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gas, the electricity companies, particularly the water companies. i think there are questions to be asked about whether these industries are properly regulated, because when you look at not only the salaries of these chief executives, but also the bonuses and tips they are being paid, and it s a nice table in the metro, naming and shaming photographs of some of the big packages. then you look at the performances, you look at there are so many leaks and these old pipes that they are pumping more sewage into our seas and rivers. but they are about to impose, and some have already imposed, hosepipe ban and some are about to. and ijust think that the ordinary person who s paying the charges for these senses, it s actually pretty fed up. so the regulators i think have failed to do theirjob, they failed to hold these companies to account and make sure they deliver a proper performance. and certainly in the case of the water companies, the likelihood of climate change, we ll s ....
with widespread disruption for passengers. the un secretary general meets ukraine s president for talks he says he s gravely concerned about safety at a nuclear power plant that s now in russian hands. joe fraser becomes the first british man to take gold in the european gymnastics final. and coming up on the bbc news channel. ben stokes helps limit the damage as england claw back wickets on the second day of the 1st test against south africa at lords, following a disappointing first innings. good evening. there s been delight but also disappointment on results day for hundreds of thousands of teenagers across england, wales and northern ireland who ve had their studies severely disrupted by the pandemic. almost 850,000 a levels were taken this year, when pupils did sit exams again. as you can see here, the proportion of top grades has fallen compared with 2020 and 2021 which are marked here in red that was when teacher assessments were used instead of exams b ....
strike, but two. they ve identified a huge crater off the coast of africa of a similar age to the one in the gulf of mexico associated with their extinction 66 million years ago. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sian griffiths, who s the education editor at the sunday times, and the broadcaster and journalist james lewer. 0 nto onto tomorrow s front pages. let s start with the i that says liz truss is to be told by the office for budget responsibility that she has billions of pounds less than she thought to fund her promised tax cuts. the ft has another story about the frontrunner to be the next prime minister, saying she has city of london s top regulators in her sights with an immediate review if she wins. now to exam results day, as the daily telegraph features a picture ofjoyful students celebrating with the headline that 20% of our top university places have gone to foreign students. the daily mirror ....
scotland s first gold medal in the velodrome. it is so proud to be here, to see all these different people, and amazing day for triathlon. i’m all these different people, and amazing day for triathlon. i m so roud to amazing day for triathlon. i m so proud to do amazing day for triathlon. i m so proud to do this amazing day for triathlon. i m so proud to do this for amazing day for triathlon. i m so proud to do this for scotland - amazing day for triathlon. i m soi proud to do this for scotland and for my proud to do this for scotland and for my family here. and the other headlines tonight. victims of the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s a judge says people should receive immediate six figure compensation. we have a special report on the resistance in ukraine operating in russian occupied territory. rebekah vardy loses her libel case against colleen rooney the judge says significant parts of vardy s evidence wasn t credible. and coming up on ....
liz truss of trying to avoid scrutiny of her economic plans as she prepares for an emergency budget if she becomes prime minister. a bbc investigation unmasks the man responsible for a huge online community which traded non consensual sexual images and videos of more than a hundred woman. and as a new law to make school uniforms more affordable in england misses the start of the academic year let us know about the cost of kitting out your children and whether you ve been able to make any savings. you can contact me on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag bbcyourquestions. and knock, knock. who s there? that s right it s the funniest joke at the edinburgh fringe comedy festival, but what is it? find out later this hour. welcome to bbc news. in the last few minutes we have got a result amongst barristers in england and wales. they have voted to go on an all out strike in england and wales next month, with almost 80% of those who took part in the ballot voting for an ....