crime. coming up, we ll be live in las vegas ahead of tyson fury s heavyweight title fight against deontay wilder. several energy firms are calling for the price cap which regulates household bills to be reformed saying it s not fit for purpose at a time of soaring gas prices. they say customers could face even higher costs if more suppliers are forced out of business. some backbench conservative mps have called for more help for businesses hit by rising energy bills. we will have more on this in the late news in about 15 minutes. and we ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow s front pages in half an hour. our guestsjoining me tonight for the papers are the former pensions minister ros altmann and jonathan walker, the political editor of the birmingham post and mail. the education secretary has committed to tackling persistent pupil absences head on , describing it as a key priority . in a speech to head teachers this afternoon, nadhim zahawi s
for saint helens this was familiar territory, a third successive grand final but for their opponents, old trafford is foreign soil. 700 miles from home in the south of france. saint helen s issue leaving these shores. this was his farewell appearance but he took two bodies and the ball over the line for the opening try. catalan had a pre match message from someone who knows how to score goals on this ground, eric cantona. it was the boot of james maloney that kept them in touch. 6 4 saint helens at half time. catalan needed a catalyst and they got one when mike mcmeeken latched onto this high kick to score. the french side in front and time running out for saints before naiqama slid in for his second try. nokia includes conversion prove crucial. sealing a hat trick of titles for saints. catalan may have captured the hearts of many neutrals but the sport s biggest trophy stays in its heartland. stuart pollitt, bbc news. lewis hamilton qualified fastest for the turkish grand
sleet and snow as well. showers will become more widespread in scotland. a mixture of sunshine and showers elsewhere. still windy in the far south west and also in the far north east of scotland, not as windy as today. temperatures may be a little bit lower than today, nine in glasgow and a high of 11 in london. moving quickly into thursday. again, we have a mixture of sunshine and showers. still some windy weather and some wet weather in the north east of england, where it is rather cold. we could see heavier rain affecting sussex and kent as the day goes on. those temperatures falling awayjust the day goes on. those temperatures falling away just a the day goes on. those temperatures falling awayjust a little bit. the process will continue as we head into the weekend and beyond. instead of low pressure that has been bringing this wet and windy weather, we are going to see high pressure moving in. that means things are going to turn dry air. things will turn colder and there
hello and welcome to bbc world news. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will arrive in the uk tomorrow for face to face talks with prime minister rishi sunak to discuss an imminent deal for trade in northern ireland. it all revolves around the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. the irish taoisoech, leo varadkar, said. earlier, the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, began to outline what might be in the deal including the right for politicians in northern ireland to have a say over any new eu rules that affect them. with more here s our political correspondent, iain watson. what better way to flag that an agreement with the eu is coming closer? the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen, will meet the prime minister tomorrow in london for the talks that could seal a deal. there is no deal done until the whole deal s done. but i think we ve made progress. and what s emerging is exactly what the deal could involve. post b
tejeda denying. a moment later opening goal denied. casemiro s header. united in the lead and soon in total control. marcus rashford s finish was a deflection and fingertips not quite enough. and neither were newcastle s best efforts as united held firm. erik ten hag getting his first trophy as the boss at old trafford. and for newcastle a long wait goes on. massive performance if you cannot deliver massive performance if you cannot deliver this it tells you that we are fit, deliver this it tells you that we are fit, physical fit, deliver this it tells you that we are fit, physicalfit, mentally deliver this it tells you that we are fit, physical fit, mentally fit. and energy so i think it was a great performance in the respect from us today history has repeated in the scottish league cup final. last season celtic s kyogo furuhashi scored twice to help celtic lift the trophy and today he did it again as they beat old firm rivals rangers at hampden park. celtic made the