Related. With more heavy Snow Forecast across Northern Scotland this weekend well talk to one family who decided to make the most of it. Dont, dont shes kicked him out and coming up this hour. Certainly not on mute how one Parish Council has gone viral after a zoom meeting got a little out of hand. Good morning. Welcome to bbc news. Energy prices will rise for millions of people across the uk in april, after the regulator ofgem said the cap for default Domestic Energy deals would be raised to cover suppliers extra costs. Ofgem defended the decision, saying that its in the interest of customers to start allowing Energy Companies to recover some of the costs to avoid larger price hikes in the future. The price cap was introduced in 2019 and designed to protect customers from being overcharged. But this is the first rise in the cap so how will the decision affect customers . The price cap affects 11 million households who have never switched suppliers, or whose discounted deals have expir
Hello and welcome. In myanmar, police have filed criminal charges against the civilian leaders who were deposed in a military this week. Theres been no word on the whereabouts of either Aung San Suu Kyi, or deposed president win myint, since monday. The United Nations said the charges just compounded the undermining of the rule of law in myanmar, the Immediate Release of the leaders. For a second day, protesters banged pots and sounded car horns in the countrys largest city. Our reporter Nye In Chan Aye filed this report from yangon. Pots banging people are showing their frustration and anger against the Military Coup. It has taken place on monday. This is the second night in a row people in general have been banging pots and pans and using their car horns in protest against the Military Coup that took place on monday. Essentially, what people here are saying is they dont want to live or work under the military any more. Singing translation we only respect our elected president , and n
across the region. they re venting their anger over soaring fuel and fertilizer costs, low prices for their produce, and increasingly restrictive eu regulations. demonstrations by farmers are planned in poland, hungary and italy today. italy s government has promised tax breaks to ease hardship for farmers after hundreds began gathering with their tractors this week, on motorways outside rome and turin. this was the scene on thursday. and in cyprus, farmers blocked the entrance to the european union s offices in nicosia, on thursday. there were also demonstrations in bulgaria. and more tractor protests across spain for the third day in a row, with farmers disrupting traffic in barcelona, and in smaller cities all over the country. they say eu rules to protect the environment make them less competitive. they have also had to compete with imports from ukraine after brussels waived duties and quotas after the russian invasion. this and renewed eu talks on a south america trade d
trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. it s not clear yet what s in the deal, but it won t reverse the basic settlement between the uk and the eu. speaking in the last hour or so, dup leaderjeffrey donaldson said the deal vindicated his strategy of boycotting the assembly. thoses who said there will be no legal change, who were protecting all kinds of outcomes, what things would fall short well, i simply have asked people to wait and see the outcome. we at and see the evidence and judge for yourself what this deal does, what it delivers, the change that it secures. and i believe we are now beginning to see on day one that delivery coming through. there will be more to come. tomorrow, the government will publish the proposals so everyone in northern ireland will be able to see clearly what has been agreed, what is proposed, what change will come, what difference will it make for all of us in northern ireland? and i look forward to the publication so