:00:10. > :00:16.British Gas parts of its prices, up to 8 million households face higher
:00:17. > :00:20.bills. -- put up. The average cost of bills will go up by more than
:00:21. > :00:27.9%, adding to the squeeze on family budgets. Families like ourselves,
:00:28. > :00:32.who are just scraping by as it is, with the cost of living going up and
:00:33. > :00:36.up, it is beyond our reach. We will be asking if there is
:00:37. > :00:40.anything government can do. Also tonight, classroom disruption for
:00:41. > :00:44.hundreds of thousands of pupils as teachers in parts of England go on
:00:45. > :00:48.strike. And honours all round, Prince
:00:49. > :00:55.William's first investiture and an OBE for Andy Murray.
:00:56. > :01:00.Coming up in sport on BBC News, the FA stand by their man after England
:01:01. > :01:02.manager Roy Hodgson apologises for an inappropriate joke he made in a
:01:03. > :01:26.half-time team talk. Good evening and welcome to the BBC
:01:27. > :01:31.News At Six. British Gas has become the latest big energy supplier to
:01:32. > :01:35.announce a rise in its fuel prices this winter. Nearly 8 million
:01:36. > :01:40.households will be affected, adding to the squeeze on family budgets.
:01:41. > :01:46.The average dual-fuel bill is set to rise by more than 9%, so the annual
:01:47. > :01:52.cost will go up by just over ?120. That would see customers having to
:01:53. > :01:55.find nearly ?1500 per year. The energy secretary, Ed Davey, says he
:01:56. > :01:59.is extremely disappointed by the price hike and has urged worried
:02:00. > :02:05.customers to look at switching to cheaper suppliers. Here is industry
:02:06. > :02:10.correspondent John Moylan. It was news that Graham Taylor could
:02:11. > :02:13.have done without. He is a British Gas customer but currently
:02:14. > :02:18.unemployed, and with a baby on the way he knows getting by this winter
:02:19. > :02:25.is now going to be even tougher. With prices going up, it is going to
:02:26. > :02:31.be harder than normal to be able to keep our heads above water. I don't
:02:32. > :02:36.think the energy companies take that into consideration at all when they
:02:37. > :02:41.think about their pockets and their shareholders' pockets. Today,
:02:42. > :02:45.Britain's biggest energy supplier delivered the biggest price rise yet
:02:46. > :02:52.from the major firms and blamed rising costs largely out of its
:02:53. > :02:56.control. The price of wholesale gas is rising, we are buying it in a
:02:57. > :02:59.wholesale market that is booming. The cost of moving it to homes is
:03:00. > :03:04.rising, and that is set by the regulator. Thirdly, the
:03:05. > :03:09.Government's costs are rising, and all of that is 85% of the bill, and
:03:10. > :03:13.that has led to this decision today. The news broke as the energy
:03:14. > :03:17.secretary was taking questions in the Commons. Labour has promised to
:03:18. > :03:22.freeze energy prices and immediately went on the attack. Why won't the
:03:23. > :03:25.Secretary of State stand up for consumers, support our Price freeze
:03:26. > :03:30.and make the energy companies tell us how much money they are earning?
:03:31. > :03:37.If British Gas consumers are worried about this, they should change.
:03:38. > :03:40.There are a range of... There are a range of alternative suppliers. Much
:03:41. > :03:46.of the heat in this growing row is over the question of how much the
:03:47. > :03:51.Government's own policies contribute to the bills. Today British Gas
:03:52. > :03:56.called for a review of a ?1 billion programme which requires the big six
:03:57. > :04:03.firms to insulated our homes. The average rise in bills for a dual
:04:04. > :04:09.fuel customer is ?123. But the company claims that the programme is
:04:10. > :04:15.the single biggest component, amounting to ?49. Whatever the
:04:16. > :04:20.reasons, in an online Q session, customers are vented their anger.
