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the energy regulator ofgem has asked suppliers to pause the forced installation of prepaid metres. it follows revelations that a debt collection company working for british gas broke into the homes of vulnerable people to install the metres. prepayment metres require customers to pay for their energy in advance. its more expensive than paying by direct debit, but are sometimes the only option for people who have struggled to pay and are in debt to a supplier. ben king has more. an unde...

but his owners say the secret to his 20 long years is the "calm, peaceful environment" he lives in. time for a look at the weather. heres tomasz schafernaker. the weekend is not looking bad at all for most of us, we have some sunshine in the forecast. the main feature is it is going to be turning a little bit colder and also overnight frosts will return, and on top of that we will have some mist and fog but it wont happen until early into next week. at the moment it is relatively mild ...

for motor neurone disease. campaigners say new research funding needs to be handed out quicker. i met imeta i met a family bakery in manchester finding out what the interest rate rise means for businesses and customers. manchester united to decide on the future of their player mason greenwood after charges of attempted rape and coercive behaviours against him are dropped. while some of you will see some light rain or drizzle through the day it will actually be a mild day when the sunsh...

for a summit on ukraine — president zelensky says he believes his country deserves talks on joining the eu this year. deserted railway stations as train drivers in england stage their second walkout this week. australian tennis star nick kyrgios admits assaulting his ex—girlfriend but avoids a criminal conviction — well have the latest from canberra. # falling in our hearts # here again, hawaii # aloha, aloha # and could this song by the former sex pistols by the former sex pisto...

a chinese surveillance balloon was detected above montana. the government has abandoned plans to house asylum seekers in a pontins holiday park on merseyside. and a warm welcome in south sudan for pope francis, as he continues whats described as a pilgrimage for peace in africa. hello. good evening, welcome to bbc news. lancashire police say they believe that nicola bulley, who went missing while walking her dog, most likely fell into the river wyre. the mother—of—two, whos a5, was...

corrupt and should not be trusted. what would that look like? that level of corruption? well, imagine that the trump administration had made it mandatory for american citizens to buy my pillow. thats one of fox newss biggest advertisers. imagine the administration declared if you didnt rush out and buy at least one my pillow and then at least another booster pillow you would not be allowed to eat out. you couldnt reenter your own country. you couldnt have a paying job. my pillow they t...

to inside politics. im john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us and imminent and an important deadlines for the justice department. it has until one p.m. one hour from now to respond to a late night filing an abortion court battle that could impact women coast to coast plus family ties and college controversy. the top democrat on the house says he hardly remembers his uncles flagrant anti semitic remarks. but cnns k file uncovers an opinion piece from a college a...

have rotated and should have had separation. this is not a nominal situation. >> i do want to remind everyone, everything after clearing the tower was icing on the cake. >> neil: all right. icing on the cake. mission control putting a positive spin on spacexs giant new star ship rocket blowing up shortly after lift off. luckily nobody was on board when the booster rocket failed to peel away, tumbled and exploded four minutes in. such are the risks if you think about it when planning ma...

hour. if the system heads to the east. rob marciano tying it out. multiple images from texas, the faa and just getting the explosion of the spacex starship. minutes after takeoff, the worlds largest rocket blasting out from texas and no crude on board. what went wrong with the test flight and what they were hoping this rocket would soon do. jill bonitas tonight. police say this happened again, and shooting over someones mistake. this time, a basketball rolling into a neighbors yard. a ...

his visit to germany later in the week will go ahead. the bbc has paused plans to scrap the bbc singers, the uks only full—time professional chamber choir, after a public backlash against the move. the singers were due to be axed just before their centenary because of bbc budget cuts, but now, the corporation says they will continue performing while it looks at other ways of funding them, as our media correspondent david sillito reports. singing the bbc singers — a part of british ...