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good morning. it is a fairly cloudy start for money. some drizzle in the west, some heavier rain in scotland. that will push north eastwards through the day, with brighter skies in central and eastern areas. details later in the programme. good morning. it's thursday, 2nd february. british gas is facing an investigation after using debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre—payment energy meters. the tactic — which results in someone�*s heating being cut off if they don't have the cash to top up their meter — is only supposed to be used ...

british gas admits there's no excuse for using debt agencies who broke into homes to fit prepayment meters. and, we speak to microsoft's 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 against him today. good evening. the bank of england has raised interest rates to the highest leve...

the economy and we must account for them in order to assure more inflow of money for our investments. i propose to create a special government programme for that purpose, to create extra conditions for our citizens, to invest their money. that they have earned within the country. and at the same time to encourage the preservation of the saving intention funds. at the same time, the assurance of bank deposits, whose repayment will be guaranteed. for voluntary pension savings, i suggest we put the figure up savings, i suggest we put the figure up to 2 million. the repayment figure up t...

in the last hour, the president of the united states has arrived in belfast for a four—day trip to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. president biden, who has strong family ties to the republic of ireland, sees the 1998 agreement, which helped end northern ireland's decades—long violent conflict known as the troubles, as part of his own political legacy. speaker president biden says he looks forward to reiterating america's commitment to preserving the peace. tomorrow, he'll deliver a speech at ulster university, speaker before travelling to the republic of i...

former england captain michael vaughan is appearing at the hearing into racist behaviour at the cricket club. it follows allegations made by azeem rafiq in august 2020. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has described the leaking of thousands of his whatsapp messages written during the height of the covid pandemic as a "massive betrayal and breach of trust". he says the messages were released in a "biased account to suit an anti—lockdown agenda". but the journalist, isabel oakeshott, who revealed the messages, insists sh...