:04:21. > :04:24.How will you feel when pensioners by because they choose to eat instead
:04:25. > :04:28.of heat, said one. Another asked, why do all the energy company is put
:04:29. > :04:33.up their prices by a similar percentage at the same time? British
:04:34. > :04:36.Gas customers will face the highest energy bill ever, and having
:04:37. > :04:43.committed to hold prices down as long as possible, British Gas has
:04:44. > :04:47.now moved before many of its rivals. And political editor Nick Robinson
:04:48. > :04:50.is at Westminster. David Cameron says that he is disappointed, but
:04:51. > :04:55.truthfully there is not a lot a lot he can do about it. It reminds me of
:04:56. > :04:58.what was said about the bankers a little while ago. You may remember
:04:59. > :05:02.that politicians including the Prime Minister lined up to bash a banker,
:05:03. > :05:07.and now they line up to bid the big six, the energy firms. The test, as
:05:08. > :05:11.you say, is what can be done. Ministers are saying that there are
:05:12. > :05:14.two keys to this, transparency and competition. They want the gas
:05:15. > :05:19.companies, the electricity companies, to spell out what is
:05:20. > :05:23.driving up those bills. They say that British Gas blame them, blamed
:05:24. > :05:26.the Government for forcing them to insulated homes, but in reply the
:05:27. > :05:29.ministers say that British Gas spends a lot more on that than any
:05:30. > :05:32.other energy companies, so perhaps they are wasting money and full sing
:05:33. > :05:38.customers to pay for it. They say they will try to make it easier for
:05:39. > :05:42.people to switch to other suppliers. Labour, as you were hearing, say
:05:43. > :05:46.that is not good enough, the markets needs reshaping, the companies need
:05:47. > :05:50.to be restructured, and in the meantime there needs to be a freeze.
:05:51. > :05:55.What nobody much wants to tell you, politicians or energy companies, is
:05:56. > :05:59.there are not one energy crisis but three, not just rising bills in part
:06:00. > :06:04.because of those higher wholesale prices, but also the need to deal
:06:05. > :06:07.with climate change, and the very real threat of electricity
:06:08. > :06:11.blackouts. If anybody can convince you that they can curb your bill
:06:12. > :06:17.while spending more on green energy and more on building new power
:06:18. > :06:23.stations, my suggestion - don't vote for them!
:06:24. > :06:27.Hundreds of thousands of pupils across England have seen their
:06:28. > :06:30.lessons disrupted after teachers took industrial action in certain
:06:31. > :06:34.parts of the country. Schools were closed as teachers went on strike
:06:35. > :06:41.over pay, pensions and jobs. More than 2600 were shut completely. That
:06:42. > :06:41.is just over a quarter of the total. Education correspondent
:06:42. > :06:50.Gillian Hargreaves reports. Teachers who took part in a
:06:51. > :06:57.demonstration in London called for the Education Secretary to go when
:06:58. > :07:02.they passed his office in Whitehall. Hundreds of other teachers took part
:07:03. > :07:06.in rallies in Bristol and Durham. The second wave of regional strikes
:07:07. > :07:09.has affected thousands of schools in southern and northern England.
:07:10. > :07:14.Teachers are angry over pensions and pay. People larger than by
:07:15. > :07:19.desperation to take this action. I am here with my son today, who was
:07:20. > :07:24.the next generation of teachers. I dread to think what sort of future
:07:25. > :07:30.the profession has. There is no policy, it is just a complete mess.
:07:31. > :07:33.I am retiring at the end of year, and if anyone asks me if it is a
:07:34. > :07:39.good profession to go into, I would say it was when I started years
:07:40. > :07:43.ago, but now. So what have they walked out over? In future, teachers
:07:44. > :07:48.will have to work beyond 65 before they can claim a full pension. They
:07:49. > :07:51.will have to pay, on average, 3% more into their pension pot. And
:07:52. > :07:55.there will be an end to automatic rises through the pay scale. This is
:07:56. > :08:01.the second regional strike in England in the past three weeks.
