chancellor announced a cut of 2p in a national insurance. that takes effect from saturday. that, and lower energy bills that we have talked about, is good news. on the other hand, water bills are going up in england and wales. there is an even bigger increase in scotland. those percentages work out at an average of £30 or more each year. it is a similar story when it comes to council tax. three quarters of local authorities are expected to put bills up by the maximum possible amount this year. it is worth seeing in scotland the charges there have been frozen. after being frozen, the tv licence will go up to nearly £170 for people. lots of mobile phone and broadband providers will be charging more, evenif providers will be charging more, even if you are in the middle of a contract. vehicle tax, nhs dentist fees, and the cost of a new passport are also going up. that is before we talk about rent and mortgage costs. the advice that now is a good time to do an audit of your inc
the effects from a cyber attack on the nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were disrupted. fire chiefs warn that cities need to be better prepared for wildfires as another heatwave is forecast for some parts of the uk next week. world championjake whiteman has to settle for a bronze medal after coming third in the 1,500 metres at the commonwealth games world championjake wightman has to settle for a bronze medal after coming third in the 1,500 metres at the commonwealth games we ll be live in birmingham shortly to get a round up of all the action. good afternoon. archie battersbee, the 12 year old who s been at the centre of a legal battle between his parents and hospital doctors, has died. the high court ruled that archie could not be transferred to a hospice, and the royal london hospital was given permission to withdraw his treatment this morning. speaking outside the hospital a short while ago, archie s mo
violence from white supremacists, neo nazis or the kkk. arrests of passengers suspected of being drunk at uk airports or on flights see a 50% rise in the past year. a worrying rise in rural crime insurers say brazen thieves are forcing farmers to turn their farmyards into fortresses. and big ben s bongs will fall silent next week for nearly four years for urgent repair work. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. the british team claim a successful world athletics championships after reaching their medal target with five in the final 2a hours in london. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. this week india and pakistan mark 70 years of independence from britain a moment of freedom that came amid one of the largest mass migrations the world has ever seen. the muslim majority state of pakistan was created to both the west and the east of india, with muslims travelling in one direction, hindus and sikhs in the other. around 12 million people are thought to ha
in the past year. a charity says around 140,000 vulnerable children didn t receive help last year because their situation was not judged to be serious enough. also, the sound of the underground. 50 years ago today, britain s pirate radio stations were outlawed. it led to the closure of stations which had gathered listeners by playing p°p which had gathered listeners by playing pop music, rarely heard on the bbc at the time. good morning. it s monday 14th august. i m rachel schofield. welcome to bbc newsroom live. 70 years ago tonight, 200 years of british colonial rule in india came to an end and the country was partitioned into two independent nation states hindu majority india and muslim majority pakistan. the result was the one of the largest mass migrations ever recorded. pakistan celebrates its independence day today, with india marking the occasion tomorrow. in 1947, after months of political deadlock, britain agreed to divide the country in two. a separate and mainl
and a bridge too far. plans to build a garden bridge spanning the length of the river thames are scrapped as it is branded a vanity project. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. south korea s president says he s confident donald trump will act calmly and responsibly over north korea. moonjae in has been holding talks in seoul with america s top military official, generaljoseph dunford, who has said that military options are only for if sanctions fail. his comments follow an exchange of threats between the us and north korean leaders last week. today, north korea has said that any war could only be turned into a nuclear war . yogita limaye has this report from seoul. america s highest ranking general, meeting south korea s president. a visit that comes at a critical time, general dunford has said that the us is ramping up diplomatic and military pressure to stop its missile tests, and military options would only be used if all else fails. words that could reassure south ko