his comments come ahead of tonight s penultimate conservative hustings with rishi sunak and liz truss facing tory votes in norwich. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland the pass rate is down on last year but higher than it was before the pandemic. good afternoon. pressure is growing on the government to help households and businesses cope with soaring energy costs. a think tank has called for a universal 30% cut in bills and businesses want covid style emergency grants to help companies that are struggling. the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200, it s now about £2,000 and it s forecast tomorrow to reach £3,500 per year, payable from this october. there are further increases expected in january. back in may, the government promised a £15 billion support
and it s all or nothing for arsenal manager mikel arteta, as he speaks to us about the importance of family, discipline and passion ahead of the new season. good morning from the commonwealth games, where adam peaty has his spark back. after he reached the lowest of the lowest earlier this week, he roared back to form with gold in the 50 metres breaststroke. good morning. today will be less windy, good morning. today will be less windy, less good morning. today will be less windy, less humid. more sunshine than yesterday. still a few showers in the than yesterday. still a few showers in the full than yesterday. still a few showers in the full cast and i will tell you where in the full cast and i will tell you where later in the programme. it s wednesday, the 3rd of august. our main story. the most senior american politician to visit taiwan in 25 years, nancy pelosi, has met the island s president and addressed its parliament, during a trip that s been condemned by ch
as official figures show the economy shrank slightly between april and june, the chancellor says he recognises the difficulties people are facing. we are looking at all the options of what additional help we need to bring in later on in the winter months, in december and january, work those up so they are ready to go. and the shortlist of uk cities that could host next year s eurovision song contest has been revealed, with seven left in the running. and coming up on the bbc news channel. great britain have won their first medals in the track cycling at the european championships in munich, with the bronze in the men s team pursuit getting the team on the board. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police in new york state say the author salman rushdie has suffered a stab wound to the neck. his condition is not met your own. police said a man have been taken into custody stop mr rushdie received death threats after writing his book the satanic verses in 1988 and we
7,000 extra hospital beds this winter including in pop up sites the nhs in england unveils its plans to cope with expected pressures. and the shortlist is announced for hosting next year s eurovision song contest seven uk cities are in the running. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. a drought has been declared across more than half of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can impose stricter measures over how we use water at home and at work. a drought is defined by a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up over time. the four stages are normal, prolonged dry weather, drought and severe drought. eight areas have been moved to the third stage, including devon and cornwall, solent and south downs, kent and south london, herts and north london. as well as east anglia, thames, lincolnshire and northamptonshire, east midlands. in the wake of low rainfall and high temperatures, water c