:08:02. > :08:04.Teachers are prepared to stand firm, but the Government says performance
:08:05. > :08:08.related pay is here to stay, because it will reward the best teachers,
:08:09. > :08:13.and that pension changes will bring teachers in line with other public
:08:14. > :08:16.sector workers. Across waves of England, primary and secondary
:08:17. > :08:21.schools have fallen silent. But the head of two east London schools
:08:22. > :08:25.around the majority of her staff acting differently. They have looked
:08:26. > :08:29.carefully at the issues, and they are issues that have been raised by
:08:30. > :08:33.the unions, not things that concern the teachers working in these
:08:34. > :08:37.schools. They fully support the introduction of performance related
:08:38. > :08:41.pay, they agree with some of the policy direction that has been
:08:42. > :08:44.proposed, and they are looking forward to the opportunities that
:08:45. > :08:49.those things will bring for them in the future. The Government accuses
:08:50. > :08:53.the unions are trying to cause as much disruption as possible by
:08:54. > :08:58.holding two regional strikes in as many weeks. The unions, however, are
:08:59. > :09:05.still planning a full-scale national strike in England before Christmas.
:09:06. > :09:09.A coroner has ruled that six British soldiers killed in the single
:09:10. > :09:14.biggest loss of life of service personnel in Afghanistan were
:09:15. > :09:19.unlawfully killed on active service. Sergeant Nigel Coupe Corporal Jake
:09:20. > :09:22.Hartley, and Privates Anthony Frampton, Daniel Wade, Christopher
:09:23. > :09:27.Kershaw and Daniel Wilford all died when an improvised explosive device
:09:28. > :09:32.detonated underneath their Warrior vehicle in Helmand province in March
:09:33. > :09:36.last year. A former broadcaster at BBC Radio
:09:37. > :09:41.Norfolk, Michael Souter, has been found guilty of historic sex attacks
:09:42. > :09:45.on boys after a six-week trial at Norwich Crown Court. The 60-year-old
:09:46. > :09:50.had denied 19 sex offences, including indecent assault,
:09:51. > :09:54.indecency with a child, and serious sex offences against the seven boys
:09:55. > :09:59.aged between 11 and 16. The allegations date from between 1979
:10:00. > :10:02.and 1999. Prince Charles's views on the
:10:03. > :10:07.environment are well-known, but now he has given a warning to the
:10:08. > :10:10.pensions industry. He says the emphasis on short-term investment
:10:11. > :10:15.gains run the risk of consigning our grandchildren to a miserable future,
:10:16. > :10:19.as he put it. Here is royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell.
:10:20. > :10:24.He has never been afraid to go it alone on a favourite cause, usually
:10:25. > :10:29.the environment and rural issues. Now the Prince of Wales has targeted
:10:30. > :10:33.pension funds gathered for a conference in Manchester. They are
:10:34. > :10:37.to forecast on short-term results, quarterly capitalism, as the prince
:10:38. > :10:41.called it, in a video message to the conference. With an ageing
:10:42. > :10:46.population, and pension fund liabilities that are therefore
:10:47. > :10:50.stretching out for many decades, surely the current focus on
:10:51. > :10:54.quarterly capitalism is becoming increasingly unfit for purpose.
:10:55. > :11:00.Pension funds, he said, should focus on long-term investment and
:11:01. > :11:04.sustainability. Otherwise your grandchildren, and mine for that
:11:05. > :11:09.matter, will be consigned to an exceptionally miserable future. In
:11:10. > :11:14.the past, the Prince's interventions, his speeches and many
:11:15. > :11:19.handwritten memos to ministers have led to accusations of meddling. This
:11:20. > :11:24.time, some pension experts say he is right. Actually, I think he has got
:11:25. > :11:29.a good point, and it needs saying. We must invest for our futures,
:11:30. > :11:33.looking for the long-term, not just for the very short-term. Charles has
:11:34. > :11:37.made it clear that he will not give up his attempts to alert people do
:11:38. > :11:40.what he regards as the huge dangers of short-term attitudes, whether in
:11:41. > :11:44.relation to the environment or investments for the future. He has
:11:45. > :11:49.made it his mission, and he won't be detoured from it. Speaking mind on
:11:50. > :11:54.issues is one thing, as Prince of Wales, of course, a habit which will
:11:55. > :11:59.need to stop as Charles knows, when ultimately he succeeds to the
:12:00. > :12:03.throne. Now, we have just heard about rising
:12:04. > :12:07.energy prices, and today the Chancellor has announced a deal in
:12:08. > :12:11.China that he says could help limit price rises in the future. Chinese
:12:12. > :12:16.companies will be allowed to invest in a new generation of nuclear power
:12:17. > :12:19.stations in the UK. From China, Damian Grammaticas reports on the
:12:20. > :12:23.latest stage of George Osborne's trip to the world's second-largest
:12:24. > :12:26.economy. It is the biggest nuclear power
:12:27. > :12:33.plant of its kind in the world. Under construction in southern
:12:34. > :12:38.China. Now an almost identical one is likely to be built in the UK.
