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and coming up in sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: there is a losing start for england s netballers in new zealand. the world champions, too strong for the commonwealth champions in christchurch. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the business secretary s been holding crisis talks with energy firms this morning, amid worries of big rises to energy bills in the coming weeks. five smaller energy suppliers have already gone bust, unable to cope with a 70% hike in the cost of wholesale gas since august. it s understood the government is considering offering emergency state backed loans to companies. 0fgem has confirmed british gas has agreed to take on an extra 350,000 customers from the collapsed firm people s energy. and the uk s sixth largest energy company, bulb, is seeking new funds to try to stay afloat. downing street says it wants to fix the issues as fast as it can. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. gas, the cornerstone ....
afternoon is pretty fast. there is the tail end of a better front to the tail end of a better front to the east that could give us a few showers this afternoon, another front trying to come into the north west, which will bring some transient showers into western scotland. overall, a lot of dry weather, a lot of brightness, and thanks to the sunshine, actually some pleasant warmth, temperatures up some pleasant warmth, temperatures up to 22 celsius in cardiff, a little above where we would anticipate for the time of year. this evening, perhaps a few showers grazing the far south east before clearing. this front moves south, but the rain associated with it fizzles away. a dry night, temperatures in double figures, perhaps mist and fog returning to southern areas in the morning. on tuesday, we push that front away to the east. it is breezy towards the far north west, but that should mean we break up the cloud a little more here and see more sunshine across scotland and no ....
good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the business secretary s been holding crisis talks with energy firms this morning, amid worries of big rises to energy bills in the coming weeks. five smaller energy suppliers have already gone bust, unable to cope with a 70% hike in the cost of wholesale gas since august. it s understood the government is considering offering emergency state backed loans to companies. 0fgem has confirmed british gas has agreed to take on an extra 350,000 customers from the collapsed firm people s energy. and the uk s sixth largest energy company, bulb, is seeking new funds to try to stay afloat. downing street says it wants to fix the issues as fast as it can. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. gas, the cornerstone of our energy supply and the cost of it is rocketing. there has been a surge in global demand and not enough supply. energy firms here are now battling to stay afloat. in the current market as it is we are not going to s ....
borisjohnson co hosts a meeting in new york with the un secretary general to try and persuade rich nations to spend more on helping poorer countries cope with climate change. lava from an erupting volcano in the canary islands has destroyed more than 100 homes, as it flows towards the sea. cheering and british talent wins multiple honours at the emmy tv awards. good afternoon. the united states says it will relax travel restrictions for fully vaccinated travellers flying from the uk and the eu from november. prime minister borisjohnson said he was delighted that president biden is reinstating transatlantic travel . travellers will still have to show proof of a negative test as well as provide contact information so they can be traced if required. the 18 month ban on foreign travellers entering the us was introduced by former president donald trump at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in march last year. the move has been welcomed by the airline industry. airlines uk sa ....
changes with this deep low to the north of the country on wednesday, bringing strong winds and gales, to scotland and a band of heavy rain, sinking southwards and slowly easing down, leaving sunshine and showers in its wake back to the south of it, another fine day to come, temperatures around 20 22. an autumnal feel to things for a time across the north of the uk as we head into thursday or friday. temperatures beginning to recover across the south, staying fine and quite warm, for the entire week. thank you, stav, with the latest weather. a reminder of our top story. amid rising energy costs, the government insists gas and electricity supplies are secure but adds there will be no bail out for energy firms in trouble. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i mjohn watson, i m john watson, our headlines tonight. england s tour of pakistan is off, as the e ....