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the energy regulator ofgem has asked suppliers to pause the forced installation of prepaid metres. it follows revelations that a debt collection company working for british gas broke into the homes of vulnerable people to install the metres. prepayment metres require customers to pay for their energy in advance. its more expensive than paying by direct debit, but are sometimes the only option for people who have struggled to pay and are in debt to a supplier. ben king has more. an unde...

an emotional appeal to the public from the family of nicola bulley to help find her. and a warning that mammals such as foxes and otters are contracting avian flu after eating dead birds. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the countdown is on to the six nations, as englands new coach steve borthwick goes for a more youthful side. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the bank of england has rasied interest rates to 4%, their highest level for m years, as it continues its...

british gas admits theres no excuse for using debt agencies who broke into homes to fit prepayment meters. and, we speak to microsofts bill gates about covid, vaccines and conspiracy theories. i guess people are looking for the bogeyman behind the curtain, the over—simplistic explanation. and coming up on the bbc news channel... manchester united say they will conduct their own process before determining the future of their player, mason greenwood, after assault charges were dropped ...

and welcome to liverpool, eurovision arrives for its official launch as the city that brought us the beatles stands in for ukraine. hello and welcome. hundreds of thousands of workers here in the uk are going on strike for what will be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. more than 100,000 teachers in england, wales and parts of scotland are taking part in a dispute over pay. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted. university lecturers, train driv...

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how local lad sean longstaff has these newcastle fans dreaming, as the club reach a first final since 1999. its official — liverpool has become the host of this years eurovision song contest in a special handover ceremony in the city. it isa it is a dry and bright day in the south and east, but expect some rain in the north and west. the strong winds will gradually ease. good morning. its wednesday, 1st february. hundreds of thousands of workers are going on strike today, in the bigg...

let me know your thoughts on todays strikes whether youre affected by them, or taking part in the industrial action. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. in myanmar, pro democracy activists are urging people to stay at home and businesses to close, to mark the second anniversary of the military coup in the country. in the uk, a four—year—old girl has died in a dog attack in milton keynes. us vice president kamala harris will attend the funeral o...

that the body found in the river is nicola bulley — who went missing last month. fractious scenes in israels parliament, where members are debating a controversial overhaul of the countrys judiciary. we begin in ukraine where us presidentjoe biden has made a surprise visit to kyiv — his first trip since russia invaded almost a year ago. speaking alongside president zelensky, mr biden said that russias war in ukraine is failing and that vladimir putin had been wrong to think russia ...

tonight with the context... from edinburgh, alex massie scotland editor of the spectator. bill browder, the ceo of hermitage capital management and long—time critic of vladimir putin. and joel rubin, who served in the obama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. welcome to the programme. whenjoe biden spoke to vladimir zelensky on this day last year, there wasnt much confidence in washington he would be president for much longer, nor indeed that kyiv could be defended...

>> and it was not til 10, 15 minutes before my flight was supposed to take off i finally found out this all happened and so it is very frustrating. >> the one day we leave early, we got a delay and everything. now its all backed up. this is insane. >> i dont know what to make of it. trying to be like calm and relaxed at the same time, but everything is very intense. >> john: begin "america reports" with frustrated travelers sounding off after a systems outage at the federal aviation ad...