economic crisis? plus, when working from home is just too expensive could soaring energy bills drive a mass return to the office for the first time since the pandemic? hello. we start with the cost of living crisis here in britain because the boss of one of the uk s top energy suppliers has told the bbc the government must act now to protect customers from soaring bills or face catastrophe this winter. ovo energy ceo stephen fitzpatrick has been talking to our business editor simonjack about their own ideas for supporting households. he said it felt like the past 12 months had been wasted despite the scale of the crisis becoming increasingly apparent. and he called on the uk s new prime minister to take action as soon as they are appointed next week. if we don t start working on this first thing on monday when we have a new government, a new prime minister this has to be the first order of business. and if we don t use every available moment over the next 12 weeks
of office, i say go nuclear and go large and go with sizewell c. china may have committed crimes against humanity, according to a much delayed report by the united nations. explosion. more shelling near the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine delays a visit by un safety inspectors. and she s not done yet serena williams wins again at the us open, saving her retirement for another day. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it s transfer deadline day, and we ll bring you the latest, with manchester united signing antony form ajax for an initial fee of £82 million. good afternoon. tributes have been coming in for bill turnbull the former bbc presenter who s died at the age of 66, after a long struggle with prostate cancer. he hosted bbc breakfast for 15 years, and also appeared on songs of praise, strictly come dancing and classic fm. susannah reid, who presented breakfast with him, said he was the kindest, funniest, most generous man in the business . his family said
another encore for serena williams. she showed she s got no intention of ending her singles career without a fight as she advanced to the third round of the us open, this time beating one of the top seeds. and we look at glasgow s chances of becoming the host city for the eurovision 2023. good morning. it s not of country this morning started off on a cool note with some dense fog patches but for many of us today, it is going to be largely dry. there will be some sunshine but there will also be some showers and some of those could be heavy and potentially thundery. i will have all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s thursday 1st september. the prime minister is expected to announce up to £700 million of investment for a new nuclear reactor in suffolk today. it s part of the government s long term strategy to bring down energy costs but it could take 15 years to build and a final go ahead will have to wait for mrjohnson s successor. jon donnison reports. is