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Good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than Three Million british gas customers are facing a big rise in their electricity bills. From september the company will charge 12. 5 more for electricity. It means a typical household on a dualfuel tariff will see its annual bill go up by £67. British gas says its putting up prices for the first time in nearly four years because its own costs have risen. But the government and Consumer Groups have condemned the move. Heres our business editor, simon...

Coming up in sportsday on bbc news. England womens goalkeeper Karen Bardsley has been ruled out of the rest of euro 2017 after breaking her leg in the Quarterfinal Win over france. Good evening. More than 3 million british gas customers are facing a big rise in their electricity bills. From september, the company will charge 12. 5 more for electricity. It means a typical household on a dualfuel tariff will see its annual bill go up by £76. British gas says its putting up prices for the first ti...

Good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than Three Million british gas customers are facing a big rise in their electricity bills. From september the company will charge 12. 5 more for electricity. It means a typical household on a dualfuel tariff will see its annual bill go up by £67. British gas says its putting up prices for the first time in nearly four years because its own costs have risen. But the government and Consumer Groups have condemned the move. Heres our business editor, simon...

Its 8am in singapore and 1am in london. There is new hope for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. For the first time, scientists in the us, along with experts from china and south korea, have successfully repaired a faulty gene in Human Embryos. But critics are warning that the technique could, ultimately, be used to create so called designer babies. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. The goal could not be more amb...

Officers defends the governments prevent programme, designed to stop people being drawn into terrorism. Commander dean haydon says criticism is based on ignorance and people dont understand how it works. And the new doctor hugh doctor who hopes that her being in a row will break down barriers. In this world, particularly, there are not rules, and that is a great thing. Good morning. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. New laws, which aim to give people more protection online, will f...

In venezuela. I do not think it is fair, what has happened the past few months in a country, that you have had the majority of venezuelans protesting, demanding change, demanding free and fair elections, and they have been received by the National Guard and police with tear gas, with rubber bullets, and sometimes with regular bullets, would shotguns. More than 120 people have been killed. And according to the attorney general, she has said that more than 90 of those who have been killed our oppo...

As the government attempts to boost the number of home grown doctors in the nhs. Ten yea rs ten years since the Global Economic system ten years since the Global Economic syste m we nt ten years since the Global Economic system went into meltdown. We will have a look at the repercussions. Police in scotland have warned tourists not to visit the isle of skye without a reservation, after an influx of visitors left its services at Breaking Point. Athletics chiefs have been criticised for denying a ...

Or other asian muslim origin is well established. Today, ken macdonald, a former director of public prosecutions, said it is a disease of racism and sexism that will not abate until it is confronted. Labour mp Sarah Champion said that people are more afraid to be called a racist than they are afraid to be wrong about calling out child abuse, which has inhibited exposure of wrong doing. She asked, why are we not commissioning research to see what is going on and how we need to change what is goin...

It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 3 00am in the morning in istanbul, where Authorities Say they are close to identifying the man who killed 39 people in an attack on a new year party at a nightclub. Security officials have released this footage, which they say shows the suspect filming himself on a mobile phone in the centre of istanbul. He is shown Walking Around what is thought to be taksim square. Turkish police have launched raids in istanbul, and arrested 12 people, looking fo...

It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 3 00am in the morning in istanbul, where Authorities Say they are close to identifying the man who killed 39 people in an attack on a new year party at a nightclub. Security officials have released this footage, which they say shows the suspect filming himself on a mobile phone in the centre of istanbul. He is shown Walking Around what is thought to be taksim square. Turkish police have launched raids in istanbul, and arrested 12 people, looking fo...