by hospital emergency departments in wales. in the next hour, we ll also be looking at the situation in scotland and northern ireland. a guitar teacher one of many tenants evicted because of rent arrears during the pandemic despite a promise covid wouldn t leave anyone without a home. and coming up, great excitement at london s natural history museum as an unusual dinosaur fossil is revealed to be the remains of a new ankylosaur specimen. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government says more energy firms may go bust over the next few weeks. already one and a half million energy customers are being switched to new, potentially more expensive suppliers because so many companies have gone out of business, including, in the last hour, utility point. it s 220,000 customers have been transferred to edf. the collapse follows a huge rise in the cost of wholesale gas. in a separate development, bp says its experiencing fuel supply issues at some of its petrol stations,
london teacher sabina nessa was killed by a stranger. her body was found near her home on saturday. # ole, ole, ole, ole.# and excitement mounts on the eve of the 43rd ryder cup, delayed by a year by covid. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the australian prime minister says no special deals for families of england cricketers to travel for the ashes. covid restrictions could lead to some players pulling out. good evening. nearly 1.5 million customers have been hit injust two weeks by energy firms collapsing due to rising gas prices. two firms avro energy and green ceased trading yesterday, and their combined customers of 830,000 will now be switched to other, potentially more expensive providers. it s not yet clear who their new providers will be that s to be decided by the energy watchdog 0fgem but all customers who are affected will still receive energy while an alternative supplier is found. here s our consumer affairs correspondent coletta smith. as the whole
Week some cooler weather for next week but much more unsettled with some rain at times. energy firms collapse because of soaring gas prices. two more firms go bust consumers will be switched to other providers, but they might be more expensive. we re very unsure who s going to be taking the money next month, who we are going to be paying, who our actual supplier is, and it s very mixed messaging. ministers are warning the crisis means more energy companies are likely to go under. also this evening. a shortage of lorry drivers forces bp and esso to close some of their petrol stations. downing st says people should buy fuel as usual. the mother, the father, and the baby that was taken from them in the 1970s because they weren t married. my baby had just been snatched away from me without a final goodbye. police investigate whether the south
Some cooler weather for next week but much more unsettled with some rain at times. energy firms collapse because of soaring gas prices. two more firms go bust consumers will be switched to other providers, but they might be more expensive. we re very unsure who s going to be taking the money next month, who we are going to be paying, who our actual supplier is, and it s very mixed messaging. ministers are warning the crisis means more energy companies are likely to go under. also this evening. a shortage of lorry drivers forces bp and esso to close some of their petrol stations. downing st says people should buy fuel as usual. the mother, the father, and the baby that was taken from them in the 1970s because they weren t married. my baby had just been snatched away from me without a final goodbye. police investigate whether the south