let s take you through what today will look like. the current prime minister, liz truss, held her fourth and final cabinet meeting starting about an hour ago. she is due to make a statement outside number 10 at around 10:15, before travelling to buckingham palace for an audience with king charles. after this, rishi sunak will head to the palace, where he ll be invited to form a government. then it s back to downing street, and the new prime minister will address the nation at around 11:35. and over the next 2a hours, we can expect to see a trickle of cabinet appointments which will start to shape what rishi sunak s government will look like. of course, not just of course, notjust appointments, but the message too. what is the message is likely to be when he appears at the podium which is just being put up behind us? first of all four at liz truss, then for a rishi sunak later on. keeping us company throughout the morning as we follow these events is nick eardley, our chief po
exotic plants growing in the uk. and the notting hill carnival is back returning to the streets of west london for the first time since 2019. hello and welcome to bbc news. the leader of britain s biggest trade union says the labour party needs to get a spine and do more to stand up for working people struggling with the cost of living crisis. the unite union s general secretary sharon graham has told the bbc unions are emerging as the only people standing up for workers, accusing labour of moving the goalposts in terms of what it s prepared to do to support them. labour has not backed inflation matching pay rises, but has said if they were in power the party would join negotiations between employers and unions. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? now! could the summer of strikes turn into a winter of discontent? at felixstowe port, 1,900 dock workers are finishing an eight day walk out, impacting uk supply chains
and we will find you. joy and relief for some but on gcse results day, there are major regional differences in how pupils performed. and back from extinction the blue butterfly has its best summer for 150 years. and coming up on the bbc news channel: james anderson proves life very much begins at a0. he s among the wickets, as england seek revenge against south africa. good evening. pressure is growing on the government for action to be taken to help households and businesses cope with soaring energy costs, with calls from a think tank for a universal 30% cut in bills and businesses saying ministers should bring in covid style emergency grants to help firms. the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales called the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. take a look at how things have changed injust 12 months. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200. it s now about £2,000 an
and we will find you. i passed english! joy and relief for some but on gcse results day, there are major regional differences in how pupils performed. drought and sustained record temperatures in china threaten rivers and crops putting several provinces on a national red alert. and a day of tumbling wickets at old trafford sees england end in a strong position against south africa. and coming up on the bbc news channel: novak djokovic is out of the us open as his covid 19 vaccination status sees him miss a second grand slam this year. good evening. people across britain will be waking up tomorrow to what are likely to be very steep increases in energy bills which will be charged from october. the announcement sets the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales, known as the energy price cap. pressure has been building on the government for action to help households and businesses cope with calls from a think tank for a uni