bumper profits for the owner of british gas centrica more than a billion pounds this year as household bills keep rising. right on time! and from the railway children to the wombles and doctor who bernard cribbins has died at the age of 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we ll be in birmingham ahead of the commonwealth games and we ll look at what threat germany pose to england in the final of the women s euros. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. you the commonwealth games 2022 opens here at the alexander stadium in birmingham injust two hours time. this huge space seats 30,000 people, and although we don t entirely know the themes of the opening ceremony you do get hints of how they want to celebrate birmingham, with a mock canal and brickwork heralding its industrial past, and graffiti and skateboard ramps celebrating its gritty present. and we ve also been told to watch out for exactly how the royal guests arrive. 0rganisers say it s the bigges
killed in the gaza strip where the israeli military is targeting members of the palestinian group islamic jihad. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia killing twelve polish people and injuring more than thirty others. the effects from a cyber attack on the nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were disrupted. thank you very much for your company does afternoon. chris rogers takes up does afternoon. chris rogers takes up the baton at seven o clock. but now, appropriately enough, it s off to the commonwealth games and sportsday. welcome to sportsday, i mjane dougall, live from birmingham where 33 gold medals were available to be won today, some have already been claimed. let s tell you about them. northern ireland have their best ever commonwealth games medal haul as they win a second gold. it s hammer time england s nick miller defends his title and takes the
hello this is bbc news i m chris rogers the headlines. the family of 12 year old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. conservative leadership contenders set out their approaches to dealing with the economic downturn forecast by the bank of england. the palestinian health ministry says 15 palestinians have been killed in the gaza strip where the israeli military is targeting members of the palestinian group islamic jihad. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia killing twelve polish people and injuring more than 30 others. the effects from a cyber attack on the nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were disrupted. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. welcome to sportsday, i mjane dougall, live from birmingham where 33 gold medals were available to be won today some have already been claimed let s tell you about t
because of soaring costs. homes reduced to ashes. california s largest wildfire this year the families who have lost everything. and after more than 9 million watched england thrash sweden in the euros, the team get ready for sunday s final at wembley. can they win their first major trophy? and coming up on the bbc news channel: dina asher smith pulls out of the commonwealth games, after failing to fully recover from a hamstring strain suffered at the world athletics championships. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there s been yet more disruption on britain s railways today, as tens of thousands of railworkers walked out on the first of two more days of strike action this week. signallers and ticket office staff have walked out today. on saturday, it ll be train drivers at seven different companies who ll be going on strike. only around 20% of rail services have been running today those highlighted in red but services have been severely disrupted. the ar