For the games. Its always important. We are here an elite sport, winning medals is what we are about, but we are part of an incredible No One movement, the paralympic movement, which on and off The Field of play once disabled people to be recognised wholly in society, and those performances on The Field of play can only help us in that cause. To the Us Open where Britain Harriet Dart will begin her second Round Match against Marta Kostyuk in the next hour or so, novak Djokovic And Coco gauff will also be on court later but no such luck for former Champion Emma Raducanu who lost her first round to sofia kenin despite winning the second set. Raducanu was knocked out by the 2020 Australian Open champion. Kenin plays fellow american and sixth seed Jessica Pegula tomorrow. England and Sri Lanka are making their final preparations ahead of the second test at lords tomorrow. England beat The Visitors by five wickets in the opener at Old Trafford last week, chasing down a fourth Innings Target of 205. England captian Ollie Pope says hes expecting another challenging game from Sri Lanka who impressed with their tenacity in manchester. For the guys to go and put together some good scores, to change from a this Effect Deficit for them as well. I think hopefully we can keep getting better and i am sure they would be confident and feel strong, but if we can play our best cricket, hopefully come out on the right side of the result again. Federico chiesa, has said goodbye to the juventus fans ahead of a move to liverpool. Though a deal is yet to be finalised, the reds hope to agree a fee of £10 million plus Add Ons for the italy international. Speaking outside an airport on wednesday, chiesa told reporters he was ready for this new adventure. Chelseas Romelu Lukaku has landed in italy ahead of a move to napoli he was mobbed by the clubs fans as he arrived to begin his medical. Lukaku will reunite with former Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte in a deal thought to be worth around £25 million meanwhile, his italy team mate, newcastle midfielder, sandro tonali, returns from his betting ban later. Newcastle paid more than £50 million for him last summer, but he only played eight games before he was sanctioned for placing bets on matches. After ten months without playing a competitive game, tonali is back in the squad for their game at Nottingham Forest in the second round of the league cup. He thanked the fans for their support while hes been out of the game. His manager Eddie Howe he knows hes going to be under scrutiny. The microscope is on everybody, and it will be on sandra for a period of time. I think he understands that, we understand that. I think it is a small steps, for us, we expect them to be himself and play his game. Hes a very intelligent footballer, a good technician, he has a play to his strengths and not try to do anything out of the ordinary, and that would be hugely effective for us. Irish Rider Eddie Dunbar has won Stage Ii of the Vuelta A Espana In Padron in a thrilling finish to the line. The Jayco Alula Rider who was in a breakaway launched an attack 600 metres from the finish to win ahead of the Belgian Quentin Hermans and Britains Max Poole to take his first win at the race. Leader Ben Oconnor lost more than 30 seconds to the rest of The Field. And thats all the sport for now. The Chancellor Rachel reeves defends plans to withdraw the Winter Fuel payments for millions of pensioners because of the financial mess she inherited from the conservatives. This come as ministers meet executives of Energy Firms to find ways to protect vulnerable people from rising Fuel Prices this winter as Citizens Advice say they expect more people to slip into debt because of rising prices this winter. Our political correspondent Iain Watson reports Energy Prices are increasing and so is the pressure on the government to help those who are struggling to pay their bills. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing record numbers of people coming to us with Energy Debt in the height of summer. That is only going to get worse when the Energy Price Cap rises. From october, the Energy Regulator Ofgem is allowing prices to rise by 10 , and that represents bills of more than £1700 a year for a typical household. This morning, the government brought together big Energy Companies, the regulator, and Citizens Advice bureau to discuss what more could be done to help customers who are behind with their bills or who are at risk of falling into debt this winter. A new report from an independent advisory body, the committee on fuel poverty, said nearly A Million households with children were struggling. There needs to be a consideration in the budget in the autumn of a Winter Plan for many, many people pensioners and other households. Ive mentioned children already, where children are in personal where children are in poor fuel households, they need help this winter and beyond. And out of the Energy Summit that is happening today, there has to be a better plan going forward. Critics say ministers have dealt a blow to the majority of pensioners by taking away Winter Fuel payments. Recently, we talked to some of those who have been impacted. Billy and sylvia say there are already struggling. We did get the help last year, but we still felt the cold. Its hard work sometimes when, you know, your fingers are freezing, you cant do nothing, can you . We shouldnt have to do that now when weve worked and paid our taxes all this time. On a Factory Visit in scotland, the chancellor wanted to talk about growth. What is already growing is pressure on her to do a partial U Turn and make more people eligible for the payment, but there is no hint of compromise. These are not decisions that i wanted to make, but these are decisions we had to make given the inheritance that we faced from the conservative government, and there will be more difficult decisions to come in the budget later this year. That is the stark reality after the mess that the previous conservative government have left this Labour Government to inherit. Labour says it has a plan to bring Energy Prices down, including investing in more home grown green energy, but that wont help this winter. And if people find it difficult to keep warm, its the government that is likely to feel the heat. That was Iain Watson. With me is emma