from the british medical association and other unions later this morning, in a bid to avert future strike action. in the us, where a fresh batch of classified documents relating tojoe biden s time as vice president have been discovered at an unsecured location. and tributes pour in forjeff beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, who has died at the age of 78. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a russian mercenary group fighting in ukraine says it has found the body of one of two british aid workers reported missing over the weekend. christopher parry and andrew bagshaw were last seen on friday heading to the town of soledar, which has seen fierce fighting in recent weeks. the claim has not been verified by the foreign office in the uk and the wagner group of mercenaries did not give a name. gareth barlow has this report. chris parry and andrew bagshaw went missing on friday, while travelling to the town of soledar. ukrai
prepayment meters as the citizens advice is talking about? advice is talking about? given that there is now advice is talking about? given that there is now strong advice is talking about? given that there is now strong evidence i advice is talking about? given that there is now strong evidence that l there is now strong evidence that there is now strong evidence that the current rules are not being applied and there is greater suspicion around some practices which are automatically switching people or the frequency by which warrants are being issued by magistrates without a second thought about the vulnerability of those occupants, we would support that temporary ban. but it won t address the self disconnection on a huge scale underlined today in those findings, and we need a much more coherent plan in the long to make energy affordable for those households paying by cheque or by cash, and address the root issues of debt which are creating semi challenges for these households. pe
hearing that this forcible switch to prepayment meters is happening all too often, what are the rules that energy companies are meant to be following and why are they not? thank you for halimi, supplies are required to have exhausted all other options before a prepayment meter and a warrant, and it really is only after repeated and unsuccessful events and attempts to contact customers, that is often telephone, e mail, in person if they can, because lots of different ways of trying to contact the customer to understand the circumstances, and only when they have exhausted though should they then be doing it forcibly, under warrant. what we re finding is that obviously more and more people are falling into debt because of the cost of living crisis and energy prices contributing to that. people are more willing to talk to charities like citizens advice about their circumstances, and our members to work with them to dig deep into these cases and try to
so, take a look at this. the shower tray collects the hot water from your shower and recycles that energy in the house. and also, in the cupboard here, there s a similar system for taking the heat out of the air and recycling that around the home. and that s not all. take a look at this. and there s all sorts of technology up here in the loft, because the assumption is, increasingly, we re going to have solar panels on our roofs. so you ve got an inverter, a battery. you can use that battery to store low cost energy at night, if you want. another way of making your home more energy efficient and, of course, cheaper to run, too. i should say lower carbon, which is important. these homes and chambers can be used to test much lower tech,
instances there are clear rules that may be a number of suppliers are not currently falling which require them to look at vulnerability and additional vulnerability created if they are put onto eight prepayment meter without their knowledge. it deprives them of being able to carry out basic daily functions. we deprives them of being able to carry out basic daily functions. out basic daily functions. we know durin: this out basic daily functions. we know during this energy out basic daily functions. we know during this energy crisis out basic daily functions. we know during this energy crisis there i out basic daily functions. we know during this energy crisis there has | during this energy crisis there has been heightened awareness of the disparate impact it has on people s health and mental well being, in terms of living in a cold home, and it impacts every part of your life. sitting in the dark for prolonged periods of time, not being able to cook a hot meal, not being able to w