the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s, the government will give thousands of people an interim payment of £100,000 each. i think it s a vindication of the work of the inquiry and the fact that this is an interim compensation payment suggests to me that liability has been accepted by the government. there are pollution warnings for nearly 50 beaches around england and wales after untreated sewage is discharged with heavy rain. and britain s emma raducanu knocks serena williams out of the cincinnati masters in straight sets. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we will have the latest from lord s as england take on south africa in the first test of the series. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. an increase in food and drink prices has pushed inflation to double digits as the cost of living crisis intensifies. the office for national statistics says the rise in the price of goods is now at its highest rate for more than a0 years. inflation hit 1
three british men accused of being mercenaries in ukraine are expected to stand trial in a russian proxy court. nurseries in england are shutting at short notice due to financial pressures and staff shortages, according to industry body the early years alliance. researchers at the university of cambridge say they ve successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people waiting for a transplant. and a sad end to the story of freya the walrus who became a tourist sensation in norway as she is put down. good morning. the labour leader sir keir starmer has set out how he would fund his party s plan to freeze the energy price cap for six months, and stop household gas and electricity bills rising over the winter in england, scotland and wales. the energy price cap the maximum amount suppliers can charge for average use is forecast to hit more than £3,500 in october and more than £4,200 injanuary. labour said it would freeze the pr
a group of charities and community organisations have called the rises in energy bills a national emergency as labour is to call for the energy price cap to be frozen in october. the energy minister says their plan won t work. the son of author sir salman rushdie says his injuries are life changing but that his feisty & defiant sense of humour remains intact after he was stabbed at an event in new york state. egyptian health officials say at least ai people have died and forty injured in a fire at a coptic church in north west cairo. warnings in the uk over the use of disposable barbecues as tinder dry conditions continue after a weekend of wildfires in parts of england. at least 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in southern france as wildfires continue there in a summer of historic drought and a series of heatwaves hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lord kim darroch, former british amba
Is bad Holding Women and children hostage is bad optics, they know it. Quite apart is bad optics, they know it. Quite apart from is bad optics, they know it. Quite apart from the logistical challenge in the apart from the logistical challenge in the middle of a war where they are being in the middle of a war where they are being bombarded of trying to keep are being bombarded of trying to keep the are being bombarded of trying to keep the location secret and provide baby food keep the location secret and provide baby food and things like that for famiiies baby food and things like that for families who shouldnt be there, they should never have been kidnapped in the first place, these talks are kidnapped in the first place, these talks are at a very sensitive, delicate talks are at a very sensitive, delicate stage. Qatar is the mediator, why . They provide, they host the mediator, why . They provide, they host the Political Leadership of hamas. Host the Political Leadership of hamas, pa
wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister and a dear friend to so many people. she died 11 months ago tomorrow. her death has left an un fillable hole in all of our lives. today, the coroners s conclusion validate what our family has known all along coroners s conclusion validate what ourfamily has known all along high say that ruth took her own life as the direct result of the process, outcome and consequences of an ofsted inspection of the school she led and loved. caversham primary school. the inquest into ruth s death has shown the brutal inhumanity of the system of the ofsted inspections. ofsted likes to judge people with a single word labels. we could judge the current ofsted system with our own labels. callous, perverse, inhumane. ruth s death and this inquest have laid bare the imbalance of power that exists in our education system. schools and teachers should be accountable to the families and communities they serve. ruth of all people understood this. she was let down by