And Coming Up in sport later in the hour on the Bbc News Channel there is a losing start for englands netballers in New Zealand. The world champions, too strong for the Commonwealth Champions in christchurch. Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. The business secretarys been holding crisis talks with Energy Firms this morning, amid worries of big rises to Energy Bills in the coming weeks. Five smaller Energy Suppliers have already gone bust, unable to cope with a 70 hike in the cost of wholesale gas since august. Its understood the government is considering offering Emergency State backed loans to companies. 0fgem has confirmed British Gas has agreed to take on an extra 350,000 customers from the collapsed firm peoples energy. And the uks sixth largest Energy Company, bulb, is seeking new funds to try to stay afloat. Downing street says it wants to fix the issues as fast as it can. Our Business Correspondent Emma simpson reports. Gas, the cornerstone of our Energy Supply a
Good afternoon, and welcome to Bbc News. The Business Secretarys been holding crisis talks with Energy Firms this morning, amid worries of big rises to Energy Bills in the coming weeks. Five smaller Energy Suppliers have already gone bust, unable to cope with a 70 hike in the cost of wholesale gas since august. Its understood the government is considering offering Emergency State backed loans to companies. 0fgem has confirmed British Gas has agreed to take on an extra 350,000 customers from the collapsed firm peoples energy. And the uks sixth largest Energy Company, bulb, is seeking new funds to try to stay afloat. Downing street says it wants to fix the issues as fast as it can. Our Business Correspondent Emma simpson reports. Gas, the cornerstone of our Energy Supply and the cost of it is rocketing. There has been a surge in global demand and not enough supply. Energy firms here are now battling to stay afloat. In the current market as it is we are not going to see it through the win
Altman, Pediatrician And Spokesperson for the american academy of Pediatrician And Dr. Lena nguyen also with us. Dr. Altman, i want to start with you, the impact of this announcement. Sure. You know, i think this is really exciting, as a Pediatrician And Parent of a 6yearold who is the only child in my household not yet vaccinated, this will make a huge difference in the fight against covid19 and parents, pediatricians and teachers are waiting for this. It is very needed and i think the data looks good and im waiting for the fda and i hope they will thoroughly and aggressively review this data, so when it is time and appropriate, we can get shots in arms into our younger kids. Dr. Nguyen, this is a robust Antibody Response Pfizer said and shows safety among the 2,000plus kids in the trial. It doesnt get into efficacy, 90 effective against prep venting infection. What do you want to see when you pore through this data . I agree this is exciting news. So many parents are waiting for exac
Remains of 22yearold Gabby Petito in northern wyoming. An autopsy to confirm her identity is scheduled. The cause of death still unknown. Sad developments there. There is a lot happening this morning. Kristen holmes has more on the vaccine news, trials for children. Kristen, tell us what the data shows here, because i know a lot of parents are watching. Good morning, jim and erica. We cannot stress what a big deal this is. Its something weve been waiting for, the first vaccine data for this 5 to 11 Age Group that weve seen yet. Now in addition to showing that the vaccine is safe, it also showed that it generated a robust immune response. The company says there were no instances of myocarditis, which is Heart Inflammation that has been linked to some mrna vaccines. All positive news here. While it has not been peer reviewed or published yet, this is the first step of getting these shots into childrens arms and in fact, the fda, excuse me, pfizer says they are going to submit this data t