the eu s climate service says that for the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels across an entire year. limiting long term warming to no more than 1.5 degrees is a key target in efforts to tackle climate change. counting is under way in pakistan s general election. mobile phone services across the country are being restored, after being suspended just as voting began. police searching for the man suspected of carrying out the chemical attack in clapham have raided two addresses in north tyneside 400km to the north of london. no arrests were made. the whereabouts of abdul shokoor ezedi remain unknown. queen camilla says king charles is doing extremely well under the circumstances, following the start of his cancer treatment. she said he had been very touched by all of the letters and messages of support. good evening. back in december, the supreme court in colorado took an unprecedented decision. by a 4 3 majority, the justic
it isa it is a fresh start for some of this morning. a day of sunshine and showers. the heaviest across scotland, northern england. wherever you are it will be blustery. details coming up later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 12thjuly. further allegations have been made against the unnamed bbc presenter who s been accused of paying a teenager for explicit photographs. another young person has told bbc news they were sent abusive messages by the male star, while the sun newspaper claims the presenter broke covid restrictions to meet another individual he met on a dating site. charlotte gallagher has the latest. another day of damaging headlines for the bbc and a male presenter who is still unnamed. this morning s front page of the sun bbc star broke lockdown to meet another young stranger . this individual has told the newspaper the presenter travelled to another county to meet them in february 2021. this was during the third national lockdown. the sun says
contacted anonymously by the bbc presenter via a dating app and claims the presenter then sent menacing messages. our special correspondent lucy manning has the story and she s with me now. to be clear, this is a different young person to the one the sun has reported about. this individual was first contacted by the mail presenter on a dating app and after the two had connected on the app, the two had connected on the app, the conversation moved to private messaging and the young person has told bbc news they were surprised to find out who the presenter was when he revealed his identity and a presenter told the young person not to tell anyone. but the young person has told us that they felt they were put under repeated requests and pressure to meet up. they did in fact never meet up. later, the young person alluded online to the fact that they were having contact with the bbc presenter and they implied that online, they might name him at some point. the presenter reacted by
the presenter what next? here is the news from bethan holmes. the bbc director general tim davie is to face questions for the first time since an unnamed bbc presenter was accused by the sun newspaper of paying tens of thousands of pounds to a teenager for explicit photos. mr davie will answer questions at the unveiling of the corporation s yearly report. a lawyer representing the now 20 year old at the centre of the story says the allegations are rubbish but the sun says it s seen evidence to back the claims made by the young person s mum. mortgage costs have hit their highest level for 15 years after the rate on a twp year fixed deal surpassed the peak in the aftermath of the mini budget. the average rate on such a deal is now over 6.6% a level not seen since august 2008 and the financial crisis. mps are to vote on changes to the illegal migration bill. amendments put forward by ministers include limits on the detention of unaccompanied children who will be gr
than £300 a year, or 16%. just a reminder, 0fgem sets this cap every three months, it s the maximum suppliers can charge per unit and these figures represent a typical bill. if you use more, you pay more. let s speak to dr craig lowrey from cornwall insight hejoins is from norwich. given what s going on in the red sea, why are we not going to see a spike? certainly, the situation that we haveis certainly, the situation that we have is that the uk market and the european market is being relatively well supplied by liquefied natural gas from america, coming straight across the atlantic and as a consequence, what is occurring in the red sea is not currently affecting uk or european supplies. energy plays quite a big role in inflation this looks like the cost of living could really start to ease for people? what we saw when the price cap fell previously, there was the consequential drop in inflation so one can expect that would happen again and we would see energy bills feed