pinchbeck, chief executive of Energy Uk which represents the Energy Companies. She was at the meeting today. Thank you for coming in. You are at that meeting, tell me what came out of it. I that meeting, tell me what came out of it. ~. , , of it. Ithink, and i realise this Sounds Trite of it. Ithink, and i realise this Sounds Trite for of it. Ithink, and i realise this Sounds Trite for a of it. Ithink, and i realise this Sounds Trite for a public of it. I think, and i realise this i Sounds Trite for a public not want something concrete at the stage, but for me the most important thing was that everyone was clear there is a problem for this winter. I think because of the return to something that feels a bit more normal out of the energy crisis, there has been this attitude that perhaps this winter will be easier for people, but the end of Government Support and know cut going up and the debts we can see on Supplier Books because his people will struggle this winter, and having that acknowledged with people bringing ideas of how to fix it was a really good start. I will come to those ideas a moment, but do you accept what we saw in that piece on what we know that there are a lot of people at this winter who are going to really, really struggle . We winter who are going to really, really struggle . Winter who are going to really, Reall Stru Ule . ~. ,. ~ really struggle . We have been making this case for a really struggle . We have been making this case for a year, really struggle . We have been making this case for a year, really, this case for a year, really, because we knew that with the end of Government Support we might see more people struggle this winter than last winter. Debts amongst the Energy Suppliers estimated by the regulators at 3. 2 billion, we think thatis regulators at 3. 2 billion, we think that is conservative, but it tells us how many people are struggling to pay bills and we had data consumers advising the Governing Bodies telling the story again for the best today. 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There are a few things to do, and if people are worried about and if people are worried about their Energy Bill they should contact the supplier, their regulation schemes, but we also put £53 Million of Volunteer Support into the system for vulnerable customers last year, Payment Plans and debt relief. In customers last year, Payment Plans and debt relief. And debt relief. In essence, you are re Aeatin And Debt relief. In essence, you are repeating what and debt relief. In essence, you are repeating what we and debt relief. In essence, you are repeating what we already and debt relief. In essence, you are repeating what we already do, and debt relief. In essence, you are repeating what we already do, you | repeating what we already do, you have a new problem, so what new would be the table . Would be the table . People dont often know would be the table . People dont often know what would be the table . People dont often know what help would be the table . People dont often know what help is would be the table . People dont often know what help is out would be the table . People dontl often know what help is out there, what we agreed to do today it was put out Sign Posting on the existing advice, and we also agreed to reinforce that Advice And Support for consumer bodies, more shared communications, and crucially, we think as Energy Uk, and i think i heard this around a table, we need something else this winter. We have been arguing for doubling the warm Homes Discount and moving other bills into taxation to make sure No One as bill goes up, and we think that targeted support is necessary. Is not the only idea to do that but that was also a theme around the Table Today. That was also a theme around the Table Today that was also a theme around the Table Today. Here is another idea, wh dont Table Today. Here is another idea, why dont the Table Today. Here is another idea, why dont the energy Table Today. 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I understand why you ask a question, against all l why you ask a question, against all the times i cannot bills, when you talk about Energy Suppliers, those who send the bills through the post, that bit of industry makes little profit, and during the time of doing thejob it has been profit, and during the time of doing the job it has been lost profit, and during the time of doing thejob it has been lost lead in, Thatis Thejob it has been lost lead in, that is because the biogas off market are books that produce oil and gas, you mentioned Bp And Show there, and they set it to consumers, so there are Price Takers have been exposed to in the way others have, thatis exposed to in the way others have, that is one reason its a group effort, its about government and the rest of industry trying to find ways to bring down bills in the long run, and as much as it was good to have the return is around the table and we need to do our part, there is and we need to do our part, there is a limits because theres only a small part of the wider market. In terms of prices at these levels, how long do you anticipate the remaining at these levels, problematic levels . You are full if you respect late on Energy Prices given the way geopolitics the way and recent experience, but our message to the government has been twofold today. We need support for this winter but we are not expecting a return to pre Pandemic Energy prices anytime soon. Bills are still double what they were pre theyjust crisis, therefore as well as support for this one so we need to have a mechanism that means that every september we are not set around a table trying to figure out what to do for that winter, but every year we have targeted support for people who most needed, and that was also part of what we discussed today. Emma pinchbeck, thank you for coming in to talk to us here live in a studio, thank you for your time. As well as Energy Prices, our Water Bills are expected to go up too by an average £19 a year over the next five years. But Water Companies have told the Regulator Ofwat they need to hike their charges even higher than that in order to tackle sewage spills. Its come to light as a consultation on improving the industry closes. Our Business Editor Simonjack has more its simple and its very strongly worded, and theyre basically saying, we canno