in defence of ryan giggs at the former footballer s trial, on assault and coercive behaviour charges. and we re injeddah, as antonyjoshua fights this weekend to regain his heavyweight titles. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: there s a crushing defeat for england at lord s, as south africa go one up in the test series. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. there have been more warnings about serious pressures on the nhs this coming winter. in a letter to ministers, the nhs confederation which represents employers in the health service says the uk is facing a public health emergency because people are having to choose between heating and eating this winter, due to soaring energy prices. the government says it s giving millions of the most vulnerable households £1,200 to help with higher energy bills. but it comes at a time when nhs services are already under intense strain. our health editor, hugh pym, is here. hugh. yes,
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gathered behind me here, and we are waiting at this convention centre in birmingham for the official final declaration, so at the moment all we know is that labour sources are saying that they have won. if that is the case, that would be a huge coup for the party and for sir keir starmer, the incumbent conservative mayor andy street is still hoping, it has been hoping for a third term here, and it was very fought race, and throughout the day, both party s sources have been telling me that they believed it was a knife edge, they believed it was a knife edge, the result here. but as we are hearing from the labour party now, they believe they have pulled it off, and richard parker, their candidate, has won. i was down on the floor five minutes ago, richard parker was down there as were other members of the labour party, jess phillips mp as well. they had all just go down on the floor, we didn t really know why, but they all seemed fairly positive. could that have been the first
Finances. meaning that this labour run authority is largely being overseen by the centralised conservative government. that is something which has met with mixed responses from here. one person who is positive about the future is steve rotheram, the metro mayor, of the metro area, he said to me this morning he will be overseeing a panel looking at the city s renewal, that will report to central government. he said he still believes it could host eurovision. it has the capacity to do that and a bright future there, he says. our top story this lunchtime. the nhs confederation warns the uk faces a public health emergency this winter, unless the government takes action on rising energy bills. and housing experts say 40% of people under 30 are paying unaffordable rent with towns such as rotherham and bolton seeing the biggest rises. coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll have all the latest from the european championships in munich, where all four