british gas admits there s no excuse for using debt agencies who broke into homes to fit prepayment meters. and, we speak to microsoft s bill gates about covid, vaccines and conspiracy theories. i guess people are looking for the bogeyman behind the curtain, the over simplistic explanation. and coming up on the bbc news channel. manchester united say they will conduct their own process before determining the future of their player, mason greenwood, after assault charges were dropped against him today. good evening. the bank of england has raised interest rates to the highest level for more than 1a years, with inevitable consequences for people with mortgages, credit card debt and other borrowing. the rise by 0.5 percentage point to 4% is yet another attempt to control inflation. the bank confirmed that the economy is set to enter recession this year, but it said the recession could be less pronounced than previously thought, as there are early signs that the economy is st
More police raids a 30 year old man is arrested in east london amid more questions over how one of the attackers was able to enter the uk. 13 people have been convicted following an investigation into abuse at two private care homes for adults with Learning Disabilities in devon. And celebrating the life of Ronnie Corbett stars of comedy and tv attend a Memorial Service for the man whose career spanned more than six decades. To become friends with somebody that youd grown up watching, sort of idolising, he was a lovely man, he really was. What you saw was what you got. He wasnt that different, really, off screen. He was warm, generous just a lovely man. Coming up in the sport on bbc news head coach Warren Gatland says theres lots of positives, despite a first defeat on the british and irish lions tour of new zealand. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Seven weeks after the Snap General Election was called, leaders from all parties are on the last push for votes before m
For the first time in 20 years britain has four players through to the third round at wimbledon and kyle edmund is on Court Bidding to make it five. And coming up in the sport theyve been chasing him all summer and now Manchester United have agreed a fee of around £75 million for everton striker romelu lu ka ku. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Donald trump has described russias behaviour as destabilising and said that the United States is working to combat it. In a speech in poland in advance of the 620 summit in germany, President Trump also declared he was considering a very severe response to north Koreas Nuclear weapons programme. And he questioned whether the west has the will to survive the dire threats of terrorism, extremism and government bureaucracy. 0ur correspondent wyre davies reports. It is only the briefest of visits but as the trump motorcade rolled into poland, the american president found the country where his populist views on energy, immigration
Athletics champion ships in budapest where the worlds fastest men and women will battle it out to be refusing to resign the president of the spanish faa say he won t step down despite coming under pressure to go after kissing a player at the world cup final. more than a thousand fires are burning right across canada, these dots show where fires are currently burning out of control. about two thirds of them are concentrated in the western province of british columbia and in the northwest territories, where hundreds of homes have been destroyed. 0ur correspondent wyre davies
All forced installations. the government has already urged all energy suppliers to do this. the pressure s now really lit up to protect the poorest customers who can t afford to pay. emma simpson, bbc news. there were warning signs of sexism, within in welsh rugby union, but the organisation was in denial , according to the man who s been appointed acting chief executive. nigel walker was giving evidence to a parliamentary committee in cardiff, following the allegations of sexism and misogyny revealed in a bbc wales investigation, which heard about a toxic culture in the wru. 0ur correspondent wyre davies reports. wales men s team preparing for the opening six nations match against ireland in cardiff on saturday. plenty of pressure with a change of coach and in a world cup year. but the build up has been overshadowed by a different kind of scrutiny. a bbc wales investigation detailed