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Morning Extra - 04/01/2008

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How do you feel about the rising cost of gas and electricity? One of the UK's biggest energy companies, Npower, is expected to announce a ten per cent rise in the cost of fuel later today in response to rising oil prices. We saw prices fall back last year, but the other energy companies are expected to put their prices up as well over the next few weeks. So how will this affect you? Do you struggle to pay for the cost of heating your home? And as you look out this morning at the cold and snow, will you have to think twice about putting on the heating now? With the cost of oil now more than $100 a barrel, are the energy companies right to cover the extra costs with higher prices? Or are they just protecting their profits? Gary Robertson takes your calls, texts and emails.