that a support package is being developed. also on the programme: all children in london between one and nine will be offered a polio booster vaccine, after the virus was detected in wastewater. as the heatwave continues, we report on the extreme problems faced by farmers and the agriculture industry. and the storyteller who enchanted millions the author and illustrator raymond briggs has died. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a night to rememberfor will smeed, scoring the hundreds first ever century to inspire birmingham phoenix to victory over southern brave. welcome to bbc news at ten. higher energy bills for millions of households could be on the way sooner than expected, according to the energy regulator ofgem and the industry body energy uk. earlier this evening, they confirmed that it was possible for suppliers to put up direct debits in advance of the new price regime in october. ministers, who ve been widely accused of doing too little to help households, are
Mirror reporter Matt Roper investigates the wave of private investment directed into cheap housing stock in Blackpool which is making the seaside town the epicentre of for-profit children's care
Ruby Oades, 14, who has severe learning difficulties and autism, was dragged along the floor by her ankles at Swinderby school and care home in Lincolnshire.