Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. The Gender Gap widens in the us election well take a look at what that might mean for the campaigns. We are hearing from the united states that Dick Cheney, former Vice President , now 83 years old, has said he will be following his Daughter And Voting for Kamala Harris at the election. The republican former Vice President following his daughter, who course did say this week, Liz Cheney, she would vote for Kamala Harris. We will maybe talk about what that might mean for the democratic campaign. But now the opposite side of the age scale. Every four years in a us election, political analysts like us Start Splitting up the electorate into different subgroups, who might this time be the difference. Suburban mothers in michigan. Retired folks in arizona. Latinos in nevada. Black voters in georgia. And so on and so on. But one of the things that really stands out in this election, is the Gender Gap. It is there in all the S
On the government to ban flavoured and Disposable Vapes to protect children against what they say is a growing epidemic in the uk. A bill aimed at restricting the Sale And Marketing of vapes, especially to children, Ran Out Of Time to pass into law under the last government. The British Medical Association says bold action is needed. Heres our Health Reporter michelle roberts. According to the latest estimates, around 8 of 11 to 17 year olds vape. Although its already illegal to sell E Cigarettes to anyone under 18, the British Medical Association says more needs to be done, and quickly, to protect children and young people from a vape epidemic. The bma wants Disposable Vapes and all flavoured ones to be banned. Its also calling for curbs on how vapes are marketed and sold, similar to cigarettes, with plain packaging and products kept behind the counter. If youre stopping smoking, you need a tobacco flavoured vape to jUst transfer from one to another. There is no need for any of the co
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
The italian dropped the first set 6 2 before powering through the next three sets dropping just five games against his 140th ranked opponent on arthur ashe stadium. Started a little bit in the not best way, but for sure, the first match in every tournament, they are not easy. You ve got to accept it. I did well in the beginning and i tried to stay there mentally and trying to keep going. So i m very happy to be in the next round, first time that i win here on this court after some attempts. So i m really happy. There were a couple of upsets in the men s draw two big names going out. Number 11 seeed stefanos tsitsipas lost in four sets, beaten by autralian world number 86 thanasi kokkinakis. While the 2021 semi finalist and 19th seed felix auger aliassime lost in straight sets to the 18 year old czech, jakub mensik. To the women s draw then and world number one seed iga swiatek was made to work hard to beat kamilla rakhimova in her opener. The 2022 champion was not at her best with 41
For the presence of banned anabolic agent in his system. The italian dropped the first set 6 2 before powering through the next three sets dropping just five games against his 140th ranked opponent on arthur ashe stadium. Started a little bit in the not best way, but for sure, the first match in every tournament, they are not easy. You ve got to accept it. I did well in the beginning and i tried to stay there mentally and trying to keep going. So i m very happy to be in the next round, first time that i win here on this court after some attempts. So i m really happy. There were a couple of upsets in the men s draw two big names going out. Number 11 seeed stefanos tsitsipas lost in four sets, beaten by autralian world number 86 thanasi kokkinakis. While the 2021 semi finalist and 19th seed felix auger aliassime lost in straight sets to the 18 year old czech, jakub mensik. To the women s draw then and world number one seed iga swiatek was made to work hard to beat kamilla rakhimova in