Trade, britains only surviving cloth hall opens after a multi Million Pound renovation. Good morning. Its tuesday 1st august. Im julian worricker. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. British gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. Its owner centrica says Electricity Prices will increase by 12. 5 from 15th september. 3. 1 million customers will be affected. But the companys gas prices will be held at their current level. The average annual dual fuel bill for households on a standard tariff will rise by £76, up by 7. 3 . Ian conn is the Chief Executive of british gass Parent Company, centrica. He explained why the price rise was necessary despite a decrease in the wholesale cost of energy. First of all, the last time we moved our Electricity Prices was in january 2014 and since then they have been held flat. From that time, and you are correct, wholesale prices have fallen, we estimate about £36 on an average bill, that is not what is d
Who was so close to George Michael they described themselves as cousins at 9 15am. And well meet one of britains most prolific organ donors whos already donated a kidney, 16 eggs and 80 pints of blood to people shes never met and plans to do much, much more. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. We will bring you the latest news and stories throughout the day. What do you want to hear theresa may say in her Big Brexit Speech which is due at around 1145, you will see that on bbc news. If you have donated an organ, tell us if you have donated an organ, tell us what motivated you. If you have received a strangers organ, tell us about that as well. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story. The Prime Minister will this morning set out her vision for the terms of the uks departure from the European Union. Theresa may has a list of 12 demands fo
A libyan man has won the right to sue the former Foreign Secretary, jack straw, over claims of kidnap and torture. An 18 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenage girl in rotherham. Three years after the Malaysia Airlines flight mh370 went missing, the search is called off, leaving families devastated. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Theresa may is due to set out her strategy for brexit this lunchtime. In a speech in central london, the Prime Minister is expected to signal she wants a full break from the European Union rather than a deal that leaves britain half in, half out. Her speech comes as new figures show the rate of inflation increased sharply last month, exceeding some economists predictions. The cost of living was 1. 6 higher than a year earlier. Thats up from an annual rate of 1. 2 the previous month. We can go to Vishala Sri Pathma in the city. Tell us more about these figures . As you say, it is higher than the previous month. And it ha
Deputy first minister, Martin Mcguinness has announced hes to retire from frontline politics, and wont seek re election to the Stormont Assembly in march. He says hes planning to stand down in may, on the tenth anniversary of devolved government and power sharing. Hes been speaking to our Northern Ireland Political Editor mark devenport. In the aftermath of the Assembly Election last year i agreed to stay on. I was very honoured to be asked to stay on by the party as deputy first minister, but i said i would do it for a further year, which would bring me to 8th of may. This year would have been the tenth anniversary, and say ian paisley said it was an historic moment. I thought it was an appropriate time for me to stand aside as debbie first minister, and make for a new Sinn Fein Deputy first minister. But of course, the best laid plans Of Mice And Men came into play deputy first mr. I have had two situations to deal with, one is the crisis at stormont, and my own health problems, whic
Theyll face wolves next, if they beat sevilla tonight. Its National Allotment weekend we have come to dorset road allotments, where the temperature is currently around 22 celsius. For those of us in the heatwave, it will continue for another two days but there is also the risk of heavy thundery downpours, which could lead to flash flooding. Details coming up. Its tuesday, 11th august. Our top story. Scotlands education secretary, john swinney, will explain today how he will address problems with the way School Pupils were awarded grades this year, in the absence of exams. The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has apologised after the marks given to pupils were based partly on the past performance of their schools. The process meant that 125,000 results were downgraded. Alexandra mackenzie reports. 16 year old 0livia thought she was on track to study medicine. She got five as in her higher prelims, but those were not the results awarded by the sqa. Instead she received two as and three b