but the story remains the same. and there is a new warning today that more than 75,000 businesses could fold in the face of unmanageable utility bills. we will have more on that. also this lunchtime. the former manchester united footballer ryan giggs is to face a re trial, on domestic violence charges. free meals are being introduced for the youngest pupils at primary schools in wales it s planned that all primaries will offer them by 202a. and, chelsea have sacked their head coach, thomas tuchel, after their third defeat of the new season. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a devastated nick kyrgios exits the us open after karen khachanov edges out the australian after five sets at flushing meadows. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, liz truss has faced the labour leader sir keir starmer for her first prime minister s questions and confirmed that she will announce proposals tomorrow to tackle the soaring cost of energy. pressed on ho
little can be done to stop the uk falling into a recession, that s the verdict of the bank of england. in pakistan, the authorities are desperately trying to stop the country s biggest lake from bursting its banks, adding to the devastation cause by the recent floods. the former manchester united footballer ryan giggs is to face a retrial on domestic violence charges. and chelsea football club have sacked their manager thomas tuchel, prompting anger from many of the fans. welcome to the programme. liz truss has spent her first full day as prime minister appointing more of her front bench team and clashing with the labour leader, sir keir starmer, over her plans to cut taxes and cap gas and electricity bills for households and businesses. details of the scheme to control the cost of energy will be announced tomorrow. it s understood it ll be funded by government borrowing. sir keir told the commons that a windfall tax on energy companies would have been a fairer way of funding
this is it? this is the new castle that was built to replace the old one that fell down. not so new any more. the team behind the city s bid are full of confidence. we have the hotel space, we have the arena, we have the connectivity links. we are the perfect eurovision host city. the area s previous links to eurovision are not strong. prefab sprout s paddy mcaloon once wrote a song released by frances ruffelle the year after she represented the uk. sadly, it missed the charts. but one former eurovision contestant does still live locally, working in a vet s in south shields. hello, rocky. david ducasse has made the move from scooch to pooch. everything all right? # flying the flag for you. would you like a complimentary drink with your meal, sir? in 2007, the uk s entry scootch came 22nd out of 24. i think out of the four of us, i was the one who genuinely believed
newcastle doesn t have many eurovision links, but one former contestant is now working at a vet s in south shields. hello, rocky. david ducasse has made the move from scooch to pooch. everything all right? # flying the flag for you. would you like a complimentary drink with your meal, sir? in 2007, the uk s entry, scooch, came 22nd out of 24. i think out of the four of us, i was the one who genuinely believed that we were going to win, so i was gutted. but as an experience, i think any eurovision entrant would just say, we ll do it all over again. and if eurovision came to newcastle, would scooch get back together? 100%, we d be there. literally, i would swap this t shirt and go and get my cabin crew outfit out of the wardrobe. newcastle hosting eurovision would also mean a lot to ukrainians living in the area. alex was a newsreader in ukraine until she fled the country with her mother,