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who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search, says he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. the met says it s voluntarily referred the incident to the independent office for police conduct. good afternoon booking to bbc news. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has set out proposals that he says will prevent household gas and electricity bills rising sharply this winter, in england, scotland and wales. he wants to freeze the energy price cap for six months, and pay for the shortfall in part by backdating the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. but a leading independent research group says labour s plans could end up costing as much as the government s covid furlough scheme if it was extended beyond the original six month period, and they were not a long term solution. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. from doing the washing to cooking food to heating our homes, the cost of energy is going up just as autumn and wint ....
could catch showers as we head towards wednesday. fine weather around the irish the, the lakes into scotland mid week. thursday and friday, temperatures not far off the average. if you showers here and there but i think the weather quietened down as we head towards the end of the week. and that s bbc news at six on monday 15th august you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye, the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. going for gold eilish mccolgan hopes to add to her commonwealth title when she races at the europeans this evening. the european success continues across europe, with britain in the medals for diving in rome. and limbering up for his first test since turning 40, james anderson says england will stick with their attacking style, despite criticism ....
who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search, says he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. the met says it has voluntarily referred the incident to the independent office for police conduct. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has set out proposals that he says will prevent household gas and electricity bills rising sharply this winter in england, scotland and wales. he wants to freeze the energy price cap for six months and pay for the shortfall, in part, by backdating the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. but a leading independent research group says labour s plans could end up costing as much as the government s covid furlough scheme if it was extended beyond the original six month period, and they were not a long term solution. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. from doing the washing to cooking food to heating our homes, the cost of energy is going up just as autumn and winter months are around the corner, w ....
digby is right. they are doing that thing ofjust passing it on. they take it on and pass it on and make whopping great profit at the same time as you have people who are forced to stay at home, and that is the problem, forced to stay at home, and perhaps they are on kidney dialysis or, like tammy, they are doing chemo, they have had to give up doing chemo, they have had to give up theirjob, stay at home. her husband goes out and works 60 hours as a chef. all those people doing their best, trying to make ends meet, when you ve got companies that are raking it in, hand overfist, and not giving anything to help at all, i do not even know if there is any proper hand wringing going on. let me move on, because time is pressing. we ll talk more about this story in our next review at 11:30 p:m.. fairwarning, iwould like p:m.. fair warning, i would like to quicken your thoughts, and your former life, about the impact on businesses. we have heard the talk about politicians helpin ....
have a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies. the taliban are celebrating the first anniversary of their return to power in afghanistan but not everybody is cheering, especially women and girls. here as flash floods hit cornwall, the text alerts that will give you a direct warning about severe weather and other life threatening events. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the uk has become the first country to approve what its manufacturers are calling a next generation covid vaccine. the uk s medicines regulator has approved a new version of moderna s coronavirus vaccine the first to target both the omicron variant as well as the original strain of the virus. ministers say the vaccine will now form part of the autumn booster campaign. our medical editor fergus walsh is here with more details. this is the start of a new era of covid vaccines. until now, they ve all been designed against the original form of the virus which emerged in wuhan in china at the end 2 ....