good to have you with us. let s start with the banking giant hsbc which has just released its latest annual results showing pre tax profits soared by nearly 80% to just over $30 billion. the record high annual profit was marred however by a $3 billion impairment on the bank s stake in china s bank of communications. hsbc makes most of its money in china. joining me now is the independent banking analyst frances coppola. who s been having a look at the numbers. hello to you. so, record earnings, a big number but not as good as expected? no, and they were down on the communication stake, 3 billion, quite a big kid in the fourth quarter last year. the really rather reflects the weakness of times economy and i would much worry for hsbc s management because they do make a significant batch of earnings in asia and particularly in china. ~ . ., , china. what was really the fuel further this china. what was really the fuel further this big china. what was really the fuel further
coronation peaked at 20 million. split between itv, sky news, bbc one, bbc two and bbc news. god save the king! len clarkson was among those who commended the bbc on a weekend of significant broadcasting challenges. but other viewers were less happy. in a moment, we ll hear from amy wynne morris, who found a lack of impartiality in the coverage. first, here sjoe collins, focusing on the decision to broadcast for seven and a half hours on saturday, the same output on the news channel as was already being shown on bbc one and bbc two. when i get up in the morning, i like to turn on my tv or my radio to get the news. but on saturday, the only way i could get news on my tv was to turn on one of the foreign broadcasters. now, the reason that people turn to news channels is because they want to discover something new about what happened in the world. and while i have no problem with how the coronation was covered on bbc one and two, we knew exactly what was going to happen in that
also on the programme: police who ve been searching for a missing two month old baby say a body found yesterday suggests the child may have been dead for some time. we speak to the journalist who leaked matt hancock s whatsapp messages more than 100,000 of them. isabel 0akeshott says the public interest was overwhelming. and as children are encouraged to read on world book day, the bbc is encouraging them to write. the 500 words story competition is back. 0n bbc london: coming up on the bbc news channel, chip shot fish rinse the town historic run to the quarterfinals is the story of the fa cup so far this season. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing has found that it might have been prevented if mi5 had acted on key intelligence received in the months before the attack. the final part of the inquiry, which has been held in private, has looked at what the intelligence services knew about the bomber, salman abedi. previous reports found failings in the security at th