of communications has quit. the prime minister s chief of staff has quit. the prime minister s principal private secretary. i always worry about getting that out correctly. civil servant. ..has also quit. so, four of the most senior people in downing street are on their way out. we were expecting a bit of a clear out. one of them, we were not expecting. and it all makes everything feel like my wobblyjenga tower i talk about every week. yeah. ..suddenly got a lot more woogly. or shoogly, as we d say in glasgow. shoogly! exactly. pretty shoogly. so, the news has changed a bit, but the analysis of what s going on with thejenga tower is basically still the same as we recorded a little while ago. so here s an episode of newscast we made earlier. i ve always wanted to say that! newscast. newscast, from the bbc. hello, it s adam in the studio. and laura in the same studio. and chris in stormont, in belfast, where the downpour of news has been even bigger than the downpour of rain. y
new figures show a record number of children are being referred to the nhs in england for specialist mental health care. cheering. excitement in beijing the winter olympics opening ceremony is just hours away with british athletes aiming to challenge for medals in more events than ever before. millions of households are bracing themselves for what the bank of england is calling the biggest squeeze on living standards for more than 30 years. it s after the largest ever increase to the energy price cap was approved by the regulator, ofgem meaning gas and electricity bills in england, scotland and wales will go up to nearly £2,000 a year. the government has announced measures to help cushion the blow but critics say they don t go far enough. theo leggett reports. for hussain and halima master, who have three kids, rising energy bills means life is getting tougher. it s gone up again, hasn t it? yeah, to 250 that s crazy, that. hussain has a full time job, but they are s
i get out of my cold shower, i stand shivering because i cannot or dare not put on the gas so i ve got no heat. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has been dealt another blow to his leadership following the resignation of five of his most senior advisers. the most damaging departure was the loss of borisjohnson s long time ally munira mirza, who quit after what she called a scurrilous attack by the prime minister on the labour leader sir keir starmer. and this morning the conservative home website is reporting that borisjohnson s special adviser on women and equalities has also quit. let s cross to westminster and speak to our political correspondent, helen catt. what other reasons people are giving for the resignations? figs what other reasons people are giving for the resignations? for the resignations? as you said there have for the resignations? as you said there have been for the resignations? as you said there have
downing street insists borisjohnson is still in control, after another conservative mp called on him to go. the prime minister has also seen the resignation of a fifth senior adviser. rescuers in morocco are reported to be getting closer to reaching a young boy trapped at the bottom of a well. the five year old, called rayan, fell down the 32 metre well on tuesday. at 10pm, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, it s newscast. confession time. we d recorded tonight s episode of newscast, and then i went to the pub to have. ah! ..it turns out two thirds of a pint with a friend. then, of course, my phone went mad because loads of developments happened in the downing street sacking saga. so, i ve popped back, laura never left. what s happened tonight? well, as one mp said to me, it s not a downing street nightmare, it s a downing street meltdown! and let s say, we are now recording this at 8:15. in the last couple of hours, the prime mini