chief business commentator for the independent, and benedicte paviot, the uk correspondent at france 24. hello, both. quick look at the front pages before our chat. let s start with the metro, which covers those calls from the transport secretary for people to stop panic buying petrol and diesel. the same story praises the front page of the guardian, which says the government use the military to deliver fuel across the country. the same line, ministers are set to discuss the plans tomorrow. the mirror claiming the prime minister was warned of the hgv driver crisis injune and failed to ask. there is an investigation on the front of the mail, claiming that smart motorways are plagued with technical failures which are putting lives at risk. and the government is planning to cut the earnings threshold at which reggie woods begin repaying their student loans. that s according to the ft. 0k, that s according to the ft. ok, let s begin our look a little bit more in depth at the fron
senior republicans in the us condemn the fbi s search of donald trump s florida home. the white house insists it only learned about the operation from media reports. four days of extreme weather is forecast in england and wales. it comes as environmental groups say some rivers are starting to dry up seriously impacting wildlife. that, as western europe is facing its worst drought in decades with water levels in rivers and reservoirs already running low or even dry. a beluga whale that swam up the seine river in northern france and became stranded, has been removed from the water in the first stage of a rescue operation by marine experts. # we re walking in the air.# the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the 1978 classic, the snowman, has died, aged 88. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. debts owed by uk consumers to energy suppliers have tripled since last september, according to the comparison service uswitch. almost
list case for a summer election, the economic numbers look better, although people don t necessarily feel better. the rwanda law has been passed but hasn t yet been tested. autumn and winter campaigns are grim. summer, you might. ha ha, more of that later. get the sun shining. it s a big football tournament. people might be a bit happier, but also crucially, more and more tory mp have been standing down and i think the tory party has become harder and harder and harder to govern. been saying for some time, my working assumption is the general election will be in the second half of this year . the 4th ofjuly is just in the second half of this year, so he s consistent with what he said, just. he is, although i have to say, as i said at the weekend, there s going to be a lot about this in different parts of the country. it s the school holidays in then in scotland and in northern ireland as well. and i think if you re a scottish conservative, and i think if you re a scottish co
to being in charge of dangerously out of control dogs. in the next hour, a librarian discovers a previously unknown 15th century text. two 500 year old pages from william caxton who brought printing to england in the moo s are found by chance, inside another book. and, the queen of latin, shirley ballas, will be the new head judge on strictly come dancing taking overfrom len goodman. good afternoon. jeremy corbyn, the labour leader, has declined to confirm that he would definitely take the uk out of the eu, if he s elected onjune the eighth. mr corbyn was speaking exclusively to the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuenssberg, for the launch of the party s official general election campaign. earlier he was in manchester and he told supporters labour was offering a real alternative to what he called a rigged system under the conservatives. afterwards, in his bbc interview, he was asked repeatedly whether he d categorically leave the european union whatever the deal on the
the piece hall in halifax has re opened today following a £19 million transformation. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. british gas will increase electricity prices by 12.5% in september, a move which will affect more than three million customers. its parent company centrica said the price rise is a because of the increasing cost of transmitting energy to people s homes, and government environmental policies. the government has indicated that it may still legislate to impose a cap on energy prices. our business correspondent theo leggett reports. british gas likes to say it is putting its customers in control. but even if they turn the heating down, those on a standard variable tariffs will see their bills going up. after the increases announced today, the cost of an average dualfuel energy bill, electricity and gas, provided by british gas, will be going up. it will now cost £1120 a year, an increase of £76 compared to last year. it is not the cheapest among the big