With me is mark davies, ceo at the strategy consultancy, camberton. Thank you very much for coming in to go through some of these papers. Interesting, the story, the brexit story. The brexit barometer of course, over this whole has been stolen, the value of the pound. Whenever deal looks more likely, at the pound goes up, went so slack with the pad goes down. , has anything changed 7 with the pad goes down. , has anything changed . It is moved to 122, lets not forget it started this process at high one 405, 150, thats only your referendum to po55ible dish. People thought of going to bolivia with a deal and we have started going to bolivia with a deal and we have 5ta rted into going to bolivia with a deal and we have started into territory it went down to 120. The fact that it is moved to 122 is a small move but i wouldnt say its terribly significant. A decibel locations. If there is no deal will probably end up there is no deal will probably end up ataround there is no deal will probab
Meanwhile at headingley, jofra archer dazzles for england, taking six australian wickets to give his side the edge, heading into day two of the third ashes test. After of the third ashes test. A mixed august, sunshine with after a mixed august, sunshine along with the heat going up. Join me with the full weekend forecast. Its friday 23rd august. Our top story Global Leaders have expressed alarm at the Record Number of wildfires in brazils amazon rainforest. French president Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning and described the situation as an International Crisis that will be discussed at the g7 summit. The brazilian president , Jair Bolsonaro, says he is investigating the fires, but claims he does not have the resources to fight them. Ramzan kamarli has more. The fires in brazils rainforest rage on. This year there have been a Record Number. Satellites have identified over 75,000, most of them located in the amazon basin. The situation has become increasingly worse over the p
Statistics has admitted mistakes have been made. A man accused of murdering pc Andrew Harper will stand trial injanuary. Shipping containers and empty office blocks are being used to house thousands of Homeless Children, says englands child rens commissioner. And coming up on bbc news enough is enough Manchester United players hit out at social media sites, after paul pogba becomes the latest footballer to be racially abused online. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. An inquiry is to be launched into whether the h52 high speed rail link should go ahead. £7 billion has already been spent on the scheme, which is designed to link london, birmingham, manchester and leeds. The cost of the project has been rising, with recent reports it could reach £86 billion. The inquiry will look at whether the scheme should be approved, amended, or scrapped. The government says it will make a final decision by the end of the year. Our transport correspondent, tom burridge, has the detai
According to a report by the childrens commissioner for england, who says the situation is a scandal. Cardinal george pell, the most senior catholic cleric to be found guilty of child sexual abuse, has lost an appeal in australia against his conviction. President trump has cancelled an official state visit to denmark after the nations Prime Minister confirmed greenland was not for sale. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The government has appointed a panel of experts to review the h52 Railway Project to check whether and for how long the project should continue. The first segment of h52, the line between london and birmingham, is due to open at the end of 2026. The second phase linking leeds and manchester is due for completion by 2032 33. In 2015 the cost of the project was predicted to be more than £55 billion. But borisjohnson has said he expects the costs to spiral to over 100 billion. This morning the transport secretary grant shapps didnt rule out scrapping the project
Good morning amd welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and victoria fritz. Our headlines today as ten people remain in custody over the death of pc Andrew Harper, the home secretary says more needs to be done to support families of Police Officers injured or killed on duty. A suicide bomber targets a wedding reception in kabul more than 60 are dead and around 200 injured. Official warnings of food and fuel shortages after a no deal brexit have been leaked as borisjohnson prepares to visit paris and berlin for talks. Its the final day of the second ashes test, and any result is still possible after a day of wickets and huge scare at lords for steve smith, the australian batsmen hit on the neck byjofra archer. The day is not looking too different to what we had yesterday. Sunshine and showers, and guess what . The same for the start of the week. Hello, good morning. Its sunday, 18th august. Our top story. The home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the familie