Related. With more heavy Snow Forecast across Northern Scotland this weekend well talk to one family who decided to make the most of it. Dont, dont shes kicked him out and coming up this hour. Certainly not on mute how one Parish Council has gone viral after a zoom meeting got a little out of hand. Good morning. Welcome to bbc news. Energy prices will rise for millions of people across the uk in april, after the regulator ofgem said the cap for default Domestic Energy deals would be raised to cover suppliers extra costs. Ofgem defended the decision, saying that its in the interest of customers to start allowing Energy Companies to recover some of the costs to avoid larger price hikes in the future. The price cap was introduced in 2019 and designed to protect customers from being overcharged. But this is the first rise in the cap so how will the decision affect customers . The price cap affects 11 million households who have never switched suppliers, or whose discounted deals have expir
Ghost town. How bad is it for cal train . Its devastating. Were facing a fiscal cliff in october and the rail lane may simply cease to exist. Reporter rumming between San Francisco and san jose faces shutdown after the San Francisco board of supervisors failed to support a sales tax measure for the november ballot. The supervisor says there are bigger priorities. Our cities is facing a 1. 7 billion deficit right now. Our own Transportation Agency is suffering. Reporter muni facing its own financial crisis. Its director tweeting some sobering facts. Muni eliminating 40 bus lines. Golden gate transit cut half the service to San Francisco. B. A. R. T. Facing a billiondollar loss. Cal train may end service completely. This is public transit, reality in america. I think were now in a fast crisis. Reporter austin brown from the uc davis policy ins Institution Says transit may depends on a Covid Vaccine for riders to come back. Justbly needing to see good data and then get people comfortable
Lets start with the Military Coup in myanmar. Police have filed several charges against the elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. She hasnt been seen since her arrest on monday and remains in custody. The charges she faces are unexpected. First, shes charged with breaching the countrys strict import and export laws. Shes also accused of possessing Unlawful Communications devices, and we know that is related to six walky talkies used by her Security Guards and which the Authorities Say were found in Aung San Suu Kyis residence. Heres our South East Asia correspondentjonathan head. Any Walkie Talkies in her home would have been used by Security Guards. Everyone will know that is a device. Its a way of trying to neutralise. Just think about this. The military lots there too because she has one every election by really significant margins. If the military is to fulfil its promise on holding another election, it has to find a way to get out of the election. Thats what they will use to do that. A
School district announced today that its 54,000 students will be getting their Education Online this fall. The district summit said the decision was made after reviewing evidence from Health Officials as well as getting input from staff, students and families. School administrators will reveal more about how this is going to work in the next few weeks. When im on zoom with my 18 students, there is only so much we can do. At least they can see each other and i can put them in breakout rooms and they can chat and have recess. But there is no substitute for being in school live with your students. The district still needs to get chrome books in the hands of students that dont already have a computer. Plus the sf unified is having internet hot spots around the city so students can connect with their teachers. The fall semester begins august 17th. And conditions have changed significantly in reason weeks with a spike in cases in several counties as we reported. He says safety is paramount h