britain s largest energy supplier, centrica, is to reveal record profits today on the back of a surge in wholesale gas prices linked to the war in ukraine, just weeks after suspending the forced installation of prepayment meters over concerns of its treatment of vulnerable customers. many families are struggling to pay their energy bills, with a quarter losing sleep over it. centrica s boss chris o shea has been urged to waive his bonus. kathryn porter is an energy consultant and founder of watt logic. by by any one s numbers, £3 billion, it is a huge amount of money and it s going to mean a huge amount of criticism today as well from people across the board. is centrica profiteering in your view? board. is centrica profiteering in your view? no, i don t think the are in your view? no, i don t think they are profiteering, - in your view? no, i don t think they are profiteering, the - they are profiteering, the record profits are driven by its upstream business, production o
and tributes for the hollywood film starand model, raquel welch, who s died at the age of 82. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the search has begun for the next leader of the scottish national party and first minister of scotland following nicola sturgeon s surprise decision to stand down on wednesday afterjust over eight years in power. the snp s national executive committee will meet on thursday to draw up a timetable for a leadership race. nominations have already opened. the party s constitution says a candidate for leader needs to have the backing of 100 members from at least 20 different snp branches. if there s more than one candidate a vote of party members will choose the new leader. ms sturgeon plans to remain in office until her successor is elected and continue on as an msp until at least the next holyrood election. with more on wednesday s events, here s alexandra mackenzie. scotland s first female and longest serving f
which will give us a new look at the investigation into former president trump s efforts to intervene in the 2020 election in georgia. in ohio, a frustrated community demands answers during a heated town hall about the train derailment that released toxic chemicals nearly two weeks ago. a live report ahead on what we can expect as the epa administrator heads there today. plus we have an nbc news exclusive report. president biden plans to deliver his most extensive public remarks yet about the unidentified object shot down over north american airspace as soon as today. we ll talk to senator bob menendez, chair of the foreign relations committee. what he wants to hear from the president. and as house speaker kevin mccarthy leads a republican delegation to the u.s. southern border in arizona, we ll talk to congressman raul grijalva about what needs to be done to address the humanitarian crisis there. we begin with the latest on the investigations into former president dona
they have chris sutton trust is the biggest worry for these students? the biggest for them is what comes next. we are all living through a cost of living crisis at the moment, but next year is when students really think they re going to be struggling. prices have risen throughout the year, but maintenance loans are not keeping pace with that. student support comes in to make main components, you have the tuition fees, they have been frozen at £9,250 for the next two years. the maintenance loan is meant to cover things like rent, food and bills. that is going up by a 2.8%, from september. but at the time of the announcement, inflation was at 10.7%. the main concern for students that i have spoken to is what comes next. from september, are they going to be able to afford their rents, which is going up by a far more than the 2.8% rise in maintenance loans. thank you so much forjoining us from leedsjust to thank you so much forjoining us from leeds just to outline some of the co
to the royal pharmaceutical society. the year of the debt crisis that s how one charity is describing 2023. it describes a tidal wave of people needing help. we spend the day with one support worker. it was a comeback for the ages in america s biggest sporting event, as kansas city chiefs fight back to beat philadelphia eagles in thrilling super bowl 57. good morning. quite a cloudy start for many. under that cloud it is mild. where we have the clear skies, it is a colder start. here we will have the sunshine. more of us will see the sunshine. more of us will see the sunshine as the cloud breaks up, leading us into a very mild week. details later in the programme. good morning. one week on from the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, more than 33,000 people are now known to have died. the united nations expects the death toll to double as hopes of finding more survivors fade. are you hurt? the rescuer asks. no, this17 year old says, i fell into a hole, i m not