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bumper profits for the owner of british gas — centrica — more than a billion pounds this year as household bills keep rising. right on time! and from the railway children to the wombles and doctor who — bernard cribbins has died at the age of 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel, well be in birmingham ahead of the commonwealth games and well look at what threat germany pose to england in the final of the womens euros. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. you the ...

Although she insisted she did not deal in deception. But she was accused by lawyers for some of those affected of living in la la land and being in a Cloud Of Denial about her role. Emma simpson reports from the inquiry. Celebration three years ago as the first wrongful convictions are overturned in court. Now, hundreds more former Sub Postmasters are having their names cleared. Lee williamson was given a suspended sentence for fraud in 2014 which is now being quashed. Sentence for fraud in 2014...

To light when it settles in. So, who is to blame . Did you put profits before people . It is day three for Paula Vennells at the public inquiry. Time for the sub postmasters� lawyers to ask questions. You still continue to live in a cloud of denial. And they didnt hold back. I didnt know, nobody told me, i cant remember, i wasnt shown this. I relied on the lawyers. I have tried to do this to The Very Best of my ability. Looking under that rock youre going to find a problem it will devastate th...

What had been going on. Grant shapps your predecessor ordered companies to give redress to people affected. 0ut to give redress to people affected. Out of 130,000 cases looked at only 1500 people have had compensation. Are you just abandoning the rest of those people . Those people . Absolutely not and i should say when those people . Absolutely not and i should say when we those people . Absolutely not and i should say when we saw those people . Absolutely not and i should say when we saw in th...

Domestic gas and electricity bills could fall sharply in April but many are still struggling to pay.

If you're struggling to afford your gas and electricity bills, what options are available?

Scottish Power apologised for the "inconvenience and frustration" she has faced over the past seven years.

While suppliers now need to contact a household at least ten times before they forcibly install prepayment meter and they had to make physical visit. certain people and are totally exempt from having a prepayment meter forcibly installed. if you are over 75, if you have children under two and a household or if you have certain serious health conditions like chronic bronchitis, you can�*t have a metre fitted against your will. the actions last winter were so serious, the payment protections we ...

Course is that debt doesnt keep building and building because of the prepayment meter. you pay for it in advance. to do so forcibly you need advance. to do so forcibly you need a court warrant. and there was outcry when agents for british gas were shown to be going into the homes of vulnerable people to fit these metres. the boss of the company admitted there was no excuse for it. so, there was a sector wide ban on the whole practice. that was in place in february. and now, under stricter rules,...

Energy debt is at a record high, so after an 11 month ban forcing a customer onto a prepayment meter is back on the cards. edf, octopus and scottishpower are the three companies who have been given the green light. that means they should have trawled through all of their past fittings identified any wrongfully installed metres, and done them and offered compensation. undone them and offered compensation. i came in my house, opened my door, and changed it to a prepayment meter. he discovered a pr...