or 25 celsius in cardiff. much the same on sunday again, a breeze in the south east along the north sea coast, out towards the west a lot of fine weather, bar the odd shower. on the whole, a fine weekend on the way, and similar weather expected on monday. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 25th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the champions league draw has just been made. we will have the latest on some tantalising ties. england pull out all the stops. early wickets, but can they gain the edge as they look for revenge? and northern irish side linfield are on the brink of history. can they get the job done tonight and qualify for a major european competition? also coming up in the programme: no women drive
his comments come ahead of tonight s penultimate conservative hustings with rishi sunak and liz truss facing tory votes in norwich. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland the pass rate is down on last year but higher than it was before the pandemic. good afternoon. pressure is growing on the government to help households and businesses cope with soaring energy costs. a think tank has called for a universal 30% cut in bills and businesses want covid style emergency grants to help companies that are struggling. the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200, it s now about £2,000 and it s forecast tomorrow to reach £3,500 per year, payable from this october. there are further increases expected in january. back in may, the government promised a £15 billion support
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novak djokovic, says he will not play the us open that starts next week because he hasn t had a covid vaccine. it means he would be refused entry to the united states. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sebastian payne, who s the whitehall editor for financial times, and the journalist and author, claire cohen. first of all, let s take a look at the front pages. the i newspaper has that all important story on energy bills, as millions prepare for a huge rise in october prices expected to be announced tomorrow morning at 7am. as the nation awaits the next prime minister, the daily telegraph says the new pm will hit the ground running and offer urgent help bills within days of stepping into number ten. meanwhile, the ft follows the frontrunner of the conservative leadership contest, liz truss, who it says is eyeing up plans to trigger article 16 against the eu to buy more time dealing with the northern ireland pro