And charities are meeting with ministers to discuss the difficult winter ahead. Energy bills will rise again in october, when the Price Cap increases by 10 . Rachel reeves said she had to take difficult decisions in very challenging circumstances. The conservatives are calling for her to scrap the changes. Our political correspondent Iain Watson reports. Energy prices are increasing and so is the pressure on the government to help those who are struggling to pay their bills. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing Record Numbers of people coming to us with Energy Debt in the height of summer. That is only going to get worse when the energy Price Cap rises. From october, the Energy Regulator Ofgem is allowing prices to rise by 10 , and that represents bills of more than £1700 a year for a typical household. This morning, the government brought together big Energy Companies, the regulator, and Citizens Advice Bureau to discuss what more could be don
For the weekend, temperatures for Northern Ireland and scotland reaching into the low 20s in the warmest spot and perhaps the Mid 20s in the warmest areas of eastern england. So fine weather for the weekend. Thats it. Now, lets join our colleagues for the news where you are. Have a very good evening. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Olly Foster Paris prepares for part two, after the success of the olympics, the paralympics starts tonight and british atheltes are ready i will be ready to fight, and there will be a battle. The Transfer Window closes on friday, italian forward Federico Chiesa has agreed to join liverpool and leading from the front, Ollie Pope says he cant let the England Captaincy affect his batting also coming up on sportsday. Is this the end of The American Dream . Louis Ree Zammit is left out of the chiefs Playing Squad ahead of the Nfl Season two and half weeks after the olympics came to a close, we are just half an hour away from the paralympics Opening Ceremony. 11
Campaign, promising to bring forward legislation to protect the nhs from privatisation and future trade deals. Labour promises a full year of maternity pay, while the conservatives unveil an nhs visa to attract top medical talent to the uk. The world war ii veteran raising money for a memorial on the normandy beaches is given a glimpse of what it will look like this morning. How does it make you feel . Because the work you are doing, it is now concrete, it is tangible, you can touch it. Marvellous. We find out more about an 82 year old cyclist who has completed his one millionth mile riding on a bike. Decisions on asylum applications are taking substantially longer than they were five years ago, a new report suggests. Well be speaking to the people behind the research. And in sport, a stoppage time goal saw celtic beat lazio in rome to reach the knockout stages of the europa league. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. More than 100 flood warnings are in place across the
October. Putting this in context, this is average rainfall in october and the dark blue indicates 200 or more of the average october rainfall so more of the average october rainfall so already the rivers were high which is why we are seeing so many flood warnings on the Environment Agency including the severe warnings on the river don put it when the rain stops, the flooding gets worse before it gets better so our website will point you to the best information if you are concerned about the situation near you. Onto the forecast and there is still some rain falling the forecast and there is still some rainfalling in the forecast and there is still some rain falling in parts of yorkshire, it is showery and not the intensity or duration of yesterday but you can see it here. Other parts of Eastern England have a bit of it this afternoon and then rush out in northern scotland which have been wintering in some spots, inverness add some snow earlier. For much of the uk, dry and sunny but quit
A head to head between borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn and one with all the main british parties. Jail for an 18 year old man who stabbed to death his teenage former girlfriend, ellie gould. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with katie. England celebrating a pretty nice when in the t20 . They certainly are and one mans name in lights is davitt malan as he makes history after hitting the fastest t20 century by an eggless batsman as a level the series against england, it is 2 2 with the decider in auckland on sunday. Thanks katie and tomasz has all the weather very difficult conditions for some. Is it going to ease . The weather has dried out in terms of the fact it is not raining so thatis of the fact it is not raining so that is good news on the river levels will stay at pretty high for some time but the good news is as far as the weather goes, the worst is over. Thank you. Also coming up. The emotions of a 0 day veteran as he sees a memorial being built for his fallen friends.