brown stuff in the water and it s very sort of like foamy. if it starts getting foamy, you get out quick. game, set and match, williams! and no farewell yet for serena williams after winning herfirst round match at the us open. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. scott parker pays the price for bournemouths the 9 0 defeat at anfield, e s the first maangerial sacking of the premier season. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. six of the uk s largest pub and brewing companies are warning that the industry s likely to be hit by a wave of closures in the coming months because of rising energy prices. unlike households, businesses aren t covered by an energy price cap, and the fear is there could be higher costs of as much as 300%. in an open letter to the government, bosses are calling for the energy price cap to be extended to businesses. with more, here s theo leggett. a pint in a pub is part of the fabric of life in britain, but
today at one. pub bosses fear a wave of closures across the uk because of skyrocketing energy prices. they re calling for immediate government help, saying costs could shoot up,300%. we are still in negotiations, but we are expecting our gas bill to treble at the very least for a company of our size. the industry wants the household energy price cap, extended to businesses. also this lunchtime: the head of the un says pakistan is facing a monsoon on steroids, as it launches an appeal, for millions hit by devastating floods. ukrainian forces claim to have broken through russian lines, in their major counter offensive, in the south. not tough enough that s the criticism of government plans to limit water companies emptying sewage into the sea.