this in the face of current bills. is this going in the face of current bills. is this going to be enough to freeze the cap this going to be enough to freeze the cap where it is now? this £100 billion the cap where it is now? this £100 billion cost, the cap where it is now? this £100 billion cost, this two your package, would billion cost, this two your package, would take billion cost, this two your package, would take us up to 2024, the next election. would take us up to 2024, the next election, which the daily telegraph notes is election, which the daily telegraph notes is more than labour have suggested, would cost tens of billions suggested, would cost tens of billions more than labour, and what is interesting is, how does this fit in with is interesting is, how does this fit in with truss s approach to the economy in with truss s approach to the economy. she s going to fund spending economy. she s going to fund spending with borrowing? because w
flights have already been cancelled and schools closed, as heavy rain and strong winds begin battering the south of the country. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist and broadcasterjenny kleeman, and natasha clark, chief political correspondent of the sun. tomorrow s front pages. there s no surprise about the story dominating the front pages. liz puts her foot on the gas is the headline in the sun, saying the new pm s first major move will be to freeze energy bills for homes and businesses. the mail goes with cometh the hour, cometh the woman with a reminder that liz truss is the third conservative female prime minister. the telegraph believes the freeze in energy bills could last for two years, and says the announcement could come as early as thursday. the ft says the total package to be announced on energy could end up costing £100 billion. the metro goes with liz: i will deliver , quoting
offences. police in england and wales are failing victims of bulgaries, robberies and theft, the official inspectorate has warned. donald trump declines to answer questions as part of a new york state investigation into his family s business practices. and the bbc finds that more than 16 local swimming. closed across the uk in the past three years. 16 local swimming pools have closed. good morning and welcome to bbc news. ministers are holding talks with energy bosses this morning, amid fears over soaring bills. there are concerns households will fall further behind in paying for their gas and electricity but ministers have said that no extra support will be announced until a new prime minister takes office next month. at the moment, annual energy bills for the average household arejust under £2,000. but bills are predicted to soar to about £3,500 in october. it and forecasters say they could rise to more than £4,000 injanuary. our business correspondent, caroline dav
parts of aberdeenshire, northern ireland may be. temperatures into the late 30s, 33 or 30 full celsius in parts of the midlands and west london. it is not hot everywhere, whether friends zow towards the north west of scotland, outbreaks of rain here overnight. 0therwise, clear skies and it is a warmer night than last night. some places a tropical night, lows of around 19 or 20 celsius in parts of south east wales and the south coast of england. this hot air coming in from the near continent on a strengthening easterly breeze on friday. because of the easterly wind it could send low cloud lapping fenati facing coast tomorrow, limiting the temperature here somewhat. it is still cool and cloudy for the north west of scotland, but for most, blue skies, high temperatures and they will be rising. maybe 3a, 35 in the midlands, the south west midlands, the cotswolds and south west london, those places could see 37 celsius by the time we get to saturday, which will probably be the pea
energy bosses have held talks with the government to discuss plans to help customers struggling with soaring bills. ministers are promising more help in the coming months. a british man accused of being a member of the islamic state group is remanded in custody charged with terror offences. and the crisis of local swimming pools. the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past three years. hello. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. a&e departments in england had one of their worst months ever injuly, with record numbers of patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted. this is from the latest monthly performance data from nhs england. and the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to a new all time high. 6.7 million. the ambulance are dealing with the most urgent cases took an average of 29 minutes longer took an average of 29 minutes longer to respond than injune. shadow health secretary wes streeting has told the b