:12:39. > :12:48.George Osborne's post today was stressing the reactor's safety
:12:49. > :12:55.features. Special safety procedures? Like Britain, China needs to build
:12:56. > :13:02.more power stations. An earthquake or tsunami? You are prepared for
:13:03. > :13:07.that? But unlike Britain, China is already racing ahead with almost 30
:13:08. > :13:10.new plans in the pipeline. Today the Chancellor said he will welcome
:13:11. > :13:15.Chinese involvement in Britain's nuclear reactors. What is in this
:13:16. > :13:19.for George Osborne is money, cash that Britain urgently needs to fund
:13:20. > :13:22.the building of a new generation of power stations. But there are
:13:23. > :13:29.concerns about what bringing Chinese state companies in may mean for
:13:30. > :13:36.future safety and security. The new reactors here are European designs.
:13:37. > :13:43.The French firm EDF working with a Chinese partner. They should get the
:13:44. > :13:47.first UK contract. We are going to make sure that the very strict
:13:48. > :13:51.British rules and safety are applied, but Chinese investment in
:13:52. > :13:54.British nuclear power means British taxpayers' money can be used,
:13:55. > :13:58.instead of building these things come for building schools and
:13:59. > :14:02.hospitals, and in the long-term British families get lower and more
:14:03. > :14:06.stable energy bills. This is where the new reactors will be built,
:14:07. > :14:11.replacing old ones at Hinkley Point in Somerset. The bills may not be
:14:12. > :14:16.lower. The Government will guarantee the operators a set price for their
:14:17. > :14:20.power, perhaps double today's cost of electricity. It is extremely
:14:21. > :14:23.unlikely this is a good deal for consumers, and the Government is
:14:24. > :14:28.guaranteeing EDF, the operator, a price over the next three or four
:14:29. > :14:33.decades of around ?100 per megawatt hour. If the price of electricity is
:14:34. > :14:38.below that, the consumer will make up the difference, and currently it
:14:39. > :14:42.is significantly below that. No other Western nation has turned to
:14:43. > :14:46.China to satisfy its need for energy. Still authoritarian and
:14:47. > :14:52.common as lead, but now with the pockets, China could in future be
:14:53. > :14:56.running UK nuclear plans. -- Communist led. Some will find that
:14:57. > :15:08.uncomfortable, others, like the Chancellor, see the opportunity. ?
:15:09. > :15:11.top story this evening: British Gas announces price rises from next
:15:12. > :15:16.month. Average bills for dual fuel
:15:17. > :15:21.customers will go up by 9%. Still to come: The half-time joke
:15:22. > :15:25.that fell flat. When Hodgson apologises but gets the backing of
:15:26. > :15:29.the FA. Coming up in Sportsday, FIFA's
:15:30. > :15:36.rankings are out. England are up to 10th in the world. Switzerland,
:15:37. > :15:45.Colombia and Belgium will be top seeds for Brazil.
