offences. police in england and wales are failing victims of bulgaries, robberies and theft, the official inspectorate has warned. donald trump declines to answer questions as part of a new york state investigation into his family s business practices. and the bbc finds that more than 16 local swimming. closed across the uk in the past three years. 16 local swimming pools have closed. good morning and welcome to bbc news. ministers are holding talks with energy bosses this morning, amid fears over soaring bills. there are concerns households will fall further behind in paying for their gas and electricity but ministers have said that no extra support will be announced until a new prime minister takes office next month. at the moment, annual energy bills for the average household arejust under £2,000. but bills are predicted to soar to about £3,500 in october. it and forecasters say they could rise to more than £4,000 injanuary. our business correspondent, caroline dav
sheep are not getting enough nutrition it will be a struggle to get them in lamb, so we re looking at the next year of welsh lamb, there is going to be a lot of pressure on that, so everyone in all different farming sectors is feeling this pressure. we different farming sectors is feeling this pressure- this pressure. we hear a lot about water supplies this pressure. we hear a lot about water supplies in this pressure. we hear a lot about water supplies in this this pressure. we hear a lot about water supplies in this particular i water supplies in this particular dry spell. we were speaking to stav, who said we would see showers rather than trying to rain. it is important to you how the rainfalls. what is better, showers and a gentle soak, orfull on, full rain, what would farmers appreciate more? it or full on, full rain, what would farmers appreciate more? it needs to be showers and farmers appreciate more? it needs to be showers and a farmers appreciate more? it needs to
looking at the state of your ground, it is important, isn t it, how that rain falls? what s better the showers and a gentle soak, building up to heavy rain, orfull on, full rain what would farmers appreciate more? yeah, absolutely, it needs to be the showers and a gentle soak because, if we get that full on rain, the ground is so dry and it s compacted quite a lot, that rain could just hit the ground and run off and hit watercourses very quickly and disappear. and obviously put pressure on some instances of flash flooding in certain areas further downstream. so, you know, nice showers, building up, having time to soak in, probably lots of people have been walking out and seeing lots of cracks in the ground. the ground is preparing itself for rain, it s getting ready, so if we ve got all of these cracks, we just need time for water to just percolate downwards. ok, let s look at the business side of things. you re farmers, this is a business. contractually, you spoke about the potato