in a turbine, which will have implications for europe s energy supply this winter. newswatch is here in about 10 minutes. now on bbc news, click. you re back, we re back, everybody is back, august, so was the edinburgh festival, the world famous celebration of the arts that takes over the city the whole month. it s a melting pot of theatre, music, dance and opera, and on the side, as its name suggests, is the edinburgh fringe. please, neverspeak to me again. laughter. filled with experimental performance, innovative shows and my favourite comedy. one of the beautiful things about the fringe is that it takes over loads of venues in the city, including this one the university of edinburgh s old medical school. and before we get stuck into the comedy, we are going to talk about medicine specifically medical waiting times. now, if you re waiting for surgery, it can feel like an eternity and we all know that waiting times are longer than anyone would want, but one nhs tru
if you are on a prepayment metre. this figure isn t the maximum you can be charged. and it s predicted that prices will rise even further next year. annual bills could exceed £5,000 from january 2023 and then more than £6,000 from april. worrying figures for many people but some felt the bbc was adding to that worry with the tone and extent of its reporting on what might happen but hasn t happened yet. stuart luck was one of them, writing: while i understand the need to cover rising energy bills, i am becoming very tired of the intensity of the coverage over the crisis. we all know we are in. tired of the intensity of the coverage over the crisis we all know we are in. it is frightening, very frightening and, at the moment, i feel that is all the bbc is achieving, frightening people. the coverage in my perception has reached an unhealthy balance. as we saw in that clip we played, the bbc has been reporting the future average cap on bills but some viewers think that s not th
hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, voting has closed in the conservative party leadership race. after 2 months of campaigning, and 8 initial candidates whittled down to 2, we ll find out on monday whether liz truss or rishi sunak has been chosen by party members to be the next leader and so prime minister. here s our political correspondent ben wright: after a long, rancorous campaign, it s now time to count the ballots. just 160,000 tory party members are picking their next leader, the next prime minister. and the challenges facing them are huge. they were spelt out today by the current chancellor. he is backing liz truss, presumed frontrunner. there are no easy options. we have war on our continent. we havejust come through a pandemic. but this economy is resilient. how will they handle soaring inflation? i borisjohnson s ejection from office injuly triggered a stampede of wannabe successors. tory mps had the job of picking two final candidates. sunak,
who are fighting with each other about just how appalling they ve been in government and neither has come up with any plan to deal with this problem. unforgivable. we ll be looking in detail at what the incoming prime minister could do to help, as households and businesses face huge energy costs that are set to rise further. also on the programme. as tributes continue to nine year old olivia pratt korbel, who was fatally shot in her own home, a second man is arrested on suspicion of murder. devastating floods in pakistan destroy property and claim hundreds of lives the government has declared a national emergency. and lost in nasa s archives until now previously unseen space photos of the first missions to the moon. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, england are on top in the second test against south africa at old trafford, as ben stokes scores his first century as skipper. good evening. energy bills are to soar by 80% in october for te
to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up in the programme: there is rising concern about rising energy prices, but is bbc news contributing to the public s anxiety over the issue? and the bbc faces criticism again on the thorny issue of impartiality. broadcasters and journalists have often seen august as the time to recharge their batteries on holiday, safe in the knowledge that nothing much will happen. that wasn t the case this summer when the news agenda was busy and questions continued to be raised about the bbc s role in reporting it. at the top of many bulletins were the cost of living in general and energy bills, in particular. the typical gas and electricity bill willjump to £3,519 per yearfrom october, and almost £60 more if you re on a prepayment metre. this figure isn t the maximum you can be charged.