To up to 4,500 jobs in the uk, as part of restructuring plans to make it more profitable. Three call centres, in sunderland, hull and worcester, could be closed. Unions have called it a cruel blow for the compa nys workers in the run up to christmas. Our economics correspondent andy verity has more details. Sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. Not any more. A few miles away, near the town of houghton le spring, 2500 Call Centre Workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. Disappointment, but its a shame, theres nothing else we can do. Ill take it one step at a time. Im still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. Its a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. The future does look bleak, to be honest. Youve got tata, youve got british gas. For 2000 people to lose theirjob, what else is going to replace thatjob . Where are they going to
The Energy Supplier is to cut up to 4. 5 thousand jobs in the uk as part of restructuring plans to make the firm more profitable. Three call centres could be closed. Our economics correspondent has more details. Sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. Not any more. A few miles away, near the town of houghton le spring, 2500 Call Centre Workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. Disappointment, but its a shame, theres nothing else we can do. Ill take it one step at a time. Im still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. Its a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. The future does look bleak, to be honest. Youve got tata, youve got british gas. For 2000 people to lose theirjob, what else is going to replace thatjob . Where are they going to go . Its just another nail in the coffin in this area. Its one after another. My fear is what ab
The energy supplier, npower, is to cut to up to a500 jobs in the uk, as part of restructuring plans to make it more profitable. Three call centres, in sunderland, hull and worcester could be closed. Our economics correspondent, andy verity has more details. Sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. Not any more. A few miles away, near the town of houghton le spring, 2500 Call Centre Workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. Disappointment, but its a shame, theres nothing else we can do. Ill take it one step at a time. Im still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. Its a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. The future does look bleak, to be honest. Youve got tata, youve got british gas. For 2000 people to lose theirjob, what else is going to replace thatjob . Where are they going to go . Its just another nail in the coffin in this a
England are chasing new zealands first innings score of 375 in the second test in hamilton as their hopes of levelling the series fade. Are bitterly cold start to the weekend with a hard frost and some fog out there. But, it is going to bea dry fog out there. But, it is going to be a dry story for many of us this weekend with lots of sparkling winter sunshine. All the details coming up shortly. Its saturday the 30th of november. Our top story the man who carried out a terror attack on London Bridge yesterday was a convicted terrorist. Two people, a man and a woman, were stabbed to death. The attacker named as 28 year old usman khan was shot dead by an armed officer. He had beenjailed in 2012 for a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange and set up a terrorist Training Camp, but was freed on licence a year ago. Simonjones has this report. Terror returns to the streets of london. A man and a woman killed. Now the question is, how was this allowed to happen . Fit pictures of film from the
To the exit door as arsenal lose in the Europa League, to extend their longest winless run in more than 25 years. Good morning, and its a cold, frosty start for many of us but at least there is sunshine and at last, a drier spell of weather for the next few days. More details throughout this morning. Its friday the 29th of november. Our top story. A major row has broken out between channel four and the conservative party, following last nights Leaders Debate on Climate Change. The tories have accused the broadcaster of bias and have complained to the regulator ofcom after a block of melting ice was used in place of the Prime Minister, who had declined to take part. Our Political Correspondent, jessica parker, has more. Good evening. It is the Biggest Issue on the planet. A big debate on Climate Change with some notable absences and replacements. We kept the invitation is open to the leaders of the conservative party and the brexit party. They have not taken up their places yet. Instead