The at the port of dover. Government said last night almost the government said last night almost 1000 lorries parked up on the motorway, they are driving around dover this morning with hdvs everywhere. The figure is likely to be much, much higher. And that has led to concern around food supply. Salad from italy, peppers from spain. We are all right for now, but the longer this goes on, the greater the risk. Rugby League Legend Kevin Sinfield adds his voice to calls for more research into concussion. He says its important not to make assumptions about the links between rugby league and brain injuries. Good morning, another cloudy day in the south with rain at times but still mild. In the north, colder, more sunshine, and showers. I will have the details in about ten minutes. Its tuesday, 22nd december. Our top story. The governments chief scientific adviser has warned that tougher restrictions are likely to be needed in more areas of england, to control the new variant of coronavirus.
Reported killed. Germany says the expulsion of the cia top official was inevitable after the latest spying allegation. Hello. The u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has arrived in afghanistan where hell meet both candidates of the disputed election. Hes warned the future of the country hangs in the balance. Hes met one of the candidate who is now says he supports an extensive order of the polls. The report shows he won 56 of the report. Heres what he had to say a short time ago. Our commitment is to insure the election process is integrity of afghanistan in the world would believe it. We believe in the most extensive process possible to restore faith. From day one, our commitment has been inclusive government, government that can represent all and serve every citizen in the manner that every man deserves from the constitution. Mr. Kerry will meet his rival Abdullah Abdullah. He claimed victory in the Runoff Election last month also. Preliminary results show him second with 43 of the v
I am guy johnson. I am olivia sterns. Also coming up, a porsche for the people. We take the new family car for a test drive. Argentina advances to the World Cup Final but you dont have to wait to find out who will be the winner. We will explain later right here on the pulse. First, we begin with markets. A referral Government Bonds back in focus today especially portugal. Its shares lower after parent missed a payment, we need to focus on this story. Manus cranny. Santo, is owned by a holding company. They have about 25 holding. Look at both of these stock prices. The issue is that the Espirito Santo Financial Company missed part of their bond payment. What is the one nightmare scenario in europe . Sovereign bonds, governments linked to banks. That is why we care about this story. There has been an Interest Payment missed. The bank of portugal says, fear ye not. It is far enough away. We are not worried. Dont worry about it. One of the owners. There is a whole series of owners. There a
Theht an 18 inch fish in river. Where they are meeting in jackson hole. Charles evans will be with mr. Mckie later on. Yeah, we will have those details. At 7 00, and 8 00 wells fargo. That is the big one. It percolates into next week. Several items of note ready for this . Number one, free slurping today from 7 00 to 11 00 at 711 because today is 71 11. Come on, that is an annual thing on july 11. I have never had a slurping. You would like them. Maybe today is your day. How did you enjoy your day off yesterday . It was good. The bike thing was really good. I did the city bike, i went to Staten Island. What wacky cap doing road all the way to Staten Island on a city bike . Doing it we kept you wrote all the way to Staten Island on a city bike . On ais it like being 65 city bike. One diastole why do you have a bowtie on . That is a good question. The roots first majorleague game was 100 years ago. Very cool. We put that in there for you. Lets get a data check. We are looking at equities
Has one more orders. Welcome to countdown. I am and not edwards. Im joined by Ryan Chilcote dan manus cranny. I am anna edwards. Five Straight Days of declines and this all goes back to the horrible reminder in portugal. One of the main shareholders in one of the portuguese banks has temporarily missed some of the interest payments. This brings into question the five years they have gone through. Banks have problems. Likes a reminder of risk. What are you looking at, ryan . Ukraine has not been in the headlines but maybe very soon. The rebels have concentrated themselves in the city of donetsk. Its bigger than frankfurt. We will look at israel, iraq, geopolitically lots of things to get confused about. Im looking ahead to the aviation gathering taking place in the u. K. Starting on monday that runs for a whole week. We will be there monday and tuesday. We have a manufacturing backlog. They have seven years worth of work even if they take no more orders. We will talk about that and over