Meeting today. We are in brussels. The euro goes higher as the ecb forecasts are said to show more confidence on the economic outlook. For clues on extra stimulus at todays meeting. 6 00 a. M. In london. It is 7 00 a. M. In frankfurt. The two cities with the most amount of risk. Good morning to you. Normally, we talk about political crises. The irish version is what we have. Europe ripping up the rulebook and going for the playbook from johnson and cummings and prepared to take legal action against the u. K. It on seats the pound. Good morning. Annmarie i know you are on brexit watch. Im certainly waiting to see what we are going to hear from Christine Lagarde. Tos a very fine line she has walk. Does she want to exude confidence about the european recovery . At the same time make sure shes getting that support she thinks the economy needs . The challenge will be making sure she does not bid up investors for the price of the eurodollar. I want to take a look at whats going on in the mar
With george ford at fly half. It isa it is a pretty chilly start to your friday. Mist and fog around, too. But lots of sunshine to come. I will have the details on breakfast. Its friday the 20th of september. Our top story the future of thomas cook is hanging in the balance this morning, as it scrambles to raise £200 Million Pounds to secure an Emergency Rescue deal. Britains oldest package holiday firm must secure the funds before a crucial meeting next friday. Ninas here to explain what this could mean for its customers and staff. Lots of people concerned about their jobs. And millions of holidays. It has been around since the 1840s. Hundreds of high street branches. May, they revealed £1. 5 billion of losses over the past six months and warned that they were tough times ahead. Lots of debt. They blamed lots of reasons. One of them brexit uncertainty. People making fewer bookings. Also the heatwave meant we we re bookings. Also the heatwave meant we were spending less on holidays a
And we celebrate a0 years of christmas classic, the snowman, and its iconic soundtrack, Walking In The Air. Good morning. Its Christmas Eve. Our top story. Around 250 Million People in the us and canada are under Severe Weather warnings, as an unprecedented winter storm sweeps across North America. From alaska to texas, bone chilling temperatures, blizzards and icy winds have caused widespread disruption and left more than a million homes and businesses without power. At least 12 deaths have been linked to the conditions. Tom brada reports. Once ina once in a generation whether out of the worst possible time. Ice, wind, rain and extreme cold are Wreaking Havocin Rain and extreme cold are wreaking havoc in the build up to christmas. Trees have been ripped from the ground and power lines have been knocked out across the country. From maine to texas, more than i Million People are without electricity. People are very frustrated because we pay our bills. All day it has been going in and ou
of the continent, we are on the periphery of the high pressure, the wind blowing from the south, that means the air is coming from the south, relatively mild. not all that sunny, this morning there was quite a lot of cloud across the country but through the afternoon, sunshine for most, 9 12 the high temperatures around early afternoon. the forecast this evening is generally clear, some plants around ayrshire but generally, dry weather for most, towards the end of the night it will cloud over in northern ireland, dribs and drabs of rain but after the clear night and high pressure it will be pretty chilly. on tuesday you see the southerly wind on the edge of the high pressure, that will be in place across the uk through much of the week but because of these weather fronts, there is a fair amount of cloud on tuesday for northern ireland and western scotland, it may be central areas as well so thick cloud could produce rain in belfast and glasgow, just fleeting. elsewhere it s a