the broadcaster nicky campbell alleges he and some of his friends were physically and sexually abused at school in the 1970s. the edinburgh academy has apologised to anyone who was abused there. what i witnessed was horrific. and thinking about it, i realised how much it sjust a part of my psychological furniture, always there. and after travelling all round the commonwealth the queen s baton has arrived in birmingham, for tomorrow s opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games. and coming up on the bbc news channel. germany take on france in the second euros semi final this evening. so who will england face at wembley? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. england are celebrating a thrilling performance last night as they thrashed sweden to book their place in sunday s women s euros final. a peak audience of more than nine million tv viewers watched the lionesses win their semi final at bramall lane in sheffield 4 0 with goals from beth mead, lucy bronz
the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. many journeys will many journeys manyjourneys will be manyjourneys will be ending manyjourneys will be ending earlier manyjourneys will be ending earlier than they normally work this evening. our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving with tr
the city s heritage. this is a kind of tribute to all those who travelled anywhere to have a better life, and to watch people compete and have a lot of fun and to yell at a big bull in a stadium in birmingham! we can t wait! hello, welcome to outside source. just to mark your card off the bat, we are expected to hear that interest rate rise announcement. as soon as we get it, we bring it to you. last month, remember, the biggest rise ever was introduced to combat inflation there, places around the world facing similar challenges. as soon as we get an announcement will bring it to you. let s bring you the problem of how to get vital
rishi sunak has promised he would scrap the 5% vat rate on energy bills for a year if the price cap goes above £3000 in the autumn if he becomes prime minister. it would save £160 a year. his rival in the conservative leadership contest, liz truss, described the move as desperate, accusing him of a screeching u turn . 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart has this report. rishi sunak emerges this morning with a new policy, a proposal to scrap vat on energy bills. but he s previously said such a move would disproportionately benefit wealthier households. and as we saw in his debate last night with liz truss, he s consistently argued against unfunded tax cuts. it s important what we leave our kids and our grandkids, and i think it is important to think about that inheritance. and i don t want to pass them a bill that we couldn t be bothered to pick up. 0k, and you made that. but with polls suggesting the former chancellor is the underdog, we now have a change in approac