Shortly in london. A man has been arrested over the death of an ex Royal Navy Officer who was hit as his car was stolen from outside his home in manchester. This couldve happened to absolutely anybody. You hear a noise downstairs, you go to see what it is. Its incredibly tragic. Any bit of information, we really need to hear it. Four tram drivers admit to falling asleep on a line in croydon, where seven people died after derailment last year. And the cities vying to take over from hull as uks next city of culture. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Karin Giannone Live In Paris where the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and the far right National Front Leader Marine Le Pen have made it through to the second round of the french president ial election. Macron who has never held Political Office told his supporters they had changed the face of French Politics, and it was his job to reconcile the country. Marine le pen described her victory as historic and said a vote for her was ke
british gas owner centrica reported underlying operating profits of £2.1 billion for the first six months of the year up from £1.3 billion a year ago. the met office says last year s record breaking temperatures will become the norm by 2060, unless there s more effective action against climate change. the sweltering heatwave injuly last year led to the uk seeing a temperature of a0 for the first time. the uk s aviation regulator has announced it s taking enforcement action against wizz air. the civil aviation authority says it follows a large number of complaints that the airline is not paying passengers compensation they are owed when flights are cancelled or delayed. tributes continue following the death of sinead o connor at the age of 56. the president of ireland, michael higgins, said his country has lost one of its most gifted composers, songwriters and performers. she is most famous for her 1990 version of the ballad nothing compares 2 u.
usage as people try to bring down bills at the time of persistently higher prices. hannah miller, bbc news. joining me now is our business editor, simonjack. i suppose good and bad news for customers? customers? that s right, we are auoin to customers? that s right, we are going to see customers? that s right, we are going to see bills customers? that s right, we are going to see bills come - customers? that s right, we are going to see bills come down i customers? that s right, we are i going to see bills come down from £2,500. if it wasn t for government subsidies they would be over £3,000. so that is good news. however, they are still £800 on average higher than two years ago. as we heard, it looks as if this is as low as they re going to go for the time being. when you add that to increasing prices for food and housing, it is going to be a difficult few months and interesting what the boss of centrica said, he said he thinks the first act of the energy crisis is over, but t
here, the energy costs have more than tripled to around £1,500 a month. and because businesses are not affected by the change in the energy price cap, the bills are going to remain a heavy burden. we are still paying the higher prices, even though we know the energy prices have gone down. how do you feel about that? it s pretty sad, to be honest. it feels like there s no need for us to be paying such a high price, other than the contract that we are in. but the reason we re contracted in is because we had no choice at that time, because otherwise if we were on a variable limit, we wouldn t have been able to afford the energy. so it is really frustrating. itjust feels like it s stalling us very much two steps forward, one step back. as for the future, there s little sign of prices falling much further any time soon. the boss of british gas owner centrica says the average household bill is likely to stay around £2,000. it s very difficult to tell, because it s all driven by global en
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