Trade, britains only surviving cloth hall opens after a multi Million Pound renovation. Good morning. Its tuesday 1st august. Im julian worricker. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. British gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. Its owner centrica says Electricity Prices will increase by 12. 5 from 15th september. 3. 1 million customers will be affected. But the companys gas prices will be held at their current level. The average annual dual fuel bill for households on a standard tariff will rise by £76, up by 7. 3 . Ian conn is the Chief Executive of british gass Parent Company, centrica. He explained why the price rise was necessary despite a decrease in the wholesale cost of energy. First of all, the last time we moved our Electricity Prices was in january 2014 and since then they have been held flat. From that time, and you are correct, wholesale prices have fallen, we estimate about £36 on an average bill, that is not what is d
We had flurries yesterday, seasonable conditions for late january today and pretty much the same. The not a whole lot of sun. The that has been the trend. Temperatures in the lower 40s tonight we have a disturbance bringing in some snow, just bad timing for parts of the region for morning commute. We will talk about that in a bit. Overall things are nice and quiet, not much happening, heading outside through the Morning Hours it is still cold but the wind has backed off. The it was annoying past few days but wind chill values not as harsh outside this morning. Center city in good shape. Still some cloud, sitting at 33 degrees, southeasterly wind on the light side 6 miles an hour, wind chills value down to 28. Better than past few mornings. We are freezing in allentown, 32 nil will, new jersey, wildwood checks in at the 35. It the looks like tomorrow morning at this time we will be seeing snow flying. Current wind chills across the region, teens, poconos to mid to upper 20s to the Lehig
Commute. Yes. Just reality. Mid winter, no more 50s and 60s, gone, back to the cold, typical highs in the the 30s and 40s for next several days. Midfebruary our pattern will be colder, so typical for middle of winter. Youll love this forecast. Still no big storms to talk about but we have a couple snow chances. Lets break it down. We have clear skies right now, decent sunshine on tap this morning before clouds thicken up later this afternoon into tonight. We are at freezing at the airport. West wind at six, light wind, right the now, feeling a little bit better compared to the past few morning but wind chills down around 26, that is what it feels like so that is key, what you want to focus on what does it tiehl like upper 20s in the lehigh valley, low to mid 30s in south jersey, and ahead on storm scan three, we have cloud around, north and west of the city but it looks like we are clear from the city to parts of the south jersey maybe a stray flurry or two up in the poconos for mornin
Ethel berger. Reporter luckily its still up but for the first time in her life she feels unsafe because of her faith. I felt like suddenly unsafe as a jewish person. Reporter the picture from chopper6 gives us a better view. The damage is immense. Most tombstones were knocked over some many years old were split in half and cant be fixed. Today mayor jim kenney paid a visit to pay respects and help reset a stone. It was his grandfather next to his father who was a marine in world war ii. This country is in a bad spot and the stuff has to be called out right away. Its got to be investigated. Got try to find these people and lock them up. Reporter the damage sparked a interfaith meeting at the Lutheran Seminary their message unite not hate. The number of tombstones toppled over this weekend is well over a hundred and still going up. Rich levy is evidence cemetery management. Im very upset about it and were going to do everything we can to rectify the situation. Reporter another live look
Did an investigation. If your son or my son handled classified information the way Hillary Clinton did they would be court martialed. Its false you know it. Absolutely true. Absolutely true. Gentlemen, please. But how much time have you spent teaching him. People with bipolar disorder suffer ten years on average without diagnosis. Thats ten years of needless suffering. Learn how easily this can one of the most powerful hurricanes in nearly a decade is battering haiti and the Dominican Republic and there is great concern now that it could hit the United States later in the week. Hurricane matthew, a category 4, is packing winds as high as 145 mi matthew is blamed for at least 9 deaths. The eye of the storm is navigating the winward passage between haiti and cuba. The u. S. Navy military prison at Guantanamo Bay is battered. The u. S. Sent disaster teams to the region including haiti where we find mark strassmann. Reporter after 7 00 a. M. , Hurricane Matthew blasted punishing rains and