her as fierce and fragile, impulsive, bold and beautiful. colin patterson, thank impulsive, bold and beautiful. colin patterson, thank you. british gas has reported it s highest ever half year profits £970 million after price cap rises allowed it to make more money from household bills. scottishpower and edf have also announced large increases in profits for the first half of this year. but with millions of households struggling to pay their bills, there has been an angry reaction from poverty campaigners. here s our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith. british gas, scottishpower and edf are energy giants. supplying energy to half the homes in britain. over the last six months they have made hundreds of millions of pounds in profit between them. timer;r hundreds of millions of pounds in profit between them. hundreds of millions of pounds in profit between them. they are “ust takin: profit between them. they are “ust taking from profit between them. they are “