An extra hour in school for some pupils in wales as heads try out changes to the Academic Year. The Winter Olympics torch relay kicks off in beijing as chinas capital gears up for the games. Good morning. Quite a lot of Cloud Producing Light Rain in the north and east. Not as windy as it has been but it is still going to be mild. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 2nd of february. The government will today set out its long delayed Manifesto Plan to level up the lives of millions of people across the uk. The proposals include a series of pledges to improve education, Public Transport and housing in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country. Labour have dismissed the project as more slogans and strategies. Our Political Correspondent Jessica Parker reports. We are a government committed to levelling up. It is absolutely what levelling up is all about. What were doing is levelling up. Level up across the whole of the uk. Ministers have talked about
Approaches, the duchess of cambridge starts her new role as the patron of englands Rugby Football Union and league. Coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, celtic and rangers go head to head in the Old Firm Derby at celtic park. Can the home side sealed the win to take them top . Good evening. Ofgem, the energy regulator, is set to announce the biggest ever rise in energy bills, with ministers understood to be preparing measures to ease the pressure on households. The announcement is due tomorrow. Every six months, ofgem reviews the maximum price that suppliers in england, wales and scotland can charge customers on a standard tariff. Around 15 million households saw their bills go up by 12 when the last update happened in october. The new cap takes effect in april and Industry Predictions suggest gas prices could rise by as much as 50 , taking the average annual bill to roughly £2,000. There is a separate Energy Market in Northern Ireland, where prices have also risen sharply.
During an active shooter standoff. Officer j. J. Jefferson and officer john painter lost their lives in this shooting. One was the best man at the other mans wedding this year. Same day in new york city, an off Duty Police Officer was shot by two suspects who tried to rob him while he was on his way to work. Were told the officer is in stable condition. It happened on the eve of the funeral for 27yearold nypd officer wilbert mora, who was killed along with his colleague during an ambush almost two weeks ago. In texas, at the emotional funeral for a deputy shot and killed during a traffic stop, officials called the judicial system broken. This has to stop. Those in authority who were coddling the criminals and enabling this behavior have culpability just as those who are pulling the trigger. We cannot continue to do our jobs effectively when the rest of the judicial system is broken. People need to be held accountable because enough is enough. There is no other way to say it. Were tired
During an active shooter standoff. Officer j. J. Jefferson and officer john painter lost their lives in this shooting. One was the best man at the other mans wedding this year. Same day in new york city, an off Duty Police Officer was shot by two suspects who tried to rob him while he was on his way to work. Were told the officer is in stable condition. It happened on the eve of the funeral for 27yearold nypd officer wilbert mora, who was killed along with his colleague during an ambush almost two weeks ago. In texas, at the emotional funeral for a deputy shot and killed during a traffic stop, officials called the judicial system broken. This has to stop. Those in authority who were coddling the criminals and enabling this behavior have culpability just as those who are pulling the trigger. We cannot continue to do our jobs effectively when the rest of the judicial system is broken. People need to be held accountable because enough is enough. There is no other way to say it. Were tired
During an active shooter standoff. Officer j. J. Jefferson and officer john painter lost their lives in this shooting. One was the best man at the other mans wedding this year. Same day in new york city, an off Duty Police Officer was shot by two suspects who tried to rob him while he was on his way to work. Were told the officer is in stable condition. It happened on the eve of the funeral for 27yearold nypd officer wilbert mora, who was killed along with his colleague during an ambush almost two weeks ago. In texas, at the emotional funeral for a deputy shot and killed during a traffic stop, officials called the judicial system broken. This has to stop. Those in authority who were coddling the criminals and enabling this behavior have culpability just as those who are pulling the trigger. We cannot continue to do our jobs effectively when the rest of the judicial system is broken. People need to be held accountable because enough is enough. There is no other way to say it. Were tired