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
And coming up on bbc news. Bayern munich s latest bid for harry kane is enough to get a yes from spurs but will they get the same answer from the england captain himself . Hello. The nhs achieved an unwelcome milestone today that nobody wanted. The number of people waiting to start routine Hospital Treatment in england is at a record high nearly 7. 5 Million People. The figures are from the end ofjune, and mean 1 in 7 of the population is waiting for hospital care. Nhs providers, which represents Health Trusts in england, says the numbers arent surprising, given the diffculties the nhs has been facing. This includes backlogs made worse by the pandemic, and strikes by health care workers. Yet rishi sunak has made cutting nhs Waiting Lists one of his key priorities this year. The government today says there are positive signs in the figures, including a drop in those waiting for more than 18 months, and improved Ambulance Response times. To dig into the figures and look at when they migh
Central typically only 8 or 9 degrees. It is a similar day on friday. Again, a lot of dry weather. More sunshine by friday across the southern half of the british isles, but more of a breeze as well. Cloudier in the north and cool around Eastern Scotland and north east england, but double figures further south. What about the weekend . Things turn more unsettled, so some spots of rain moving north, particularly for england and wales. You will notice the breeze at the weekend, but it wont be a wash out. There will be some sunshine and temperatures are typicalfor this stage in some sunshine and temperatures are typical for this stage in march. I will hello, welcome along to sportsday. Im molly foster. Manchester city continue the defence of their european crown, get Past Copenhagen and theyre into the quarterfinals. Well head to riyadh two days out from a fight that antonyjoshua cant afford to lose. And another step forward in Womens Rugby League saints will pay their players match fees
High, we some and this was close to liverpool earlier this afternoon in southport. Slightly different across scotland, one running down the north sea filtering lots of clouds. It is damp and dreary with scattered shop showers across the far south and east. That will translate into this this afternoon, the Weather Front Clinging to the north sea, filtering and quite a lot of clouds, the best of the breaks further inland where have already seen them through the spine of the country unto the west. A pretty messy story that in comparison to the weather lately not bad for some. Where we have the cloud, temperatures will struggle, perhaps around eight or nine, but further west with sunshine, highs of 11 or 12. In the clear skies by day, that will allow temperatures to fall through the night, frost and fog returning for some, certainly across parts of wales and Central England we could see temperatures just below freezing, obviously with the crowd from the north sea temperatures holding up at
we ll get the latest from las vegas, where the chiefs are hoping their lucky charm makes it in time for super bowl 58. and as british divers enjoy their best world championship return, we ll hearfrom one the squad involved in half of their medals in doha. the team are doing amazing. i mean i m so proud of everyone, we ve really, really work hard and we are supporting each other so much. in the next few hours, the africa cup of nations will be down to the final two. it s been such an unpredictable tournament in ivory coast the hosts encapsulating that with their route to the final week, the two time champions will be favourites against dr congo later and right now nigeria are playing south africa, all four semi finalists are former winners, but as we ve seen over the past month reputations count for absolutely nothing. let s head to abidjan, where ivory coast play later. ourfootball reporter john bennett is there. john, we ll get to that game in a moment, but what s the late