disney now has more subscribers than netflix. but higher prices are on the way. we start here in the uk where energy company bosses are due to meet government ministers in the next few hours as calls grow for more action to tackle soaring energy bills. pressure is mounting on the two candidates who hope to become the next prime minister liz truss and rishi sunak, to set out how they would tackle the crisis amid warnings millions could be forced into poverty without more government support. on wednesday, a survey revealed six million uk households are already in debt to their energy suppliers even before billsjump again this winter. in october 2021, the average energy bill in the uk was £1,200 a year. but the war in ukraine has set wholesale gas and electricity prices soaring. average annual bills are currently close to £2000 pounds. now some experts are warning they could jump to more than £3500 pounds in the autumn and more than £4200 pounds in january. our consumer
energy bosses have held talks with the government to discuss plans to help customers struggling with soaring bills. ministers are promising more help in the coming months. a british man accused of being a member of the islamic state group is remanded in custody charged with terror offences. and the crisis of local swimming pools. the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past three years. hello. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. a&e departments in england had one of their worst months ever injuly, with record numbers of patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted. this is from the latest monthly performance data from nhs england. and the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to a new all time high. 6.7 million. the ambulance are dealing with the most urgent cases took an average of 29 minutes longer took an average of 29 minutes longer to respond than injune. shadow health secretary wes streeting has told the b
new research suggests the arctic is warming significantly more quickly than previously thought at on average four times the rate of the rest of the world. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rosa prince, who s the editor of the house magazine, which covers the workings of parliament, and the broadcaster, david davies. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. pm turns up for meeting is the headline in the metro an ironic dig at borisjohnson, as they report his talks with bosses of energy firms: the daily star is unimpressed with the result of that meeting saying it produced no plan to solve the energy bills crisis: the mirror is equally scathing branding the ministers and energy bosses clueless : the i says drought is expected to be declared in several regions of the uk tomorrow and that restrictions on water use are likely to last months: it s the same lead in the guardian which says there are also likely
natalie pirks reporting. - time for a look at the weather. here s helen willetts. very dryjuly across much of england and way or is, it might be record breaking and further south in jersey, it has the driestjuly on record, the average, 45 millimetres of rain. so very dry. we will welcome rain across the uk in the next 2a, 48 hours, welcome rain across the uk in the next 24, 48 hours, courtesy of this area of low pressure, but not really where we need it. very much needed in the south. already, that rain marching into northern ireland, progressed into the western fringes of england and wales by the end of play. for many, it is still dry with plenty of sunshine. clearing the overnight cloud, the odd light shower in eastern areas and it is warm. it was a warm night and the south. chile in the north, that is about to change. but 26 locally, 27 in the south. but as that rain marches its way on a strengthening breeze eastwards overnight, heavy and appreciable rain for many as far s