:15:46. > :15:52.Having a job is no guarantee that you can escape poverty. That is a
:15:53. > :15:58.stark finding in a new report for the government. It says 5 million
:15:59. > :16:03.will, many of them women, earns less than the living wage which for the
:16:04. > :16:09.average family is ?470 a week. The government will miss its target to
:16:10. > :16:14.end child poverty by 2020. It also says older people should be sharing
:16:15. > :16:18.more of the burden of austerity with richer pensioners losing some
:16:19. > :16:22.benefits. Reeta Chakrabarti reports. For
:16:23. > :16:29.single mother Judith Hayley and her ten-year-old daughter Neve, meeting
:16:30. > :16:34.ends meet is a struggle. Judith works part time from home. She keeps
:16:35. > :16:39.the heating off during the day and cannot afford school trips for
:16:40. > :16:44.Niamh. There are so many people in my position. You hear about the very
:16:45. > :16:49.rich and the very poor, the people you perceive to be scroungers, but
:16:50. > :16:53.don't people like me who basically, we have tried. We did not ask to get
:16:54. > :16:59.into this situation. We are doing the best in the circumstances we
:17:00. > :17:05.have. That is what it is about, it is survival now. She is not alone.
:17:06. > :17:09.Two thirds of poor children are in homes where parents are working.
:17:10. > :17:15.This will become an annual report, an audit of the life chances of the
:17:16. > :17:20.worst. The conclusions are stark. Government and employers must act.
:17:21. > :17:22.It says the balance between what working families and richer
:17:23. > :17:29.pensioners get from the state should be rethought. This year, out of a
:17:30. > :17:33.total forecast budget for Great Britain of ?204 billion, people of
:17:34. > :17:39.working age and children get 93 billion. Pensioners get 111 billion,
:17:40. > :17:44.of which universal benefits like winter fuel payments account for ?2
:17:45. > :17:52.billion. Free TV licences for older pensioners accounts for 0.6 billion.
:17:53. > :17:57.I think the right question to ask is whether, at a time of austerity,
:17:58. > :18:00.when you have such long-term youth unemployment, when family incomes
:18:01. > :18:04.are being squeezed and public services are being cut, and when the
:18:05. > :18:09.poorest people are facing a cap on their benefits, that wealthy
:18:10. > :18:17.pensioners continue to have their benefits not just protected but
:18:18. > :18:21.enhanced. I think many well-off pensioners feel instinctively
:18:22. > :18:26.uncomfortable. Many ministers beg to differ. That is not a view I hear
:18:27. > :18:32.often by pensioners who feel they are not an affluent section of the
:18:33. > :18:36.population. Both points of view work echoed by these pensioners in
:18:37. > :18:38.Yorkshire. I would not say anything about the television licence and
:18:39. > :18:44.fuel because I would gladly give that up. If you have worked all your
:18:45. > :18:48.life and paid into the system, you had your opportunity so why take it
:18:49. > :18:53.away from us. That might sound heartless and I am not really but I
:18:54. > :18:56.feel adamant about that. Many grandparents will find themselves
:18:57. > :19:01.better off than their children or grandchildren will ever be. There is
:19:02. > :19:04.no agreement on what should be done. Declining living standards for today
:19:05. > :19:10.could be storing up major problems for tomorrow.
:19:11. > :19:13.A Muslim free school has been described by Ofsted as dysfunctional
:19:14. > :19:19.and rated inadequate in every category. That is less than a year
:19:20. > :19:22.after it opened. I inspection at Derby's Al-Madinah school was
:19:23. > :19:26.brought forward after fears were raised over teaching standards. The
:19:27. > :19:32.school said it will act to improve its performance.
