Good afternoon, and welcome to Bbc News. The Business Secretarys been holding crisis talks with Energy Firms this morning, amid worries of big rises to Energy Bills in the coming weeks. Five smaller Energy Suppliers have already gone bust, unable to cope with a 70 hike in the cost of wholesale gas since august. Its understood the government is considering offering Emergency State backed loans to companies. 0fgem has confirmed British Gas has agreed to take on an extra 350,000 customers from the collapsed firm peoples energy. And the uks sixth largest Energy Company, bulb, is seeking new funds to try to stay afloat. Downing street says it wants to fix the issues as fast as it can. Our Business Correspondent Emma simpson reports. Gas, the cornerstone of our Energy Supply and the cost of it is rocketing. There has been a surge in global demand and not enough supply. Energy firms here are now battling to stay afloat. In the current market as it is we are not going to see it through the win
More than 100 homes as It flows towards the sea. And, plenty of brItIsh success at the emmys In Los Angeles where the crown won best Drama SerIes. Good evenIng. There wIll be no BaIl Out for Energy FIrms In trouble accordIng to the BusIness Secretary, whos been holdIng crIsIs talks wIth Industry leaders today. KwasI kwarteng saId customers would be protected If more Energy CompanIes went out of busIness. He saId there was no prospect of an Energy Supply Emergency thIs wInter. The growIng crIsIs has been caused by a massIve rIse In the wholesale prIces paId by energy supplIers. The food and DrInks Industry Is also warnIng that one of the knock on effects of the sItuatIon wIll be more shortages In the shops. Our busIness edItor, sImonjack, reports. The Uk Energy sector Is In crIsIs. Dozens of small energy provIders have already gone bust, and dozens more are not expected to make It through wInter, as soarIng Energy PrIces leave many unable to delIver on prIce promIses made to mIllIons of
Phil avery has got that for us this afternoon. Hello, there is no great rush to change the overall themes of our weather over the next few days and certainly for the next few days and certainly for the rest of today are pretty much what you see through the window is what you see through the window is what you see through the window is what you keep. A lot of card out there again and for the most part dry and the best of The Sunshine as has been the case recently and central parts of scotland, parts of Northern Ireland, Western Wales and may be one or two spots into the south west. But if you are stuck underneath The Cloud towards the East Coast and have the Onshore Breeze,. East coast and have the Onshore Breeze,. The cloud really feels on across the greater part of the British Isles and we will be looking at the Mist Or Hill and neatly cloud 13 to 14 perhaps. A dull start on tuesday, a bit of brightness getting towards East Anglia or the south east, best parts of The Sunshine, or Nort
At the european championships. A decision on whether lockdown restrictions will be lifted in england will be announced tomorrow with boris johnson urging caution ahead of a possible four week delay. We have weakened the link between the transmission of the virus and hospital admission. Is it the end of an era for benjamin netanyahu? his 12 year reign as prime minister is expected to be ended by a vote in the israeli parliament later. And it s the most expensive ticket in town. A mystery bidder pays $28 million to travel into space with the amazon founderjeff bezos. Good morning, i m here at tregenna castle, the resort in st ives, cornwall in the south west of england hosting the g7 summit. It s another gloriously sunny morning here but today sir david attenborough will address world leaders gathered here with a warning that they have to help save the planet. He ll tell them the choices they make on climate change will be some of the most important in human history. Last night the lea