And charities are meeting with ministers to discuss the difficult winter ahead. Energy bills will rise again in october, when the Price Cap increases by 10 . Rachel reeves said she had to take difficult decisions in very challenging circumstances. The conservatives are calling for her to scrap the changes. Our political correspondent Iain Watson reports. Energy prices are increasing and so is the pressure on the government to help those who are struggling to pay their bills. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing Record Numbers of people coming to us with Energy Debt in the height of summer. That is only going to get worse when the energy Price Cap rises. From october, the Energy Regulator Ofgem is allowing prices to rise by 10 , and that represents bills of more than £1700 a year for a typical household. This morning, the government brought together big Energy Companies, the regulator, and Citizens Advice Bureau to discuss what more could be don
For the weekend, temperatures for Northern Ireland and scotland reaching into the low 20s in the warmest spot and perhaps the Mid 20s in the warmest areas of eastern england. So fine weather for the weekend. Thats it. Now, lets join our colleagues for the news where you are. Have a very good evening. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Olly Foster Paris prepares for part two, after the success of the olympics, the paralympics starts tonight and british atheltes are ready i will be ready to fight, and there will be a battle. The Transfer Window closes on friday, italian forward Federico Chiesa has agreed to join liverpool and leading from the front, Ollie Pope says he cant let the England Captaincy affect his batting also coming up on sportsday. Is this the end of The American Dream . Louis Ree Zammit is left out of the chiefs Playing Squad ahead of the Nfl Season two and half weeks after the olympics came to a close, we are just half an hour away from the paralympics Opening Ceremony. 11
Welcome to bbc news. The home secretary, amber rudd, says the uk will continue to seek a bespoke deal on leaving the European Union and she insisted that differences between cabinet ministers over brexit policy have been exaggerated. A Cabinet Committee will meet this week to discuss the governments approach to negotiations. Heres our political correspondent, susana mendonca. Watching the dragons in action on a trip to china last week, the Prime Minister was all too aware that her backbenchers at home were fanning the flames of division over xebgt. Some brexiteer have been painting a picture of disunity on the governments front bench. Now one leading member of the cabinet has pushed back. I have a surprise for the brexiteers, which is the committee that meets to help make these decisions is nor united than they think. We meet for discussions, i think we will arrive at something which suits us all. Assessments think week that had suggested the options for a post Brexit Brexit deal with
Turned on the flair to run out 46 15 winners in rome. Patrick gearey reports. The faces, the voice change the results dont. When at home or in rome, england have always beaten italy. Their philosophy demands that the team forget that and the fact that they have only lost once in three years. Watson scored the first try. With the cup 18 months away, england have been trying to establish a cruel streak and watson was over again in five minutes. But italy found an escape. England stayed down the road. Farrell scored and then simmons scoring. Wales, who play england next will watch this italian move a few times. Proof there is space to be exploited. England will have learned much themselves, like not to challenge simmons to a race. His second try, his team finished with seven, the last finished by the replacement. History has repeated emphatically. So here is how the six nations table looks after the first weekend, with england on top with a better points differential over wales. Ireland a
The government says theres no reason schools in england will not be ready to roll out mass testing of pupils for coronavirus. It follows criticism by unions of another delay in returning secondary School Children to classes. Making sure that we do everything we can do to root out this virus, making sure that schools are safe, pupils are safe, staff are safe, but also communities are safe as well. Well be assessing the growing pressure on hospitals. Also on the programme. People are being urged to stay at home this New Years Eve, with most of england now in the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions. A bill to implement the brexit deal has passed through parliament and takes effect at 11pm tonight, when the uk will stop following eu rules. And the former leeds rhino player rob burrow is among those to receive a new years honour. Good afternoon. The education secretary has insisted theres absolutely no reason schools in england will not be ready to roll out mass testing of pupils for c