:19:33. > :19:38.The Al-Madinah free school, opened a year ago. But already, Ofsted's
:19:39. > :19:46.report highlights a catalogue of chaos. Al-Madinah it says is failing
:19:47. > :19:49.in every area of inspection. Achievement, inadequate. Governing
:19:50. > :19:55.body, ineffective. Attendance is low and declining. The school was
:19:56. > :19:58.described as dysfunctional. Special measures is of a disaster for any
:19:59. > :20:02.school but certainly for us. This is not where we want to be. This is not
:20:03. > :20:07.the position we want the school to be in at this stage. We fully
:20:08. > :20:10.acceptable report. With heavy heart we accept the report and we will use
:20:11. > :20:17.this to help move the school forward as quickly as possible. This girl's
:20:18. > :20:21.Mum says her daughter was bullied while in reception class at
:20:22. > :20:28.Al-Madinah. She says the report is no surprise. I am very angry and
:20:29. > :20:33.they have broken the trust. As professionals and teachers they have
:20:34. > :20:37.let us down. This Ofsted report is the latest blow for a school which
:20:38. > :20:42.has already been told by the government that its funding will be
:20:43. > :20:46.cut off unless it makes serious improvements. Still some parents are
:20:47. > :20:50.determined to stick with it. For me it suits my lifestyle because it is
:20:51. > :20:54.an Islamic school. I know they are teaching my children well and I am
:20:55. > :21:02.seeing their progress and I have no concerns at all. There is politics
:21:03. > :21:06.here. Labour on the offensive. It is a devastating blow to the Education
:21:07. > :21:10.Secretary's flagship policy. It reveals that pupils have been failed
:21:11. > :21:14.on every possible measure and parents will want to know why the
:21:15. > :21:22.Education Secretary has allowed this to happen. Were not prepared to
:21:23. > :21:26.allow a school to fail its parents, children and community. We said we
:21:27. > :21:33.will take swift action and that is what we are doing. Al-Madinah is
:21:34. > :21:36.only one of 174 free schools, most of them oversubscribed. The problems
:21:37. > :21:42.here raise the question about how much freedom free schools should
:21:43. > :21:45.have. Payday loans companies will be hit
:21:46. > :21:50.with a possible 10% tax on their profits under a Labour government,
:21:51. > :21:54.that is according to Ed Miliband. The Labour leader wants to crack
:21:55. > :21:59.down on what he called exorbitant interest rates charged by payday
:22:00. > :22:03.lenders. Some firms can charge for thousand percent interest on
:22:04. > :22:05.short-term loans per year. Mr Miliband said the levy would fund
:22:06. > :22:11.the creation of alternative lenders like credit unions. The number of
:22:12. > :22:14.badgers killed in a controversial cull has fallen well short of its
:22:15. > :22:18.target. The government said only 30% of the
:22:19. > :22:23.badgers in Gloucestershire had been killed during a pilot scheme to
:22:24. > :22:29.prevent the spread of bovine TB. The target of the cull had been 70%.
:22:30. > :22:34.That is around 3000 in total. The England manager Roy Hodgson has
:22:35. > :22:38.apologised for using the phrase, feed the monkey, to Andros Townsend
:22:39. > :22:47.during a team talk on Tuesday. He said he meant no offence by the
:22:48. > :22:51.comet which he says was a punch line to a joke. Our sports editor David
:22:52. > :22:52.Bond is here. Why the fuss given that none of the players have
:22:53. > :22:57.complained about this publicly? Because the question of racism in
:22:58. > :23:02.English football is now so toxic that even an indirect allegation can
:23:03. > :23:05.lead to a huge media storm. This afternoon, there were all sorts of
:23:06. > :23:11.rumours flying around about exactly what Roy Hodgson had said during his
:23:12. > :23:14.half-time team talk. This led to the FA issuing a statement where they
:23:15. > :23:18.said they fully backed the England manager and they had spoken to a
:23:19. > :23:24.number of players and they confirmed no offence had been taken. That was
:23:25. > :23:27.followed up with a statement from the antiracism group Kick It Out.
:23:28. > :23:31.They said as far as they were concerned the matter was closed.
