we ll be speaking to a nuclear expert. ongoing rail strikes affect train services in england, scotland and wales with more disruption expected in the coming days. the prime minister of finland sanna marin has agreed to a drug test after a celebrity party video leaked on social media. welcome to abc news. the uk is facing a public health emergency, because people are having to choose between heating and eating this winter, due to soaring energy prices. that s according to the nhs confederation, which represents employers in the health service. ministers say millions of the most vulnerable households are being given £1,200 to help with higher energy bills. but it comes at a time when nhs services are already under intense strain. for category two reponse times for emergency calls in england which includes strokes and heart attacks there s been a sharp increaase this year to nearly one hour on average last month. the target, as you can see here, is 18 minutes. the nhs confedera
it shocked me a little bit. more trouble at liverpool city council. another government commissioner moves in after a damning report. sir alex ferguson testifies in defence of ryan giggs at the ex footballer s trial on assault and coercive behaviour charges. finland s prime minister takes a drugs test after a video of her partying raises concerns. another sparkling evening at the european championships in munich, with a british gold and silver in the men s 200 metres. coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, the brazilian midfielder casemiro s heading to manchester united. a fee of around £50 million has been agreed with real madrid. good evening. a former british member of the islamic state terror group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in america. el shafee elsheikh was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria and became known as the beatles because of their english accents, a name given to
senior american official to visit the island in decades. china has warned that america would pay the price for her visit. a man has been charged under the trees and act after allegedly being found with a crossbow and the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day. adverts featuring edited model should come with warnings and nonsurgical procedures need tighter regulation. that is according to a group of mps investigating the impact of body image. a snorkeler suffered a leg injury after allegedly being hit by a blue shark off the coast of cornwall last week. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the energy company bp has recorded its second highest three monthly profit in history. between april and june is made £6.9 billion, three times the figure for the same period last year. in the oil trading performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £i performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £1 billion in uk tax this year. but the news comes as dome
there are clear rules. they have obviously not been followed, and therefore i need the regulator, i need the companies to do the right thing by people who are in the most difficult of circumstances, and have been treated, on this evidence, appallingly. the energy industry will now have to find a better way to treat vulnerable customers, in this most difficult of winters. ben king, bbc news. adam scorer is from the fuel poverty charity, national energy action. hejoins us from south london. kabak good morning to you, adam. what you make of the ofgem response? british gas have had a temporary ban on the use of forced installations and everybody else has been asked to
i got my voucher and we haven t had a prepayment meter for 20 years. so i worry about the accuracy of who it has been sent to. so their it might be a bit creaky and that has a knock on effect on people s lives. these are the ones who need the cash. i don t need the cash. donate the rebate, that s a campaign that has been started. give it to a fuel poverty charity if you don t need the money. claer, thank you for giving us your thoughts tonight. thank you for having me. and lovely to see you as well, stephanie. thank you. now we re joined by comedian, writer, actor and, iwant to say american, rob delaney! you may. but you ll be able to hear that he s american. hi, guys. we know you from watching shows like catastrophe, where you make us laugh. like, this afternoon you were making me quite sad because i was reading your wee book, a heart that works. it s about the death of your very young son henry. yeah. i m finding it hard to summarise it, because i think anything i say will be really