Facing a return to possible violence in myanmar. They are living in what is now the Worlds Largest refugee camp, amid what the United Nations is calling a childrens crisis. What a great shot and many tributes to Cyrille Regis, the man who led the way for black footballers in britain. Hes died at the age of 59. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, Manchester United go in search of a win against stoke tonight, while the potters begin a new era under paul lambert. Good evening. Ministers have held an emergency meeting tonight following the collapse of carillion, the Major Construction and Services Company involved in some of the biggest public building projects in the uk. Carillion employs 20,000 people in the uk and it sub contracts work to thousands of small firms. The company has a50 government contracts, from work on the h52 rail link to cleaning and maintenance contracts for schools, prisons and hospitals. But carillion has now gone into liquidation with debts of £900 million and
Of disease among Rohingya Muslims in the worlds biggest refugee camp. Im in the kutupalong refugee camp, where people are living in the most and many tributes for cyrille regis, the man who led the way for black footballers in britain hes died at the age of 59. Its five oclock. Our main story is the collapse of carillion, the Major Construction and outsourcing group which is involved with some of the biggest public building projects in the uk. The business, which employs 20,000 people in the uk, went into liquidation with debts of £900 million. Its involved in projects such as crossrail and the h52 rail link, as well as cleaning and maintenance contracts for schools, prisons and hospitals. The Cabinet Office minister David Liddington has told mps that protecting those services would be the governments priority. Labour is asking why the government awarded major contracts to carillion even after it was clear the company was in difficulties. 0ur correspondent Simon Gompertz has the lates
Sneezing suppression is something Television Presenters do all the time so we must heed that morning. So, lets begin. With me is liam booth smith, chief executive of the independent think tank localis. Lets get stuck in, plenty to talk about. Carillion, so much to say on carillion. The Financial Times looking at as many angles as possible. Yes, the first phase of this story was about what would happen to the contract they have with the government and what will happen to their 20,000 workers and their subsidiaries. Happen to their 20,000 workers and theirsubsidiaries. Its happen to their 20,000 workers and their subsidiaries. Its evolving a bit and more information is coming to light, you highlighted the payee question and in 2016. At the time that could be talked away but given its almost two years later and the company has gone bust and we cant get that money back, it looks a bit less like a coincidence. This links to something that is important that came out in the commons yesterday,
Welcome to bbc news. The Iraqi Government said today that the city of mosul has been liberated from so called Islamic State, three years after it was first occupied by the extremists. The second largest city in iraq was where is declared its caliphate in 2014. Since then, its grip on territory seen here in red has been gradually reduced in iraq and in syria. In the last nine months its been targeted in mosul by the iraqi army, backed by us and Coalition Air strikes and has lost Ground Street By street. Tonight, the defence secretary sir Michael Fallon congratulated the iraqis and highlighted the role played by the raf. But as our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has seen in mosul, victory has come at a cost, with an estimated 800,000 civilians driven from their homes. What was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. Every building deeply scarred or destroyed by months of war. We joined the Search And Rescue teams looking for survivors. But more often, they are just recoveri