The us decision is largely symbolic and comes after a sharp fall in the value of the chinese yuan against the dollar and prompts yet another fall on stock markets. Also in the programme profits rise at Intercontinental Hotels but the boss of brands including holiday and crowne plaza tells us hes not losing too much including holiday inn and crowne plaza tells us hes not losing too much sleep over the us china trade war. After heavy losses on monday across europe you can see a mixed picture today with the ftse 100 proving to be today with the ftse100 proving to be the laggard. And what if you have so much money you dont know how to spend it . We meet the man behind the personal Concierge Service that books those once in a lifetime holidays, posh dinners and expensive days out. But it costs nearly 3000 dollars a year, just to join. And if you could have someone at your beck and call to book your once in a lifetime trip where would it be . Where would you go . Let us know, just use the ha
How electric cars are being used to power a small portuguese atlantic island. And the actressjune spencer, who plays peggy in bbc radio drama the archers, reveals the secret of how shes still working as she turns 100. Well, i suppose it is inheriting good genes, for a start. And an outlook of. A cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Andrea leadsom and mark harper are the latest candidates to launch their campaigns to replace theresa may as consersative party leader, and become the countrys next Prime Minister. The initial group of ten candidates will be whittled down to two by a series of mp votes over the next few weeks. The final pair will then face a ballot of the wider party membership. We should know the winner of the contest towards the end ofjuly. This morning, Andrea Leadsom launched her campaign by pledging action on climate change. Mark harper called for tax cuts for those on lower incomes. Rory stewart will laun
with two tests left to play. good morning. we have got some heavy rain in the south west of england. it is pushing north east through the day. it could miss the south east of england. northern scotland, a drier day. a few showers. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, 10thjuly. the bbc is meeting with the met police today, to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter who hasn t been named has been suspended, and the corporation has contacted the police about the accusations, which were first reported in the sun newspaper. we re joined now by our news correspondent lizo mzimba. tell us about the latest allegations? well, today s front page of the sun newspaper claims the unnamed presenter made two panicked phone calls to the young individual in question, saying, what have you done? and asking them to ring their mother, to get them to stop the investigation. the bbc has not b
Good morning. Hundreds of kfc outlets have run out of chicken ill be looking at whats gone wrong for the fast food chain just before 7 00. Good morning, in sport wigan stun Manchester City again in the fa cup by knocking them out and ending their hopes of winning 4 trophies this season. And matt has the weather for us this morning. Good morning, a bit of rain gcioss morning. Good morning, a bit of rain across eastern parts. But things are set to get much, much colder. I will tell you why in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Police forces in the uk recorded nearly 65,000 child sex offences last year. Thats an all time high. The figures obtained by the nspcc reveal a sharp increase in crimes committed online, as well as rape and sexual assault. Our Home Affairs Correspondent, jon ironmonger reports. Every eight minutes, police recorded a sexual offence against a child last year and data from all Police Forces suggest the total number of offences has reached a record high,
The rocky fire, 60,000 acres and growing is doing everything firefighters didnt want it to do. I have heard and smoken to firefighters with 20, 30, 40 years on the job. This is unprecedented. Reporter air dropping helicopters take turns filling up and then dousing the flames. Like a dangerous game. One spot is beaten down and another springs up. I have concerns. Reporter we are along highway 20. You can see the flames. This is where they are trying to hold the fire. Take a look here down the road, it jumped over the highway. Now they are concentrating down there. 3 00 p. M. , clock work the last couple days. This is the time the fire starts making runs. Reporter far from it all that red cross shelter. They are waiting it out with their cats. We are pretty sure everything is okay. Same number of houses gone that was gone had been gone yesterday. Nothing there has changed. We are going you know . Reporter they are some of 5,000 people who evacuated. Now in a waiting game to see who wins.