of touch they are with the real struggles that are taking place in our country, which is families. leave aside the politics of this, ijust think of the families today, with their heads in their hands, saying how are we going to cope? labour has called for a windfall tax on the profits of big energy companies to help bring down bills and address what it calls our broken energy system. theo leggett, bbc news. as people in the uk digest the news about increasing energy costs, with bills set to rise by hundreds of pounds, some people are being forced to choose between heating their homes or feeding their families. others say they re having to move house because of spiralling costs. jayne mccubbin reports. it is the biggest energy price rise in history. lose sleep at night, that worry of, what next, what next? angie is feeling it in birmingham. more than double. it used to be £80 a month, and now it s £250, and that s even
such an opertion would not be in his best interests. a judge in the court of protection will now decide his treatment but time is running out, as jayne mccubbin reports. this is the pain of a mother fighting for her son s life. and this is her son, william. he is 17 and he is facing a race against time to survive. how urgent is this? it s life and death, it s as urgent as it gets, really. it s now or never. in william s bedroom there are teddy bears which help him understand the dialysis he has to have four days a week. he is autistic with learning disabilities and a rare kidney disorder. his dialysis will soon have to stop because his veins can t withstand it for much longer. so you believe a transplant is.? his only option. but the hospital disagrees? i just think they re wrong. ijust think, give him a chance. just give him a chance.
do you recall any kind of sexual contact with virginia roberts then or at any other time? none whatsoever. this afternoon, prince andrew s team will ask a new yorkjudge to throw out ms giuffre s case. her lawyers say she is confident that won t happen and one way or another, the duke will have to answer her allegations. dominic casciani, bbc news. millions of pupils across the uk are returning from their christmas break today and over the next couple of days, amid concerns about staff shortages caused by the 0micron variant of covid. in england, secondary school students will have to take tests on site before they return to the classroom, as jayne mccubbin reports. for secondary school children this week, it is back to the classroom. back to masks, and in england at least, it will all kick off with a covid test on arrival in school. for ethan and louis, though, this is one last out before that begins. how are you feeling about it? a bit nervous.
has done, whatever the outcome, considerable damage to his reputation brought them to balmoral. if it is dismissed, people may think he has emerged on a technicality. i think it would be difficult for him to find a route back to public life. we know, for example, that many of the military regiments and other organisations with which he is associated really do not want to have anything more to do not want to have anything more to do with him. that is the reality. nick, thank you very much indeed. with omicron cases continuing to surge in the us and parts of europe, millions of pupils across england and northern ireland have gone back to school today. in england, secondary school students will have to take tests on site before they return to the classroom, and masks are being re introduced. our correspondent jayne mccubbin reports. bell rings this is bethany. this is kian. and this is what the start of a new term in england looks like.
few weeks, especially, has done an amazing job in rolling out those boosters. over 75% of eligible adults now boosted. but still more to be done. omicron cases are continuing to surge in the us and parts of europe in a moment, we ll hear about the situation in france. but millions of pupils across england and northern ireland are going back to school this week. in england, secondary school students will have to take tests on site before they return to the classroom, and masks are being re introduced. our correspondent jayne mccubbin reports. bell rings this is bethany. this is kian. and this is what the start of a new term in england looks like. how was that for you, kian? disgusting and horrible. welcome back to school! no one goes back to class without a negative test seen by barry. how many test results are you going to be analysing today? around about 1,000. that s a lot of kids. it is a lot of kids, yeah. ten minutes after the school bell rings, the first positive result is foun