly Foster Paris prepares for part two, after the success of the olympics, the paralympics starts tonight and british atheltes are ready i will be ready to fight, and there will be a battle. The Transfer Window closes on friday, italian forward Federico Chiesa has agreed to join liverpool and leading from the front, Ollie Pope says he cant let the England Captaincy affect his batting also coming up on sportsday. Is this the end of The American Dream . Louis Ree Zammit is left out of the chiefs Playing Squad ahead of the Nfl Season two and half weeks after the olympics came to a close, we are just half an hour away from the paralympics Opening Ceremony. 11
This storm heading straight for rhode island, parts of the eyewall already on shore and were seeing the storm move to shore as we speak. More than 1500 people under Tropical Weather alerts right now concerned about storm surge in the harbors and the bays of rhode island, new york and massachusetts. Concerns about flooding in the coming hours and widespread Power Outages because were talking about a part of the United States not used to seeing Tropical Weather barrelling into shore. Storm surge as well. Were going live in a moment to Derek Van Dam who is in newport, rhode island who can give us a sense of whats happening on the coast. But first lets go to Allison Chinchar for the latest on the track. Allison, any updates from the National Hurricane center . Weve got several, in fact. Were learning it is moving very, very close to shore. Landfall is expected imminently here. What were also seeing is that little bit of downpush in wind. The winds are at 60 miles an hour, gusting to 70 mil
This storm heading straight for rhode island, parts of the eyewall already on shore and were seeing the storm move to shore as we speak. More than 1500 people under Tropical Weather alerts right now concerned about storm surge in the harbors and the bays of rhode island, new york and massachusetts. Concerns about flooding in the coming hours and widespread Power Outages because were talking about a part of the United States not used to seeing Tropical Weather barrelling into shore. Storm surge as well. Were going live in a moment to Derek Van Dam who is in newport, rhode island who can give us a sense of whats happening on the coast. But first lets go to Allison Chinchar for the latest on the track. Allison, any updates from the National Hurricane center . Weve got several, in fact. Were learning it is moving very, very close to shore. Landfall is expected imminently here. What were also seeing is that little bit of downpush in wind. The winds are at 60 miles an hour, gusting to 70 mil
This storm heading straight for rhode island, parts of the eyewall already on shore and were seeing the storm move to shore as we speak. More than 1500 people under Tropical Weather alerts right now concerned about storm surge in the harbors and the bays of rhode island, new york and massachusetts. Concerns about flooding in the coming hours and widespread Power Outages because were talking about a part of the United States not used to seeing Tropical Weather barrelling into shore. Storm surge as well. Were going live in a moment to Derek Van Dam who is in newport, rhode island who can give us a sense of whats happening on the coast. But first lets go to Allison Chinchar for the latest on the track. Allison, any updates from the National Hurricane center . Weve got several, in fact. Were learning it is moving very, very close to shore. Landfall is expected imminently here. What were also seeing is that little bit of downpush in wind. The winds are at 60 miles an hour, gusting to 70 mil