To energy supplies for customers amid soaring gas prices and warnings more companies could go bust. We are not being complacent about this at all, but i think the clear message that i want to give to people is that we do not see risks of supplies right now and prices are being protected. The actorjohn challis best known for playing boycie in only fools and horses has died at the age of 79. And sir ed davey will tell party delegates only the liberal democrats can deprive borisjohnson of a majority at the next election we ll bring his speech to you live. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. One of england s greatest and best known footballers, jimmy greaves, has died at the age of 81. He was tottenham hotspur s record goalscorer with 266 goals. His former club said today they were extremely saddened to learn of his passing. Greaves began his career with chelsea, before spells at ac milan, spurs and west ham. He was also part of england s 1966 world cup winning squad and is one o
At the 149th open, the gates have just opened at royal st george s. The first golfers tee off in half an hour. And we ll reveal the total amount raised for children in need s 2020 campaign. Plus, it is a dry sense within state. Will it last for the next a0 days? we have at least got the prospect for the next five. Good morning. It s thursday, the 15th ofjuly. Our top story this morning is a call for sugar and salt taxes to be introduced in england, to improve the nation s health. A landmark report, commissioned by the government, says the money raised by the levy should be used to extend the free school meals programme and pay for gps to prescribe fruit and vegetables. Ellie price has more. It s just what the doctor ordered, but not what you might expect. Cathy runs the charity care merseyside, involved in what s called social prescribing. Patients are referred by their local gp, and then offered things like exercise support and cooking advice here. They also provide healthy food to lo
These are flying ants being picked up these are flying ants being picked up on the radar. There is a lot going on out there. As i mentioned, not a lot of sunshine. Count yourself lucky if you have more than blue in the sky. A scattering of down pours, that will be slow moving, particularly in eastern parts this afternoon and into this evening. We could see a bit of rain, but they re very hit and miss. Warm, humid feel, especially if you see some sunshine. Some rain pushing into cornwall, devon and pembrokeshire and some will be heavier tonight. Elsewhere the down pours will start to ease. We will keep a lot of cloud into tonight and it is going to be muggy out there. Misty in places too. The weekend picture, one spell of rain in southern england clearing on saturday. Another system bearing down on us from the west on sunday. In between the two, you may see some sunshine. Saturday and the wet start in southern england, that rain pushing across the south east to east anglia before cleari
and deceived on the dry earth. ben stokes and joe root fell, like so many. ravichandran ashwin to ollie pope. well, how do i play that? england s second innings 81 all out. it meant india needed 49 to win. it meantjoy unless you had tickets for friday. rohit sharma hit the winning runs with maximum impact. especially on the bowler, england s captain. it s been tough, you can see it s been tough on their guys as well, who are more used to these conditions than we are. but we just had to keep trying to find a way, trying to explore, to experiment. root says the authorities should decide if this pitch was fit for purpose. well, there s a week to prepare for the final test and to try to forget this one. joe wilson, bbc news. that s it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are james moore, chief business commentator at the independent and sam liste