borisjohnson urges energy companies to act in the national interest and do more to cut rising bills as he meets energy bosses at downing street. the police watchdog says forces in england and wales are failing victims of burglaries, robberies and theft with too few suspects being charged. the crisis of local swimming pools the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past 3 years. hello and welcome to bbc news at 5:00pm. an amber heat warning for large parts of england and wales has come into force, as temperatures look likely to peak at 37 degrees celsius over the next four days. the met office has also warned there s an exceptional risk of fires spreading in many places and water companies believe a drought could be declared soon. celestina 0lulode has this report. this is what emergency services want to prevent. tinderbox dry conditions helped cause these fires last month. london fire brigade said it needs the public s help to prevent grass fires.
this before they head to the august recess on friday. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports, a slimmed down version of build back better estimated, listen to this, to raise taxes on millions of americans across every income bracket, including, yes, those making under $400,000 a year. this despite president biden repeatedly claiming that it would do no such thing. one thing we are trying to get done in congress, pass legislation that won t raise taxes a single penny for anybody making less than 400 grand. you make less than 400, you will not pay a penny in taxes. make sure we pay everything without any one making under 400,000 paying taxes. sandra: rebranded as a way to reduce inflation across the country. a new study claims it will do the exact opposite and make the inflation situation even worse. john: all of this comes amid a potential crisis in asia. tensions rising with china as reports circulate that house speaker nancy pelosi could arrive in ta
office has an amber extreme heat warning in floors and temperatures could reach 37 in some of the south. in force. in sport, the beginning of the end for serena williams as the 23 time grand slam champion says the us open this month could be her last tournamnet. a force of nature strong and kind olivia newton john remembered. we ll speak to close friend and singer delta goodrem. it s wednesday, the 10th of august. our main story. households owe more money to their energy supplier than ever before, with bills set to rise even further in october. a survey by the comparison site uswitch has found the overall debt is already three times higher than it was a year ago. nina s here to talk us through the details. the timing is interesting when normally people would save up cash in the warmer summer months. ideally, and a lot happening in terms of budgeting and taking into account household bills. comparison site uswitch say that households owe £1.3 billion to their energy su
story on ballot drop boxes. the former president called him last week trying to overturn his 2020 defeat. last week as the speaker put it, i explained, it s not allowed under the constitution, adding, quote, he has a different opinion. in other words, trump may be sweating and stewing in mar-a-lago, but he is still at it. there were other warning signs today as well. rusty bowers, remember him, lifelong republican who refused to buckle to pressure from the former president and testified emotionally before the select committee. well, we learned he was just censured by the state party which declared him no longer a republican in good standing. in maryland they chose dan cox to be their republican nominee for governor. he once called on the former president to seize voting machines. he also sponsored buses to take people to the so-called stop the steal rally on january 6th and that afternoon he tweeted, mike pence is a traitor. so there s that. there s also this we got today hav