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river basin, close to the sea. the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the 1978 classic, the snowman, has died, aged 88. debts owed by consumers to energy suppliers have tripled since last september, according to the comparison service u switch. almost a quarter of households owe an average of more than 200 pounds to their provider. households are thought to owe £1.3 billion to their energy suppliers an all time high. it comes as eon the energy supplier for six million uk households announced their global profits in the last six months reached nearly 5.5 billion the debt to energy suppliers has been built up despite accounts normally being in credit during the summer months. eight million households have no credit so no cushion to fall back on when winter arrives. the estimate comes a couple of months before bills are set to soar again. the price cap the maximum amount energy companies can charge currently stands atjust under £2000 per year, bu ....
how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home? did you have a trickyjourney to work? do you support the strikes? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk, with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medal for £81; million to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. and to mark his 40th birthday, new photos are released of prince william selling the big issue we look back at his four decades in the spotlight. good morning. the biggest rail strike in 30 years is under way, with an almost total shutdown of the network in england, scotland and wales. members of the rail, maritime and transport workers union are staging the first of this week s three 24 hour walk outs due to an ongoing dispute over ....
actor ben stiller in ukraine he told this programme he s worried the world will forget the victims of the war. as you get closer and closer to kyiv, and to the east of the country, you start to see the roadblocks and see the destruction. i m an actor, so the first thing i go is, oh, it looks like a movie. but the scale of it is even bigger, and it s real. ryan giggs resigns as wales manager he steps down ahead of wales appearance at the world cup. he s not been in his post for after being arrested for using controlling behaviour and assaulting his ex girlfriend charges he has denied. new photos are released of prince william selling the big issue to mark his 40th birthday we look back at his four decades in the spotlight. good morning. in london the sun is already beating down. for england and wales today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm. northern england are seeing more cloud out of the odd spot of rain. scotland and northern ireland are cloudier than y ....
and live outside buckingham palace where the crowds are still gathering and the preparations are under way for tomorrow night s big party. a train has derailed in southern germany leaving 60 people injured, some seriously and at least 3 dead. and it s a 100 days since russia launched its invasion of ukraine, with fighting continuing along the entire frontline in the east of the country. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a service of thanksgiving, honouring the queen s 70 years on the throne, has taken place today at st paul s cathedral in central london. prince charles represented the queen, who withdrew from the event after experiencing discomfort during yesterday s platinum jubilee celebrations. we understand that the queen watched the service at home. we ll have more on that shortly but first let s join my colleague katty kay, who is on the mall for us today. the archbishop of york thanked the queen for her years of service and for staying the course, as ....
damaging for the industry itself. canada proposes a tough new gun control law completely freezing handgun ownership. the uk prime minister remains under pressure over downing street lockdown parties, as the number of conservative mps calling on him to resign increases. good to meet you. and great to meet you, too. and dubbed the next david attenborough, a conservationist kid meets one of his biggest heroes. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. eu leaders have ended weeks of wrangling about how to reduce their reliance on russian energy by agreeing a compromise deal to ban immediately more than two thirds of oil imports from moscow. a total embargo was blocked by hungary, which is heavily dependant on russian supplies. but eu officials say imports will be cut by 90 per cent by the end of the year. our correspondent bethany bell gave me this update from brussels. this is a move the eu says will severely hurt russia s ability to pay for its war eff ....