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it s wednesday 21st september. our main story. businesses will learn today how the government will help ease the pain of soaring energy bills this winter. the business secretary, jacob rees mogg, is due to announce more details later this morning, but it s understood businesses could have their bills cut by up to a third. nina is in huddersfield this morning. good morning, nina. what details do you have to tell us about so far? good morning. it has been a long and very painful two weeks for businesses. it has almost been a fortnight since that announcement by the prime minister of household bills capped at £2500, but saying businesses would have to wait. we now understand some of the details. there won t be an average cap on use, but there will be a cap on the price per unit of gas and electricity. it s quite complicated, but we understand how that will translate a savings of around a quarter to a third for businesses like this one in huddersfield. so here they use £40,000 ....
today the bbc is 100 years old. and celebrating the best of british and irish music, the winner irish music, the coming celebrating the best of british and irish music, the coming up injust under an hour, we ll have all the action from the premier league tonight as wolves and palace go head to head well brighton post nottingham forest. good evening. the prime minister liz truss has spent the day battling to regain her authority amid unrest within her party. at cabinet this morning, ministers were told to find savings within their department and pensions may not keep pace with rising prices next year after downing street signalled that it may no longer stick by previous spending commitments. tonight, the imf has said it welcomed a reversal of tax cuts set out in the mini budget. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. reporter: is she finished now? as ministers met this morning the questions continued. is it time for a new leader? uncertainty about the politica ....
scottish democracy. the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration, leaving hundreds of staff redundant. more rail strikes train drivers will walk out on the 1st and 3rd of february, after union bosses rejected a pay offerfrom rail companies. a double decker bus overturns in icy conditions in somerset. 56 people are injured. and after 31 years presenting his weekday mid morning show, broadcaster ken bruce announces he is leaving bbc radio 2. hello, good afternoon. for the first time, the uk government has announced it is blocking a law passed by the scottish parliament. the scotland secretary alisterjack told the commons he was blocking introducing reforms that would have made it easier for people to legally change gender. he said transgender people deserved respect and understanding, but he believed the bill would interfere with uk equalities law. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, says her government will take legal action against the deci ....
could be tough. we start here in the uk where rail passengers are facing yet another day of strike disruption with four out of five trains cancelled just one part of a wave of industrial action hitting everything from transport to health to education. so on thursday, the government announced plans for new laws limiting strike action by key workers. railways, ambulances and the fire brigade are among those who would have to maintain a minimum level of service and employers would be able to sue unions who fail to comply. but one union has called it an attack on workers. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, has the story. pickets and placards have become a familiar sight as a wave of strikes has swept the country. hospitals, railways airports and universities all among the areas affected by industrial unrest. now the government plans to make some set is keep a minimum level of service when they strike in future. ~ ., service when they strike in future. ~ . ., futur ....
to an end to the industrial action. progress for the three dads and their campaign for suicide prevention on the curriculum. they visit a school where lessons are already being taught. the race is on in the premier league title race as manchester city beat chelsea to narrow the gap between themselves and leaders arsenal to five points. it might be a wet and windy start to divide upon spots of scotland but todayis divide upon spots of scotland but today is a drier and brighter day for most. it s friday the 6th of january. more revelations from prince harry s autobiography, spare, have emerged, four days before the book is due to be officially released. in the latest leaks, harry says he took cocaine aged 17, killed 25 taliban fighters whilst serving in afghanistan, and that he and his brother william urged their father not to marry camilla. our royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. across the commonwealth, it s prince harry s book which has war in the house of wind ....