Good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than Three Million british gas customers are facing a big rise in their electricity bills. From september the company will charge 12. 5 more for electricity. It means a typical household on a dualfuel tariff will see its annual bill go up by £67. British gas says its putting up prices for the first time in nearly four years because its own costs have risen. But the government and Consumer Groups have condemned the move. Heres our business editor, simonjack. Electricity, a basic need, a simple product. Its the same wherever, or whomever, you buy from. If you buy it from british gas, it will be 12. 5 more expensive from september as the uks largest supplier hiked prices for the first time in four years. Given wholesale costs have come down over that period, why raise prices now . We do agree that, over the last few years, since we dropped Electricity Prices the last time, wholesale costs have indeed fallen by about £36 on a typical bill but we
Coming up in sportsday on bbc news. England womens goalkeeper Karen Bardsley has been ruled out of the rest of euro 2017 after breaking her leg in the Quarterfinal Win over france. Good evening. More than 3 million british gas customers are facing a big rise in their electricity bills. From september, the company will charge 12. 5 more for electricity. It means a typical household on a dualfuel tariff will see its annual bill go up by £76. British gas says its putting up prices for the first time in nearly four years because its own costs have risen. But the government and Consumer Groups have condemned the move. Heres our business editor, simonjack. Electricity, a basic need, a simple product. Its the same wherever, or whomever, you buy from. If you buy it from british gas, it will be 12. 5 more expensive from september, as the uks largest supplier hiked prices for the first time in four years. Given wholesale costs have come down over that period, why raise prices now . We do agree
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than Three Million british gas customers are facing a big rise in their electricity bills. From september the company will charge 12. 5 more for electricity. It means a typical household on a dualfuel tariff will see its annual bill go up by £67. British gas says its putting up prices for the first time in nearly four years because its own costs have risen. But the government and Consumer Groups have condemned the move. Heres our business editor, simonjack. Electricity, a basic need, a simple product. Its the same wherever, or whomever, you buy from. If you buy it from british gas, it will be 12. 5 more expensive from september as the uks largest supplier hiked prices for the first time in four years. Given wholesale costs have come down over that period, why raise prices now . We do agree that, over the last few years, since we dropped Electricity Prices the last time, wholesale costs have indeed fallen by about £36 on a typical bill but we
And the welsh opera singer, bryn terfel. Thick fog is causing delays at airports for a second day. Heathrow says 45 flights have been cancelled, because planes were in the wrong place following yesterdays disruption. And its new year down under, sydney welcomes in 2017 in style with a spectacular firework display. Now on bbc news, witness. Hello, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. Im here at the British Library in london for the last time this year to bring you five of our favourite stories from 2016. Well meet a former member of chairman maos infamous red guards, a woman astronaut who trained with the challenger Space Shuttle crew, and an art restorer who brought a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece back to life. But first, witness has travelled to the Bamiyan Valley in afghanistan. For over 1,000 years two huge statues of Buddha Towered over the valley, but in 2001 they were destroyed by the taliban. Said musa hussein was one of the local people forced to lay dynamite around t
And the welsh opera singer, bryn terfel. Thick fog is causing delays at airports for a second day. Heathrow says 45 flights have been cancelled, because planes were in the wrong place following yesterdays disruption. And its new year down under, sydney welcomes in 2017 in style with a spectacular firework display. Now on bbc news, witness. Hello, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. Im here at the British Library in london for the last time this year to bring you five of our favourite stories from 2016. Well meet a former member of chairman maos infamous red guards, a woman astronaut who trained with the challenger Space Shuttle crew, and an art restorer who brought a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece back to life. But first, witness has travelled to the Bamiyan Valley in afghanistan. For over 1,000 years two huge statues of Buddha Towered over the valley, but in 2001 they were destroyed by the taliban. Said musa hussein was one of the local people forced to lay dynamite around t