Are shaping up. And harnessing the power of sd printing in health care. We meet the firm thats revolutionising the way artificial limbs are made making them cheaper and easier for those who need them most. And as you are hearing. Like it or loath it facebook is bigger more profitable and more controversial than ever. What do you think about that . Has it got too much influence . Just use the bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start with facebook because despite the ongoing controversy over everything from fake news to extremist and violent content the Social Networkjust keeps getting bigger and more profitable. Facebook has been warning for some time it cant keep growing at this rate but the latest results show no sign of a slowdown. Facebook made profits ofjust over 3 billion in the first three months of this year. Thats a jump of more than 76 on the same period last year and more than investors were expecting. And it is creeping ever closer to two billion users 1. 91;
Things this has got to stop. This knife things got to stop. Are you paying thousands of pounds too much in hidden fees on your pension . The regulator is to announce a crackdown on firms that manage our money but why are we still getting a raw deal . In sport. Not again. England lose to germany on penalties. Nathan redmonds miss means they fail to make the final of the under 21 European Championship. And carol has the weather. Im here to place an Early Morning football with the guys from man v fat to see how teamwork has helped men like this and 3000 more around the country lose a combined total of 30 tons in wake. To play some. And carol has the weather. For england, wales and Northern Ireland some rain on the cards, some of it will be heavy but as temperatures rise we could have thundery downpours. The dryers conditions today are likely to be in scotland. More details in 15 minutes driest conditions. Good morning. First, our main story. The families of those who died At Hillsborough
Claimed dozens of lives across Central Europe and the balkans. Ivan miskovic has told bbc news that many have refused shelters, fearing deportations. 15,000 people are living in tents as far south as greece, including the islands of lesbos and samos. Aid agencies warn they are at risk of freezing to death. Its in the balkans, though, where the situation is far more urgent. Well have that interview with a serbian official in a moment, but first, heres simon jones. The cold snap is tightening its grip. Claiming more than 65 lives across europe. Causing traffic chaos, power cuts and travel delays. This is sarajevo. The balkans have been particularly hard hit. Temperatures have been as low as 15 for several days. There is major concern about the plight of refugees, particularly in serbia. Some are being sheltered in reception centres. But 1,200 are living in a Derelict Warehouse in belgrade, according to the unhcr. Its very cold, and we are just making fire. But still we can keep warm ours
Against so called Islamic State in iraqs second city, mosul. Theyve taken the citys airport, a key Staging Point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville was there as Iraqi Government troops fought their way in. Before the attack came the rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, torched en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack for the airport is under way. All night long, weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. The onslaught had cleared this village of is fighters and civilians. Its eerily quiet as the men proceed on foot. A local man tells the Special Forces there were up to 100 is here yesterday. Theyve hidden bombs all over. So the men took to higher ground. And we followed at a safe distance. As the day went on, there was no l
Treated her and has now tracked her down. 0h, treated her and has now tracked her down. Oh, my goodness me. Coming up in sportsday, British Cycling has more questions to answer as the head of uk anti doping slams the organisations medical record keeping. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The government is lightly to be this evening over the brexit bill. Peers from all parties have voted in the House Of Lords to amend the legislation to enable eu citizens living in the uk to stay here. Its a setback for the governments bill to trigger article 50 which starts the formal process of the uk leaving the eu. Mps may vote to remove the lords proposed changes when the bill moves back to the House Of Commons later this month. But today would be the first defeat for the government over brexit and there could be more to come. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more. Turning up for work the minister smiling despite the prospect of defeat. From the start their lordships were de