:23:32. > :23:34.Except that there is another significant point which is someone
:23:35. > :23:39.inside that dressing room on Tuesday night felt the need to leak this
:23:40. > :23:44.story to a couple of newspapers knowing just how damaging this could
:23:45. > :23:50.be to what Hodgson. That raises some questions about how united this
:23:51. > :23:54.England team really are. Thank you. The Duke of Cambridge has presided
:23:55. > :24:00.over his first investiture ceremony in Buckingham Palace. Prince William
:24:01. > :24:03.presented awards to recipients from across the UK, among them the
:24:04. > :24:10.Wimbledon champion Andy Murray who received an OBE. Peter Hunt was
:24:11. > :24:13.there. The National Anthem in the
:24:14. > :24:19.Buckingham Palace ballroom in honour of Prince William's grandmother. One
:24:20. > :24:23.day it will be played for him. Before then he continues to learn
:24:24. > :24:30.the ropes. This investiture ceremony of the latest stage of his royal
:24:31. > :24:35.education. Having practised in private, this was for real, safely
:24:36. > :24:41.wielding a ceremonial sword which had belonged to King George VI on a
:24:42. > :24:47.head teacher and new night. Those honoured included some familiar
:24:48. > :24:51.faces. Mr Andrew Murray for services to tennis. The Wimbledon champion
:24:52. > :24:57.was nearly late after officials arrived at his house to conduct a
:24:58. > :25:03.random drugs test. Drama over, he chatted to Prince William about his
:25:04. > :25:07.recent back operation. I thought he seemed very confident. He spent a
:25:08. > :25:11.long time chatting to everyone. I was told it was just over a minute
:25:12. > :25:17.and I was told it would only be 15 seconds. He gave everyone a lot of
:25:18. > :25:20.time and seemed confident. With William's days of saving lives as an
:25:21. > :25:25.RAF search and rescue pilot at an end, he is looking for another
:25:26. > :25:30.full-time role. While he does, he will continue to undertake some
:25:31. > :25:34.royal duties. Prince William, a cautious man, is tiptoeing towards
:25:35. > :25:39.his future when one day he will reside here. There is no rush. But
:25:40. > :25:44.this morning he had another taste of what will lie ahead for him. For the
:25:45. > :25:55.moment though, it is the present on the -- not the future on the mind of
:25:56. > :25:56.the Cambridge is. Let's find out what the weather
:25:57. > :26:09.holds for us. This Esau weather conditions --
:26:10. > :26:17.these Esau weather conditions continue for us. Despite a few
:26:18. > :26:22.showers we had a lovely day today. This time of year, with clearer
:26:23. > :26:26.skies, as temperatures fall away, widespread fog could become a
:26:27. > :26:38.problem. I suspect vulnerable areas will be across eastern England. More
:26:39. > :26:44.cloud and a few showers. Look at the Northern Isles. It will be chilly
:26:45. > :26:48.here. First thing in the morning, the talking point will be the fog
:26:49. > :26:54.will stop perhaps through the Vale of York there will be some dents,
:26:55. > :26:58.stubborn patches of fog. Widespread fog across East Anglia and the
:26:59. > :27:03.Midlands. If you have a journey to make first thing in the morning, it
:27:04. > :27:07.is best to listen to your local radio stations for up-to-date
:27:08. > :27:14.forecasts. The fog will ease away. We will see the rain moving into the
:27:15. > :27:18.West. Fairly light and patchy across western fringes. More cloud around
:27:19. > :27:31.than we have seen. Mild in the South. The rain continues to push
:27:32. > :27:35.steadily northwards overnight, some persistent and heavy rain into
:27:36. > :27:39.Scotland. I want to draw your attention to the south-east corner.
:27:40. > :27:42.We could see a cluster of sharp, thundery showers in the south-east
:27:43. > :27:46.early on Saturday morning. Hopefully, they will ease away and
:27:47. > :27:53.then we are left with sunshine and blustery showers. A miserable day I
:27:54. > :27:56.am afraid in Scotland. It is a day of sunshine and showers for the
:27:57. > :28:02.second half of the weekend. Thank you.
:28:03. > :28:08.A reminder of our main story: British Gas announces price rises
:28:09. > :28:14.from next month. Average bills for dual fuel customers will go up by
:28:15. > :28:14.more than 9%. That is all from the BBC News at Six.
:28:15. > :28:16.It is goodbye BBC News at Six.
:28:17. > :28:18.It is goodbye from me.