interest and historically, twenty years after her death this is information we should know about. everyone who had close involvement as indeed you did mr burrell and others with great respect we should keep quiet now, let her rest in peace. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11. throughout the programme, we ll bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories and as always we are really keen to hear from you on all the stories we re talking about this morning. a little later in the programme we ll hear calls for the importance of breast feeding to be taught in secondary schools. the uk has one of the lowest rates of breast feeding in europe so would this make a difference? get in touch use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. british gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. from september, the standard tariff wi
trade, britain s only surviving cloth hall opens after a multi million pound renovation. good morning. it s tuesday 1st august. i m julian worricker. welcome to bbc newsroom live. british gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. its owner centrica says electricity prices will increase by 12.5% from 15th september. 3.1 million customers will be affected. but the company s gas prices will be held at their current level. the average annual dual fuel bill for households on a standard tariff will rise by £76, up by 7.3%. ian conn is the chief executive of british gas‘s parent company, centrica. he explained why the price rise was necessary despite a decrease in the wholesale cost of energy. first of all, the last time we moved our electricity prices was in january 2014 and since then they have been held flat. from that time, and you are correct, wholesale prices have fallen, we estimate about £36 on an average bill, that i
atioam. an hourand sunshine and showers. some sunshine at 10am. an hour and a sunshine and showers. some sunshine atioam. an hourand a half sunshine and showers. some sunshine at 10am. an hour and a half later it looks very different indeed. across scotla nd looks very different indeed. across scotland and northern ireland, the heel mixing in with that and not a great deal of sunshine in between. potential for thunder and lightning. there is more showers. the south coast of england doing very well. this morning we saw waterspout. through this evening the showers slowly fa d e through this evening the showers slowly fade away. in the south west the showers will be showing their hand. temperature will be 15 degrees in cardiff. 10 degrees in aberdeen. 0ral scotland into single figures. rule. this week it is all about what is coming in from the south west. it is blowing nearly a gale. wet weather pushing northwards. northern scotland will be the place to be. northern ireland h