Claims and 21 million continuing claims better than the week before. But still incredibly bad on an absolute basis same thing with the stock market we get crushed today sell, sell, sell. Obliterated wrong. Once again, the averages spent most of the day well into the black despite still more hideous macro data either we sold off the end of the session, dow 148 points, s p falling 1. 2 nasdaq easing 4. 6 , again, the market was up most of the day. The climb were about the incredibly weak labor market what happened when we heard the claims numbers right from the oechg . There is fear actions the president might take against tech because of his anger about social media and the president s plans for punishing china over hong kong, punishment that could reverberate to our own companies that do business there so then why did the stock market open up big when those hideous figures at this point its become a cliche to insist that wall streets tote lit disconnected from main street. After all, h
The day not looking too different to what we had yesterday. Sunshine and showers, and the same for the start of the week. Its sunday, 18th august. Our top story the home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the families of Police Officers who are killed or injured at work. Pc Andrew Harper died of multiple injuries as he responded to a suspected burglary in berkshire on thursday night. Charlotte simpson reports. Colleagues, friends, and the local community, pay tribute to police co nsta ble community, pay tribute to Police Constable Andrew Harper, where he lost his life. Almost exactly a month ago, the pc was getting married. He should have been heading off on his honeymoon next week. A postmortem showed he died from multiple injuries. Detectives are still trying to establish why are called to investigate a burglary endedin called to investigate a burglary ended in tragedy. His death has highlighted the danger that officers face in their everyday work. The home
This week spotting early signs of dementia, giving the banks the finger. Print, and man falls off skateboard. Theme music. Heres something that splits opinion, you either love these or you hate them, depending really on whether you ride one, or whether youve had a Close Encounter with one. These e scooters are powered by electric motors and that leads to something really interesting that not many people know. In the uk, these things are not legal on public roads and they are not legal on public pavements. So, although theyre getting more and more popular, and companies are hiring them out to ride on private lands like here at the Queen Elizabeth olympic park in london, where theyre geofenced and speed limited, the law varies hugely around the world. One of the issues is that these things can reach speeds of over 30 miles an hour, which is very cool, but also very dangerous, again, depending on your experiences with them. Not long ago, presenter Emily Hartridge died while riding an e sc
A ceremony to mourn the first one to be lost to climate change. 0h, hes gone. And england take wickets as they look to bowl out australia to win the second ashes test. And coming up later, this weeks click looks at whether e scooters are legal, and tests out new fingerprint based contactless cards. Good evening. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove has played down concerns highlighted by leaked government documents that warn of chaos in the event of a no deal brexit. He said significant steps had been taken in the past three weeks to accelerate planning for such a scenario. The documents, seen by the sunday times, warn of shortages of food, fuel and medicines, as well as the return of a hard border in ireland if britain leaves the eu without a deal. But mr gove insisted the papers were old, and examined the worst possible outcomes. Food shortages, fuel shortages, unworkable plans for the irish border, this is a pretty bleak picture . I think its important that we look in context at
Of scotland, so weather improving here, but still a cool feel to things. Heading into wednesday, we have another area of low pressure moving in. That is going to be bringing in some heavier rain to the northwest of the uk. That rain band pushes across the whole of Northern Ireland to scotland. The whole of Northern England, probably north wales as well. Whereas across the south, it should stay dry, and the tendency is actually, later on in the week, the weather will be coming increasingly dry and increasingly warm as well. Could see 27 in london next saturday. Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. The man in charge of planning for a no deal brexit, michael gove, says leaked documents showing shortages of goods and a hard border with ireland are out of date and worst case scenarios. Police in kent say a six year old boy who fell into the river stour in kent while fishing is unlikely to be found alive. Funerals are hel