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her parents are absolutely shocked. they re inconsolable still, and understandably so to hear of their daughter being taken away from them. india s love affair with coal the environmental costs of the country s huge appetite for the fossil fuel. good evening. two more uk energy suppliers have gone out of business as rising gas prices put pressure on the market. the firms, green and avro energy, announced late this afternoon that they d ceased trading. between them, they supplied more than 800,000 customers. six companies have collapsed in recent days. the boss of the energy regulator, 0fgem, warns that more firms could go. the number of customers who ll eventually need new suppliers may run into millions. here s our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith. two more energy firms have collapsed. as avro and green call in the administrators, that clocks up a total of six energy companies folding within the last fortnight. the industry called for help, but the government ....
an announcement today. veterans who were forced out of the military because of their sexuality have welcomed a review into their treatment. and coming up this hour, labour mp dawn butler is taking on the trolls after a man was convicted of threatening to shoot her. the cost of good and services we buy is rising at its fastest rate for 30 years. the december figure for inflation showed that prices have gone up by 5.4% compared to the year before. that s up from 5.1% in november and is more than double the bank of england s target for inflation. energy costs and the price of food and drink drove the rise, which was higher than economists had been forecasting. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith is in scarborough. this is a lot of windows. a lot of windows, yes. and a huge, huge ceiling. yeah. the things that give this hotel its charm and character are the very things now causing the nightmares. put, like, a secondary glazing on this side, it spoils the view ....
my guest is damian collins, a conservative mp and driving force behind efforts to cleanse the internet of fake news and harmful content in politics and online. can trust be rebuilt? damian collins, welcome to hardtalk. trust matters in politics, doesn t it? it matters a lot. of course, because people want to know that they can believe politicians when they say they re going to do things and that they will be consistent and true to their word, so it is one of the most important aspects of political life. would you accept that right now in the united kingdom, many, many voters have a real problem trusting the word of prime minister boris johnson? well, i think they ve seen a lot of reporting over recent weeks about, as you said in your introduction, stories about parties at number 10 downing street when the country was locked down. they heard reassurances that anything that happened at number 10 would have been within covid guidelines. it now looks like it wasn t. so they ....
now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. prime minister borisjohnson has a trust problem. the stream of revelations about partying at number 10 downing street when britain was in strict covid lockdown prompted a prime ministerial apology and a pledge to do better, but can he be trusted to change? many voters seem to doubt it, so too do some of his own mps. my guest is damian collins, a conservative mp and driving force behind efforts to cleanse the internet of fake news and harmful content. in politics and online, can trust be rebuilt? damian collins, welcome to hardtalk. trust matters in politics, doesn t it? it matters a lot. of course, because people want to know that they can believe politicians when they say they re going to do things and that they will be consistent and true to their word, so it is one of the most important aspects of political life. would you accept that right now in the united kingdom, many, many voters h ....
who are already struggling with paying the bills. yeah, i have three thermal layers on almost all the time now. i was sat under four blankets last week because i didn t want to turn the heating on. and novak djokovic is back in serbia following his deportation, as the australian open begins without him. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. two teenagers have been arrested in manchester after a british man took four people hostage in a synagogue in texas on saturday. greater manchester police said the teenagers are being questioned as part of the ongoing investigation into the attack. 44 year old malik faisal akram from blackburn was shot dead by police after a ten hour stand off in dallas. the four hostages who included a rabbi were unharmed. downing street has described the incident as a terrible and anti semitic act of terrorism . from texas, our correspondent, sophie long, reports. this is the moment the three final hostages ran for their lives, more than t ....