Good afternoon, and welcome to Bbc News. The Business Secretarys 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. Its 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 peoples energy. And the uks 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 see it through the win
in touch. here is the news. new figures show inflation fell last month to 7.9 per cent down from 8.7 per cent in may. the office for national statistics say the drop is partly driven by lower petrol prices. the met police has apologised to the family of private detective daniel morgan, who was murdered in 1987. the force has reached a settlement and admitted liability for failings in its investigation of his death. he d been looking into corruption in the met. jaguar land rover owner tata has confirmed plans to build its flagship electric car battery factory in the uk. the new plant in somerset is expected to create 4,000 uk jobs and thousands more in the wider supply chain. nhs data shows children in some parts of england are waiting up to 18 months for nhs dental work if they need a general anaesthetic. the department of health says work is already underway to improve access to nhs dentistry. imean, at i mean, at the heart of this many people saying our health inequal
us were campuses are bracing for another night of violence. this hour. it comes after tensions at ucla when counter protesters attacked a camp set up by pro palestinian demonstrators. the governor of california has condemned the police response to clashes at ucla on tuesday, calling it delayed and unacceptable. emma vardy reports from los angeles. this was the moment tensions between rival protesters boiled over. pro palestinian activists and a counterdemonstration by pro israel supporters became violent. fireworks were thrown over a screaming crowd, and wood used as weapons. we had people beating us with sticks, throwing whatever they could to us. i m kind of annoyed at myself for not seeing it coming, but i didn t think it would ever get to this, escalate to this level. the los angeles police were called by the university. the vice chancellor has condemned last night s events as a horrific act of violence. eventually, officers separated the rival groups. i m a ucla stude
and america s top diplomat meets israel s prime minister, after accusing hamas of being the last obstacle to a ceasefire in gaza. and the greatest thing since sliced bread. scientists are developing a new white loaf that s just as healthy as wholegrain. hello. we begin in the us and the student protests sweeping the country against the war in gaza. overnight these were the scenes on campuses on the west coast and east coast. clashes between rival student groups, and clashes with police who were called to both the university of california in los angeles and columbia university in new york. at ucla, there were skirmishes between pro israeli and pro palestinian protesters, with the vice chancellor calling in police after what she described as horrific acts of violence . scenes like this went on for hours, with pepper spray being used. at columbia university, where the protests started, officers dressed in riot gear cleared students from hamilton hall which had been ta
my kids have seen mary poppins once, they ve seenjungle cruise once, and that s a one and done thing for them. it s the way it should be. thing for them. your kid just wants you in your sweat pants at home, held together with duct tape. good morning. we are looking at some low cloud, mist and fog in eastern areas this morning with some showers which will burn back towards the east coast then it is a day with variable cloud, some sunshine, a few showers but still warm. it s wednesday 1st may. the emergency services have been praised for their incredible courage in the way they responded to a man armed with a sword, who attacked people in north east london. a 14 year old boy has died, and four other people, including two police officers, were injured before the suspect, who had been leaping over people s garden fences, who had been leaping over garden fences, was cornered and tasered. the metropolitan police federation said the attack yesterday morning was a sad reminder of