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ofgem says it may start reviewing the energy price cap every three months, rather than the current six. and coming up halle berry and patrick wilson are astronauts trying to save earth in moonfall. find out what mark kermode thinks about this and the week s other big releases in the film review at 5.45pm. good evening, welcome to bbc news at 5pm, i m jane hill. it s a bad end to a difficult week for borisjohnson as another mp has submitted a letter of no confidence in his leadership, following five resignations within 2a hours from his team in downing street. mps supportive of the prime minister are suggesting he s making necessary staff changes, following a damning report by the senior civil servant sue gray into rule breaking parties at number 10 during the pandemic. but the former head of the downing street policy unit, munira mirza, quit because of the prime minister s false claim that sir keir starmer failed to prosecutejimmy savile. and in the last hour, the con ....
hello and welcome. checks on goods arriving into northern ireland from the rest of the uk are to stop from this morning. the change has been ordered by the democratic unionist party dup minister, edwin poots, and appears to breach a section of the post brexit agreement. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. it s the most defiant step yet from the dup to frustrate the brexit arrangements in northern ireland. since the uk left the eu, goods from britain have had to undergo new checks when they reach northern ireland s ports. tonight, the dup department responsible for operating these checks has ordered civil servants to stop carrying them out. i have now issued a formal instruction to my permanent secretary to halt all checks that were not in place on the 31st of december 2020 from midnight tonight. i will prepare a paper for executive consideration in the near future to seek a way forward. thank you. the new checks on goods crossing the irish sea were part of the b ....
spotify slumps. we start with the soaring cost of living here in the uk because in a few hours time the energy regulator ofgem is set to announce the biggest ever rise in energy bills. every six months it reviews the maximum price suppliers can charge consumers. and with gas prices at record highs the industry s predicting bills could rise as much as 50%. the bbc has been told the government is planning financial help for consumers. but there are doubts over whether the measures will be ready by the time higher prices start on the first of april. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports from glasgow. i m lucky if i have breakfast in the middle of the afternoon to keep me going, and a snack at night. having cut down on food, zahada safdar is now facing reducing herfuel. the hot water bottle eases the pain from her severe arthritis, as she can t afford to properly heat her flat after a 20% rise in bills. a single mum with limited income, it s very ....
as royal mail launches stamps with bar codes so they can track and trace deliveries. almost £300 million spent in one of the busiest transfer deadline windows. dele alli leaving tottenham for everton, just one of the big deals confirmed. good morning. today we have a band of cloud and rain pushing south and west. behind them, clearskies of cloud and rain pushing south and west. behind them, clear skies and showers. another windy day. the strongest winds in the north, but very mild. good morning. it s tuesday, the first february. borisjohnson addressed a meeting of his mps last night, to try and rally support after a highly critical report into parties held in downing street. the findings by civil servant sue grey highlighted a failure of leadership and judgement. the prime minister has apologised and vowed lessons will be learnt. a separate investigation is being carried out by the metropolitan police. our political correspondent, ben wright, reports. after apologising ....
in this evening. at the australian open, rafa nadal is one game from beating daniil mededev and take a record breaking 21st grand slam title. good afternoon. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has said it s highly unlikely british troops would be fighting on the ground if russia were to invade ukraine but said coordinated sanctions targeting russian companies and oligarchs could be a deterrent to president putin. nato s secretary general, jens stoltenberg, has told the bbc it s up to russia to decide whether to pursue a diplomatic path. moscow which objects to nato s eastward expansion in europe has denied it plans to invade. here s our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. nato is beefing up its deterrents in eastern europe with every passing day. this is the west s continuing counter build up in the face of what downing street is calling rising russian aggression. the aim is to show moscow the price it could pay if it does invade ukraine. to send a message to ....