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
Time for some sport, lets go to the sport centre, Gavin Is Standing by. The final two spots in the European Champions League quarter finals are up for grabs after arsenal and barcelona secured their places on tuesday. Borussia dortmunds game against psv was finely poised ahead of their second leg last 16 tie. Its 1 0 dortmund there in germany, with about 30 minutes gone. Jadon sancho with the goal. And inter held the advantage over atletico madrid, from their first leg tie. It is currently goalless there in spain. One game in the Premier League to tell you about its the rearranged fixture between bournemouth and luton town. Into the second half of that one and 0 3 luton. Tahith chong and Chiedozie Ogbene and ross barkley with the goals. This fixture was abandoned late last year, after Luton Captain tom lockyer suffered a Cardiac Arrest on the pitch. Luton are out of the relegation places with a win. Keep up to date with all the latest scores on the bbc sport website. Jurgen klopp says
the best goalkeeper. elsewhere, lionel messi unsurprisingly picked up the award for the best player in men s football. he led argentina to the world cup win in qatar. it was a clean sweep for the argentinians in the men s side, who were nominated for awards. the manager picked up the best coaches, and martinez was voted the best goalkeeper. earlier this evening, sarina wiegman had a word with her and said that the award that she and the team were nominated for was an acknowledgement of the success they have had. they ll be hoping that picking up trophies is a good omen. well, one of the biggest cheers of the night was for polish amputee player marcin oleksy, who won the puskas award for the best goal of the year. here s his effort for his club warta poznan a perfectly executed bicycle kick that flew past the opposition goalkeeper. he beat off competition from the likes of richarlison to win the award. swansea and rotherham shared the points in the championship after a 1 1 d