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
A Nuclear Warhead that could fit onto a missile. North korea best not make any threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. A tale of two englands, the growing divide which means people in the north are 20 more likely to die early than those in the south. Gonna be where the lights are shining on me. Like a Rhinestone Cowboy and, the Rhinestone Cowboy, Country Singer Glen Campbell has died at the age of 81. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news well have the best of the action from the European Super Cup between Manchester United and real madrid. Good evening. The South African President jacob zuma has narrowly survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership. The Secret Ballot in parliament was the eighth vote of no confidence he has faced in less than a decade. It was called amid repeated allegations of corruption and mismanagement. After the ballot, jacob zuma celebrated with his supporters and told them that the vote had confir
African world recordholder was not at his best in the final. But still more than good enough to breeze through the race. It looked like there was only one winner. The 0lympic there was only one winner. The olympic champion showed his class to become World Champion one more time. Michaeljohnson was the last. Now Wayde Van Niekerk has the chance to do the same. With David Rudisha injured, nigel amos was the favourite for the 800 metres. But there was a surprise in store. The frenchman produced the sprint of his life and looked like he couldnt believe what happened. You have to go back to 1987 when a man bought outside can you want the steeplechase. For a time, outside can you want the steeplechase. Fora time, it looked like kevinjagger steeplechase. Fora time, it looked like kevin jagger might steeplechase. Fora time, it looked like kevinjagger might break the monopoly. Led the monopoly in early stages, but lost his theme in the final metres. Yeager. The east african nation has now won 1
The quest for gold alive here in rio. Feeling good. Made it to the se mies. Simone biles taking third. Michael phelps is done swimming but no valley. Telling 12 news what life is like taf games. Your behind the scenes look at the carnival. And google testing Driverless Cars in one city. The bird gang headed to san diego. 12 news at 10 00 starts right now. Hello from rio tonight an for gold continues here in rio with his semifinal many the 110 meter hurdles. Im talking about deven allen. He qualified for the semifinal after an intense heat tonight on a soggy and wet track. Dp it had a stolen license plate. Theyre criticizing the mans decision to post the whole thing on facebook. It has generated Death Threats against the officer. It was a terrifying experience. And if they think thats the ordinary procedure for a stop i would disagree. I get that hes angry, upsxet scared we understand right to act irresponsibly. Dps says theres no dash cam or body cam video of the incident. He was just
Tonight, final farewell. We are less than two hours away from the last dominoes falling at the riviera ending a 60 year legacy. Bed bugs battle, a local familys battle. Vegas volcanos. They surround the valley, they have been dormant for a long time, but wont stay forever. Here it is, after standing for more than section decades on the north end of the strip, the final remnants of the riviera will be turned to dust in a couple of hours. Thanks for staying up late with us. Crews working to demolish the second tower of the riviera. This will have far less fanfare no fireworks counting down in the sky. Its our top story. And kevin knows the implosion biz. We have had stiff wind blowing through. Any chance they will get in the way tonight . No, not at all. They have backed off big time. They are very light, from the west southwest which take the the big spotlights are coming on. They must be on a sometimer, at midnight we heard them rev up. The problem is the demolition crews and metro hav