in sport, england take control of the second test against south africa. captain ben stokes leads by example with his first century as captain. ato a to the weekend, warm spells of sunshine a to the weekend, warm spells of sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon. sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon. one sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon, one or sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon, one or two sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon, one or two isolated - afternoon, one or two isolated showers for one or two but for most it will stay dry throughout the day. we ll take a closer look at all of the weather details a little bit later. join me then. it s saturday 27th august. our main story: children s charities are warning of the serious risk to young people this winter, as households struggle with the rising cost of energy bills. the government is being urged to offer more financial support, following yesterday s 80% increase to the
are likely to need government help to pay their energy bills this winter. let s speak now to our political correspondent, ione wells. ione, has mr zahawi given any detail on possible support measures? unfortunately, we just don t have those unfortunately, we just don t have those details of the moment because we don t those details of the moment because we don t know who the next government is going to be. as you say, the government is going to be. as you say, the chancellor nadhim zahawi has said say, the chancellor nadhim zahawi has said that more support could be necessary. has said that more support could be necessary, notjust from has said that more support could be necessary, not just from those has said that more support could be necessary, notjust from those on the lowest necessary, notjust from those on the lowest incomes, for example those the lowest incomes, for example those in the lowest incomes, for example those in receipt of welfare, but also those in
just revolves around tourism. i can t imagine how much water that uses up. outside of the town, here in this hostile, barren desert, there isn t much that grows. but still, techniques passed down by the indigenous people allowed them to live here in harmony with nature. i wanted to catch up with rosa, the water bearer from last night s ceremony, to find out a little more about how their position in the modern world here is changing. rosa, how is it so green here? this is crazy! it s like magic, thanks to the water. chuckles. the idea is we respect the cycle. in winter, the mother earth rest. some of the techniques here use ancient atacamenos methods,
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becky has a full time job but, for the first time, she s having to choose between feeding her young family and being able to pay for gas or electric. i have never had to use a foodbank before, i had to use one twice in the past two weeks, and purely because my money can t stretch anywhere anymore. it s the same for maureen, also worrying about how much each load will cost. her and her husband george are now looking at making dramatic savings ahead of the winter. we re scared. in the past we could go out and about, meet friends, go for lunch, you know, treat my grandchildren, go to the pictures. we thought about it really carefully and we thought, there s no way, there is no way on this earth that we are going to be able to pay those bills and continue life as it was before. the price set by the regulator ofgem is rising by 80% in october. a typical annual energy bill paid by direct debit is currently £1971. in october, that will rise to £3549.