we start with an emphatic win for manchester city who ve beaten the 1a time winners real madrid 4 0 to reach the final of the european champions league against inter milan. 5 1 on aggregate. it s the one trophy pep guardiola is yet to win at city, in a season where they re chasing a treble. twice beaten at this stage by real. this was finally city s night. our sports editor dan roan was watching at the etihad stadium. this was billed as a battle between the two best club sides in the world but there were only two in the stop the second leg after the 1 1 draw in madrid last week in the first leg but manchester city were way too strong for the champions, the serial winners of this competition, real madrid, running out 4 0 winners, 5 1 on aggregate and means manager pep guardiola s side got compelling emphatic revenge against the side which knocked them out at this stage of the competition both in 2016 andindeed of the competition both in 2016 and indeed last year and it means c
Crisis, i think, where we can no longerjustify letting them get away with that. While vulnerable families are pushed to the brink. Theyre raising their prices and theyjust dont understand that for us electricity is the difference between life and death. It is an Essential Need for ourfamily and our child. One, two, three, four, five. Lauren lives in birmingham with her partner sam and their two year old son arlo. Shes a Primary School teacher, and hes an illustrator. They take home just above the average Household Income of £31,000. But thats no longer enough. Petrol has gone up a lot. We are spending a lot more to get and from work now. Nursery fees have gone up. 0ur rent has gone up. And our gas and electric has gone up probably the most, hasnt it . Yes. So, a year ago we were paying about £100 a month, and now it is £250 a month for our gas and electric. So, its really hiked up. It has a really long neck that goes down. Its at the point now where we feel like we are kind of scrap
imola. mercedes s lewis hamilton said on social media that his thoughts were with those affected by the tragedy and with the amazing emergency services working on the ground. inga stracke is a formula 1 journalist who was on her way to italy when the news broke. this is a very early cancellation. we are used to, from previous decades, it seems like that was left very late last minute. yesterday, it was evacuated, some of my colleagues had to leave and others were already there, it looked really dangerous and devastating. around mid night, i got an emailfrom formula one fia saying, today, do not approach the racetrack, stain your hotels if you are already in emilia romagna. we also got news from our italian colleagues and friends that the water levels were rising, there were fatalities there, i feel very sorry and my sympathy goes
the beginning of august. but she says the deals on offer from energy suppliers are far too expensive. so i had an emailfrom british gas which basically gave me the reassurance of being able to come into a fixed rate tariff. so this is what we are paying, about £3,000, so which is about £250 a month, but i could be reassured and fix my prices in forjust over £8000 a year. that s astronomical! what did you think when you opened that? how can you justify such a massive hike in your fixed rate tariff? how can you justify £8,000? it s ridiculous. centrica, the company that owns british gas, says fixed rate offers are based on projections as to where prices will go .
your. daniel, thank you so much for joining us with your your. daniel, thank you so much for joining us with your thoughts - your. daniel, thank you so much for joining us with your thoughts on - joining us with your thoughts on newsday. joining us with your thoughts on newsda . . , did the people making england s covid rules at the height of the pandemic also break them? well borisjohnson is refusing to say whether he attended a drinks gathering at downing street in may 2020 , in contravention of the rules at that time. several of those invited have told the bbc they were taken aback by an emailfrom the prime minister s private secretary asking dozens of staff to bring their own booze , to what were called socially distanced drinks in the downing street garden. at the time most social mixing was banned. laura kuenssberg has the latest. the principle private secretary s job is in the shadows, organising the lives of the public and powerful. martin reynolds role was not, you may th