Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. The business secretary s 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. It s 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 people s energy. And the uk s 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 th
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, who s 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 millio
It comes at a critical moment where covid cases among the youngest and most vulnerable are soaring nationwide. Doctors treating kids sick with covid reflecting on this point in the pandemic. It s scary. It s sad. And it s exhausting. It s sad that some in society have not prioritized children. I thought that was a place where we could all come together. We start with this huge news from pfizer. What it could mean in the fight against the pandemic. Gabe gutierrez has been following the pfizer announcement for us. He s outside a hospital in spokane washington where hospitals are turning away patients from neighboring idaho. And cases continue to rise among children. And i also want to bring in dr. Derek cast. He s an emergency medical physician. Doctor, always good to have you. Gabe, let s start with you. Pfizer says the data shows the vaccine is safe and effective for children between 5 and 11. What more have we learned? hey there, craig. Yes, as you said, this is potentially pivotal ne
Get in touch @annita mcveigh bbcyourquestions from monday travellers arriving in england, scotland and wales who ve been fully vaccinated in the eu or us won t need to isolate when entering from an amber list country. Uk foreign secretary dominic raab defended the move. The answer to your question why we are taking this step, we are doing it opening up internationally in the same way we are domestically in a sure footed, careful way with the safeguards in place to make sure that we can do it in a sustainable way. A coroner concludes that liverpool football fan andy devine who died this week after suffering life changing injuries in the hillsborough stadium disaster is the 97th victim of the tragedy. Hello and welcome to tokyo, where it is now day six of the olympic games. There has been an upset in the athletics, with reigning world pole vault champion, sam kendricks, ruled out of the games after testing positive for covid 19. Australia s track and field team briefly isolated as a
Silver in the women s canoe slalom. It can mean so much for people, and i hope people see women now as an event that is really high class, there was some amazing paddling out there. Half a million fewer people are now on furlough. But experts warn there could be job cuts as government support eases. A coroner concludes that liverpool football fan andy devine who died this week after suffering life changing injuries in the hillsborough stadium disaster is the 97th victim of the tragedy. And itv says there are no current plans for another series of the x factor after reports the show had been axed. In the last half hour, england s deputy chief medical 0fficer, jonathan van tam, has told the bbc that covid vaccinations have prevented around 22 million new coronavirus cases in england and saved about 60,000 lives. He announced the figures which are from public health england while answering questions on the vaccines from bbc newsbeat listeners. Let s hear what he had to say. Ther