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There's more analysis about extreme weather and links to climate change on bbc news online and by using the bbc news app. tonight's other main news. there's more evidence of the depth of the energy crisis. the growing impact on households is already clear but what about businesses, especially on the high street, including pubs? bosses of some of the uk's biggest pub chains have added their voices to the debate. they've sent an open letter to the government warning of �*irreversible' damage to the hospitality industry without government support. some pub landlords are facing bills that have r...

Going to do is provide a further package of support to help people with the cost of energy. what we've got to do is get through the tough months ahead. i'm not going to, you know, shrink from this — it is going to be, it is going to be tough in, er, the months to come. many people here will be watching westminster next week for help, looking for anything to raise a glass to. danny savage, bbc news, skipton. stay with us on outside source — still to come... it's exactly a year since the last american troops left afghanistan. we've got an exclusive interview with the us general who oversaw t...

Six of the uk's largest pub and brewing companies, are warning that the industry's likely to be hit by a wave of closures in the coming months, because of rising energy prices. unlike households, businesses aren't covered by an energy price cap, and the fear is that their costs could rise by as much as 300%. in an open letter, bosses are calling on the government to limit energy price rises, and warning of "irreversible" damage to the industry in the absence of any support. our correspondent, danny savage reports from skipton in north yorkshire. in the centre of skipton, there are more than 20...

If people want to try clothes on, we can't have customers freezing, so we have to leave it on. also, we can't have both doors closed all the time because then it looks like the shop's closed, so we have to have at least one door open to show customers that we are open. and that is the nub of the issue for so many businesses. there's only so far you can go with turning lights off to when you look closed. people will stop coming in. in financially squeezed communities across britain, the pips are squeaking. help is coming, but stand by for difficult times. what the government is also . going to ...

With the cost of energy. _ what we've got to do i is get through the tough months ahead. i'm not going to, you know, | shrink from this — it is going to be, it is going to be tough in, er, the months to come. - many people here will be watching westminster next week for help, looking for anything to raise a glass to. danny savage, bbc news, skipton. let's speak to sam hagger founder of the beautiful pubs collective, which runs three independent pubs in leicestershire. good to heavy with us. how tough our times for you will? what good to heavy with us. how tough our times for you will?— tim...