Southern england, sunny spells developing but still some heavy showers later in the day. I will have all the details throughout the programme. Its monday the 1st of april. Our main story. Energy prices in england, wales and scotland have fallen to their lowest level for two years today, as the regulator ofgems new quarterly price cap Comes Into Force. A household using a typical amount of energy will see their bills fall to £1,690 the lowest its been for two years. Charities say customers still owe billions of pounds to suppliers in unpaid bills. With more, heres our cost of living correspondent, kevin peachey. Spring has arrived in the gardens of this east Kent Community centre, promising warmer months ahead. I love the daffodils. But locals are still feeling the chilling Impact Winter Bills had on their finances and lifestyle. Its been quite a harsh winter and i havent been able to afford to have the Central Heating on. So its been rather challenging. And so ive been using hot water
Into the infected blood scandal, widely considered to be the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the Uks National Health Service , has identified a catalogue of failures by the nhs and successive governments. A reminder of key points. 3,000 people have already died, while others are still living with the ongoing effects of infection. In this hour were going to speak to some of the people directly impacted by this. Sarah and Antonia Akoni in hertfordshire. Sarahs husband and antonias dad, 0mololu akoni, received Blood Transfusions for sickle cell in the 1980s, before discovering that he was infected with hepatitis c via the transfusions. Thank you both forjoining me here. Good to talk to you. I wanted to ask you if you could tell me a little bit more about what happened to your husband and dad. He bit more about what happened to your husband and dad. Husband and dad. He had Sickle Cell Anemia. Husband and dad. He had Sickle Cell Anemia and husband and dad. He had Sickle Cell An
I would get the dvd of limehouse gollum, it is out now. This is a sort of east end set victorian melodrama style. Starring the great bill nighy and a wonderful performance from olivia cooke, a young british actor. Danny mays is in there. It is about murders going on. A sort ofjack the ripper style thriller set in the east end with all of the london fog and people out and about like oliver creatures going out and going oom pah pah, but there is a grisly murder at the bottom of it, and it captures that gothic horror of london very, very well. Interesting and well done. Lovely. And as you have hinted award season is nearly upon us, so well be talking plenty in the coming weeks. Thank you very much for now, jason solomons. That is a taster of what is on offer this week. A quick reminder before we go, all our film news and reviews from across the bbc are online. Im sure you know the address but there it is, bbc. Co. Uk mark kermode. And all previous programmes are on the iplayer. That is it
Six millions pounds with planting planned over the next 25 years. The final preparations are made for the Golden Globes the first major ceremony since hollywood was hit by Sexual Harassment scandals. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has defended the governments record on the nhs, saying it was better prepared for a winter crisis than ever before despite the decision to postpone tens of thousands of non urgent operations in england. In an interview with the Bbcs Andrew Marr show, she said she recognised peoples concerns about the Health Service but insisted extra money was being spent. The Prime Minister has also confirmed that she is preparing to reshuffle her cabinet, as our Political Correspondent susanna mendonca reports. It has been a tough year for theresa may. She lost her majority in the election, faced a rebellion from her own backbenchers, had to deal with resignations and even had to sack her second in command, meaning she now needs to have a Cabinet
President trump will visit victims of Hurricane Harvey later today. Could an old shipwreck be to blame for the chemical cloud which affected hundreds of beach goers in east sussex . Tennis superstar Serena Williams has given birth to her first child. It is a baby girl. No name as yet. In sport world cup qualifier wins for scotland, england and Northern Ireland. Gordon strachans scotland side kept alive their hopes for russia 2018 with a 3 0 win in lithuania. And tomasz has the weather. Well, the weekend is looking a little mixed. A nice, bright day to day. Tomorrow, one for the sunday papers. A lot of grey cloud and some rain on the way as well, but not for everyone. Good morning. First, our main story Utility Companies could be charged by the hourfor digging up busy roads to carry out work on their infrastructure, under plans being put forward by the government. Ministers hope the policy would force contractors in england to speed up repairs or carry out work at night, to reduce delay