white house documents. in court today, ryan giggs is accused of throwing his then girlfriend out of a hotel room while she was naked. he denies controlling and abusive behaviour. in scotland, the pass rate for pupils sitting exams has dropped, from the levels seen in the years of the pandemic. and, serena williams, the 23 time grand slam champion, signals that she s about to move on from competitive tennis. and coming up on the bbc news channel: can rangers come from two goals down at ibrox tonight, to keep their hopes of playing champions league football this season alive? welcome to bbc news at six. the sharp rise in energy bills, for millions of households across britain, is likely to be even worse than feared, according to industry experts. the typical household could be paying over £4,000 next year, according to analysts at cornwall insight, at a time when people are facing a soaring cost of living, with the rate of inflation at its highest level in 40 years. there have
at stansted as heathrow extends its passenger cap to the end of october. and, at last, an apology for the native american actress, booed off stage at the oscars almost 50 years ago. good afternoon. new figures suggest the real value of wages, has fallen at its fastest rate since records began, leading to further concerns about the cost of living. the office for national statistics says regular pay, excluding bonuses, was up a.7% between april and june this year, compared to 2021. but taking inflation into account, wages are actually down 3%, hit by the rising cost of goods and services. the government says it recognises people are struggling with high prices, but is providing direct financia help for millions on low incomes. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. from the outside, a.7% is the best average pay rise for years. but the inside story is the average worker is dealing with astronomical price rises that more than cancel that out. aiming to attract the insta
And england get ready for the clash in cardiff, in their crucial six nations game against wales. And coming up in sportsday in bbc news tom varndell becomes the premierships all time leading try scorer as he beats mark cuetos record with his 91st try. Good evening. A controversial investigation costing tens of millions of pounds, into claims of the abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down within months. It follows a scathing report by mps into the Iraq Historic Allegations Team, which it described as An Unmitigated Failure, Investigating Thousands of claims unsupported by credible evidence and that soldiers under investigation, had suffered u na cce pta ble stress. 90 of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. Our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, has the story. Its almost 1a years since british troops invaded its almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq and the legacy of the war is still causing controversy.
in sweltering conditions on the second day of competition. it s a big night for rangers later the scottish side begin their quest to make the group stages of the champions league for the first time in over a decade. they take on dutch side psv, in the first leg of their playoff tie at ibrox tonight. ruud van nistelrooy is in charge of psv a former netherlands teammate of rangers boss giovanni van bronckhorst. it is going to be a big game for all of us, for both clubs, because we all want to be in the champions league but there is only one ticket in this tie left. i m sure you will see that psp will do everything to go through and we will see rangers will do everything to go through, so i think there are all the ingredients of a couple of great games and in the end the winner will take it home. crystal palace defender joachim andersen says he s received hundreds of abusive messages on instagram after being involved in an incident that saw
white house documents. in court today, ryan giggs is accused of throwing his then girlfriend out of a hotel room while she was naked. he denies controlling and abusive behaviour. in scotland, the pass rate for pupils sitting exams has dropped, from the levels seen in the years of the pandemic. and, serena williams, the 23 time grand slam champion, signals that she s about to move on from competitive tennis. and coming up on the bbc news channel: can rangers come from two goals down at ibrox tonight, to keep their hopes of playing champions league football this season alive? welcome to bbc news at six.